28629 - Business Management T-AB

Learning outcomes

Aim:

1) To provide basic knowledge on the design of organizational structures and corporate processes;

2) To characterize organizational functions in terms of tasks and decisional processes;

3) To help understanding corporate strategies and managerial decisions.

Course contents

The class will be structured into three macro-parts:

Part 1: Corporate strategy and managerial decisions

 

Part 2: Organization, planning and control

 

Part 3: Circular Economy

Readings/Bibliography

A. Lipparini,L'impresa - Fondamenti di economia e gestione sostenibile, Il Mulino, Bologna 2022

G. Jones, Organizzazione, Egea, Milano 2012 

R. N. Antony D. F. Hawkins D. Macrì K A. Merchant, Sistemi di controllo (13 ed.) McGraw-Hill, Milano 2011,

 

Teaching methods

The class hours are characterized by lecture hours and some seminars given by managers and entrepreneurs. In addition, on regular basis, some business cases will be discussed.

Assessment methods

Written and oral examinations will be held at the end of course. The written examination encompasses one case and some multiple choices covering the entire program.

Exam dates will be fixed according to the faculty calendar and they will be communicated to students through the Almaesami service (www.almaesami.unibo.it ). Registration for participating to the written exam can be finalized exclusively through Almaesami.

Teaching tools

Class materials (discussion cases and slides) will be posted in the “materiali didattici” section, downloadable at the following link: http://www.guideweb.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Mariolina Longo