Duration
80h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in economics and business management | 7 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- Implementation:
The course will allow students to be in charge of the daily management of a company, an organization or a project by
- implementing a given strategy
- working from a holistic perspective, taking into account the interactions between various positions
- giving some emphasis to the characteristics of an increasingly digitized world
- working efficiently in an international and multidisciplinary team, among others in a leading position
- analysing managerial practice with a critical and ethical mind
- Everyday and business vocabulary (intermediate and advanced levels).
- Le Bled vocabulary (see 'Assessment method and criteria').
- Revision of intermediate grammar and introduction to some advanced grammar items.
- Listening comprehension of BBC news, ads and business podcasts.
- Expressing oneself orally, giving one's opinion, communicating, debating.
- Project linked to innovation and product development including a trip to a non-French-speaking place.
- Project on a marketing campaign.
- Writing of various reports linked to the projects.
- Oral presentations.
- Commercial letters, covering letters, CVs and interviews
- Imposed reading of book extracts.
- Vocabulary, texts and videos, linked to the following topics: innovation and product development, ethics and corporate responsibility, social economy, marketing and advertising, supply chain management, corporate legal framework, human resources and corporate social issues, money and some philosophical considerations, world news, finance, accountancy and supply chain management.
- Conferences/events (attendance compulsory).
- Academic writing (reports, letters, summary and essay writing)
- eLAO, English external assessment
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Aim: this course will give the possibility to reach a B2 (or up to C1) European level of language proficiency and to develop the skills and capacities aimed at in the Intended Key Learning Outcomes of the school.
- In practice: this includes being able to understand and to express oneself fluently using professional language on topics of your field, being able to write a report, a summary or an essay using academic language, and being able to display autonomy in most situations.
- Strategy:
The course will allow students to set out a strategy in order to optimize the value chain of a company, an organization or a project.
- based on the analysis of its financial and economic context
- taking into account its political, social and societal context
- taking into account its legal constraints
- adopting the position of a specialist in the field of management of his/her specialty field
- demonstrating scientific precision and a critical mind - Communication:
The course will allow students to communicate efficiently, internally and externally, about a company, an organization or a project
- in English
- taking into account the multicultural and international features of their environment - Adaptability:
The course will allow students to adapt their managerial practices to the needs of a fast-evolving world by - being conscious of the societal, economic, political and environmental issues
- displaying curiosity and a scientific precision of academic level
- displaying creativity, autonomy and entrepreneurship
- developing one's expertise within a continuous prospect
- making use of the new technologies available at the time
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- The B1 European level should already be acquired at this stage.
- Intermediate everyday English is a prerequisite at this level. The vocabulary and structures linked to intermediate business English should also be fairly well acquired. It is an advantage to know French as a great deal of the vocabulary to be studied is given on 'English-French' lists. Lists giving explanations on top of French translations are sometimes also provided but it is not the case for the Bled vocabulary, for instance. The students who do not understand French will therefore have to make their own lists with their own translations into their own language or explanations if they prefer this. French will not be used in their assessments nor in class.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Warming up with a TV programme based on group work for future group project reference.
- Reading of texts from various sources.
- Learning vocabulary from those sources as well as from the audio aid and derived vocabulary.
- Listening comprehensions from the BBC World Service + Dragons' Den + Apprentice + other materials.
- Rephrasing and academic writing (summary and essay).
- Practising metalinguistic functions (politeness, listening...)
- Marked reports of the projects.
- Speaking (discussions on different topics, case studies etc.)
- Presentations skills: alone and within a group.
- Autonomous group activities: working on a product or service, use of tools such as SWOT analysis, introduction to advertising and marketing, presentation of the projects and (filmed) collection of feedback and data in a non-French-speaking place (Britain, Holland, Germany, Malta...) Note that the trip will not be financed by the school but there is no obligation to go far. This will take place provided the sanitary measures allow.
- Online listening comprehension and grammar exercises.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
- Attendance is compulsory, as participation is going to be assessed in a continuous way. Attendance is particularly important due to the continuous group work. The course is 3 hours a week and is given in two ways: 2 hours a week in class (if the sanitary situation allows it) and one hour a week consists of online preparations. Homework is also required on top of this, given the high number of credits (7).
Recommended or required readings
- The notes will be provided on the school's platform Lol@ (course code: LANG1997-1). However, it is desirable to take some more notes especially in order to improve personally. Indeed, the lecturer will give as much general and individual feedback as possible.
- The book extracts to read will be announced in class and will be posted on Lol@.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Out-of-session test(s)
Additional information:
Important notice: Any test/exam not taken in class will automatically lead to failure in June and an exam resit in August. The Erasmus students of Semester 1 will have to take the assessments noted E hereunder. Those of the second semester as well as the HEC students that are back from Erasmus will have to take the evaluations noted B hereunder. The mark distribution of those students will differ slightly but will be close to that of our regular HEC students. The Erasmus and double degree students that are here for the entire year will be assessed like our normal HEC students. The August/September resit exam may have a different mark distribution according to what has to be resat.
WRITING
Written language: 40/160 (25%)
- First project report E (5/40) // (B personal report on the stay (5/40))
- Second project report: B (5/40)
- Summary E (15/40)
- Essay B (15/40)
Oral language: 40/160 (25%):
- Individual presentation E + First project: presentation 1 E, presentation 2 + Second project: presentation B (15/40)
- Continuous assessment (participation in class) E B (5/40)
- Oral exam in June (in January for Erasmus students staying for the first semester only - they must contact their teacher) E B (20/40) - Note that some special arrangements may be made as far as the oral exam is concerned (dates and conditions)
Listening comprehension: 30/160 (+/- 17 %):
- Test in the January exam E (15/25)
- Test in the June exam B (15/25)
- Test in the January exam E (5/15)
- Test in the June exam B (5/15)
Vocabulary/Grammar: 40/160 (25%):
- Mini-tests + Bled tests E B: 8/40
- January exam: 12/40
- June exam: 12/40
- External examination eLAO B: 8/40 (in June only)
Note also that there is continuous assessment throughout the year for class participation. Attendance is compulsory. The students missing classes are jeopardizing their final mark and year. If a student has no official excuse such as a special status, any other official document from the School or a doctor's note and if no special arrangements have been made with the teachers throughout the year, the students missing classes will have to resit their English course in August/September.
In August/September students resit every part that was failed including reports and presentations.
Work placement(s)
No training course.
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The schedule and programme per semester for this year (subject to change) will be available on Lol@.
Please note that the number of seats is limited in each group so that a system is in place in order to even out the six groups (using Doodle via Lol@ or the notice board 'les valves'). Students are allowed to exchange their seats provided all agree (including the teacher). Ms Desirotte (in charge of the administrative side of things) may be reached via email for special requests but it is up to the students to find solutions and the seats will not be guaranteed in the first month of the course. A student not able to join any group with seats available this year will have to take the course next year.
Contacts
Ms Désirotte: anne.desirotte@uliege.be
Ms Hubin: mmhubin@uliege.be
Mr Solheid: jonathan.solheid@uliege.be
Office 215 in N1
Registration on Lol@
https://lola2022.hec.uliege.be/course/view.php?id=280