Course: Political Risk Analysis credits: 5
- Course code
- UTVM25PRA1C
- Name
- Political Risk Analysis
- Study year
- 2025-2026
- ECTS credits
- 5
- Language
- English
- Coordinator
- H. Matthee
- Modes of delivery
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- Tutorial
- Assessments
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Learning outcomes
1. The student understand key concepts and theories of political risk analysis, which contributes to PLO 1.
2. The student can identify key risks and opportunities for international business in volatile, complex and uncertain conditions, which contributes to PLO 2.
3. The student can assess the likelihood and impact of the risks and opportunities in order to prioritize those needing attention, which contributes to PLO 3.
4. The student can generate and evaluate different options to address the challenges, which contributes to PLO 4.
5. The student can communicate the relative value of options and identify trip-wires to change previous decisions, which contributes to PLO 7.
2. The student can identify key risks and opportunities for international business in volatile, complex and uncertain conditions, which contributes to PLO 2.
3. The student can assess the likelihood and impact of the risks and opportunities in order to prioritize those needing attention, which contributes to PLO 3.
4. The student can generate and evaluate different options to address the challenges, which contributes to PLO 4.
5. The student can communicate the relative value of options and identify trip-wires to change previous decisions, which contributes to PLO 7.
Content
Strategic Focus Areas: Entrepeneurship and Global Mindset
International business encounters political and security factors that create risks as well as opportunities for them in volatile, complex and uncertain conditions. This course teaches students to understand the theoretical body in political risk analysis, and to apply such knowledge, in order to assess challenges and to generate options for the company executives in managing these challenges.
This course contributes to SDG 7, 8, 9, 11
International business encounters political and security factors that create risks as well as opportunities for them in volatile, complex and uncertain conditions. This course teaches students to understand the theoretical body in political risk analysis, and to apply such knowledge, in order to assess challenges and to generate options for the company executives in managing these challenges.
This course contributes to SDG 7, 8, 9, 11
Included in programme(s)
School(s)
- International Business School