INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

COURSE MANUAL Bachelor 3 Trimester 9 2019-2020

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 3rd Year Bachelor

2019/2020

EIGHTH TRIMESTER: WEEK 2 – WEEK 12 TABLE OF CONTENTS

General information .................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Course and exam registration ................................................................................................................................................. 3

Summary of workshop/team registration dates (per course) - Register via SIN-Online!............................................. 4

Student advisers………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4

Master Event ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4

3rd year Elective choices (Exchange or Internship/Minor + 5 EC elective)……………………………………………………...5

Admission requirements MSc-programmes ......................................................................................................................... 5

Summary of important rules and regulations for BScIBA ................................................................................................... 5

Innovation Management (BAD01) ................................................................................................................................... 7

Financial Accounting (BAD06) ...................................................................................................................................... 10

Supply Chain Management (BAD13) ............................................................................................................................. 12

Research Training & Bachelor Thesis (BAD10)............................................................................................................ 15

Course Manuals give more detailed information about courses within a trimester. They contain the following information per course:

- course title, course code, number of credits; - name of coordinator; - teaching staff; - contact person, secretariat, room numbers, phone numbers, visiting hours; - educational form; - examination form; - examination regulation; - examples for examinations; - aims and objectives of the course; - extended description of the course content; - subjects per lecture/workshop; - required literature: books, syllabus, reader, sheets; - literature and course content to be examined; - recommended further reading.

Course Manuals will be available at the beginning of each trimester, for each year of the programme. Please note: The course descriptions available in this document have been edited. Please refer to the courses’ specific Canvas pages for the extended version of the course manual text.

General information You can download the Bachelor 3 Trimester 8 course manual and schedule via the RSM IBA Current Students page. Please note that the most up to date timetable information can be found on MyEUR. If any changes should occur to the schedule, examination or registration dates, etc. these updates can be found in the online timetable on MyEUR. An online course evaluation will be mailed to you at the end of each trimester 8 course. This evaluation will remain open until the course’s exam date. The day of the final examination you will receive a separate evaluation about the exam. Please take the time to fill in both of these evaluations; your comments and feedback are greatly appreciated by members of the IBA teaching staff and programme management.

Course and exam registration Registering for a course via Osiris (accessible via MyEUR) will grant you access to the course’s respective Canvas page, the SIN-Online course channel and it will automatically register you for all of that course’s examinations (with the exception of the re-sit examination, if applicable). BSc Programme Management will only register first year IBA students for the bachelor 1 courses in Osiris. Students taking bachelor 2 and bachelor 3 IBA courses have to register themselves for their Bachelor 2 and 3 courses. You can already register for all your IBA Bachelor 3 courses now. Please note the specific deadlines for the course registrations for each trimester below and on the IBA Current Student pages: BSc IBA Course Registration Course registration deadlines (via Osiris):

Bachelor 3 Trimester 7 Elective period, no BSc IBA B3 courses

Bachelor 3 Trimester 8 Last day to register: Sunday, 2 February, 2020

Bachelor 3 Trimester 9 Last day to register: Sunday, 26 April, 2020

Re-sit examination registration: Registration for re-sit examinations is possible via Osiris 35 days before the re-sit examination date up to seven days before the exam. During this period, registration is free of charge. You can also register at the ESSC (lo-cated in the E-building) during this period. Osiris is accessible via MyEUR. Registration deadlines can be found in the examination schedule. Registration for a re-sit exam after the deadline After the official registration deadline, you can obtain a registration form at the Erasmus Student Service Centre counter. With this form, you may still register up to two working days before an examination, for an administra-tive fee of € 20,- per examination. After completing the form and paying the fee, you will receive a copy of the form to take with you. You should take this copy with you to the examination for which you have registered. In case this late registration period of 2 working days of the ESSC has passed, students from RSM BSc(I)BA can still register, but only after paying a € 20,- administration fee via the Examination Board’s Late Registration sys-tem. Be sure to follow the instructions as stated in the system. Restricted SIN-Online course channels To receive all messages published via the SIN-Online course channel, and to access the course’s schedule in your personalized online timetable on MyEUR, you will need to register for the respective courses in Osiris, as this automatically gives you access to the SIN-Online course channel of all of the courses that you are taking. Please note that these SIN-Online course channels are restricted, which means that you cannot manually subscribe to these SIN-Online course channels. Tip: Take the time to consult the message archive of your courses at least once a week to make sure you are aware of all relevant registration dates, schedule changes, etc.

Subscription to open SIN-Online channels We recommend that you subscribe to the following open SIN-Online channels:

• RSM Bachelor 3 International Business Administration - IBA B3 general information channel with messages from programme management

• RSM Examination Board - RSM Examination Board’s channel including the official examination regula-tions

• Tentamenlocaties/Exam locations (Dutch for Examination Locations) - seating assignments for exams in the Van der Goot building (M-hall) are announced via this channel

• IBA Notice Board - where all non-programme related messages for IBA students are posted • RSM IBA Study Advice

Summary of workshop/team registration dates (per course) - Register via SIN-Online! Business Information Management (BAD14)

• Plenary lectures (no team/workshop registration required) • Please note that a partial test cannot be retaken. The course’s re-sit examination is an

integrated examination covering all of the course’s materials (and is thus worth 100% of the final grade).

Foundations of Business Law (BAD15) Plenary lectures and 1 workshop (no team/workshop registration required)

Human Resource Management (BAD11) For this course, you must complete a Group Portfolio with a team of 5-6 members. The deadline to register your group is 12 January 2020, 23.59. BSc Programme Management will assign your team to timeslots of workshops. An overview of all mandatory registration dates is provided in the table below.

Registrations Date

Team registration via SIN-Online Between 17 December 2019 and 12 January 20, 23:59

Workshop allocation by Programme Management

15 January 2020, 23.59

Please note that you will only be able to participate in this course if you have registered for the HRM course in Osiris by January 12, 2020 23:59 the latest.

Research Training & Bachelor Thesis (BAD10) The deadline to register for the BAD10 course via SIN-online was 3 December 2019. Team and theme allocation will be determined soon and will be announced via SIN-online. Programme Management will register all stu-dents for this course in Osiris. Student Advisers The student advisers’ key task is to support students with their IBA studies. Students may contact one of the student advisers for information, advice and/or guidance. The student advisers are familiar with all aspects of the course programmes and can assist students in making decisions in the fields of study planning, study choices, internships, exchange, a second study, mediation with regard to examination board issues, etc. Students who are not able to continue their studies or experience delays, for instance because of personal cir-cumstances such as illness, handicap, family circumstances etc., may also turn to the student advisers for personal advice and guidance. For more information and contact details, please consult their website.

Master Event The next Master Event will be held on 24 March 2020. This event will allow you to visit lectures, workshops and a general information market about the RSM master programmes. Staff and Master student ambassadors will be present to answer your questions. See this website for details about the Master Event and to learn more about the RSM Master programmes please visit the website.

3rd year Elective choices (Exchange or Internship/Minor + 5 EC elective) For a complete overview, visit this website.

• 5 EC options: There are a number of different options available to students who choose to do a minor or an internship and who still need 5 EC in order to graduate. For detailed explanations about these op-tions, please consult the following Current Students page.

• Elective course from another faculty / university • Language elective: See Current Students – Language Electives for more information.

Questions? Contact Programme Management (bachelor3@rsm.nl) Admission requirements MSc-programmes Admission criteria To be admitted to one of RSM’s master programmes per September 2017 you need to meet the following crite-ria:

• You must have completed your entire International Business Administration Bachelor programme. • You will need a grade point average of 7.0 or higher (GPA <7.0) over your Bachelor programme.

• Some programmes are also be maximized in terms of numbers. For these programmes meeting the ad-mission requirements will not be enough to get selected (for instance International Management/CEMS and Finance & Investments).

Please be informed about changes to the application deadlines and process for RSM students who plan to do an MSc at RSM starting in September 2021 and onwards. As of September 2021, compensation with a GMAT will no longer be possible and thus students who do not meet the GPA requirement of 7.0 at the end of their bachelor, will not be eligible for admission to an RSM Master. For more information about requirements and application deadlines, please see this website. You can find more information about Master Admission requirements for current RSM students on this website. Summary of important rules and regulations for BScIBA The following rules and regulations, depending on your situation, may have an effect on your studies. For more information and a detailed explanation of all of these rules, please consult the BSc IBA Examination Regulations. The Bachelor-before-Master rule Admission to all RSM Master programmes is only possible if students have completed the entire Bachelor pro-gramme, without a single course left open. Period of validity of grades Final course grades (published in Osiris) for the bachelor programme are valid for six years. The final course grades (published in Osiris) for the master programmes are valid for 3 years. Compensation rule for 1st year courses The compensation rule means you can compensate one insufficient grade (between 4.5 and 5.4) with at least one rounded 7 or higher, provided that you have passed all your other courses of Bachelor 1 in your first year of enrolment. The grade for the compensated course will remain on your grade list and counts in the grade point average for the total bachelor programme. Compensation rule for 2nd and 3rd year courses Students (excluding Pre-Master students) may graduate from the BSc IBA programme with a 4.5 or higher for one examination part of the course year B2 or B3 (with the exception of the minor, internship, and the Research Training & Bachelor Thesis), provided that the calculated grade point average for the total bachelor programme (including the course to be compensated) mentioned in Article 6.2 paragraph 2 of the Rules and Guidelines is at least 7.0. This compensation rule will only be applied by the Examination Board upon request. The grade for the compensated course will remain on your grade list and counts in the grade point average for the total bachelor programme.

Resits and highest-result rule Students have a free choice in the number of times that they wish to take a written test (plenary test, open or closed book with open and/or multiple-choice questions). With effect from 1 September 2018, the result for the test is established on the highest test result obtained. If the material to be studied for an examination has changed, the new material must be studied. For the examinations of course year B1, the following rule applies: Once the BSA norm (as specified in Article 9.2 of the Rules and Guidelines) is met, with or without compensation, these examinations may not be retaken. Note: keep in mind that to obtain a cum laude judicium no more than two examinations have been taken more than once and to obtain a summa cum laude no examination has been taken more than once. Fraud 1. If in the matter of taking an examination, fraud – within the meaning of article 1.2, paragraph 2 – is detected or suspected, this is set down in writing as soon as possible by the invigilator or the examiner whom he/she must call in. The invigilator or the examiner may ask the student to make available any items of evidence. A refusal to do this is recorded in the written report. The student is given the opportunity to add written comments to the written report of the invigilator or examiner. The written report and any written comments are handed over to the Examination Board as soon as possible. 2. The Examination Board or the examiner may exclude a student who has committed fraud from further partic-ipation in the examination during which the irregularity was detected, and/or take other appropriate measures. The exclusion has the consequence that no result will be established for the examination concerned. Before the Examination Board decides to make the exclusion, it gives the student the opportunity to give his/her account. 3. The other appropriate measures as referred to in paragraph 2 may consist of, among others, the following sanctions: a. reprimand; b. invalidation of the examination concerned; c. exclusion from one or more examinations; d. exclusion from one or more examination periods; e. a combination of the above measures to a maximum of exclusion for at most one year; f. in a serious case of fraud the Examination Board may advise the Executive Board to end the enrolment for the programme of the person concerned once and for all. Note: all assignments will be checked on plagiarism as well as copying from each other. If plagiarism is detected the Examination Board will be informed. Be prepared that at Erasmus University there are heavy sanctions on fraud/plagiarism. For more information, please check: https://www.rsm.nl/examination-board/fraud-plagiarism/

Innovation Management (BAD01) Course name: Innovation Management Course code: BAD01 Course load: 112 hours / 4 EC Term: 9 Coordinator: S.G.M. Langeveld, MSc Teaching staff: Dr. D. Deichmann (head teacher), Prof. Dr. J. van den Ende, Q. Zhang, MSc, M. Ho-

seinpour, MSc, I. Esseveld, MSc Course structure: Online video lectures on Coursera (www.coursera.org); online lectures; online work-

shops Course schedule: timetables.eur.nl Examination: With reservation: Written test (closed book) with multiple choice and open bonus

questions; assignments (will be posted on Canvas) Office hours & contact information S.G.M. Langeveld, MSc, coordinator, im-iba@rsm.nl Questions, suggestions or comments can be posted to the coordinator of this course on Canvas (discussion board) or via email. Please consult the course manual and Canvas first to prevent unnecessary questions. Course overview Innovation Management encompasses everything that firms do in and around the process of turning ideas into new products, new services, new methods, new materials or new business models. This process is typically multidisciplinary in nature in that people from different backgrounds and with various specializations work to-gether (such as psychology, creativity, marketing, technology, strategy, and organizational design). Firms that effectively and efficiently integrate these backgrounds and their respective inputs are likely to be innovative, have a strong competitive advantage, and high survival rates. The position of Innovation Management in the curriculum The courses on Cross Cultural Management, Strategic Management, and Innovation Management all address important elements of strategic and organizational change in order to create competitive advantage. Cross Cul-tural Management focuses on the management of small firms and start-up companies. Strategic Management focuses on strategic positioning of (typically) large corporations. Both Cross Cultural Management and Strategic Management address innovation as an important part of corporate strategy, but do not discuss innovation man-agement in great detail. This Innovation Management course does focus on all aspects of managing the innova-tion process, from both a strategic and an operational perspective. In Innovation Management we discuss, amongst others, the adoption of innovations, creativity, idea management, innovation strategy, portfolio man-agement, innovation process management, and innovation networks. Learning goals After following this course, the student is able to: - Analyze how both individual and group creativity can be stimulated - Examine different ways to evaluate and select ideas - Discuss what an innovation strategy is and how it relates to a firm's position in an ecosystem - Contrast different tools to manage an innovation portfolio - Discuss the challenges of implementing and executing innovation Course information We demand no explicit prior knowledge from the students participating in this course. Time budget Hours Online videos lectures (Coursera) 6 Online lectures (4 x 2) 8 Online workshops, incl. assignments (3 x 15) 45 Literature study and written test preparation 53 Total 112 Course structure The course consists of three main elements: 1) Online videos offered through the learning platform of Coursera (more specifically, the Erasmus University Rotterdam course “Innovation Management”). Each student will need to create a Coursera account on www.coursera.org and subscribe to the “Innovation Management” course by Erasmus University Rotterdam. The

free account will enable students to watch the online videos that are categorized per week. Through these online videos the basics on innovation management will be taught. As you will see, the online videos are part of a MOOC (massive open online course) in which non-RSM students can participate, as well. Specifically for those non-RSM students weekly assignments, quizzes, and a final written test will be put online. For you as a RSM bachelor student, these assignments, quizzes, and the online test are not mandatory. However, if you are interested, you can participate voluntarily. Please note that no additional credits can be earned by doing so, however. For you as a RSM bachelor student, there is also no need get the Coursera course certificate. 2) Online lectures: There will be four lectures. Because of the COVID-19 situation, we will record the lectures and post them on Canvas. The lectures extend the online videos with additional content, examples, and explanations. For instance, we discuss the articles that are assigned for each lecture. In addition, students’ most important questions on the online videos will be discussed and answered. These questions should be posted on the discus-sion forum (Canvas) prior to the lecture. 3) Online workshops: There will be three workshops that each correspond to one of the assignments. Because of the COVID-19 situation, we will record the workshops and post them on Canvas. The workshops will prepare you for the respective assignments and so they also take place before you complete each assignment. In the workshops we discuss the assigned case and articles and zoom in on a particular topic of the innovation management field. Literature - Online videos - Online lectures - Articles of all workshops and the lectures All video material, articles, and slides from the on-campus lectures are part of the written test. Also, the articles dealt with in all three workshops are explicitly part of the written test. The cases from the workshops, however, are not part of the written test. Assessment and examinations Subject to change due to corona crisis: The written test consists of 40 multiple-choice questions (each with four answer options) and open bonus questions. For these bonus questions you can obtain max. 1.0 bonus point. This possible (partial) bonus point will be added to the written test grade (i.e., max. 0.6 of your final grade). This (part of) the bonus will be awarded no matter what your written test grade is prior to the bonus. Partial and final overall course grades can never be higher than 10.0. The final overall course grade will be based on the written test grade (60%) and the average grade of the two best scoring assignments (40%). There is no minimum grade requirement for the written test or individual assignments. There will be a re-sit for the written test, but not for the assignments. Out of the three assignments, the two assignments with the highest grade will be counted for your final grade.

Please note that partial grades from the current academic year cannot be transferred to the next academic year. This applies to the grade of the written exam and the grade of the assignments. In case you fail the course, you need to retake the entire course next year. Examination dates – Subject to change Written test: 11 June 2020, 13:30-16:30 see https://timetables.eur.nl Re-sit: 8 July 2020, 13:30-16:30 see https://timetables.eur.nl Registration for the course in OSIRIS will automatically register you for all examinations with the exception of the re-sit written test. Course registration is possible via OSIRIS starting now until the end of the fourth week of trimester 9. Your OSIRIS course registration also gives you access to the SIN-Online channel and the Canvas course. Registration for the re-sit written test will be possible via OSIRIS 26 to 5 workdays before the re-sit written test. Specific registration dates for the re-sit written tests are listed on the BSc IBA Examination Schedule, available via IBA Current Students (www.rsm.nl/current-students/iba). Deadlines Assignment 1: Sunday, 19 April, 23:59 Assignment 2: Sunday, 3 May, 23:59 Assignment 3: Sunday, 17 May, 23:59

Written test perusal Date, place and time of the perusal for the written test will be communicated to you via Canvas or SIN-Online. For the assignments, we will post an answer model on Canvas. On Canvas, you can also see how many points you scored for each question. Given the volume of assignments, we are unable to provide you with even more personalized feedback. Requests to reconsider assignment grades must be submitted to the coordinator of this course by email along with a motivation for why a regrading is deemed necessary. We will then re-grade the whole assignment (not just the requested parts). This will be done by a different assessor than those who graded the assignment in the first instance. Please note that, therefore, re-grading can actually also result in a lower grade. The new grade will be the final grade. Students retaking the course Students who retake this course must follow the entire course (again). It is not possible to transfer grades from previous years. Assessment Plan

Educational goals Assessment formats

After following this course, the student is able to: Written test Assignments

Analyze how both individual and group creativity can be stimulated

X X

Examine different ways to evaluate and select ideas X X

Discuss what an innovation strategy is and how it relates to a firm's position in an ecosystem

X X

Contrast different tools to manage an innovation portfolio X X Discuss the challenges of implementing and executing inno-vation

X X

Weighting factor 60% 40% (average of the two best as-

signments) Minimum grade required (4.5 or Pass) no no Opportunity to resit within the academic year yes no Form of examination* MC, closed book,

bonus questions assignment

Group / individual individual individual

Financial Accounting (BAD06) Course name: Financial Accounting Course code: BAD06 Course load: 5 EC (equivalent of 140 hours of study) Term: 9th trimester Instructor: Dr. Erik Roelofsen Coordinators: Dr. Iuliana Sandu Course structure: Online videos, Discussion board, Quizzes Course schedule: timetables.eur.nl Examination: To be announced Contact information You can reach the instructor, teaching assistants and the coordinator of this course via accounting@rsm.nl and via the discussion board. Course Overview Accounting information is vital for the functioning of our economies: investors use accounting information to value stocks, loan officers use accounting information when deciding on whether or not to lend money to a business and managers use accounting information to communicate to outside parties the extent to which they were successful in running the business. Financial statements are the principal means of communicating ac-counting information about a business to outsiders. The objective of this course is not to train you to become accountants but to help you become critical users of financial statements. The achievement of this goal re-quires an understanding of the concepts and techniques that underlie financial statements and an appreciation for the amount of judgment required in applying accounting concepts. Topics include: the fundamental con-cepts and techniques underlying financial statements, the accounting treatment of various financial statement items (e.g., inventory, PPE, intangible assets, investments, liabilities, and shareholders’ equity) and the analysis and forecast of financial statements. The course is offered to you by the department Accounting & Control http://www.rsm.nl/research/depart-ments/accounting-control/. Learning Goals After completion of the course, the student should be able to: - Understand the fundamental principles, concepts and techniques that underlie financial statements - Understand, use and analyze the main items on a company’s financial statements - Understand and use the relationships between financial statements - Understand accounting treatments described by accounting rules and apply these accounting treatments to

financial statement items (e.g., inventory, PPE, intangible assets, investments, liabilities, and shareholders’ equity)

- Evaluate the impact of different accounting treatments on financial statements - Calculate and interpret financial ratios - Forecast financial statements and evaluate the assumptions behind forecasted financial statements. Course Information Before starting this course it is recommended that you complete the introductory BAP069 Foundations of Fi-nance & Accounting and BAB001 Management Accounting. This course is organized online. The lecture videos will stress the practical relevance of the financial accounting topics while the workshop videos will focus on giving you the skills necessary in addressing financial accounting problems. The course will also have an actively managed discussion board where you can ask and answer questions. In order to keep you connected with the course, we have seven quizzes spread over the entire duration of the course. See the exact quizzes’ schedule below under “Course syllabus”. The quizzes grades count toward the grade of this course. Literature Textbook: Harrison, Horngren, Thomas and Suwardy, (2018), Financial Accounting: Global Edition: International Financial Reporting Standards, 11/E. ISBN: 9781292211145 (link) Online videos, documents and any additional literature communicated via Canvas

Grades This course’s grade is calculated as follows: 20% from quizzes (see the exact quizzes schedule below under “Course syllabus”) and 80% from a written test. More details on how the written test will be organized will be provided at a later stage. The final grade for this course will be capped at 10. To pass this course the final overall course grade must be 5.5 or higher. Registration for the course in Osiris will automatically register you for the written test with the exception of the re-sit written test. Course registration is possible via Osiris in the first 4 weeks of the trimester. Registration for the re-sit written test will be possible via Osiris 26 to 5 workdays before the re-sit written test. Specific registra-tion dates for the re-sit written test are listed on the BSc IBA Examination Schedule, available via IBA Current Students (www.rsm.nl/current-students/iba). Examination Perusal The date, time, format and place of the perusal will be announced when the grades are published. Students Retaking the Course Students retaking the course must complete the assignments and exams as they are required for the current aca-demic year. The examination for re-takers is thus based on the content and conditions that apply to the current academic year (2019-2020). RSM code of conduct Please be aware that as an RSM student you are subject to the RSM code of conduct: https://www.rsm.nl/fileadmin/Images_NEW/Current_Students/BA/Code_of_conduct_2019-2020_FINAL.pdf RSM Student Representation If you as a student have any comments about the quality of this course, be it positive or negative, please send an email to the corresponding student representative or approach him or her personally after the lecture. RSM SR email: feedbackIBA@rsmsr.nl. Assessment matrix

Course: BAD06 Financial Accounting Assessment formats

Educational goals per course: Quizzes Written test

after following this course, the student is able to:

Understand the fundamental principles, concepts and techniques that underlie financial statements

X X

Understand, use and analyze the main items on a company’s financial statements

X X

Understand and use the relationships between financial statements X X

Understand accounting treatments described by accounting rules and apply these accounting treatments to financial statement items (e.g., in-ventory, PPE, intangible assets, investments, liabilities, and share-holders’ equity)

X X

Calculate and interpret financial ratios X X Evaluate the impact of different accounting treatments on financial state-ments

X X

Forecast financial statements and evaluate the assumptions behind fore-casted financial statements

X X

Weighting factor 20% 80% Minimum grade required (4.5 or Pass) No 5.5 Opportunity to resit within the academic year (Yes/No) No Yes

Form of examination (e.g. MC, Open-book, etc.) MC and open questions

MC and open questions

Group / individual individual individual

Supply Chain Management (BAD13) Course load: 5 EC (140 hours) Trimester: 9 Coordinator Dr. Michael Becker-Peth Teaching staff: Dr. Michael Becker-Peth, Prof.dr. M.B.M. de Koster, Prof. Dr. Finn Wynstra Course structure: Plenary lectures (web lectures), exercise lectures (web lectures), and case assignments Examination: Closed book, written test with multiple choice and open questions (preliminary) Contact with teaching staff: To enable fast and effective communication between students and teaching staff we will set up discussion boards on Canvas. Please post and answer questions there. Course Overview Companies have over time specialized in a very limited number of business activities which they consider to be their core business. By doing so, they have been able to greatly increase their expertise, innovative capabilities and process efficiency. Companies have subsequently located their operations in regions that are most suitable in terms of natural resources, labour (either cheap or high grade), sales markets etc. As a consequence, a long chain of companies is involved in the manufacturing of products. These companies have limited insight into each other’s operations, and are often dispersed around the world. Such a situation requires that the chain of companies is effectively managed otherwise processes would falter, customers would have to be disappointed, and costs would surge. Therefore, supply chain management is vital to companies that operate in such chains. Proper planning and managing of the supply chain can make the difference between a successful business and an outright failure. Progress in information technology has contributed to both the increasing need and opportunities for improved supply chain management. With IT, companies in a supply chain can be connected in real-time, which allows for efficient and effective sharing of information. The course program presents cases of real-world situations calling for appropriate state-of-the-art models and solution methods for the design, planning, control and im-provement of supply chain operations. The course Supply Chain Management builds on the knowledge ob-tained in the course Operations Management offered in Bachelor 1. Learning Goals In this course students are not only encouraged to acquire the necessary knowledge, but also to develop a criti-cal attitude to the position of firms in relation to various strategic and operational choices related to the supply chain. The course attempts to: - make you conversant in the language of supply chain management; - allow you to see the role of supply chain management in the overall strategy and performance of the firm

by providing a conceptual, strategic view of supply chain design and operations; - enhance your critical thinking, not only in the area supply chain management but also as a future general

manager; - provide you with qualitative and quantitative tools to identify, analyse, and manage basic supply chain man-

agement issues. At the end of the course the student should be able to: - identify and use the main concepts and terminology in the domain of supply chain management; - select and use the appropriate instruments and tools to construct a supply chain management solution for

a given situation; - identify and describe the needed design features of the supply chain; - recognize and use the different inventory replenishment strategies to control inventory levels; - clarify and leverage the value of information sharing as assisted by information technology for the inte-

grated supply chain; - describe and choose the correct purchasing and sourcing strategy dependent on the features of a supply

chain; - design the physical distribution in a supply chain and adopt the transportation accordingly; - identify the different (strategic) constructs for parties of the supply chain to collaborate, and to discuss and

mitigate the accompanying risks; - analyse cases of real world situations and develop suitable supply chain management solutions.

Course Information Pre-requisites Before taking this course it is strongly recommended that you have a firm grasp on the following concepts:

The fundamentals of Operations Management; Quantitative Methods & Techniques: Statistics; Setting up a strategic business plan; Some knowledge of Marketing, Information and Organizational management.

Course Workload Contact hours for 10 plenary lectures (web lectures) 20 hours Contact hours for 2 exercise lectures (web lectures) 4 hours Preparation for the exercise lectures 6 hours Case assignments (2 x 15 hours) 30 hours Self-study 80 hours Total course load 140 hours Teaching Methods The course consists of 10 two-hour plenary sessions for lectures (web lectures), two two-hour sessions (web lectures) to practice numerical exercises. The main objective of the lectures is to give you directions, guidelines and context for preparation and study. This objective will be achieved by explaining concepts, giving you indus-try examples, and in-class practice questions. The material covered in these sessions will also be tested on the written test. The exercises treated during the exercise lecture will be made available on Canvas before the exer-cise lecture. All students should prepare or at least try thoroughly to solve the exercise before coming to the exercise lecture. We will discuss the exercises together and in this process your attempts to solve them will be checked. Two Written Case Assignments There are two written case-based assignments. Each case assignment counts for 12.5% of the course grade. For the grading of these cases and the exact weights of the case grades, please refer to the section “Assessment and Examinations” below. For each case assignment you need to answer a number of questions regarding the corresponding case and possibly some additional readings. Each assignment needs to be submitted electronically before its deadline, which is announced in the schedule below. The reports need to be worked on and submitted in teams of three students (minimum 2 and maximum 3). Du-plicated and/or larger group work will be considered as a case of fraud and/or plagiarism, and it will be reported to the Examination Board. According to article 1.2, paragraph 4 of the Rules and Guidelines 2019-2020, fraud is defined as: “the action or negligence of a student as a result of which it is impossible, entirely or in part, to form a correct judgment concerning his/her knowledge, insight and skills”. This implies also that the (digital) provid-ing of a document to a fellow student can be labelled as fraud, if this fellow student copies the entire document or parts thereof. In other words, students who distribute information can be punished as well. Registration for case assignment teams in SIN-Online is mandatory, and must be completed Sunday April 12, 2020, 23:59h. Registering after this date will not be possible anymore, meaning exclusion from the case assignments. The per-son who is registering the team will automatically be the team captain during the whole course. The team cap-tain has a special responsibility: it is the only person who can submit the case assignments on Canvas. Perusal of the case assignments will be made possible online, through Canvas. Required Literature

Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P. and Simchi-Levi, E. (2009), Designing and managing the supply chain, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin, ISBN 978-007-127097-7

Additional literature as indicated on Canvas Class materials (slides, notes, etc.)

Examination Dates (preliminary)* Final Examination: Tuesday 9 June 2020, 09:30-12:30 Re-sit Examination: Friday 10 July 2020, 13:30-16:30 Registration for the course in Osiris will automatically register you for all examinations with the exception of the re-sit written test. Course registration is possible via OSIRIS starting now until the end of the fourth week of the

trimester 9. Your OSIRIS course registration also gives you access to the SIN-Online channel and the Canvas course. Registration for the re-sit written test will be possible via Osiris 26 to 5 workdays before the re-sit examination. Specific registration dates for the re-sit examinations are listed on the BSc IBA Examination Schedule, available via IBA Current Students (www.rsm.nl/current-students/iba). Assessment and Examinations (preliminary)* Grading Your course grade will be determined by an assessment of your performance on: 1. A written, closed-book test which counts for 75% of the final grade; 2. Two written case assignments which each counts for 12.5% of the final grade; * Due to the Corona crisis, the form of examinations can still change. With regard to the practical arrangement of this, RSM, Erasmus University and the lecturers are working out a solution. We will inform the students about this as soon as possible. 1. The written test will consist of 30 multiple-choice questions, each with four alternative answers, and some open-ended questions. Questions that require calculations can appear in the Multiple-choice questions and in the open-ended questions. During the written test, you may only use a non-programmable alphanumerical cal-culator. You need to score at least a 4.5 for your written test to receive a grade for this course. 2. For each of the case-based assignments you will receive a separate grade. Each grade counts for 12.5% of your final grade. When failing to hand in (on time) one or both of the cases, your maximum grade for this course will be reduced to 8.8 or 7.5 respectively. There will be no opportunity for a re-sit for the case assignments. The cases cannot compensate written test grades which are lower than 4.5. Registration and Assignment Deadlines Registration deadline for the teams of the case assignments is Sunday April 12, 2020 23:59h. Please note that you need to register a team of three (or two) through SIN-Online. Assignment deadlines: see lecture schedule on Canvas Minimum grade requirement According to article 5.2, paragraph 4 of the Rules and Guidelines 2019-2020: “If the examination part is as-sessed on the basis of more than one examination, no final grade for the examination part will be calculated if one of the examination grades is lower than a 4.5. Examinations that can be taken only once per academic year, such as case reports and team assignments, are exempted from this rule.” This means that you do not need to receive a 4.5 or higher for the group assignments in order to receive a grade for this course, but you have to receive a 4.5 or higher for the written test. Validity of Partial Grades In accordance with the Teaching and Examination regulations 2019-2020 (article 4.2, paragraph 3): “If an exam-ination component should be tested by more than one examination, the term of validity of the partial result shall be limited to the academic year in which the partial examinations are taken, unless the examiner deter-mines otherwise”. The case grades are only valid for the current academic year 2019-2020, and previous results for the case assignments and written test are no longer valid. Students Retaking the Course Students retaking the course must complete the assignments and written test as they are required for the cur-rent academic year. The examination for re-takers is thus based on the content and conditions that apply to the current academic year (2019-2020). Also check ‘Validity of partial grades’ for all requirements. Examination Perusal The date and time of the online perusal will be announced when the grades are published.

Assessment matrix

Course: Supply Chain Management Assessment formats*

Educational goals per course (formulated using action verbs (Bloom))

Case as-signment 1

Case as-signment 2

Written test

Total

after following this course, the student is able to:

Identify and describe the needed design features of the supply chain;

x x x x

Recognize and use the different inventory replenishment strategies to control inventory levels;

x x x x

Clarify and leverage the value of information sharing as assisted by information technology for the integrated supply chain;

x x x x

Describe and choose the correct purchasing and sourc-ing strategy dependent on the features of a supply chain;

x x x x

Design the physical distribution in a supply chain and adopt the transportation accordingly;

x x x x

Identify the different (strategic) constructs for parties of the supply chain to collaborate, and to discuss and miti-gate the accompanying risks;

x x x x

Analyze cases of real world situations and develop suita-ble supply chain management solutions

x x x x

Weighting factor 12.5% 12.5% 75% 100% Minimum grade required (4.5 or Pass) 4.5

Opportunity to re-sit within the academic year (Yes/No) No No Yes

Form of examination (e.g. MC, Open-book, etc.) assign-ment

assign-ment

mc / open

Group / individual group group individual

* Due to the Corona crisis, the form of examinations can still change. With regard to the practical arrangement of this, RSM, Erasmus University and the lecturers are working out a solution. We will inform the students about this as soon as possible.

Research Training & Bachelor Thesis (BAD10) Course name: Research Training & Bachelor Thesis Course code: BAD10 Course load: 12 ECTS Term: Trimester 8 & 9 Coordinator: Dr. R. Rooderkerk, and S. Ockhuijsen, MSc. Course structure: See course schedule and the individual workgroup schedule Course schedule: See SIN-Online Examination: Assignments, Final Report Contact information: bt@rsm.nl Course coordination The course has a coordination team consisting of two people: Robert Rooderkerk and Sandra Langeveld. They are responsible for the daily coordination of the course. You can contact them via email: bt@rsm.nl. All content related matters can be discussed with your instructor! Course overview The Research Training & Bachelor Thesis course is first of all a methodology course and secondly a research project that results in a final report called the “Bachelor Thesis”. In this course, you will work on a research question in teams of three students under the supervision of an in-structor. The instructor is your main contact during this course, whereas the coordinators will primarily aid the instructors. The course will start with a lecture on the organization of the course and some core methodological principles by the course coordinators. The course consists of three parts that comprise six assignments, which form the basis for writing the Bachelor Thesis. Part I, the “Critical Synthesis”, consists of Assignments 1-4. Part II, the “Research Project”, comprises As-signments 5 and 6. The assignments in Part I and II form the building blocks for the Bachelor Thesis (Part III), which includes both the Critical Synthesis and the Research Project. In addition, it includes a Discussion chapter. You will work on assignments 1-4 in trimester 8 (January-March) and on assignments 5-6 in trimester 9 (April-June). After each assignment and the draft of the Bachelor Thesis, a feedback session will take place between the student team and the instructor. For a schematic overview of the course we refer to Figure 1 on the next page. In this course you work in a team of three students. The team is enrolled in a “Theme”, a research topic offered by an instructor. The instructor has selected a hypothesis, i.e., a claim about the influence of a variable on another variable. Your goal in this course is to write a critical evaluation of the empirical evidence regarding that hypoth-esis. The instructor of the Theme will be the one who provides you with feedback on your assignments and bachelor thesis. General aim The general learning objective of the Research Training & Bachelor Thesis course is that you acquire the skills that are necessary for critically evaluating the results of empirical studies. It is an important part of the responsi-bilities of a manager to draw conclusions from reports that state that “research has shown” that a variable X (an independent variable) is beneficial or detrimental for a variable Y (a dependent variable). The independent variable might be a strategy; an intervention; an activity; an investment; a policy; a condition; or any other variable spec-ified in a study, and the dependent variable might be “performance”; “success”; sales; profits; etcetera. If the em-pirical claim (that X influences Y) is true, then managers are expected to use this information in their actions and decisions. However, because an empirical claim might be wrong (or a correct empirical claim might not be ap-plicable to their own situation), a manager must be able to critically evaluate that claim. The ability to critically evaluate empirical claims is crucially dependent on a sound understanding of statistical and methodological prin-ciples. Consequently, the Research Training & Bachelor Thesis course is first and foremost a methodology course. The second goal of this course is to write a Bachelor Thesis. In doing so you develop the skills to integrate your findings in a clear and concise report that effectively communicates your learnings to the reader More specifically, after having finished this course you should be able to: • Evaluate a report (e.g. an article in an academic journal) of a single research project (single study) on a number

of crucial methodological elements, such as: o Research strategy; o Units that are studied; o Measurement; o Quantification of the observed effect.

• Be reluctant to draw conclusions for managerial practice from a single study and instead to synthesize results from multiple studies.

• Write a critical evaluation of the empirical evidence regarding a claim about the influence of an independent variable on a dependent variable.

The Research Training & Bachelor Thesis course is a hands-on course. You will acquire critical reading skills by practicing them in a structured setting (“research training”) and by getting feedback on your practice reports. In the practical, you complete a set of tasks (“assignments”) and report about them; an instructor gives you feedback; and you apply the feedback by revising your text. In this course you will not only practice critical reading skills but you will also gain some experience with conducting an empirical study. The aim of that part of this course is not that you learn to design and conduct an empirical study yourself. Its aim is to help you in acquiring a better understanding of methodological principles and, in this way, to contribute to your critical reading skills. In this course it is assumed that you have not previously learned to critically evaluate an empirical claim. The aim of this course is that you acquire this reading skill, which is crucial for managerial practice. It is also assumed that you have not previously designed and conducted an empirical study. Because this is not a common part of man-agerial practice, it is not an aim of this course that you acquire the skills for designing and conducting such a study. You will only design and conduct an empirical study in this course to gain a better understanding of re-search practice and research reports. Literature • A digital course book will be provided on Blackboard. This course book is the main reference in this course

regarding the principles of research methodology. It also contains the six assignments that you must com-plete in this course. In addition, it contains a description of what the Bachelor Thesis should look like in terms of content and format.

• The first part of the course book is supported by videos which are also made available through Blackboard. The videos provide a summary of a specific chapter and contain examples that illustrate how to approach the assignments.

• Selected articles and book chapters will be provided on Blackboard. They will serve as an additional source to the course book.

Instructors are obligated to follow the course book. However, your instructor may provide you with additional readings, for instance literature related to the theme or a specific methodology commonly used in the focal research stream. Assessment & Examinations The course will be concluded with a report for grading (“Bachelor Thesis”). Instructors will fill out an Assessment Protocol for each thesis, will formulate a grade proposal, and will forward this to the course coordinators. The course coordinators award the grades for this course after consulting the instructor. You will pass the course if your grade is 5.5 or higher. If you score between 4.5-5.4 your team will get a chance to revise the thesis. Instructions and a deadline will be given by instructor in consultation with the course coordinators. The maximum mark after revision is a 6. If you fail, you will have to follow the entire course again in the next academic year. If you use the re-sit opportunity and receive a 6, you cannot retake the course in the next academic year unless there are special circumstances. Note that the assignments will not be individually graded; only the final report will receive one single grade. Fur-thermore, a student team will, in principle, receive one single grade for their report. Assignments The course is designed as a ladder with seven steps. Each of the first six steps consists of an assignment and a feedback session. The seventh step comprises writing the bachelor thesis and is also followed by a feedback session. Each assignment and the bachelor thesis must be handed in before the published deadline. The feedback sessions are scheduled a few days after each deadline. Each of the six assignments consists of two consecutive elements: 1. The starting point for each assignment is a specific chapter of the course book. You are required to read the

chapter carefully in order to master the material. The chapter concludes with a deliverable, which is always accompanied by a set of instructions. These instructions explain you how to apply the material from the corresponding chapter to your own theme. This is consistent with the learning by doing philosophy of the Research Training.

2. Instructors will give you customized feedback on your deliverable from which you will learn how to evaluate and, if necessary, to improve your skills. Hence, the second step of each assignment is receiving feedback and learning from it.

Assignments could be seen as stand-alone teaching and learning occasions. However, the output of every as-signment also serves as the input for the next one (hence, the term ladder). In addition, they form the input for

the Bachelor Thesis. Consequently, after receiving the feedback on a given assignment you are encouraged to reshape it into the corresponding chapter of the Bachelor Thesis. Prior Knowledge test This course builds on a lot of methodology courses earlier in the bachelor program. We have designed an online test to assess to what degree this knowledge is top of mind. You are required to take this test. The outcomes of your and your team members’ test will be discussed with your instructor during your first individual meeting. It is your own responsibility to address the gaps in your knowledge and/or encourage your team members to do so! A link to the test can be found online. The deadline for making the test is December 31, 2019 at noon. Mandatory participation Deadlines for submission of the assignments are strict and attendance at all feedback sessions is mandatory for all the team members. Given that this is a learning process a concerted effort is expected for every assignment! It is also mandatory that each team member participates in the execution and writing of all assignments. Only personal circumstances that are clearly beyond your control (such as illness, urgent family circumstances, etc.) are legitimate reasons for absence, for insufficient (participation in) team work, or for not adhering to a deadline for submission of an assignment. Students who fail to comply with these requirements (e.g., students who do not sufficiently contribute to the work of their team; those who submit an assignment late; or do not participate in a feedback session) will not get a grade for this course (and hence fail the course). The primary responsibility for noting and dealing with absence lies with the instructor. You may (occasionally) try to reschedule the feedback session to an earlier date (never to a later date) on the explicit agreement of both parties (student team and instructor). In case agreement cannot be arrived at, the feedback session has to take place as scheduled and attendance is mandatory Schedule mandatory deadlines and feedback sessions

Assignment Week Deadline Feedback session 2 January 10 [Introduction] Pre-assignment 3 January 15, 8 AM - Assignment 1 4 January 22, 8 AM January 24 Assignment 2 6 February 5, 8 AM February 7 Assignment 3 8 February 19, 8 AM February 21 Assignment 4 10 March 4, 8 AM March 6 Assignment 5 15 April 7, 8 AM April 9 (Thursday) Assignment 6 19 May 6, 8 AM May 8 Bachelor thesis draft 21 May 20, 8 PM May 25 (Monday) Bachelor thesis 24 June 8, 8 AM -

Deadline final report: June 8, 2020 at 8 AM.

Curriculum International Business Administration (BSc IBA) – Academic Year 2019-2020