Applied Business Administration

The course is included in the Bachelor's Programme in Business and Economics during semester 2. The course is not offered as a freestanding course.

Department of Business Administration

The course contains a business game that is about practicing, in an interactive and realistic way, the knowledge in business administration that the student has acquired during the first academic year. The course contains an element of repetition of key concepts from earlier courses on the programme. In small groups, the students will simulate that they are responsible for the operation of a company or an organisation. In a digital environment, business events are simulated, decisions are made, and outcomes are compared with competing organisations, i.e. with other students. The business game promotes analysis of complex situations, cooperation in groups and decision-making.

On successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

1. demonstrate the ability to independently and in collaboration with others apply basic knowledge in business administration,
2. perform computer-based calculations within companies and organisations.

Lectures and a digital business game. Proficiencies in computer-based calculation are acquired through self-studies of the programme Excel in a licensed online course.

Language of instruction: English

Objective 1 is assessed through written assignments, active participation in a business game that is carried out in groups, and through an individual written examination.

Objective 2 is assessed in two parts. In the first part, the student completes the online course. In the second part, after 100 percent of the assignments in the online course are correctly answered, the student takes a written examination.

Due to resource constraint, the business game can only be carried out within the course instance.

If a student, who has failed the same examined element on two occasions, wishes to change examiner before the next examination session, such a request is to be submitted to the department in writing and granted unless there are special reasons to the contrary (Chapter 6, Section 22 of Higher Education Ordinance).

If a student has received a recommendation from the University of Gothenburg for special educational support, where it is compatible with the learning outcomes of the course and provided that no unreasonable resources are required, the examiner may decide to allow the student to sit an adjusted exam or alternative form of assessment.

In the event that a course has ceased or undergone major changes, students are to be guaranteed at least three examination sessions (including the ordinary examination session) over a period of at least one year, though at most two years after the course has ceased/been changed.

The grading scale comprises: Excellent (A), Very good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Sufficient (E) and Fail (F).

To obtain a pass grade on the course, passing grades on the written assignments and the two written examinations are required, as well as active participation in the business game. To determine the final grade, points from all examination elements are added together

Upon completion, the course will be evaluated in accordance with the rules for course evaluations established by the Programme in Business and Economics. The result and any changes in the course will be communicated to both the students who completed the evaluation and to the students who will start the course.