Seminars

Code:

2GE06

Acronym:

SEM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2013/2014 - 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	5	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

Students who successfully complete this course will be acquainted with a recent controversy or a recent development in three areas of management and will be able to asume a critical stance towards those controversies. 

Working method

Presencial

Program

Three among five topics will be tackled by each student:

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

2. The ‘Real Options’ paradigma 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. Pull and push strategies in the technology transfer debate.

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.

Comments from the literature

These references are "departure points" for the research to be conducted by students.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Tutorials.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Trabalho de investigação	100,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Approval in the three required essays. 

Calculation formula of final grade

Each essay: 1/3 of the final grade.