Week 1.1
introduction
secret mission
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Preparation before class:
Assignment introduction (Individual Assignment)
- Accessing resources (individual assignment):
- Study Resources, "Contacts for Information" and "Inspiration for Business Ideas"
- Choose a business from one of the mentioned sites that is most inspirational to you
- Choose a business from one of the mentioned sites that will have exceptional high return on investment (impact) in a:
- a social way
- an environmental way
- a financial way
- Course introduction (group assignment):
- Study and discuss Student Manual. Prepare intelligent questions or suggestions for improvement
- Study and discuss Study Program. Prepare intelligent questions or suggestions for improvement
- Study and discuss Detailed Learning Objectives. Prepare intelligent questions or suggestions for improvement
- Group forming (Group Assignment):
- Form provisional groups of five students according to instructions "Working in Study Groups"
- Discuss the merits of working in groups among the team members
- Discuss the country/industry ideas of each of the group members
- Appoint spokes person and give your group a name
- Do a free individual Team Role Test (if you haven't done so already)
- What are the differences between the team role test you just did and the Belbin test
- Discus the diversity of team roles within your group
Assignments before class:
Fill out the questionnaires below, submit latest @ 18.00 hrs the day before class.
- Individual Assignment "3: Assignment introduction"
- Have you read the instructions for the Practical Assignment?
- Do you understand the instructions?
- Do you have any questions about the instructions?
- Is this an assignment you are looking forward to?
- Personal Assignment "4: Accessing resources"
- Have you studied the resources?
- Have you found a business that is of great inspiration to you?
- What business did you believe to be the most inspirational?
- Why is it inspirational?
- Where/how did you find that business?
- Have you found a business with exceptional impact?
- What business do you believe to have exceptional impact?
- Why does it have exceptional impact?
- Where/hoe have you found thatl business?
- Do you think that this form is more attractive that the previous one?
- Group assignment "1: Course introduction"
- Have you studied and discussed the "Student Manual" among the group?
- What are your intelligent questions about or suggestions for improvement for the "Student Manual"?
- Have you studied and discussed the "Study Program" among the group?
- What are your intelligent questions about or suggestions for improvement for the "Study Program"?
- Have you studied and discussed the "Detailed Learning Objectives" among the group?
- What are your intelligent questions about or suggestions for improvement for the "Detailed Learning Objectives"?
- Do you each accept the Teacher - Student agreement (from the student manual)?
- How do you rate the introduction to the course so far?
- Group assignment "2: Group forming"
- Is your group complete?
- Who are the team members of your provisional group?
- Have you all read the paper "working in groups"?
- Do you all understand what it means to work in groups?
- What are the benefits of working in groups?
- What are the drawbacks of working in groups?
- Has each group member thought of a country and an industry for the practical assignments?
- What are these?
- Which of the country/industry combinations would you like to pursue?
- Who have you appointed as spokes person for the group?
- What group name have you chosen?
- Have you all done your team role test?
- What are the differences between the Team Role Test and the Belbin Test?
- What is the outcome of the team role test for each of the team members?
- What is the situation on diversity within your group?
- What disciplines/expertise/team roles would you like to add to your group?
- What are the chances that your group will score high during this course?
GE 1&2 1.1 IntroductionGE 1&2 1.1 Introduction
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