1004 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Subject type: Basic

Coordinator: Núria Masferrer Llabinés

Trimester: First term

Credits: 6

• Catalan

Check the schedules of the different groups to know the language of teaching classes. Although the material can be in any of the three languages.

The subject of Business Administration is a first contact with the world of business management and studies the role of the company and entrepreneurs in society. 

It allows to understand the main economic and social indicators to evaluate the operation of the company, to then focus on the basic principles of business management: management, organization, planning and control.

• Evaluate economically and socially the operation of a company
• Evaluate the organization of a company
• Evaluate the managerial function
• Know how to use forecasting and business planning tools
• Know how to establish management control mechanisms

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This subject has methodological and digital resources to make possible its continuity in non-contact mode in the case of being necessary for reasons related to the Covid-19. In this way, the achievement of the same knowledge and skills that are specified in this teaching plan will be ensured.

The Tecnocampus will make available to teachers and students the digital tools needed to carry out the course, as well as guides and recommendations that facilitate adaptation to the non-contact mode.

Topic 1: The company and its administration

1.1. Concept of business and administration

1.2. Types of companies

1.3. Current challenges for business administration

1.4. Economic assessment of the operation of the company

1.4.1. Productivity

1.4.2. Profitability

1.4.3. The deadlock

Topic 2: Business planning

2.1. The forecast and analysis of the environment

2.2. Planning concept: Different levels of planning

2.3. Types of plans

            2.3.1. Permanent plans

            2.3.2. Temporary plans

Topic 3: Control in the company

3.1. Information systems for control

3.2. The control process

            3.2.1. Critical variables and management indicators

            3.2.2. The record of results

            3.3.3. The analysis of deviations

            3.3.4. Corrective actions

Topic 4: The organization of the company

4.1. Definition and design of the organizational structure

4.2 The parts of the organization

4.3. The organization chart: horizontal and vertical design

4.4. Coordination mechanisms

Topic 5: The management of the company

5.1. Principles, functions and reality of managerial work

5.2. Variables that condition the direction function

5.2.1. The motivation of workers

5.2.2. Leadership styles

Item 6. Brief summary of new trends in management and organization

The following training activities will be carried out:

1. Team work
2. Seminars 
3. Theoretical sessions
4. Personal study

The final mark of the subject will be conformed by the weighting of marks of different activities of continuous evaluation, which will be raised during the course, plus the final exam:

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION (60% of the grade)

• Practical cases carried out through teamwork (40% of the mark)

There will be 4 practical cases, each of which will have a weight of 10%, which will involve the following team activities:

1. Previous work of reading the case and individual answer of previous questions
2. Discussion of the case in class between the different teams
3. Preparation by each team of a report on the case

• Work on a topic, to choose from, on new business administration challenges (10% of the mark)

This work will involve carrying out the following team activities:

1. Search for information on the chosen topic
2. Making a video-summarize on the chosen topic
3. Preparation by each team of two reports on 2 different videos to those that the team has produced

•  Completion of different tests / exams on solving exercises (10% of the mark)

FINAL EXAM (40% of the mark)

The final exam will consist of different theoretical-practical questions. A minimum score of 5 out of 10 points must be obtained in the final exam: this exam will consist of different assessment parts and a minimum score of 40% must be obtained in each of these parts. and that the average grade of the grades of the different parts is at least 5 points.

Recovery test

• The grade for the continuous assessment will be saved and cannot be retrieved. Only the final exam can be retaken.
• To recover the mark of the final exam, students may take the resit test with the following conditions: 
  • If the average of the final exam is passed but less than 4 has been obtained in any of the parts, the part or parts with less than 4 must be recovered.
  • If the average of the final exam is suspended, all parts below 5 points must be recovered.
  • As in the ordinary assessment, the final mark remaining from the final examination after recovery must be at least 5 points to pass.
• A student who has not taken the first exam can NOT take the retake.

Chip Conley (2017). PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow Revised and Updated. 2nd Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc

GIL ESTALLO, Maria Angeles, GINER DE LA FUENTE, F (2013), How to create and run a company. Madrid. Ed. Esic. 9th edition.

ROBBINS, Stephen.P and COULTER, Mary.C (2014): Administration. Ed. Pearson. Mexico. 12th edition

https://singularityhub.com/2016/05/17/a-big-shift-is-coming-and-it-could-uber-ize-entire-industries/ 

https://hbr.org/2018/08/3-kinds-of-jobs-that-will-thrive-as-automation-advances