International Economic Organizations

  • Credits: 4
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2C
  • Semester: winter
  • Year: 2
  • Faculty of Commerce

Teachers

Included in study programs

International Business

Teaching results

Students will possess following abilities:
- Fundamentals and functioning of IEOs
- Organizational structure of IEOs
- Process of selection of the IEO leaders
- Impact of IEOs on the world economy
- Activities and projects of selected IEOs
Students will obtain following skills:
- Make use of publicly available analyses and databases of IEOs
- Analyze benefits and deficiencies of IEO activities
- Create and present a case study on activities and projects of specific IEO
Students will gain following competences:
- Take into account the specific features of selected IEOs and their impact on the world economy
- Orientation in the analyses and databases of selected IEOs
- Critical assessment of the activities of selected IEOs
- Synthesis of theoretical knowledge and interpretation of analytical outputs
- Presentation of outcomes of the selected IEO′s activities

Indicative content

The course is focused on the analysis of activities and projects of selected international economic organizations (IEOs). Students will assess contributions of IEOs to development of the international trade based on specific activities and projects of selected IEOs.

Support literature

BALÁŽ, Peter, Stanislav ZÁBOJNÍK, Simona ŠKORVAGOVÁ, et al. Medzinárodné podnikanie. Bratislava: Sprint 2, 2019, 304 p. [27,62 AH]. Economics. ISBN 978-80-89710-51-5.
HAAS, Ernst B. When knowledge is power: Three models of change in international organizations. Vol. 22. University of California Press, 2018. 267 p. ISBN 978-0-520-30110-8.
SINCLAIR, Guy Fiti. To reform the world: International organizations and the making of modern states. Oxford University Press, 2017. 349 p. ISBN 978-0-19-875796-2.
Online sources
World Bank. (2021). Doing Business. Available at: https://www.doingbusiness.org/en/doingbusiness
UNCTAD. (2020). World Investment Report. Available at: https://unctad.org/webflyer/world-investment-report-2020
Web pages of selected IEOs according to the course syllabus.

Syllabus

Introduction and fundamentals of IEOs (theoretical background) 2. Structure of IEOs 3. Intergovernmental IEOs: UN 4. Intergovernmental IEOs: selected UN specialized agencies 5. World Bank 6. WTO (incl. trade measures) 7. OPEC 8. OECD 9. Regional IEOs: Europe 10. Regional IEOs: North and South America 11. Regional IEOs: Asia and Africa 12. International monetary and financial institutions 13. International security cooperation

Requirements to complete the course

• 10% - essay and its presentation
• 30% - end-term exam
• 60% - final exam

Student workload

Total: study load 4 credits x 26 h = 104 hours
Separate study load for individual educational activities:
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours
Preparation for seminars: 12 hours
Essay: 28 hours
Preparation for the final exam: 38 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak language, English language

Date of approval: 09.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 19.01.2022