Economics and Business Management

- Know how to identify the company as an open system
- Know the institutional and legal framework of the company
- Understand the organization and management of companies
- Know the functional subsystems
- Knowledge of the terminology used in the field of Administration and Industrial Organization

1.- Company concept
2.- The business environment
3.- Functional subsystems of the company
4.- Business organization and management

BASIC:

Ganaza Vargas, J. G. (2017). Introducción a la economía de la empresa. Madrid: Pirámide
González Domínguez, F. J., & Ganaza Vargas, J. D. (2017). Fundamentos de Economía de la empresa. Madrid: Pirámide.
Maynar Mariño, P., Bañegil Palacios, T. M., & Galera Casquet, C. (2008). La economía de la empresa en el espacio europeo de educación superior. Madrid: Mc-GrawHill


COMPLEMENTARY:

Armstrong, G., Kotler, P., Merino, M. J., Pintado, T., & Juan, J. M. (2011). Introducción al marketing (3ª edición). Madrid: Pearson.
Curto Rodríguez, E., García Chas, R., & Castro Casal, C. (Coord.) (2016). Introducción a la dirección de empresas. Madrid: Pearson.
Robbins, S. P., Coulter, M., & DeCenzo, D. A. (2017). Fundamentos de Administración. México: Pearson.
Santesmases Mestre, M., Merino Sanz, J. J., Sánchez Herrera, J., & Pintado Blanco, T. (2018). Fundamentos de marketing (2ª edición). Madrid: Pirámide


The teaching staff may recommend specific bibliography for each topic.

BASIC AND GENERAL
CG3 - Knowledge in basic and technological subjects, which enables them to learn new methods and theories, and gives them the versatility to adapt to new situations
CG5 - Knowledge to carry out measurements, calculations, valuations, appraisals, expert reports, studies, reports, work plans and other similar work
CG9 - Capacity for organization and planning in the field of the company, and other institutions and organizations
CB1 - That the student body has shown to possess and understand knowledge in an area of study that starts from the base of general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects involving knowledge from the forefront of their field of study
CB2 - That the students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the elaboration and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study
CB3 - That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments that include a reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature
CB4 - That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both a specialized and non-specialized audience

TRANSVERSAL
CT1 - Capacity for analysis and synthesis
CT3 - Ability to manage information
CT4 - Ability to work in a team
CT7 - Demonstrate initiative and entrepreneurial spirit
CT8 - Ability to use information and communication technologies
CT9 - Ability to organize and plan
CT10 - Ability to solve problems
CT11 - Ability to make decisions

SPECIFIC
CE6 - Adequate knowledge of the concept of company, institutional and legal framework of the company. Business organization and management

The sessions dedicated to the expository classes will be used to introduce the basic contents of the topics that make up the program, emphasizing the especially relevant aspects and the relationships between them.

During the practices, problem solving will be addressed through the case study methodology. The seminars and laboratories will address tasks such as the resolution of exercises and cases, search for information or analysis of documents and readings, among others. In many cases, after their elaboration, there will be a sharing and/or debate about them. Some activities will be addressed individually and others in a group; some will be resolved in their entirety during class hours, others will begin during class hours and must be addressed/finished in the autonomous work part of the students, and others will be prepared in the time dedicated to autonomous work and will be resolved during class hours. This autonomous work will be guided by the teaching staff during the hours allocated to tutorials (mainly those included in the subject timetable), which will serve to resolve doubts and solve problems that students face in the teaching-learning process. The tutorials will also serve as a feedback channel on the results obtained.

The Virtual Classroom will be used as a communication and support tool for teaching.

The development of the sessions will be carried out in person at the established class times, being compulsory attendance at both sessions if you want to score in the continuous evaluation. Additional tutorials (not scheduled during the timetable of the subject), will preferably be carried out in person, although in certain cases they can also be carried out virtually and synchronously (through the institutional platform MS Teams) and asynchronously (through the virtual campus). In any case, they will be developed in the schedule officially published by the teaching staff.

The evaluation system will take into account all the activities carried out by the students: carrying out and active participation in the analysis of cases, debate and comment on readings, articles or news in the press, presentation and exhibition of works, completion of questionnaires on theoretical content and practical etc.
There are two opportunities to pass the subject. Students who do not pass the subject at the first opportunity will have the right to a second one, which will be the one that appears on their academic record in case the grade achieved is higher.
The evaluation system for these two opportunities, both for first-time students and for repeating students, is shown below:
Ordinary first chance. Continuous assessment is contemplated, combined with a final test.

A. Continuous evaluation (weight in the final grade: 30%), distributed as follows:
-A1. Achievement of laboratory practices (24% of the grade)
-A2. Elaboration of the works commissioned in the seminars (6% of the qualification)

In this part the following competencies will be evaluated:
- Use of practices: CB2, CB3, CB4, CT1, CT3, CT4, CT7, CT8, CT9, CT10, CT11, CE6.
- Preparation of the works commissioned in the seminars: CB2, CB3, CB4, CT1, CT3, CT4, CT7, CT8, CT9, CT10, CT11, CE6.
B. Final content exam (weight in the final grade: 70%): compulsory test in which the learning results will be assessed, and may include short answer questions, multiple choice questions, brief reasoning questions, or cases (real or invented) to which the students must give a solution, based on the theoretical content of the subject and/or the skills/competences developed throughout the semester.
In this part the following competencies will be evaluated: CG3, CG5, CG9, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CT1, CT3, CE6.

In order to add B and A, students must obtain at least 2.8 out of 7 in the content exam. The added note must be equal to or greater than 5 points out of 10 to pass the subject.
Students who do not obtain any score related to the activities carried out in the expository and interactive sessions will only be able to obtain a maximum of 7 points in this call.
Second Extraordinary Recovery Chance:
The same evaluation system will be applied as in the first opportunity, that is, a new final content exam will be carried out, with the weighting established for the first opportunity, which will be added to the score achieved in the continuous evaluation.
In accordance with the Normativa de Permanencia vigente en la USC para los estudios de Grado y Máster (art. 5.2), mere attendance and/or participation in any of the activities subject to evaluation will mean that the student's final grade is different from NO PRESENTED.

Students who are granted attendance waiver following Instruction Nº 1/2017 de la Secretaría General sobre dispensa de asistencia a clase en determinadas circunstancias, will be evaluated with a specific final exam that will account for 100% of the grade.
For cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Normativa de evaluación del rendimiento académico de los estudiantes y de revisión de calificaciones will apply.
The development of the evaluation through the previous instruments will be carried out on the dates set in the calendar of final tests and class schedules established as follows:
- Final exam: face-to-face.
- Practices and seminars: face-to-face and/or non-face-to-face delivery by telematic means (through the USC virtual campus) and face-to-face resolution.

The subject is assigned 6 ECTS credits. Each credit is equivalent to 25 hours, with which it has a workload for students of 150 hours, among which are included as face-to-face activities: 33 lectures, 12 interactive labs, 4 interactive seminars and 2 tutorials.

- Attend and participate both in lectures and in practices and seminars.
- Consult the recommended bibliography.
- Examine the materials recommended by the teaching staff and/or delivered physically or through the Virtual classroom.
- Turn to teachers to clarify doubts, using tutorials and all available contact methods.

Teaching will be given in Galician and Spanish.