Management

6 ECTS credits
152 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1001423BER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool

Department

Business

Educational team

Ilse Scheerlinck (course titular)
Michaël Pascal D Distelmans

Activities and contact hours

28 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
112 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

The course is designed to study the basic principles of management, including the functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. In addition to a critical analysis of the key concepts and theories of management, the course will cover a range of contemporary subjects such as ethics, entrepreneurship, leadership, and global business. Short cases, applications, and guest lectures will supplement the theory, so students learn to apply theories and concepts to a more practical setting of everyday business life. The range of social, ecological and ethical aspects of sustainability represent a common theme throughout the Management course. Students also learn to take a holististic approach to understanding management practices in a changing context.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Slides van de cursus, oefeningen, cases en gastcolleges, Canvas
Handbook (Recommended) : Management, Leading & Collaborating in a Competitive World, Bateman - Konopaske, 15de, McGraw-Hill, 9781265051303, 2022
Handbook (Recommended) : Management custom edition ISBN is 9781307358803

Additional info

Study materials

Mandatory

Instructor's course material
Additional documents, available on Canvas: cases, papers, articles, internet links, and up-to-date references on the subject of management.
Lecture slides, available on Canvas.

Non-mandatory

Textbook ‘Management – Custom edition for Vrije Universiteit Brussel’ (compiled by Prof. Scheerlinck), McGraw-Hill Education, for sale at Standaard Student Shop (B-building, ground floor), or eBook edition. Students who wish to buy the book, are required to wait with the book purchase until the instructor has provided more information in the first lecture.

Study load (total of 152 hrs)

Hoorcollege (HOC)/lectures: collective contact moments during which the professor covers the course materials
Additional or parallel lecture recordings
Werkvormen en praktische oefeningen (WPO)/tutorials: collective and individual contact moments during which the student applies the theory, under guidance
Zelfwerk en –studie (ZELF): contact-independent moments, based on self-study

HOC: 28 hrs (13 x 2 hrs of lectures and 2 hrs of guest lectures)

WPO: 12 hrs

ZELF: 112 hrs

Regular processing of course materials (textbook, lecture notes, and slides), 3 hrs per week: 39 hrs
Preparing and processings of WPO; case readings; watching videos; answering case questions; solving applications (SWOT, BCG, BSC,…); reading additional references and press releases; additional research for a better understanding of the materials, 2 hrs per week: 26 hrs
Self study of specific chapters (listed by the professor) and answering guiding questions: 7 hrs
Processing and writing up guest lecture notes: 4 hrs
Preparing and studying for the exam (theory, applications, cases, etc.): 36 hrs (4.5 days of 8 hrs)

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

Distinguish among the various aspects of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
Understand what managers do and how they can manage in a sustainable way, in response to a changing environment.
Apply management theories and concepts to everyday business situations.
Understand an organization’s internal and external environment and the impact on decision-making.
Analyze and interpret aspects of management in a critical and creative way.
Consider and solve management-related problems from a multicultural and diverse perspective.
Show a sense of lifelong learning by following up on the topic of management in a non-class environment.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: Individueel, gesloten-boek examen.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written exam closed-book exam, that may consist of: open-ended questions and/or sentence completion and/or true-or-false statements and multiple choice questions.

For the grading of true-or-false statements and multiple choice questions, a higher pass-mark will be applied.

Subjects that will be examinated: theory, cases, applications, exercises, and content of guest lecture(s).

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context