ECTS » Competence Profiles / Program-specific Learning outcomes academic year 2015-2016


Bachelor of Company Management (Brussels)

Justification and orientation

Based on the general, general occupational orientation and job-specific competences for the professional bachelor courses (article 58 of the structure decree) the work group BAMA-profiles of the Association K.U.Leuven defined, for all of the professional bachelor courses, four job-specific roles in which the professional bachelor must act competently in a complex context, with the right knowledge, skills and attitude. Those roles are: information administrator, analyst, advisor and coordinator. In order to ensure that the graduated Business Manager is capable of this, the coordination groups of the program ‘business management’ worked out a competence profile that is clearly oriented towards a profession or a group of professions. The job specific competences refer to the roles or functions of the professional practitioner (see above). The domain-specific competences are knowledge bound and rather technical in nature. They are specific for the graduation courses of the program ‘Business management’. The competences in this profile were translated into the educational program. Per (part of an) educational element, the competences which should be realized and the level of complexity at which they are evaluated, is specified. The general job competences are thereby used as evaluation criteria. This competence profile was developed in consulting the professional associations and companies from the sectors concerned and is regularly updated based on advice and comments of the advisory council.

Structure

The first three competences apply to all four of the graduation courses that are organised in the ‘Commercial Sciences and Management’ field of study at the HUB. After that, follow the job specific competences that apply to each graduation course (Accountancy and Taxation, Finance and Insurance, Marketing and Logistics Management).

1.   Supporting the company policy out of the own specialisation (BA-BF-BL-BM).
1.1   Based on the analysis of the business processes, business functions, strategy, business culture and environment, formulating a (simple) advice and justifying it in order to optimise the business policy on the short and long term.

1.2   Drafting, substantiating and following up of the budgets

1.3   Financial ratio’s, calculating costs and interpreting the annual accounts in order to take management decisions on the short and long term

1.4   Transforming an opportunity into a project and drafting, presenting and defending a (simple) business plan in order to do so.

1.5   Detecting problems of legal nature and contributing to the formulation of a solution

1.6   Formulating advice for the preparation and/or completion of commercial transactions (HUB)

2.   Developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders out of the own specialisation.
2.1   Taking action to make professional contacts with stakeholders

2.2   Taking action to develop professional contacts with stakeholders

3.   Supporting and providing the internal and external communication, verbally as well as written, in at least three languages, out of the own specialisation.
3.1   Understanding and interpreting verbal messages correctly

3.2   Reporting on and/or verbalizing an informative message, personal opinion or point of view. Integrating business information and figures appropriately into a message

3.3   Discussing general socio-economic as well as vocationally oriented themes

3.4   Correctly an critically interpreting and evaluating written business sources, messages or instructions

3.5   Writing informative and persuasive texts of which the style is completely adapted to the public and hereby using different media combinations

3.6   Interactively corresponding with internals and externals in a professionally specific context

4.   Functioning professionally in an international/intercultural environment.
4.1   Estimating the impact of relevant international institutions on the exercising of professional activities

4.2   Estimating the impact of regional, national, international and intercultural environmental factors on the exercising of the professional activity

5.   Applying the accounting and corporate legislation.
5.1   Consulting relevant sources regarding company legislation (including accounting legislation) and understanding and applying the information found

5.2   Undertaking the appropriate actions according to the company legislation (including accounting legislation)

6.   Drafting and registering the pieces necessary for bookkeeping and applying management accounting.
6.1   Checking and improving the composed documents and registered data, taking the diverse legislations and standards into account

6.2   Executing and closing a double-entry bookkeeping with and without bookkeeping software

6.3   Valuing the stock of ready products, orders in progress and goods in process in diverse types of production companies

6.4   Reporting the analytical results to the general bookkeeping

6.5   Having insight in the principles of IFRS and consolidation

7.   Reporting based on the bookkeeping (interim results, financial statement).
7.1   Setting up an internal financial statement and attachments

7.2   Setting up a (consolidated) financial statement

7.3   Preparing the annual report

7.4   Commanding the juridical aspects concerning management reporting

7.5   Informing the stakeholders

8.   Checking the bookkeeping and the organisation of the enterprise and the internal processes.
8.1   Insight in the basic principles and techniques of internal and external control

8.2   Performing frequent controls related to the different company activities and elements of the financial statement

9.   Applying the fiscal and para-fiscal legislation and giving fiscal and para-fiscal advice. Fulfil the fiscal requirements and manage the fiscal files.
9.1   Collecting and compiling the necessary pieces for applying the fiscal legislation

9.2   Using the appropriate (digital) forms and documents

9.3   Solving fiscal cases/problems, taking the fiscal and para-fiscal legislation, legal doctrine and jurisdiction into account

9.4   Proposing and implementing fiscal optimisations

9.5   Explaining fiscal consequences of proceedings

9.6   Using fiscal procedures

10.   Giving advice on payment, savings and investment products.
10.1   Informing about payment, savings and investment products

10.2   Analysing customer needs

10.3   Guiding the customer in choosing the most fitting payment, savings and investment products whilst taking the regulations into account

10.4   Preparing, executing and closing an effective sales call

10.5   Following up on a portfolio

10.6   Formulating proposals to enhance the customer portfolio return

11.   Giving advice on insurance products.
11.1   Informing about insurance products, damage, health and life insurances

11.2   Estimating the insurance risk

11.3   Presenting insurance terms whilst taking needs and the situation of the client, insurance companies and others concerned into account

11.4   Preparing, conducting and rounding off an effective sales call

11.5   Following up on and rounding off an insurance case

12.   Handling and managing damage files.
12.1   Opening a damage file

12.2   Following up on damage files

12.3   Assessing damage files

12.4   Following up on a life insurance contract

12.5   As an intermediary, defend the interests of the client and the insurance company/companies

13.   Handling and managing credit files.
13.1   Informing about types of credit

13.2   Estimating the credit risk

13.3   Discussing credit elements (e.g. form, guarantees, term, interest rate, …), taking the needs and the client situation, concerning regulations, into account

13.4   Following up on and rounding off a credit file

14.   Analysing the logistic sector/function and the supply-chain and purchase function and estimating the impact of the business-economic environmental factors on the logistic sector/function and the supply chain and purchase function.
14.1   Collecting and interpreting information on the logistics sector/function and the supply-chain and purchase function

14.2   Having insight in the operation of the logistic sector/function and the supply-chain and purchase function

14.3   Estimating the impact of the business-economic tendencies on the logistic sector/function and the supply-chain and purchasing function

15.   In the supply-chain, managing and organizing, in an effective way, the (international) flow of goods and the accompanying flow of information.
15.1   Implementing and optimizing storage systems

15.2   Defining and redirecting the stock policy

15.3   Helping to create/creating an optimal production plan

15.4   Outlining the transportation management

15.5   Drafting, implementing and adjusting an adapted distribution system

15.6   Exchanging relevant logistic data in the set form with all parties concerned, taking the totality of the information flow into account

15.7   Coordinating the logistic processes. (Creating production orders, lay out documents, …)

15.8   Applying the adequate ICT-tools when coordinating the logistic processes

16.   Analyzing and interpreting the market.
16.1   Carrying out and interpreting a customer analysis and/or a supplier analysis and/or a competitor analysis

16.2   Carrying out and interpreting the macro environment analysis

17.   Carrying out a market investigation, interpreting the results and giving advice.
17.1   Drafting and implementing a market investigation or parts of it

17.2   Analyzing, interpreting and giving advice on the results of a market investigation

18.   Developing and evaluating the positioning, product/services, price, distribution and communication policies.
18.1   Taking decisions on segments, target groups and positioning

18.2   Taking decisions on products, services and product range

18.3   Taking decisions on the distribution channels

18.4   Critically evaluating communication tools and mix

18.5   (Co-) developing communication tool(s)

18.6   Developing an integrated communication plan

18.7   Taking decisions on price policy

18.8   Designing a marketing plan with the integration of product/services, distribution, communication and or strategic pricing elements

18.9   Calculating and/or evaluating marketing indicators

19.   Conducting commercial policy including prospect and client management.
19.1   Preparing and conducting a sales call based on a specific customer profile

19.2   Having insight in the customer database

19.3   Interpreting basic CRM data, based on client data

19.4   Designing and justifying (internally and externally) an account plan

19.5   Co-developing an integrated commercial plan

19.6   Estimating what the key aspects are to guide/steer a sales team successfully

19.7   Calculating and/or evaluating the commercial indicators

20.   In the supply-chain, effectively and efficiently organizing transport whilst taking the regulations and procedures into account.
20.1   Choosing the most suitable mode of transportation, realizing, evaluating, following op on and calculating the cost of this transportation

20.2   Planning, organizing and following up on freight transport

20.3   Settling and handling national and international shipments commercially and operationally

20.4   Initiating and preparing compensation claims

20.5   Finding and applying the basic regulations (e.g. transport legislation, quality and safety systems, excise and customs legislation) in a case study