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HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS PROCESSES

Roberto ROSSI HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS PROCESSES

0212700176
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & INNOVATION SYSTEMS
EQF6
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
2023/2024

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
848LESSONS
ROBERTO ROSSI T Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE BASIC TOOLS AND CONCEPTS OF ECONOMICS, USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS AND THE FUNCTIONING OF ECONOMIC-BUSINESS SYSTEMS. THE COURSE OFFERS A LONG-TERM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE DYNAMICS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH FROM THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE TO THE 20TH CENTURY WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE ROLE PLAYED BY TECHNOLOGY. IN PARTICULAR, IT ANALYSES THE STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PRE-INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES AND THE REASONS FOR GROWTH DIFFERENTIALS, AS WELL AS THE CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRIALISATION PROCESS; ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND GLOBALISATION; THE DYNAMICS OF CAPITALISM; THE ROLE OF THE STATE AND ECONOMIC POLICIES; ECONOMIC ACTORS.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET, ALSO IN COMPARATIVE TERMS, THE STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC PHENOMENA AND DYNAMICS FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. TEACHING WILL ENABLE THEM TO APPLY THEIR ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO THE EVENTS THAT CHARACTERISE ECONOMIC DYNAMICS AND AFFECT THE PROCESSES OF DEVELOPMENT, TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH.
Prerequisites
NONE
Contents
THE TEACHING IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS:
PART 1: THEORY FOR PROCESS ANALYSIS
1. CLASSICAL, MARGINALIST, NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS: THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF CAPITALISM (2 HOURS THEORY + 1 HOUR EXERCISE);
2. TECHNOLOGY, POPULATION AND GROWTH (2 HR THEORY + 1 HR EXERCISE);
3. SCARCE GOODS AND ABUNDANT GOODS (1 HOUR THEORY)
4. SOCIETY (2 HOURS THEORY);
5. INSTITUTIONS AND RIGHTS (1 HOUR THEORY);
6. THE ENTERPRISE AND THE ENTREPRENEUR (2 HOURS THEORY + 1 HOUR EXERCISE);
8. SUPPLY AND DEMAND: PRICES AND MARKETS (2 HOURS THEORY);
9. THE LABOUR MARKET (1 HOUR THEORY)
10. THE FINANCIAL AND MONETARY SYSTEM (1 HOUR THEORY + 1 HOUR EXERCISE);
12. THE MARKET AND STATE ACTION (2 HOURS THEORY).

PART 2: HISTORY OF PROCESSES
1.THE STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY (2 HOURS THEORY);
2.THE GREAT DIVERGENCE: WEST AND EAST (1 HOUR THEORY);
3.INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (2 HOURS THEORY + 1 HOUR EXERCISE);
4.THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITALISM (2 HOURS THEORY);
5.THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY (2 HOURS THEORY);
6.THE ORGANISATION OF WORK (1 THEORY HOUR).
7.INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND GLOBALISATION (2 HOURS THEORY).
8.INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEMS (1 HOUR THEORY + 1 HOUR EXERCISE);
9.THE 1929 CRISIS (1 HOUR THEORY);
10.THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN THE ECONOMY (1 HOUR THEORY);
11.ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION AFTER 1945 (1 HOUR THEORY);
12.THE RISE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY (1 HOUR THEORY);
13.THE WORLD BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT (1 HOUR THEORY + 1 HOUR EXERCISE);
14.THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ACTORS (1 HOUR THEORY + 1 HOUR EXERCISE);
15.GLOBALISATION AND CRISIS (1 HOUR THEORY + 1 HOUR EXERCISE);
16.TECHNOLOGY AND NEW ECONOMIC ACTORS (2 HOURS THEORY + 1 HOUR EXERCISE).
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES THEORETICAL LECTURES AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES. THEORETICAL LESSONS INTRODUCT THE TOOLS AND BASIC CONCEPTS OF ECONOMICS, USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC BUSINESS SYSTEMS, THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR HISTORICAL EVOLUTION. DURING THE EXERCISES THE STUDENT IS ASKED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS RELATED TO ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORICAL PHENOMENA. THE SOLVING METHOD CONSISTS OF UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM, PLANNING THE SOLUTION, AND FINALLY SOLVING IT. THE LATTER STAGE PROMOTES THE ABILITY TO ASSESS THE REASONABLENESS OF THE ANSWER AND TO CHECK CONSISTENCY WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS AND HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE.
Verification of learning
THE COURSE PROVIDES FOR A FINAL WRITTEN TEST TO VERIFY THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO MASTER THE THEORETICAL ASPECTS; TO CRITICALLY AND DIACHRONICALLY ANALYSE THE MAIN PHENOMENA AND CASES UNDER STUDY, SETTING THEM IN DIFFERENT TERRITORIAL CONTEXTS AND HISTORICAL PHASES. THE FINAL WRITTEN TEST MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED BY AN ORAL TEST FOR ORGANISATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TEACHING OBJECTIVES IS CERTIFIED BY AN ASSESSMENT IN THIRTIETHS.
THE MINIMUM ASSESSMENT LEVEL (18) IS AWARDED WHEN THE STUDENT HAS A FRAGMENTARY KNOWLEDGE OF THE THEORETICAL CONTENTS AND SHOWS A LIMITED ABILITY TO USE THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF STUDY.
THE HIGHEST LEVEL (30) IS AWARDED WHEN THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATES A COMPLETE AND THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS AND HAS A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO USE THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF STUDY.
HONOURS IS AWARDED WHEN THE CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS AND SHOWS REMARKABLE OWNERSHIP OF LANGUAGE AND CAPACITY FOR AUTONOMOUS ELABORATION EVEN IN CONTEXTS OTHER THAN THOSE PROPOSED BY THE TEACHER.
Texts
1)THE CORE TEAM, THE ECONOMY. AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://WWW.CORE-ECON.ORG/THE-ECONOMY/INDEX.HTML;
2) R.C. ALLEN, GLOBAL ECONOMIC HISTORY: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, OXFORD, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011
3) MANAGERIAL HIERARCHIES. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE RISE OF THE MODERN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE. EDITED BY ALFRED D. CHANDLER, JR. HERMAN DAEMS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1980 (SELECTED CHPATERS);
4) N. ROSENBERG, INSIDE THE BLACK BOX. TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1983 (CHAPTERS: 1, 2, 4, 5)
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ADDITIONAL TEACHING AND SUPPORT MATERIAL WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE LECTURER DURING THE COURSE
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