Ateneo - UPO

The seminar is characterised by two topics: management not for profit organisations and social enterprises in the cultural sector.

Pasquale Seddio, La gestione integrata di reti e sistemi culturali, Franco Angeli, Milano 2013

Slides, exercises, cases and readings discussed in class and not included in the above mentioned book are accessible on Course Reserve or saved on the DISEI Platform

The seminar is designed to provide a basic understanding of governance, financial accounting and business management of social enterprises and not for profit organizations which produce goods and services. The course is devoted to accounting and financial statements presentation and to companies business and management rules. The course is also focused on the understanding of the environmental influences using also some specific business cases in order to join the students to the” business reality”.

In detail, the objectives can be identified as follows:

1.Knowledge and understanding.
The course aims to provide students with the foundamental terminology and Methodologies related to the business administration, useful for representing and understanding the functioning of companies.

2.Applying knowledge and understanding.
The acquired knowledge about business administration will make able the students to acquire technical language related to business disciplines. It will be given to him/her the opportunity to acquire the concepts and the basic language of economic analysis of business processes in order to capture the representative elements of the companies and the determinants of their equilibriums.

3.Making judgements.
The seminar will enable students to develop autonomy of judgment and it will place the student in the position to make considerations about the company’s equilibriums and the business operations.

4.Communication skills.
Based on the acquired knowledge, students can develop communication and social skills for business consulting. They will be able to have the skills about business administration supporting the job in law disciplines.

5.Learning skills.
The study of the discipline will enable the student to understand the business dynamics framing the analysis of the managerial moments in the unified and coordinated vision of business events.

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Teaching activities will include seminars, exercises and case analysis. Lectures will give an overview of the main strategic management and business ethical topics. Seminars will offer an in depth analysis of specific aspects and will develop a critical understanding. Exercises and case analysis will be used to discuss practical implications of these topics.

Assignement in small groups with oral presentation in the classroom (optional).

The examination is written and is oriented to verify the knowledge about the matter.

The seminar is characterised by two topics: business and management and accounting standards and financial statements. During the different lessons the synergy between these two topics is clearly stressed.

Business and management:
- The social enterprises as a system;
- The environmental influences;
- Main functional areas and processes;
- Marketing department;
- Organizational department;
- Administrative and Finance Department.

1. Applying knowledge and understanding.
The knowledge acquired during the course will allow the student to use the strategic, managerial and organizational skills and competences to be applied in the business realities. In particular, the student must acquire the technical-economic language of the company disciplines and be able to formulate the economic analysis of the company processes and to understand the critical elements that characterize the areas of activity carried out by the company.

2. Making judgments.
The course will allow the student to develop an autonomy of judgment and will put the student in the conditions to express considerations regarding the company balances and management facts.

3. Communication skills.
On the basis of the acquired knowledge, the student will be able to develop communication and relational skills for the business consulting activity and to perform evaluations of a strategic nature, in the job positions related to the relative function.

4. Learning skills.
The study of the discipline will allow the student to understand the dynamics of the company framing the analysis of the single management moment in the unitary and coordinated vision of the business facts and the economic environment in which the company carries out its activity.