MNGT-E2011 - Global Political Economy, Lecture, 6.9.2023-12.10.2023

The final session of the course will be dedicated for group debates. Groups of 6-7 students will be assigned by the teachers in the first lecture of the course. Before the final session each group is given a Pro or Against stance on one of the contemporary topics that will be introduced in the course. In a debate each group will be facing an opposing stance after which rest of the students will vote for the more persuasive stance. Before the debate each group will give a 5 min presentation of their stance and hand over a written 2-page executive summary for the teachers. Assessment criteria will be discussed during the first lecture.

Assessment Criteria of Executive Abstract

1. Content and analysis: takes a clear and justified position, key elements of the issue are covered with supporting evidence, reflexive use of selected course concepts, insightfulness of analysis with no fallacies in the logic of argumentation.
2. Organization and style: logical structure, clear writing style with complete and concise sentences.

Standard Assignment Formatting

General principles for Word files: Double-Spaced text, Times New Roman 12pt font, 2.54cm margin. For references, please follow the guidelines of the https://apastyle.apa.org/.

If you have used ChatGPT or other AI tools in your work, describe how you used the tool in your introduction or method/comparable section of your paper. This applies also for the group work abstract. For example, please refer to: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt

If utilizing AI tools in your work please bear in mind that the student is always responsible for the content of their submitted work. For example, AI-generated text cannot be presented as is as the student's own written response. The student is obligated to follow academic writing practices. Upon the teacher's request, the student is obligated to describe how, what and/or why AI-based technology has been used to do the learning task.