12512 - Economics and Management

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • Docente: Salvatore Torrisi
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: SECS-P/08
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Business Economics (cod. 8848)

Learning outcomes

The course introduces students to the basics of management science. Students will know how about the firm's strategy, operations management, marketing, and finance.

Course contents

Firm activity and competitive advantage

2. Resources and competencies

3. Firm strategy

4. Internal organization and human resource management

5. Marketing

6. Operation management

7. Corporate finance

The detailed course syllabus will be circulated at the start of the course.

 

Readings/Bibliography

Lipparini A. (ed), Economia e gestione delle imprese, Il Mulino, 2007. Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10.

Torrisi, S. and Graziano, H. Exercises with suggested solutions, Facoltà di Economia- sede Rimini, 2010. This material is available from AMS Campus (http://campus.unibo.it).

Additional information about specific parts of the chapters that are not included in the program will be given at the beginning of the course and will be available from AMS Campus (http://campus.unibo.it) along with other material prepared by the instructor.

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises and case-studies discussed in class, company presentations

Assessment methods

Final written exam. Students cannot refuse exam scores greater or equal to 18/30.

Teaching tools

Video projector, PC with internet connection

Links to further information

http://www.unibo.it/Faculty/Torrisi

Office hours

See the website of Salvatore Torrisi