Industrial Management, 6 credits

A bachelor's degree or a professional degree equivalent to a Swedish Bachelor's degree of at least 180 credits in health care, biomedicine, biology, cellular and molecular biology, pharmaceutics, chemistry, medicine or biotechnology. And proficiency in English equivalent to English B/English 6.

Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:

Regarding knowledge and understanding

• Explain and describe various technology-based business models and the dynamics of value creation, value proposition, and value capture in industrial enterprises
• Explain and describe how industrial activities are managed and organized.
• Understand the basic principles of financial accounting and reporting
• Understand and explain the activities of an industrial enterprise from different perspectives, based on concepts from the subject of industrial management

​Regarding skills and ability

• Produce and analyse financial reports, on a basic level.

Regarding judgement and approach

• Select, interpret and use different costing techniques as a basis for decisions in various business situations.

The course includes the following main areas in industrial management: industrial value creation, K / I analysis, product calculation, investment assessment, accounting, financial analysis, cash flow analysis, and financing.

The course consists of lectures and exercises. During the course, three partial exams and a project assisgnmnet will be offered on a volontary basis.

The examination consists of

• a written exam (fail/pass/pass with distinction).

Limited number of examinations
Students who have not passed the regular examination are entitled to participate in five more examinations. If the student has failed six examinations/tests, no additional examination or new admission is provided.

Participation in an examination is defined as an occasion on which a student attends an examination, even if the student submits a blank examination paper. If a student has registered to sit an examination, but does not attend the examination, this is not defined as participation in the examination.

If there are special grounds, or a need for adaptation for a student with a disability, the examiner may decide to deviate from the syllabus's regulations on the examination form, the number of examination opportunities,  the possibility of supplementation or exemptions from the compulsory section/s of the course etc.   Content and learning outcomes as well as the level of expected skills, knowledge and abilities may not be changed, removed or reduced.

Examination will be provided during a time of two years after a possible cancellation of the course. Examination can take place according to an earlier literature list during a time of one year after the date when a major renewal of the literature list has been made.

The course language is English.