* Understanding of the key components of cultural intelligence and their role in business and personal communication and decision making;
* Reflection on and awareness of own intercultural communication skills, incl. an understanding of areas where their cultural intelligence can be enhanced
* An understanding of general creative-problem solving and communication techniques in EM context
* Ability to apply problem-solving techniques to situations frequently encountered in the economic, political and societal environment of emerging economies
* Know how and where to get reliable information for professional and personal purposes in emerging markets

This course is a compulsory skills training for 3rd year students of the BSc IB/EBE Emerging Markets specialization. It seeks to provide professional training in global citizenship and creative problem solving skills in an EM context. The course will be executed and taught by different groups of instructors who have worked and lived in Emerging Economies and bring different situations and challenges into the classroom. The first part of the course will focus on global citizenship, personal reflections, and settling in an EM country. The second part of the course will focus on creative problem solving and present cases that student solve in teams.

Selected readings, no textbook

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