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General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Judith Turrión Prats

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Guillermo Antuña Martinez

Academic year: 2025

Teaching course: 4

Languages ​​of instruction

  • Spanish

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.

The classroom (physical or virtual) is a safe space, free of sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic and discriminatory attitudes, either towards students or teachers. We trust that together we can create a safe space where we can make mistakes and learn without having to suffer the prejudices of others..

Contents

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

Topic 2. Alternative trends in socio-economic development

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

Topic 4. Application of the Circular Economy in the company

Topic 5. Sustainability metrics and indicators

Activities and evaluation system

Continuous assessment (50%): During the term, different individual and/or group activities/seminars will be proposed.

Final exam (50%): You must obtain a minimum grade of 5 (out of 10) to pass and average the continuous assessment activities. If the grade is lower than 5, you will have to take a retake, in which you can only retake the final exam.

Continuous assessment grades cannot be recovered or raised under any circumstances.

If the student does not appear for the exam in the ordinary call, they cannot take a retake.

Any form of academic fraud will be sanctioned in accordance with the center's assessment regulations. If signs of fraud are detected, including the improper use of generative artificial intelligence tools, the subject's teaching staff may call the student for an individual interview with the aim of verifying their authorship.

Bibliography

Basic

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

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

Complementary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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