EPN-V2

ØAADM4500 Leadership Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Ledelse
Study programme
Master Programme in Business Administration
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Curriculum
FALL 2023
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

None

Recommended preliminary courses

Det er en fordel om studentene som tar dette emnet har grunn/forkunnskaper om motivasjon fra kurs som ØAADM1100 Organisasjonspsykologi og/eller ØAADM3500 Praktisk Personalledelse.

Required preliminary courses

After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

  • has obtained an understanding of fundamental drivers of value, and valuation techniques.
  • has an advanced understanding of relevant theoretical and practical application of valuation for the fair value accounting in IFRS accounting standards
  • has implemented and understood the use of this knowledge in practical settings.

Skills

The student

  • is able to apply the advanced valuation techniques to real companies, to form an informed opinion as to the fair value with respect to the IFRS standards.
  • has increased competence in presenting and discussing complex valuation issues.
  • is able to take complex financial information and distil them into relevant information for the valuation process.
  • is able to confidently present the findings of their analysis verbally and in written and presentation of the fair value in a IFRS context towards investors, top management, and board of directors.

General competence

The student

  • has completed demanding case work and presentations as constructive members of a student group.
  • can produce alternative methods or resolve discrepancies and argue why they are good solutions to the problem.

Learning outcomes

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam: 

  • Coursework 1: Four written case submissions, each with a maximum of 1000 words, plus appendixes. The submissions will be written in groups of 2-4 students
  • Coursework 2: The group must make one oral presentation. All group members are required to present. The presentation will last 10-20 minutes.

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If one or more coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given one new opportunity to get these approved, within a given deadline.

Teaching and learning methods

The exam in the course consists of two parts:

1) A written group project with a scope of maximum 5 pages, excluding front page, table of contents, list of references and any appendices. Font and font size: Arial / Calibri 12 points. Line spacing 1.5. The written group project accounts for 50% of the final grade.

2) An individual supervised exam of 3 hours. The individual exam accounts for 50% of the final grade.

Both the written group project and the individual supervised exam must be passed in order to pass the course.

Course requirements

Grade scale A-F

Assessment

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

ØABED3000/4000 Corporate Finance

Grading scale

Bestått/Ikke bestått

Examiners

Det benyttes en intern og en ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene.

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

Course contact person

Robert Buch