29525 - History of Industry and Business (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to provide students with a broad outlook of the evolution of the industrial capitalism during the past century. The units of analysis are the great countries industrialized and the different organizational models adopted by their production systems. The main objective is to stress that the changes of industrial systems are unquestionably shaped by institutional, social and economical elements.

Course contents

The object of this year's course is the firm as the key institution to understand the evolution of the world economy during the last two centuries. The industrial firm is analyzed in a long term perspective to focus on the continuity and change dynamics, the technological evolution and the social and institutional transformations which have left a mark on the development of industrial organization worldwide. A special attention will be reserved to the Italian case.

Readings/Bibliography

STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THE LECTURES:

They will have to agree the bibliography with the professor.

 

STUDENTS WHO DON'T ATTEND THE LECTURES:

They will have to bring the following  two text to the exam:

- P. A.TONINELLI, Storia d'impresa, Bologna, il Mulino, 2006.

- F. AMATORI, A. COLLI, Industria e impresa in Italia, Venezia, Marsilio, 2003.

At least they will have to choose a text from:

- G. BERTA, L'enigma dell'imprenditore (e il destino dell'impresa), Bologna, il Mulino, 2018.

- R. WHITTINGTON, M. MAYER, L'impresa europea. Strategia, struttura, culture aziendali, Milano, Università Bocconi Editore, 2002.

 

Teaching methods

The course will be delivered by lectures aided by slides and photocopies.

Assessment methods

STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THE LECTURES

Students who attend the lectures are required to submit a paper (minimum 20,000 - maximum 50,000 characters) focusing one of the topics developed in the course.

The evaluation (on a 30 point scale) of the individual papers will be based on the student's capability of reorganizing, in a concise and accomplished way, the different sides of the selected issue, and on the acquisition of a critical method.

 

STUDENTS WHO DON'T ATTEND THE LECTURES

Students who do not attend the lectures will have to take an oral exam based on the required readings.

The evaluation of the oral examination will depend on the correctness of contents, of the design and language used in answering the questions.

 

Note FOR ALL STUDENTS (both those who attend the lectures and those who don't): the final grade of the integrated course “Contemporary social structures” is the average of the final grade of the two individual modules (History of industry and business, History of labor and social structures). The grades obtained in the two distinct exams have no expiring date and will be integrated in the final evaluation of the course.

 

Teaching tools

Slides, photocopies, handouts and additional readings.

Office hours

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