This course aims to provide the basic knowledge needed to understand the functioning of business companies. We will discuss the organizational and managemental processes behind the different functional areas around which the business activity is structured and the modalities through which companies achieve their integrated and dynamic management. Our focus will be on the use of new technologies and the Internet in business management.

Students will have a basic preparation in the field of business management and will understand which methodological tools and which skills are needed to operate successfully in different business contexts. 

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, discussion of study cases and company statements

Course books

Tunisini A., Pencarelli T., Ferrucci L., 2014, Economia e Management delle Imprese: Strategie e Strumenti per la Competitività e la Gestione aziendale.

Chapters: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19.

Texts and slides that replace some parts of the recommended books will be provided in class

Assessment

The expected learning outcomes will be evaluated through a written test (open and closed questions). The time available to answer the questions is 1 hour.

The evaluation criteria are the following: the level of mastery of knowledge, the degree of completeness of the answer, as well as its contextualization within the general program of the course, and the degree of explanatory adequacy. Notably, each of these criteria will be evaluated and based on a scale of assessments. Within this scale, particular weight will be assigned to the level of mastery of knowledge, and the degree of adequacy, completeness, and articulation of the answers. This adopted method is justified by the need to understand the level of learning of both the theoretical basis and reasoning skills of students.

In particular, the attending students must demonstrate to have acquired full knowledge of the concepts (corresponding to 50% of the overall assessment), to have achieved an adequate degree of completeness and articulation of the answers (corresponding to 30% of the overall assessment), to be able to elaborate and provide proper answers by applying the concepts acquired during the analysis and the critical evaluation of case studies and workgroups (corresponding to 20% of the overall assessment).

The vote is expressed in thirtieths.

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.

Course books

Tunisini A., Pencarelli T., Ferrucci L., 2014, Economia e Management delle Imprese: Strategie e Strumenti per la Competitività e la Gestione aziendale.

Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18.

Cioppi M., 2011, PMI e nuove tecnologie della comunicazione: applicazioni gestionali ed implicazioni strategiche, Franco Angeli, Milano.

Assessment

The expected learning outcomes will be evaluated through a written test (open and closed questions). The time available to answer the questions is 1 hour.

The evaluation criteria are the following: the level of mastery of knowledge, the degree of completeness of the answer, as well as its contextualization within the general program of the course, and the degree of explanatory adequacy. Notably, each of these criteria will be evaluated and based on a scale of assessments. Within this scale, particular weight will be assigned to the level of mastery of knowledge, and the degree of adequacy, completeness, and articulation of the answers. This adopted method is justified by the need to understand the level of learning of both the theoretical basis and reasoning skills of students.

In particular, the attending students must demonstrate to have acquired full knowledge of the concepts (corresponding to 50% of the overall assessment), to have achieved an adequate degree of completeness and articulation of the answers (corresponding to 30% of the overall assessment), to be able to elaborate and provide proper answers by applying the concepts acquired during the analysis and the critical evaluation of case studies and workgroups (corresponding to 20% of the overall assessment).

The vote is expressed in thirtieths.

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.