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Previous Knowledge

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COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

Course Learning Objectives

CONTENT

Methodology

Assessment criteria

NO FINAL EXAM

Class Evaluation will be graded attending two criteria:
1) Active individual participation, representing up to 50% of the total grade

-Attendance:
--Mandatory presential attendance. In order to opt to a 10 in this 30% of the final grade, participants will not be able to miss any session. Exceptions: major causes justified by the faculty team, students should directly email Oriol (oriol.gutierrez@ esade.edu) cc'ing Xavi (xavier.marlasca@esade.edu) to obtain the exemption certificate mail.
--A minimum class presential attendance of 8/10 sessions is required to opt to pass the course.
--Should you not be able to come to class for a justified reason, please contact the professor at least 2 days ahead of the class.
--As it happens with consulting interviews random cold calling questions could be asked

-Class participation:
--The quality of your contributions and your active listening
---Should you be caught having an unprofessional behavior in one of the sessions, you will immediately fail the course and you will not be allowed to participate in the remaining sessions

--Grading class participation is necessarily subjective. However, we try to make it as objective as possible. Some of the criteria for evaluating effective class participation includes:
---Is the participant prepared? Do comments show evidence of analysis of the case/challenge? Do comments add value to our understanding of the situation? Does the participant go beyond simple/repetition of basic facts without analysis and conclusions? Do comments show an understanding of theories, concepts, and analytical devices presented in class lectures or reading materials?
---Is the participant an active listener? Are his interventions relevant to the discussion? Is the participant willing to interact with other class members?
---Is the participant an effective communicator? Are concepts presented in a concise and convincing way?

2) Learning Journal: 1-2-page Final Take-Away Report over topics and notions delivered throughout all classes. Representing up to 50% of the total grade:
-General information: The report must be done in pairs but submitted by only one student of each pair.
-Deadline: two weeks after the last session of the course elective
-Tips:
--Add references to readings / materials / notes from different sessions. Include a superscript to indicate in which session it was mentioned. e.g., MECE^6.
--Connect ideas from different sessions. Instead of structuring each paragraph by session, it is recommendable to structure the paper by concepts / ideas learned in all sessions.
--Try to deliver an interesting storytelling flow.
--Use bolding/colors to highlight key messages.
-Please, follow the below guidelines for the submission of your deliverable:
--Line Spacing: 1,5
--Font: Calibri 11
--Minimum Length: 1 A4 page
--Maximum Length: 2 A4 pages
--Save the document as "CA - [Name of student A] - [Name of student B]"
If you want to prepare your Learning Journal in a different format than a Word Report (or if it is different from the formal requirements proposed), please notify Oriol and Xavi to confirm if your format is valid.
If you fail to pass the course, you will not be able to recover the attendance and participation part of your grade (it will be based on your first attempt at the course). You will be able to improve your grade by delivering a new final project and retaking the course tests.

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