The Development of International Business as an Academic Discipline: Some Implications for Teachers and Students

This article reviews the emergence of international business (IB) as an academic discipline through an examination of IB research, curriculum, and location within the organisational structures of universities and business schools. A selective review of the literature on IB education is used to ident...

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Published in:Journal of teaching in international business 2005-08, Vol.16 (3), p.47-70
Main Author: Laughton, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
academic discipline
Business Education
Curricula
Curriculum
Curriculum development
Educational Research
Epistemology
Intellectual Disciplines
Interdisciplinary Approach
International
International business
International Trade
pedagogy
Studies
Teaching Methods
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Summary:This article reviews the emergence of international business (IB) as an academic discipline through an examination of IB research, curriculum, and location within the organisational structures of universities and business schools. A selective review of the literature on IB education is used to identify different approaches to the formulation of the IB curriculum and its constituent parts and principal features: internationalisation of business functions; integration of constituent subject areas; multidisciplinary and strategic orientation. This is used to derive a number of pedagogic implications for both teachers and students of IB: sequencing and ordering of the curriculum; revealing the ontology and epistemology of IB; breadth versus depth in the curriculum; emphasising a study of or for IB; locating and structuring IB within a modular programme; class room practice for delivering the IB curriculum.
ISSN:0897-5930
1528-6991
DOI:10.1300/J066v16n03_04