Bachelor of Business Administration

2014-2015Peter Teirlinck & Maarten Hulselmans

Who is who

• Prof. Dr. Tom Van Puyenbroeck, campus dean

• Prof. Dr. Peter Teirlinck, BBA and MBA programme director

• Maarten Hulselmans, BBA and MBA programme coordinator / Teacher Englisho maarten.hulselmans@kuleuven.be, 02/210.16.34, T’Serclaes, 5th

floor (B-05-25)o office hours 1st sem: Tue 11:00-12:00 + appointment by email

Student services

Student Administration

sa.brussel@kuleuven.be

Office: 1st floor, B (T’Serclaes building)

Social Services Department

Marieke Steurs: marieke.steurs@odisee.be

Els Jacobs: els.jacobs@kuleuven.be

02/609.88.16

Office: A01-04,1st floor (T’Serclaes building)

Student servicesOmbuds Office

Marc Ophalvens: marc.ophalvens@odisee.be

Erica Mechelmans: erica.mechelmans@odisee.be

Maarten Kindt: maarten.kindt@odisee.be

Leen De Wolf: leen.dewolf@odisee.be

02/609.88.21

Office: A01-03/03, 1st floor (T’ Serclaes building)

Study coaches

Krista Van Winkel: krista.vanwinkel@kuleuven.be

Annelies De Winter: annelies.dewinter@kuleuven.be

02/210.16.07

Office: A01-07, 1st floor (T’ Serclaes building)

Student portalhttp://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/brussels/Students

• Contact hours teaching staff

• Course schedules

• Education and Exam regulations

• Academic calendar

• ECTS files

• And much more …

Campus Brussels1 Campus – 4 buildings

- Hermes

classrooms

cafeteria

- T’Serclaes

Library

Restaurant

Course Material Centre

Student Administration

International Office

- Terranova

- Erasmus

Course Material

Course material centre Ground floor T’ Serclaes building

Course material list & opening hours http://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/brussels/Students

Digital learning environment See https://toledo.kuleuven.be/

Important dates

Important dates

• 22/9/2014: 10:00-11:00 - Study and Learning Path Coaches, Student Counselling & STUVO - 2201

• 22/9/2014: 11:00-12:00 - Information session digital learning environment - 2201

• 25/09/2014: 12:30–13:30 - Information session library (entrance library) - 1201

• 02/10/2014: 12:30 – assessment test mathematics (for the students who haven’t taken it) – ‘grote aula’ (1k216)

• 27/11/2014: 09:00 – 14:30  Global village XL (Erasmus/Exchange – fair) - 2215

• 30/09/2014: 12:30 – 13:30  Information and registration session insurances (Euromut) - 1201

Library & restaurant

Library

Located in T’ Serclaes building

Restaurant & cafetaria

Cafetaria: Hermes building

Restaurant: T’Serclaes building

Communication & student associations

Communication

- KU Leuven e-mail

- Notice boards online (Toledo) main entrance Hermes building

Unofficial:

www.facebook.com/FEBBrussels

Lunch & workshops

Lunch offered by KU Leuven

- drinks on table

- own drinks to be paid (no cash)

- ROOM 1119

Walking tours start at 12:30

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Agenda

•Programme BA

•Evaluation & testing

•Outcomes

•What’s new?

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BA: mission statement

• Science as foundation, practice as orientation

• International orientation + diversity and multiculturality in Brussels

• Focus on the student’s learning process

• Quality of and innovation in education

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Science as foundation, practice as orientation

Guest lecturers

Cases, exercises, examples

Proper contacts with business

DIDACTIC CONCEPT

Program outcomesCompetence profile bachelor and master Business Administration

Planideal

situation

Do

CheckCurrent situation

ActFuture

situation

Learning contents Forms of evaluation

Understanding and reproducing

in a simple context

Apply and analyse

Integrate, critical evaluation and

remediation

Being creative in a complex

context

Xxxx

Xxxx

Study material

Basic handbook

Technical literature

International peer-reviewed

articles

Searching and interpreting

relevant literature

Learning methods

(interactive) Lecture

Seminar

Case study

Individual & group work

paper

Portfolio self reflection

plenary discussion

Company screening – project work

Master thesis

Compe-tence growth

model

ECTS-file = translation at the level of each course

Competence schedule (competences + levels)Schedule learning methods

Schedulestudy

material

Schedule evaluation methods

Points of attention & possibilities for improvement of study program, learning methods, study material and methods for evaluation

instruments

correction via

cyclus

Academic bases

Research oriented trajectory

From simple towards complex (own) research

Growth in methodological, statistical and

information skills

Research based

trajectory

Interpretation of research results

Methods of economic sub-

disciplines

Critical reflection on (own) research

basic(instruct & explore)

intermediate (enlarge & going more profound)

advanced (integrate & specialize)

Business orientation

Business-based

trajectory

From conceptual frameworks

towards applications

enhanced(business-) economic expertise

Trajectory ‘Entrepreneurial

learning’

Research projects with practical finality

From simple (fragmentary)

towards complex (interdisciplinary)

practices

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Business orientation

- Guest lecturers: - Persons having specialised expertise in work field

- Guest speakers- Business Seminars- Company visits- Excellence rewards- Company projects – master thesis

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Context-driven research: integration academic foundation and business orientation:

- Research questions situated within a realistic business environment

- Teamwork and multidiciplinary approach in business projects

- Scientifically correct performance in a business context

- Conceptual solutions which are added value for the academic world

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Analyses: programme-competence profile

1ste bachelor 2de bachelor 3de bachelor master0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

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60%

70%

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90%

100%

Advanced

Intermediate

Basic

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Didactic concept: targets and quality check

• Targets: process of curriculum development

• Internal and external follow-up

ECTS = translation of the didactic concept

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Programme coherence

Global construct – learning tracks o 5 learning tracks :

• Social analysis & policy • Methodology & Academic Training• Economics & International Business• Strategy, Management & Entrepreneurship• Business Sciences

– Learning track = content based cluster of courses constructing

a coherent set of knowledge domains and competences- Increased number of choices in the latest phases of the programme

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Programme coherence

Common competences, to be acquired by all students:

o Learning track Methodology & Academic Trainingo Learning track Social analysis & Policy

Options in the other learning tracks:o Orientations in BBA 3 (12 credits): Business Information Management, International Business Management and International Relationso Further differentiation in master to approx. 50% of credits in 3 majors

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Evaluation & testingo Guidelines:

• Link between competences and the way they are tested• Progressive approach• Sufficient variation

o Different kinds of tests• Cognitive learning: mainly by means of traditional test formats, e.g.

written exam• Integrated learning: application of knowledge and skills, e.g. in a paper• Process oriented learning: self-reflection and monitoring, e.g. peer-

assessment, portfolio

o Organizational aspects:• Administrative organisation: Student administration and Planning• Formal determination of results by exam commission

Outcomes

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Attained level: work field (incl. alumni)

Global satisfaction BA: high => your vision counts: evaluations !!

Question 2010-14

Would you choose a degree programme within the field of economics again?

90,9 %

Would you choose HUB again? 92,3 %

Altogether, are you satisfied with what your degree programme at HUB offered you? (score op 5)?

3,70

Resonance council

Alumni-surveys

After 1 year: less than 5% unemployed

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• Results master thesis

Attained level: master thesis

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• Satisfaction work field

Only 57% defends thesis within year t (2012)!!! (+8% compared to 2011)

Attained level: master thesis - projects

Question Score (on 5) (Absolutely) agree Research question answered 4,43 89,1%Thesis well-founded by scientific data 4,39 89,1%Robust answers on the research question 4,33 87,0%Adoptable answers in practice 4,11 82,2%

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Attained level: internationalisation

• Foreign experience (20% norm)

Year Bachelor Master Total % Total %

2008 59 3,4% 13 23,1% 2009 20 35,0% 34 14,7% 2010 29 20,7% 66 18,2% 2011 35 57,1% 76 19,7%

Percentage of successful BA students with foreign experience

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Education efficiency

1 BA 2BA 3BA 1MA

2006-2007 50,9% 2007-2008 48,1% 60,6% 79,0% 77,3%

2008-2009 50,7% 57,4% 68,9% 78,6%

2009-2010 48,2% 57,4% 68,9% 71,4%

2010-2011 45,9% 51,1% 66,1% 75,4%

Average success rate BA students per education year

However, is going up and for first time in 2012-13 higher than in HW

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Study time

Average study time

Bachelor HW Average study time

Bachelor BA Average study time

Master HW Average study time

Master BA

2010-2011 3 years and 9 months 3 years and 8 months 1 year and 8 months 1 year and 7 months

2009-2010 3 years and 4 months 3 years and 7 months 1 year and 6 months 1 year and 6 months

2008-2009 3 years and 3 months 3 years and 2 months 1 year and 4 months 1 year and 1 month

2007-2008 3 years and 7 months 2 years and 11 months 1 year and 2 months 1 year

Measurement of study effort - ongoing

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What’s new?

• Partnership USL

• Internship – extra curriculum

• Increased efforts for job opportunities

Questions?