Courses Bachelor Display 2024-2025

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Course title Global Citizenship for Emerging Markets
Course code EBS2077
ECTS credits 4,0
Assessment Pass / Fail
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
S1 2-9-2024 26-1-2025 C
Level Intermediate
Coordinator Karsten Mau
For more information: k.mau@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
* 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
Description
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.
Literature
Selected readings, no textbook
Prerequisites
Enrolled in IB/EBE Emerging Market Specialization
Keywords
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) PBL / Lecture / Papers / Groupwork / Skills / Coaching
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Attendance / Participation / Assignment / Presentation
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - Emerging Markets Year 3 Compulsory Skill(s)
Bachelor International Business - Emerging Markets Year 3 Compulsory Skill(s)