| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| A4 | Understand the nature of companies or other private or public institutions and how they work. They are also familiar with their functional areas, and understand their competitive and institutional field and strategic dimension. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| B4 | Autonomy, responsibility and initiative | |
| B5 | Teamwork, collaboration and sharing of responsibility | |
| B6 | Clear and effective communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in public or a specific technical field | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| C1 | Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English | |
| C4 | Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV |
| Learning outcomes |
| Type A | Code | Learning outcomes |
| A4 |
Analyze the influence of the context on the company. Understand the concepts of enterprise and entrepreneur. Explain the concept of business competitiveness. | |
| Type B | Code | Learning outcomes |
| B4 |
Present results in the appropriate way in accordance with the bibliography provided and before the deadline. | |
| B5 |
Participate actively and share information, knowledge and experience. | |
| B6 |
Intervene effectively and convey relevant information. Draft documents with the appropriate format, content, structure, language accuracy and register, and illustrate concepts using the appropriate conventions: formats, titles, footnotes, captions, etc. | |
| Type C | Code | Learning outcomes |
| C1 |
Understand routine information and articles. | |
| C4 |
Produce well structured, clear and effective oral texts. Produce well-structured, clear and rich written texts |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| CHAPTER 1. THE COMPANY AND THE ENTREPRENEUR | 1.1. General overview of the company 1.2. Types of companies 1.3. The entrepreneur 1.3. Creation of companies |
| CHAPTER 2. THE ADMINISTRATION FUNCTION | 2.1. The administrative process 2.2. Planning function 2.3. Organization function 2.4. Management function 2.5. Control function |
| CHAPTER 3. OPERATIONS | 3.1. The production system in the company 3.2. The objectives in the operations function 3.3. Strategic decisions of production |
| CHAPTER 4. MARKETING | 4.1. Marketing management 4.2. Market analysis 4.3. Strategic commercial variables 4.4. Tactical commercial variables |
| CHAPTER 5. HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | 5.1. The main HR functions 5.2. Support HR functions |
| CHAPTER 6. FINANCE | 6.1. The financial system 6.2. The financial function 6.3. Investment decisions 6.4. Financing decisions |
| CHAPTER 7. THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT | 7.1. The nature of the environment 7.2. The analysis of the general environment 7.3. The analysis of the specific environment 7.4. Strategic direction 7.5. Stakeholders 7.6. Corporate social responsibility |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours |
Hours outside the classroom |
(**) Total hours | ||||||||
| Introductory activities |
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2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Lecture |
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35 | 0 | 35 | |||||||
| Assignments |
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2 | 20 | 22 | |||||||
| Previous study |
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2 | 50 | 52 | |||||||
| Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom |
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12 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Problem solving, exercises in the classroom |
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2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Personal attention |
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2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Mixed tests |
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3 | 20 | 23 | |||||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Activities aimed at taking contact and collecting information from the students and presentation of the subject. |
| Lecture | Delivery of the contents of the subject. |
| Assignments | Team work to be done by the students. This will be 25% of the final mark in the 1st call. |
| Previous study | Compilation and reading of documentation, proposed solutions for the exercises the student has to do in the laboratory. |
| Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom | Planning a situation (real or simulated) in which the student has to work to give a solution to the topic, solve a series of specific questions or make a global statement. |
| Problem solving, exercises in the classroom | Formulation, analysis, resolution and debate of a problem or exercise related to the topic of the subject. |
| Personal attention | Use of hours dedicated individually to the student to solve specific questions and doubts. |
| Personalized attention |
| Description |
| During the implementation of the practices, the students take the appropriate tutoritzacions by teachers, both in the classroom and outside the classroom. The hours of tutoring in teacher's office will be communicated to students at the beginning of the course. |
| Assessment |
| Methodologies | Competences | Description | Weight | |||||||
| Assignments |
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There will be an assignment throughout the course. Be prepared in groups. | 25% | |||||||
| Mixed tests |
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There will be two mixed exams with theoretical and practical questions. The exams will include a theory test (multiple choice) and practical questions (exercises, business cases, etc.) to be developed. The first exam will be done in the middle of the course. The second exam will take place on the official date of the final exam and will include all the contents of the subject. The weight of the first exam in the final mark is 15% and that of the second 60%. | 75% | |||||||
| Others | Resolution of cases, exercises and/or other practical activities. |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
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Second call: The exam of the second call will consist of two parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part will include tipus test questions. The practice will include exercises, short questions, cases, etc. In the qualification of the exam, the weight of the theory will be 50% and that of the practice, the remaining 50%. The activities carried out during the course are not counted. You will not be allowed to have communication or data transmission devices during the performance of the exams. |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
MARTÍN DE CASTRO, G.; MONTORO SÀNCHEZ, M.A.; DÍEZ VIAL, Fundamentos de administración de empreses. Tercera edicion., Aranzadi, 2016
BUENO, E., Curso básico de economía de la empresa: un enfoque de organización, Pirámide, 2006
BUENO, Y.; CASANI, F.; SANDIVAL, A.; SANTOS, B.; SORIA, P., Fundamentos de administración de empresas. Ejercicios practicos, Ediciones UAM, 2016
CASTILLO, A.M., Introducción a la economía y administración de empresas, Pirámide, 2003
FUENTES, M. y CORDÓN, E., Fundamentos de dirección y administración de empresas, Piramide, 2014
IBORRA, M.; DASÍ, A.; DOLZ, C.; FERRER, C., Fundamentos de dirección de empresas. Conceptos y habilidades directivas, Paraninfo, 2014
MAYNAR, P. (Dir. y coord.), La economía de la empresa en el espacio de educación superior, McGraw-Hill, 2008 |
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FARHAD ANALOUI and AZHDAR KARAMI: Strategic Management in Small and Medium Enterprises, Thomson, GB, 2003 SCHERMERHORN, JOHN R.: Introduction to management (ISE). John Wiley & Sons. 2009 |
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| Complementary |
GARCÍA, S.; NÁJERA, J.J. Y RICO, M.G. , Organización y administración de empresas. Una visión práctica, ESIC, 2001
GARCÍA, J. Y CASANUEVA, C. (Coord. y Dir.), Prácticas de la gestión empresarial, McGraw-Hill, 2000
HERNÁNDEZ, M. J. (Coord.), Casos prácticos de administración y organización de empresas, Pirámide, 2000
PÉREZ, E., Prácticas de Administración de Empresas, Pirámide, 2008
SUÁREZ, A., Decisiones óptimas de inversión y financiación en la Empresa, Pirámide, 2005 |
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BUENO CAMPOS, E.: Curso básico de economía de la empresa: un enfoque de organización. Pirámide, Madrid, 2002. CASTILLO CLAVERO, A.M. (Dir. y Coord.): Introducción a la economía y administración de empresas. Pirámide, Madrid, 2003. FLEISHER, CRAIG S. AND BENSOUSSAN, BABETTE: Busines and competitive analysis: effective application of new and classic methods. Financial Times Prentice Hall. 2007 ROBBINS, STEPHEN AND COULTER, MARY: Management. Pearson-Prentice Hall. 2008 STAIB, ROBERT: Business management and environmental stewardship: environmental thinking as a prelude to management action. Palgrave Macmillan. 2009 WILLIAMS, CHUCK: Principles of management. South Western. 2009
Bibliografy- exercicies: GARCÍA DEL JUNCO, J. y CASANUEVA ROCHA, C. (Coord. y Dir.) (2000): Prácticas de la gestión empresarial, McGraw-Hill, Madrid. GARCÍA MORENO, S.; NÁJERA SÁNCHEZ, J. J. y RICO GARCÍA, M. G. (2001): Organización y administración de empresas. Una visión práctica, ESIC, Madrid. HERNÁNDEZ ORTIZ, M. J. (Coord.): Casos prácticos de administración y organización de empresas. Pirámide, Madrid, 2000. MARTÍN, E.; GALÁN, J. L.; BARROSO, C. y COSSIO, J.: Problemas de economía de la empresa. Pirámide, Madrid, 1996. PÉREZ GOROSTEGUI, E.: Economía de la empresa aplicada. Pirámide, Madrid, 1990. |
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