Presentation and Public Speaking Skills

ECTS 3 points

ECTS 0 points

KW 15hrs

KW 0h

Not applicable.

ECTS 3 points

KW 15hrs

- presentation: 60% weight of final grade;

- activity in class: 30% weight of final grade;

- participation in class: 10% weight of final grade.

The Presentation and Public Speaking Skills course is directed to first year English-speaking IR students (Bachelor degree). The aim of the course is to equip participants with the ability to prepare and conduct a presentation on any topic within the framework of the ongoing study program.

- Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age, P. Paret, G. A. Craig, F. Gilbert, Princeton 1986;

- B. Bjerke, Business Leadership and Culture National Management Styles in the Global Economy, Northampton 1999;

- R. Saner, The Expert Negotiator: Strategy, Tactics, Motivation, Behaviour and Leadership, Leiden 2008;

- Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War (translated by R. Crawley), 2009;

- A. Furnham, E. Petrova, Body language in business. Decoding signals, New York 2010;

- B. Hurn, B. Tomalin, Cross-Cultural Communication. Theory and Practice, New York 2013;

- F. Garten, The International Manager: A Guide for Communicating, Cooperating and Negotiating with Worldwide Colleagues, London, New York 2015.

-K_W10: Knowledge: graduate knows and understands fundamental ideas and principles of intellectual property protection and intellectual property law;

-K_W11: Knowledge: graduate knows and understands fundamental dilemmas of contemporary civilization resulting from globalization process;

-K_U04: Skills: graduate can use advanced information and communication techniques to acquire and process the information and to present the results of his/her own research;

-K_U07: Skills: graduate can present in the discussion his/her own position on international problems and critically refer to the opinions of others;

-K_K04: Social competencies: graduate is ready to initiate and organize public interest activism, including civic education in the area of international relations, non-governmental organizations activities and social initiatives on local, national and international level;

-K_K05: Social competencies: graduate is ready to think and act in entrepreneurial manner in professional and social activities.