BUSINESS ECONOMICS FOR CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

The course contributes to the objectives of the Degree Program, as it 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 understand 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.

By the end of the course, students are expected to:
1) have developed a solid knowledge and understanding of the concept of firm, being able to distinguish among: institutional, strategic, organizational and economic aspects;
2) be able to to critically recognize the managerial dimension (in its institutional, strategic, organizational, and economic aspects) of concrete cultural organizations in the real world.

As this is an introductory course to Business Management and Accounting, no specific prior knowledge is required. The course however favourably welcomes students with a critical approach and with initiative, as well as the willingness to actively participate to the group work (strongly recommended) and to class discussions with constructive questions and comments that may benefit all participants.

The course is organized in an introductory week, four thematic blocks, and one conclusive lecture.
Every thematic block is composed of (a) two theoretical lectures, in which the most relevant concepts will be introduced, and (b) one discussion seminar in which we will apply the theoretical concepts of that thematic block to some concrete cases of cultural organizations. The discussion seminar will be basaed on a weekly "mini-assignment" in which the students, by groups, will analyze one aspect of the managerial dimension of a cultural organization.

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE (week 1)
Thematic blocks:
INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS (week 2)
STRATEGIC ASPECTS (week 3)
ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS (week 4)
ECONOMIC ASPECTS (week 5)

bibliography will follow

Students' evaluation will be composed of three parts:
1. INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN EXAM (Quiz); evaluation expressed in 30/30, weight: 75% on the final grade;
2. GROUP FINAL REPORT (report of about 3000 words containing the managerial analysis of a cultural organization); evaluation expressed in 30/30, weight: 25% on the final grade;
3. Active partecipation of the group during the course (verifiable through the submission of the weekly mini-assignments): qualitative evaluation, equivalent to a +/- on the final grade.

For non-attending students:
- same course programme and exam mode;
- point 2 will be substituted with an INDIVIDUAL REPORT with the same instructions as per the groups;
- point 3 will not be applicable.

written

ritten examination - with three open questions - about main topics, movements, themes and artists, as developed during the course

- grading:
A. marks in the 18-22 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- sufficient knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the syllabus;
- limited ability to collect and/or interpret data, making independent judgements;
- sufficient communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
B. marks in band 23-26 will be awarded in the presence of:
- discrete knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the syllabus;
- discrete ability to collect and/or interpret data, making autonomous judgements;
- fair communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
C. Scores in the 27-30 bracket will be awarded in the presence of:
- good or very good knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the syllabus;
- good or very good ability to collect and/or interpret data, making autonomous judgements;
- fully appropriate communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
D. Honours will be awarded in the presence of knowledge and ability of applied understanding with reference to the
programme, judgement and communication skills, excellent.

On-site classes in presence (alternating two theoretical lectures and one discussion seminar),

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development