The course is conducted as a teaching module, where students have classes all day for four subsequent days, a total of 32 hours.

Lecture and in-class discussion. Emphasis is on text reading and comprehension. Each student will also participate in a series of in-class active learning projects utilizing small group interaction.

A typical day will consist of two parts: the morning session, and the afternoon session. Both sessions will have the following format. During each session a 2-3 hour lecture period will cover the primary material from the chapters assigned. The active learning section then follows The students will be exposed to 1-2 page cases and exercises that are intended to reinforce material from the primary text and topics from the formal lecture. Some videotape will also be used. Students will be asked to meet in small groups to discuss material, reach conclusions, present opinions, and defend those opinions in class. Because of class size, each student may not have an active speaking role every class. However, each student will have had the opportunity to discuss opinions within the small groups that will be used to discover and elaborate on the material given during class. 

The lecture period will, to some extent, be based on two-way communications. It is expected that the students will be contributing with questions and examples from their own business experience. A slightly informal setting is to be used.

This is a course with continuous assessment (several exam components) and one final exam code. Each exam component will be graded using points on a scale 0 -100. The components will be weighted together according to the information in the course description in order to calculate the final letter grade for the course. Students who fail to participate in one/some/all exam components will get a lower grade or may fail the course. Candidates may be called in for an oral hearing as a verification/control of written assignments.

Specific information regarding the points system and the mapping scale beyond the information given in the course description will be provided in class. This information may be relevant for requirements for term papers or other hand-ins, and/or where class participation can be one of several elements of the overall evaluation.

The course is a part of a full MBA and examination in all courses in the MBA programme must be passed in order to obtain a certificate for the MBA degree.

In all BI Executive courses and programmes, there is a mutual requirement  
for the student and the course responsible regarding the involvement of the student's experience in the planning and implementation of courses, modules and programmes. This means that the student has the right and duty to get involved with their own knowledge and practice relevance, through the active sharing of their relevant experience and knowledge.

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