Identifying Data 2022/23
Subject (*) Business Economics: Management and Organisation Code 611G02008
Study programme
Grao en Administración e Dirección de Empresas
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 2nd four-month period
First Basic training 6
Language
Spanish
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Empresa
Coordinador
García Álvarez, María Teresa
E-mail
teresa.galvarez@udc.es
Lecturers
Barbeito Roibal, Susana Maria
García Álvarez, María Teresa
Guillen Solorzano, Maria
Rodrigues Soares, Jakson Renner
Rodriguez Fernandez, Maria Jose
E-mail
susana.barbeito@udc.es
teresa.galvarez@udc.es
maria.guillen@udc.es
jakson.soares@udc.gal
maria.jose.rfernandez@udc.es
Web
General description Neste curso, expoñense os conceptos fundamentais da organización de empresas co obxecto de desenrrolar as habilidades necesarias para afrontar con éxito a responsabilidade do desenrrolo estratéxico dunha empresa. Asímesmo, explicaranse o comportamento empresarial e a función directiva.

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
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
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
To be able to critically value knowledge, technology and avaliable information to solve problems. B5
B10
C6
C7
C8
To be able to use CIT´s. A9
B6
B7

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
Guest lecture / keynote speech B5 B7 B8 C5 17 0 17
Document analysis A6 A8 A9 4 17 21
Supervised projects A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A10 B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 C1 C4 C6 C8 10 35 45
Objective test C6 2 54 56
Seminar A11 B10 C7 4 4 8
 
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
Guest lecture / keynote speech Presentation in the classroom of basic conceptual ítems/definitions
Document analysis Use of adequate information resources. Each group must present to the rest of the class a given theoretical concept.
Supervised projects Group essay applying the theoretical concepts explained
Objective test Test exam
Seminar Small groups will be organised to supervise essays and on going work during the course. They will be online sessions. The dates and times will be communicated by the lecturers along the course

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Guest lecture / keynote speech
Supervised projects
Seminar
Description
The methodologies must be adapted to the circunstamces of the group.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
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 A3 A4 A5 A10 B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 C1 C4 C6 C8 Project or final essay in groups. 40
Objective test C6 Test exam 50
 
Assessment comments

1.     Non-presented grade: it is assigned to a student when he/she participated in lower than 20%
of assessment activities, regardless of obtained grade.

 

2.     Second opportunity and advanced opportunity: In the second opportunity, students who failed
in the first opportunity, will be able to develop continuous assessment activities.
For it, they will put in contact with his/her lecturer far enough in advance in
order to plan the development of these activities.



 In the advanced opportunity, the
evaluation system of the first opportunity will be maintained, although the class attendance requirement will not be considered.

 

3.     Students with recognition of part-time and academic dispensation of attended
exemption
: Both part-time and full-time students will have the same
evaluation system.




4.     About the conditions of final evaluation: It is  recalled that any student stunned when he/she
is doing continuous assessment activities and/or examen by means of any
fraudulent procedure, the grade of zero will be assigned in such activity (in
all opportunities).  

 



5.     Student´s identification: student has to prove his/her personality according to the current
regulation.

 



6.     Other
evaluation observations

Lecturers will make available students the norms for the development of
the activities proposed in the present teaching guide. 

If a student does not attend at least 70% of the
classes, the continuous assessment activities will not be able to be evaluated. 

To pass the subject, the final weighted average grade
must be equal to or greater than 5 points out of 10, but it is an essential
requirement to obtain 4 points out of 10 in the objective test. If this minimum
is not reached in such as test, the subject will be suspended. 

It is considered that a student is within the
continuous evaluation and, therefore, the previous evaluation scheme will be
applied to him/her, if he/she completed more than 20% of the works of the
subject. If such as student does not appear for the objective test, he/she will
not be able to pass the subject, since he/she does not meet the minimum grade
required in it. In this case, he/she will not have a score higher than 4.9
points in the acts, and he/she will not pass the subject. 

Small
groups tutorials will be developed by Teams. The dates and times will be
communicated by the professors along the course.

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

Complementary García Olalla, M. y Vázquez, C. (2002). Estrategias y operaciones empresariales en los nuevos mercados. 20 casos a estudio. Civitas


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
Economic Analysis of Organisations/611G02023
Strategic Management and Business Policy I/611G02025
Organisational Design/611G02029
Strategic Management and Business Policy II/611G02033

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.