Academic Level: 400
Lecture, 6 ECTS Credits (150 hours per semester), 38 hours per week - blocked in 2 intensive weeks 5, on-site visits of companies and government bodies in the southwest of Germany
Registration deadline is in April. You must be prepared to travel and pay for transportation, accommodation, and other costs.
offered in fall/winter, in the month of September
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Christian Arndt
IfS is a two weeks study tour that deals with challenges such as demographic change, social inequality, scarcity of commodities combined with global warming. The following subject areas will be covered by the lecture: Solutions to challenges from demographic change, social inequality, scarcity of commodities and global warming, Intercultural communication and management, Sustainability, innovation. The students will learn to: apply techniques for attaining new knowledge in a research-led way, understand the basic theoretical concepts of sustainability from different cultural perspectives, identify economic, social and environmental challenges of today and know how to devise innovative solutions, describe and evaluate strategies that market leaders are applying today, recognize and cope with cultural differences in problem solving, interact and collaborate with students from other countries and cultural backgrounds.
Assessment: Presentations, paper
Prerequisite: Background in Business/Economics, Intermediate class in Economics and Management, Academic/Business Writing
Undergraduate students, Graduate students