BU3016 Contemporary Issues in Business Assignment - University of Central Lancashire, UK

Select and answer ONE AND ONLY ONE of the following questions:

1) Offshore Oil & Gas developments, insights, perspectives and challenges in Eastern Mediterranean. Critically discuss the respective aspects. Can and will Cyprus become an energy hub in the next decade?

2) In the time of rapid globalisation, it has become common practice in the global management of human resources to allocate managers for assignments abroad. Analyse the different phases of the expatriate process and critically discuss the main challenges facing companies and individuals.

3) Australia is ranked among the top destinations for doing business in 2019. At the same time, the country has attracted inward foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, which in the year 2018 amounted to USD 61 billion, according to UNCTAD. Critically discuss how conducive is the regulatory environment in Australia to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Guidelines: Approx 2000 words. The assignment should be an essay with headings. The work should be properly referenced.