PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Academic year
2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
PRINCIPI DI ECONOMIA AZIENDALE
Course code
CT0557 (AF:320453 AR:172358)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
SECS-P/07
Period
1st Semester
Course year
2
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The course provides the concepts and language useful to interpret the business and economic reality, to understand the role of economic entities in their various configurations, to draw the business strategy according with the external environment and the internal structure and evaluate and represent the attitude of an organization to thrive and fulfill its goals.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the completing of this course students will know and be able to understand:
- the role of business entities in the economic activity;
- the relationship among economics and business phenomena;
- the typology of business entities and their main characteristics;
- the main activities performed by business entities and within business entities;
- the relationships between external environment, internal structure and strategy;
- the relationship between business activities and performance;
- the representation of on entity performance.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE
At the completing of this course the students will be able to:
- interpret real world economic phenomena in light of the concepts and model of business economics;
- understand the distinctive features of real business entities and develop hypotheses about the reasons determining their performances.
As this is an introductory course to Business Management and Accounting, no specific prior knowledge is required.
Human needs, economic activity and business economics
The typologies of business entities
The governance of business entities and their identity
The analysis of external environment
The strategy and the strategic innovation
The business system and the organizational model
The evaluation and representation of performance
Introduction to financial statements and corporate reporting
C. Bagnoli (a cura di), Economia Aziendale tra tradizione e innovazione, 2019, Giuffré Francis Lefebvre
The exam consists of both a written test and an oral test. To access the oral part the students have to pass the written test.

The final score depends on the positive evaluation of both tests.
Teaching method is based on lectures addressing the relevant concepts and applying them through the examination of real business cases.
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- To pass the written part of the exam in a necessary condition to be admitted to the oral part.

STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE COURSE COULD CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC.

Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support
services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.
written and oral
This programme is provisional and there could still be changes in its contents.
Last update of the programme: 11/09/2020