2017/2018
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
30-05-2017
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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
Please note the rules in the Programme Regulations about
identification of individual contributions. |
| 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 a whole group fails the exam they must hand in a revised
product for the re-take.
* if one student in the group fails the exam the examiner chooses
whether the student will have the re-take on the basis of a new or
a revised project.
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| Course content and structure |
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The students work in groups 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.
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 |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| The students can obtain feedback on their work in
progress from their supervisor to the extent that time
permits. |
| Student workload |
| Reading, analyzing, discussing, etc. |
150 hours |
| Writing the report |
56 hours |
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Last updated on
30-05-2017
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