Course syllabus for Economy and organisation

Course syllabus adopted 2022-02-09 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameEkonomi och organisation
  • CodeLMU450
  • Credits6 Credits
  • OwnerTIELL
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyIndustrial Engineering and Management
  • DepartmentTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 63117
  • Maximum participants230
  • Minimum participants15
  • Block schedule
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0103 Examination 6 c
Grading: TH		 6 c
  • 11 Okt 2024 am L DIG

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

None

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  • Account for and employ basic economic concepts and different forms of associations.
  • Give an account of different organizational and leadership perspectives. 
  • At a basic level, employ different organizational perspectives and leadership perspectives to analyse and describe common professionally linked situations.
  • Give an account of modern issues in the field of organization and work environment.
  • Recognize the link between economy and current issues in gender equality, diversity, and equal treatment.
  • Conduct financial calculations for products, decision making, and investments based on given conditions.
  • Explain funding and its bases.
  • Understand and describe annual reports with a focus on balance sheets and income statements.
  • Conduct financial analysis based on annual reports.

Content

This course consists of three parts containing.

  1. The first gives an overview of the prerequisites that makes a business possible, different business types, and organization of businesses.
  2. A second part is dealing with how groups work regarding norms, communication, conflicts, general management and change management.
  3. The third part is about how to model the economic aspects of the business. It contains how to account for results, investment accounting, an overview of product accounting etc.

The three parts ovelap with each other.

Organisation

The course builds heavily on students taking active responsibility for their own learning.

Learning activities consist of lectures and exercises.

The lectures are designed primarily to introduce course areas to the student. The lectures only cover part of the entire course's theoretical content and student's active work is assumed.

Exercise sessions consist of more practical tasks (within organization , calculation
and interpretation of financial statements) to be resolved or processed
during the exercise. These exercises will provide a more practical picture of what the theory means. Exercises can be done by processing exercises , case studies ,
discussion / workshop on a particular issue or possibly role play.

Literature

To be decided

Examination including compulsory elements

The examination has two parts with one report to LADOK. The two parts is:

  1. Preparation and active participation in the compulsory elements, such as compulsory practice sessions and seminars,
  2. Reaching an approved grade on the final examination.

For a final approved grade is an approved mark in each of the parts needed. Grades are given in the scale TH (Fail 3, 4 or 5) based on the exam results.

All material and  content from lectures and exercises are grounds for examination.
Alternative examination methods may be applied.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.