Courses Master Display 2017-2018
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Course title | Strategic Performance Analysis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course code | EBC4131 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ECTS credits | 6,5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assessment | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Level | Advanced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinator |
Alexander Bruggen For more information: a.bruggen@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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Goals |
This is a very practice-oriented course.
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Description |
Students will work in subgroups on a project with a company. During the course, they will solve a real problem and will present it at the end of the course in front of a jury, consisting of members of the boards of the particular firm, members of the chamber of commerce and professors. Further, this course provides you with thorough knowledge to analyse business situations for strategic decision-making. In particular, this course deals with financial distress, interfirm relations, internal capital markets and the analysis of strategic changes. This course will provide you not only with the necessary practical and analytical skills but also in-depth knowledge of management accounting that help you to analyse the above mentioned situations and to support decision-making. The literature consists mainly of academic articles. Besides a thorough understanding of the theoretical foundations, this course will trigger your practical skills. |
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Prerequisites |
Courses and workload are very demanding for all IB Master courses. Exchange students need to have obtained a Bachelor degree in business and major in accounting in their Master.
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Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | PBL / Presentation / Assignment / Groupwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Participation / Written Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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