Armando PAPA | Business Management
Armando PAPA Business Management
cod. 0212400001
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
| 0212400001 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS | |
| EQF6 | |
| ECONOMICS | |
| 2024/2025 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECS-P/08 | 10 | 60 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO INTERPRET AND GUIDE THE STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING THE FUNCTIONING AND DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESSES. THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMIC INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMPANY, MICRO-ENVIRONMENT OPERATORS AND MACRO-ENVIRONMENT ENTITIES. FURTHERMORE, AT THE END OF THE TRAINING COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE MAIN OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR PLANNING, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF COMPANY OPERATIONS TO ENTREPRENEURIAL DYNAMICS. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| NO PREREQUISITES |
| Contents | |
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| THE COMPANY AND ITS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ROLE. THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT. THE PROTAGONISTS IN THE LIFE OF THE COMPANY: THE "STAKEHOLDER" THEORY. ENTREPRENEURIAL PURPOSES: A THEORETICAL SUMMARY. THE STRATEGIC ORIENTATION OF MANAGEMENT. HOW TO COMPETE: COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES. HOW TO GROW: CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT PATHS. THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS. MANAGEMENT COORDINATION THROUGH THE PROGRAMMING PROCESS. THE MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM. THE FUNCTION OF MANAGING STAFF AND THE EXERCISE OF «LEADERSHIP». THE COMPANY INFORMATION SYSTEM AND THE «KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT» PROCESSES. BASIC FUNCTIONS AND MARKETING. THE PRODUCTION PROCESS AND THE PLANT. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: INVESTMENTS AND FINANCING. THE LOGISTICAL PROCESS AND SUPPLIES. THE PRODUCT INNOVATION PROCESS. ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS: PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING. PROGRAMMING AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL TECHNIQUES. TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATION OF CORPORATE EFFICIENCY. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| THE ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COURSE IS DESIGNED TO BE HIGHLY INNOVATIVE AND INTERACTIVE. THE EVALUATION OF THE STUDENTS DOES NOT ARISE ONLY FROM THE "PERFORMANCE" DURING THE EXAM BUT ALSO AND ABOVE ALL FROM INTRA-COURSE AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH BONUS POINTS WILL BE ASSIGNED IN VIEW OF THE EXAM. WORKGROUP/BUSINESS GAME ACTIVITIES THE STUDENTS ARE EVALUATED IN THE DRAFTING OF A GROUP PROJECT WORK BASED ON THE SET UP OF A BUSINESS IDEA. THE ABILITY TO DISPLAY (PUBLIC SPEAKING) AS WELL AS THE PRESENTATION OF THE IDEA (SLIDES, PROTOTYPES, WEB TOOLS, ETC.) IS ASSESSED. CASE ANALYSIS STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH CASE HISTORIES AND CASE ANALYZES RELATING TO THE COURSE TOPICS, GENERALLY DRAWN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE RECONVERTED OR TECHNOLOGICALLY INNOVATED THEIR BUSINESS MODELS. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| THE EXAM IS EXCLUSIVELY ORAL ATTENDANCE METHOD: (PROJECT WORK + ORAL PRESENTATION) AN ELEVATOR PITCH THAT THE STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP IN TEAMS OF 5/6 PEOPLE AND WHICH THEY WILL SEND TO US FOR EVALUATION BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND WEEK OF MAY. NON-ATTENDING MODE: ORAL EXAM ANYONE WHO HAS NOT PARTICIPATED IN THE PW IS CONSIDERED "NOT ATTENDING". THE STUDENT WILL BE ASSESSED WITH AN ORAL TEST TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT AND EVALUATION, ABILITY TO SUMMARIZE, QUALITY OF ORGANIZATION OF SPEECH, ABILITY TO MAKE CRITICAL CONNECTIONS, SKILLS AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS. THE ORAL EXAM CONSISTS OF AN INTERVIEW. THE OVERALL EVALUATION BETWEEN THE OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT WORK AND THE ORAL EXAM WILL LEAD TO THE FINAL MARK (EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETH). |
| Texts | |
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| SCIARELLI, S. (2022). BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. PADUA: CEDAM. ALTERNATIVELY: FONTANA, F., & CAROLI, M. (2017). ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (5/ED.). MILAN: MCGRAW-HILL. IN ENGLISH: BODDY, D. (2013). MANAGEMENT: AN INTRODUCTION. NEW YORK, NY: PEARSON. THE SLIDES AND SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE PLATFORM CONSTITUTE SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL. FURTHER TEACHING MATERIAL (E.G. BOOK CHAPTERS, ESSAYS, CASES) IS TO BE CONSIDERED AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EXAM PROGRAMME, EVEN FOR ANY NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS. SIMILARLY, THE CASES THAT WILL BE ANALYZED DURING THE LESSONS WILL BE CONSIDERED AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EXAM PROGRAM. |
| More Information | |
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| STUDENTS ARE RECOMMENDED TO ATTEND LESSONS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ACCORDING TO THE CALENDAR IN FACE-TO-FACE MODE, ON TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN LESSONS AND CONTINUOUS STUDY, ALL NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR THE EFFECTIVE UNDERSTANDING AND GRADUAL ASSIMILATION OF THE TOPICS ADDRESSED. THE POSITIVE CORRELATION FOUND OVER THE YEARS BETWEEN THESE CONDITIONS AND EXAM GRADE SUPPORTS THE RECOMMENDATION MADE. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT PROFITABLE PARTICIPATION IN LESSONS AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING PRESUPPOSE A VALID KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. |
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