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Academic Year/course: 2017/18

449 - Degree in Finance and Accounting

27500 - Essences of Management


Syllabus Information

Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
27500 - Essences of Management
Faculty / School:
109 - Facultad de Economía y Empresa
Degree:
449 - Degree in Finance and Accounting
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
1
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Basic Education
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview

The learning process designed for this course is based on a combination of theoretical lectures, teamwork, problem-solving activities and case studies, as well as the discussion of texts and papers.

5.2. Learning tasks

The programme offered to the students to help them achieve the learning results includes the following activities:

 

Theoretical classes - 30
Practical classes - 30
Problem-based learning / Laboratory (ICT tool) / Seminars / Tutoring / Student's personal work – 90

150 hours = 6 ECTS

5.3. Syllabus

UNIT 1.-THE COMPANY. CONCEPT AND THEORY

1.1 -.The company as an economic agent

1.2 -.Management theories

1.3 -. Company models. A company’s internal resources

1.4 -. Types of companies

 

UNIT 2.-THE COMPANY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

2.1 -. Introduction

2.2 -. Analysis of the general environment

2.3 -. Analysis of the specific environment

2.4 -. Market Study

 

UNIT 3.- PHYSICAL, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

3.1 -. Introduction

3.2 -. Types of production processes

3.3 -. Revenue and cost structure

3.4 -. Localization and distribution of plants

3.5 -. Planning, scheduling and project control

3.6 -. Supply Management

 

UNIT 4 -. FINANCIAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

4.1 -. Introduction

4.2 -. Financial markets and the company

4.3 -. Management of investment resources

4.4 -. Management of funding resources

 

UNIT 5 -. MANAGEMENT PROCESS

5.1 - The employer. Approaches and concept

5.2 -. The management process

5.3 -. Decision making in the managerial process

5.4 -. Human Resources Management

5.5.-. Practices and policies of Human Resources

5.4. Course planning and calendar

The calendar of theoretical and practical sessions of the subject will be made public on the website of the center. The dates of delivery of papers, assessments and other continuous evaluation activities will be communicated by the lecturer of the subject through the appropriate means (personally In the classroom and through the Digital Ring of the University of Zaragoza). The dates in which the global test will be conducted in both calls will appear on the website of the center.

5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

[BB: Bibliografía básica / BC: Bibliografía complementaria]

  • [BB] Bueno Campos, Eduardo. Curso básico de economía de la empresa : un enfoque de organización / Eduardo Bueno Campos . - 4ª ed. Madrid : Pirámide, D.L. 2010
  • [BB] Bueno Campos, Eduardo. Economía de la empresa : análisis de las decisiones empresariales / Eduardo Bueno Campos, Ignacio Cruz Roche, Juan José Durán Herrera . - Reimp. 2002 Madrid : Pirámide, D.L. 2002
  • [BB] Coase, Ronald Harry. The firm, the market and the law / R. H. Coase . - Paperback edition Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 1990
  • [BB] Cuatrecasas Arbós, Lluís. Organización de la producción y dirección de operaciones : Sistemas actuales de gestión eficiente y competitiva / Lluis Cuatrecasas Arbós Madrid : Díaz de Santos, D.L. 2011
  • [BB] Fundamentos de Administración y Dirección de Empresas / director, Manuel A. Espitia Escuer ; equipo de trabajo, Nuria Alcalde Fradejas ... [et al.] Zaragoza : Copy Center Digital, D.L. 2016
  • [BB] Fundamentos de dirección y administración de empresas / coordinadores María del Mar Fuentes Fuentes y Eulogio Cordón Pozo . 2ª ed. Madrid : Pirámide, 2012.
  • [BB] Hodge, Billy J.. Teoría de la organización : un enfoque estratégico / B.J. Hodge, William P. Anthony, Lawrence M. Gales ; traducción, Luis Joyanes Aguilar, Raquel Ureña Joyanes, Isabel Morales Jareño . - 6ª ed. Madrid [etc] : Prentice-Hall, 2003
  • [BB] Introducción a la administración de empresas / Álvaro Cuervo García (director) ... [et. al.] ; coordinador editorial, Camilo J. Vázquez Ordás . - 6ª ed. Cizur Menor (Navarra) : Aranzadi, 2008
  • [BB] Koontz, Harold. Administración : una perspectiva global y empresarial / Harold Koontz, Heinz Weihrich, Mark Cannice . - 14ª ed. México [etc.]: McGraw-Hill, cop. 2012
  • [BB] Kotler, Philip. Fundamentos de marketing / Philip Kotler, Gary Armstrong ; traducción, Lourdes Amador Araujo, Leticia Esther Pineda Ayala . 13ª ed. México : Pearson Educación, 2017
  • [BB] Luthans, Fred. Introducción a la administración : un enfoque de contingencias / Fred Luthans ; traducido por Agustín Bárcena Montañez ; revisado por Jorge Fernández de Miguel México [etc.] : McGraw Hill, cop. 1980
  • [BB] Salas Fumás, Vicente. Economía de la empresa : decisiones y organización / Vicente Salas Fumás . - 2ª ed. amp. y act. Barcelona : Ariel, 1996
  • [BB] Schotter, Andrew. La economía de libre mercado : una valoración crítica / Andrew Schotter . - 1a. ed. Barcelona : Ariel, 1987
  • [BB] Serra Ramoneda, Antonio. La empresa : análisis económico / A. Serra Ramoneda . - [1a ed.] Barcelona : Labor, 1993
  • [BB] Serra Ramoneda, Antonio. Sistema económico y empresa / Antonio Serra Ramoneda . - 1a. ed. Barcelona : Ariel, 1986
  • [BB] Suárez Suárez, Andrés Santiago. Curso de economía de la empresa / Andrés S. Suárez Suárez. - 7a. ed., reimp. Madrid : Pirámide, 2007
  • [BC] Salas Fumás, Vicente. Organization and management / Vicente Salas Fumas . Zaragoza : Digicopy, Economia y Empresa, 2016