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Economics and business administration (Academic Year 2023/2024) - Economics and Corporate Governance

Business management


Credits: 9
Content language:English
Course description
The course provides a broad overview of business topics including the theory of the firm, corporate governance, various topics in management, and the basics of financial reporting, financial statement analysis and accounting.
Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites
Objectives
The aim of the course is understanding the main features of a firm and to acquire the basic tools for a basic analysis of the structure of a firm.
Program
The course examines the main strategic and operational activities of the firm. It aims to provide (a) a framework of the strategic business activities through the analysis of alternative strategic paths; (b) the analytical tools used to understand the characteristics and the evolution of industrial sectors; (c) a basic knowledge of the financial statement and the accounting process.
Book

“Strategic Management: Text and Cases – 7th edition”, Gregory Dess, G.T. Lumpkin, Alan Eisner and Gerry McNamara – Mc Graw-Hill

The book is available on-line at the following website

 https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Management-Cases-Gregory-Dess/dp/007786252X

The book is not available at the bookstore, and due to the high price of the new version please buy a used copy of it. It is the best book in this field and I would like you to use it.

 

 

For the following topics, not covered in the book, please read the following articles (also available online in the section “Learning Environment-Sitography)

- Managing Human Resources https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-human-resource-management-1918143

- Leadership  http://www.ripublication.com/gjmbs_spl/gjmbsv3n3spl_14.pdf

- Teamwork http://web.media.mit.edu/~cynthiab/Readings/cohen-teamwork.pdf

Exercises
 
Professor/Tutor responsible for teaching
Professor not available
Video professors
Prof. Eusebio Scornavacca - University of Baltimore (Maryland - Stati Uniti)
Prof. Morten Huse - University Witten/Herdeck (Germany)
List of lessons
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    •  Lesson n. 10: Leadership  Go to this lesson
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    •  Lesson n. 12: Teamwork  Go to this lesson
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    •  Lesson n. 13: Communicating  Go to this lesson
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Morten Huse
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