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This is an advanced course for research assessing and reporting in the area of Business English. It supports students to acquire research literacy, particularly the principles of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Students are introduced to various research genres and required to evaluate actual research studies. They need to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of different research models employed in specific situations and other possible alternatives. Hands-on experience of research procedure within practical scenarios is also provided throughout the course for students to flexibly utilize and appropriately justify a research model for their research. The course provides a comprehensive overview of research paradigms for different methodologies, including narrative, ethnography, case study, and correlational study, and experimental research.

The course provides students with the basic knowledge of international logistics and supply chain management including international logistics techniques, packaging, insurance in international trade, customs procedures and security. The course also covers the role of international logistics and supply chain management in business, competitive advantage in international trade.

The course is designed to outline the theory about intercultural communication as well as its fundamental principles in practice in international trading environment. With integrated thinking, the course includes basic topics, such as cultural values and solid impression, the pride, its value and its relations; impacts of culture on  verbal and non-verbal communication; intercultural negotiation in business; intercultural negotiation in writing version; intercultural formality and procedure in business; intercultural morality, intercultural competency in business.