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Debates in Management and Consulting- Period 5
Social Sciences & Humanities Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: 1/31/20 - 5/30/20
Debates in Management and Consulting- Period 5
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Management
Instruction in: English
Course Code: E_IBK3_DMC
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
Prerequisites: For BK: 1.3 Academic Skills,1.6 Integration project), 1.2 Organization
Theory 2.2 Strategy; 3.4 Foundations of Strategic Management.
For IBA: 1.3 Academic Skills; 1.2 Organization Theory; 2.3 International
Strategy; 2.6 integrative Research Project; 3.4 Foundations of Strategic
Management.
DESCRIPTION
Building on introductory courses (BK/IBA), students will explore and deepen their knowledge of classical and contemporary scientific debate in management and consulting by means of a literature study. In this way, the course will advance the students? ability to develop a well-informed position in a key scientific debate on, for example:
- Leadership (What makes a good leader?)
- Rigor vs. Relevance (How can the gap between theory and practice be bridged?)
- Consultants and their role in the diffusion of management knowledge (How do management ideas evolve over time?)
- Consultants and their role in managing change (Creating or preventing resistance?)
- CSR (How does it contribute to performance?)
- Consulting roles and the consultant-client interaction (What is(are) the role(s) of consultants? Are they helping or manipulating clients?)
- The professional project of consulting (Is consultancy a profession?)
- Human Resources Management (What role does it play: development or exploitation?)
- Strategy formation (Where does strategy come from?)
On the basis of introductory lectures on these debates students chose one debate and work on papers related to this debate through extra literature search. They prepare for a mini-conference in which papers will be presented and reviewed. Based on the on mini-conference students can improve their papers.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
- Leadership (What makes a good leader?)
- Rigor vs. Relevance (How can the gap between theory and practice be bridged?)
- Consultants and their role in the diffusion of management knowledge (How do management ideas evolve over time?)
- Consultants and their role in managing change (Creating or preventing resistance?)
- CSR (How does it contribute to performance?)
- Consulting roles and the consultant-client interaction (What is(are) the role(s) of consultants? Are they helping or manipulating clients?)
- The professional project of consulting (Is consultancy a profession?)
- Human Resources Management (What role does it play: development or exploitation?)
- Strategy formation (Where does strategy come from?)
On the basis of introductory lectures on these debates students chose one debate and work on papers related to this debate through extra literature search. They prepare for a mini-conference in which papers will be presented and reviewed. Based on the on mini-conference students can improve their papers.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.