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Language
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English
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Point
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15
ECTS (450
SAT)
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Type
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Mandatory
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Level
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Bachelor
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Duration
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One Semester
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Course Period
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Autumn
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Time Table
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Please see course schedule at e-Campus
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Study Board
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Study Board for BSc in Business Administration and Sociology |
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Course Coordinator
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3BPS. BUSINESS, POLITICS AND SOCIETY
Benedikte Brincker
- International Center for Business and Politics
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3ME. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS II
Brooke Harrington
- International Center for Business and Politics
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Main Category of the Course
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Political leadership, public management and international politics
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Globalization, International Business, markets and studies
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| Last updated on 29 maj 2012 |
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Learning Objectives
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COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES STATED UNDER "FURTHER INFORMATION"
EXAM LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
During the third semester students conference, the student must demonstrate that (s)he:
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has achieved the learning objectives for the two courses ‘Managerial Economics II’ and ‘Business, Politics and Society’ (see under "Further Information"),
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is able to present a scholarly problem in a coherent fashion, accessible to an audience of peers,
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can deliver an oral presentation on a scholarly topic, adjusted to the allotted timeframe, and
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can participate in a scholarly debate, providing qualified feedback to the presentation of his/her peers.
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Examination
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Students conference on organisations and their societal and economic contexts
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Assessment
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Oral Exam
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Marking Scale
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Pass / Fail
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Censorship
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No censorship
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Exam Period
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October
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Aids
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Without preparation
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Duration
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Please, see the detailed regulations below
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The third semester students conference on organisations and their societal and economic contexts is an oral examination at which the courses ‘Managerial Economics II’ and ‘Business, Politics and Society’ are assessed. It is an internal examination with an internal examiner from each of the two courses.
The student will be required to prepare a 10-minute long individual presentation on a question that integrates topics and theoretical perspectives from the syllabuses of the two courses.
This will be followed by a discussion of 15 minutes (including the examiners’ discussion of the presenter’s performance), initiated by fellow students.
Prior to the conference, the students will be notified by the examiners of a number of topics to choose between as the basis of their presentation.
Furthermore, the student will be required to act as discussant for one presentation given by a fellow student during the conference. The student is required to be present throughout that part of the conference in which (s)he gives his/her presentation.
The student is required to deliver an abstract of his/her presentation to his/her discussant(s) at least 24 hours prior to the presentation.
The examiners’ role will primarily be to act as observers, but they may ask questions to the presenters as well.
Participation in the students conference – comprising presentation and the role as discussant – will be assessed with a ‘Pass’/‘Fail’ by the two examiners.
Make-up examination and re-examination
• The re-take for both students who were ill during the conference or the preparation thereof and for students who failed the regular examination will proceed according to the same format as described above. In case of a non-pass, the student will receive feedback on how to improve his/her performance.
• In case only one student has registered for the re-take, comments will be made by the examiners, and the student will not be expected to comment on the presentation of colleagues; otherwise roles will be distributed as described for the regular examination. |
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Examination
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Prerequisites for Attending the Exam
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Course Content
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The objective of the students conference is twofold:
1) to test that students have achieved the learning objectives of the two courses being examined at the conference, ‘Managerial Economics II’ and ‘Business, Politics and Society’, and
2) to test that the students have developed the ability to present and discuss a scholarly problem orally with an audience of peers.
3ME. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS II
The objective of this course is to provide the student with an understanding of how the organising of activities in the private and in the public sector is approached within economics, based on the assumptions of bounded rationality within asymmetric and incomplete information.
3BPS. BUSINESS, POLITICS AND SOCIETY
The objective of this course is to provide the student with theoretical and empirical knowledge about the interaction between business, politics and society in different societal contexts, including various sectors of society as well as different national and regional contexts. |
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Student Workload
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Classes
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50
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Preparation for class
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200
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Home assignments
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140
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Examination
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60
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Further Information
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Steen Andersen, MPP, is 3rd semester exam coordinator.
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 3ME. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS II
On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to: - account for different types of internal structures and processes in organisations from a managerial economics perspective,
- account for and explain how different assumptions about organisational economics both depend on and produce different types of human behaviour,
- account for and explain the implications of different strategic questions within the organisation as well as in relation to its surroundings,
- apply the (methods, theories and models) approaches of managerial economics to understand the operations of organisations, sectors and networks, and
- carry out basic analyses rooted in managerial economics and organisational theory.
3BPS. BUSINESS, POLITICS AND SOCIETY
On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to: - account for the central assumptions and analyses represented in the syllabus,
- within the framework of the syllabus, identify and argue for the most essential differences and similarities in the interaction between organisations/companies, politics and society in different parts of the world,
- identify strengths and weaknesses in the approached presented in the course literature for understanding the interactions between societal conditions and corporate activities in different contexts, and
- on the basis of texts in the syllabus, present and discuss a research problem, which focuses on the interaction between business, politics and society.
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Literature
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3ME. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS II
The following books are required reading for this course, along with a compendium of articles; all are available through the campus bookstore.
•Ostrom, Elinor (1991), Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press
• Perrow, Charles (1986), Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay, 3rd Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill
• Useem, Michael (1984), The Inner Circle, New York: Oxford University Press
3BPS. BUSINESS, POLITICS AND SOCIETY
A Short History of Financial Euphoria," by John Kenneth Galbraith (Penguin Books
In addition to the book(s) listed above, the course literature consists of extracts from significant books as well as journal articles. These texts are collected in a compendium that can be purchased at the campus bookstore.
Central books/texts are:
• Mann, Michael. 1993. The Sources of Social Power. Vol. II, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• Campell, Hall and Pedersen (eds.) 2006 National Identity and Varieties of Capitalism. Montreal: McGill University Press
• Cerny, Philip. 1997. Paradoxes of the Competition State. The Dynamics of Political Globalisation. In Government and Opposition. 32:2, pp. 251-274.
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