Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in history (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in multilingual communication (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in history (60 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in psychology (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Business history is one of discipline which contributed in a decisive way to the revival of the economic history. In an attempt to give an up-to-date overview of this 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 firms ;
- Beyond Chandler's model (districts, flexible production, consideration of family businesses and SMEs)] ;
- Manager's and Businessmen ;
- Innovation and technical progress ;
- Work Organisation: a century of Scientific Management ;
- Human resource management and paternalism ;
- Corporate Financing.
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 district or Wallonia region.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Critical discussion of papers.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
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Recommended or required readings
Via MyULiège, students will receive each week copies of Powerpoint slides shown in class, and also articles on some topics.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Additional information:
Oral exam. Students draw a set of three questions; they receive written preparation time (on the order of 10-15 minutes) for the main question and more limited preparation time (also a written preparation time, if necessary) for the two other questions.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Eric Geerkens, professor
Histoire économique et sociale
quai Roosevelt, 1B (Bât. A4)
4000 Liège
Belgium
Tel. ULg : +32 4 366 53 59
Mail : e.geerkens@uliege.be