27172 - Measuring Management Performance

Academic Year 2012/2013

  • Docente: Rino Ghelfi
  • Credits: 4
  • SSD: AGR/01
  • Language: English
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Horticulture (cod. 0876)

    Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Horticulture (cod. 0876)

Learning outcomes

The student will be able to demonstrate:

- an understanding of accounting;

- proficiency in the analysis/interpretation of financial statements

- capability in the analysis of financial performance of firms;

- ability in the evaluation of capital investment projects

Course contents

Acquiring and organizing management information

Balance sheet and income statement: purpose, use and analysis

Enterprise Budgets and Cost of Production

Investment analysis

Value system and competitive advantage

Readings/Bibliography

R.D. Kay - W.M. Edwards – P.A.Duffy, (2004), Farm Management, Mc Graw Hill,

Lecture notes

Teaching methods

Lectures

Lab sessions

Case studies

Assessment methods

Final oral examination

Teaching tools

Slide projector

Computer lab

Case study

Office hours

See the website of Rino Ghelfi