The course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge and the conceptual and methodological tools necessary to face the study of the institutional characteristics of the companies, the system of their operations and their processes and equilibrium conditions. The course also aims to deepen understanding of the features and content of the financial statement and sustainability report. 

• Business Administration as a social science
• The nature of the economic problem
• Classes and types of companies
• Characteristics, purposes and representation models of the company system
• The institutional structure of a company: legal subject and economic subject
• Different models of Corporate Governance
• Financial, tangible and intangible resources
• The Financial statement model
• Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, ESG, Sustainability reporting

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Knowledge and Understanding

At the end of the course, students must have acquired knowledge of the conceptual bases, the theoretical principles and the methodological tools of Business Administration. In particular, students will be able to manage the acquired knowledge to understand what economic activity consists of and by whom it is carried out; what are the characteristics of a company and the peculiarities of the company system; how companies are classified; how a company relates to the environment, its behaviour and functioning patterns; the main economic and financial aspects; the role of the corporate information system; the corporate governance models; what are the purposes, structure and essential contents of the financial statement model and the sustainability report.

Applying Knowledge and Understanding

Students must be able to apply the knowledge acquired to address the questions and problems posed by the business context based on the cognitive schemes of Business Administration and, in particular, to analyse and understand the general characteristics of companies, the economic and financial aspects, as well as the company behaviour and functioning schemes.

Making Judgements

Students must be able to link the knowledge acquired during the course into integrated and unitary schemes and deal with complex problems and with their judgment.

Communication Skills

The subject requires the acquisition of a specific technical language. By the end of the course, students must be able to adequately use the terminology proper to Business Administration, demonstrating a good command of the lexicon relating to the topics covered during the course.

Learning Skills

Students must have developed good learning skills, which allow them to master the topics covered during the course and to lay the theoretical, conceptual and methodological foundations that are essential for successfully progressing their study path.

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

Attending students will benefit from support activities related to the innovative teaching methods described below.

Teaching

Classroom teaching combines traditional lectures, debate, cooperative learning, flipped classrooms, problem-based learning, role-playing, learning by doing, case studies, group work, and classroom presentations.

Innovative teaching methods

Debate, cooperative learning, flipped classroom, problem-based learning, role-playing and learning by doing.

Attendance

Highly suggested.

Course books

1) Boesso G., Bozzolan S., Parbonetti A., 2023, Economia Aziendale. Modelli, misure, casi, McGrawHill Education, Milano. Chapters: Prefazione, 1, 2, 3 (excluding paragraphs 3.4 e 3.5), 5, 6.

2) Teaching materials used in class, some of which will replace or supplement specific parts of the course books.

During the course, other materials (book chapters or articles in scientific journals) made available by the lecturer on the Moodle › blended.uniurb.it may also be provided.

The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography.

Assessment

The final grade will be given by an oral exam.

Responses will be evaluated taking into account the following aspects:

• consistency between questions and answers; 
• level of knowledge about the concepts; 
• degree of articulation of the given answer; 
• degree of adequacy of explanations; 
• indication of appropriate examples;
• fluency in specific language.

For the purposes of assessment, the following will be particularly appreciated:

• the ability to argue and expound concepts without mnemonic repetition of the course books and slides;
• the ability to logically link the related concepts;
• the knowledge of economic and business language.

The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

• less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.
• 18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.
• 21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.
• 24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.
• 27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.
• 30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

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

Individual study on textbook and teaching material on the Moodle platform.

Attendance

N.A.

Course books

There are no changes in the conditions for non-attending students 

Assessment

There are no changes in the conditions for non-attending students 

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.

Students can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography.