Introduction to Management and HRM

3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 2021614ANW for working students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - 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

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool

Department

Business

Educational team

Mychal Langenus (course titular)
Claudia Alba Ortuno
Bart Pierre H Leyen

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 Ressources Management.

Topics to be studied :

Introduction to management and history
Overview of relevant, actual management theories
Strategy and value creation of an organisation
Organisationstructure and -culture
Leadership and motivation
Role of HR (history and actual insights)
Core functions of HR and impact on organisationlevel

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Bijkomend studiemateriaal en slides worden gepost, Canvas

Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

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

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 wtih a higher pass mark as a correction mechanism)
15 multiple-choice questions (possibly with a hoger 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