21201446 - BUSINESS ECONOMICS - ADVANCED COURSE

In line with the educating objectives of the Master’s Degree Course in Business Economics and the Master’s Degree Course Economics and Management and the Degree of the Course of Business Economics Advanced Course aims to provide students with the knowledge and useful tools for an advanced analysis of the principles of governance and corporate policy, from a strategic and corporate crisis prevention perspective.
The Course analyzes the tools for an advanced budget analysis for the most correct evaluation of the economic-financial aspects of the company, as well as for strategic planning. The Course also provides theoretical and practical elements to analyze the causes and characteristics of corporate crises, the methods of managing them and the tools that can be used for their resolution.
At the end of the Course, the student will have:
- developed a complex and articulated method of understanding the business phenomena under study;
- acquired a notional-theoretical apparatus and an appropriate application capacity of analysis, interpretation and evaluation of corporate processes with a view to governance, strategic planning and the prevention of corporate crises;
- acquired knowledge and awareness of the characteristics and causes of corporate crises, as well as of the main theoretical-practical tools for their diagnosis, management and subsequent resolution.

Curriculum

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Programme

Modul I
The principles of governance for the continuity and development of companies
1) Company and business systems
2) Definitions of company
3) Business economy
4) The governance of the company
5) The corporate policy
6) Strategic processes and business strategies
7) The budget as a programming tool
8) The business plan as a strategic planning tool

Modul II
General business equilibrium
Financial balance and analysis of the financial dynamics
The prevention and diagnosis of corporate crises
Corporate crises: definitions, types and causes
Techniques and models for predicting business crises
Corporate crisis management
Corporate recovery plan: turnaround and operational strategies
Judicial (insolvency) and out-of-court procedures (notes)



Core Documentation

- Bernstein J., Manager’s Guide to Crisis Management, Briefcase Books, 2011.
- Subramanyam, K.R., Financial statement analysis, McGraw-Hill Education, Eleventh edition, 2014.

During the course the teacher will make available to the students, on the course webpage, further teaching materials.


Reference Bibliography

- Booth S.A., Crisis Management Strategy: Competition and Change in Modern Enterprises, Routledge, 2017.

Type of delivery of the course

Frontal didactic lessons The teaching activities include lectures lasting 2 hours three times a week (for a total of 60 hours).

Attendance

Class attendance is not mandatory but is strongly recommended.

Type of evaluation

The learning is verified through a written examination, divided into theoretical-applicative exercises and open questions (concerning the entire course programme).

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Programme

Modul I
The principles of governance for the continuity and development of companies
1) Company and business systems
2) Definitions of company
3) Business economy
4) The governance of the company
5) The corporate policy
6) Strategic processes and business strategies
7) The budget as a programming tool
8) The business plan as a strategic planning tool

Modul II
General business equilibrium
Financial balance and analysis of the financial dynamics
The prevention and diagnosis of corporate crises
Corporate crises: definitions, types and causes
Techniques and models for predicting business crises
Corporate crisis management
Corporate recovery plan: turnaround and operational strategies
Judicial (insolvency) and out-of-court procedures (notes)



Core Documentation

- Bernstein J., Manager’s Guide to Crisis Management, Briefcase Books, 2011.
- Subramanyam, K.R., Financial statement analysis, McGraw-Hill Education, Eleventh edition, 2014.

During the course the teacher will make available to the students, on the course webpage, further teaching materials.


Reference Bibliography

- Booth S.A., Crisis Management Strategy: Competition and Change in Modern Enterprises, Routledge, 2017.

Type of delivery of the course

Frontal didactic lessons The teaching activities include lectures lasting 2 hours three times a week (for a total of 60 hours).

Attendance

Class attendance is not mandatory but is strongly recommended.

Type of evaluation

The learning is verified through a written examination, divided into theoretical-applicative exercises and open questions (concerning the entire course programme).