INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONALIZATION

Academic year
2024/2025 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
Course code
LM6265 (AF:504432 AR:283106)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
SECS-P/08
Period
1st Semester
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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The course contributes to the educational objectives of the degree program by outlining the fundamentals of business economics and management. These notions are instrumental for preparing the students to understand the content of the other teachings that relate to business and management. The course also focuses on the internazionalization process
Active participation to the course’s three educational components (lectures, discussion of case studies, guest lectures by practitioners) coupled with systematic individual study will allow students to achieve the following intended learning outcomes:
1. Knowledge and understanding
1.1 Knowledge and understanding of the different theoretical approaches to the study of business management, both in the domestic and the international competitive context
1.2 Knowledge and understanding of tools and models for the interpretation of the opportunities and challenges that firms face in the contemporary market
1.3 Knowledge and understanding of the different strategic options available to modern corporations
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
2.1 Ability to apply the different theoretical approaches to the analysis of the competitive context
2.2 Ability to apply models and tools to interpret the relevance of business, management and organizational challenges and opportunities
3. Judgement
3.1 Ability to determine which theoretical approaches, tools and models are more appropriate to effectively evaluate the organization-level and context-level (economic, social, institutional, and technological ) opportunities and challenges
3.2 Ability to critically evaluate the most suitable strategic paths to internationalization, given the economic, social, institutional, and technological specificities of the different foreign markets in which they operate
No pre-requisit is required
The course is the first management course of the master degree program and, as such, it first aims to educate students about the fundamental tenets of business organization and management. Such fundamental concepts will be conducive to successfully approach both the characterizing topics of the course and the next management courses of the master degree program.
- Principles of business and management
- Principles of accounting and finance
- Principles of strategy and organizational design
- Principles of marketing
- Principles of internationalization
- Principles of entrepreneurship
Hill C. and Hult G.T. International Business Competing in the Global Marketplace, 12th edition
Chapters: 6 - 13 - 14 -15 - 16 - 17 - 18

Additional teaching material will be uploaded on the Moodle page of the course
The course’s final grade will depend on how every student will perform on the written exam (to verify the acquisition of knowledge and notions related to the course´s topics): 16 multiple-choice questions in 25 minutes.
The course combines lecture, case analysis and guest lectures by practitioners.
The analysis of case studies is designed to help students a) reflect on real-world cases relating to the foundational topics of the course, b) solve strategic and managerial issues, and c) debate possible solutions in the classroom. The goal is to experience more pragmatically how models, tools and theoretical approaches apply to real-world business cases. The discussion of the cases in class is aimed to foster the students’ abilities to constructively criticize, to develop and present compelling arguments and to critically evaluate solutions and scenarios.
The guest lectures held by invited practitioners allow to put the tools and theoretical models into context thanks to the speakers' direct experience in the management of international businesses.
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Last update of the programme: 08/10/2024