3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 3 with catalog number 4019180DER for all students in the 1st semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.
The objective of this course is to provide an overview of the functional domains in business. This is achieved through teaching classes and case development in groups. After cases are developed and discussed with other groups, students individually summarize the lessons learned with respect to the relation of various functional areas in business.
The course covers the following topics:
Not applicable.
Students with non-economics background will be introduced to the most important aspects of how business organizations work: fundamentals of business, management, finance, marketing, human resource management, product design and development.
After this course, students should be able to:
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Written exam, closed book (70%), is composed of 3 parts with equal weight.
The final score of the written exam is the sum of the above-mentioned 3 parts.
Case development and discussion (30%) is an assignment during the semester. It concerns a group assignment to study a specific case. Important stages in the evaluation of the practical exam are peer evaluation, in addition to the quality of the assignment. Peer evaluation is used to identify and mitigate problems of the functioning of groups. The quality of the assignment is assessed (total 100 p)
The final mark is the sum of the written exam and the practical exam.
Marks on the assignment can be transferred from the first examination session to the second examination session.
In the second examination period, students can work individually or in smaller group on the improvement of their assignment.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Computer Science: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Chemical and Materials Engineering: Profile Process Technology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Chemical and Materials Engineering: PR Profile Materials (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Photonics Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Electromechanical Engineering: Mechatronics-Construction (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Physics and Astronomy: Minor Economy and Business