AI1171 Management and Ethics 7.5 credits

• Educational level

  First cycle

• Academic level (A-D)

• Subject area

  Techonology
  

• Grade scale

  A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

• Course page on KTH Social

Learning outcomes

The course objectives are that you should be able to

• identify and analyse problems regarding management and ethics
• independently describe, analyse, problematize and apply management theories
• independently apply the etic theory of the course on cases from real estate-, finance-, and brokerage business
• know about Fastighetsmäklarnämndens regulations and guidelineson measures againstmoney launderingand terrorist financing

Course main content

• Management theory and different schools of theory focusing on change and value creation in management and organization
• Ethics and moral theory and practice 
• Practical applications - management

Eligibility

Introduction to the Planning and Building Process in Real Estate and Finance (AI1126) or Fundamentals of Property Development and Agency (AI1127) or equivalent.

Literature

• Kompendium med managementartiklar
• Pfeffer, J. and Sutton, R.I., (2006) Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management, Harvard Business School Press.
• Etikkompendium för nedladdning: Sven Ove Hansson, "Några etiska teorier" (2002)
• Handout om fakta och värderingar för nedladdning: Niklas Möller, "Fakta vs värderingar" (2004)
• Uppsatsinstruktioner för nedladdning: Lars Lindblom, "Om uppsatsskrivning" (2006)
• Boatright, John (2007), Ethics in Finance, Wiley 2nd ed.

Examination

• INL1 - Assignment, 3.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• NÄR1 - Attendence, 1.5 credits, grade scale: P, F
• TEN1 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Offered by

ABE/Banking and Finance

Contact

Nicolaus Lundahl, 08-790 7352, nicolaus.lundahl@abe.kth.se

Examiner

Björn Berggren <bber@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 13.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 12.