BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-2

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
GESTIONE DELLE IMPRESE-2
Course code
ET0114 (AF:400767 AR:217012)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6 out of 12 of BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Subdivision
Surnames Dl-Pas
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
SECS-P/08
Period
2nd Term
Course year
2
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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This course is one of the courses that characterize the degree in Business Economics, and is aimed at providing students the fundamentals of business management, with a particular focus on production processes and management of supply chain relationships.
Moreover, the course introduces the concept of business model, and analyzes how the choices that a firm makes in relation to the configuration of its business model can influence competitive advantage.
After completing the course, the students will understand the main concepts of operations management, and they will have learned the basic concepts for the analysis of supply chain relationships. In addition, students will have learned the main choices that a firm can take to set up its business model, and how these choices can influence business performance.
Attendance and active participation in the training activities proposed by the course (lectures, seminars from business representatives, group works) and individual study will enable students to:
- know the main models of the management of operations, and the meaning of the main types of business model
- know how to exemplify the main theoretical concepts related to operations management and business models;
- know how to apply the main indicators for the analysis of internal processes, and for the performance of business models;
- know how to determine the most appropriate method for analyzing the performance of production processes and of a firm’s business model.
For any pre-requisites, students must refer to their study plan: http://www.unive.it/pag/fileadmin/user_upload/cdl/laurea/et11/documenti/2017-18/propedeuticitaET11.pdf
Students who have not passed the Economia Aziendale exam cannot take the Gestione delle Imprese exam (modules 1 and 2)
1 Operations and Operations Management;
2. Strategies and Operations Configuration
3. Operations Planning
4. Process analysis
5. Production paradigms and Lean Production
- Gestione delle Imprese, Create della MCGraw-Hill, chapters 5, 6 and 7.
- Further readings that will be downloadable from the Moodle web page of the course.

* Carefully follow all the instructions contained in the Moodle pages of the course.
Written exam, with a mix of open-ended and multiple-choice questions (10 multiple choice questions, two open-ended questions)
The test will last 45 minutes

Students will be given the opportunity to integrate the grade of the final exam with group-works that will be presented in class.
Lectures centered on theoretical issues, discussion of case studies, seminars from business representatives
Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments

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
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 04/03/2024