Seminars

Code:

2GE06

Acronym:

SEM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2017/2018 - 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	13	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: hinderer or enabler of innovation?”.


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


3. "Diversity at Work: What it means and what are the outcomes for organizations?".


4. "Industry 4.0 and Lean: a marriage or a divorce?".


5. "Open government and value co-creation".

Mandatory literature

Bisbe J., Otley D. ; The effects of the interactive use of management control systems on product innovation.
Davila, A., Foster G. and D. Oyon; Accounting and Control, Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Venturing into New Research Opportunities.
Busco, C., M. L. Frigo, E. Giovannoni and M. Pia ; When creativity meets control: A fashion industry case study.
Luerman, T. ; Investment Opportunities as Real Options: Getting Started on the Numbers.
Luerman, T. ; Strategy as a Portfolio of Real Options.
Dixit, A. and Pindyck, R. ; The Option Approach to Capital Investment.
Colella, A.; Hebl, M. and King, E. ; One hundred years of Discrimination Research in the Journal of Applied Psychology: a Sobering Synopsis
Farndale, E., Biron, M., Briscoe, D. R.; A global perspective on diversity and inclusion in work organisations.
Hunt, V., Layton, D., & Prince, S. ; Diversity matters.
Roberson, Q., Ryan, A.M. and Ragins, B. R. ; The evolution and future of Diversity at Work.
Mrugalska, B., & Wyrwicka, M. K. ; Towards Lean Production in Industry 4.0
Sanders, A., Elangeswaran, C., & Wulfsberg, J. ; Industry 4.0 implies lean manufacturing: Research activities in industry 4.0 function as enablers for lean manufacturing
Sanders, A., Subramanian, K. R., Redlich, T., & Wulfsberg, J. P. ; Industry 4.0 and Lean Management–Synergy or Contradiction?
Wagner, T., Herrmann, C., & Thiede, S. ; Industry 4.0 impacts on lean production systems
Brun-Martos, M.I., Lapsley, I ; Democracy, governmentality and transparency: participatory budgeting in action
Hilgers, D., Ihl, C.; Citizensourcing: Applying the Concept of Open Innovation to the Public Sector
Lukensmeyer, C. J., & Torres, L. H.; Citizensourcing: Citizen participation in a networked nation
Sang M. Lee, David L. Olson, Silvana Trimi, ; Co‐innovation: convergenomics, collaboration, and co‐creation for organizational values
Vargo, S. L., Maglio, P. P. & Akaka, M. A. ; On value and value co-creation: A service systems and service logic perspective
Wise, S., Paton, R.A., Gegenhuber, T. ; Value co‐creation through collective intelligence in the public sector: A review of US and European initiatives
Ramaswamy, V.; Leading the transformation to co‐creation of value
W. H. Voorberg, V. J. J. M. Bekkers & L. G. Tummers; A Systematic Review of Co-Creation and Co-Production: Embarking on the social innovation journey
Gouillart, F., Hallett, T. ; Co-creation in Government

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.