Industrial Management

10 credits

Syllabus, Bachelor's level, 1TG233

A revised version of the syllabus is available.
Code
1TG233
Education cycle
First cycle
Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
Industrial Engineering and Management G1N
Grading system
Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
Finalised by
The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 29 April 2016
Responsible department
Department of Engineering Sciences

Entry requirements

General entry requirements

Learning outcomes

After passing the course the student should be able to

  • describe how the business operations, mainly leadership, procurement, production and strategic planning, work in industrial companies,
  • describe how an industrial company can be organised
  • describe how the organisation affects e.g. organisational communication (within the industrial company),
  • describe how marketing and sales can be designed in industrial enterprises,
  • explain what innovation and entrepreneurship is and how it can be managed and organised in an industrial company,
  • 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 income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement and key measures,
  • describe how the results control, activity control, people control and cultural control can be dealt with in an industrial company,
  • describe different combinations of systems for management control for an industrial company.

Content

Leadership, organisation, strategic planning, marketing, sales, innovation, entrepreneurship and production are described from an industrial company’s perspective and on the basis of the industrial company’s condition. Cost-volume-profit analysis, costing, investment analysis, accounting and bookkeeping, budgeting, financing, financial analysis, and management control are discussed as support for and a background to decision-making.

Instruction

Lectures, exercises, seminars and tutorials.

Assessment

Written exam (5 cr) and written assignments (5 cr).

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