Teaching code

4S02442

Teacher

Francesca Simeoni

Coordinatore

Francesca Simeoni

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SECS-P/08 - MANAGEMENT

Period

II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 17, 2020 al May 30, 2020.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

Learning outcomes

To provide the participants with the basic knowledge of a company’s nature, functions, operating logic, management and governance. To introduce the issues and the main methods for defining a strategy to obtain competitive advantage in international competitive environments. To present a managerial framework of the tourism phenomenon according to the main actors’ perspectives. The course aims to provide the first basic knowledge in the business field provided by the three-year study plan and will allow the graduate to enter with awareness in business organizations. The course also aims to provide insights to allow the student a conscious choice of curricula.

Program

PROGRAM
What is a firm: the most important definitions of the subjects and of the activities of a firm.
The strategic management of a firm.
The quantitative analysis of the principal data: costs, revenues and the evaluation of the industrial investments and of the decision of make or buy.
The international development of a firm.
An introduction to the tourism industry.

Teaching methods:
- frontal lessons
- case studies
- discussion with external guests


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Attending students:

 Appunti dalle lezioni

 Tunisini A., Pencarelli T., Ferrucci L., Economia e management delle imprese. Strategie e strumenti per la competitività e la gestione aziendale, Hoepli, Milano, 2014, capp. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,14,15,17, 20

 Garibaldi R., Economia e gestione delle imprese turistiche, Hoepli, Milano, 2015 (seconda edizione), capp.
• cap. 1: only 1.1,1.2 e1.3
• Cap. 3: not 3.3.4
• Cap. 4: all
• Cap. 5: not 5.3.3
• Cap. 6: all
• Cap. 7: only 7.1 e 7.2
• Cap. 8: not 8.3.3
• Cap. 9: all
• Cap. 10: not 10.5.3

 Simeoni F., Vigolo V., Modelli per la valutazione della convenienza degli investimenti industriali, Giuffrè Editore, Milano, 2006

 Others on the e-learning platform



Not attending students:

 Tunisini A., Pencarelli T., Ferrucci L., Economia e management delle imprese. Strategie e strumenti per la competitività e la gestione aziendale, Hoepli, Milano, 2014, capp. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,14,15,17, 20

 Garibaldi R., Economia e gestione delle imprese turistiche, Hoepli, Milano, 2015 (seconda edizione), capp.
• cap. 1: only 1.1,1.2 e1.3
• Cap. 3: not 3.3.4
• Cap. 4: all
• Cap. 5: not 5.3.3
• Cap. 6: all
• Cap. 7: only 7.1 e 7.2
• Cap. 8: not 8.3.3
• Cap. 9: all
• Cap. 10: not 10.5.3

 Simeoni F., Vigolo V., Modelli per la valutazione della convenienza degli investimenti industriali, Giuffrè Editore, Milano, 2006

 Others on the e-learning platform

Examination Methods

The exam consists of a written test and, for students passing the written test, the exam will continue with (either the one or the other alternative):
-a compulsory oral examination, for those who have obtained a particularly high mark in the written test;
-an optional oral examination (to student’s choice) for all the other.
The written test consists in an exercise and four open questions.
The final evaluation is in 30/30 (the minimum is 18/30).