UCL - Business economics

[TRAV2610]

[30h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 2d semester.

Teacher(s): Alain Vas

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

The course aims to provide an overall view of the problems facing enterprises, and to introduce stu-dents to an analysis of enterprise strategies, and particularly to the basic logic of decisions.

Main themes

Enterprise strategies: choice and balance of the organisation, product policy, information
system, consistency of objectives, and relations with the economic environment.
Key concepts of balance sheet analysis, and the interpretation of company financial
information. Analysis of decisions and of their logic (e.g. by an analysis of costs and investment decisions).

Content and teaching methods

Enterprise strategies: choice and balance of the organisation, product policy, in-formation system, consistency of objectives, and relations with the economic envi-ronment.
Key concepts of balance-sheet analysis, and the interpretation of company finan-cial information.
Analysis of decisions and of their logic (e.g. by an analysis of costs and invest-ment decisions).

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

This course forms part of a study programme that takes place in the evenings and on Saturday mornings.