MØLBA3003 Business performance

    • Course code
      MØLBA3003
    • Number of credits
      7,5
    • Teaching semester
      2023 Autumn
    • Language of instruction and examination
      English
    • Campus
      Lillehammer
    • Required prerequisite knowledge

      Recommended prerequisites: LMSM130 Quantitative Method (kvantitativ metode), LDBA200 Applied programming (anvendt programmering) and MØLBA3001 Data Engineering (datahåndtering og analysedesign).

Course content
  • Collection, adjusting and using data 
  • Identify the main inputs and outputs 
  • The use of determinants to describe changes and differences in business performance 
  • The use of environmental variables to describe heterogeneity between firms 
  • Efficiency analysis using both parametric and non-parametric methods 
  • Optimizations methods 
  • Productivity analysis and the use of indices 

Benchmarking 

Learning outcome

Knowledge

 

The student

  • Have specialized knowledge about the factors used to measure performance of a business 
  • Have advanced knowledge about different tools and methods used in benchmarking and performance analysis  
  • Discuss the properties of different methods in relations to the data available 
  • Interpret and report the results from performance analysis 
  • Describe relevant actions that should be taken in a business to improve the performance 
Skills

The student can

  • Define and measure determinants and/or environmental variables to capture heterogeneity 
  • Conduct productivity and efficiency analysis using parametric or non-parametric methods 
  • Use indices in measuring businesses performance 
  • Perform different types of benchmarking analysis  
  • Interpret the results from business performance analysis  
General competence

The student can

  • Design and conduct a proper analysis to measure business performance relevant for the current situation  
  • Assess the results from the performance analysis to recommend suitable actions to improve performance 
  • Propose changes in businesses operations to improve performance
Working and teaching methods

The following teaching methods are used: 

  • Lectures 
  • Problem solving 
  • Tutorial videos 
  • Case studies
Compulsory activities
  • Mandatory homework assignments must be handed in before each teaching module (a total of 4). These will be combinations of practical and theoretical exercises covering key topics in the course.  
  • Three out of four homework assignments must be passed to be allowed to take the exam.  
  • Attendance on at least 50% of the courses lectured teaching.
Examination
Form of assessmentGrading scaleGroupingDuration of assessmentSupport materialsProportionComments
Home examination
ECTS - A-F
Individual
48 Hour(s)
  • All
60
Written examination with supervision
ECTS - A-F
Individual
4 Hour(s)
  • Approved calculator
40
Form of assessment
  • 48-hour take-home exam (counts 60% of the grade). The exam consists of practical assignments and a written report. 
  • 4-hour individual school exam under attendance (counts 40% of the grade).

Reading list

Course name in Norwegian Bokmål: 
Business performance
Faculty
Inland School of Business and Social Sciences
Department
Department of Business Administration
Area of study
Økonomisk-administrativ utdanning
Programme of study
Master of Science in Business Administration - majoring in Business Analytics
Course level
Second degree level (500-HN)