School of Management, Unit Catalogue 2007/08 |
MN20082 European business environment 1: European integration & legal structure |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Intermediate |
| Semester: 1 |
| Assessment: EX 100% |
| Requisites: |
| Before taking this unit you must take MN10079 |
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Aims: To introduce students to the structure, objectives and key policies of the European Union and its legal foundations with respect to business.
Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to understand the significance of the European Union in establishing the policy and legal frameworks of the European business environment. Skills: Intellectual skills: * Understand the role of the EU as it affects European Businesses (T, F, A) * Understand the principles which underpin the EU legal order (T, F, A) Professional skills: * Acquisition of awareness of implications for business and member state economies of EU treaties, institutions, policies and legislation (T, F, A) Practical skills: Application of knowledge of EU legal principles and political system to practical business situations (T, F,A) Key skills: * Written Communication (T, F, A) * Research skills (F, A) * Interdisciplinary analysis of complex problems (F, A). Content: The content will cover: European integration and unity in the 1940s and 1950s: the EU Treaty base and legal order: Business Organisations: Business contracts: Impact of EU legislation on contracts: EU institutions and decision-making: the Customs Union, trade, competition and agriculture policies: the Single European Market: EU regional policies: enlargement of the EU. |