MULTINATIONALS Student Exec Conference

The Impact of MNCs, Business Ethics & Constraints on MNCs

This student-centred activity is designed to meet the specific requirements of the IAL Edexcel specification for the IA2 Unit 4 examination, covering the impact of Multinationals. It will however neatly cover many key aspects of other UK-based courses covering international business as well.

The concept is basically for students to take on the role of executive leaders of various multinational corporations and organisations, with the aim of looking into how MNCs are positively impacting on various stakeholder groups, as well as peering into aspects of MNC operations which might be harmful to stakeholder interests and the environment generally. In addition the conference should also include a chance to investigate how governments or intra-governmental organisations such as trading blocs, can and do - use their authority to constrain the power and influence of MNCs. Likewise international pressure groups should be represented, which might concentrate on consumer rights or environmental concerns or labour protection - as another potential constraining arm on the power of MNCs operating in a global world.

'The Impact of MNCs on South-East Asia´

This particular topic can be covered in any year, but it might work better for your students to adapt your own conference title to particular hot themes of the moment.

The material includes a series of top tips designed to get your conference off to a flying start. It also includes a warm-up starter activity, which should allow students to see how the role of MNCs can be portrayed, both positively and negatively. In addition a template for an executive conference programme is included here, along with a template for the opening slides of any presentation to open the conference itself.

A list of potential links to help students to begin their research on the theme of MNCs operating in South-East Asia is included here. Finally - a template is included for the production of professional-looking lanyards for all the student ‘conference speakers’, which should add a certain ‘gravitas’ to the way in which the students conduct their presentations during the Executive Conference itself.