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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Jesse DeLaughter <<a href="mailto:jessed@mit.edu">jessed@mit.edu</a>><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>cross-cultural collaboration course</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">December 10, 2015 at 1:43:25 PM EST<br>
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<div>For the second IAP in a row, our office is sponsoring a course called Cross-Cultural Collaboration. The class and the instructor received very positive feedback from last year’s students, and we think it is a valuable offering for undergrads, especially
if they are taking another team-intensive class during IAP or have an interest in international careers or collaborative research. </div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
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<div>-Jesse DeLaughter</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(99, 36, 35);">Jumpstart your Global Career<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Cross-Cultural Collaboration – IAP 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">21W.S60 3 Units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Section I: Jan. 5,7,12,14,19 and 21 8AM – 9:30AM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Section II: Jan. 5,7,12,14,19 and 21 10AM – 11:30AM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Section III: Jan. 6,8,11,13,15 and 20 9AM—10:30AM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Each class will include approx. 20 students from SUTD and 10 MIT students. This course is especially good when combined with
another teamwork-oriented IAP class, although this is not a requirement for participation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">It is a rare job or class that does not require working with others. Today's engineers, designers, programmers
and architects need to be experts in the skills of their trade, but they also need the skills to work with others to get things done. As work becomes increasingly global in nature, this means communicating effectively with people from across many cultures,
identifying and overcoming sources of tension, and creatively combining the strengths that individual team members bring to the table. In this course, participants will:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Gain knowledge of cultural factors that may
influence group and individual work dynamics<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Understand typical stages of group development<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Gain tools for effective communication<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Assess their own areas of strength and weakness
and identify areas of growth to work on during the class<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Explore various paradigms of leadership and
analyze them through different cultural lenses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);">Gain experience working in teams</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Preregistration starts Dec. 1 for credit. If you’d like to take the course as a non-credit activity, contact </span><a href="mailto:jconnor@mit.edu" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">jconnor@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"> or </span><a href="mailto:jessed@mit.edu" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">jessed@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"> to
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