Textbook: Mauro Guillen (2016). Global Turning Points. United Kingdom: TJ International Ltda. Padstow Cornwall

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Introduction: Global Business Speaks English

Syllabus:

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Omar Maguiña 2020 Presentation to Business Trends Class

Quizlet – Business Class

Week 1: Globalization and its impact on global business

BT Session 01

01 Vocabulary English-English

Reading: Global Turning Points, Chapter 1

Optional Reading:

Trade in value added: what is the country of origin in an interconnected world?

Reading Week 01

Reading Questionnaire

Week 2: Changes in the structure of consumption: The aging of society and access to new markets

BT Session 02

02 Vocabulary

Reading: Global Turning Points, Chapter 4

More Americans Are Single Than Ever Before—And They’re Healthier, Too

Optional Reading:

World Population Ageing

Week 3: Exporting companies and adaptation to market changes

BT Session 03

Barranco in Lafayette

 

 

Week 4: Business trends and opportunities in the international market

Guide to Case Analysis Handout

The World in 2025 – European Commission

https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/94769/2008_11_Global_Trends_2025.pdf

Week 5: A global economy out of balance: The road to the crisis

BT Session 05

05 Vocabulary

Hispanic dropout rate hits new low, college enrollment at new high

Week 6: The rise of the emerging-market multinationals: A new type of company?

BT Session 06

06 Vocabulary

Poor Economics

Week 7: A disparate world: Inequality and poverty

BT Session 07

07 Vocabulary

Week 8: Case study. Midterm Exam

Business case Study:

Guide to Case Analysis Handout

Week 9: From dictatorship to democracy and failed states

BT Session 09 Dictatorship Democracy Failed States

09 Vocabulary

Week 10: The rise of the global middle class

BT Session 10 The Rise of the Global Middle Class

Vocabulary 10

Week 11: The transformative power of technology

BT 11 The Transformative Power of Technology

Vocabulary 11

Podcast: Digital Manufacturing – The Economist

Week 12: T2 Presentation of a company’s innovation project considering a specific trend

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Week 13: New technologies and the labor market

Podcast: Digital Skills – The Economist

Labor Center – UC Berkeley

Technological Innovation: The challenge for labour

Week 14: The quest for sustainability 

Vocabulary 14

Week 15: The global powers of the twenty-first century

Week 16: Final Exam