Enhancing students’ global competence through international business study missions

• Main Authors: CHONG, Mark, GAN, Benjamin, MENKHOFF, Thomas
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Global competencies; Curriculum design; Asian University; Study abroad; Short term; Learning outcome; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6673; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7664&context=lkcsb_research
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Purpose This paper aims to share how an Asian university enhanced students’ global competence through international business study missions (BSMs). More specifically, it focuses on how the design of these BSMs enabled “deep” learning beyond industry tourism and how 21st-century competencies such as...