| Study programme competencies |
| Code | Study programme competences |
| A1 | Manage an enterprise or small organization, understanding their competitive and institutional position and identifying their strengths and weaknesses |
| A2 | Integrate in any functional area of micro-firms or SMEs and perform fluently any management task commissioned |
| A3 | Evaluate and foreseeing, from relevant data, the development of a company. |
| A4 | Elaborate advisory reports on specific situations of companies and markets |
| A5 | Write projects about specific functional areas (e.g. management, marketing, financial) of the company |
| A6 | Identify the relevant sources of economic information and to interpret the content. |
| A8 | Derive, based on from basic information, relevant data unrecognizable by non-professionals. |
| A9 | Use frequently the information and communication technology (ICT) throughout their professional activity. |
| A10 | Read and communicate in a professional environment at a basic level in more than one language, particularly in English |
| A11 | To analyze the problems of the firm based on management technical tools and professional criteria |
| B1 | CB1-The students must demonstrate knowledge and understanding in a field of study that part of the basis of general secondary education, although it is supported by advanced textbooks, and also includes some aspects that imply knowledge of the forefront of their field of study |
| B2 | CB2 - The students can apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and have competences typically demostrated by means of the elaboration and defense of arguments and solving problems within their area of work |
| B3 | CB3- The students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) to issue evaluations that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical |
| B4 | CB4-Communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to an audience both skilled and unskilled |
| B5 | CB5-Develop skills needed to undertake further studies learning with a high degree of autonomy |
| B6 | CG1-Perform duties of management, advice and evaluation in business organizations |
| B7 | CG2-Know how to use the concepts and techniques used in the various functional areas of the company and understand the relationships between them and with the overall objectives of the organization |
| B8 | CG3- Know how to make decisions, and, in general, assume leadership roles. |
| B10 | CG5-Respect the fundamental and equal rights for men and women, promoting respect of human rights and the principles of equal opportunities, non-discrimination and universal accessibility for people with disabilities. |
| C1 | Express correctly, both orally and in writing, in the official languages of the autonomous region |
| C4 | To be trained for the exercise of citizenship open, educated, critical, committed, democratic, capable of analyzing reality and diagnose problems, formulate and implement knowledge-based solutions oriented to the common good |
| C5 | Understand the importance of entrepreneurial culture and know the means and resources available to entrepreneurs |
| C6 | Assess critically the knowledge, technology and information available to solve the problems and take valuable decisions |
| C7 | Assume as professionals and citizens the importance of learning throughout life. |
| C8 | Assess the importance of research, innovation and technological development in the economic and cultural progress of society. |
| Learning aims | |||
| Learning outcomes | Study programme competences | ||
| Apply profesional criteria -based on tecnical instruments- to the analysis of problems | A1 A3 A4 A5 A8 A10 A11 |
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| Identify the relevant sources of economic information and its contents. To be able to work in any functional área of a médium or large sized company or organization | A2 A6 |
B1 B2 B3 B4 |
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| To be able to express themselves correctly in any of the oficial languages of Galiica, both orally and in a written form. To understand the importance of entrepreneurship culture. | B8 |
C1 C4 C5 |
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| To be able to critically value knowledge, technology and avaliable information to solve problems. | B5 B10 |
C6 C7 C8 |
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| To be able to use CIT´s. | A9 |
B6 B7 |
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| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Unit 1. Rationality: from microeconomics to a business perspective | 1.1. Concepts of rationality. 1.2. Behavioural hypothesis. 1.3. Business economics: the organization as a player |
| Unit 2. Business behaviour | 2.1. Business objectives 2.2. Value creation 2.3. Organizational policies and functions. |
| Unit 3. Management and Strategy | 3.1. Managing competencies. 3.2. Decision making. Strategy 3.3. Decision making process. |
| Planning | ||||
| Methodologies / tests | Competencies | Ordinary class hours | Student’s personal work hours | Total hours |
| Case study | A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B6 C4 | 14 | 28 | 42 |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | B5 B7 B8 C5 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Document analysis | A6 A8 A9 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| Supervised projects | A1 A2 A5 A10 B4 C1 C8 | 6 | 24 | 30 |
| Seminar | A11 B10 C7 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Objective test | C6 | 2 | 28 | 30 |
| Personalized attention | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| (*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | ||||
| Methodologies |
| Methodologies | Description |
| Case study | Applied case studies |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | Presentation in the classroom of basic conceptual ítems/definitions |
| Document analysis | Find and analyze relevant information using ICT´s |
| Supervised projects | Group essay applying the theoretical concepts explained |
| Seminar | 4 hours in small groups to supervise essays and on going work during the course |
| Objective test | multiple choice test |
| Personalized attention |
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| Assessment | |||
| Methodologies | Competencies | Description | Qualification |
| Case study | A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B6 C4 | Analysis of cases presented in the classroom | 10 |
| Document analysis | A6 A8 A9 | Use of adequate information resources. Each group must present to the rest of the class a given theoretical concept. | 10 |
| Supervised projects | A1 A2 A5 A10 B4 C1 C8 | Project or final essay in groups. | 20 |
| Objective test | C6 | multiple choice test | 60 |
| Assessment comments | |||
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The student is considered within the general ongoing assessment if he/she presents over 20% of total practice. The same evaluation system will be applied in the first opportunity and in July.
In order to pass the course, it is necessary to obtain a mínimum of 5 points over 10 (as the total grade) AND in the exam (in order to calculate that average grade) it is necessary to obtain a mínimum of 4 points over 10. Case studies, document analysis and the supervised projects are done over the whole duration of the course and it is not possible to elaborate them out of the lecturing period because they are developed in the classroom. Both part time and full time students are subject to the same evaluation system. Of course, accusing the exam with devices that allow communication with the outside or that stock information is not allowed. If a student is found cheating in the exam, the final grade will be cero both in the first opportunity and in July |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
Cuervo, A (2008). Introducción a la Adminsitración de Empresas. Thomson-Civitas
Kinicki & Williams (2011). Management.
Bateman & Snell (2013). Management.
Ivancevich, John M & Robert Konopaske,R. (). Organizational Behavior and Management. Mc Graw-Hill |
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| Complementary |
García Olalla, M. y Vázquez, C. (2002). Estrategias y operaciones empresariales en los nuevos mercados. 20 casos a estudio. Civitas |
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