Learning outcomes

gehd2m1  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

 1. A profile of the graduate 

The Master 60 in Management evening course prepares the graduate to meet the challenge of becoming a socially responsible professional with a global overview of the management professions.

The Master 60 in Management evening course, is a programme that develops the basic skills and expertise necessary for management functions in public or private, national or international, commercial or non-commercial organisations.

A student registering for this programme has already been involved in an active professional life for at least 3 years. Throughout the programme, the student calls on this experience and compares it to the knowledge, tools and theoretical and methodological frameworks, and vice versa. Thus, the Master’s programme allows him to consider and enrich his professional and personal development by incorporating an academic approach, a reflective view and critical detachment. 

At the end of this programme, the graduate will be: 

Responsible: 

He is capable of implementing socially responsible management practices in private or public organisations. 

A professional: 
  • He will have assimilated basic management theories and concepts for efficient, expert use in a future professional environment; 
  • He is capable of determining the complex and varied issues that commercial or non-commercial organisations encounter in management fields. 
  • He is capable of locating organisations in their socio-economic and institutional context, understanding the interdependences between the organisation and the environment and translating them into management decisions;
  • He will have developed basic skills in all key management functions.

Aware of the responsibility inherent to his profession, the graduate will have acquired the mindset of a critical participant, capable of making decisions in organisational environments by putting ethical and socially responsible management values at the centre of his concerns. He will have adopted an approach of continuous development that will allow him to be a professional demonstrating flexibility, capable of adapting and evolving positively in his environment.

2. The competency framework

At the end of this programme, the graduate is capable of:

Introduction 
The exit profile of the Master 60 in Management evening course graduate is specified by the LSM competency framework, with in particular:

  • an academic education centred on management training, with an overall approach to management functions;
  • priority given to the following skills:
    • Acting as a socially responsible participant, 
    • Mastering knowledge, 
    • Acting in an interface role, making use of his professional experience;
  • a possibility of developing some of these skills in greater depth through his choice of thesis.

On successful completion of this programme, each student is able to :
1. Corporate citizenship
Act consciously, aware of their responsibilities, placing human and ethical considerations at the very heart of their thinking and actions.

2. Knowledge and reasoning
Master an active and integrated command of a multidisciplinary body of knowledge (content, methods, models, conceptual frameworks) essential to act expertly in the various areas of management.

3. A scientific and systematic approach
Analyze and resolve problems in multidisciplinary and complex management situations using a scientific and systematic approach.

4. Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Innovate, develops entrepreneurial capacities and lead change.

5. Work effectively in an international and multicultural environment
Work as an interface between stakeholders with different rationales, belief systems, training, nationalities, cultures...

6. Teamwork and leadership
Integrate and work in a team; exercise enlightened leadership within the group.

7. Project management
Define and manage a project to completion, taking into account the objectives, resources and constraints that characterize the project environment.

8. Communication and interpersonal skills
Communicate, converse effectively and convincingly with the stakeholders.

9. Personal and professional development
Display self-knowledge and independence, able to adapt quickly to new situations and involve positively.