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What is the difference between a historian’s grasp of the events of the past and the imaginative leap the writer must take to recreate it? While the historian must be scrupulously faithful to what is the case, the artist must cultivate a sympathetic imagination for the past. This is all about the sensory details as opposed to the overview—the sights, sounds, smells that make up a lived reality. How do you write convincing dialogue that is neither jarringly contemporary nor self-consciously archaic? How does a writer depart from the historically correct to find a story worth telling? How does a writer create characters that feel like flesh-and-blood, while observing the specificities and constraints of the time in which the story is set? Often what feels most “real” is what has been freely invented, and this course will enable the participants to begin the work of thinking like novelists as they approach history, and to create their own fictional worlds. Understand the unique process of creating historical fiction. Apply these techniques to your own work.

Learn about the financing and payment forms available for international trade transactions and the risks associated with them. From pay-in-advance to the popular open-account method, payment forms carry different risks. We will look closely at letters of credit, the most sophisticated and effective method of payment today. You'll also learn how financial guarantees apply to various situations. A careful analysis of market forces, the competitive environment and other financial elements will help you determine an effective trade finance strategy. Recognize the importance of strategic planning for international business. Know the various risks associated with international trade, including foreign exchange, commercial risk and country risk. Gauge different options for short- and long-term financing and payment mechanisms available for importers and exporters. Understand technology and how it is used in trade finance and the supply chain. Calculate the cost-benefit of different payment methods for parties involved in international transactions. Understand the effects and importance of cash flow planning in international trade.

Ce cours présentera des activités orales variées ciblées sur des thèmes contemporains. Vous ferez une présentation sur un thème de votre choix dans le but d'engager une discussion générale. Vous introduirez de nouveaux mots ou expressions, ferez la lecture commentée d'un poème ou d'une chanson, écouterez une interview et participerez à des jeux de langue ou autres. Les activités et les thèmes varieront de cours en cours, permettant ainsi aux étudiants intéressés de reprendre ce cours autant de fois qu'ils le désirent. maintenez et améliorez votre niveau de français le cas échéant, pratiquez des points de grammaire, de syntaxe ou de prononciation profitez des supports multiples tels CD, DVD et articles lus ou écoutés.

Selecting strong stocks based on fundamental data is the first step in building a successful portfolio. This course uses case studies, discussions and presentations to teach you how to find undervalued companies based on their estimated intrinsic values. You'll learn how to estimate a stock's target price and draft an equity research report, and study strategies used by legends such as Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham. The course will draw on research to build a database of potential investment picks. Identify undervalued (fundamentally strong) and overvalued (fundamentally weak) companies based on their estimated intrinsic values. Apply value-investing strategies and successful investment habits to your stock portfolio. Calculate the intrinsic value of a stock using absolute valuation and relative valuation models. Develop and present a professional equity-research report for your favourite stock.

Explore writing and meditation practices and overcome blocks to the creative process. In this course, you'll work to create new pathways in your consciousness, open your creativity and eliminate feelings of limitation and inhibition. The course combines meditation, lectures, writing exercises and discussions with a community of like-minded writers. You'll try journaling, sitting, and walking meditation, and writing exercises to help you tell your story, memoir, or poem. As insight develops, creativity, clarity, and happiness arrive. Unblock creative energy and learn lessons of craft. Create connections between your interior and exterior lives. Connect the wisdom within your heart to the written word.  

This course gives you an overview of Enterprise Architecture (EA) and its role in implementing an organization’s strategy.  You'll learn about aligning business and IT and how to use principles, standards, patterns and best practices. Explore the most used EA methodologies, the fundamentals in business, technology and security and the interrelationships between domains. You'll also learn how to measure EA benefits, convey them to key stakeholders and develop architectural and governance skills that follow key frameworks used in the industry (e.g. TOGAF) and use an architectural language (e.g. Archimate). Understand how Enterprise Architecture (EA) helps deliver the organization's vision. Show how EA can influence the overall performance of the organization and affect its competitive advantage. Explain the relationships between business, application, data, technology and security aspects. Advocate good EA practices and appropriate governance. Evaluate the current state of an organization versus its stated vision and goals. Understand the fundamentals about using a disciplined, comprehensive methodology as well as take an agile approach. Explain how an architectural language like Archimate in conjunction with TOGAF. Evaluate the results of an Enterprise Architecture practice.

This course provides a view on current architectural approaches as well as emerging technology trends in the industry.  Not only this is a much needed input into the architectural process, in order to foresee the best strategy for your organization, but you will acquire some of the skills that are in high demand in the market. Selected topics like service-oriented architecture, cloud computing, big data, predictive analytics, etc. will be discussed along with other emerging industry trends. More advanced topics will be introduced as well. You will learn to use Archimate to describe architecture patterns and TOGAF to explain how to apply these trends in a business environment. Some of the components that make up modern environments such as data lakes will be introduced. You will also be able to explain how machine learning and AI can be applied to data in these environments. Apply the tools and techniques commonly used in EA practice. Understand service-oriented architecture and other common enterprise architectural models like Cloud computing, Big Data, Predictive analytics, etc. Understand the importance of data and information and how to best leverage it in your organization Survey current industry trends  and Show how to keep an eye on other emerging technologies, as things change.

Organizations use quality management and process excellence to deliver value for customers, generate returns for shareholders and improve workplaces. This course gives you a solid grounding in the ideas and practices of quality management. You'll learn the core ideas that underpin the leading quality and process excellence methodologies and frameworks used today (ISO, TQM, Lean Six Sigma) and how to apply Lean Six Sigma Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) methodology to business and work situations. Understand how quality relates to business strategy. Measure and define quality in your processes from your customer's perspective. Map and analyze your processes. Understand and identify waste in your processes. Understand and be able to apply fundamental project management and Lean Six Sigma tools to improve processes.

When leading organizations get serious about improving processes and optimizing quality, they turn to Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology. In this five-session micro course, you’ll acquire fundamental skills and techniques needed to execute LSS projects. You’ll learn to identify opportunities for improvement, calculate the cost of poor quality and plan a solution that addresses five distinct LSS phases: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC). You’ll emerge with a keener understanding of why things go wrong and how to design measurable improvements when they do. Within 4-6 weeks of successfully completing this course, you will receive your micro-credential indicating achievement of the outlined learning outcomes and competencies/skills. Micro-credentials are tamper proof, verifiable, blockchain-based and 100% digital. They can be shared on social media, including LinkedIn and Facebook, embedded in websites or downloaded as PDFs. By the end of this micro course, you'll be able to: Identify improvement opportunities within processes. Calculate the cost of poor quality. Plan a DMAIC project. Apply statistical methods to analyze process problems. Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: Process Mapping Process Analysis Lean Principles Six Sigma Tools DMAIC Methodology Project Management Statistical Methods

Lean Six Sigma is a strategic tool organizations use to deliver value for customers, generate returns for shareholders and create a meaningful workplace environment for employees. This hands-on course covers widely used concepts associated with the Lean Six Sigma methodology. You'll learn how to identify improvement opportunities, develop solutions and ensure that the benefits are realized. Map the value streams in your organization. Analyze a value stream to improve flow and create demand-driven pull. Calculate takt time and quantify the baseline performance of your value stream. Establish and define standard work. Lead kaizen events to improve the effectiveness of your value stream.