| 1 | Advanced Pharmacoeconomics | WMFA001-05 |
Students will learn to design, implement, and analyse health economic decision models. An important application of these models are
cost-effectiveness analyses. They will learn to judge what input data are needed to populate their model and from what sources
these can be obtained. Model types covered are: decision trees, macro level state transition models (Markov cohort models), and
patient-level models. The differences between these models, for example in how patient heterogeneity is handled, will be explored.
Several statistical techniques needed to obtain useful input data including parametric survival analysis will be discussed. Insight into
the role of sensitivity analysis and the different options for this will be given. This includes probabilistic sensitivity analysis and value
of information analysis. |
| Faculteit | Science and Engineering | | Voertaal | Engels en Nederlands | | Coordinator | prof. dr. T.L. Feenstra | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. T.L. Feenstradr. A.D.I. van Asselt | | Onderwijsvorm | Practisch werk (PRC), Hoorcollege (LC), Opdracht (ASM) | | Toetsvorm | Presentatie (P), Verslag (R) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Students are assumed to have a basic level of knowledge of economic evaluation at the level of the textbook by Drummond et al.
e.g. obtained by attending the course Pharmacoeconomics, or the course Economic Evaluation in Healthcare.
Students are also assumed to have knowledge of Microsoft Excel and to have a basic level of statistical knowledge.
Students who have doubts about their background knowledge are advised to contact the course coordinator prior to the start date of the course. | | Opmerkingen | Capacity is 15 students.
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| 2 | Business Ethics | EBM043A05 |
| Bonuses, board diversity, consumer rights, corporate social responsibility, suggestive or deceptive marketing techniques, bribes to get international contracts—ethics is everywhere in business. But research in moral psychology shows that we often fail to see what is morally important about a situation. And if we do see it, we often don’t know how to deal with it. And even if we know how to deal with it, we often don’t act accordingly. For all sorts of reasons. This course takes a practical approach to business ethics. Its main objectives are to foster sensitivity to moral aspects of decisions; to teach analytic skills that help you take a position in moral debates and to give a reasonable justification for your position; and to develop ways to successfully cope with moral dilemmas and issues. We examine the main normative theories in business ethics, moral psychology, corporate social responsibility, customer relations, and the environment; we consider specific moral issues in accounting, finance, international business management, and marketing; and we approach these theories, arguments, and concepts in highly interactively ways, devoting significant part of the time to a number of important and well known cases from business ethics by means of collaborative in-class assignments. |
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| 3 | Business Research and Consulting | EBM151A05 |
| Mixed teams of maximum four students (both from bachelor and master programmes in Economics and Business or Industrial Engineering & Management) will examine a real managerial issue. They translate the issue into a problem statement that can be addressed within the time frame of this course. Inherent parts of this course are that mixed teams of students 1) visit the company, 2) carry out desk research and literature search, 3) develop a research design (qualitative and/or quantitative), 4) analyze the results 5) draw conclusions and 6) propose a feasible solution including implementation steps to address the problem of a company. Master students have to reflect on the research process from methodological and theoretical perspectives and their role as master-level consultant and researcher. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. S. Tillema | | Docent(en) | drs. ing. B.S. Baalmansdrs. G.F. HaanstraDr. L. Marusterdrs. M.D. Zweers | | Onderwijsvorm | -groepsbegeleiding , -practicum, -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | 1. You cannot enroll to this course in Progress, but have to fill out the webform on www.rug.nl/feb/brc no later then two weeks before the enrolment period ends. If more students apply than the available capacity in a block, we do a selection based on the submitted forms. 2. You will hear from us whether you are admitted to the course in time for you to enroll for another elective if needed.
3. You cannot register for this course in Progress: we will take care of that for you. | | Opmerkingen | Enrolment is not through Progress, but through a webform available at www.rug.nl/feb/brc As we cannot guarantee there will be enough positions for all applying students, we will close the enrollment period for this course two weeks earlier than the normal period. You will be informed in time if you are not admitted, which will enable you to register for another elective in Progress. The companies that participate in this course will be arranged by FEB Career Services. This course will be given in English, but in some cases communication (e.g. with companies) might be in Dutch. BR&C will run in every half-semester. Upon completion of the course, master students will receive 5 credits. In some master programmes, the course might not be listed as a recognized elective, in which case you have to contact your programme director in order to find out whether you may list it as an elective course within or on top of your programme. Please do so before you apply through the webform in order to avoid disappointments. |
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| 4 | Digital Transformation Strategy | EBM212A05 |
| Digital technologies are increasingly playing a major role as enablers or inhibitors for organizations to achieve sustainable competitive advantages in the market. For established organizations, a digital transformation strategy is of vital importance for business model innovation and ultimately for commercial success. New startups also need to devise strategies to compete in digital environments and challenge incumbents. Course participants will learn how businesses can leverage digital technologies and data to create innovations, transform business models, and manage platforms and ecosystems. There are no easy answers to strategic questions in the digital age, and the course is designed to sharpen participants' analytical and reflective skills. Students are trained to develop strategic solutions in a creative, digitally enabled approach. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | M. Hanisch | | Docent(en) | P. Arque-Castells, PhD. M. Hanisch | | Onderwijsvorm | -groepsbegeleiding , -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepspresentatie, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Students should have basic knowledge about digital technologies and strategic management. | | Opmerkingen | Secretary room: 5411-0434, tel. +31(0)50 363 4111, email: i.b.a.neef@rug.nl |
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| 5 | Economic Evaluation in Healthcare | EBM196A05 |
| Policy makers have to decide whether to include new evidence-based technology in the basic insured package. Economic Evaluation in Healthcare is supportive to these policy makers. This course offers economic perspectives on innovations in healthcare. Patients who need care expect that this care is available in order to prevent, cure or alleviate symptoms. In addition, patients expect that the price of care is related to the expected health outcomes. The rising healthcare costs due to new technological possibilities may jeopardize the needs in other public sectors such as the education, culture, safety and defence sectors. In a context of uncertainty and scarcity, there is a high need for decision making based on valid information about health gain and costs. A course about Economic Evaluation in Healthcare provides students contemporary insights about improving the decision making on new healthcare technologies. |
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| 6 | E-Health | EBM204A05 |
During the course, students will get familiar with the developing landscape of E-Health applications, their uses, and the reported effects in the literature. They will critically reflect on E-Health's usefulness in practice. The course will focus on two main areas:
1. The interplay between the development of E-Health applications, and the role of key actors during this process analyzed through three theoretical lenses. First, by acquainting the student with perspectives on e-Health development, students learn to suggest a design strategy to arrive at a fitting design for a specified set of actors. Second, by addressing a business related e-Health related problem for a real life organization, students develop the skills to analyze expected E-Health outcomes based on the three lenses on e-Health development. Finally, by analyzing key actors' current perspectives on E-Health, students learn about the complexities surrounding E-Health use.
2. Outcomes in terms of efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency, and ethics. Students learn about the difficulties regarding the assessment of E-Health related outcomes and are introduced to evaluation perspectives that may help to overcome some of these difficulties. In particular, students gain knowledge about ethical aspects of E-Health use, e.g., socio-economic barriers to E-Health use, E-Health literacy, privacy and security of health-related data. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | M.L. Hage, PhD. | | Docent(en) | M.L. Hage, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | -gastcollege , -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -individuele opdracht, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | General requirements for admittance to the MSc | | Opmerkingen | This course contains irregular contact hours: approximately 3 hours per week |
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| 7 | Empirical Methods of Economics | EBM103A05 |
| The course covers modern econometric methods on the basis of an intermediate textbook. The technique of regression will be discussed, as well as various extensions of this estimation method in order to deal with issues such as endogenous regressors, non-linear models (e.g. probit, logit, tobit), and the analysis of panel data. The students have to complete assignments that require the use of the econometric software package STATA. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Prof. Dr. V. Angelini | | Docent(en) | Prof. Dr. V. Angelini | | Onderwijsvorm | -hoorcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Basic knowledge of calculus, linear algebra, and statistics and econometrics is required. Appendices A, B of Verbeek (2017) succinctly summarize the required knowledge. | | Opmerkingen | Coordinator: Prof. dr. Viola Angelini, v.angelini@rug.nl Secretary: Grietje Pol, g.pol@rug.nl, room 5411.0836 |
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| 8 | Fin. & Econ. Org. of Healthcare Markets | EBM194A05 |
| This course incorporates an advanced perspective on the economics behind organizations operating in the health and healthcare sectors. We recap the individual decision to buy health insurance and discuss the social benefits and costs arising from its provision. We explain why health insurance markets may fail, and solutions that may arise to obviate such market failure. We then discuss major actors in health and healthcare markets: physicians, hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry. We examine how principal-agent problems characterize the patient-physician relationship. We examine funding methods for hospitals and their impact on physician's incentives. We finally examine the role of the pharmaceutical industry in researching and developing new health technologies and treatments, as well as the process of getting drugs to market. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. A. Bergemann | | Docent(en) | Dr. A. Bergemann H.H. Dijk, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | Secretary: Kim Beute, phone: +31(0)50 36 37018, e-mail: k.beute@rug.nl, room 5411.0734. |
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| 9 | Health Economics and Policy | EBM195A05 |
This course incorporates an advanced perspective on the application of economic principles to analyse health and healthcare.
We recap and critique the dominant economic model (the “Grossman model”) of individual decision-making with regard to health, highlighting both general problems and problems specific to particular aspects of health, such as mental health.
We then consider areas where health economics can inform public policy with regard to health specifically. and how such policy may respond in the future to demographic pressures. We finish by considering how poorer countries face different policy questions. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Prof. Dr. J.O. Mierau | | Docent(en) | Prof. Dr. J.O. Mierau L. Viluma, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | Info: Prof Jochen Mierau, e-mail: j.o.mierau@rug.nl
Secretary: Kim Beute, e-mail: k.beute@rug.nl, room 5411.0734, phone: +31 (0)50 363 7018 |
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| 10 | Healthcare Operations | EBM034A05 |
| Healthcare operations refer to a wide range of health related services provided by various parties, for example, general practitioners, hospitals, clinics, emergency medical services, nursing homes, and home care. Depending on their care needs patients traverse the network made up by respective parties. The performance of healthcare systems can be measured by different aspects like patient centeredness, patient safety, effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness, and equity. Healthcare systems have distinct characteristics because of high clinical, flow and professional variability. Students will learn how healthcare providers cope with these kinds of variability in improving performance by adjusting their staff and resources, and their planning and control. It will be shown how decisions made differ for elective patients, for whom service provision can be planned beforehand, acute patients, for whom no a-priori planning of services is possible, and chronic patients, who make a recurring appeal to health care systems. Relevant approaches, methods and techniques for operations management decision making will be discussed in this course. The main focus is on secondary care, in particular the phases of diagnostics tests and the treatment processes within hospitals. So far, research on healthcare operations has been dominated mainly by unit (departmental) approaches. We will explore how chain and network approaches may help in delivering integrated care. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. ir. D.J. van der Zee | | Docent(en) | dr. A.C. Noortprof. dr. J.T. van der Vaartdr. ir. D.J. van der Zee | | Onderwijsvorm | -hoorcollege , -werkcollege, -computer practicum, -gastcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | A basic level of knowledge regarding healthcare management and excel skills is required. | | Opmerkingen | Secretary: room 5411-0634, phone +31(0)503637020, e-mail secr.operations.feb@rug.nl |
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| 11 | Healthcare Purchasing and Supply Chains | EBM193B05 |
This course will discuss purchasing and supply chain management in the healthcare sector. We focus on the purchasing of care, not particularly on the purchasing of materials and/or services by the healthcare provider. In the course there is much attention for the implications of different healthcare systems and policies for purchasing.
In pursuing the triple aim of healthcare (quality, accessibility, and cost), purchasers (e.g., health insurers or regional or local governmental bodies) can play an important role. For example, how can we move from volume to value for patients through the incorporation of innovative payment models and how can we better define and measure value of care? What type of contracts should, and can, purchasers agree upon with healthcare providers to incentivize quality? What are the potential effects of such contracts? Importantly, purchasers are not alone- we must consider the interests of care suppliers as well in order to address issues of population health, affordability and quality.
Some further questions arise concerning the healthcare supply chain: What type of purchaser-provider relationships and market conditions are most effective for achieving better care delivery? Should providers cooperate or compete in order to strive for better health outcomes, better care experiences and for healthcare expenses to be reduced? Do we really have optimal market conditions in healthcare? We will critically assess concepts such as payment via diagnosis related groups (DRG), Value-based healthcare (VBHC) and approaches for internal financial control within hospitals. We will use different organisation theories to study the role of the healthcare purchaser and the relationships between key stakeholders.
Furthermore, in order to keep healthcare affordable, one has to think about which provider should offer which service in the healthcare supply chain. As we see in the Netherlands, care is becoming concentrated. More complex care is performed by university hospitals while less complex care can be delivered at peripheral hospitals. But what should the right balance be between complex and non-complex care for university hospitals? How can purchasers manage networks of care?
These types of questions will be elaborated upon in this course. We will show how complex healthcare systems are, and how challenging it is to deal with or change the deeply rooted positions of purchasers and providers in the care chain. |
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| 12 | Inclusive Finance | EBM069B05 |
| The course is designed for MSc students with a background in (business) economics. The focus is on the role of financial markets in low-income countries with a strong focus on microfinance and financial inclusion. In this course, we will study why financial markets in low income countries fail to provide access to financial services for the poor, which mechanisms allow to provide these services, and which alternative methods are used by the poor to manage their cash flows, finance investments, and cope with income risks. Both theories on financial development and the economics of microfinance as well as empirical applications in low-income countries will be studied in this course. We look at opportunities and limitations of financial institutions in low-income countries in general, and of microfinance institutions in particular. Specific topics include: finance and development; credit market failures; the economics of microfinance; techniques to measure impact of financial interventions on borrower welfare. The course contains main lectures, guest lectures and group oral presentations by students. The course is part of the focus area on finance and development together with the course 'International Finance and Development'. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. K. Czura | | Docent(en) | Dr. K. Czura Guest Lecturer(s) K. Saxena, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | -gastcollege , -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepspresentatie, -schriftelijk tentamen (open en mc vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | The course is open for all students with a Bsc in business or economics. | | Opmerkingen | The course can be followed as an elective for the different master programmes within the Faculty of Economics and Business.
The course is part of the focus area on finance and development together with the course International Finance and Development (EBM207A05).
Secretary: Ellie Jelsema, phone: +31 (0)50 3633685, e-mail: e.t.jelsema@rug.nl, room: 5411.0836 |
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| 13 | Innovation & Entrepreneurship | EBM621A05 |
The general objective of this course is to provide students with a full understanding of the process of successfully engaging in innovation/entrepreneurial activities.
The course consists of two parts that run parallel. The first is the theoretical part in which existing theories on innovation and entrepreneurship are discussed. In the second part, the students will apply these theories to concrete organizational settings by studying particular practical cases. Guest lectures provide the students with first hand insights on how processes of innovation and entrepreneurship take place in practice. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | P. Arque-Castells, PhD. | | Docent(en) | P. Arque-Castells, PhD. A. Nakamura, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | -gastcollege , -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Students should meet the general requirements for admittance to MSc BA. | | Opmerkingen | Secretary: room 5411-0434, phone +31(0)50 363 6543, e-mail: j.m.wiersema@rug.nl |
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| 14 | Innovation in Healthcare Organizations | EBM047A05 |
| The introductory weeks of this course offer an overview of the strategic context of managerial innovations in healthcare and discusses a variety of such innovations. The focus is on the innovations' strategic contributions to and implications for healthcare management and performance. You evaluate the intended contributions of one specific innovation to strategic key debates in the health sector. The second part of the course addresses the particularities of stakeholder management in healthcare innovations. You learn to systematically identify and analyse the stakeholders of a managerial healthcare innovation. You explore how a specific innovation can be aligned with the stakeholders involved and what the risks and implications for the implementation process are. In the final part of the course, you get acquainted with healthcare specific implementation issues. Based on the foregoing analyses and supported by implementation models, you will learn to design an implementation approach that takes the characteristics of the healthcare context, the innovation content and the implementation process into consideration. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. M.A.G. van Offenbeek | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. A. Boonstradr. M.A.G. van Offenbeek | | Onderwijsvorm | -gastcollege , -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Core course of the MSc BA Health. Entrance only for MSc BA Health students. | | Opmerkingen | Secretary: I.B.A. Neef-Huizinga, email i.b.a.neef@rug.nl, phone +31 (0)50 363 4111 |
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| 15 | Management Accounting Techniques | EBM057A05 |
| The course elaborates on the knowledge gained during previous courses on management accounting and focuses on sustainability aspect of management accounting (although for some students this course may be a first encounter with the accounting field). The objective of the course is to gain an understanding of the operation and purpose of advanced sustainable management accounting and control instruments. The tools provided by management accounting are studied in a context of the managerial control of organizations. The course uses Excel as primary tool for applying accounting techniques and developing decision making instruments. After following the course, students should be able to: identify the purpose of accounting systems in different situations and understand how they influence the organization's planning, control and decision making, identify and analyze control problems in organizations, use and critically analyze the various quantitative techniques (also in relation to more qualitative management control instruments), design, select, and appraise accounting instruments of organizations. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. C.P.A. Heijes | | Docent(en) | dr. C.P.A. Heijes J.T. Reilley, PhD. | | Onderwijsvorm | gecombineerde hoor-/werkcolleges | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -individuele opdracht | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Basic skills in Excel are recommended but not essential (for example course Excel 2010 Basic organized by CIT RUG). | | Opmerkingen | This course is offered in both semester Ia and semester IIa. Students have a free choice to follow the course in sem. I or in sem. II. In sem. I the course is generally relatively full (>80 students) whereas in sem. II there are usually only a few participants (<20). If students prefer small-group-teaching, they should choose to follow the course in sem. IIa and follow an additional elective in Ia instead.
Secretary: drs. Jessica Bakker, tel: +31 (0)50 36 33535, room 5411-829, email: i.j.bakker@rug.nl |
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| 16 | Marketing and Consumer Well-being | EBM192A05 |
´Without consumption - at least at the basic level of air, water, food, and shelter - life ceases´ (Mick et al. 2012, p3).
Consumption is a critical determinant of consumer well-being. Marketing plays an essential and central role in fulfilling the needs and wants that drive their consumption behavior. Yet, in many western societies consumption levels have increased to an extent that they actually are deteriorating societal and consumer well-being. The growing demand for and consumption of goods and services has serious societal and personal implications; for example, the overconsumption of energy contributes to environmental pollution and global warming, while the overconsumption of food and the resulting obesity epidemic contributes to a dramatic increase in the cost of health care, while reducing economic productivity world-wide. In response to the negative implications of the (over)consumption of goods and services, a growing number of firms experience an increasing pressure to improve their business practices to help address these negative implications.
This course will focus on the most recent insights pertaining the challenges and opportunities associated with transforming business to contribute to societal and consumer well-being. To accomplish this, this course uniquely merges marketing theory and consumer psychology.
The course takes a business-to-consumer perspective. Specific attention will be paid to sustainability (incl. energy, animal well-being, labor conditions) and personal health and healthy lifestyles.
The group assignment of this course consists of designing a project or intervention to increase consumer well-being, pitching it to the target audience, collecting field data to assess the effect of the intervention, and preparing a report about it. The project should be related to topics covered in this course, i.e. either the field of health or sustainability/energy transition, and can be a website around a certain topic, a mobile application or another type of intervention targeted at consumers to make them change their behaviour.
This course is part of the focus area 'Energy'. Students of this focus area will be admitted to this course, please contact the course coordinator (Prerequisites are mentioned in the Teaching and Examination Regulations: 'Focus areas in the master programmes'). |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. J. van Doorn | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. J. van Doornprof. dr. ir. K. van Ittersum | | Onderwijsvorm | -gastcollege , -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -schriftelijk tentamen (open en mc vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | Secretary Marketing (B. Wever), DUI 334, tel.: +31(0)50 3637065, marketing.education@rug.nl |
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| 17 | Master's Thesis BA Health | EBM205A20 |
| The purpose of the master's thesis in Business Administration Health is that the graduate demonstrates his or her ability to do research independently within the chosen specialization. Each semester, students can choose a preferred research theme from available research topics. Teachers supervise one or more students working on the same theme or topic. Each supervisor defines a theme or research programme for the master's thesis projects she/he is willing to supervise in a specific semester. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. M.A.G. van Offenbeek | | Docent(en) | several lecturers diverse docenten | | Onderwijsvorm | -groepsbegeleiding , -individuele begeleiding | | Toetsvorm | -individueel mondeling tentamen, -individuele opdracht | | ECTS | 20 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Students need 20 EC of their master of which 10 EC from the mandatory, profile-specific courses or from the group A, profile-specific electives. | | Opmerkingen | Students can start their thesis two times a year, at the beginning of semester I or II. Thesis supervision only takes place during that semester, final submission is at the end of the semester where the thesis research started.
Secretary: room 5411 0434, tel. +31 (0)50 363 4111, e-mail i.b.a.neef@rug.nl |
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| 18 | Microeconomics of Household Behaviour | EBM106A05 |
| The course will cover intertemporal models of consumption, saving and retirement decisions and review the empirical evidence on these issues. Particular attention will be paid to the question whether people save enough for retirement and to the saving behaviour of older people. Intertemporal choices will be analysed in the context of the life-cycle framework. However, deviations from economic rationality and the standard life-cycle model will also be evaluated. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. M. Groneck | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. R.J.M. AlessieDr. M. Groneck A.J. van der Vaart | | Onderwijsvorm | -interactief hoorcollege | | Toetsvorm | -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen), -groepsopdracht | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | The course also goes into the mathematical details of the models. Students should have a working knowledge of
a) simple constrained optimization problems using the method of Lagrange multipliers.
b) Household optimization (Microeconomics)
c) working knowledge of econometrics (OLS, IV) | | Opmerkingen | Coordinator: dr. Max Groneck, m.groneck@rug.nl, room 541.0721. Secretary: Helena Lei, h.lei@rug.nl room 5411.0734, +31 (0)50 3637018. |
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| 19 | Pharmaeconomics: Capita Selecta | EBM220A05 |
| Het maken van beslissingen in de zorg is steeds meer afhankelijk van kosteneffectiviteitsanalyses. Nationale en regionale overheden, zorgverzekeraars en ziekenhuizen nemen besluiten over de besteding van het budget gebaseerd op het optimaliseren van de gezondheidswinst voor de populatie. Producenten van nieuwe zorgtechnologie moeten beleidsmakers overtuigen van de waarde van hun innovatie voor het zorgsysteem. Nieuwe methoden voor beslissingsanalyses maken steeds complexere modellen mogelijk die specialistische kennis vereisen om het ontwerp en de uitkomsten te interpreteren. De cursus "Pharmacoeconomics: Capita Selecta" focust op de interpretatie en ontwikkeling van economische evaluaties voor de zorg, vanuit het perspectief van de producent, beleidsmaker en gezondheids-economische modelleur. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. L.A. de Jong | | Docent(en) | prof. dr. M.J. Postmadr. S. van der Pol, MSc. | | Onderwijsvorm | -groepsbegeleiding , -individuele begeleiding | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -individuele opdracht, -individuele presentatie | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | The course can be taken in all periods, but students are assumed to be familiar with the contents of the course “Economic Evaluation in Healthcare”. | | Opmerkingen | The lectures are combined with applied tutorials on the development of decision-analytic models; students are advised to bring a laptop. During the course, students will make a group assignment where they perform a health-economic evaluation from the perspective of a manufacturer of a novel health technology; they will present the results in the form of a (mock) negotiation with the national government to get their innovation reimbursed. The exam will focus on the critical appraisal of a published health technology assessment. |
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| 20 | Population, Health and Place | GEMPOPHP |
| Health and demographic processes influence each other throughout the life course, and are shaped by the geographical and socioeconomic context. This module is about the links between demography, health, and place or geography. In the course, we adopt a population and an individual level perspective, as well as a global and a local perspective. At the population (macro) level, we examine demographic developments and compare differences in health outcomes across the globe. We will investigate determinants and patterns of health inequalities. At the individual (micro) level, we will unravel the interlinkages between health and the life course in different contexts. We look, for example, at how ageing and health are perceived in different cultural and societal contexts. A central aim of this course is the introduction of theories and approaches that help us understand how health outcomes are shaped at the individual and the population level and how these are interlinked. The theories will build up to a framework to understand the different facets of population health. They also provide a link between case studies presented by various guest lecturers. |
| Faculteit | Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. T.C. Vogt | | Docent(en) | Dr. S.A. Adaawendr. B. de Haas Guest lecturersprof. dr. ir. H.H. Haismaprof. dr. L.B. Meijeringdr. T.C. Vogt | | Onderwijsvorm | Guest lectures, Independent study, Lectures | | Toetsvorm | Active participation, Individual assignments | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | This Master course is open - as an optional course - for Master students from the Faculty of Spatial Sciences and from disciplines related to Population Studies within the University of Groningen (e.g. Sociology, Epidemiology, Psychology, Spatial Sciences, Public Health, Economics, Medical Sciences, Cultural Anthropology, International Relationships, Gerontology, and Development Studies). |
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| 21 | Research & Skills for MSc BA | EBM050A05 |
| This course aims to prepare students for their Master's thesis projects. It focuses on methodological and professional skills preparation, as well as research ethics. For research methods, students have to gain some basic knowledge about the topics. In weeks 1-3 there are two lectures about theory building, quantitative research methods and qualitative research methods and a MC test about lectures and literature. In weeks 4-7 students are introduced to either quantitative or qualitative tutorials. More in-depth topics about corresponding topics are introduced, how to develop a research proposal following the favored quantitative or qualitative approach is explained, and an existing research proposal is judged by the students. Presence in the lectures and tutorials is optional. For skills training, students set individual learning goals on the basis of an assessment of their current interactional and communication skills. In profile-specific groups of 15 students, we will work on these competencies by practicing, observing and reflecting on individual experiences during the Master's thesis period and with a view to the professional field. Real-life cases will be used to explore options in interactional skills. Varying per profile, competencies include listening and feedback skills, effective interactional skills, dealing with ambiguities and resistance, self-reflection, consultancy skills, empathy, persuasive skills and personal leadership. The training will be completed by group coaching. Full attendance of training sessions is required. For research ethics four online modules of the CITI program must be successfully passed through, plagiarism, privacy and confidentiality, data management, and misconduct. Each module includes a short introductory lecture, study materials, and a MC test. If you pass the test you will receive a certificate that should be handed over to the course coordinator in order to receive a course grade. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. S.J.S. Matr | | Docent(en) | Dr. S. Asaddrs. A.H. Bijldr. T.L.J. Broekhuizen S. Buwaldadrs. G.J.M.H. Coffeng Y. Deendrs. M.M. KroeseDr. P.J.O. Kuusela M.H. Mohamoud, MA. J.B. Rozema, MSc.drs. M.J.M. SchoeversMSc. L. Schuitemadr. J.D. van der Bij | | Onderwijsvorm | -computer practicum, -groepsbegeleiding , -interactief hoorcollege , -practicum | | Toetsvorm | -computer test/wekelijkse quiz, -groepsopdracht, -individuele opdracht, -tussentijds tentamen (open en mc vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | This course covers in-depth knowledge about research methods and professional skills. Attendance of lectures and tutorials in not enforced by grade. Yet, preparation for, attendance at, and participation in lectures and tutorials are important for achieving the learning objectives. The successful completion of skills training requires full attendance of all training sessions. Students need to read a series of academic articles before each lecture and do the assignments before tutorials and skills training. |
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| 22 | Service Operations | EBM634A05 |
| Services, such as food services, banking and insurance, non-profit services (education, (public) health), touch the lives of people around the world every day. Nowadays, digitalization and changing perspectives on consumer roles has changed the delivery and supply of service enormously, just think of multi-sided platforms and omni-channel delivery. This has also changed the relationship with suppliers, e.g. suppliers directly deliver their services to buyer’s end-customers. In the course Service Operations, first, we look at a few cases to identify together the most relevant management issues in this field. We will continue discussing management issues at both a strategic and operational levels, as, for instance managing service supply chains and triads, measuring performance of service systems, design issues as designing a service experience and modular design, managing waiting lines, revenue management, and capacity and demand management in services. The second module of the course, that is provided parallel to the first module, focuses on the application of the learned knowledge and skills in a small research project. The project consists of developing a research project to describe and explain how (descriptive) and why (explanation) a service system is designed and managed in a specific way. The research project needs to be executed in small groups. The research has to be reported on in different ways of reporting, e.g. a written report and/or a video. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. ir. T. Bortolotti | | Docent(en) | Dr. ir. T. Bortolottiprof. dr. H. Broekhuisdr. J.A. Lopez Alvarez | | Onderwijsvorm | -werkcollege, -groepsbegeleiding , -hoorcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | Students can only take this course in semester Ia. For more information please contact dr Thomas Bortolotti. E-mail: t.bortolotti@rug.nl
Secretary office 5411-0634 Phone: +31(0)50 3637020 E-mail: secr.operations.feb@rug.nl |
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| 23 | Smart Industry Operations | EBM223A05 |
| Industry 4.0 technologies have a transformative impact on the design and management of operations in industry. Operational performance for example can directly benefit from increased connectivity among different actors, but also through the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence on the data generated by such connected systems. Typically, the role of the human is changing within smart industrial environments. This, requires renewed attention to the design and management of socio-technical systems towards what is now called Industry 5.0, complementing Industry 4.0 towards a transition to sustainable, human-centric, and resilient industry. This course provides introductory knowledge and coverage of Industry 4.0 technologies and their interrelation with humans, with a specific focus on technologies such as internet of things, and machine learning / artificial intelligence, including Fair and Explainable AI, together with relevant Python implementation programming, to provide working knowledge and necessary skills for designing, implementing, and managing smart industry operations. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Prof. Dr. C. Emmanouilidis | | Docent(en) | Prof. Dr. C. EmmanouilidisDr. O.A. Kilicdr. S. Waschull | | Onderwijsvorm | -computer practicum, -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -individuele opdracht | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | Students should have an understanding of Operations Management (OM) and the role of data for driving OM activities. | | Opmerkingen | Secretary: room 5411-0634, phone +31(0)50 3637020, e-mail: secr.operations.feb@rug.nl |
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| 24 | Strategic Supply Chain Management | EBM039A05 |
| Almost all companies face an increased complexity in their supply chains caused by global competition, more demanding customers, worldwide outsourcing and sustainability requirements. This course introduces students to strategic and global aspects of manufacturing and supply chain management. The course offers an overview of contemporary theoretical findings in the field through a book and lectures, complemented with research papers, which are assessed in a literature examination. Specifically, the course focuses on buyer-supplier relationships, the use of ICT in those relations, the role of outsourcing, and the importance of sustainability and corporate social responsibility in shaping supply chains. Students have to complete several practical oriented cases and are trained in using and evaluating literature through writing reviews of relevant scientific papers. The final part of the course is a group based project that aims at playing a supply chain game and theoretically interpreting and evaluating the results. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | dr. T.M. Tran | | Docent(en) | dr. T.M. Tranprof. dr. D.P. van DonkDr. C. Xiao | | Onderwijsvorm | -groepsbegeleiding , -hoorcollege , -computer practicum, -interactief hoorcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen), -verplichte aanwezigheid | | ECTS | 5 | | Opmerkingen | Secretary room: 5411-0634 tel.: +31(0)50 3637020 e-mail: secr.operations.feb@rug.nl
In semester IIb this course is also open for a maximum of 8 exchange students |
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| 25 | Stress, Health and Sustainable Working Life | EBM203A05 |
The World Health Organization has called job stress the “health epidemic of the 21st century” and has found that most European managers are concerned about stress in their workplaces. Job stress is a major cause for a variety of serious mental and physical diseases ranging from coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and chronic back pain to anxiety, depression and burnout. Highly stressed employees often display low levels of work motivation and job performance, and are more prone to make mistakes that can result in work accidents. They may be hostile or aggressive towards co-workers and disengage from their work by calling in sick, quitting their job, or retiring early. Therefore, job stress is associated with reduced organizational productivity, quality of products and services. In the Netherlands, Blatter et al. (2005) estimated the costs of absenteeism, disability benefits and healthcare due to stress-related illnesses at €4 billion per year.
But why is job stress such a common day phenomenon and more and more prevalent among workers? Spatial and temporary boundaries between work and private life increasingly vanish. Modern employees work in globalized 24/7 economies and smart mobile ICT devices enable and oblige them to work anywhere and anytime. Telework has become the new normal. Workers often have to perform several tasks simultaneously and rapidly, and continuously update their knowledge and learn new skills. Moreover, poorly paid, temporary and project-based work with high-levels of job insecurity is on the rise. Eventually, each HR-manager will need to deal with the effects of stress on employee well-being and performance at some stage of their career. Accordingly, it is essential to understand its causes, consequences and possibilities to lower stress with the help of structural interventions.
In this course students will learn to identify symptoms of stress and understand the mechanisms, which link job stress to mental and physical health deterioration. Based on major stress theories, they will learn about sources of job stress such as role stress, work intensification, telework and factors in the job itself, for instance adverse work schedules, low levels of autonomy or emotional labor. Special attention will be paid to specific groups of workers and the stressors they face. A significant share of the course will be devoted to organizational-level and individual-level interventions to prevent or ameliorate job-related stress. The overall aim of the course is to increase student´s understanding of sustainable working life and the importance of lowering stress to support well-being and prolong working careers of a workforce composed of people with different backgrounds and conflicting roles. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. J. de Bloom | | Docent(en) | student-assistentenDr. J. de Bloom | | Onderwijsvorm | -gastcollege , -groepsbegeleiding , -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | • Students who have a BSc degree in Economics and/or Business and who are officially registered as master students at the Faculty of Economics and Business
• Interactive learning is an integral part of the course. Student must be available for participation at all times during the course. | | Opmerkingen | For further information please contact the secretary of MSc HRM: Zedef Karakayali, z.karakayali@rug.nl - phone: +31 (0)50 363 4288, room 5411-0343 |
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| 26 | Sustainability: Strat., Innov. & Change | EBM210A05 |
Firms are increasingly expected to take more responsibility for their social and environmental impacts, while continuing to turn a profit. Sustainability starts to become an important differentiator for more discerning customers and financial investors. New industry entrants compete on the premise of combining environmental, social, and economic rent generation. Social activists command increasing attention of the public when surfacing corporate sustainability scandals. All this necessitates businesses to make a success of integrating sustainability into their activities for continued public approval and competitive performance.
This course will teach students how to critically assess corporate sustainability initiatives, to analyze the need for sustainability strategies, to manage change for sustainability, and to support sustainability focused innovation. It trains students to apply classic management theory as well as the newest research insights to business sustainability issues. To do so, it uses an interactive flipped-classroom design, with online lecture modules and application focused tutorials. It combines case method teaching and authentic assessment techniques to ensure students develop the practical skills required for successful sustainability management. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | Dr. B.C. Mitzinneck | | Docent(en) | Dr. B.C. Mitzinneck M.K. Pit, MSc. | | Onderwijsvorm | -interactief hoorcollege , -werkcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -schriftelijk tentamen (meerkeuze vragen) | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | General requirements for admittance to the MSc BA | | Opmerkingen | Secretary: room 5411-0434, e-mail t.j.beuker@rug.nl, tel. +31(0)50 363 4303 |
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| 27 | Work Design and Team Processes | EBM012A05 |
| This course aims to integrate recent developments in Organizational Behavior with insights derived from Psychology, Sociology and Management. Students acquire advanced knowledge about the functioning of teams and individual employees therein. The emphasis will be on understanding why individual and team task performance indicators, as well as a collective focus on social responsibility and sustainability, are contingent on five key social dynamic factors, namely: identity processes, diversity, employee mobility, hierarchical power structures within organizations and organizational change. The course will address the most relevant theories on these topics, and illustrate their relevance for personnel management based on recent empirical findings. Moreover, the course will provide guidelines for theoretically based HRM interventions to improve team work in organizations. |
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde | | Voertaal | Engels | | Coordinator | prof. dr. F.A. Rink | | Docent(en) | Dr. S. Bergerprof. dr. F.A. Rink | | Onderwijsvorm | -groepsbegeleiding , -hoorcollege , -interactief hoorcollege | | Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -groepspresentatie, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen), actieve deelname, open boek tentamen, schriftelijk tentamen met open vragen | | ECTS | 5 | | Entreevoorwaarden | This field course is exclusively offered to students officially registered as exchange students or as participants in the Masters of Science Human Resource Management, BA Change Management, BA Health | | Opmerkingen | For further information please contact the secretary of MSc HRM: Zedef Karakayali, z.karakayali@rug.nl - phone: +31 (0)50 363 4288, room 5411-0343 |
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