PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT A - E
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Rosario Francesco Antonio FARACIExpected Learning Outcomes
Students (enrolled at the first year of their undergraduate programme in Business Administration) are requested to learn concepts and theoretical frameworks in important issues within the management of firms, as: principles of modern management; meaning of "doing business" within different governance structures, organizational forms, business typologies and competitive contexts; managerial and entrepreneurial capabilities in decision-making.
The course is taught in Italian language and
both oral and written exams are held in Italian
Course Structure
The course is structured as it follows:
Lectures, Case Analyses, Testimonials in Class. The web (website: www.principidimanagement.it) and the main social media (facebook and telegram) will be used as well to turn the attendance in class in a more participative and immersive experience of learning
Required Prerequisites
For students enrolled in the graduate program “Economia Aziendale”, prerequisites are not necessary to attend this course.
For students enrolled in different graduate programs, a previous contact with the Instructor is suggested in order to represent the “state of art” of the existing knowledge in economics and in management
Detailed Course Content
Module 1, 3 CFU
Introduction to Management. Principles of Management in today context
Management as Process, as People and as Profession
Activities and roles of the managers: planning, organizing, leading, coordinating and controlling
The functions of management: classical, behavioral and contemporary approaches
The management as decision-making and the interpretative approaches
The Generative Management: the generative approach to firms and doing business
Module 2, 3 CFU
Economics, Business Economics and Management
The Firm: functions, types and ownership structures
The Firms: principles of economics and finance
Module 3, 3 CFU
Management and Entrepreneurship
The small and medium-sized firms
Family Firms
Startups
Organizational structure and behavior
Textbook Information
Lecture Notes from the Instructor
Rosario Faraci, Nient'altro che il futuro. La prospettiva generativa del fare impresa, Roma: Edizioni Sindacali (2022)
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navigating through the discipline of Management | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 2 | Il Management as Process | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 3 | Il Management as People | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 4 | Il Management as Profession | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 5 | Introducing Management: historical roots and the modern Management" | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 6 | Introducing Management: the "Responsible Management" and the "Diversity Management" | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 7 | Management activities and managerial competencies | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 8 | Management functions and entrepreneurial, soft skills, green, life & digital competencies | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 9 | The genesis of Management | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 10 | The behavioural approach to Management | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 11 | Contemporary Management | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 12 | Management as decision-making | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 13 | The generative approach to firms and doing business | Pamphlet Rosario Faraci "Nient'altro che il futuro. La prospettiva generativa del fare impresa". Edizioni Sindacali, 2022 |
| 14 | The generative approach to firms and doing business and the concept of generative company | Pamphlet Rosario Faraci "Nient'altro che il futuro. La prospettiva generativa del fare impresa". Edizioni Sindacali, 2022 |
| 15 | The generative approach to firms and doing business and the concept of generative territories | Pamphlet Rosario Faraci "Nient'altro che il futuro. La prospettiva generativa del fare impresa". Edizioni Sindacali, 2022 |
| 16 | Management and differences with Economics, "Economia Aziendale" and Business Econonomics | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 17 | Management of the firms: foundations and economic & financial aspects | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 18 | The firms: functions, organizational forms and governance structures | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 19 | The firms: institutional functions and entrepreneurial goals | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 20 | Management of small-and-medium sized firms | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 21 | Management of large corporations and business groups | Teaching material provided by the Instructor |
| 22 | Management of startups | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 23 | Family Business Management | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 24 | Management and Organization | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 25 | How to design and write a business case | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 26 | How to pitch a business case | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 27 | The toolbox for a business case | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 28 | Management Case Studies | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 29 | Oxford Debate in class | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 30 | Business Teather in class | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
| 31 | Pitching in class the Groups Projects | Teaching materials provided by the Instructor |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The exam is entirely held in Italian. For those students attending regularly the course, the final grade is determined by weighting the partial score of the final exam (written assignment in class) and that of the group projects. For other students, the final grade is determined by evaluating the written exam in class.