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2016/2017  KAN-CFSMO1114U  Business Project

English Title
Business Project

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Finn Østrup - Department of International Economics and Management (INT)
Main academic disciplines
  • Finance
Last updated on 17-08-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: Aim of the course is to provide a real-life experience in the form of a consulting report, researched and written by a team of junior consultants (students). The student should apply the analytical skills acquired during the first year on a problem of relevance to a company or an organisation.

The business project is written in the course of one month. The project takes place in May/June. Groups are formed of two or three students. The size of the project must not exceed 30 pages for groups of 2. For groups of 3 the size of the project must not exceed 45 pages. The department provides each group with a supervisor.

The aim of the course is to:
  • provide the participants with an in-depth knowledge in a specified problem area in finance, economics, and/or corporate strategy
  • apply concepts and analytical skills acquired during the first year of graduate study to a specific problem
  • train the participants with respect to writing a report that follows academic standards and clearly communicates the problem and the analysis within a limited time period based on teamwork
Examination
Business Project:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Group exam
Number of people in the group max. 3
Size of written product Max. 30 pages
Assignment type Project
Duration Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Spring
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure

The project is conducted in groups over a period of 1 month with 2 or 3 students per group. For groups of 2 the report must not exceed 30 standard pages excluding appendices. For groups of 3 the report must not exceed 45 standard pages excluding appendices. As each student receives an individual grade, each group member must identify the exam sections he/she has authored. The deadline for handing in the project is in June and will be announced by the programme secretary. If the student was ill during the exam period or did not pass the regular exam a new project must be handed in to a new deadline in September/October  

Make-up/re-exam will take place in the Fall with a report submission deadline in October. If the student did not pass the regular exam, a new or a revised project, cf. advice from the examiner of the ordinary exam, must be handed in by the new deadline.

* if a student is absent from the oral exam due to documented illness but has handed in the written group product she/he does not have to submit a new product for the re-take.  However the group product must be uploaded once again on Digital Exam.

* if a whole group fails the oral exam they must hand in a revised product for the re-take.

* if one student in the group fails the oral exam the course coordinator chooses whether the student will have the oral exam on the basis of the same product or if he/she has to hand in a revised product for the re- take.
Course content and structure

Course status
The course is a foundation course and complementary to all courses taught in the first year of the FSM concentration.
Teaching methods
Student group work with an associated academic supervisor
Student workload
Class lectures 2 hours
Project work 204 hours
Expected literature

All of the literature in the FSM concentration’s first-year curricula.
Last updated on 17-08-2016