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international business. Students will learn how multinational corporations (MNCs) operate and
compete. They will also understand different expansion approaches and strategies in facing
the international environments, and design functional alternatives for operating abroad.

BUS 418 Contemporary Issues in Corporate Governance
1 Term; 3 Credits
Corporate governance is a scholastic concept in business and legal academia. As the
real practice of business organization has been evolving over the years, the rules, regulations
and standards of corporate governance have to be constantly updated in order to tackle new
problems. In recent years, certain huge international corporate failures due to fraud or
malpractice have made the subject of corporate governance a top priority in today’s organiza-
tions in the world. Students should be able to grasp the basic concepts of corporate govern-
ance by examining key issues of the subject as practised in Hong Kong and other leading
regions in the global economy. Through developing an understanding of the importance of
corporate governance on management, competitiveness and even sustainability, students will
be able to explain and evaluate different academic views from scholarly writings, and develop
practical skills from the best practices of leading businesses and their compliance practition-
ers.

BUS 420 Advanced Business Report Writing and Communication
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims at developing the necessary business report writing skills for final-year
business students, using the foundation laid in the pre-requisite course Business Communi-
cation. This course will focus on developing business document writing skills and strategies to
prepare students for today’s business environments and to further develop the necessary
high-level skills to communicate effectively with stakeholders in today’s global economy. Hong
Kong’s business demand in the formalities and skills of writing reports and proposals in
service industries is increasing which will inevitably affect the practices of other private-sector
and public-sector industries. Therefore by bringing in the latest practices from the market,
students will be trained with the necessary skills and business sense in developing business
proposals and in writing reports.

BUS 423 Seminar in Management
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to focus on some
important special topics in the field of management. It will include current theories and
practices of strategic management, organizational change and development, and the
globalization of management. The emphasis will be on developing an “Asian” approach to
topics where Western research tends to dominate, and investigating contemporary Asian
management practices. Students will also benefit by consolidating their knowledge from
previous studies to prepare for a career in the field of management in any organizational

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