BAL2500 Management Control in the Public Sector Course description

During the second semester, students will be required to complete practical training. This training has a value of 20 ECTS credits and is designed to give students real work experience in private business or the public sector. Students will acquire knowledge of relevant organisational models, decision-making mechanisms and gain experience of the methods used in the organisation. The goal is that students will be able to further develop their skills in the product design environment.

Individual cooperation agreements are entered into between the University College and relevant businesses, municipalities and other public sector bodies regarding the practical organisation of specific student assignments which can be completed at the cooperation partner's location within a period of three months. The assignments will tend to involve research and development tasks at the cooperation partner's location. Practice in public sector may be that students assign to ongoing research projects within the institution. The student is assigned a contact person with the cooperation partner or the research project for the agreed time period. Guidance will come from both the staff working at the place of practical training as well as the University College teaching staff.

As some businesses prefer that students complete a placement of between three to six months, the location of the practical training the study programme has been so positioned that students may extend their practical placement into the summer months. Placement that exceeds three months is a volunteer option, and is not a part of the formal study programme. Practice training more than three months do not account for more ECTS credits.

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Coursework assignments

Coursework assignments are defined in the individual course descriptions and further requirements are described in the work and teaching plan for the course. Examples of coursework assignments might be written assignments, studio exercises, experiments, reports, reflection notes, poster presentations and other presentations, or case studies. Assignments are carried out individually and in groups.

Coursework assignments are given the assessment Approved/Not approved. In courses with coursework assignments, the students must receive an Approved assessment on the coursework assignments in order to be able to take examinations and be given a final assessment of the course.

Notapproved coursework requirements Legitimate absence based on e.g. a medical certificate, does not exempt students from meeting the coursework requirements. Students who due to illness or any other documented legitimate absence, who do not meet the coursework requirements within the appointed deadline, should as far as possible, be given a new attempt to meet the requirements, before the relevant examination. An agreement with the relevant lecturer must be made in each individual case. If it is not possible to implement a new attempt to meet the requirements due to the nature of the subject/course, the student must expect to submit the coursework requirements at the next possible submission deadline. This may lead to a delay in the progression of study.

The form of assessments will be approved/not approved for compulsory assignments, and Pass/Fail for the exam in the MAPD Practical Placement or in the other exams a graded scale from A (highest) to F (lowest) where A to E is a pass grade and F is a fail grade. The grade achieved in each course will be stated on the diploma. There must be at least two examiners, where at least one has to be external, for the assessment of candidates Master's degree project. 

In some courses, it is possible to apply for an examination as a group, on a professional basis. See the individual course descriptions. The application must be submitted in the beginning of the course starts. A common grade will be given for the group examination.           

Courses  will be evaluated in accordance with the approved research formulations, and in accordance to demonstration of acquired knowledge, skills and general competence described in the learning outcomes of the study programme. Based on this, the general evaluation criteria are:

• Consistency (coherence and logical construction)
• Relevance (to product design profession and to society)
• Context (users, significance within area of use, environment, production etc.)
• Originality (choice of subject, approach/design methodology and/or result)
• Professionalism (project management, execution and presentation of material)

Grades in the final assessment for each course may only be appealed if the assessment work (exhibition, product etc.) is available in the same form as at the first assessment. In other words, nothing may be moved or removed from the assessment work before the deadline for justification and appeal has expired and a re-assessment has been performed. If the assessment work is a product developed in cooperation with an external partner and the student wishes to further develop the product before the appeals deadline has expired and any re-assessment has been carried out, the student must have previously made a copy for use in the development work. Further provisions for assessments and appeals are given in the Act Relating to University and University Colleges (Lov om universiteter og høyskoler), see http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-20050401-015.html and the relevant regulations for studies and examinations at OsloMet.

Provisions about examinations are given in "Lov om universiteter og høgskoler" (Act Relating to Universities and University Colleges), "Forskrift om studier og eksamen ved høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus" (Regulations Relating to Studies and Examinations at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Science) See our website.

Forms of assessment

The form of assessment used for examinations, assignments and other form of final assessment shall be Pass/Fail or a graded scale from A (highest) to F (lowest) where A to E is a pass grade and F is a fail grade. A final assessment is given in each course. The course descriptions must specify the scope and form of the final assessment, with the form of examination and grading scale.

Diploma

On the successful completion of all courses and the final Master's Project, the student will be awarded the Master's Degree in Product Design.  The course names, final assessment and the topic of the Master's Project will be stated on the final diploma.

For å kunne framstille seg til eksamen må studenten ha godkjente arbeidskrav.

Studentene skal i grupper på maksimalt 3 medlemmer løse en relevant økonomistyringsoppgave. Den skal presenteres muntlig i ca 10 minutter og det skal leveres inn et notat på inntil 10 sider eksklusiv forside, litteraturliste og vedlegg.

Formålet med arbeidskravet er at studentene skal utvikle ferdigheter i å analysere resultatvurderinger og økonomisk informasjon i offentlig sektor.

Arbeidskravet må være gjennomført og godkjent innen fastlagt frist for at studenten skal kunne framstille seg til eksamen. Dersom arbeidskravet ikke blir godkjent, gis det anledning til å kunne levere en forbedret versjon èn gang innen angitt frist.

Eksamen i emnet er skoleeksamen på 3 timer.

Ingen hjelpemidler er tillatt.

Gradert skala A-F.

Det benyttes intern og ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene.

Et uttrekk på minst 25% av besvarelsene sensurers av to sensorer. Karakterene på disse samsensurerte besvarelsene skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivået på resten av besvarelsene.

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