Discovering Management

Discovering Management offers an introduction to the field of business management and entrepreneurship for engineers and natural scientists. The module provides an overview of the principles of management, teaches knowledge about management that is highly complementary to the students' technical knowledge, and provides a basis for advancing the knowledge of the various subjects offered at D-MTEC.

Coordinator:  Dr. Lien de Cuyper

Course materials

Course materials will be available through Moodle.

Course goals and format

Discovering Management combines in an innovative format a set of lectures with an advanced business game. The learning model for Discovering Management involves 'learning by doing'. The objective is to introduce the students to the relevant topics of the management literature as well as giving them a good introduction to entrepreneurship topics.

The course is built around a series of lectures on the topics of strategy, innovation, corporate finance, leadership, design thinking and corporate social responsibility. While the different lectures provide the theoretical and conceptual foundations, the experiential learning outcomes result from the interactive business game that builds the second part of the course. The purpose of this business game is to analyse the innovative needs of a large multinational company and develop a business case for the company to grow. This business case is as relevant to someone exploring innovation within an organisation as it is if you are planning to start your own business. By discovering the key aspects of entrepreneurial management, the purpose of the course is to advance students' understanding of factors driving innovation, entrepreneurship, and company success.

Administrative

4 Credit points (ECTS)

- Enroll in 351-0778-01L Discovering Management (Exercises)
- Participation in the business game
- Submission of group assignment (graded)
- Written exam

3 Credit points (ECTS)

- DO NOT enroll in 351-0778-01L Discovering Management (Exercises)
- Participation in the business game
- Written exam 

Assessment

To get a grade for this course, students need to participate in the business game (30% of final grade) and the exam (70% of final grade).