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 invites the groups with the following contact persons to further deliver, as anticipated, a quick presentation on April, 29^th, 9am in the classroom:

1) Capobianco; 2) Mucmata; 3) Quadrana; 4) Silvaggi; 5) Potenti; 6) Bertotti; 7) Grimaldi; 8) Markaj.

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 6 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 (either presenting or non-presenting) 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, 28^th in the classroom.

Best wishes and enjoy the ween end.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

good morning. In terms of class materials, this week: 

1) we have concluded the topic of problem solving and decision quality control (April, 7th, slides on the website);

2) we have dealt into the personality factor (April, 7th-8th, JMG article plus slides on the website);

3) we have dealt with organizing (April, 9th, book chapter);

4) we have started to talk about leadership (April, 9th, book chapter, to be developed further, plus slides on the website, also to be developed further).

Over the next week, we will restart with leadership.

On April, 14th, as anticipated, there will be a class exercise in groups. Please, bring your laptops and the lecture will start at 9 am.

Thanks and enjoy the week end (playing Module 1 of the Practice Operations Software).

Best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear All,

the slides about Start Cup Lazio 2025, plus the Hala project winning the 2024 edition, are now in the class materials of the website.

If interested, please remember that the deadline to apply for the first phase is April, 23rd, 2025. For additional information you can also get in touch with Dr. Silvia Baiocco (silvia.baiocco@uniroma2.it), Programme Coordinator.

Furthermore, the slides about Unicorns by Dr. Federico Giannetti (federico.giannetti@uniroma2.it) are also on the website.

Thanks and see you tomorrow in the classroom.

GA

Dear Students of General Management,

in terms of class materials, this week we have concluded chapter 5.

I've also uploaded both the slides about Tweelin and those regarding the strategic analysis tools concluded on March, 19th.

Will write you separately about the students' corner.

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

in terms of class materials, this week we have concluded chapter 5.

I've also uploaded both the slides about Tweelin and those regarding the strategic analysis tools concluded on March, 20th.

Will write you separately about the students' corner.

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

March, 19th, 2025, 4pm-5pm in my office.

Thanks.

GA

Dear Students of General Management,

the question for the fourth Students' Corner is the following.

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 Tuesday's lecture (there is no need to 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 (not concluded) plus slide about corporate strategies on the website.

Over the next week, we wil continue with our discussion arounde the strategy questions (focus on "how).

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

good morning.

Please, be informed that: 

1) the presentation about planning, budgeting and forecasting by the collegues from Accenture is now on the course website;

2) the file with all the steps and deadlines for the Accenture Challenge is also on the course website.

For any additional information about the Challenge, you can contact Dr. Anastassia Zannoni (anastassia.zannoni@uniroma2.it).

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

the question for the third Students' Corner 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 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 evening.

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) Enron case: Article on the course website;

3) International Management: Chapter 3 of the textbook;

Please, also remember that, as anticipated, on Monday, 10th 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' Corner 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 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 slides on the course website;

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

3) Firm's Life Cycle and Systemness: Article "Systemness and Evolution" (on the course website), plus slides (also on the course website).

I've also uploaded the AIESEC presentation.

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola

Dear Students of General Management,

the question for the first Students' Corner 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 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,

again good morning!

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

I've also uploaded the scheme about competitive forces on the course website (Class Materials).

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abacola

Dear students of General Management,

good morning!

The slides about JETOR Consulting are now on the course website (Class materials).

If interested, please remember that there will be an open call for applications on March, 3rd, 7pm-8pm.

This is the link to join the call:

meet.google.com/hue-gwrb-aqg

The deadline for the applications is March, 9th.

Thanks and best wishes.

Gianpaolo Abatecola