Mechanical Engineering

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

General Data

Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 6.00
Status: Optional
Type: Course
Academic Year:
Term:
Languages: English, Portuguese
Available for Mobility Students: No
Restricted to alliance: No
Code: Sin codigo

Coordination

Description

Theory
2

Theory/Practice
2


 

Instructors

Luis Miguel Ciravegna Fonseca


 

Contents

(1) Global megatrends. Sustainability and digital transformation.
(2) Organizational management. Management theories and models.
(3) The environment and the organization stakeholders.
(4) Business Strategy. Planning and strategy implementation.
(5) Decision making.
(6) Organizational structure and culture.
(7) Talent and knowledge management.
(8) Leadership, motivation, power, and communication. Negotiation.
(9) Marketing and commercial management.
(10) Research, development, and innovation.
(11) Operations and processes management.
(12) Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility. Business Risk Management.
(13) Risk and business continuity management. Business models and business performance evaluation.
(14) Nonprofit organizations management.
(15) Professional career management.

Learning Outcomes

The aim is to ensure students the knowledge and ability to master, develop and apply the fundamental concepts, models, and instruments of the management of organizations, making them sensitive to the current management requirements from a systemic, integrating and multidisciplinary perspective. this curricular unit has as main objectives:

(A) To confer competences for the management of organizations
(B) Being able to plan, organize, implement and control, business strategies and organizational structures
(C) Being able to manage people, resources and processes
(D) Take into account the sustainability and economic feasibility and financial sustainability issues of organizations
(E) To be an agent that enhances the creation of economic, environmental and social value.