- Docente: Marco Rodolfo Di Tommaso
- Crediti formativi: 2
- SSD: SECS-P/06
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Moduli: Marco Rodolfo Di Tommaso (Modulo 1) Riccardo Rinaldi (Modulo 2)
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 1) Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: Laurea in Building Construction Engineering (cod. 5897)
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Orario delle lezioni (Modulo 1)
dal 20/09/2022 al 04/10/2022
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Orario delle lezioni (Modulo 2)
dal 11/10/2022 al 25/10/2022
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
Through this course, the student learns the basic elements of applied economic analysis, and the principles of business organization, management and strategies. Furthermore, the course introduces the student to the study of the construction industry from an economic perspective. At the end of the course, the student matures economic thinking, develops analytical skills and is able to handle economic and management theories, methods and tools (i.e., databases) to analyze autonomously selected industries and territories. Furthermore, the student achieves a working knowledge of the construction sectors in terms of key economic drivers, business organization and management, innovation performance, national policy and regulatory framework, as well as appraisal techniques.
Contenuti
PARTE 1 – INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
1. Introduction to applied economic studies: definitions, concepts and perspectives; 2. Elements of political economy and economic policy; 3. Elements of business organization, management and strategies; 4. Economic studies applied to industries and territories; 5. Applications to the case of the construction industry.
PARTE 2 – THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
6. The numbers of construction industry: GDP, employment, investments, innovation; 7. The raw materials market and ecological issues of waste management; 8. Chances and risks: incentives to construction and the housing bubble; 9. Construction and cities: planning, regulation, speculation; 10. Reconstruction and restoration: socio-economic aspects of historical buildings
Testi/Bibliografia
“Attending students” – i.e., students joining lectures with regular frequency – will receive the list of readings to be studied during the course.
“Not-attending students” – i.e., students studying on their own without joining lectures with regular frequency are required to study all the chapters of the following textbook:
Gerard de Valence (ed.), 2015, Modern Construction Economics: Theory and Application, Taylor & Francis Ltd, pp.218.
Metodi didattici
For “attending students”: blended teaching involving frontal lectures and participation in classroom discussions.
For “not-attending students”: individual study of the book (see below “Assessment methods for not-attending students”).
Students are required within one week from the beginning of the course to decide whether to be “attending students” or not.
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
i) Assessment for “attending students”:
Written exam (multiple choice questions) based on the topics covered during the classes. To get prepared for the written exam, students are required to study the course slides and the readings provided by the lecturers. Active participation in discussion and classwork will be positively evaluated.
Further detailed information will be provided to the classroom by the lecturers at the beginning and during the course.
ii) Assessment for “not-attending students”:
Not-attending students will take a written exam (multiple choice questions) at the end of the course accounting for the 100% of the mark. This exam is based on the study of the following textbook: Gerard de Valence (ed.), 2015, Modern Construction Economics: Theory and Application, Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
Frontal teaching delivered with the support of PPT presentations and papers, readings and further material provided by the lecturers. Active participation in discussion and classwork is required.
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Marco Rodolfo Di Tommaso
Consulta il sito web di Riccardo Rinaldi
SDGs
L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.