International
Business: International Business Travel Project
Summary: Students can research
and plan an international business trip and present findings
of their research.
Minnesota Academic Standards Information
Subject Area Focus: International Business
Educational Level: Teachers may adapt the activity for the
various grade levels.
High
High (9-12) Level
- Students will use the Internet for research.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to prepare a structured
itinerary.
- Students will practice making wise consumer decisions.
- Students will demonstrate effective presentation skills.
- Students will use the Internet to find travel information,
including airfare, hotel prices, etc.
- Students will prepare an itinerary with travel plans.
LEARNING ACTIVITY
Directions
Objectives:
- Students will use the internet for research purposes.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to prepare a structured
itinerary.
- Students will practice making wise consumer decisions.
- Students will demonstrate effective presentation skills.
Project Components:
- Students will use the internet to research information
on one foreign country.
- Students will use the internet to find travel information,
including airfare, hotel prices, etc.
- Students will prepare an itinerary with travel plans.
- Students will prepare an oral presentation of their findings.
Preparation: Varies, based on research
Time Required: Varies
Project Guidelines for Students:
This project requires your group, acting as employees of a business,
to research a country in which your business is considering expansion.
You will need to include in this presentation what information you
can locate on the country your group chooses. You will also collectively
make travel plans for your business manager to attend a meeting while
in the country. You should plan your research as if the meeting would
be held in that country’s capitol city.
You should research the following:
- Facts about the country (i.e., population, geographic area,
demographics, government structure, economic system);
- Economic facts (i.e., exports, imports, chief agricultural
products, foreign exchange, currency, transportation modes
available);
- Travel information (i.e., methods/costs of travel to the
country, methods of travel while in the country, hotel accommodations,
communication modes available in the country)
- Culture and customers (i.e. customs which affect business
relations, holidays, major religions, etiquette); and
- Eating habits (i.e., general cost of meals/restaurants,
whether American food is served in that country, when people
tend to eat, etc.)
After the research is complete, an itinerary should be prepared
detailing the business manager’s visit to the country. This
itinerary should cover the moment the executive walks out the door
en route to the airport to the moment the executive lands safely
back in their U.S. city of origin. Be sure to allow adequate travel
time.
The trip should last no longer than three business days. The budget
should be somewhere between $1000-$1500, though the less the cost,
the more impressed your boss will be. The oral presentation should
include a pie chart itemizing the trip expenses. Be sure to allot
for meals during the visit, both in your itinerary and in your estimated
expense list.
Learning Resources:
Listing of Internet Travel Web Sites
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/5687/ib2.html
Evidence of Learning: The following product(s)
supply evidence of student learning.
Student projects, including itineraries and presentations.
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