Seminars

Code:

2GE06

Acronym:

SEM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIM	7	Bologna Official Syllabus	2	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

English

Objectives

To confront students with recent discussions/controversies in various areas of Management.

Learning outcomes and competences

To acknowledge rcent discussions in Management.
To develop the capacity to confront arguments and assume a critical stance towards them.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Indicative topics (open to revision given the character of the course):

1. “Management control: from “within firms” to “between firms”: achievements and future directions”.


2. "The ‘Real Options’ paradigm in investment projects assessment”.


3. "Evidence-based management: implications for the management of people".


4. "Managing the supply chain as a way to improve company’s performance".


5. "Push and pull strategies in technology transfer by Universities".

Mandatory literature

Caglio, A. and Ditillo, A. (2008). ; A review and discussion of management control in inter-firm relationships: achievements and future directions. Accounting, Organizations and Society.
Luerman, T. (1998); . Investment Opportunities as Real Options: Getting Started on the Numbers. Harvard Business Review.
Luerman, T. (1998) ; Strategy as a Portfolio of Real Options. Harvard Business Review.
Dixit, A. and Pindyck, R. (1995). ; The Option Approach to Capital Investment.
Thomas, W. (2013). ; Evidence-based HRM: A Scholarship Perspective with a Difference. Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship.
Pfeffer, J. and Sutton, R. (2007). ; Suppose We Took Evidence-Based Management Seriously: Implications for Reading and Writing Management. Academy of Management Learning & Education.
Beamon, B. M. (1999). ; Measuring supply chain performance. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 19(3), 275-292.
Gunasekaran, A., Patel, C., & McGaughey, R. E. (2004).; A framework for supply chain performance measurement. International Journal of Production Economics, 87(3), 333-347.
Piper, William S.; Nahshpour, Shahdad (1996), ; Government technology transfer: The effective use of both push and pull marketing strategies, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p85. 10p.
Piper, William S.; Marshall, Kimball P. (2000),; Stimulating Government Technology Commercialization: A Marketing Perspective for Technology Transfer, Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, Vol. 8 (3), p. 51-63.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Guided readings and individual assessment.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Three written essays, each with an equal weight in the calculation of the final grade.