GENERAL MANAGEMENT
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IMPORTANT - RECAP OF THE CLASS MATERIALS FOR MODULE 2
Dear All,
again thank you very much for all your engagement and dedication to our General Management journey.
As anticipated in the classroom, please consider what follows as the recap for the Module 2 class materials to study (April, 8th-April, 24th).
1. The Personality Factor: article on the website plus slides on the website;
2. Problem Solving: slides on the website;
3. Organizing: book chapter;
4. Leadership: book chapter plus slides (Alberto Surace and Anastassia Zannoni) on the website;
5. Control: book chapters ("The System and Process of Controlling", "Control Techniques and Information Technology", plus slides on the website.
Instead, the 2 following book chapters WILL NOT have to be studied:
1. Managing Change through Manager and Organizational Development
2. Productivity, Operations Management, and Total Quality Management
Finally, if you want to talk to me for any reason, please always check my May office hours in "bacheca online".
Again, thank you very much and good luck for your future.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
NEXT OFFICE HOURS
May, 2nd, 5pm-6pm (in person).
Thanks.
GA
Leadership - Part II (tomorrow)
Dear All,
thank you very much for all your efforts to date.
I've finally collected 16 presentations.
Please, do remember that the task is not concluded.
Tomorrow, some groups will be called to the desk to talk about their chosen leaders with the classroom!
Best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Reminder - Deadline to submit the presentations for the Accenture Challenge
Dear Groups,
please remember that the deadline to submit your ppt presentations is April, 17th, 9am.
The file needs to be sent to anastassia.zannoni@uniroma2.it and abatecola@economia.uniroma2.it.
Thanks.
GA
OFFICE HOURS - APRIL
1) April, 3rd (11am-12pm);
2) April, 9th (11am-12pm);
3) April, 17th (11am-12pm);
4) April, 24th (11m-12pm).
Thanks and have a nice Easter break.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Final Updates before the Easter Break
Dear All,
the slides about decision making are now on the website.
Thus:
1) in terms of class materials for the mid-term exam, the following have to be studied: a) chapters 1-6 of the textbook; b) the article about systemness and evolution on the website; c) the article about Enron on the website; d) all the slides on the website, except for those entitled "StartCupLazio 2024", "Accenture Challenge: Rules and Timing", and "JETOR Consulting". Your notes during the lectures will be a value added also!
2) Booking is compulsory for the mid-term. The mid-term, as you know, will be a 1.30 minutes open-ended question test (3 questions). Rules on how to use the evaluation from the mid-term are (and have always been) on the website;
3) Anastassia Zannoni will follow up this mail with the first instructions for the McGraw Hill Operations Software, which we will start to use once back to the classroom in April.
Overall, thank you very much for all your commitment the attention and engagement so far!
Have a nice Easter break.
Best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Weekly Updates - Week 5
Dear All,
in terms of topics faced this week (and related class materials), the following summary can be hopefully helpful:
1) March, 18th:
a) Systemness: Article about "systemness and evolution" (in the course website) plus slides (in the course website, now uploaded);
b) StartCup Lazio (deadline to apply, May 6th): slides (in the course website, now uploaded).
2) March, 20th
1) Corporate Strategies: Slides in the course website, now uploaded.
On Monday, we will continue with strategy-related issues (Chapter 5 of the textbook).
Thanks and have a nice week end.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Weekly Updates - Week 4
Dear All,
in terms of topics faced this week (and related class materials), the following summary can be hopefully helpful:
1) March, 11th:
a) Culture and Porter's National Diamond: Textbook (Chapter 3);
b) Unicorns (Slides in the course website, now uploaded).
2) March, 12th
1) Enterprise Performance Management: The Accenture Experience (Slides in the course website, now uploaded).
2) Accenture Challenge: Rules and Timing (Slides in the course website, now uploaded).
3) March, 13th
1) Planning: Textbook (Chapter 4);
2) Liability of Newness: Article about "systemness and evolution" (in the course website) plus slides (in the course website, now uploaded).
Thanks and have a nice week end.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Weekly Updates - Week 3
Dear All,
in terms of class materials, this is the update for this week:
1) Co-Evolution and Firm's Life Cycle: Article "Systemness and Evolution" (course website), plus slides (course website);
2) Corporate Social Responsibility: (Textbook, Chapter 2);
3) Enron: Article "Enron" (course website), plus slides (course website);
4) International Management: (Textbook, Chapter 3).
Thanks and best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Weekly Updates - Week 2
Dear All,
thanks for joining the second week of the General Management classes of our Bachelor in Business Administration and Economics.
In terms of class materials, the topics regarding the evolution of management thought (Taylor, Weber, Fayol, Barnard) can be found in Chapter 1 of the textbook, which is now over. I've also uploaded the slides presented in the classroom.
On Wednesday, we have also started discussing about the comparison between biological and business systems, which is the core of the class material article (course website) about "systemness and evolution". We will continue with this comparison (and with the explanation of that article) during the first lecture of the next week.
Looking forward to seeing you in the classroom on Monday, 4th, March.
Best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
Link to the Unilever Future Leaders' League 2024 - Deadline for applications March, 1st, 2024
Dear All,
as anticipated in the classroom this morning, if you are interested to apply to this interesting competition implemented by Unilever, the deadline is March, 1st, 2024. The link to apply follows below:
Unilever: Unilever Future Leaders' League 2024 (joinrs.com)
For any further information about the competition (and associated application), you can mail Riccardo Casa at Riccardo.Casa@unilever.com
Thank you and best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
General Management - Updates Week 1
Dear All,
thanks for joining the first week of the General Management classes of our Bachelor in Business Administration and Economics.
In terms of class materials, the topics which we have covered during the lectures can be found in Chapter 1 of the textbook.
I've also uploaded the slides regarding the competitive forces' scheme, plus the value chain, on the course's website.
Looking forward to seeing you in the classroom on Monday, 26th.
Best wishes.
Gianpaolo Abatecola
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Day | Typology | Starting at | to | Room | |
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Monday | Feb 19, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Tuesday | Feb 20, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Wednesday | Feb 21, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Monday | Feb 26, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Tuesday | Feb 27, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Wednesday | Feb 28, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Monday | Mar 04, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Tuesday | Mar 05, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Wednesday | Mar 06, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Monday | Mar 11, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Tuesday | Mar 12, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Wednesday | Mar 13, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula I4 |
Monday | Mar 18, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula I4 |
Tuesday | Mar 19, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Wednesday | Mar 20, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Monday | Mar 25, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Tuesday | Mar 26, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Wednesday | Mar 27, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T2 |
Monday | Apr 08, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T4 |
Tuesday | Apr 09, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T4 |
Wednesday | Apr 10, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T4 |
Monday | Apr 15, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T4 |
Tuesday | Apr 16, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T4 |
Wednesday | Apr 17, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T4 |
Monday | Apr 22, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T4 |
Tuesday | Apr 23, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T4 |
Wednesday | Apr 24, 2024 | Lecture | 09:00 | 11:00 | Aula T4 |