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This course promotes theoretical knowledge as well as applied knowledge adapted to different contexts regarding strategic management from a general manager’s perspective. The aim is further to develop an ability to analyze the strategies of an organization, the strategy formulation and implementation processes, and apply that knowledge in practical decision-making. The course begins with an overview of the different schools of strategy, the classical business policy theory, followed by the "industrial organization economics" and ends with the so-called “resourced-based view” on resources and competencies as the key basis for competitiveness. From there, the course discusses different situations and aspects with greater importance for strategic management, especially in an international business context. To highlight the differences in demands on the leadership in different kinds of organizations strategic leadership in big corporations as well as in small new ventures and public organizations with different types of objectives are discussed.

This course examines mineralogy, igneous and metamorphic petrology, and related ore deposits, and their use in interpretation of geological environments. It covers geologic processes sensitive to pressure, temperature and volatile availability, including magma crystallization and gold mineralization.

This course examines assumptions about witchcraft, magic and the dead, as well as introducing students to key anthropological concerns such as ritual, symbolism and religion.

The course reviews number theory including the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, modular, and arithmetic; groups including definition, basic examples of groups, subgroups, normal subgroups, factor groups, isomorphisms, and homomorphisms, Lagrange's theorem, permutation groups, symmetric and alternating groups, finitely generated Abelian groups; rings including definition, basic examples of rings, isomorphisms and homomorphisms, ideals, factor rings, polynomial rings, factorization of polynomials as products of irreducible polynomials; and fields including characteristic, simple field extensions, finite fields.

This course explores the processes through which we come to experience our body as sexed, gendered, and sexualized, and situates them in particular political and economic contexts at specific historical moments. We take the “body” as a focal site through which power is exercised and subverted. Rather than viewing the body as what is “naturally” given, we examine how bodies are constantly made and remade through knowledge practices and political struggles. Drawing on the theories and methods developed in cultural anthropology, feminist and queer theories, and feminist STS (science and technology studies), we ask how the ideologies of normativity and productivity are built into seemingly “natural” bodies. We consider debates about reproduction, sciences of sex/gender/ sexuality, and experiences of illness that allow us to ask how bodies come to matter. Students develop the ability to critically analyze diverse materials ranging from pop culture to scientific literature that contribute to shaping the body as sexed, gendered, and sexualized; Students apply theories and methods from cultural anthropology, feminist and queer studies, and feminist science and technology studies (STS) to explore how power dynamics operate in the (re)construction of bodies; and Students enhance their ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with people from diverse backgrounds—through active participation in group discussions, projects, and interactive learning activities.

The main theme of the course is the interplay between Number Theory and rings. Students need to be familiar with the basics of prime numbers, unique factorization of integers and modular arithmetic. This is an advanced course with Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics as a prerequisite. 

The field of international relations and political science has given little attention to organized crime and corruption, which has become a focus of interest within these disciplines only recently. From an international relations perspective, it is worth investigating how organized crime is embedded in a larger political context, how politics interconnects with criminality on national and international level and how globalization affects internationalization of crime and corruption. The course covers definitional and conceptual issues related with organized crime, corruption, and terrorism; the impact of globalization on the internationalization of organized crime; the nexus and interaction between crime, corruption, and terrorism; variations in crime-terror nexus across different parts of the world; the anti-crime and anti-terrorism policies, and other issues.

Students are introduced to the entrepreneurial worldview that opportunities for innovation can be found across geographic, socioeconomic, industry, and cultural boundaries. Students must demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset through which they constantly seek to recognize innovation opportunities, across multiple contexts. Students are required to identify innovation opportunities that are local, national, and international in scope.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have attracted enormous attention from investors, regulators, and other stakeholders. This course introduces the concept of sustainability reporting and responsible investing. It evaluates the potential benefits of firms disclosing ESG information, as well as significant challenges to be overcome, including the risk of greenwashing. Students learn about existing and emerging ESG regulations and frameworks for ESG performance metrics. The course also explores how key capital market participants, such as asset managers, analysts, and banks, could incorporate ESG information into their investment decisions.

This course is designed to introduce students to the main currents of Chinese ancient spiritual traditions, tracing into literary and philosophical texts the inner experience that they carry and interpret. Pondering over a selection of relevant excerpts, the students will navigate throughout Taoist, Confucian, Legist and early Buddhist traditions. Students will be able to understand and compare the structure of the spiritual world as suggested by various schools, mystics and authors, and to approach the journeys that have been undertaken into the inner world. The goal of the course is also to provide students with skills in comparative textural and cultural studies, by drawing their attention to the lived experience that lies behind major texts of Chinese culture.