The main goal of the course is to drive the engineering students through the organization of the firms, by defining their logical boundaries and their main characteristics. At the end of the lessons, the students are expected to be able to know the institutional matters of the firms (both profit oriented and not for profit), their objectives and the main ways they have to pursue in order achieve their own goals.
teacher profile teaching materials
1.1. Business economics and business behavior; scientific and historical perspectives.
1.2. The business as a coordinated and purposeful system: wealth, management and organization.
1.3. The function of business in the context of human needs.
1.4. Classification of businesses: firms and other establishments.
Part 2. Business accounting
2.1. Income and wealth: nature and measurement.
2.2. The financial statements.
2.3. Costs and returns; efficiency and economic value.
Part 3. Business management
3.1. Legal subject and economic subject: the legal framework that applies to a business
3.2. Governance: actors, structures and processes
3.3. Providers of capital and their interests; the financial structure of a business
3.4. Definitions, structures, classifications of groups
Part 4. Business and society
4.1. Agency theory
4.2. Stakeholder theory
4.3. New ways of thinking
Mauro Paoloni & Paola Paoloni (2021) Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende (2nd ed.). Torino: Giappichelli
Programme
Part 1. Business economics1.1. Business economics and business behavior; scientific and historical perspectives.
1.2. The business as a coordinated and purposeful system: wealth, management and organization.
1.3. The function of business in the context of human needs.
1.4. Classification of businesses: firms and other establishments.
Part 2. Business accounting
2.1. Income and wealth: nature and measurement.
2.2. The financial statements.
2.3. Costs and returns; efficiency and economic value.
Part 3. Business management
3.1. Legal subject and economic subject: the legal framework that applies to a business
3.2. Governance: actors, structures and processes
3.3. Providers of capital and their interests; the financial structure of a business
3.4. Definitions, structures, classifications of groups
Part 4. Business and society
4.1. Agency theory
4.2. Stakeholder theory
4.3. New ways of thinking
Core Documentation
Gianfranco Zanda (2015) Fondamenti di economia aziendale. Torino: GiappichelliMauro Paoloni & Paola Paoloni (2021) Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende (2nd ed.). Torino: Giappichelli
Reference Bibliography
Gianfranco Zanda (2015) Fondamenti di economia aziendale. Torino: Giappichelli Mauro Paoloni & Paola Paoloni (2021) Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende (2nd ed.). Torino: GiappichelliType of delivery of the course
The course will be delivered in the classroom.Attendance
Attendance is not mandatory, but recommended.Type of evaluation
The exam includes a written test, followed by oral examination.