Research Seminar "Introduction to Profession"

2020/2021

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Management

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

1 year, 1, 2 module

Instructors

Veretennik, Elena V.

Sannikova, Yulia

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Course Overview The goal of this course has twofold nature. On the one hand, the course is aimed to highlight how a SEM’s undergraduate degree in international business and management offer career opportunities. On the other hand, the course is constructed for the development of essential managerial soft skills.

Learning Objectives

• Students understand importance of soft-skills development for their career success
• Students understand importance of soft-skills development for managerial work and profession
• Students have built their career path and development roadmap
• Students have practiced presentation skills, analytical skills, creating thinking, business writing skills and others
• Students know what skills they need to develop to be able to work in modern challenging business environment
• Students know how HSE extra curriculum opportunities can help and benefit their soft-skills development
• Students have experienced different types of teamwork and soft- skills exercises in order to understand their personal strengths and areas for future improvements

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students understand importance of soft-skills development for their career success
• Students understand importance of soft-skills development for managerial work and profession
• Students have built their career path and development roadmap
• Students have practiced presentation skills, analytical skills, creating thinking, business writing skills and others
• Students know what skills they need to develop to be able to work in modern challenging business environment
• Students know how HSE extra curriculum opportunities can help and benefit their soft-skills development
• Students have experienced different types of teamwork and soft- skills exercises in order to understand their personal strengths and areas for future improvements

Course Contents

• Skills and competencies managers need to develop
• Project skills: Marshmallow challenge, Belbin's test, typology and discussion about team roles
• Presentation skills (mini-training)
• “Working in teams” training, including cultural intelligence: mini- training
• Time management: getting things done
• Change management (mini-training)
• Communication skills (mini- training)
• Decision-making process
• HSE opportunities to develop managerial skills

Assessment Elements

• In-class participation
• Assessment: CORE report + presentation
• SELF report

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (2 module)
  Assessment Methods Types of Assessment: Formative Assessment • In-class reflection papers/ assignments 10 points • In-class extra valuable individual activity 10 points • CASE report 40 points • CORE report 20 points • Networking activities (guest event report, questions before & during guest events, etc) 10 points • News making (VK, TG posts) 5 points Summative Assessment • Exam (defense of CORE report) 20 points

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Tengblad, S. (2012). The Work of Managers : Towards a Practice Theory of Management. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=421508

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Heene, A., & Sanchez, R. (2014). A Focused Issue on Building New Competences in Dynamic Environments (Vol. First edition). Bingley, U.K.: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=890922