Management Social Sciences Program Spring 2020 Semester - Budapest

The purpose of the course is to provide students with knowledge of the fundamentals of management, including basic concepts and terminology. Business firms around the world are experimenting with new organizational designs, changing their routines and processes as they seek to improve their current performance and their growth prospects. In the process they change the scope of their business operations, redraw their organization charts, redefine the allocation of decisionmaking authority and responsibility, and reconsider which activities to conduct in-house and which to outsource. The course introduces students with powerful conceptual frameworks for analysing the interrelations between organizational design features, competitive strategy and the business environment. Students will spend a significant portion of their time diagnosing the fit and misfits between various elements on the basis of open system theory. Specifically, it is the intent of this course to blend theory with practice, requiring students to observe the business environment, and actively applying concepts to the 'real world'. The course draws on numerous examples of contemporary organizations through the use of case studies and role plays.

Corvinus University of Budapest awards credits based on the ECTS system (2 ECTS credits equals 1 U.S. credit therefore, 6 ECTS credits is equivalent to 3 U.S. credits). At Corvinus University of Budapest, all classes meet for a minimum of 180 minutes per week. Contact hours are calculated through a combination of lecture hours and outside activities which can include (workshops, seminars, fieldwork activities, guest lectures, and independent work) therefore, contact hours may vary on syllabi