【Course Title】

Global Perspectives

【Instructor】

【Teaching Language】

English

【Credits/Credit Hours】

2/32

【Students】

Undergraduate and graduate students

【Size of Class】

30

【Prerequisites & Requirements】

Engineering major; Above average English language proficiency

【Methods of Instruction】

Lecturing with research project  

【Performance Evaluation】

Performance will be graded according to following criteria:

Class participation (attendance, classroom discussion, peer learning): 30%

Project (teamwork): 40%

Final Exam (written, close book): 30%

【About the Instructor】

Mr. Poladian has worked in multinational companies for more than 30 years. Prior to joining AAFIE, he had worked as Project Manager in Integration Services at IBM, Business Development Manager at HP, Program Manager at Northrop Grumman Corporation，and Senior engineer in the Electro Optical Data Systems Group at Hughes Aircraft Company. Mr. Poladian has extensive experience in global project management.

【Course Description】

The goal of Global Perspectives is to prepare 21st century college students for participating in global collaboration, solving challenging real world problems, and designing innovative solutions for global society.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Understand global society, culture diversity, and global perspective;

• Understand concept of globalization, and flows of goods, services, money, people, information, culture, and ideas across geographic and ideological boundaries;

• Understand the characteristics of globalization as an economic, social, and cultural phenomenon;

• Understand how beliefs & values affect actions of individuals, institutions, NGOs and other organizations as well as governments;

• Understand the components of the globalization process;

• Understand global economic, environmental, ethical, legal, culture, health and safety, social, and sustainability impacts on solving real world problems;

• Understand globalization of markets;

• Understand globalization of production;

• Understand global competition through analyzing the impacts of globalization on economy, society, resources, workforces, innovation systems, innovation models, product development, usage of information, media, organizations, business environment, markets, and enterprise operations;

• Understand international practices, regulations, and professional licenses;

• Understand the roles and impacts of international patents, intellectual property, and venture capital;

• Understand how to expand into global markets and globalization approaches;

• Understand globalization directions, globalization of operational resources, globalization of operational process, and globalization of manufacturing operations;

• Understand global collaboration, teamwork, and global project management;

• Understand global innovation models, systems, and approaches;

• Understand international entrepreneurship.

【Syllabus】

The course consists of three parts: Part 1 is the fundamentals for understanding global perspectives; Part 2 is to apply the fundamentals to case studies. Part 3 is the student projects.

Part 1: Fundamentals of Global Perspectives

Unit 1: Globalization and Cultural Competence

1.1 Cultural and Social Structures

1.2 Global society

1.3 Western Culture

1.4 American Culture

1.5 Cultural Difference

1.8 Globalization Impacts

1.9 Diversity and Inclusion

Unit 2: Globalization Process

2.1 Components of globalization process

2.2 Globalization of markets

2.3 Globalization of production

2.4 Ethics and social responsibility in globalization

Unite 3: International Practices and Regulations

3.1 International practices and policies

3.2 International regulations and standards

3.3 International professional licenses

Unit 4: Global Solutions

4.1 Global constraints for solving problems

4.2 Global ecosystem

4.3 Global sustainability

Unit 5: Global Invention and Innovation

5.1 Types of innovation

5.2 Global innovation approaches

5.3 Global innovation process

5.4 Global innovation models

5.5 Global new product development process

5.6 International patents and intellectual property

5.7 International entrepreneurship

Part 2: Case Studies

1: Building Global Competitiveness: European Photonics Industry

Reading Material #1: A Photonics Private Public Partnership in Horizon2020 (160 pages)

Topics

Topic #1: NGO’s (Non-governmental Organization) role in promoting photonics industry.

Topic #2: Photonics innovation/engineering impacts on global society

      - Economy

      - Health

      - Environment

      - Others

Topic #3: Global research and innovation strategy

      - Ecosystem, innovation networks, global platforms

      - SME (Small to Medium-sized Enterprise)

      - Private-Public Partnership

      - Global R&D and global innovation challenges

      - Global competitiveness

2. Globalization 2.0

Reading Materials #2: Aerospace Globalization 2.0: Implications for Canada’s Aerospace Industry

Topics

The aerospace industry is moving beyond an era of multi-national cooperation (Globalization 1.0) to an era of “horizontal specialization,” where original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and service suppliers tightly integrate functions such as engineering, manufacturing, and customer support across multiple locations on a global basis. We dub this Globalization 2.0. Students will assess the implications of this new paradigm and other key structural trends for aerospace industry, and come up with topics they are interested in.

【Textbooks】

None

【Reference Readings】

None