Key words
Management
Objectives
This course aims at providing students with an understanding of the different aspects and criteria of the commercial, financial and organizational policies of an enterprise.
This course also provides the necessary basic competencies for a more thorough study in other courses of the different options.
Topics
Introduction to the different aspects of entrepreneurship with the following pillars :- Business organization:
Organization (structure, culture …), management (responsibilities, styles of leadership…) and personnel (division of tasks, delegation, motivation, communication), logistics, administrative organization, and internal audit. - Marketing management:
From production concept via sales concept to marketing concept, social marketing concept, marketing management, analysis of comsumer behaviour, market segmentation and positioning, the marketing mix ;.. - Financial management:
objectives and principles of financial reporting, principles of accounting techniques, balance sheet equation, link profit-and-loss account, studying the items of the annual accounts so as to be able the evaluate the financial health of an enterprise.
A clear link to practice will be made through a practical case.
Prerequisites
None
Final Objectives
Knowledge:
Job-related (general):- Business management
- Marketing management
- Financial management
Skills:
General:- Acquiring and processing information
- Communicating information
Job-related (general):- Being able to work in team
- Being social while working in team (team-spirit)
- Having an understanding of business organization
- Being able to work with figures
- Having an understanding of the structure of the annual accounts
- Having a critical approach to the weak and strong points of both persons and the organization
Attitudes:
Job-related (general):- being practical
- adding value to the information at one's disposal
- being able to distil relevant information
Materials used
Syllabus or book.
Study costs
Syllabus : unit price determined under Hogeschool rules
Book : current market price
Study guidance
The lecturer acts as tutor, mentor and coach (guided self-study)- Teaching Methods
- Lectures and question - and - answer method
- Lecturer acts as tutor and coach for case, assignments or exercises
- Guided self-study
Teaching Methods
- Teaching Methods
- Lectures and question- and - answer method
- Lecturer acts as tutor and coach for case, assignments or exercises
- Guided self-study
Assessment
- First exam session: 80 % written exam and 20 % continuous assessment
- Second exam session: 100 % written exam
- Ex. Board Flemish Community: 100 % written exam
Lecturer(s)
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