Course syllabus for Industrial economics and organization

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Course syllabus adopted 2022-05-03 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameIndustriell ekonomi och organisation
  • CodeTEK720
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTIMAL
  • 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 65119
  • Maximum participants100
  • Minimum participants25
  • Open for exchange studentsNo

Credit distribution

0119 Examination 6 c
Grading: TH		 6 c
  • 12 Jan 2023 am L DIG
  • 03 Apr 2023 am L DIG
  • 22 Aug 2023 pm L DIG
0219 Written and oral assignments 1.5 c
Grading: UG		 1.5 c

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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

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Aim

The course purpose is to provide basic understanding in economic functions, terms and theories as well as basic understanding in organizational issues.

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.
  • Conduct financial calculations for products, decision making, and investments based on given conditions.
  • Describe and plan budget and budgeting processes.
  • 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.
  • 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 current issues in the field of organization and work environment.

Content

The course consists of three sections, containing:

The conditions of business and different forms of associations.

Work organization and the function of the personnel group and address perspectives like norms, communication, conflicts, management, and governance.

How the business is modeled in economic terms. In the third section, cost volume profit analysis, calculation of products, capital budgeting, budget and annual reports will be affected.

The three sections overlap.

Organisation

The course content consists of lectures and exercises. The lectures introduce and exemplify essential terms and theoretical models. The exercises are used to deepen the basic understanding of the theoretical models and to provide the students with skill sets.

Literature

Literature will be announced two weeks prior to course start.

Examination including compulsory elements

The course is examined by written examination and a project. The grades are set based on the result of the written examination. Grades U (= failed), 3, 4 and 5 are used.

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.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to module:
    • 2022-05-02: Digital exam Changed to digital exam by Emilio
      [0119 Examination 6,0 credit] Changed to digital examination