Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Conduct an environmental scan to evaluate the impact of world issues on an organization's international business opportunities.
• Conduct, evaluate and present market research to support an organization's international business decision-making.
• Manage the preparation of documents and the application of procedures to support the movement of products and services in the organization's global supply chain.
• Evaluate the impact of statutory and regulatory compliance on an organization's integrative trade initiatives.
• Develop and implement strategies to negotiate effectively within various cultural environments and to address the impact of cultural differences on an organization's integrative trade initiatives.
• Develop and present an international marketing plan, and evaluate sales strategies that support an organization's integrative trade initiatives.
• Identify and interpret relevant international financial documents, and evaluate financial strategies that support an organization's integrative trade initiatives.
• Analyze the impact of an organization's integrative trade initiatives on its human resources management strategies, policies and practices.
• Develop and present an international business plan.
• Manage the implementation and evaluation of team projects by applying project management principles.
• Recommend strategies to support principles of corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility and ethics associated with an organization's integrative trade initiatives and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Select and apply current technologies to support an organization's integrative trade initiatives.