This class focuses on German-speaking authors (Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Anna Seghers, Stefan Zweig and numerous others) who were forced to leave their country in the wake of Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in 1933. While exile literature is often discussed and categorized in terms of
The program follows a problem-based learning approach: where emphasis is on working in groups, on open problems, supported by an expert facilitator. Working in teams, inexperienced programmers will get an opportunity to see how their basic skills can be combined in order to scale-up to producing a
Integrated Design for Six Sigma and Lean Enterprise approaches provide a highly structured strategy for acquiring, assessing, and activating customer, competitor, and enterprise intelligence that lead to superior product, system or enterprise innovations and designs that provide the organization
This course deals with concepts, methods, and applications of marketing decisions. Unlike most marketing courses that focus on conceptual material, this course will provide the students with analytic skills to translate conceptual understanding into specific operational plans - a skill that is in
Many activities in industry and society may result in unwanted and harmful effects on human beings and/or the environment. Dealing with risk is an important issue that, basically, affects nearly all working conditions, where technical and scientific knowledge is applied. A risk perspective that
The first edition of the Darwin Summer School will address the perturbation of the global carbon cycle, in the past, present and future. Main subjects will be ocean acidification, microbial ecology and biomarkers and terrestrial carbon cycling. Renowned scientists like Jack Middelburg, Jelle Bijma,
The aim of the course is to integrate concepts of inventory theory, operations management, logistics and marketing into a conceptual framework to analyse various issues in supply chain management with a special focus on customer orientation. The course builds on principles of general management, of
Is the world safe for democracy? It seems that with every passing day the world is becoming a more dangerous place. The phenomenon of war is not new; the emergence of non-state actors as parties to armed conflicts is. Terrorist activity has spread worldwide. Piracy today is not the pre-19th century
- Development of intercultural awareness; - Presentation of intercultural theories; - The study of stereotypes and their origins; - The influence of intercultural references and their role in interpersonal relations; - Cultural influences in different professional areas: Advertising Cinema
The aim of this course is to unpack the notion of "human security" both conceptually and through empirical examples which focus specifically on human security in relation to natural and man-made crises. Through case studies drawn from recent conflicts and catastrophes in different areas
