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Objetivos

This course is an introduction to the management function. It focus on the fundamental concepts of management. After an introduction to management and organizations, main topics are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.

By the end of the course, students are expected to:

- Understand the fundamentals of business management;
- Understanding the nature and functioning of organizations as socio-economic systems;
- Understand the responsibilities and roles of the manager;
- Understand the environment of organizations;
- Know and understand the components of the management cycle;
- Know how to characterize the different functional areas of management;
- Analyze the main concepts and theories within the functions of the management process.

Métodos de Ensino

The course is structured around lectures, which familiarize students with the theoretical and practical body of the course, based on practical work and case studies that provide consolidation of knowledge and develop various skills for application.

While the lectures encourage the use of the exposition and participation method, practical lessons seek to coordinate between different work modalities (individual study and collaborative work) that create different training situations.

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Programa

1. Managing in organizations
2. Models of management
3. The business environment
3.1. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
4. Planning
4.1. Decision making
4.2. Planning
4.3. Strategy
5. Organizing
6. Leading
6.1. Communication
6.2. Motivation
6.3. Influence and power
7. Controlling
7.1. Finance and budgetary control
7.2. Management functional areas (People, Marketing, Production, Quality, Finance)

Demonstração de conteúdos

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Demonstração da metodologia

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Docente(s) responsável(eis)

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Bibliografia

Fundamental:

Robbins, S. P., & Coulter, M. (2018). Management (14th ed). Pearson.

Complementary:

Boddy, D. (2020). Management – Using Practice and Theory to Develop Skill (8th ed). Pearson.

Kinicki, A., Williams, B.K., (2020). Management – A Practical Introduction (9th ed). McGraw-Hill Education.

Robbins, S. P., DeCenzo, D. A., Coulter, M. (2013). Fundamentals of Management: Essential Concepts and Applications (8th ed). Pearson.

Robbins, S. P., Coulter, M., DeCenzo, D. A. (2017). Fundamentals of Management: Management Myths Debunked! (10th ed). Pearson.