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LSEInterdisciplinary

Institute ofManagement

BScManagement2005 2006

1st Year StudentsInformation Booklet


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BSc Management First Year Information Booklet 2005-2006

BSc Management1st Year Students Information Booklet

Contents

Welcome from the IIM Departmental Tutor 2IIM Induction Events 3Registration 4Interdisciplinary Institute of Management 5Academic Staff Profiles 6Administrative Arrangements in the IIM 15

IIM Administrative Staff 16IIM Administration and Central Administration

Who Does What? 17Communication between Students and IIM Staff 18Tutorial Arrangements 19IIM Staff-Student Liaison Committees 20Comments and Feedback 21IIM Student Resources 22Your Personal Timetable 23

IT Services at the School 24LSE Careers Service 25LSE Learning Support 26School-wideMentor Scheme 27BSc Management Subjects and Choices 28BSc Management Regulations 29Submitting Coursework 32Code of Good Practice for Undergraduate Programmes 33School Policies 38

Term Dates of the LSE Academic Year 2005 - 2006 39Travelling to LSE 40LSE Catering Facilities 41Map of the LSE Campus 42

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Dear First Year BSc Management Student,

On behalf of the School and the Interdisciplinary Institute of Management, let

me extend you a warm welcome.

My role as Departmental Tutor is to work with administrative and academiccolleagues to ensure that the BSc Management functions smoothly. In thiscapacity I will be leading the Induction session.

The purpose of the induction meeting is to introduce you to the IIM and todiscuss 1st year course choices.

A part of the induction activities is a Management Teamwork Session, whichwill take place from 1.45pm to 5pm on the same day in Room D702. This

exercise will be discussed in more detail during the morning inductionmeeting.

If you are unable to attend the teamwork session, you must notify SharonHalkyard (020 7955 7920) in advance and provide acceptable reasons, as thisactivity is considered compulsory.

I ask you to review the information presented in the attached bookletover thenext few days.

With very best wishes.

Dr David LaneDepartmental TutorInterdisciplinary Institute of Management

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IIM Induction Events

Thursday 29th September

10am 12 noon BSc Management First Year Induction MeetingD702, seventh floor, Clement House

12.30pm 1.45pm BSc Management Induction LunchS421, fourth floor, St Clements Building

1.45pm 5pm BSc Management First Year Group ExercisesD702, seventh floor, Clement House

Wednesday 5th October

6pm 8pm BSc Management First Year Welcome PartySenior Common Room, 5th floor, Old Building

Please note that LSE holds induction events which may not be listed above.Please check the LSE website.

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Registration 2005

Registration for all new undergraduate students will take place on Friday 23 rd

and Monday 26th

September 2005. All students should come to the HongKong Theatre on the ground floor of Clement House between 10am and 4pmon these dates in order to register. Late registration will take place between10am and 4pm on Thursday 29th September and between 10am and 12 noonon Friday 30th September.

Please register as soon as possible.

What to bring to registration

New Undergraduate students should bring ID (passport or other identifyingdocument) with them.

Students who wish to open a bank account in the UK should take their originalLSE offer letter or UCAS acceptance letter with them.

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Interdisciplinary Institute of Management

The Interdisciplinary Institute of Management (IIM) is the academicunit of the School dedicated to research and teaching aboutmanagement. The IIMs main responsibility is to organize andlargely deliver the BSc Management and MSc Managementcourses. The IIMs academic staff are social scientists who draw onsuch disciplines as economics, political science, sociology,psychology, history, and management science. Many members ofthe academic staff hold appointments in other departments andinstitutes, including Economics, Government, Sociology,Methodology, and Operational Research. Research and teachingspecialties include managerial economics, strategy, publicmanagement, human resource management, and marketing.

The curricular content of the BSc and MSc courses reflect adedication to bringing the social sciences to bear on the study oforganisational processes, environments, problems, and choices.Thus, while the subject of management is our focus, the approachreflects the academic traditions and strengths of the London School

of Economics and Political Science.

The IIM is presently headed by Professor Diane Reyniers. TheIIMs administrative staff is headed by Mrs Sharon Halkyard.

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Academic Staff Profiles

PROFESSOR PETER ABELL

Emeritus ProfessorOffice: G505Telephone number: 020 7955 7357Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: Entrepreneurship in the advanced economies;performances of cooperatives in developing countries; the political economyof industrial participation, profit and equity sharing; development ofquantitative and qualitative methods in the social sciences; development of aunified social science; take-overs and mergers; strategic analyses.

Publications: "The Syntax of Social Life: The Theory and Method ofComparative Narratives", OUP (1987); "Rational Choice", ed. Edward Elgar(1991); "Some Aspects of Narrative Methods", chapter in Journal ofMathematical Sociology, Gordon & Breach (1993). "A Model of InformalStructure (Culture) or Organisations" Rationality and Society, (1996).

DR MICHAEL BARZELAYReader in Public ManagementResearch Associate, Centre for Analysis and Regulation of RiskAffiliated Member of the Government DepartmentOffice: G507

Telephone number: 020 7955 7396Email address: [email protected]:http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/IIM/whosWho/Barzelay/default.htm

Research Interests: Administrative innovation; strategy developmentpractices, primarily in government; public management policy andadministrative reform process; managing government operations, role ofinstitutions and planning processes in economic development and nationaldefence; methodology of instrumental case studies of organizational andpolicy processes;

Publications: Una Gua Prctica para la Elaboracin de Estudios de CasoSobre Buenas Prcticas en Gerencia Social (Instituto Inter-Americano deDesarrollo Social, Banco Inter-Americano de Desarrollo, 2005); The ProcessDynamics of Public Management Policy Making, International PublicManagement Journal (2003); Preparing for the Future: Strategic Planning inthe U.S. Air Force (Brookings Institution Press, 2003); Executive Leadershipwhen Efficiency Counts: Developing the Capacity to Manage Costs at AirForce Materiel Command, IBM Endowment for Business of Government(2003), Explaining Public Management Policy Change: Germany inComparative Perspective, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (2003),

Research on Public Management Policy Change in the Latin AmericaRegion: A Conceptual Framework and Methodological Guide," International

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Public Management Review (2003), "The New Public Management: ABibliographical Essay for Latin American (and other) Scholars, InternationalPublic Management Journal (2001), The New Public Management: ImprovingResearch and Policy Dialogue (University of California Press, 2001); How toArgue about the New Public Management," International Public Management

Journal (2000); Central Audit Institutions and Performance Auditing: AComparative Analysis of Organizational Strategies in OECD countries,"Governance (1997); Breaking Through Bureaucracy: A New Vision forManaging in Government, University of California Press (1992); "ManagingLocal Development: Lessons from Spain," Policy Sciences (1991); ThePoliticized Market Economy: Alcohol in Brazil's Energy Strategy. University ofCalifornia Press (1986).

MR MARK BLEACKLEYPart-time Lecturer

Telephone number: 020 7955 6559 or 07949 570549Email address: [email protected]

Research/Professional Interests: Strategy development and internationalbusiness; management development; global account management inprofessional service firms; strategic alliances.

Publications: The Nature and Extent of Corporate Restructuring WithinEuropes Single Market: Cutting through the Hype (with P Williamson),European Management Journal, Vol 15, No 5, 1997; Entrepreneurial Attitudesto Venture Capital Investment Realization: Evidence from the UK and France(with M Hay et al.), Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 1st Quarter1996; Corning Inc/Iwaki Glass/Siecor: Partner Perspectives on an Asian-based and European-based Alliance (with E Tracy) in European Casebook onCooperative Strategies (ed J Roos), Prentice Hall, 1994; MBOs and theEconomic Cycle (with M Hay) in Realizing Investment Value (W Bygrave etal.), FT Pitman Publishing 1994; Strategic Alliances Guidelines for Successin International Marketing Strategy (ed H B Thorelli et al). Pergamon Press.1990.

MS ANA CANHOTOLecturerOffice: G514Telephone number: 020 7955 7038Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: Profiling user behaviour, information processing anddecision making, segmentation, marketing, crime detection, semiotics,cognitive categorization

Publications: Tracing the Identity of a Money Launderer (with James

Backhouse), Set of use case and scenarios, T. Nabeth (ed.), Insead (2005);Tracing the Identity of a Terrorist Financer (with James Backhouse), Set of

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use case and scenarios, T. Nabeth (ed.) Insead (2005); Constructingcategories, construing signs analysing differences in suspicious transactionreporting practice (with James Backhouse) ISIG paper series, London Schoolof Economics (2004); UK consumer responses to iDTV (with Karolina Brodinand Patrick Barwise) Future Media paper series, London Business School

(2002).

DR MARTA COELHOLecturerOffice: G516Telephone number: 020 7955 7067Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: Behavioural economics and decision making, strategyand entrepreneurship, industrial economics and applied microeconomics,

public policy.

Publications: The psychology of unrealistic optimism and the shake out ofEconomic theory (2005, working paper); Unrealistic Optimism NullifiesSelection Effects: Experimental Results with Entrepreneurial Applications(2005, working paper with David de Meza); On optimism about organizationalgrowth (2005, working paper with Bernd Irlenbusch);Irrational Exuberance,Entrepreneurial Finance and Public Policy (with David de Meza and DianeReyniers) International Tax and Public Finance (2004); What is sweet hasnever become bitter An essay about the Portuguese sugar industry (7thnational meeting of Industrial Economics, Portugal 1998); Strategic study forthe region of Trs-os-Montes e Alto Douro (published by QuaternairePortugal, 1996).

MR NILESH DATTANITeaching FellowOffice: G206Telephone number: 020 7955 6258Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: With a background in Economics and InternationalPolitical Economy, my research interest are in the area of InternationalBusiness. In particular, I am interested in the International Context ofManagement, i.e. the application of social science theory to the analysis oftransnational business activities. Also interested in the political economy ofinternational monetary relations.

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PROFESSOR DAVID de MEZAEric Sosnow Professor of ManagementOffice: G512Telephone number: 020 7955 6576Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: The property rights theory of the firm; optimism andentrepreneurship; finance and insurance gaps in theory and practice;incentive schemes; incomplete contracts.

Publications: (with Ben Lockwood) Appropriability, Managerial Incentivesand the Property Rights Theory of the Firm Journal of Industrial Economics(2004), (with Marta Coelho and Diane Reyniers) Irrational Exuberance,Entrepreneurial Finance and Public Policy International Tax and PublicFinance (2004) (with D. Collie) "Comparative advantage and the pursuit ofstrategic trade policy," Economics Letters, (2003), Overlending? Economic

Journal, (2002), (with J-I. Itaya and G.Myles) "Income distribution, taxationand the private provision of public goods" Journal of Public Economic Theory(2002), (with D.C.Webb) Advantageous selection in insurance marketsRAND Journal of Economics (2001), (with J. Itaya, G. Myles) "Who shouldpay for public goods?" in "Incentives, Organisation and Public Economics;Papers in honour of Sir James Mirrlees" CUP (2000), (with R. Arabshabani, J.Maloney, B. Pearson), "Unto them was given the vision of a great profit:Evidence of self deception amongst the self-employed", Economics Letters,(2000), (with D.C. Webb) "Does Credit Rationing imply underinvestment?",Journal of Public Economics, (2000) (with C. Southey) "Too much monitoring,not enough performance pay", Economic Journal, (1999), (with D.C. Webb)"Wealth, enterprise and credit policy", Economic Journal, (1999) (with B.Lockwood) "Does Asset Ownership Always Motivate Managers? OutsideOptions and the Property Rights Theory of the Firm", Quarterly Journal ofEconomics, 2 (1998)

DR RAFAEL GOMEZLecturer in International MarketingVisiting Research Fellow - Banco de EspaaOffice: G514

Telephone number: 020 7955 7038Email address: [email protected]

On leave 2005-2006

Research Interests: Incentives in Organizations; Personnel Economics;Consumer Behavior; Comparative Industrial Relations; Management ofHuman Resources; Self-employment and micro-entrepreneurship; SocialCapital. Recently involved in examining the impact of demographic change ofeconomic performance in the OECD and on Human Resource Practices. Thisresearch was funded by the Central Bank of Spain and Human Resources

and Development Canada.

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Publications: Why Have Workers Stopped Joining Unions?", with AlexBryson British Journal of Industrial Relations (March 2005); The Paradox ofAmerican Unionism (2004), with Seymour Martin Lipset and Noah Meltz,Cornell University Press; The Two-Way Interaction Between Globalizationand Labor Standards (January 2004) Oxford Development Studies; Age

Structure, Income Distribution and Economic Growth Canadian Public Policy(March 2003); Youth-Adult Differences in the Demand for Unionization,British Journal of Industrial Relations (September 2002); "Membership Has itsPrivileges: Social Capital, Neighborhood Characteristics and Self-EmploymentEarnings" Canadian Journal of Economics, (November, 2001); "TheIntegration of Labour Markets in North America", with Morley Gunderson(2001), in North American Integration, edited by George Hoberg (University ofToronto Press).

DR BERND IRLENBUSCH

LecturerOffice: G508Telephone number: 020 7955 7840Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: Organizational Economics; Personnel Economics;Managerial Economics, Game Theory, Experimental Economics, Economicsand Philosophy, Law and Economics, Environmental Economics

Publications: Career Concerns in a Simple Experimental Labour Market.forthcoming in: European Economic Review (with Dirk Sliwka); Are Non-Binding Contracts Really Not Worth the Paper? forthcoming in: Managerialand Decision Economics; Transparency and Reciprocal Behavior inEmployment Relations. forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Behavior andOrganization(with Dirk Sliwka); An Intergenerational Common Pool ResourceExperiment. forthcoming in: Journal of Environmental Economics andManagement (with Elisabeth Fischer und Adolkarim Sadrieh); AnExperimental Study on Tournament Design. Labour Economics, 10 (2003),443-464 (with Christine Harbring); An Experimental Bribery Game. Journal ofLaw, Economics, and Organization 18 (2002), 428-454 (with Klaus Abbinkund Elke Renner); Fairness as a Constraint on Trust in Reciprocity: Earned

Property Rights in a Reciprocal Exchange Experiment. Economics Letters66(2000), 275-282 (with Ren Fahr); The Moonlighting Game An ExperimentalStudy on Reciprocity and Retribution. Journal of Economic Behavior andOrganization42 (2000), 265-277 (with Klaus Abbink und Elke Renner)

DR SATOSHI KANAZAWAReader in Management & Research MethodsOffice: B809Telephone number: 020 7955 7297Email address: [email protected]

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Research Interests: Evolutionary psychology; Sex differences inorganizational behaviour; Rational choice theory

Publications: "Big and Tall Parents Have More Sons: FurtherGeneralizations of the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis" (Journal of Theoretical

Biology, 2005); "Engineers Have More Sons, Nurses Have More Daughters:An Evolutionary Psychological Extension of Baron-Cohen's Extreme MaleBrain Theory of Autism and Its Empirical Implications" (with GrietVandermassen) (Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2005); "General Intelligenceas a Domain-Specific Adaptation" (Psychological Review, 2004); "WhyBeautiful People Are More Intelligent" (with Jody L. Kovar) (Intelligence,2004); "The Myth of Racial Discrimination in Pay in the United States"(Managerial and Decision Economics, 2005); "Is "Discrimination" Necessaryto Explain the Sex Gap in Earnings?" (Journal of Economic Psychology, 2005)

DR THOMAS KITTSTEINERLecturerOffice: G409Telephone number: to be confirmedEmail address: to be confirmed

Research Interests: Applied Game Theory, Economic Theory, Auction- andMarket-design, Law and Economics, Operations Research, PoliticalEconomics, E-Commerce

Publications: (with Benny Moldovanu ) Priority Auctions and QueueDisciplines that Depend on Processing Time Management Science (2005),(with Jorg Nikutta and Eyal Winter) Declining Valuations in SequentialAuctions International Journal of Game Theory(2004), (with Karsten Fieselerand Benny Moldovanu) Partnerships, Lemons and Efficient Trade Journal ofEconomic Theory (2003), Partnerships and Double Auctions withInterdependent Valuations Games and Economic Behavior (2003), (with B.Burmeister, T. Ihde, B. Moldovanu and J. Nikutta) A Practical Approach toMulti-Attribute Auctions IEEE Computer Society DEXA Workshops 2002

DR TOBIAS KRETSCHMERLecturer in Strategy and EconomicsOffice: G509Telephone number: 020 7955 6041Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: Industrial organisation (empirical and theoretical),economics of the high-tech and entertainment industries, diffusion of newtechnologies (esp. information and communication technologies).

Publications: Entry, Standards and Competition: Firm Strategies and the

Diffusion of Mobile Telephony (with Heli Koski). Review of IndustrialOrganization (2005), 89-113. Upgrading and Niche Usage of PC Operating

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Systems. International Journal of Industrial Organization (2004), 1155-1182.Competing in Network Industries: Firm strategies, market outcomes, andpolicy implications (with H Koski). Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade(2004), 3-29; Standards Battles and Public Policy (with L Cabral), forthcomingin S. Greenstein and V. Stango, Standards and Public Policy; Regulation and

Market Evolution in 2G Telecommunications Markets: Some Observations(with H Koski). Communications & Strategies 49 (2003), pp. 67 79.

DR DAVID LANEReader in Management ScienceSenior Undergraduate Tutor, BSc Management programmeOffice: G410Telephone number: 020 7955 7336Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: System Dynamics Simulation Modelling; SystemsThinking; Strategic Decision-making; Simulation Modelling of Patient Flows;Health Management; Social Theory of Systems Approaches; Group DecisionSupport; Project Management Models, Innovation/Diffusion Models of CulturalExperiences.

Publications: Lane, D. C. 2001. Rerum cognoscere causas: Part I - How dothe ideas of system dynamics relate to traditional social theories and thevoluntarism/determinism debate? System Dynamics Review 17(2): 97-118.Lane, D. C., C. Monefeldt and J. V. Rosenhead. 2000. Looking in the WrongPlace for Healthcare Improvements: A system dynamics study of an accident

and emergency department. Journal of the Operational Research Society51(5): 518-531; Lane DC, Monefeldt C and Husemann E. 2003. ClientInvolvement in Simulation Model Building: Hints and insights from a casestudy in a London Hospital. Health Care Management Science 6: 105-116.Lane, D. C. 2001. Rerum cognoscere causas: Part I - How do the ideas ofsystem dynamics relate to traditional social theories and thevoluntarism/determinism debate? System Dynamics Review17(2): 97-118.

DR MATTHEW MULFORDSenior Lecturer in Bargaining and Negotiation

Academic Director LSE Summer School ManagementAcademic Director TRIUM EMBAOffice: B802Telephone number: 020 7955 6834Email address: [email protected]

On secondment to the TRIUM programme 2005-2006

Research Interests: The psychology of judgment and decision making ininterdependent interactions; experimental game theory; negotiation theory;experimental research design.

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Recent Publications: Behavioural Decision Theory and the Gains Debate inInternational Politics. Political Studies. (50:209-229, 2002). ExpectationsAnd Aspirations In Dilemma Interactions. British Journal of Political Science.(31: 179-223, 2001). Subadditivity in Memory for Personal Events. WithRobyn Dawes. Psychological Science. (10: 47-51, 1999).

SIR GEOFFREY OWENSenior FellowOffice: G407Telephone number: 020 7955 7177Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: Corporate strategy; corporate governance; the structureand evolution of industries; national competitiveness; British industrialperformance since 1945; entrepreneurship.

Publications: "Industry in the USA", Penguin (1966); "Why ICI chose todemerge", Harvard Business Review (1995). "From Empire to Europe: TheDecline and Revival of British Industry since the Second World War",published by HarperCollins, 1999.

PROFESSOR DIANE REYNIERSDirector of the Interdisciplinary Institute of ManagementProfessor in ManagementSenior MSc Tutor

Office: G510Telephone number: 020 7955 7921Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: Managerial economics; mathematical sociology; searchand matching.

Recent Publications: Deprivation in heterogeneous organizations, Journalof Mathematical Sociology, 23, 1 (1998). A dynamic model of collectivebargaining. Journal of Computational Economics, 11, (1998)."Strategicmating with homotypic preferences", with Steve Alpern, Journal of Theoretical

Biology (1999). Relative impatience determines preference between contractbargaining and repeated bargaining. International Journal of Game Theory,29 (2000) Games of crowding. with Steve Alpern, International Game TheoryReview, 3 (2001) Spatial Dispersion as a Dynamic Coordination Problem.with Steve Alpern, Theory and Decision, 53 (2002) The emergence andviability of participatory firms. with Peter Abell, in S. Munshi & A. Biju (eds.)Good Governance, Democratic Societies and Globalisation. Sage (2004).Irrational exuberance, entrepreneurial finance and public policy. with MartaCoelho and David de Meza, International Tax and Public Finance, 11 (2004).

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DR JOERN ROTHELecturer in EconomicsDeputy of Director of IIMOffice: G511Telephone number: 020 7955 7631

Email address: [email protected] Interests: Game theory; strategy; economic theory.

DR MARIANO SELVAGGILecturerOffice: G408Telephone Number: 020 7955 7544Email address: [email protected]

Research Interests: Managerial and industrial economics, incentives in

organisations, corporate governance, applied game theory, the property rightstheory of the firm.

Publications: Exclusive Contracts Foster Relationship-Specific Investment(with David de Meza) Leverhulme CMPO Working Paper No. 04/105 (2004);Please Hold Me Up: Why Firms Grant Exclusive-Dealing Contracts (withDavid de Meza) Leverhulme CMPO Working Paper No. 03/66 (2003);Precancelaciones Hipotecarias en Argentina: Evidencias Empricas a Partirde Modelos de Duracin Econmica (2002).

DR PETER SOZOULecturerOffice: G205Telephone number: to be confirmedEmail address: [email protected]

Research Interests: Economic and biological problems concerned withdiscounting the future; behaviour; evolutionary game theory; decision-making.

Recent Publications: Costly but worthless gifts facilitate courtship (with RM Seymour), Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B272, 1877-1884,

2005. To age or not to age (with R M Seymour), Proceedings of the RoyalSociety of London B271, 457-463, 2004. Augmented discounting: interactionbetween ageing and time-preference behaviour (with R M Seymour),Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270, 1047-1053 (2003). Astochastic model of cell replicative senescence based on telomere shortening,oxidative stress, and somatic mutations in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA(with T B L Kirkwood), Journal of Theoretical Biology 213, 573-586 (2001).On hyperbolic discounting and uncertain hazard rates, Proceedings of theRoyal Society of London B265, 2015-2020 (1998).

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Administrative Arrangements in the IIM

Welcome from Mrs Sharon Halkyard, Institute Manager, IIM

On behalf of the administrative staff in the Interdisciplinary Institute ofManagement I would like to welcome you to the BSc Managementprogramme at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The aim of the administration in the IIM is to help to make your time with us asenjoyable and stress-free as we possibly can, and we are here to help withany queries or worries you may have about non-academic aspects of the BScprogramme.

If you have any questions you can contact us by email, phone or in person.

I wish you all the very best for a successful year at LSE.

Sharon HalkyardInstitute ManagerInterdisciplinary Institute of Management

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IIM Administrative Staff

The administrators in the IIM are happy to help with any queries you may

have about any aspect of your course. Please be aware that during busyperiods some members of administrative staff will be unavailable. However,there will always be at least one member of staff available and emails will beanswered as soon as possible.

The IIM has five members of administrative staff:

MS SHARON HALKYARDInstitute ManagerOffice: G501Telephone number: 020 7955 7920

Email address: [email protected]

MS JULIE FORDHAMCEMS/IMEX Co-ordinatorOffice: G503Telephone number: 020 7955 6057Email address: [email protected]

MS KERSTIN HEIGLCEMS/IMEX SecretaryOffice: G503

Telephone number: 020 7955 6588Email address: [email protected]

MR PETER MELLOWSOffice AssistantOffice: G500Telephone number: 020 7955 6559Email address: [email protected]

MR DANIEL PEPPIATTAdministrative Officer

Office: G506Telephone number: 020 7955 7004Email address: [email protected]

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IIM Administration and Central AdministrationWho Does What?

The IIM is the academic unit responsible for operating the BSc Managementdegree. However, many of the functions involved in operating the degree areperformed centrally in the School and are the responsibility of the CentralAdministration. These centrally provided functions are: student registration;maintenance of detailed student records; registration for examinations;timetabling of lectures and classes; organisation of examination timetables;collection and processing of examination results; collection of student fees;accommodation; careers advice; student welfare; information technology, andstudent health. The following table provides some information on how you relateto these centrally-provided services

In the past students have often, and understandably, been confused about whothey should see about what. The following table should help you find your wayaround the administration at LSE.

If you have a query about... You should seeRegistration The Undergraduate Registry, situated in the Student

Services Centre, [email protected]

Timetabling of Lectures and Classes 1. Check your Personal Timetable on LSE for You2. A daily timetable listing lectures and undergraduate

seminars in time order for the whole week is displayed onthe wall opposite room A86

3. Refer to LSE web pages http://www.lse.ac.uk/timetables/for full timetable information

4. For timetabling alternations check the notice boardslabelled Timetabling Alterations in the entrance halls ofthe Old Building and St Clements Building and the noticeboards in the IIM (G.500)

Accommodation Accommodation Office situated in E294, in the EastBuilding, ext. 7531, [email protected]

Careers Services LSE Careers Service W610 ext.7135 (see also entry on theCareers Service later in this booklet), [email protected]

Course Choice Your tutor

IT Services IT Helpdesk S198 ext.6728 (see also entry on IT Serviceslater in this booklet), [email protected]

The Administration Web Pages

You may find that many of your questions can be answered by looking at theextremely useful LSE website which can be found at: www.lse.ac.uk

Alternatively, see the IIM webpage at: www.lse.ac.uk/collections/IIM

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Communication between Students and InstituteStaff

There are various ways for you to communicate with us.

In PersonEach member of IIM academic staff has designated office hours each week setaside for meeting with their tutees and other students. Most staff do not requireyou to make an appointment during their office hours but some staff prefer thatyou do this. Details of office hours are posted around the IIM and on ourwebsite.

Email

All staff are happy for you to make contact with them directly via email.

There are various ways we communicate with you.

EmailEmail is the most important and most frequently used method of contactingstudents. You should use an LSE email address and it is essential that youcheck your email at least once a week.

Public FoldersThe public folders can be found in the Outlook Directory. (Public Folders/AllPublic Folders/Departments/IIM). Information such as previous years lecturenotes and exam papers can be found here. Public Folders are alsoaccessible through the LSE website.

PigeonholesPlease check the pigeonholes regularly for urgent messages. We recommendthat you check these at least once a week. They are located in theUndergraduate Common Room (G400) on the fourth floor of the 20 Kingswaybuilding. They will be cleared during the summer and any unclaimed mail will bethrown away.

By Post/PhoneSometimes we send urgent messages to you by post to your term-time orpermanent address, or we need to phone you. It is vital that you make sure thatwe have your up-to-date contact details. If your contact details change, pleaselet Peter Mellows (G500) know immediately. You must also inform the StudentServices Centre of any changes.

Via the Notice BoardsUrgent announcements will be posted regularly on the notice boards outsideG500. You will also find useful information on courses, seminars, as well as joband internship vacancies on these notice boards.

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Tutorial Arrangements

You will each have an assigned tutor throughout your BSc Management

degree. The members of staff involved in tutoring first year BSc students areProfessor Peter Abell, Professor David de Meza and Dr Jrn Rothe.

In essence, the tutor is the member of staff to whom you are able to turn foradvice on any matter you think is appropriate. The tutor is responsible formonitoring your progress through the year. You are required to meet yourtutor at least twice per term and it is your responsibility to arrange thesemeetings.

If you are having problems, your tutor is the first person you should contact.This includes academic problems but also personal problems which are

affecting your academic work. We cannot stress enough that we cannot helpyou if you do not let us know you are experiencing difficulties, so please let usknow as soon as possible. However, if you do not want to talk to your tutoryou could see either another member of academic staff, a member of theadministrative staff or one of the School or Student union counsellors.

If you are dissatisfied with your tutorial arrangements, please see SharonHalkyard. This meeting will be held in confidence if necessary.

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IIM Staff-Student Liaison Committees

The Interdisciplinary Institute of Management has Staff-Student Liaison

Committees, which meet once a term to discuss a variety of issuessurrounding academic studies in the IIM. Representatives from each year ofthe BSc programme, the MSc programme and the PhD programme aremembers of the committee and report on any issues that may have beenraised by the students they represent. Each year group meets separately.

Representatives will be expected to attend all three meetings and thefeedback meeting in the Lent Term. Before each meeting it is essential thatthey contact other BSc first year students to be able to take up issues in themeeting. After each meeting they will be expected to report back to the otherfirst year BSc students.

We need to appoint THREE first year BSc representatives for the 2005-2006session.

If you are interested in being considered for election as a first year BScrepresentative, please indicate your interest on the Contact Details form,which must be returned to Peter Mellows in G500 by Friday 7th October2005.

Copies of minutes taken at past meetings are available on public folders:Public Folders/All Public Folders/Departments/IIM/Minutes of Staff-StudentMeetings

The student representatives also have use of a notice board in the IIM(outside G501) so all students can be aware of what their reps are doing.

If you have any queries relating to this Committee, or would like to meet withany current representatives, please contact Sharon Halkyard in G501 who willbe happy to help you.

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Comments and Feedback

There are several methods of submitting any comments or feedback you mayhave regarding any aspect of the IIM and BSc Management programme.

Contact Dr David Lane, the IIM Departmental Tutor either during hisoffice hours or on [email protected]

Contact Professor Diane Reyniers, IIM Director either during her officehours or on [email protected]

Contact Sharon Halkyard, IIM Institute Manager in person or via

[email protected]

Submit a written comment to the comment box outside the academicoffices on the 5th floor of the 20 Kingsway building. Comments can besubmitted anonymously. Answers will be posted on the IIMs noticeboards.

Contact your student representative (details posted outside G501) whocan raise an issue on your behalf at the next Staff Student LiaisonCommittee meeting

Attend the yearly feedback meeting (details will be sent to you in duecourse)

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IIM Student Resources

IIM Public Folders

The IIM Public Folders are used as a repository for documents and files whichcan be picked up by students in the IIM. You have read only access to thesefolders. They are used by staff of the IIM to place lecture notes and otherdocumentation for students to pick up in their own time. You should checkthem regularly.

IIM Web Pages

The School places a large emphasis on individual departments, institutes and

centres within the LSE taking control of their websites. We have includedvarious new pages within the Institutes site and new hyperlinks to existingpages within the School web. Some of the new pages are: - individualacademic staff pages (which tell you all about a member of faculty, displaytheir CV, current working papers and their teaching materials); individualpages for the Institutes research students; hyperlinks to course guides forManagement core courses and options; etc.

You can find the Interdisciplinary Institute of Managements web pages at:www.lse.ac.uk/collections/IIM

IIM Student Common Room

The IIM has an Undergraduate Student Common Room for use by BScManagement students. This is situated in G400, on the fourth floor of 20Kingsway or G building. It has desks and easy chairs. You will need anentry code to get into the room. (The entry code will be given to you at theInduction Meeting and by email.) Make sure the door is locked when youleave and dont give the entry code to anyone who is not an IIM student. MScManagement students have a separate common room. They should not useyour common room, nor should you use theirs.

Group Study Rooms

The LSE Library has a limited number of rooms set aside for group study.These can be booked in advance. Students wanting to use these roomsshould contact the Library.

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Your Personal Timetable

It is very important that you know when and where lectures and classes take

place. Because all students take a slightly different programme of courses, itis not possible for us to give you a timetable now. However, it is easy to findyour timetable yourself.

The web pages for the Timetables Office can be found at:http://www.lse.ac.uk/admin/timetables/

Personal timetables for first year undergraduate students will be available onthe Timetables web pages from Friday 7th October. This is accessible by yourstudent number, will list your own personal timetable and will let you know towhich classes you have been allocated. There are no classes for

undergraduate students in week one. However, there are lectures duringweek one so you should check the main Timetables web page for informationon when and where these lectures will take place.

Course Day Time PlaceAC100 (optional)EC102 (compulsory)MA107 (compulsory)MN100 (compulsory)

MN101 (compulsory)ST107 (compulsory)

You should continue to check these pages regularly throughout the year aschanges could be made at the last minute. For example, the room may havechanged or the class may have been cancelled. This ensures that you attendthe correct class on time.

If you have any problems finding your timetable, please ask a member of IIMadministrative staff for assistance.

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IT Services at the School

In order to take advantage of the IT equipment and software at the LSE, you

must be a registered user. You will be given an username and password.

Having completed the registration procedure you will have access to LSEsnetwork, disk space on the network, electronic mail and also be allocated apersonal email address at LSE. For further information about the self-registration procedure, see the IT Services website(http://www.lse.ac.uk/itservices).

Introductory courses on the use of the IT facilities at the School are runthroughout the Michaelmas and Lent Terms. All new students are stronglyadvised to attend the induction course Introduction to Using IT at the LSEand

as many other IT training courses as possible. There is a variety of other ITcourses available and the details will be available on the website(http://ittraining.lse.ac.uk).

Full details of the IT facilities at the School are included in the IT brochure,which is also available from the IT Help Desks.

IT Help Desk for taught course students

The IT Help Desk can assist you with network and email account problems;

answer your general computer enquiries; advise on available instructionleaflets and guides; provide paper for the computer room printers; and provideuser support for software on the LSE network.

Location: Library, lower ground floorTel: 020 7955 6728Email: [email protected] number: 020 7955 7600Opening hours: Term time: Monday Friday 9.30am 8pm

Saturday & Sunday 11am 6pmVacations: Monday Friday 10am 5pm

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LSE Careers Service

The LSE Careers Service provides a varied and comprehensive careers

guidance and employment service for students and staff seeking informationon graduate employment and further study. It has an extensive careersinformation & reference library with staff to help for better job search.

LSE Careers ServiceRoom W610Tower 3

Tel: 020 7955 7135Fax: 020 7955 6846

Opening hours

Mondays to Thursdays 10am - 5pmFridays 11am - 5pm during term and vacations(except when LSE is closed)

General Queries: [email protected]

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/careersService/

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LSE Learning Support

The Teaching and Learning Centre is dedicated to helping students make the

most of their studies. It offers study skills events, one to one help and on-linehelp to students who feel they need extra help with their studies. Participationin these events is optional but is recommended.

Study skills sessions on a variety of topics take place throughout theacademic year. They are invariably on Wednesday afternoons. Please seethe Teaching and Learning Centre website for further information(http://learning.lse.ac.uk). The website also has advice on who to contact withspecific problems.

Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact the Adviser to Studentswith Disabilities, Jean Jameson ([email protected]) as soon as possibleto discuss general facilities and individual requirements.

Adviser to Students with Dyslexia and DisabilitiesRoom A40 (ground floor, Old Building)020 7955 [email protected]

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School-wide Mentoring Scheme

The School-wide Mentoring Scheme is run by the Reception and Advice

Section in the Student Services Centre. This scheme is a peer-group supportscheme which enables continuing undergraduate students at LSE to bementors to new undergraduates.

The School-wide Mentoring Scheme is not an obligatory part of your inductionbut it is there to help you settle in and find out more about LSE, and westrongly advise you to take advantage of it. Once you have a confirmed placeat LSE you will be allocated to a student mentor, who will make contact withyou through your LSE email account.

The role of the student mentor is to act as a human signpost for a group of

mentees allocated to them by the Reception and Advice Section, usually fromtheir own department, particularly during the first few weeks of theMichaelmas term. They are there to help new undergraduates settle in andfind their feet. All the student mentors have been through a training sessionand are aware of the available support services for students around the LSEcampus, which range from the Medical Centre to the Students Union Adviceand Counselling Centre to the campus bookshop, and they can direct you tosomeone who can help with any problems or queries you may have whichthey cannot deal with themselves. Please bear in mind that the studentmentors are not counsellors or advisers and they will not be expected toanswer every question you have. They are students like you, but with more

experience of LSE.

Unless you indicate otherwise, you will be allocated a student mentor uponyour arrival at LSE. How you use them is entirely up to you.

If you have any queries about the School-wide Student Mentoring Scheme,please email [email protected]

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BSc Management - Subjects and Choices

In order to earn the BSc Management degree, you must succeed in subjects

that are part of the course. Which subjects are part of the course is a matterrecommended by the Institute and decided by the School. The curriculardesign is reflected in the degree regulations, which are published in theUndergraduate Handbook.

Students on the BSc take subjects to the value of four units in each year ofthe degree. The regulations provide some, if limited, scope for choice in thefirst year. The compulsory areas of study are economics, mathematics andstatistics, and behavioural science (psychology and sociology). The subjectsyou take in these areas represent three of the four units to be taken in Year 1.You have a wide latitude for choice for your outside option.

The regulations applying to Year 1 are as follows:-

1. Economics B (EC102)

2. Quantitative Methods Maths (MA107) plus Quantitative Methods Stats(ST107)

3. MN101 Introduction to Psychology and Behavioural Science forManagement

4. An approved paper taught outside the department (the outside option).

In addition you will be required to participate in a seminar for first yearstudents (MN100), which will meet regularly during the Michaelmas Term,starting in week 2. In this seminar you will be expected to make a short grouppresentation.

Your tutor is responsible for advising you on the choice of subjects. In doingso, he will be influenced by a number of considerations. For instance, you will

be encouraged to plan ahead so that your selection in Year 1 provides youwith the prerequisites for entry into the courses you would like to take insubsequent years.

Generally speaking, a course with the code form MN1xx is a first year course,MN2xx is a second year course and MN3xx is a third year course.

Note that some courses are taught by units within the LSE other than IIM,including Accounting and Finance (AC), Economic History (EH), Geography(GY), Government (GV), Industrial Relations (ID), Information Systems (IS),International History (HY), International Relations (IR), Law (LL) Mathematics

(MA), Philosophy (PH) and Sociology (SO).

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BSc Management Regulations

For students registered in and after October 2004

(H) denotes half unit course. All other courses are full unit courses

Paper Course code and titleYear 11 EC102 - Economics B2 MA107 - Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (H) and

ST107 - Quantitative Methods (Statistics) (H)3 MN101 - Introduction to Psychology and Behavioural Science for

Management4 EitherAC100 Elements of Accounting and Finance oran approved

paper taught outside the DepartmentIn addition, students also take MN100 Orientation for Management Students,although this unit does not form part of assessment

Year 25 MN200 The Process of Management6 MN201 Economics for Management7 MN203 Social Science Research Methods for Management8 EitherAC100 Elements of Accounting and Finance (if not taken in year

1) or one from Groups A - F

Year 39 MN303 The International Context of Management (H) and

MN304 Strategy (H)10 MN302 International Marketing: A Strategic Approach11,12 Two from Groups A F

Group A Accounting and FinanceAC211 Managerial AccountingAC212 Principles of FinanceAC320 Quantitative Finance

AC330 Financial Accounting and AnalysisAC340 Auditing, Governance and Risk Management

Group B Economics and Economic HistoryEC210 Macroeconomic PrinciplesEC313 Industrial EconomicsEC317 Labour Economics (may not be combined with ID202 or

ID203)EH220 Comparative Economic Development: Late

Industrialisation in Russia, India and JapanEH236 The Integration of Europes Economy, 1815-1990EH240 Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain

in International Context

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EH326 Innovation and Finance in the 19th and 20th CenturiesID202 Economics of the Labour Market: Economic Analysis of

Unions (H) (may not be combined with EH317)ID203 Economics of the Labour Market: Pay (H) (may not be

combined with EH317)

Group C Management ScienceIS143 Information Technology and Society (may not be selected

if IS240 has previously been taken)IS340 Information Systems in BusinessMA207 Further Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (H) andST201 Statistical Models and Data Analysis (H)MA207 Further Quantitative Methods (Mathematics) (H) andMA301 Game Theory I (H)OR201 Operational Research for Management (may not be

combined with OR202)

OR202 Operational Research Methods (may not be combinedwith OR201)

OR301 Model Building in Operational ResearchOR304 Decision AnalysisST102 Elementary Statistical TheoryST205 Sample Surveys and Experiments (H)ST307 Aspects of Market Research (H)

Group D The International Context of ManagementIR201 Europes Institutional OrderIR301 International Institutions IIR303 Regional Integration of Western EuropeIR304 The Politics of International Economic RelationsGY300 Europe and the Global EconomySO202 The Social Analysis of Russia and the CIS

Group E Public Policy and Legal Context of ManagementEC230 European Economic PolicyGV225 Public Choice and PoliticsGV227 The Politics of Economic PolicyLL209 Commercial Law

LL232 Law and Institutions of the European Union

Group F Human Aspects of Organisations and ManagementID200 Organisational Theory and BehaviourID290 Human Resource ManagementSO212 Work, Management and Globalisation

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Suspension of regulationsThese regulations constitute the structure and organisation of the degreewhich you have contracted with the School and the Institute to study. You areexpected to choose courses within this framework. Optional papers shouldtherefore be chosen from those listed in Groups A-F.

In exceptional circumstances it may be possible for a student to be grantedpermission to substitute a different optional paper for one of the papers 8, 11and 12, provided that this optional paper is of an advanced nature. Suchcircumstances involve a suspension of regulations and, as such, require thestudent to make considerable efforts in making the case. The student shouldfirst ensure that the teacher of the course in question will allow them to take it.Second, the student should discuss the nature of their interests in the courseand their rationale for wishing to take it with their Personal Tutor. If the idea isconsidered plausible then the student should submit a brief (~200 words)statement of interest in LSE for You. This statement should include both a

description of the students personal interest in the material to be covered andan argument for why the course should be considered as an element of adegree in Management. This statement will then be reconsidered by boththe Personal Tutor and the Departmental Tutor for a final decision. Normallythe support of both the Personal Tutor and the Departmental Tutor will berequired, the purpose being to ensure that the academic coherence of theInstitutes undergraduate degree is maintained in a manner that is fair for allstudents and which ensures that the Institutes intellectual project ismaintained. Please note that in such cases the decision of the Institute isfinal.

Note, however, that students cannot, under any circumstances, take first yearoptions in their second or third years. All optional paper should be of anadvanced nature - i.e. not a 100 level paper. (This exclusion of 100 coursesdoes NOT apply to a 100 level foreign language paper which is not thestudent's native language. These may be taken in the second or third years.)

Course pre-requisitesYou should always speak to your tutor and the teacher responsible for anoptional course before opting to take it to ensure that you meet any pre-requisites.

TimetablingPlease be aware that although a course is listed as a possible option,timetabling restrictions may mean that it clashes with another course. If anoptional course clashes with the teaching of a core course then you will not bepermitted to take that optional course.

Final degree classificationThe regulations used for final degree classification can be found at:http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/schoolRegulations/regulationsForFirstDegreees.htm#id2741012

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Submitting Coursework

Any work you submit to be marked should be handed into the IIM

administrative offices. It is very important that you obtain a receipt as proof ofsubmission and to allow us to be able to track down a piece of work in theunlikely event that it goes missing. You will find forms, identical to the onebelow, in a box on the wall outside G500 and on the IIM web pages. Pleasecomplete both sections and ask one of the administrative staff to sign it. Theywill then give you the lower portion as proof of receipt.

Do not, under any circumstances, write your name on assessed work.

The latest time coursework may be submitted to the IIM administrative officesis 5pm.

Always keep an electronic copy of your coursework for yourself.

Interdisciplinary Institute of Management

Coursework Submission Form and Plagiarism Statement

When handing coursework, please complete all sections and obtain the signature of the recipient. You will be giventhe lower portion as a receipt.

OFFICE COPYName:

Candidate Number:

Course Unit:....

Teacher/Lecturer:

Number of Copies Submitted:

Recipient: ..

Recipients Signature: Date:

Plagiarism Statement (to be signed by student)Plagiarism (unacknowledged borrowing and quotation) is an examination offence and carries heavy penalties.

I declare that, apart from properly referenced quotations, this is my own work and contains no plagiarism; it has notbeen submitted previously for any other assessed unit on this or any other degree courses.

I have read and understood the Schools rules on assessment as stated in the Undergraduate Handbook / GraduateSchool Handbook.

Students signature:

STUDENT COPYName:

Candidate Number: .

Course Unit:....

Teacher/Lecturer:

Number of Copies Submitted:

Recipient: .Recipients Signature: Date:

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Code of Good Practice for UndergraduateProgrammes: Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Please make sure you read this code of practice, paying particular attention tosection three, the responsibilities of the student.

IntroductionThis Code sets out the general School practices for all undergraduateprogrammes. It sets out basic reciprocal obligations and responsibilities of staffand students. It should be read in conjunction with all other School policies,regulations, codes of practice and procedures as set out in the School's on-lineCalendar. The expectation is that all programmes will meet the standards set out

in the paragraphs below. This Code serves to inform students of what they mayreasonably expect and to inform departments of what they are expected, at aminimum, to provide. Each department1 will provide a detailed statement of itsprovision under this Code, to be published in departmental handbooks and ondepartmental websites. These statements will provide a basis for monitoring theacademic activity of departments through the Teaching, Learning and AssessmentCommittee and its internal reviews of teaching. The statements will also provide abasis for monitoring the pastoral provision of departments by the Student AffairsCommittee.

Tutorial provision1.1 On joining the School each student is allocated a member of the academic

staff in his or her department as a personal tutor.

1.2 Each department sets out in the relevant handbook its own detailedguidelines regarding the role of the personal tutor. Among thoseresponsibilities that a tutor is normally expected to carry out are:

To provide students with academic guidance and feedback on thestudents progress and performance and to discuss any academic problemsthey may experience.

To provide pastoral support on non-academic issues and to referstudents, as necessary, to the appropriate support agencies within theSchool.

To implement the provisions outlined in Individual Student SupportAgreements (ISSAs) for students with disabilities, in liaison with the SchoolsDisability Office.

To maintain regular contact with the student on academic and pastoralissues through direct one-to-one meetings and other means ofcommunication, such as emails. The number and nature of meetings mayvary between departments and programmes as detailed in the relevanthandbook.

1For the purposes of this Code, the term 'Department' comprises both Departments and Institutes.

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To comment on and provide a general assessment of a studentsprogress on their termly class reports via LSEforYou.

To agree students course choices via LSEforYou.

To inform the Departmental Tutor and School of any students whoseattendance and progress is not satisfactory.

1.3 Each tutor must have a good working knowledge of the structure andregulations of degree programmes in the department.

1.4 Each tutor must have a good working knowledge of the various academic andpastoral support agencies within the School.

1.5 Each tutor must publish regular periods of time when they are available tomeet with their tutees.

1.6 If the relationship between a tutor and tutee is unsatisfactory, the departmentmust have in place an appropriate mechanism for arranging a change of tutor.

1.7 Each department has a Departmental Tutor. The responsibilities of theDepartmental Tutor include:

Providing departmental induction programmes for new and continuingstudents.

Monitoring the academic and pastoral care provided by members of hisor her department, including the provision of reasonable adjustments for

students with disabilities. Arranging regular termly meetings of a staff-student liaison committeeand the nomination of a representative to the Schools undergraduatestudents consultative forum.

Providing a direct channel of communication between the School andany student who is encountering academic or pastoral difficulties.

Agreeing, where appropriate, a students request for course choiceoutside the degree regulations.

Agreeing, where appropriate, a students request for a degree transfer.

Teaching

2.1 The detailed requirements of each programme and course are provided in theon-line Calendar, in the relevant handbook and on departmental web pages.Students are obliged to complete all course requirements as specified in theirdegree regulations.

2.2 Teaching at the undergraduate level will be a combination of lectures andclasses. The teaching method used will largely be determined by the size ofthe programme and the nature of the subject covered in a particularpaper/course.

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2.3 Lectures are an important part of the teaching and learning experience. Thestructure and content of each course are set out in the on-line Course Guide.Lecturers must ensure that their teaching is consistent with this information.

2.4 Lecturers are responsible for organising the class programmes for their

courses and liaising with class teachers to ensure that the classes areproperly coordinated with their lectures.

2.5 Classes are a compulsory part of the teaching and learning experience.Class sizes should not normally exceed 15 students.

2.6 Classes will normally give students the opportunity to participate in adiscussion of material relevant to the course. The nature and format of thesediscussions will vary according to the subject matter of the course.

2.7 Lectures and classes start at five minutes past the hour and end at fiveminutes to the hour. Staff and students should make every effort to start andfinish on time.

2.8 Formative coursework is an essential part of the teaching and learningexperience at the School. It should be introduced at an early stage of acourse and normally before the submission of assessed coursework.Students will normally be given the opportunity to produce essays, problemsets or other forms of written work. The number of these pieces of work foreach course will be detailed in the on-line Course Guide.

2.9 Feedback on formative course work is an essential part of the teaching andlearning experience at the School. Class teachers must mark formativecourse work and return it with constructive comments to students normallywithin two weeks of submission. They must record the marks, or the failure tosubmit course work, regularly via LSEforYou.

2.10 Class teachers must record student attendance on a weekly basis viaLSEforYou.

2.11 Class reports are an integral part of the Schools monitoring system on theacademic progress of its students. Class teachers must complete, viaLSEforYou, full and accurate reports, including a general assessment of eachstudents progress, at the end of the Michaelmas and Lent Terms.

2.12 All full-time members of staff and part-time and occasional teachers musthave regular weekly office hours during term time when they are available tostudents to discuss issues relating to the courses they are teaching. Thesehours should be displayed outside their offices.

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Responsibilities of the student

3.1 Students are required to attend the School for the full duration of each term.Students who wish to be away for good reason in term time must first obtainthe consent of their tutor. Students away through illness must inform theirtutor and their class teachers and, where the absence is for more than a

fortnight, the Student Services Centre.

3.2 Students with disabilities which may impact on their studies should contactthe Adviser to Students with Disabilities and /or Dyslexia in good time tonegotiate reasonable adjustments which will be set out in an IndividualStudent Support Agreement. They must also agree to the extent to which thisinformation will be shared within the School. If the School is not informedabout a disability in good time, it may not be able to make the appropriatereasonable adjustments.

3.3 Students must maintain regular contact with their personal tutor to discussrelevant academic and pastoral care issues affecting their course of study.These should include:

Guidance regarding course choice

Discussion of academic progress based on termly class reports

3.4 These discussions should take place through direct one-to-one meetings andother means of communication, such as emails. The number and nature ofmeetings may vary between departments and programmes as detailed in therelevant handbook.

3.5 Attendance at classes is compulsory and is recorded on LSEforYou. Anystudent who is absent on two consecutive occasions or is regularly absentwithout good reason will be automatically reported to their personal tutor.

3.6 Students must submit all required course work, whether assessed or non-assessed, on time. In submitting course work, students must abide with theSchool's policy on plagiarism as set out in the School's on-line Calendar.

3.7 Permission to sit an examination may be withdrawn from students who

regularly miss classes and/or do not provide required course work.

3.8 Students should ensure the accuracy of the information regarding their courseof study, including their class schedule, class attendance and submission ofcourse work, contained in their personal LSEforYou account.

3.9 Students must communicate changes of term time and home addresses tothe Student Services Centre via LSEforYou as soon as they occur.

3.10 Students must pay School fees when due. Failure to pay fees could result in

the withdrawal of Library rights, termination of registration, and/or thewithholding of transcripts and/or degree award certificate.

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3.11 Students who decide to interrupt their studies or withdraw from the Schoolmust inform their personal tutor and the Student Services Centre in writing.Failure to inform the School could result in a demand for fee payment for thefull session.

Examination and Assessment4.1 Students must complete all elements of assessed work for each course.

Methods of examination and assessment for each course are detailed in theon-line Course Guide. In submitting course work, students must abide withthe School's policy on plagiarism as set out in the School's on-line Calendar.

4.2 Students must be given clear advance warning of any new or approvedchanges to examination format. When the content of a course changes to theextent that previous examination papers may not be a reliable guide to futurepapers, lecturers should warn students and should produce sample questions

for the new parts of the course. When the course is new and, there are noprevious papers, a full sample paper should be produced.

4.3 School policy does not require individual feedback on summativeassessment. Where feedback on summative assessed coursework (but notexaminations) is provided, the nature and extent of such feedback will bedetailed in the relevant handbook.

4.4 Students who regularly miss classes and/or do not provide required coursework may be denied permission to sit an examination.

4.5 Any student who requires special examination arrangements must contact theAdviser to Students with Disabilities and /or Dyslexia so that reasonableadjustments can be made. Applications for special exam arrangementsshould normally be made no later than 7 weeks before the date of thestudents first examination.

4.6 Any mitigating circumstances in the period preceding or during theexaminations that may affect a students attendance at, or performance in,examinations must be communicated in writing to the Student ServicesCentre with all relevant supporting documentation, such as medical

certificates, not later than 7 days after her/his last exam.

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School Policies

Data ProtectionThe School complies with all requirements of the law on protection of personal dataheld on computer or in manual records. The same requirements apply to any recordsheld by individual students about identifiable living individuals.

The main purpose of the 1998 Data Protection Act is to contain the possible threat toindividuals from the misuse of personal data relating to them held in manual recordsor on computing equipment.

The LSEs Data Protection Officer is Dr I L Stephenson.

LSE Data Protection web link: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/dataProtection/DisabilityThe London School of Economics and Political Science is committed to complyingwith the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) and the Special Educational Needsand Disability Act 2001 (SENDA).

LSE Disability web link:http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/disabilityOffice/schoolsPolicyOnDisability.htm

Race EqualityThe Interdisciplinary Institute of Management of the London School of Economics

and Political Science are committed to promoting an environment of race equality. Assuch we are committed to eliminating unlawful discrimination and the promotion ofequality of opportunity and good race relations between persons of different racialbackgrounds.

For further information please contact Sharon Halkyard, Institute Manager([email protected]) at a departmental level or the School Race Equality Officer,Pritpal K Gill on 020 7107 5206 or [email protected].

LSE race equality web link: www.lse.ac.uk/resources/raceEquality.

Sexual Harassment

The School is committed to a working and learning environment that is free ofunlawful discrimination. Sexual and racial harassment seriously worsens working andsocial conditions for staff and students at the School. Any incidents of harassmentwill be regarded extremely seriously and will be grounds for disciplinary action up toand including dismissal or expulsion.

LSE sexual harassment web link:http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/schoolRegulations/procedureForTheComplaintsOfSexualHarassment.htm

For further information on LSE policies, regulations and codes of practice, please seehttp://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/schoolRegulations/

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Term Dates of the LSE Academic Year2005-2006

Michaelmas TermThursday 29th September 2005 - Friday 9th December2005(teaching begins on Monday 3rd October 2005)

Lent Term

Monday 9th January 2006 - Friday 17th March 2006

Summer TermMonday 24th April 2006 - Friday 30th June 2006

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Travelling to LSE

Tube/Underground Stations

Holborn (Piccadilly and Central Lines) - on the corner of Kingsway and HighHolborn. Approx 5 minutes walk.Temple (District and Circle Lines) - on the Embankment at the bottom ofArundel Street. Approx. 5 minutes walk. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.Charing Cross (Jubilee, Northern and Bakerloo lines) - on the Strand at theTrafalgar Square end. Approx. 10 minutes walk.

British Rail Stations

Waterloo - other side of the River from the Strand over Waterloo Bridge.Approx. 10-15 minutes walk. Trains mainly to South London and SE England.Charing Cross - on the Strand at the Trafalgar Square end. Approx. 10minutes walk. Trains mainly to South London and SE England.Blackfriars - on the Embankment near Blackfriars Bridge. Approx. 10 -15minutes walk. Trains mainly to South London and SE England but also theThameslink through North London.

Trains

Register with trainline.com to book national rail tickets online and check outthe cheapest fare prices.

Buses

Buses that stop on or near the Aldwych are:Numbers: 1, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 68, X68, 77a, 91, 168, 171a, 176, 188, 501,505 and 521.

Each bus stop should show which buses stop there and their frequency. Onthe front of the bus the final destination will be given. It may also show thenames of the main stops on its route.

The Students' Union Welfare and Housing Office can supply you with tubeand bus maps. For further information about buses, tubes or trains telephonethe 24 hour travel information service on 020 7222 1234.

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LSE Catering Facilities

Catering facilities located around the School are as follows:

Brunch Bowl - 4th floor, Main Building (open 9am-7.30pm, Mondaysto Fridays, during term-time). Serves hot meals, salads and snacksthroughout the day

LSE Garrick - Houghton Street/Aldwych (open 8.30am-6pmMondays to Fridays, during term-time). Caf service all day, hotmain meals at lunchtime

Cafe Pepe - 3rd floor, Clement House (open 9.30am-6pm

(Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays) and 9.30am-5pm(Wednesdays and Fridays) during term-time. Serves hot and colddrinks, soups, sandwiches and snacks

Plaza Cafe - John Watkins Plaza area, outside Library (open 9am-10pm Mondays to Fridays and 12 noon-6pm Saturdays andSundays during term-time). Serves hot and cold drinks, soup,sandwiches and snacks

Beavers Retreat Bar - 4th floor, Main Building (open 12noon-2.30pm and 5pm-9pm, Mondays to Fridays, during term-time). A

good place to socialise.

For vacation opening hours, see the LSE computer login box and noticesaround the School.

LSE Catering Services became the first London university to achievedFairtrade status in 2004. Fairtrade refreshments are available in all theSchool's catering outlets

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Map of the LSE Campus

LSE room numberingThe number indicates both the floor and the room. Room numbers in thebasement begin with a zero, numbers 1-99 are on the ground floor, 100-199are on the first floor, 200-299 on the second floor and so on. Some rooms areidentified by name rather than number.

A - Old (Main) Building N - The AnchorageAH - Aldwych House PH - Parish Hall

B - Columbia House PS - Portsmouth StreetC - Clare Market Building Q - 9-10 Sheffield StreetD - Clement House R - Lionel Robbins Building, LibraryE - East Building S - St Clement's Building,F - 9 Kingsway T - The Lakatos Building, Portugal StG - 20 Kingsway U - Tower One, Clement's InnH - Connaught House V - Tower Two, Clement's InnI - Peacock Theatre W - Tower Three, Clement's InnJ - Cowdray House X - St Philips Building - Health CentreK - King's Chambers Y - St Philips Building - South BlockL Lincoln Chambers Z St Philips Building North Block

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