3 ECTS credits
75 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 3021573DNW for working students in the 1st semester
at
a (D) Master - preliminary level.
- Semester
- 1st semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Taught in
- English
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
- Department
- Business
- Educational team
- Claudia Alba Ortuno
Bart Pierre H Leyen
Nikolay Dentchev
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 20 contact hours Lecture
60 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
The objective of this course is to provide an overview of the main concepts in management and HRM.
The course covers the following topics:
- Introduction to the principles of management
- Overview of management theories
- Developing mission, vision, and values
- Organizational structure and change
- Leading people and organizations
- Introduction to strategic management
- Decision Making
- The essentials of control
- Introduction to HRM
- Course material
- Digital course material (Required) : Syllabus made electronically available by the course holder
Digital course material (Required) : Additional course material and slides will be posted, Canvas
- Additional info
Teaching Methods
- Lecture: collective contact-dependent moments during which the lecturer engages with learning materials
- Seminar, Exercises or Practicals (Practical): collective or individual contact-dependent moments during which the students are guided to actively engage with learning materials
- Independent or External Form of Study (Self): independent study
This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load:
- Lecture: 20 hours (5 x 4 hours)
- Self: 64 hours
keeping up with the course material during the semester, amounting to 2 hours per hour lecture: 40 hours
preparation exam: 24 hours (3 days of 8 hours)
- Learning Outcomes
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General competences
This course contributes with an overview of concepts in management and HRM.
After this course, students should be able to:
- explain the various theories studied;
- identify the complementarity and differences of various theories studied;
- apply these theories in specific case environments.
- 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.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
The written exam (100% closed book) is composed of 3 parts, each of them of equal weight:
- 3 open questions;
- 15 true-false questions, with guess correction;
- 15 multiple-choice questions, with guess correction.
The final score of the exam is the sum of the above-mentioned 3 parts.
- 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
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Profile Literary Studies
Master of Biomedical Research: Standaard traject
Master of Movement and Sports Sciences: Sports Policy and Sports Management Profile Profile Sports Policy and Sports Management (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Management: Academische Master
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Management: Academische Bachelor