Convenor name: Bassam Fattouh
Convenor email: bf11@soas.ac.uk
Office room: 526
Office hours: Friday, 10:00-11:00
Module dates: Semester 1
Intended learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this module a student will be able to: 

  • To develop a comprehensive understanding of the relevant and current business issues in the MENA region including but not limited to the economic and institutional environment, business-state relationship, corporate governance, family businesses, the energy transition and the challenges and opportunities that the recent transformations will present.
  • To develop students’ critical thinking in the rapidly changing business and institutional environment in MENA. 
  • To develop students’ intellectual skills in understanding and synthesizing research reports in a critical manner and undertaking independent research projects and dissertation. 
  • To equip students’ transferable knowledge and skills required to develop a career in business in the MENA region or covering the MENA region. 
  • To develop the ability to create, evaluate and assess arrange of managerial decision options in MENA settings.
  • To develop effective cultural intelligence necessary for relationship management in cross- cultural contexts.
Assessment 1: Name: Assignmnet 1
Assessment 1: Weighting: 50%
Assessment 1: Due date: October 28, 2025
Assessment 1: Release date: November 18, 2025
Assessment 1: Format: 1500 word essay
Assessment 2: Name: Assignment 2
Assessment 2: Weighting: 50%
Assessment 2: Due date: January 6, 2026.
Assessment 2: Release date: January 26, 2026
Assessment 2: Format: 1500 word essay
Page type: Module
Study year: 2025/26
Librarian name: Yurie Watanabe
Librarian email: yw25@soas.ac.uk
Page template: 2025/26 On campus