2016/2017
KAN-CFIVO1008U Business Project
| English Title |
| Business Project |
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| 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
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| Course
coordinator |
- Claus Munk - Department of Finance (FI)
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| Contact information:
https://e-campus.dk/studium/kontakt |
| Main academic
disciplines |
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Last updated on
17-08-2016
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors: The aim of the business project is to provide
students with the following skills:
- to develop an in-depth knowledge of a specific financial
topic
- to clearly state, delimit, and motivate a specific problem
- to apply the concepts and analytical skills acquired during the
first year to a specific problem
- to search for relevant literature and/or data
- to organize group work with a given deadline
- to write a report that follows academic standards and clearly
communicates the problem, analysis, and
conclusions
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| Examination |
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Business
Project:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Group exam |
| Number of people in the group |
3-4 |
| Size of written product |
Max. 60 pages |
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Max. 15 pages per student in the group |
| 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
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.
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Description of the exam
procedure
As each student receives an individual grade, each group member
must identify the exam sections he/she has
authored
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| Course content and
structure |
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The students work in groups of 3-4 students on a financial
problem or topic relevant for the financial industry using the
analytical skills acquired in the courses taken so far. Based on
the analysis, the students write a report of at most 15 pages per
student. Student groups suggest two topics from which one is
selected and an academic supervisor is appointed. The supervisor
can assist the group in the exact problem formulation, in the
problem analysis, and in ensuring that the report lives up to
academic standards. One of the two topics can be formulated in
cooperation with a company in which case the report resembles
a consulting report, researched and written by a team of junior
consultants (students), but the analysis and report still have to
meet academic standards. The business project is written in
the course of 5-6 weeks. The report is evaluated by the academic
supervisor. If a company is involved in the project, the students
must also prepare an executive summary for the company.
An introductory information meeting is held early in the semester
where the exact procedures for choice of topics, the formation of
groups, and the allocation of supervisor, as well as the relevant
deadlines are announced
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| Teaching methods |
| Work in student groups with an
associated academic supervisor |
| Student workload |
| Reading, analyzing, discussing, etc. |
150 hours |
| Writing the report |
56 hours |
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Last updated on
17-08-2016
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