Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
30.0 h
Q1 and Q2
Teacher(s)
de Wasseige Olivier; Semal Pierre; Vas Alain;
Language
English
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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During their programme, students of the LSM Master's in management or Master's in Business engineering will have developed the following capabilities' CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
Self-motivation : be capable of creating a project in line with their own values and aspirations, confident and motivated in managing the implementation of the project, and persevere in difficult situations. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course objectives are
- to get the students accustomed to current managerial issues with a special focus on Belgian cases,
- to get the students accustomed to some major global economic or political issues (the society theme of the year),
- to get the students accustomed to the reading of some advanced press,
- to provide students some learning in terms of reviewing work of others and providing feedback.
- A set of business talks focused on a small set of companies and the related business cases;
- A set of general talks focused on a global society issue and its related research questions.
For the society issue, the goal is to get a solid understanding of one dimension of this issue. The students have to prepare, individually, one research question related to the issue and deliver an answer to that question.
Teaching methods
The seminar is based on the following elements.
- The students, in groups, prepare one business case per semester. They should also provide, in groups, some feedback on the business cases of their peers.
- The students prepare, individually, one research question realted to the society theme of the year and an answer tothat question. They should also provide feedback one some research questions of their peers.
- A set of guest speakers related to the busines cases that are dealt with and to the society theme of the year.
Evaluation methods
The students will be graded (all the evaluations below are subject to a confirmation by the professor)
- for their own works (by their peers),
- for their assessment of their peer works (by the distance between their assessment and the median of the assessment of others),
- for their participation.
- 25% for each group work (17.5% for the work itself, 7.5% for the assessment work)
- 50% for their individual work (40.0% for the work itself, 20% for the assessment work)
- a bonus/malus for their presence in class (from -2 points to +2 points over 20)
Online resources
The platform for exchanging information and communicating with all stakeholders will be the Moodle sites of this course: LLSMS 2220 and LLSMS 2220 GW
Faculty or entity
CLSM
