Principles of Management
Code
1200
Academic unit
null
Department
null
Credits
7,5
Teacher in charge
Bernardo M. Pimentel
Teaching language
Portuguese and english
Objectives
This course is intended for undergraduate students and provides an introduction to the different functional areas of management, emphasizing, namely, the way Economics can be used for the decision-making in a business.
Prerequisites
N/A
Subject matter
I. The company and the value creation
II. Costs, Revenues and Profits - economic concepts
III. Finance
IV. Strategic analysis - Part I
V. Strategic analysis - Part II
VI. Marketing
VII. Corporate Governance
VIII. Entrepreneurship
Bibliography
[BDS] Besanko, D .; D. Dranove and M. Shanley, Economics of Strategy, Wiley, 5 Edition, 2010 [GM et al] Gomes Mota, António, C Barroso, H Soares and L Laureano, Introduction to Finance, Editions Sílabo, 2013 [JPE et al] Hope. J.P., A Sousa, E. Soares, I. Pereira, Corporate Governance in the Lusophone space, Text Editora, management, 2011. [JM] José Mata, Company Economics, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 7th Edition, 2011.
Teaching method
The course comprises of two lectures and one practical session per week. In the lectures, the theoretical material is presented and discussed with the help of examples. The practical sessions serve the dual purpose of solving exercises developed from the theoretical material and of presenting the company reports written by the students during the course of the semester.
Evaluation method
The Final Exam is mandatory and must cover the entire span of the course. Its weight in the final grade can be between 30 to 70%. The remainder of the evaluation can consist of class participation, midterm exams, in class tests, etc. Overall, written in class assessment (final exam, midterm) must have a weight of at least 50%.
The assessment will be based on a final exam (50%) and on a component done over the course of the semester (50%). This component consists of a midterm evaluation (20%), 3 written reports (15%), group presentations of one of those reports (10%), and the individual participation of the students (5%). The minimum grade on the exam is 8 points (out of 20).