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| HIST0079-1 | History of industries
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Eric Geerkens Provin |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The course on industrial history is a branch of economic history usually referred to as business history. In an attempt to give an up-to-date overview of the discipline, the course is structured as follows :
Historiographic overview (the history of business history, its subjects and methods).
Strategy and structures (initially: Chandler's model, dominant management models, multinational studies; secondly: going beyond Chandler's model (districts, flexible production, familial companies, SMEs).
Management history (recruitment, training, employers' organisations).
The various aspects of company management :
* The dynamics of technical progress (organisation of R&D, international spread of innovation etc.) ;
* Organisation of work: a century of rationalisation ;
* Human resource management (selecting and managing labour, industrial relations, company social policy, company culture, the question of leadership) ;
* Management tools (accounting, budget, audit and consultancy checks.)
Commercialisation and distribution
State-owned companies
Companies and the environment (industrial space and industrial archaeology; environmental conflicts).
As far as possible, themes will be illustrated with local examples, but the course does not pretend to be a course in the industrial history of Liège. |
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| Course objective : | By the end of the course, students will be more aware of the interdependence between the economic, technical, social and political dimensions of the life of the micro-societies which form a company. |
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| Assessment : | Oral exam. |
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| Contacts : | Eric Geerkens, chargé de cours
Histoire économique et sociale
quai Roosevelt 1B (Bât. A4)
4000 Liège
Belgium
Tel. ULg : +32 4 3662773
Fax ULg : +32 4 3665838
Mail : E.Geerkens@ulg.ac.be |
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