Six Sigma Design (DFSS) & Innovation methods provide complementary approaches. When strategically linked these yield customer-driven, highly resource efficient processes and products with almost perfect performance. Integrated DFSS, Innovation, and Lean approaches provide a highly structured
Much of world economy today is dominated by services. The distinctive nature of the services sector comes from their very intangibility, which impacts their conception, design, communication, delivery, and purchase and consumption. Other characteristics of services like heterogeneity perish
What does the idea of revolution mean for different people today, at this moment in history? How are revolutions envisioned and enacted? How can we conceptualise revolution as a form of change theoretically, and how does it relate to other forms of social change? In particular, the course will
In today's tough job environment more people are choosing to become entrepreneurs. One of the more popular ways to do this is to start up a retail store - either physical or on-line. The main objective of this course is to enable students to develop a full retail plan that they can use to begin a
The Summer School Programme offers five one-day courses designed to introduce participants to the advances that are being made in the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology. In 2012 the courses focus on bionanotechnology. No prior knowledge is assumed although an understanding of physical
Old Norse Mythology is visualized, performed and narrated in a variety of genres and contexts from Viking Age to the Scandinavian Middle Ages: From rune stones and material culture to myths and learned Christian treatises. This intensive course will explore Old Norse Mythology in its manifold
The goal of this course is to present and practice methods and techniques that can be effectively used in the process of negotiation as well as to demonstrate how to deal with the obstacles and complicating factors that might appear while applying them. The course focuses on the practical aspects
The technological and demographic changes along with globalization and economic crisis have impacted the organizational environment and their strategies. Business organizations today require leadership, vision, adaptability, and coordination on a scale never before imagined. In this regard, the
The application of psycholinguistic theory to marketing communication has become a topic of great prominence in the field of consumer behavior. The use of certain linguistic structures aims at increasing activating and cognitive psychological processes, or at measuring such non-linguistic
The process of globalisation offers a topical illustration of the interaction between linguistic and cultural factors in the construction of discourse, both within specialized domains and in wider contexts. This globalising trend has also affected the legal field, where an international perspective
