Bachelor of Science in Global Management - B.Sc.3

Code MLUGB501

ECTS 3.00

Lecture Hours 24.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

Strategic knowledge: At the end of this course, students will be able to explain the relevance of strategy, what it means to realize a strategic diagnosis and why it is useful for companies.

Strategic know-how: At the end of this course, students will be able to use theoretical knowledge, tools and concepts learnt in class to structure the external environment and internal capabilities of firms, and to find the opportunities and threats they face, and the strengths and weaknesses they have.

Prerequisite

Recommended: knowledge of the different functions inside organizations.

Code MLUGB502

ECTS 3.00

Lecture Hours 24.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

Active participation in the course should enable students to:

• Develop knowledge about the fields of management and organisational behaviour (OB).
• Gain experience in applying management and OB knowledge to issues relevant to business organisations and practicing managers.
• Gain experience in communicating their analyses, conclusions and recommendations in a professional manner.
• Develop the ability to critically analyse, assess, and deal with the managerial and organisational implications of OB issues at the individual, interpersonal/group, and organisational levels of analysis.
• Reflect on their own personality as well as on their own values in relation to the matters and issues discussed in the course.
• Develop awareness of, and reflect on, the ethical concerns and social implications related to issues discussed in this course.

Code MLUGB503

ECTS 3.00

Lecture Hours 24.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

At the end of this class students should be able to:

• Compare cash-flows with different time horizons
• Understands the basic of capital structure
• Solve simple portfolio optimization problems
• Distinguish between systematic and idiosyncratic risks, use that distinction to price assets.
• Apply capital budgeting principles to make corporate investment decisions.
• Provide an assessment of the value of a company

Prerequisite

A basic level in accounting (balance sheet and income statement), mathematics (maximization tools), and statistics (probabilities) is a plus.

Code MLUGB504

ECTS 3.00

Lecture Hours 24.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the international presentation of the financial statements
• Understand the English language used in these statements
• Find their way through the real-life financial statements of publicly-traded firms
• Conduct a basic financial analysis to make business decisions

Prerequisite

No formal prerequisite.

Code MLUGB505

ECTS 3.00

Lecture Hours 24.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

• Describing what business ethics mean and how it relates to business issues in a variety of ways;
• Identifying what is ethical and unethical regarding these issues;
• Assessing company stakeholders and their influence;
• Contributing to the definition and promotion of an ethical organizational culture;
• Identifying and reacting to (un)ethical business issues in order to engage in positive employee citizenship.

Code MLUGB506

ECTS 3.00

Lecture Hours 24.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Design organizational situations reflecting managerial work features 
• Execute an oral performance respecting quality criteria
• Explain the differences between top, middle and first-line managers and their related work features 
• Explain the stakes and related possible difficulties managers daily face
• Implement feedback principles (both on the receiver and giver sides)
• Apply course concepts to analyze a managerial interview

Code MLUGB507

ECTS 3.00

Lecture Hours 24.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

At the end of this course, you should be able to understand:

• What technology is, what does it matter what is its relation to organizations
• How digital technologies (Cloud Computing and Big Data) foster competitive advantage of organizations
• How digital technologies affect relationship to work in organizations
• How technology does emerge and evolved between organizations and institutions
• How the use of technology by organizations affects modern democracies
• How the use of technology by organizations affects big challenges

Code MLUGB508

ECTS 4.00

Tutorial Hours 30.00

Code MLUGB509

ECTS 1.00

Lecture Hours 15.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

At the end of this course students should be able to:

• Use Hofstede’s model to analyze cultural differences;
• Use D’Iribarne & Trompenaars models to analyze cultural differences;
• Discuss intercultural stakes in a working - and more specifically negotiation context;
• Construct routines likely to help them develop their interpersonal abilities;
• Appraise situations in which stereotypes may occur.

Code MLUGB510

ECTS 3.00

Tutorial Hours 9.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

• Make use of a toolkit for international internship and job search
• Manage their e-reputation on the internet and LinkedIn
• Present themselves quickly to be convincing towards recruiters (elevator pitch)