我们的世界在经历着飞速的变化。人口老龄化，城市化，生活方式的迅速转变让世界上肥胖人群的数量远远超过了还在饥饿中生活的人。有些新兴经济体的中产阶级迅速膨胀，而有些发达国家例如欧洲和美国，中产阶级似乎正在衰弱。这些飞速的变化必然会给各国政府带来莫大的压力。对能源，自然资源，食物的争夺日渐激烈，而以美元领导的世界金融体系在二十一世纪的今天已显得力不从心。我们的课程将与你一起领略和探索这些以及更多的世界新局势。我们将一起感受飞速变化的世界给全球市场，商业，以及人们的生活带来的种种影响。我们将学习如何分析全球市场和商业局势，理解它们的深度，广度，和它们之间的联系和影响，从而讨论我们的世界该如何应对这些翻天覆地的变化和新局面。
授课形式
每周上传的演讲视屏将为你解析重要的知识点，让大家大概了解当下重要的经济和社会局势变化。我将会用一些案例来给大家分析这些变化的意义和影响，例如印度最新推出的tata小型轿车， 非洲角的海盗问题。我也会跟大家分享在我去这些地方实地研究后，对这些事件和变化的看法。
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推荐阅读
All of the readings indicated below are available for free from our website when the class begins.
Week 1: "Welcome to the 21st Century." Chapter 1 of Mauro F. Guillen and Emilio Ontiveros, Global Turning Points (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
Week 2: "The New Demography." Chapter 4 of Mauro F. Guillen and Emilio Ontiveros, Global Turning Points (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
Week 3: Poverty and Inequality: Persistent Problems and New Solutions. Lauder Institute’s Global TrendLab and Santander Universities.
Week 4: Global Risk: New Perspectives and Opportunities. Lauder Institute’s Global TrendLab and Santander Universities.
Week 5: Global Report 2011: Conflict, Governance and State Fragility. Center for Systemic Peace.
Week 6: Sustainability: New Perspectives and Opportunities. Lauder Institute’s Global TrendLab and Santander Universities.
Week 7: No reading.
注：这门课程曾在 Coursera 开设，地址为：https://www.coursera.org/course/globaltrends
About this course
The world is changing rapidly, but how do you begin to understand the effect of these changes on business and society? Learn to analyze the latest global trends so that you can adapt and cope with these changes in business and the world.
The new realities of the 21st century are disrupting the global financial architecture based on the U.S. dollar. Populations are aging. People are moving from the countryside to the cities. There are more people suffering from obesity than people who go hungry. The middle-class is growing fast in the emerging economies yet shrinking in Europe and the United States. The race for energy, natural resources, and food is intensifying.
You’ll learn about these and other global trends, and understand what the consequences are for markets, the business world, and society at large in this international management course from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. You’ll also learn how to analyze global trends, and to understand both their magnitude and relation to each other. Finally, you’ll discover how you can adapt and cope with these changes as they affect your business and society.
What you'll learn
How to manage your business to take advantage of the latest global trends
How to make better decisions based on new global realities
How to manage effectively in a changing global situation
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