Industry and business systems
2009-2010 - SMF1301F - 10 ECTS

Expected learning outcomes

The students shall have fundamental knowledge about:

• The industrial and trade business company as part of the community.
• Restrictions for the business activity.
• Main information systems and processes that has to function in a production plant.
• Development of the production organisations, leadership and strategies.
• Strategic planning.
• Marketorientation, consumer behaviour, marketing and customer satisfaction.

Topic(s)

• To establish business, ownership, investment and finance.
• Hand made productions, idustrialisation and massproduction.
• Organisation, leadership, strategy and running operation.
• Cooperation and democracy.
• Laws.
• Competition, value philosophy, business orientation and marketing.
• Market and customer behaviour.
• Goods and service sale.
• Internationalization.
• Functions and processes as accounting, budgetting, purchasing, planning of production, logistics and sales organization.

Teaching Methods

Lectures
Group works
Mandatory assignments
Tutoring
Other

Teaching Methods (additional text)

• Visiting companies.

Form(s) of Assessment

Written exam, 4 hours

Grading Scale

Alphabetical Scale, A(best) – F (fail)

External/internal examiner

• Internal examiner.
• External examiner is used periodically to evaluate contents, arrangements and the examination system.

Re-sit examination

• Ordinary resit.
• Approved exercises are valid only for the first ordinary examination and for the first following resit.

Coursework Requirements

One compulsory exercise

Teaching Materials

Morten Emil Berg: "Ledelse, verktøy og virkemidler", Universitetsforlaget, 3. utgave.