Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen
Business en Recht
Business management_AF40773/3519/2526/1/04
Study guide

Business management_AF

40773/3519/2526/1/04
Academic year 2025-26
Is found in:
  • Bachelor of Business Management, programme stage 1
In other study programme:
  • Bachelor of Business Management as Business management_FV
  • Bachelor of Business Management as Business management_INO
  • Bachelor of Business Management as Business management_MAR
  • Bachelor of Business Management as Business management_SCM
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 6 credits
Co-ordinator: Vael Karolien
Other teaching staff: Joossen Kristof
Languages: Dutch
Scheduled for: Semester 1
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Possible deadlines for learning account: 01.12.2025 (1st semester)
Re-sit exam: is possible.
Possibility of deliberation/tolerance: This course unit is eligible for deliberation/tolerance according to the criteria as determined by the degree programme you are enrolled in.
Total study time: 156,00 hours

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Learning outcomes (list)

OLR AF 1 The Bachelor BM/AF has an understanding of tax, parafiscal, legal and accounting regulations and processes, general business and organisational processes and their interrelationships, and can apply this understanding in a broad, globalised, changing and (inter)national context.
You outline the annual accounting cycle, from the opening balance sheet to the year-end closing and the filing of the annual financial statements.
You calculate a basic income tax.
You explain the tax systems applicable to businesses, individuals, and the government.
You calculate basic financial ratios.
You list the various components of the annual financial statements.
You explain the relationship between the balance sheet, cash flows, and the income statement.
You clarify the relationships between the employee, the employer, social security, and the tax authorities.
You perform a basic payroll calculation.
You identify the different types of companies based on their activities, customers, industry sector, and legal structure.
You explain the difference between stakeholders and shareholders using concrete examples.
You apply a competitive strategy to a company.
You compare various business models.
You recognize an organizational structure and its potential evolution processes.
You outline the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
You explain the key concepts and strategies within marketing, operations, finance, and human resources.
OLR AF 2 The bachelor BM/AF recognises opportunities, sets operational objectives and works proactively to achieve the (strategic) objectives of a company or organisation.
You explain a company’s strategic model.
You describe how a company evaluates its performance.
OLR AF 3 The bachelor BM/AF shows entrepreneurial spirit, works independently, planned, flexible and accurate and acts solution-oriented and innovative to optimise tax, parafiscal, legal and accounting processes.
You describe the leadership and management styles of companies.
You explain corporate culture using a corporate culture model.
OLR AF 8 The Bachelor BM/AF collaborates projectively and constructively as a member of a multidisciplinary and intercultural team and takes responsibility in various tasks and roles within a company or organisation.
You describe the importance of a motivation theory.

Study material (list)

Mandatory
  • Author: Mark Van Couwenberghe
Teaching material via DigitapMandatory

Educational organisation (list)

Exam duration
Estimated time for testing2,00 hours
Learning Activities
Lectures and / or tutorials48,00 hours
Work time outside of contact hours106,00 hours

Evaluation (list)

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
MomentForm%Remark
1st examination periodKnowledge and comprehension test during the examination series100,00Open en/of gesloten vragen. Gesloten boek.
Digitaal examen. Aanvullende instructies op Digitap.
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
2nd examination periodKnowledge and comprehension test during the examination series100,00Open en/of gesloten vragen. Gesloten boek.
Digitaal examen. Aanvullende instructies op Digitap.