| Center |
| Faculty of Economics |
| Departament |
| Business Administration 'Juan José Renau Piqueras' |
| Lecturers in charge |
| Sin datos cargados |
| Met. Docent |
| Theoretical contents are presented in lectures. The methodology used for practices will be, mainly, the resolution of real case studies, personal work and team work. |
| Met. Avaluació |
| Evaluation of the course takes place throughout written exams and continuous evaluation |
| Bibliografia |
| Management;. (7th ed.) Stephen P. Robbins, San Diego State University & Mary Coulter, Southwest Missouri State University. Prentice Hall, 2002. |
| Continguts |
| Synthetic Syllabus PART I: BASIC BUSINESS CONCEPTS Topic 1: Companies and business people Topic 2: Company as a system Topic 3: The environment of a firm Topic 4: The evolution of a firm PART II: MANAGEMENT SUBSYSTEM Topic 5: Decision making in business Topic 6: Business goals Topic 7: Strategic Management Topic 8: Planning and control Topic 9: Organizational design PART III: MANUFACTURING SUBSYSTEM Topic 10: Manufacturing (or operations) subsystem Topic 11: Manufacturing (or operations) planning and control PART IV: HUMAN RESOURCES SUBSYSTEM Topic 12: Organizational human behavior Topic 13: Human Resource Management |
| Objetius |
| The main objective of this introductory course to business administration is, on the one hand, to provide students with the basic concepts of management: the company, its main systemic components and its relationship with the environment. On the other hand, the course will focus on the study of three main company subsystems: manufacturing, management and human resources. The course will provide the basis needed for more specialized courses and those related with Strategic Management. |
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