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| HIST0079-1 | History of business
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Eric Geerkens Provin |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| 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).
Manager's 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.) ;
- Work Organisation: a century of Scientific Management ;
- Human resource management (selecting and managing labour, industrial relations, paternalism, corporate culture, the question of authority) ;
- 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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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Critical discussion of papers. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Via MyULg, students will receive articles on some topics. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral exam. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| 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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