The course aims to provide the basics for understanding the operation of the business , its various forms and ways in which it relates to the different environmental contexts , including various models of capitalism ; Secondly , the course introduces the main issues , the main approaches and analytical and managerial tools inherent in the formulation of corporate strategy and business strategy , as well as the organizational and operational management business , with a focus on industrial organizations . At the end of the course students will have acquired the conceptual and methodological tools to understand the structure and the complex dynamics affecting the business entity and will have assimilated an organic and evolutionary vision of itself and of its development .

Introduction: ENTERPRISE AND service sector PART I: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, MARKET 1. The evolution of the relationship between business and competitive environment (Brief) 2. The variety of national and sectoral contexts 3. The size and variety of business governance 4. The variety of businesses: the resource-based theory PART II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTERPRISE: STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES 5. Business development: strategies, models and tools for growth 6. The analysis for the strategic choices 7. The corporate strategies: main types and methods of implementation 8.The turnaround strategies and coping of corporate crisis 9. Business strategies 10. The organizational design choices 11. The government of people in organizations. Management approaches of human resources 12. The Financing for Development 13. The strategic performance PART III: THE MODERN MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRM 14. The internationalization 15. Social Responsibility and Sustainability 16. The innovation 17. The production systems and the production 18. The logistics and supply chain management 19. The marketing and commercial distribution

Knowledge and understanding (knowledge and understanding) Students must acquire adequate knowledge and an effective capacity of understanding of contexts and management models of the economy and its management. Applying knowledge and understanding (applying knowledge and understanding) Students must be able to apply their knowledge and understanding and solving problems related to multiple and different contexts that characterize its nature, the different sized companies, using, where necessary, also to different disciplinary skills. Making judgments (Making judgments) Students must know how to use both at the conceptual level and at the operational knowledge gained self-evaluation skills and abilities discriminated the different application contexts. Communication skills (communication skills) Students must acquire the typical discipline technical language to communicate clearly and unambiguously with specialists stakeholders (managers, academics, experts, ...) and at the same time must be able to develop interpersonal and communication skills with non-specialists.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures , group work and case studies presented .

Attendance

Students who wish to take the program as attending students will have to follow at least 2/3 of the lessons .

Course books

Annalisa Tunisini, Tonino Pencarelli, Luca Ferrucci, Economia e management delle imprese, strategie e strumenti per la competitività e la gestione aziendale. Hoepli, Milano, 2014 (esclusi i capitoli 1, 4, 13, 18 e 20 ed altri due capitoli da concordare con il docente).  

Readings on service management a cura di Tonino Pencarelli (Vedi sito docente nella pagina web www.econ.uniurb.it)

Assessment

write or and oral examination

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Annalisa Tunisini, Tonino Pencarelli, Luca Ferrucci, Economia e management delle imprese, strategie e strumenti per la competitività e la gestione aziendale. Hoepli, Milano, 2014 (esclusi i capitoli 1, 4, 13 e 20).  

Readings on service management a cura di Tonino Pencarelli reperibile nel sito docente nella pagina web www.econ.uniurb.it)

Assessment

write and or oral examination

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.