Mentor's Seminar "Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Global Markets"

2022/2023

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

1

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Management

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

1 year, 1-4 module

Instructors

Veselova, Liudmila S.

Melchenko, Sergey

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The seminar is intended for students enrolled in the track “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Global Markets”. The aim of this seminar is to support students in building their individual learning trajectories and defining individual educational outcomes. In particular, the academic mentor provides students with recommendations regarding the selection of elective courses within their Major and Magolego courses from the university-wide pool.

Learning Objectives

• Together with the mentor student will design personal educational results, coordinate educational activities for the development of the educational program in accordance with the individual plan of students. The student gains an understanding of best practices and/or research related to the topic of learning path.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• fixation of individual educational results that the student intends to achieve in the course of mastering the program; selection and coordination of the elements of the individual curriculum, corresponding to the individual educational results; individual counseling of a student with an Academic mentor on the advancement of the individual curriculum and the degree of achievement of individual educational results; correction of the individual curriculum, if necessary.

Course Contents

• Meeting with the 2nd year students
• Discussing internship
• Individual/group consultations
• MA thsis defence

Assessment Elements

• In-class participation
• Essay
• In-class participation
• Essay

Interim Assessment

• 2022/2023 4th module
  0.7 * Essay + 0.3 * In-class participation
• 2023/2024 4th module
  0.7 * Essay + 0.3 * In-class participation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Porter, M. E. (1998). Competitive Strategy : Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors (Vol. [New ed.]). New York: Free Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1964532
• Welch, C., & Marschan-Piekkari, R. (2004). Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for International Business. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=473073

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Deresky, H. (2016). International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures, Text and Cases, Global Edition. [N.p.]: Pearson. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1419482