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Syllabus

EN IT

Prerequisites

none

Program

The course will mostly focus its attention on the following teaching areas:

1. Management: Science, Theory, and Practice (Week 1)
2. Management and Society: The External Environment, Social Responsibility, and Ethics (Week 2)
3. Global, Comparative, and Quality Management (Week 3)
4. Essentials of Planning and Managing by Objectives (Week 4)
5. Strategies, Policies and Planning Premises (Week 5)
6. Decision Making (Week 6)
7. The Nature of Organizing, Entrepreneuring, and Reenginering (Week 7)
8. Managing Change through Manager and Organizational Development (Week 7)
9. Leadership (Week 8)
10. The System and Process of Controlling (Week 9)
11. Control Techniques and Information Technology (Week 9)

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 weekly case discussions by students on companies which they have chosen, 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) The exam is written and is based on 3 open-ended questions (1 hour to be completed). It is based on all the class materials (book, articles, and slides uploaded on the website). The oral performance is not compulsory if the result of the written exam is at least equal to 18; furthermore, during the registration date for the evaluation received in the written test, students will have the opportunity to revise their evaluation (ranging from +2 points to -2 points) through 1 oral question also. IMPORTANT: only when the result of the written test is at least 16, students are allowed to perform the oral evaluation.

2) Students who result below 16 with their final evaluation, needs to "skip" the subsequent call. Instead, students who want to refuse an evaluation at least equal to 18, can choose to perform the exam again in any other given "call" at their discretion. Relatedly, when receiving the written test, students have the first 10 minutes to retire. If they do so, their test will be considered as not performed.

3) On the premise above, students will also have the possibility to improve their final evaluation through class commitment and energy in the various learning experiences and challenges launched and practiced during the course. In particular: up to 2 additional extra-points can be added through performing the McGraw-Hill Practice Operations simulation software at the end of the course. These extra-points can be added only to the final evaluation, if this evaluation is at least equal to 18. They remain valid for all the a.y. 2025/26. Additional information and explanations about the software will be given during the lectures.

4) Only students booked through the Delphi system can perform the exam.

5) The evaluation received in any written test can be explained in every office hours immediately following the test.

6) 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.