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International Business Boot Camp (An Intensive IB Course with Field Visits)
Vinod K Jain, University of Maryland, College Park
The "Introduction to International Business Management" course at the Robert H. Smith School of Business,
University of Maryland, is a fairly standard, 3-credit IB survey course offered in business schools. In 2008, I
started offering the course during the first summer session as an accelerated, intensive course, comprising both
classroom learning and field visits; it is called the "International Business Boot Camp." The course is housed in
our Washington D.C. location, and students participate in classroom activities in the mornings and visit
international organizations, multilateral institutions, and foreign embassies in the afternoons. Students are
required to have read almost half the textbook before starting the course and take a 30-minute exam on Day 1,
and complete a team project after the course ends. The Boot Camp is open to students from throughout the UM
campus, which creates interesting group dynamics and opportunities for business and non-business students to
see the world through (each other's) interdisciplinary lenses. While Washington D.C. is a quintessentially
international city and it is relatively easy to offer such a course here, most major cities in the United States and
other countries have enough international resources available where such a course would be viable. (For more
information, please contact: Vinod K Jain, University of Maryland, College Park, USA: vjain@rhsmith.umd.edu)
Assessing Study Abroad International Business Offerings
Chad Smith, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Miguel R. Olivas-Luján, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Assessment of Study Abroad programs is becoming a necessity for all stakeholders, in particular for
International Business faculty members in accredited institutions. In this session, we will review pressures,
offer suggestions and suggest components of assessment initiatives that participants can use in their home
institutions. Our goal is to describe a general research design that can be used for assessment purposes in
multiple locations to advance our knowledge of and facilitate this increasingly important component of
International Business Education. Attendants to this session will take home references and a blueprint that they
may modify to fit their professional needs. Robust, built-in assessment strategies in international study
programs is a major contribution that International Business faculty can make to the internationalization of the
curriculum in Business schools as well as in higher education more generally. (For more information, please
contact: Miguel R. Olivas-Luján, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, USA: molivas@clarion.edu)
Leveraging the IB Learning Experience with Study Tours: A Must for IB Curriculum
Sri Beldona, University of Dallas
Scott Wysong, University of Dallas
With economic downturn in some of the advanced countries of the world, the economic turmoil of countries like
Greece, Italy, Iceland, Ireland etc., the realization has sunk in that most sales for MNCs come from outside of
their country, especially from emerging economies. Not that this is a new phenomenon but something that has
hit home very hard in the recent few years. Despite this fact very few schools that offer IB curriculum have
made it mandatory for their students to embark on a study tour to immerse them in the nuances of conducting
business in emerging economies. This paper while arguing for making study tours a core requirement for IB
curriculum also provides practical suggestions to improve and enhance study tours to have a lasting impact on
the students. (For more information, please contact: Sri Beldona, University of Dallas, USA:
sbeldona@udallas.edu)
Internationalizing the Business Curriculum at a Historically Black University: The Implementation Experience
Jun Wu, Savannah State University
Anshu Arora, Savannah State University
Suman Niranjan, Savannah State University
Reginald Leseane, Savannah State University
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