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
Annelies Baelus
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 15 contact hours Lecture
60 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
Purpose of this course is that the students have a first insight in the most relevant and usefull concepts of management and Human Resources Management.
Topics to be studied :
- Introduction to management and history
- Overview of relevant, actual management theories
- Strategy and value creation of an organisation
- Organisation structure and -culture
- Leadership and motivation
- Role of HR (history and actual insights)
- Core functions of HR and impact on organisation level
- Course material
- 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: 15 hours (5 x 3 hours)
Self: 60 hours
- keeping up with the course material during the semester, amounting to 2 hours per hour lecture: 40 hours
- preparation exam: 20 hours (2,5 days of 8 hours)
- Learning Outcomes
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General competences
This course provides general concepts in management and HRM.
Purpose of this course :
- Students can explain the different theories that will be covered in the course,
- Students can identify the complementarity and the differences between the theories covered in the course,
- In a given case, students can apply the different theories and explain which theory fits best,
- Students can explain the role of management and HR in an organization and their impact.
- Grading
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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 (possibly with a higher pass mark as a correction mechanism)
- 15 multiple-choice questions (possibly with a higher pass mark as a correction mechanism)
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 Biomedical Research: Standaard traject
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Management: Academische Master
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Management: Academische Bachelor