By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Apply design methodologies to the challenges of legal processes and services.
- Develop a wider appreciation of the legal industry and innovation today.
- Develop an appreciation of how to be a human-centric participant in the legal industry and deliver value for its users.
This course provides excellent holistic training for students who are interested in any career in law. Students who wish to take part in international moot court competitions will have to apply successfully for this module or seek special dispensation from the course convenor, while students who have taken this course may be eligible to do another competition a second time.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Analyze the power and impact of global and local challenges related to the nexus of 'digital disruption, demographic change and age diversity' on business and society in general;
- Explain the importance of collaborative transformative leadership in developing and implementing practical solutions which address some of these complex issues head on in an integrated, interdisciplinary and novel manner;
- Appreciate what it takes in terms of design thinking, business model development and innovation strategies to propose practical solutions that create real value for relevant stakeholders of participating client organizations;
- Articulate how selected leadership concepts such as transformational, collaborative leadership approaches can propel innovative problem solutions;
- Reflect effectively about their own leadership outlook and the way forward in terms of good self-leadership on the basis of an enhanced self-awareness enabled through the deployment of a relevant assessment instrument (with a focus on personal leadership development through feedback and coaching) as well as the (playful and project-based) acquisition of 21th century skills such as collaborative intelligence through impactful and innovative SMU-X projects.
Students proposed ideas and solutions to help address the various social needs faced by various social organisations.
Through the online lectures, interview clips and face-to-face discussions, this course invites students to:
1. Critically reflect on Singapore's post-independence history, and its impact on Singapore's future development trajectories;
2. Contemplate the kind of Singapore they envision for the future.
3. Understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that can help or hinder Singapore achieving their vision(s) for the country.
4. Deliberate upon the range and nature of strategies and policies that will enable Singapore to achieve their vision(s) for the country.
Students suggested various outreach strategies to effectively reach out to youths of different ages and social economical status to counter radicalisation.
Students developed and implemented an action plan to encourage other youths to take interest in various Singapore's challenges.
Students who complete this course should acquire the following course-specific skills:
- Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the nature, conditions and traditions of local theatre in Singapore.
- Gain a strong understanding of the expansive history of local theatre, particularly the function of key industry bodies, decision makers and institutions within the local theatre art world.
- Develop keener insights into the technical and production principles and processes in local theatre.
- Ability to discuss current financial planning issues and strategies as they relate to the management of local performing arts organisations.
- Obtain foundational knowledge of the various forms and functions of theatricality, textuality and performativity, particularly in a local context acquire knowledge of a range of elements, tools, subjects, processes, stagecraft, techniques and styles associated with local theatre.
- Be equipped with a set of critical vocabularies to confidently analyse, discuss and debate the inherently diverse features and qualities of texts produced by our local theatre art world.
- Obtain practical knowledge of different documentation styles, and their practical implications including framing ideas, narrative techniques, and issues of fairness and objectivity.
Students developed a proposal for a theatre production that is adapted from an older local theatre production, within a set budget.
This course aims to help students: Understand the keys theories and strategies in Monetary Policy and Financial Markets Management especially from the Central Bank's point of view, Solve real-world problems to a Central Bank (related to Monetary Policy or Financial Markets) and learn how to work in a project group, Gain insight into financial markets an well as the business environment and culture in Vietnam through mini cultural activities and Vietnam theme presentations, Develop potential networking, and other life skills through the study mission (if travel al- lowed) and by interacting with business leaders in Vietnam (through guest speaker sessions).
Students provided insights into the interconnection of different macroeconomics subjects to the project, and researched into various developed and developing countries to raise proposals for policies. Students also ran quantitative models to analyse data and make conclusions about the behaviour of different macroeconomics variable for Vietnam such as inflation and growth, which are crucial to determine the choice of different monetary policy instruments.
Students will be trained in Six Sigma to the level of Greenbelt and will achieve certification of their Green Belt status by SMU. After taking this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the different elements of Six Sigma Deployment, including the change and leadership components necessary
- Explain the basics of LEAN improvement methods including simple value-stream mapping and identification of process waste
- Define, lead and manage small to medium-size process improvement projects using the DMAIC (Design, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) and DFSS (Design for Six Sigma) methods
- Identify and apply appropriate six-sigma and project management tools to effectively improve processes
- Operate within teams and within organizations to drive effective process improvements
To minimise number of queries and be more efficient in tracing payment and communication, students reviewed the payment processes, identified various pain points and suggested improvements that could help save time and effort for the Finance department.
Students investigated current operations of the various hotel properties, and suggested best practices and ways to streamline their processes.
Students investigated the outlet's current customer flow and staff engagement, and suggested a staff roster that could efficently lead to an increase in sales.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the science behind the power of story.
- Explain core storytelling concepts, principles and frameworks.
- Create engaging, influential and memorable stories (and characters) for various audiences and media.
- Apply their their storytelling knowledge and skills to real-world projects.
By the end of this SMU-X course which places an emphasis on experiential project-based learning, students will be able to:
- Describe the institutional set-up and the organization existing ways to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation practices
- Analyze gaps and suggest management practices, systems or processes that could augment entrepreneurship and innovation within the existing organization
- Make sound decisions while managing complex situations by evaluating management challenges to entrepreneurship and innovation; and think creatively to design possible solutions
- Adapt to new or unfamiliar environments, exercise leadership, whilst working collaboratively and productively as a team.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the main forces determining the relationships between business, government, and society.
- Identify the main forces determining the relationships between business, governments, and society in Singapore.
- Illustrate and evaluate major trade-offs between the shareholder view and the stakeholder view of the firm.
- Articulate principles governing corporate social responsibility.
- Discuss the Singapore style of corporate social responsibility.
- Analyze a number of topical fields surrounding today businesses, including the environment, and technological change.