Facoltà di Economia

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

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

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 

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 

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

April, 24th, 12pm-1pm on Teams.

Thanks.

GA

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

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 

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

April, 16th, 5pm-6pm in my office.

Thanks.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

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:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DcieVEVxLvaT4TXGsqCfV5ITTG_6U7Mf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117664178381634757786&rtpof=true&sd=true

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dear Students of General Management,

the question for the fourth Students' Space is as also very simple.

Is there a company which you would like to work for? Why? Please, think about 3 main reasons.

Again, this activity is not compulsory. But, if someone wants to take action, she or he will be more than welcome at the beginning of Monday's lecture (there is no need to book in advance and prepare slides, we will have 15 minutes to share ideas all together).

Thanks and enjoy the week end.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

in terms of class materials what we have developed this week can be summarized as follows:

1) Planning: Chapter 4 of the book plus Accenture slides on the website;

2) Strategy: Chapter 5 of the book (in progress).

Over the next week, we will continue with our discussion around the strategy questions (focus on "how) and tools. We will then enter decision making.

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

the slides about Universeh 2.0 presented yesterday are now on the course website.

I would also to remind you that on Monday 16th, during the lecture, the call for Start Cup Lazio 2026 will be presented. 

Start Cup Lazio 2026 is a fantastic opportunity to support students' entrepreneurship.

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola 

Dear Students of General Management,

I've created a new folder "Accenture Challenge" on the course website.

In that folder, you will find:

1) the slides used by colleagues from Accentur on March, 9th;

2) the file with rules and timing (if interested to attend the challenge, by March, 25th, 9am, you need to book a group composed of 5 persons.

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow in the classroom.

Best wishes.

GA

Dear Students of General Management,

the question for the third Students' Space is also very simple.

What is an enterprise that you consider socially responsible? Why? Please, think about 3 main reasons.

Again, this activity is not compulsory. But, if someone wants to take action, she or he will be more than welcome at the beginning of Tuesday's lecture (there is no need to book in advance and prepare slides, we will have 15 minutes to share ideas all together).

Thanks and enjoy the week end.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

good morning.

In terms of class materials, what we have developed during the third week is as follows:

1) Corporate Social Responsibility: Chapter 2 of the textbook;

2) International Management: Chapter 3 of the textbook;

I’ve also included (Teaching Notes section) the JETOR presentation.

Please, also remember that, as anticipated, on Monday, 9th March, we will present the Accenture Challenge during the lecture hours (9am-11am).

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

the question for the second Students' Space is also very simple.

What is an enterprise that you consider a "subject" of the environment? Why? Please, think about 3 main reasons.

Again, this activity is not compulsory. But, if someone wants to take action, she or he will be more than welcome at the beginning of Monday's lecture (there is no need to book in advance and prepare slides, we will have 15 minutes to share ideas all together).

Thanks and enjoy the week end.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

good morning.

In terms of class materials, what we have developed during the second week is as follows:

1) The Evolution of Management Thought: Chapter 1 (now concluded), plus teaching notes (now uploaded) on the course website;

2) Darwin's Legacy, Systemness and Co-Evolution: Article "Systemness and Evolution" (on the course website);

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

the question for the first Students' Space is very simple.

What is an enterprise that you particularly admire? Why? Please, think about 3 main reasons.

Again, this activity is not compulsory. But, if someone wants to take action, she or he will be more than welcome at the beginning of Monday's lecture (there is no need to book in advance and prepare slides, we will have 15 minutes to share ideas all together).

Thanks and enjoy the week end.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

good morning and again welcome.

In terms of class materials, what we have developed during the first week is in the book, Chapter 1.

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola