2024/2025
KAN-CACAO1006U 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 cand.merc. and ASC
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| Course
coordinator |
- Peter Skærbæk - Department of Accounting
(AA)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
30-05-2024
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| Learning objectives |
The objective of the course is to improve
students' competences in the application of the theories,
models and tools taught at the program. The students are encouraged
to carry out case studies to analyse and reflect upon the various
issues in practice, and further develop their managerial accounting
and finance skills in a business context.
The students must demonstrate the ability to:
- Formulate and scope relevant business problems from a
managerial accounting and finance perspective.
- Apply theories, models and tools from the program in an
empirical setting and critically reflect upon practices.
- Solve real practical issues in a structured way.
- Show an ability to choose relevant theories, models and
tools.
- Communicate findings clearly and concisely to an executive
audience.
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| Examination |
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Business
Project:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance, see also the rules about
examination forms in the programme regulations. |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual oral exam based on written group
product |
| Number of people in the group |
3-5 |
| Size of written product |
Max. 35 pages |
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Written report (hand in):
5 persons: 35 pages
4 persons: 30 pages
3 persons: 25 pages
Presentation slides (hand in):
10 slides max |
| Assignment type |
Project |
| Release of assignment |
Subject chosen by students themselves, see
guidelines if any |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
* if a student is absent from the
oral exam due to documented illness but has handed in the written
group product they do 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 they have to hand in a revised
product for the re- take.
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Description of the exam
procedure
The project is conducted in groups during the Spring semester.
Each group will receive 4 hours of group supervision. Additionally,
two workshops are offered in structured communication and
issue-driven problem solving skills. The first workshop should help
the students scope their business problem and break down the
overall issue into manageable sub-issues. The second workshop
should help students create a well-structured presentation of their
main findings to an executive audience as preparation for the oral
exam.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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Aim of the Course:
The student should formulate and scope relevant managerial
accounting and finance problems from business practice and apply
theories, models and tools from the program to solve these
problems.
Contents:
- Introduction meeting with course responsible to
explain the process to students and initiate group formation and
selection of topics
- Supervision sessions in the groups
- Problem solving workshop (plenum) to help students apply
issue-driven problem solving techniques in the process
- Structured communication workshop (plenum) to help students
develop a clear and concise presentation of their findings for an
executive audience
- Hand-in of written product and oral
exams
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| Description of the teaching methods |
The aim of the business project is to train
students in the use of the different theories, models and tools
used in the concentration. The course provides an opportunity to
apply the theoretical foundation of the program in a real life
setting, and develop students' analytical competencies.
Additionally, it is sought to train the student in the application
of theory, models and tools through the writing process and to
train students in issue-driven problem solving and structured
communication to an executive audience.
Development of individual and social skills (competencies)
Writing, communication and cooperative skills are developed through
teamwork, the writing process and exam presentations. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback by supervisors during
supervision |
| Student workload |
| Deltagelse i undervisning |
12 hours |
| Eksamensforberedelse |
20 hours |
| Forberedelse |
174 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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This course is a foundation course and complementary to all
courses taught in the first year of the
ASC concentration.
In addition to all the materials from the other courses the
following reference will be used for the issue-driven problem
solving and structured communication parts:
- Minto B. (2021): The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and
Thinking.
FT Publishing Int., 3rd Ed.
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Last updated on
30-05-2024
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