GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Notice
OFFICE HOURS - JULY/SEPTEMBER
- July, 16th, 1pm-2pm (on Teams and in my office);
- July, 22nd, 1pm-2pm (on Teams and in my office);
- September, 9th, 1pm-2pm (on Teams and in my office).
Thanks.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Grade Registration, 3nd call (7th July 2026) - Link to the Teams' Meeting
Dear Students of General Management,
as far as the third call grades' registration is concerned (July, 7th, 12pm CET),
please find the link to the Teams meeting below:
Results - Written Test 30th June and next steps
Dear Students of General Management,
good morning.
The overall results from the June, 30th written test are now on the course website ("exams" folder of the class materials).
The column that ultimately matters is that entitled "To Register".
In particular:
1) those students who want to register the proposed grade, will also have the possibility to do so in remote on July, 7th at 12.00 pm CET (I will open a call on Teams and send the link). Important: the proposed grade needs to be accepted in this call; if not, it will be considered as automatically refused;
2) those students who want to perform the integrative oral need to come in person to Tor Vergata on July, 7th at 12.00 pm CET;
3) when the column says "oral compulsory", the students need to come in person to Tor Vergata on July, 7th at 12.00 pm CET;
4) when the column says "Not sufficient", the students need to come back in September;
5) all those students who want to see their paper can already come in person to Tor Vergata on July, 7th at 12.00 pm CET, or in any future office hours (please, always check the "bacheca online" on a weekly basis).
Thanks and have a nice week end.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
NEXT OFFICE HOURS
July, 7th, 1pm-2pm on Teams.
Thanks.
GA
Grades Registration (2nd call, June 10th) - Links to the Teams Meeting
Dear Students of General Management,
as far as the second call grades' registration is concerned (June, 25th, 12pm CET),
please find the link to the Teams meeting below:
Results, Written Test 10th June, 2026 and next steps
Dear Students of General Management,
good afternoon.
The overall results from the June, 10th written test are now on the course website ("exams" folder of the class materials).
The column that ultimately matters is that entitled "To Register".
In particular:
1) those students who want to register the proposed grade, will also have the possibility to do so in remote on June, 25th at 12.00 pm CET (I will open a call on Teams and send the link). Important: the proposed grade needs to be accepted in this call; if not, it will be considered as automatically refused;
2) those students who want to perform the integrative oral need to come in person to Tor Vergata on June, 25th at 12.00 pm CET;
3) when the column says "oral compulsory", the students need to come in person to Tor Vergata on June, 25th at 12.00 pm CET;
4) when the column says "Not sufficient", the students need to jump a call (in this case, it means they have to come back in September);
5) all those students who want to see their paper can already come in person to Tor Vergata on June, 25th at 12.00 pm CET, or in any future office hours (please, always check the "bacheca online" on a weekly basis).
Thanks and have a nice week end.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
IMPORTANT - JUNE OFFICE HOURS
June, 11th, 4pm-5pm (on Teams).
June, 25th, 1pm-2pm (in my office).
Thanks.
GA
Grades Registration - Links to the Teams Meeting
Dear Students of General Management,
as far as the first call grades' registration is concerned (June, 8th, 12pm CET),
please find the link to the Teams meeting below:
Results - Written Test May, 25th, 2026 and next steps
Dear Students of General Management,
good morning.
The overall results from the May, 25th written test are now on the course website ("exams" folder of the class materials).
The column that ultimately matters is that entitled "To Register".
In particular:
1) those students who want to register the proposed grade, will also have the possibility to do so in remote on June, 8th at 12.00 pm CET (I will open a call on Teams and send the link). Important: the proposed grade needs to be accepted in this call; if not, it will be considered as automatically refused.
2) those students who want to perform the integrative oral need to come in person to Tor Vergata on June, 8th at 12.00 pm CET;
3) when the column says "oral compulsory", the students need to come in person to Tor Vergata on June, 8th at 12.00 pm CET;
4) when the column says "Not sufficient", the students need to jump a call;
5) all those students who want to see their paper can already come in person to Tor Vergata on June, 8th at 12.00 pm CET, or in any future office hours (please, always check the "bacheca online" on a weekly basis).
Thanks and best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
McGraw Hill - Practice Operations 2025/26: Group Extrapoints
Dear Students of General Management,
good morning.
The 2025/26 group extrapoints for the Practice Operations performance are now on the course website ("exams" folder of the class materials).
As you know, these extrapoints remain valid for all the 2025/26 academic year.
Thanks and best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
IMPORTANT - ORGANIZATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SOFTWARE TEST, 25th May, 2026
Dear Students of General Management,
this information is for all those groups who will perform the software test, 25th May, 2026 (11am).
The written test will take place in Room T1 and will start at 11am.
As you know, only the group components present will be evaluated.
Thanks and have a nice week end.
GA
NEXT OFFICE HOURS
June, 3rd (12pm-1pm) on Teams.
Thanks.
GA
NEXT OFFICE HOURS
May, 18 (12pm-1pm) on Teams.
Thanks.
GA
Recap - Class Materials to Study for the Exam
Dear Students of General Management,
good afternoon.
Now that our classes are over, first of all I would again like to thank you very much for all the engagement, attention, and motivation across the weeks together.
On this premise, as I anticipated in the classroom, the recap of the class materials to study for the exam is as follows:
1) TEXTBOOK: only the last chapter "Productivity, Operations Management, and Total Quality Management" has to be excluded;
2) ADDITIONAL REFERENCES (on the website): both have to be studied;
3) TEACHING NOTES (on the website): only the presentations regarding Start Cup Lazio, Universeh, and JETOR have to excluded.
Again, a great good luck for the Summer exams' sessiona and a great good luck for a bright future.
Best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Reminder . Room for today's lecture (T4)
Dear Students of General Management.
A simple reminder that the room for today's lecture (9am-11am) is T4.
Thanks.
GA
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOMORROW
Dear Students of General Management,
good afternoon. As anticipated, tomorrow we will close our discussion around leadership themes.
Because of organizational reasons:
1) the lecture will start at 9am.
2) We will start by calling 3 or 4 groups to present their leadership cases. All the presentations are already in my laptop. Simply, be ready to present your leader in no more than 5 minutes!
Thanks and, as always, looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
OFFICE HOURS
May, 5th, 2pm-3pm in my office.
Thanks.
GA
Accenture Challenge - Next Steps
Dear Groups participating to the Accenture Challenge,
good morning.
The Accenture team has reviewed all the works received and has found all of them interesting and well executed.
Based on a combined mix between contents’ quality, clarity and data visualization, the Accenture team thus invites ALL THE GROUPS to further deliver, as anticipated, a quick presentation on April, 28th, 9am in the classroom:
On this premise, please read carefully the following rules:
1) The order of the presentations will be decided on a random basis during the presentation day;
2) Each group will have total freedom to decide how many group members will speak;
3) For organizational reasons each group will have no more than 10 minutes to present. Each presentation will be then followed by a quick Questions & Answers session with the Accenture team.
4) All the groups will already find the presentations uploaded on the same laptop usually used in the classroom.
Important, to acknowledge the interesting work done by all the groups who have sent their presentation to the Accenture team, during the presentation day all the group members will receive a certificate of attendance to the Challenge.
I do hope everything is clear.
If there are doubts, we will have time to speak on April, 27th in the classroom.
Best wishes and enjoy the week end.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
WEEKLY UPDATES
Dear Students of General Management,
again thanks for all your engagement with the activities run this week.
As a summary:
1) We have gone through the key lenses regarding problem solving (chapter 6 of your book and slides now on the course website);
2) We have started to practice with Module 2 of the software (which will remain open, in tutorial mode, with unlimited attempts);
3) We have continued to deal with leadership, also starting by debriefing the speech by the colleagues from ABInBev.
As a reminder for the next week, please continue to bring your laptop in the classroom.
Thanks and have a nice week end.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
IMPORTANT - OFFICE HOURS CHANGE
Dear All,
because of organizational reasons I have to postpone the next office hours, from April, 24th to April, 27th, 11am-12pm on Teams.
Thanks.
GA
Reminder - Accenture Challenge
Dear Groups for the Accenture Challenge,
please remember that the deadline to send me your power point (or pdf) presentations is tomorrow, 9am (mail to abatecola@economia.uniroma2.it).
Because of organizational reasons, no other formats for the presentations can be accepted.
Thanks.
GA
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOMORROW
Dear Students of General Management,
please remember that, tomorrow, the lecture will start at 9.00am.
1) In order to understand the class exercise fully, it is important that you are present from the beginning.
2) Please, bring a laptop with you. You will need it prepare a powerpoint presentation live in the classroom.
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Kind regards.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
NEXT OFFICE HOURS
April, 24th, 12pm-1pm on Teams.
Thanks.
GA
WEEKLY UPDATES
Dear Students of General Management,
welcome back to the classroom.
As a summary of this week:
1) We have gone through the personality factor study (including article and slides on the website);
2) We have completed the textbook chapter about organizing;
3) We have started the textbook chapter about leadership, on which we will continue to focus over the next week;
4) We have practiced with module 1 of the Practice Operations software .... BTW many results from the April, 15th, mini-challenge were very high. Keep going!
As a reminder for the next week, please continue to bring your laptop in the classroom. Among the various activities planned, we will also start practicing with module 2 of the software (in parallel, module 1 will remain also open for those who want to train more).
Thanks and have a nice week end.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
IMPORTANT - INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOMORROW
Dear Students of General Management,
as anticipated todate, tomorrow:
1) the contact person for each of the 30 groups booked for the McGraw Hill software needs to be present in the classroom. If that person cannot be present, one person needs to be present on her/his behalf;
2) there needs to be one laptop per each group.
Thanks and looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Best wishes.
GA
REMINDER - McGraw Hill Practice Operations Software - Link to the Groups' Google Form (Compulsory Deadline 13th April 2026, 9am)
Dear Students of General Management,
good morning.
As anticipated, when we see back in the classroom in the week starting on April, 13th, we will start practicing with the McGraw Hill Practice Operations software.
At the moment, the only action required on your side is that, by April, 13th, 9am, you fill the form below:
In substance, groups for the software need to be composed of 4 students, with no exceptions allowed (please, do not send me mails about this matter!)
In order to facilitate the timely beginning of this experience, it is extremely important that you respect the deadline above.
Again thanks and best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
IMPORTANT - LECTURE MONDAY, 13TH APRIL 2026 POSTPONED (FROM 9AM-11AM TO 3PM-5PM)
Dear Students of General Management,
because of organizational reasons the lecture to be held on Monday, 13th April, 2026 (9am-11am) has been postponed to Monday, 13th April, 2026 (3pm-5pm).
Thanks and looking forward to seeing you over the next week.
Best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
NEXT OFFICE HOURS
April, 16th, 5pm-6pm in my office.
Thanks.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
IMPORTANT - McGraw Hill Practice Operations Software - Link to the Groups' Google Form (Compulsory Deadline 13th April 2026, 9am)
Dear Students of General Management,
good afternoon.
As anticipated, when we see back in the classroom in the week starting on April, 13th, we will start practicing with the McGraw Hill Practice Operations software.
At the moment, the only action required on your side is that, by April, 13th, 9am, you fill the form below:
In substance, groups for the software need to be composed of 4 students, with no exceptions allowed (please, do not send me mails about this matter!)
In order to facilitate the timely beginning of this experience, it is extremely important that you respect the deadline above.
Again thanks and best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Unicorns and update on class materials
Dear Students of General Management,
good afternoon. The teaching notes about Unicorns are now in the "teaching notes" folder of the course website.
Overall, while we have concluded chapter 5, we are still in progress with Chapter 6 (Decision Making), which we will conclude when we will take action again on April, 13th.
Thanks and best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Strategic Analysis Tools
Dear Students of General Management,
the teaching notes about the strategic analysis tools, which we have concluded todate, are now in the teaching notes folder of the course website.
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow for the last lecture before the break.
Thanks.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Tweelin , 17th March 2026
Dear Students of General Management,
the slides of the Tweelin presentation, 17th March 2026, are now in the course website (Teaching Notes folder).
Thanks and best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Start Cup Lazio 2026
Dear Students of General Management,
the slides of the Start Cup Lazio 2026 presentation (16th March) are now in the course website (Teaching Notes folder).
We wish to remind you that the deadline for the first round applications is April, 27th.
Thanks and best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Reminder - Accenture Challenge
Dear Students of General Management,
a kind reminder that March, 25th (9am) is the deadline to pre-book for the Accenture Challenge.
As you know, pre-booking does not imply that groups will have to continue with the challenge, if the agenda makes this no longer feasible.
However, because of organizational reasons groups intended to be formed after the deadline has passed will not be allowed to enter the challenge in due course.
Thanks and best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
General Management - Course Scheduling for the next week
Dear Students of General Management,
as you know, lectures will not take place on Monday, 23rd. We will recover our General Management lecture in April and you will be updated about "when" in due course.
Our General Management lectures of March, 24th and 25th (9am-11am) will regularly take place.
Looking forward to meeting you again over the next week.
Have a good week end.
Gianpaolo Abatecola