MBA Sustainable International Business Week
| Module title | MBA Sustainable International Business Week |
|---|---|
| Module code | MBAM857 |
| Academic year | 2025/6 |
| Credits | 10 |
| Module staff | Dr Donald Lancaster (Lecturer) |
| Duration: Term | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: Weeks | 4-5days + travel time |
| Number students taking module (anticipated) | 10 |
|---|
Module description
The purpose of this elective module is to enable you to broaden your understanding and experience by studying in a different geography as part of your MBA programme: to live, study and broaden your knowledge of business in a different international context, to interact with experts and corporate organisations in a new, cross-cultural environment overseas. The module will be managed and curated in-market by a specialist student travel
company. Its 10 credits will be counted as an MBA option and assessed by assessments set by the Business School.
Students will interact with a series of organisations in the chosen destination that exemplify performance in sustainability, or their deployment of AI in pursuit of responsible leadership, or their entrepreneurial journeys. Some will be global organisations, others tech-based, and others start-ups and scale-ups. These interactions will be via visits to premises, invited guest speakers and/or local briefings. Arrangements and speakers will be
contracted and offered by the partner institute in collaboration with the Business School (and potentially a locally aligned business school).
NB: Visa arrangements, travel and insurance are the students’ responsibility and expense: the School will help facilitate where possible.
Internationalisation: internationalisation of your experience is embedded in the module.
External Engagement: external engagement takes place through interaction with companies and organisations, local business and civic leaders,
lecturers, professionals and potentially like-minded MBA participants at locally aligned institutions.
Employability: you will acquire a number of skills, including widened perspectives, adaptability and team working skills in a cross-cultural setting.
Module aims - intentions of the module
This International Experience module on the MBA enables you to:
- broaden your understanding of businesses operating in an international context
- broaden your experience
- network with like-minded MBA participants, experts and corporate organisations overseas
- promote the acquisition and application of team working in a cross-cultural environment overseas
- reflect on your skills development and experiences
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
ILO: Module-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 1. Adapt to life and learning in a foreign environment; develop a global mindset
- 2. Discuss the challenges in different environments, of different sectors and businesses, experts and corporate organisations, individuals and societies to generate business.
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 3. Critically debate cross-cultural and inter-societal aspects of sustainable, tech-driven responsible leadership.
- 4. Reflect on your experiences while living and studying overseas.
ILO: Personal and key skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 5. Take a global outlook: apply creative intelligence and ethical imagination to complex problems to ensure that environmental and social governance is taken into account;
- 6. Apply critical thinking: present and defend strategic analyses in multiple forms (written, verbal, digital) based on case material, desk based and empirical research;
- 7. Develop an ethical perspective: improve personal effectiveness through consciously and diligently making decisions on behalf of all stakeholders, environmental, social and financial.
Syllabus plan
The modules on offer will each consist of four consecutive days (24 hours) of curated experiential learning that will introduce issues formally and through critical debate.
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 76 | 5 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 24 | The learning activities and teaching methods will depend on the student's module choices. |
| Guided independent study | 76 |
Formative assessment
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily discussion and reflection on the business visits and meetings encountered | 30 mins/day as a group | 1-7 | Verbal |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A comparative report on two or more of the businesses visited. | 70 | 2000 word | 1-7 | Written feedback |
| Viva voce discussion of the above | 30 | 15 minutes | 1-7 | Written feedback |
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
Basic reading:
- To be determined by the host partner institute
Web-based and electronic resources:
- ELE – Faculty to provide hyperlink to appropriate pages
| Credit value | 10 |
|---|---|
| Module ECTS | 5 |
| Module pre-requisites | None |
| Module co-requisites | None |
| NQF level (module) | 7 |
| Available as distance learning? | Yes |
| Origin date | 02/09/2025 |
| Last revision date | 02/09/2025 |
