Programme 10: IBMS 4th year
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Maximum number of students: 150
English: B2 level (IELTS 6.0, minimum, higher score is preferred)
the student’s major should be business related
Level programme: advanced
ALA1 Leading Change
ALA2 Project Business Management
ALA3 Management and Control
ALA4 Human Resource Management
ALA5 International Operational Management
ALA6 Advanced Management Topics
5 ECTS
5 ECTS
5 ECTS
5 ECTS
5 ECTS
5 ECTS
Total number of credits
30 ECTS
Optional:
Business English (meeting and speaking skills)
Dutch (for beginners)
2 ECTS
2 ECTS
Leading Change
Nowadays, both the pace and intensity of changes that affect international business are extremely
high. In his or her first job as an international business professional, the graduate will find that (s)he
will be expected to recognise developments in the world economy at an early stage and determine
with accuracy how these developments will affect the company’s future business activities. The
graduate will also be expected
to proactively come up with innovative ideas to support the company’s change towards its desired
future state.
Further down the road, the specialised competences of the graduate in the field of international
business and management will typically make him or her an essential driving force for fundamental
corporate change. Implementing fundamental change efforts will demand intensive cooperation with
various internal and external stakeholders and a strong feel for organisational culture, and the ability
to inspire and motivate others.
This course will start with the theme change. After that, the role and characteristics of leadership will
be closely examined. The course ends with a contemporary model for leading organisational change,
and a critical look at its applicability in different national and organisational cultures.
Project Stakeholder Management
How to ensure sustainable business operations in regions abroad? What role do governments play,
and how do they benefit? To what extent should local communities influence commercial
operations?
Managing a global or multi-national company requires a sharp eye for the needs and interests of
various local, national and international stakeholder groups, and to act in a way that is beneficial to
both the company and these stakeholders. In this course, you will critically examine a company’s
relationships with its external stakeholders and find out how these relations affect its business
operations.
As a fictive consultancy firm, your student project group will formulate an advice to the top
management of Royal Dutch Shell on how to improve its relationships with certain stakeholder
groups and come to a (more) sustainable way of doing business abroad. The advice will include
economic, political, social, cultural, and ethical considerations.
Management and Control
Future international managers need an understanding and appreciation of the strengths and
limitations of an organization’s accounting system, thereby allowing them to be more intelligent
users of these systems.
The purpose of this course is to provide IBMS students and future managers with an understanding
and appreciation of the strengths and limitations of an organization’s accounting system, thereby
allowing them to be more intelligent users of these systems. This course provides a framework for
thinking about accounting systems and a basis for analyzing proposed changes to these systems. The
course demonstrates that managerial accounting is an integral part of the firm’s organizational
architecture, not just an isolated set of computational topics.
The final mark consists of the score for the individual written exam (minimum requirement: 5.5).
The core subjects in this period are listed in the programme overview you will receive from your
lecturer. These subjects should be integrated in the assignments, but they are also individually
assessed in a written exam. It is a closed book exam with duration of two hours.
Enterprise Information System
TOPSIM General Management II is an interactive learning system that allows participants to establish
a link between business management theory and business management practice. The game presents
a realistic model of an industrial company and consequently provides participants with the
opportunity to gain a practical experience in a risk-free environment. Students have the chance to
work together in small groups, define a strategy to follow and make decisions in accordance to the
different scenarios presented by competing with the other groups.
The simulation game will convey in-depth economic interrelationships and supports in particular the
integration of knowledge and methodology competences in different operational areas from a
company. Students are challenged to manage a manufacturing company along multiperiodic
scenarios with increasing complexity controlled by the simulation game controller. The participants
will enhance their abilities in solving economic problems as they have to deal with model
uncertainty, inadequate information and time pressure.
International Operational Management
This course introduces the student to problems and analysis related to the design, planning, control,
and improvement of manufacturing and service operations. Lecture sessions involve explaining
concepts, working examples, and discussing cases. A wide range of topics are covered, including:
quality management, process analysis, supply chain design, and product development.
Operations Management is a broadly based subject area. It deals with the management of the assets,
processes and human resources that are used to produce goods and/or services. All organizations
require the skills of Operations Managers in transforming their inputs, which might include materials,
energy, information or customers, into outputs in the form of goods and services. A good
comprehension of operations management is therefore essential in understanding the workings of
an organization.
The final test consists of a 1 hour written exam (closed book) at the end of the semester. This test
evaluates the complete semester content. The individual knowledge of each student reflecting the
above-mentioned competences will be tested.
Advanced Management Topics
It is increasingly important for students to define their own goals and to decide which competences
they want to develop. Thiscourse is based on the ‘learning-to-learn-principle’ and should enable
students to develop themselves in a field of expertise they are interested in. The report the students
have to write needs to cover a topic in close relation to International Business and Management
Studies. It can be meant to deepen or broaden the knowledge of the student and it helps to learn to
adapt to new challenges. Furthermore, the student learns to work responsibly and independently.