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Management Principles
Courses Degree in Environmental Sciences | Degree in Mathematics Applied to Management | Degree in Applied Languages | Degree in Social Sciences | Degree in Management
Cod: 61029
Department: DCSG
ECTS: 6
Scientific area: Management
Total working hours: 156
Total contact time: 15

This course unit aims introducing the main concepts regarding organisation management and studying models and theories of internal and external strategic analysis. Futhermore allows reviewing organisations globalisation and internationalisation strategies, studying people and teams management techniques and corporate social responsibility.

  1. Organisation
  2. Enterprises
  3. Market
  4. Teams and People

•Fundamental knowledge about management.
•Skills acquisition about management theories and models.
•Fundamental knowledge about strategic analysis on internal and external organisational environment.
•Skills development about different kinds of organisational structures.
•Knowledge about teams and people management techniques.

The course unit program is divided into six parts:

1 – General approach
Management and manager
Evolution and perspectives of management theories

2 - Planning
Mission and objectives
Planning and strategic management
Marketing
Decision making

3 – Organisation
Departments
Coordination and power
Human Resources Management

4 – Leadership
Organisational leadership
Motivation
Groups and teams

5 –Management control systems
Management control
Quality management

6 – Global Management Ethics and Social Responsibility
Global management
Entrepreneurship
Ethics and Social Responsibility

• Mandatory
Carvalho, Luísa; Bernardo, Maria Rosário; Sousa, Ivo; Negas, Mário (2016) “Gestão das Organizações: Uma abordagem Integrada e Prospetiva” Edições Sílabo
• Complementar
Ferreira, Manuel; Reis, Nuno; Santos, João; Marques, Tânia (2011), Gestão Empresarial, LIDEL
• Items supplied by the teacher in class

E-learning.

Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 or 3 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a presence-based final exam (p-folio) in the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final presence-based exam (100%).