IDENTIFYING DATA 2018_19
Subject (*) ECONOMY AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Code 19204123
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology (2009)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Third 1Q
Language
Castellà
Department Business Management
Coordinator
ARIAS OLIVA, MARIO
E-mail mario.arias@urv.cat
Lecturers
ARIAS OLIVA, MARIO
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General description and relevant information Aquesta assignatura permet adquirir els coneixements bàsics fonamentals sobre economia i empresa. La metodologia és teòrica i pràctica, desenvolupant un pla d'empresa en el qual s'aplicaran tots els coneixements adquirits de forma pràctica.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A13 Identify the possibilities of transferring biotechnology based on basic experimentation and the scaling of processes taking into account the economic parameters, rationalizing the use of matter and energy, and minimizing environmental impacts
 A14 Assess the socio-economic impact and the bioethical implications of the different biotechnological processes and assure the current legal dispositions.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B3 Critical, logical and creative thinking, and an ability to innovate
 B5 Teamwork, collaboration and sharing of responsibility
 B8 Gestionar projectes tècnics o professionals complexes.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 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
 A13 Be able to apply the main techniques and company management methods.
 A14 Analyze and evaluate the economic characteristics of the company.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B3 Put forward new ideas, opportunities or solutions to familiar problems and/or processes.
 B5 Accept and comply with the rules of the group.
Help to draw up and apply the team’s work processes.
Act constructively to deal with any conflicts in the team.
Take an interest in the importance of the group’s activity.
 B8 Base their description of the context of the project on evidence and facts, and be aware of the legal and economic resources required to carry the project into effect.
Ensure that the objectives of projects are consistent with the needs detected in the context.
Type C Code Learning outcomes
 C4 Produce written texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Basic concepts of economics 1.1. What is the economy?
1.2. Basic magnitudes
1.3. Structure versus conjuncture.
2. Basic business concepts 2.1. What is a company?
2.2. The concept of organization.
2.3. The organizational environment
2.4. The business strategy
2.5. The managerial skills.
3. Management of the functional areas of the company 3.1. The functional areas.
3.2. Human resources management.
3.3. Marketing direction.
3.4. Economic-financial management.
3.5. Other functional areas
4. Business management techniques 4.1. Advanced business management techniques.
4.2. Business project.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
2 0 2
Lecture
A13
A14
B3
B8
44 0 44
Assignments
A13
A14
B3
B5
B8
C4
10 30 40
Presentations / oral communications
A13
A14
B3
B5
B8
C4
20 10 30
Personal attention
4 0 4
 
Multiple-choice objective tests
A14
B3
1 29 30
 
(*) 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
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Activities aimed to making contact and collecting information from students and presentation of the subject.
Lecture Presentation by the teacher of the different contents of the subject.
Assignments Development of a team business plan
Presentations / oral communications Presentation and defense of the works
Personal attention Reserved time to contact with the students to solve queries.

Personalized attention
Description
Contact the teacher: mario.arias@urv.cat

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Assignments
A13
A14
B3
B5
B8
C4
50
Presentations / oral communications
A13
A14
B3
B5
B8
C4
20
Multiple-choice objective tests
A14
B3
30
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

2nd call: multiple-choice exam

Theoretical-practical examination of all the contents of the course


Sources of information

Basic Eduardo Bueno Campos , Curso Básico de Economía de la Empresa, 1ª, 2004
Eduardo Bueno Campos, Organización de Empresas: Estructura, Procesos y Modelos, 2ª, 2007
Alexander Osterwalder y Yves Pigneur, Generación de modelos de negocio, 1ª, 2011
Jorge PELEGRÍN-BORONDO; Emma JUANEDA-AYENSA; Mario Arias-OLIVA; Carlos GONZÁLEZ-MENORCA, Umbrales psicológicos de precios: modelo de valoración de la oferta competitiva, Cuadernos de Estudios Empresariales, 2014
Jorge Pelegr?n-Borondo; Mario Arias-Oliva; Cristina Olarte-Pascual, Emotions, price and quality expectations in hotel services, Journal of Vacation Marketing, 2016

Marketing de Eventos. Barry Siskind. Ed. Deusto

Crear una Buena marca (En una semana). Peter Laver.  Ed.Gestion 2000

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Speed Marketing.Fernando Montero. Ed. Planeta Empresa

Merchandising. Miguel Ángel Bort Muñoz. Ed. ESIC.

Direccion de Marketing. Philip Kotler, Kevin Lane, autors varis. Ed. Pearson, Prentice Hall.

No pierda el tiempo vendiendo. David González Guillem, José MªAntona Cervera. Ed. Sinergia.

Vender con PNL. Duane Lakin. Ed. Sirio

Re-invéntate. Hernán Herrera, Daniel Brown. Ed. Empresa Activa

La autoestima, nuestra fuerza secreta. Luis Rojas Marcos. Ed. Espasa Hoy.

Psicología de ventas. Brian Tracy. Ed. Grupo Nelson

El reinado de las marcas. Matt Haig. Ed. Gestión 2000

El arte de negociar y persuadir. Allan Pease. Ed. Amat

La defensa del precio de venta. Daniel Huyot, Philippe Lafaix. Ed. Gestión 2000

Web 2.0. Ismael Nafría. Ed. Gestión 2000

Vender es mucho más. Cosimo Chiesa de Negri. Ed. Empresa Activa

Dirigir vendedores es mucho más. Cosimo Chiesa de Negri. Ed. Empresa Activa

Líder Emocional. Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee, Frances Johnston. Ed. Deusto

Marcando las reglas de la negociación. Michael Watkins. Ed. Deusto

365 Trucos para vender más. Anne Miller. Ed. Gestión 2000

4 retos par un líder. Stein Kapsto. Ed. Rba integral

Negocie para ganar. Andrés Senlle. Ed. Gestion2000

Como interpretar un balance. J.A.Fernández, I.Navarro. Ed. Deusto

Merchandising. Ricardo Palomares. Ed. Gestion2000

Vender Más. René Moulinier. Ed. Gestion 2000

El plan de ventas. Gregorio Fernández-Balaguer, Javier Molina. Ed. ESIC

Manual de Director Comercial. José Á.Olmedo. Ed. Gestion2000

Fenómeno Low Cost. Josep-Francesc Valls. Ed. Deusto

The art of creative thinking. John adair. Ed. Kogan page

Anàlisi de Balanços. Oriol Amat. Ed.  Profit

Màrqueting de crisis. Ariel Andrés Almada. Ed. Piràmide

Guía pràctica para mejorar un Plan de Negocio. Luís Muñiz. Ed. Profit

Brands and Branding. Rita Clifton, autors varies. Ed. The Economist

Manual del consultor de marketing. Lorenzo Iniesta, Isabel Iniesta. Ed. Profit

El Pequeño Libro Rojo de las Mejores Respuestas en Ventas. Jeffrey Gitomer. Ed. Pearson

Harvard Business Review on Brand Management. Erich Joachimsthaler I autors varies. Ed.HBS Press.

Les meilleures pratiques du commercial. Pierre Michel do Marcolino. Ed. Eyrolles

Marketing de boca en boca. Emanuel Rosen. Ed. Vergara

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