UCL - E-management

[LSMF2010]

[30h] 5 credits

Teacher(s): Olivier de Broqueville

Language: French

Level: Second

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

Aims

Thanks to this course, the student will be able to deeply understand which could be the impacts of ICT integration in a company from a managerial perspective and also to have insights about possible explanations of ICT integration success/failure. Moreover, the student will be able to apply techniques and guidelines to face situations where uncertainties are numerous, and thus where he has to be flexible in the decision process. In other words, the main course learning objective is to understand how as a manager he could be prepared to face e-business opportunities and threats.

Main themes

The course aims at giving an overview of the modifications of the role of the managers and changes in company functions (marketing, production & logistics, human resources and strategy) due to impact of ICT on the organization, both at micro and at macro levels.

Content and teaching methods

The course will focus on a specific ICT integration within a real company (one ICT by year). This integration will be used as a guideline throughout the course. The impact of such integration on the main company functions (marketing, production and logistics, human resources and strategy) will be analysed by a professor and put in context through practitioners' testimony (reporting similar integration within their organization). For each integration process step, based on these theoretical and practical contributions, students (in group) will take decisions and exposing them in front of the class ad the company. The course will thus put the students in a real context of integrating an ICT within a company.

Content
One specific issue by academic year

LSMF2010 E-Management
Course duration : 30
Crédits : 5
Teachers :
Main program/ year concerned: IAG2MS Master en Sciences de gestion
Periodicity : Annual Duration : 1 quadrimester Q 1 ou 2
Language: French

Methods
In-class activities
1 Interactive seminar
1 Micro-teaching (partly presented by students)
1 Project based learning

At home activities
1 Readings to prepare the lecture
1 Paper work
1 Students presentation
1 Other: company visit

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

Prerequisites
A good knowledge of basics in marketing, production and logistics, and human resource management

Evaluation :
The final grade is based on:
1. Class participation
2. Problem-solving related to the ITC context (oral presentation)
3. Integrative work (report and oral presentation of the final solution)

Support :
Slides provided through icampus

References :
Provided during the class

Internationalisation
1 international case study

Corporate features
1 case study
1 corporate guest

Skills
1 presentation skills

1 writing skills
1 team work
1 decision making
1 project management
1 critical thinking
1 assertiveness
0 other :

Techniques and tools for teaching and learning
1 qualitative methods