Aim of the course

Knowledge and understanding

To understand and analyze the strategic, organizational, managerial and economic and financial aspects of the business management, with a specific focus to the productive systems. To integrate quantitative approaches and qualitative variables of the organizational systems. To model systems and to face complex issues, linking economic and organizational competences to technological and engineering-based competences, practical applications and case-studies.

Applying knowledge and understanding

To interpret approaches, methodologies, techniques and tools for the business management, at strategic, managerial and operative level. To understand and read critically changing dynamics about scenario, technologies, organizations to improve business performance.

Making judgements

To develop an inter-disciplinary perspective between engineering and business management.

Communication skills

To improve analysis and presentation skills about managerial issues and tools, linking competences’ portfolios of the students, in particular between industrial and mechanical contents and business management contents. To illustrate critically the results of empirical analysis, case study and exercises.