UCL - Economic Foundations of Management

[LSMS2106]

[30h] 5 credits

Teacher(s): Régis Coeurderoy

Language: French

Level: Second

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

Aims

By the end of the course, the student will understand main analytical tools developed by organizational economic and deal with many managerial issues in the field of organizations. The student will be able to mobilize his knowledge to solve real business problems.

Main themes

The course is built on the foundations of organizational economics. It deals with topics on corporate decision making (limits of the firm; organizational architecture; incentives) or in relation with stakeholders (outsourcing ; networks). Economic analysis helps systematically assess the efficiency of decisions.

Content and teaching methods

Summary
Theoretical foundations of organizational economics
Limits of organizations
Organizations and efficiency
Incentives for employees
Organizational choices and institutional environments

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

At home activities
1 Readings to prepare the lecture
1 Students presentation

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

Prerequisites (ideally in terms of competiencies)
Knowledge of the basic concepts of management

Evaluation : Class participation and oral examination, in French or English

Support : Slides provided through icampus

References : Provided during the class

Internationalisation
1 international content (does the course tackle international issues related to the course content ?)

Skills
1 presentation skills
1 team work

Techniques and tools for teaching and learning
1 Internet work