This course main objective is to provide the students with an overall overview of a diversity of key issues that are relevant on the various areas of management. And this way providing the students with knowledge on the following areas: Management and its objectives, the manager’s role in an organization, historical overview of management though and practices, coordination between planning, strategy and company’s structure.
This course proposes to invest the students with competencies in the following areas: identification of key success factors in today’s management, innovative problem solving and critical analysis of alternative solutions.
1. Fundamental Concepts
2. Evolution of Thinking in Management
3. Management Skills
4. Main functional areas
5. Business Project
Weekly, half of the time is allocated to the presentation and discussion of fundamental concepts, illustrated with current examples of the Portuguese and international business reality and in the second half is discussed a case that fits the concepts addressed.
Chiavenato, I. (2021). Introdução à Teoria Geral da Administração. Elsevier.
SotoMayor, A. M., Rodrigues, J., & Duarte, M. (2021). Princípios de Gestão das Organizações (2ª ed.). Rei dos Livros.
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