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Syllabus

EN IT

Learning Objectives

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The course aims to provide undergraduate students with an exhaustive explanation of the
classical principles of general management.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
Given its learning outcomes, the course takes an internationally acknowledged view on the
discipline, in that it is based on the systemic approach to management.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
At the end of the course, students:
1. will have gained both theoretical and practical competences about the main principles
regarding general management to date;
2. will have gained appropriate competences on what decisions can ensure the
sustainability of firms, in terms of both survival and growth processes.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS:
At the end of the course, students will have gained competences in terms of evaluating the
sustainability of business performance.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
At the end of the course, students will have gained competences on how to perform public
corporate presentations.
LEARNING SKILLS:
At the end of the course, students will have gained competences on how to learn through
a "theory and practice" mixed approach.

Prerequisites

None

Program

The course will mostly focus its attention on the following teaching areas:
1. Management: Science, Theory, and Practice
2. Management and Society: The External Environment, Social Responsibility, and Ethics
3. Global, Comparative, and Quality Management
4. Essentials of Planning and Managing by Objectives
5. Strategies, Policies and Planning Premises
6. Decision Making
7. The Nature of Organizing, Entrepreneuring, and Reenginering
8. Managing Change through Manager and Organizational Development
9. Leadership
10. The System and Process of Controlling
11. Control Techniques and Information Technology
12. Productivity, Operations Management, and Total Quality Management

Books

TEXTBOOK
Abatecola G. (2022), General Management, McGraw-Hill Create, ISBN: 978-13-077-7309-5
(Custom Publishing with selected chapters from H. Koontz, H. Weihrich, and M. V. Cannice
[2020], Essentials of Management - An International, Innovation and Leadership
Perspective, 11th ed., McGraw-Hill Education).
ARTICLES
Abatecola G. (2019), “ Prioritizing Short-Termism in Behavioural Strategy. Lessons from
Enron – 20 Years On”, International Journal of Business and Management, 14(4): 60-71.
Abatecola, G., Mandarelli, G., Poggesi, S. (2013), The Personality Factor. A Top
Management Teams Make Decisions. A Literature Review, Journal of Management and
Governance, 17(4), 1073-1100.
Cafferata, R. (2016), Darwinist Connections between the Systemness of Social
Organizations and their Evolution, Journal of Management and Governance, 20(1), 19-44.
Furthermore, teaching notes (for some lectures) will be uploaded on the course's website.

Bibliography

Abatecola G. (2019), “ Prioritizing Short-Termism in Behavioural Strategy. Lessons from
Enron – 20 Years On”, International Journal of Business and Management, 14(4): 60-71.
Abatecola G. (2022), General Management, McGraw-Hill Create, ISBN: 978-13-077-7309-5
(Custom Publishing con capitoli selezionati da H. Koontz, H. Weihrich, and M. V. Cannice
[2020], Essentials of Management - An International, Innovation and Leadership
Perspective, 11th ed., McGraw-Hill Education).
Abatecola, G., Mandarelli, G., Poggesi, S. (2013), The Personality Factor. A Top
Management Teams Make Decisions. A Literature Review, Journal of Management and
Governance, 17(4), 1073-1100.
Cafferata, R. (2016), Darwinist Connections between the Systemness of Social
Organizations and their Evolution, Journal of Management and Governance, 20(1), 19-44.

Teaching methods

Lectures last 2 academic hours.
Not only theoretical, the teaching approach is featured by a strong practitioner input,
through ‘ live’ case discussions (e.g. The Economist, Fortune, Business Week), combined
talks with business experts, group presentations and software simulations (i.e. McGraw Hill
Practice Operations Management).
Because of the teaching approach adopted, the General Management course (a.y.
2021/22) has been among the awardees (Social and Human Sciences area) in the second
edition of the International Blended Learning Award (BLA). Jointly organized by the
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Università di Roma
Tor Vergata, BLA is focused on innovation in blended learning in response to COVID-19.

Exam Rules

1) In principle, the exam is written; oral (+2/-2 extrapoints) is not compulsory and it is up to
the students’ choice. Eventually, oral needs to be given in the same call in which any written
evaluation is obtained. The written test is composed of a “ 3 Open-ended question” test (1
hour and 30 minutes).
2) Students will also have the possibility to improve their final evaluation (with up to 2
additional extra-points) through performing the McGraw-Hill Practice Operations simulation
software during the course. The extra-points can be added only to the final evaluation. They
remain valid for all the 2023/24 a.y.
3) Only students booked through the Delphi system can perform the exam.
4) If a student’'s written test is evaluated as not sufficient, the student is not allowed to
repeat the test in the subsequent exam call. In each call, when the student is given the
written test, s/he has the first 10 minutes to choose whether to continue the test or to retire.
5) Students can receive insights about their written evaluation during the first office hours
immediately available after the test’s date.
The final mark of the exam is expressed out of thirty and will be obtained through the
following grading system:
Fail: important deficiencies in the knowledge and understanding of the topics; limited
analytical and synthesis skills; frequent generalisations and limited critical and judgemental
abilities; the topics are set out inconsistently and with inappropriate language.
18-21: the student has acquired the basic concepts of the discipline and has an analytical
capacity that emerges only with the help of the teacher; the way of speaking and the
language used are on the whole correct.
22-25: the student has acquired the basic concepts of the discipline in a discreet way;
knows how to orient him/herself among the various topics covered; and has an autonomous
analysis capacity knowing how to express using the correct language.
26-29: the student has a well-structured knowledge base; he/she is able to independently
rework the knowledge acquired in the context of the choice of conventional and
unconventional materials according to the application; the way of speaking and the
technical language are correct.
30 and 30 cum laude: the student has a comprehensive and thorough knowledge base.
The cultural references are rich and up-to-date, which are expressed with brilliance and
properties of technical language.