Globalization, accelerating change, increasing complexity, interdisciplinary technologies, sustainability and the need for enhanced ethical behaviour—all call for more reflection and overview. The management course for technology students outlined in this article aims at increasing student’s independent thinking and perspective in three ways: (i) value-based management where sound human values are given higher priority than profit, (ii) parallels that link the natural sciences and the social sciences and (iii) knowledge from both East and West. Interdisciplinary parallels—which only takes a few minutes of each lesson—can be applied to any discipline and may improve the learner’s ability to think independently and to see interconnectedness.
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