The course offers the students a first image of the company and its operation, transferring the language of the discipline and each of the areas in the company, so that the student is able to handle it with ease. In this sense, this subject serves to contextualise the contents of other subjects studied towards the degree, making it easier for the student to study. We could say that the course creates a framework, and therefore defines the contours of the collage made up of the other subjects of the degree, particularly those of “Company Management” and the “Company Economy” module.

The subject also aims to explain the task of company management and how it has been understood and carried out in recent history, emphasising some of its more common tools. Students are expected to understand these tools and their usefulness, to be able to handle them in simple situations, and to acquire the ability to explain to others how they can be used, as well as their virtues and defects; all of which are basic cognitive skills for the person who is going to develop a managerial job in any company.

The specific competences of the course are:

C1. An ability to analyse the real situation of companies using the concepts and models of management theory

C2. An ability to diagnose organisational problems using the basic management tools

The horizontal competences are:

C3. An ability to apply logical arguments in the understanding and evaluation of administrative doctrines and management tools.

C4. An ability to clearly express one’s own ideas and those of others, and convey to others their own ideals, values and ambitions



LEARNING OUTCOMES

R1. Managing administrative concepts and theories to argumentatively evaluate organisational alternatives in context.

R2. Performing Business Situation Diagnostic Reports

R3. Defending (orally and in writing) the opportunity to use certain organisational solutions, management tools or management techniques in a given context.

R4. Publicly presenting and defending with arguments one’s own diagnostics, the use of certain management tools or management techniques, with the aid of tools of public presentations and using the specific language of management theory.

TOPIC 1. COMPANY AND BUSINESSPERSON

1. Introduction

2. Brief Notes on The Complexity Of Companies

3. The Facets of The Business Function



2. THE AREAS OF THE COMPANY

1. Introduction

2. The Company as A System

3. The Production Area

4. The Financial Area

5. The Sales Area

6. The Human Resources Area



3. COMPANY’S ADMINISTRATION

1. Organization, administration and management

2. Business management history

3. Continuous Administrative Functions

4. Sequential Administrative Functions

During master classes the student will:

• Attend teacher’s explanations

• Read and make comments about short texts

• Answer orally to the questions posed by the teacher

• Make questions and clear doubts with the teacher



During practical sessions the student will:

• Read and make comments about texts

• Solve exercises in writing

• Read and resolve business cases in writing

• Watch videos

• Answer orally and in writing to the questions posed by the teacher

• Make questions and clear doubts with the teacher

During distance learning the student will:

• Reflect on issues relate to the contents of the course

• Read texts

• Search for information

• Read and solve business case in writing



In the event that the sanitary conditions prevent the realization of a teaching activity and / or face-to-face evaluation, a non-face-to-face modality will be activated of which the students will be informed promptly

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Two partial exams (%): 100

The evaluation will consist on a set of written exams (two) that will assess the competences dealt with in the lectures. Each of these exams will deal with half of the contents and will evaluate the development of C1, C2, C3, C4 competences. The dates of the exams will be around week seven/eight and fourteen/fifteen of the term.

The exams will have three types of questions: written long-answer questions, multiple-choice test and/or practical questions.

The final mark will be the arithmetic mean of the results obtained in these exams. Failure to attend one of these tests will result in a score of zero in the test.

Students who wish to renounce to the continuous evaluation system will have to present a document to the teacher in any moment during the course and before the final exam date. The document in order to renounce to the continuous valuation system will be available in Egela.

WAIVER

• In the case of the continuous evaluation

Students who wish to renounce to the continuous evaluation system will have to present a document to the teacher in any moment during the course and before the final exam date. The document in order to renounce to the continuous valuation system will be available in Egela.

• In the case of the final evaluation

Students exempted from class attendance who do not take this written test will receive a mark of DEFERRED

Written exams that will cover the entire course material and that will represent 100% of the final mark. This examination will be taken on the date set by the university.

Students who choose not to attend the extraordinary evaluation should not take this exam, and their mark will be recorded as DEFERRED.

The materials provided by the teacher at the beginning of the course

Basic bibliography

Bueno Campos, E. (1996). Curso básico de economía de la empresa. Un enfoque de organización. Pirámide. Madrid.

Chiavenato, I. (1999). Introducción a la teoría general de la administración. Mcgraw – Hill. Bogotá. 5ª edición.

Claver Cortés, E. (1994). Manual de administración de empresas. Civitas. Madrid.

Koontz, H. y Weihrich, H. (1998). Administración. Una perspectiva global. Mcgraw – hill. México. 6ª edición.

Olaskoaga Larrauri, j. (2008). Funciones administrativas. Historia y contenido. Editorial lulu. Lulu.com.

Pérez Gorostegui, E. (1996). Economía de la empresa (introducción). Centro de estudios Ramón Areces, S.A.

In-depth bibliography

Drucker, P. F. (2000). El management del siglo xxi. Edhasa.
Ministerio para las Administraciones Públicas (1993). Lecturas de teoría de la organización. Map. Madrid.
Pugh, D. S., Hickson, D. J., y Hinings, C. R. (1983). Writers on organizations. Penguin books. Harmondsworth.
Putterman, l. (1994). La naturaleza económica de la empresa. Alianza universidad. Madrid.
Womack, J., Jones, D., y Roos, D. (1993). La máquina que cambió el mundo. Mcgraw – hill.
Wren, D.A. (1994). The evolution of management thought. John Wiley & sons. 4ª edición.

Journals

At the beginning of the course the teacher will provide a list of journals

Web addresses

At the beginning of the course the teacher will provide a list of interesting web addresses