The aim of this course is to introduce the strategic and organizational challenges of entrepreneurship and small business management. We will illustrate how a strategic result-oriented approach can improve the innovation output and the performance of these ventures. Topics that will be discussed
The Services Blueprinting course introduces you to a powerful tool to visualize service processes of companies. Next to giving you an insight into the theory, we'd like you to experience services from a customer's perspective! With the help of a real-life example, we'll analyze a service and
In this course we will study the Arab World with a deeper insight of identity theory in general and our own identity in particular. Before approaching historical, philosophical, cultural, religious and political texts/movies from and about the Arab World we will briefly analyse our own identities.
"What is right about people?" This question is at the heart of positive psychology, which is the scientific and applied approach to uncovering people's strengths and promoting their positive functioning. Positive psychology is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment,
A good public sphere is seen as the elixir of modern democracy, as it provides a forum for exchanging views and formulating opinions. Media play an important role in the structural transformation of the public sphere. The art of printing, for instance, had an enormous impact on the emergence of the
After completing this course, participants will have improved their intercultural communication skills: they will have acquired conceptual tools which help them in avoiding interpretation errors when dealing with people from a culture different from their own, in particular in a managerial
Izmo has organized the second edition of the International Summer School in Turin from July 16th to July 24th 2012, which focuses on the semi-public space. The course is targeted to students, graduates, professionals, and, in general, anyone who is interested in the subject of semi-public space and
Participants in this course will be initiated in the wonderful and fascinating world of epidemiological research featuring measures of disease frequency and association, health measurement (clinimetrics), study designs (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional, intervention, RCT), bias, confounding,
This 6-week intensive German language course will take you from zero to A2-level (CEFR), with an introduction to the language and enable you to speak basic German in everyday situations. Plus: Live, on-site practice in neighbouring towns!Course duration: 6 weeks, 30 sessions of 2 hours/day (total
French is the second most spoken language in the EU and the 10th most spoken language worldwide, with more than 130 million speakers in 40-plus countries. This 6-week intensive French language course will take you from zero to A2-level (CEFR), with an introduction to the language and enable you to
