Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
Period | From | To |
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CuCi IA | Sep 21, 2020 | Oct 31, 2020 |
CuCi IB | Nov 9, 2020 | Jan 9, 2021 |
CuCi IIA | Feb 15, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
CuCi IIB | Apr 14, 2021 | May 29, 2021 |
Session | From | To |
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sessione d'esame invernale CuCi | Jan 11, 2021 | Feb 13, 2021 |
sessione d'esame estiva CuCi | Jun 7, 2021 | Jul 24, 2021 |
sessione d'esame autunnale CuCi | Aug 23, 2021 | Sep 18, 2021 |
Session | From | To |
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sessione di laurea invernale 19-20 | Apr 7, 2021 | Apr 13, 2021 |
sessione di laurea estiva 20-21 | Jul 5, 2021 | Jul 10, 2021 |
Sessione autunnale di laurea a.a. 2020/21 | Nov 8, 2021 | Nov 13, 2021 |
Sessione straordinaria di laurea a.a. 2020/21 | Mar 28, 2022 | Apr 2, 2022 |
Period | From | To |
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Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2020 | Nov 1, 2020 |
Chiusura Ateneo ponte Immacolata | Dec 7, 2020 | Dec 7, 2020 |
Festa dell'Immacolata | Dec 8, 2020 | Dec 8, 2020 |
Vacanze di Natale | Dec 24, 2020 | Jan 6, 2021 |
Vacanze di Pasqua | Apr 2, 2021 | Apr 6, 2021 |
Festa della liberazione | Apr 25, 2021 | Apr 25, 2021 |
Festa del lavoro | May 1, 2021 | May 1, 2021 |
Festa del Santo Patrono | May 21, 2021 | May 21, 2021 |
Sospensione delle lezioni | May 22, 2021 | May 22, 2021 |
Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2021 | Jun 2, 2021 |
Vacanze estive | Aug 9, 2021 | Aug 15, 2021 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Culture and Civilisation Teaching and Student Services Unit.
To view all the exam sessions available, please use the Exam dashboard on ESSE3.
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Academic staff
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Management for businesses in the publishing sector (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S02881
Academic staff
Coordinator
Credits
12
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-P/08 - MANAGEMENT
Period
2 A, 2 B
Learning outcomes
The course “An Introduction to Publishing Management” aims at providing advanced knowledge which will allow participants to gain interest into and to be able to perform several jobs within a publishing company. In order to allow the students to combine the contents of the course with the practical experience of the firms, two seminars held by industry specialists – who will voluntarily take part to the course to talk about their experience – will be organised.
Program
The business and its functions: the concept and types of business, the economic and meta-economic functions of the business, income, profitability and profit, the conditions for corporate profitability.
The context in which the company operates: the immediate competitive and relational environment and the remote environment. The concept of stakeholder and the different types of stakeholders. The characteristics of the environment, the environmental complexity and its determinants, how to operate in a complex environment. The forms of the market and the barriers to entry and exit of companies from the market.
The original production factors: knowledge, creativity, trust; capital and labor as derivative factors of production.
The entrepreneur and the birth of the company: the traits characterizing the entrepreneur, the entrepreneurial purposes, the stages of the company's birth and the related resources.
Innovation and corporate creativity: terminological issues, types of innovation, corporate creativity and its dimensions, the main innovative paths in the company.
How the company is made: institutional set-up, value substrate, production system and organizational system.
The production function: production capacity, cost trends and sizing choices, types of production process, production location choices, methods of carrying out the production process between integration and decentralization.
Corporate organization and staff management: the organizational structure and organizational principles, organizational structure models, the concept of motivation and motivational theories, management styles.
How the company operates: values, mission, vision, strategic planning process.
Strategic choices: the concept of strategy, overall strategies, competitive strategies. Vertical and horizontal integration.
Operational comparison problems: the Break Even Point model.
Some relevant choices of price, product, distribution and communication.
Marketing applications in publishing.
The book.
The marketing of the book
The book supply chain and the page economy.
The book market and the relationships between the various publishing players.
Digitization in the publishing world.
STUDY MATERIALS:
- Claudio Baccarani, Federico Brunetti, Elena Giaretta (a cura di), Impresa e management tra competitività e progresso, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015 (chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and paragraphs 11.5, 13.1, 13.3 (and its sub-paragraphs).
- Fabio Severino, Il marketing dei libri: teorie e casi di studio, Editrice Bibliografica, Milano, 2012.
- Lecture notes and company testimonials.
- Materials on e-learning platform.
For further information:
- Paola Dubini, Voltare Pagina, 4° edizione, Pearson, 2017, ISBN 9788871926599
STUDY MATERIALS FOR NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS:
- Claudio Baccarani, Federico Brunetti, Elena Giaretta (a cura di), Impresa e management tra competitività e progresso, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015 (chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and paragraphs 11.5, 13.1, 13.3 (and its sub-paragraphs).
- Fabio Severino, Il marketing dei libri: teorie e casi di studio, Editrice Bibliografica, Milano, 2012.
- Materials on e-learning platform.
Per approfondimenti:
- Paola Dubini, Voltare Pagina, 4° edizione, Pearson, 2017, ISBN 9788871926599
The content of the textbooks adheres to the program. Additional in-depth educational material on publishing will be made available during the semester of lessons on the teaching e-learning platform.
Examination Methods
The exam is carried out through an oral test, which focuses on the entire course program.
The oral exam aims to ascertain:
- general view of the discipline,
- fluency in language,
- in-depth study of the individual topics,
- ability to connect topics (mental elasticity),
- critical analysis skills,
- ability to apply concepts to reality.
The final evaluation is expressed in thirtieths.
Type D and Type F activities
years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° | "Common world. 2022 Arendt Seminars | F |
Olivia Guaraldo
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° | Workshop on transmedia storytelling | F |
Elena Zilotti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° | "Shake Shakespeare Up!" workshop | F |
Silvia Bigliazzi
(Coordinator)
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years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° | "Common world. 2022 Arendt Seminars | F |
Olivia Guaraldo
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° | PhD Conference 2021: Margins and Forgotten places | F |
Simona Brunetti
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° | Workshop on digital publishing | F |
Andrea Bongiorni
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° | Workshop on transmedia storytelling | F |
Elena Zilotti
(Coordinator)
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Career prospects
Module/Programme news
News for students
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Graduation
List of thesis proposals
theses proposals | Research area |
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Laureandi Editoria e Giornalismo: vademecum | Various topics |
TESI SU COMUNICAZIONE DELL’AGROALIMENTARE | Various topics |
Gestione carriere
Linguistic training CLA
Student mentoring
Student login and resources
Modalità e sedi di frequenza
La frequenza non è obbligatoria.
Maggiori dettagli in merito all'obbligo di frequenza vengono riportati nel Regolamento del corso di studio disponibile alla voce Regolamenti nel menu Il Corso. Anche se il regolamento non prevede un obbligo specifico, verifica le indicazioni previste dal singolo docente per ciascun insegnamento o per eventuali laboratori e/o tirocinio.
È consentita l'iscrizione a tempo parziale. Per saperne di più consulta la pagina Possibilità di iscrizione Part time.
Le sedi di svolgimento delle lezioni e degli esami sono le seguenti:
- Polo Zanotto (vicino si trova il Palazzo di Lettere)
- Palazzo ex Economia
- Polo Santa Marta
- Istituto ex Orsoline
- Palazzo Zorzi (Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 17 - 37129 Verona)