TecnoCampus Foundation
eCampus
University Business
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General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Judith Turrión Prats

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Miguel Guillén Burguillos
Eloi Serrano Robles 

Academic year: 2024

Teaching course: 4

Languages ​​of instruction

  • Catalan

Competencies / Learning Outcomes

Basic skills

  • CB2. That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and problem solving within their area of study.

  • CB4. That students can convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.

  • CB5. That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Specific skills

  • CE7. Develop projects and proposals for innovative companies.

General competencies

  • CG1. Be able to work in a team, actively participate in tasks and negotiate in the face of dissenting opinions until reaching consensus positions, thus acquiring the ability to learn together with other team members and create new knowledge.

  • CG2. Be able to innovate by developing an open attitude towards change and be willing to re-evaluate old mental models that limit thinking.

  • CG3. Integrate the values ​​of social justice, equality between men and women, equal opportunities for all and especially for people with disabilities, so that the studies of Business Administration and Innovation Management contribute to to train citizens for a just, democratic society based on a culture of dialogue and peace.

Transversal competences

  • CT1. Communicate properly orally and in writing in the two official languages ​​of Catalonia.

  • CT2. Show willingness to learn about new cultures, experiment with new methodologies and encourage international exchange.

  • CT3. Demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership and management skills that strengthen personal confidence and reduce risk aversion.

  • CT4. Master computer tools and their main applications for ordinary academic and professional activity.

  • CT5. Develop tasks applying the acquired knowledge with flexibility and creativity and adapting them to new contexts and situations.

Presentation of the subject

The subject is aimed at the study of business management models that nuance certain postulates of conventional theory in the field of organization and business management. Taking the social economy and the circular economy as a guiding thread, the guiding principles of these disciplines represent a critical reflection on generally accepted economic norms and rules. The subject, in addition, also represents a clear contribution to new models of human resources and financial management. From rethinking concepts such as productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, profitability or profit, it becomes necessary to identify new forms of management. This subject represents a compendium on economics and business, which shows useful models for managing the business of the 21st century.

Contents

1. Why are we talking about Social Economy and Circular Economy?

a) Current socio-economic development (Donut Economy)

b) The environmental challenge

c) The challenge of inequality (internal and global)

d) Introduction to the Social Economy

e) Introduction to the Circular Economy (Economic Thinking)

2. Alternative socio-economic development trends

a) Ethics and business: Corporate Social Responsibility

b) Natural capitalism

c) Theory of the Common Good

d) Theories of Decline

e) B-Corp

3. Social enterprise and current challenges: new trends in business administration

a) Types of organizations. Management principles and internal democracy

b) Collective ownership: implications for governance and organization. Forms of participation

c) New strategic orientations, a new conceptual framework for the search for advantages: from competitiveness to cooperation

4. Application of the Circular Economy to the company

a) Strategies and business models

a.1) Circular design strategies for products and services

a.2) Business models in the Circular Economy

b) The Circular Economy in business management

b.1) Management and efficiency in the use of resources

b.2) Certifications

5. Sustainability metrics and indicators

a) Alternative metrics

b) Sustainable finance

b.1) EU taxonomy

b.2) ESG: Reporting

Activities and evaluation system

Continuous assessment (30%): during the term, different individual and/or group activities will be proposed that the student will have to submit to the eCampus.

Final work (20%): during the term, an individual and/or group final project will be proposed that the student must deliver to the eCampus.

Final exam (50%): a minimum grade of 5 (out of 10) is required to pass and average the continuous assessment activities. If the grade is lower than 5, it will be necessary to go to make up, in which only the final exam can be made up (not the continuous assessment activities). If the student does not appear for the exam in ordinary call, he/she cannot go to make up.

REFERENCES

Basic

BELDA HÉRIZ, Ignacio (2018). circular economy A new model of sustainable production and consumption. Ed. Tébar Flores

SERRANO ROBLES, Eloi (coord.) (2019). Introduction to the economy and social enterprise. Barcelona: Icaria

BALLESTERO PAREJA, Enrique (1990). Social economy and cooperative enterprises. University Alliance

Complementary

HENZEN, Rozanne and WEENK, Ed (2022). circular economy A practical approach to transform business models. Marge Books

BORKOWSKI, Jesse (dir.) (2013). Real Value [documentary]

GALAZ VALDERRAMA, Caterine and PRIETO DROUILLAS, Rodrigo (2006). solidarity economy From the obsession with profit to redistribution with equity. Barcelona: Icaria

GARCIA JANÉ, Jordi (2001). The cooperative dimension. Barcelona: Icaria

ILLACRUA MAGAZINE (ed.) (2007). Participation! A toolbox for the solidarity economy. Barcelona: Icaria

GARCIA JANÉ, Jordi (2017). The solidarity economy in a hundred words. Barcelona: Icaria

FAURA VENTOSA, Ignasi (2016). The Catalan social economy at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Peasant Editors

MIRÓ ACEDO, Ivan (2018). Cooperative cities. Sketches of another urban economy. Barcelona: Icaria

ASHCROFT, Ross (dir.) (2012). Four Horsemen [documentary]. Motherlode

PECK, Raoul (dir.) (2017). Young Karl Marx [film, Agat Films, Velvet Films, Rohfilm]