Syllabus for Industrial Management

Learning outcomes

Upon completing the course the student should be able to

• choose, prepare, interpret and use cost estimates as a basis for the different situations in an industrial company,
• interpret financial statements and other financial reports of industrial companies, including the income statement, the balance sheet, the cash flow statement, key measures, budget and sustainalbility analysis in these,
• explain how the industrial company can be organised and managed,
• explain the industrial company's value creating processes, how the company can price it's products and how the company works in it's environment.

Content

Volume analysis, costing, investment appraisal, accounting and bookkeeping, budgeting, financing, financial analysis, pricing and management control are discussed as support for and a background to decision-making. Insights into the company and it's environment, leadership, entrepreneurship, organisation, strategic planning, learning and marketing are given as a basis for understanding structure of the industrial company's prerequisits.

Instruction

Lectures and exercises.

Assessment

Written examination with oral presentation. Written assignments for higher grade than "Pass".

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding targeted pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Other directives

The course may not be included in a degree together with any of the following courses: 1TE728 Industrial Management and 2FE025 Business Studies, Basic Course A/B.