l'IAE offers courses in English, for regular and incoming students; the latter can spend one semester in France without proof of proficiency in French.
Courses of French as a Foreign language are also available, in the late afternoon.
Location: Annecy campus
Term: Fall (starting late August, see below French as a Foreign language - Ending Dec 21st 2019) - Courses will be delivered by blocks of one week, every two weeks.
Application: Mid March - Mid April through Moveonline.
Pay attention: we accept a limited number of students; proficiency in English required: 850 TOEIC or equivalent results (for foreign students, a certificate from your home university is enough)
Course list 2019-2020
Economic analysis
Finance
Human resource management
Information system
International project management
Marketing management
Marketing research
Negotiation techniques
French as a Foreign language
Fiche-International_Semester_Management_IAE.PDF
Economic Analysis - 5 ECTS
Course description and objectives:
The goal of this course is to give students the economic tools needed to understand and analyse the world from an economic point of view.
By using theories from various areas of economics (microeconomics, macroeconomics, labor economics, growth), the course searches to explain topical economic issues like unemployment, growth slowing-down, economic crisis, poverty, population migration, competition, energy shortage etc…
Prerequisites: None but curiosity
Finance - 5 ECTS
Course overview and objectives:
The goal of the course is to provide students with a basic knowledge of how financial markets work and how investment management should be implemented.
Prerequisites: None
Human Resource Management - 5 ECTS
Course overview and objectives:
Organizations today face many challenges in the management of their human resources. Whether employees work in a big company or a small non-profit organisation: employees must be recruited, selected, trained and managed. They also must be compensated and many will be given benefits of some type.
This course focuses on the core competencies, as identified by the leading HR associations, that are essential for current or future managers and staff specialists who wish to increase their effectiveness working directly with human resources in all types of organizations.
The course is an introduction to intermediate concepts of human resource management.
Prerequisites: Introduction to management and organizational behaviour
Information Systems - 5 ECTS
Course overview and objectives:
The goal of this ICT-Enabled Organisations course is to provide students with a grounded exploration of the fundamental role of technology in enabling commercial and industrial organisations to meet the challenges of the dynamic, globalised, post-industrial world. The course builds on the foundational concepts and prior knowledge of organisational culture and structure, data management, the value chain, business stakeholders and the national and global marketplace. The course emphasizes the use of new skills, visions, management innovations and paradigms that companies adopt in order to gain a competitive advantage. The course deals with Information Systems as a key player in business strategies and processes.
A further objective is for students to learn up-to-date technical, commercial and industrial terminology using correct English terms.
Prerequisites: None
International Project Management - 5 ECTS
Course overview and objectives:
Project Management has been proven to be the most effective method of delivering products within cost, schedule, and resource constraints. This course gives students the skills to ensure projects are completed on time and on budget while giving the user the product they expect.
The students will acquire a knowledge of the basics of project management and should be able to use that knowledge effectively.
The objectives of this course are:
- to acquire an understanding of the key terms, definitions, and concepts used in project management
- to know the history of project management and organizational implementation
- to understand how to implement effective project management practices: scope, schedule, budget and risk planning
At the end of the course students will be able to identify and manage the project scope, build a work breakdown structure, schedule the project, create the project budget, define and allocate resources, create a plan to manage development, and identify and manage risks.
Prerequisites: Introduction to management and human resource management
Marketing Management - 5 ECTS
Course overview and objectives:
One of the leading challenges facing many organisations is how to ensure their activities are customer focused; it is the role of marketing manager who has authority to develop and implement marketing strategy and plans. The marketing manager is responsible for deciding what products to sell, to whom, for what price, where, when and how.
The course of Marketing Management is designed to provide knowledge, tools and techniques to develop such skills. The programme of Marketing Management ensures an immersion in the core principles and concepts of the marketing process and operational marketing. The course will provide an introduction to the basic aspects of marketing management and a broad range of topics will be included during the session (refer the course content).
The course goals are :
- to acquire an understanding of the key terms, definitions, and concepts used in marketing management.
- to acquire a marketing strategy "toolbox"
- to be able to communicate and defend marketing recommendations
Prerequisites: Introduction to marketing
Marketing Research - 5 ECTS
Course overview and objectives:
- Designing a clever and efficient research project according to the research objectives and available resources.
- Reporting the results of the study to support marketing decisions makers.
- Understanding the tools (software) and the techniques (like sampling, statistics), needed to properly conduct research projects.
Prerequisites: Introduction to marketing and statistics (Bachelor level in Economics and management)
Negotiation Techniques - 5 ECTS
Course overview and objectives:
This course gives an introduction to some of the key mechanisms that characterise negotiations with a particular focus on the relationship between negotiation behaviour, dynamics and outcome. Students will learn in a practical environment using role plays and other interactive methods to gain a realistic knowledge of the skills involved in negotiating effectively. Each student will be expected to actively participate and demonstrate that they understand the subject matter and are able to offer adequate solutions to different negotiating scenarios.
Prerequisites: Introduction to sales and marketing
French as a Foreign language
Intensive course
A one week intensive course is organised before the start of the semester (start end of August).
International students from Université Savoie Mont Blanc will be together and have sport and social activities.
Four levels of proficiency: A1 - A2 - B1 - B2
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Four levels of proficiency: A1 - A2 - B1 - B2
Semester course 5 ECTS
During the semester (mid Sep - Dec), courses of French language will be delivered in the late afternoon (5.30pm to 7:.30pm) for the international students of the campus.
Four levels of proficiency: A1 - A2 - B1 - B2
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