Foundations of corporate entrepreneurship and management

The objectives of this subject are the following:

- Know how to manage a company or organization in robotic engineering.
- Know how to analyze the environment and markets, which allows the development of technological innovations within companies.
- Understand managerial functions.
- Provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge about business creation and enhance the entrepreneurial spirit among students.

According to the verified report of the title, the contents for this subject are:
1. Company concept.
2. The systems approach: business subsystems.
3. The company environment.
4. Management subsystem: planning, organization, direction, and control.
5. Entrepreneurship.

These contents give rise to the following theory and practice program:
Theory:
1. Company concept.
2. The systems approach: business subsystems.
3. The company environment.
4. Management subsystem: planning, organization, direction, and control.
5. Entrepreneurship.
Practices: The internship program in terms of content that will be covered coincides with the theoretical contents. That is, a series of practices will be proposed where the contents seen in the theory will be worked on.

Timing: The 24 sessions of the subject (12 expository and 12 interactive) will be distributed, approximately, as follows: 8 sessions for contents 1, 2 and 3; 6 sessions for content 4 and 10 for content 5. Likewise, an approximate non-face-to-face dedication of 30 hours will be required for contents 1,2 and 3; 22.5 for content 4 and 37.5 hours for content 5

BASIC

- Barroso Castro, Carmen (2012). “Economía de la empresa”. Ed Pirámide. 1ª edic.
- Castillo Claver, Ana Mª (2018). “Dirección de empresas”. Ed Pirámide. 1ªedic.
- Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. (2020). “Generación de modelos de negocio”. 21ª Edición. Barcelona: Deusto SA Ediciones.
- Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. (2021). “Diseñando la propuesta de valor: cómo crear los productos y servicios que tus clientes están esperando.” 9ª Edición. Barcelona: Deusto SA Ediciones.
- Osterwalder, A. (2020). "The Invincible Company: How to Constantly Teinvent your organization with Inspire". Ed. John Wiley & Song Inc

COMPLEMENTARY

- Castro Abancéns, I (2010). “Creación de empresas para emprendedores”. Ed. Pirámide.
- Clark, T.; Osterwalder, A.; Pigneur, Y (2019). “Tu modelo de negocio”. Ed. Deusto.
- González Domínguez, F.J.; Ganaza Vargas, J.D. (2017). “Fundamentos de economía de la empresa”. 2ªedic.
- Osterwalder, Alexander (2019). "Value Proposition Design". Ed. Jhon Wiley & Song Inc
- Ries, E. (2011). “El método Lean Startup. Cómo crear empresas de éxito utilizando innovación continua”. Ed. Deusto
- Ries, E. (2018). “El camino hacia el Lean Startup“. Ed. Deusto.
- Robbins, S.; Coulter, M. (2018). “Administración”. Ed. Pearson educación.

KNOWLEDGE

Con84. Know how to manage a company or organization in robotic engineering.
Con85. Understand the basic concepts and techniques of analyzing the environment and markets.
Con86. Know the managerial functions.
Con87. Know the methodologies and theoretical-practical knowledge about business creation, which enhances the entrepreneurial spirit in students.

SKILL

H/D89. Apply the techniques and methodologies available to manage a company, in the field of robotic engineering.
H/D90. Master market analysis and available technologies, which allow the development of technological innovations within companies in the robotic field.
H/D91. Apply theoretical-practical knowledge about business creation.

COMPETENCE

Comp24. Ability to adapt robotic technologies that are applicable to the agri-food system.

The sessions dedicated to expository classes will aim to present students with the contents of the topics that make up the program, emphasizing especially relevant aspects and the relationships between them.
The interactive sessions will focus on the practical application of the theoretical content presented in the expository sessions. These sessions will aim to solve cases and practical exercises to improve students' ability to recognize, define and analyze the problems that companies face, and to make the most appropriate decisions, while facilitating interaction between students.
All these activities will be complemented by the personal work that the students must dedicate to each of them, such as searching for bibliographic material, reading said material, writing conclusions, etc.
For a greater understanding of the subject, efforts will be made to establish contacts with different groups and entrepreneurs through conferences, visits to companies and business incubators.
The expository and interactive sessions will take place during the official schedule published by the center. The teaching staff will monitor the students' attendance and participation in the sessions.
In the tutorials, the teachers will guide the students and help them resolve the doubts and problems they face in the learning process.
The subject will have a virtual classroom operational, which will be the preferred mode of delivery of activities. Likewise, the forum of said classroom, the institutional email and the Microsoft Teams platform will be used as communication channels.

The continuous evaluation will collect the grade derived from all the activities carried out by the students (e.g., case analysis, delivery of exercises, assignments, etc.) and will have a weight of 50% in the final evaluation. The remaining 50% will correspond to the score obtained in a final test. However, in order to add the continuous evaluation grade, it is necessary for students to obtain at least a 2 out of 5 in the final test. The added grade must be equal to or greater than 5 points out of 10 to pass the subject. If the student does not take the final exam, the grade will be not presented.
The list of learning outcomes that will be evaluated in this subject are detailed below:
- Continuous evaluation: Con84, Con85, Con86,
- Final exam: Con87, H/D89, H/D90, H/D91, Comp 24
In the case of fraudulent completion of cases, exercises or tests, the provisions of the “Regulations for evaluating the academic performance of students and reviewing grades” will apply.
This evaluation system will be applied both in the first opportunity and in the recovery one.
Attendance at both expository classes and interactive classes is mandatory, unless the student is granted exemption from attendance following Instruction No. 1/2017, of the General Secretariat, on exemption from class attendance. in certain circumstances. The students to whom the exemption is granted will be evaluated with a specific final exam that will account for 70% of the final grade, the remaining 30% will correspond to a work proposed by the teacher and that the student will carry out autonomously. If the student does not take the final exam, the grade will be not presented.

The subject is 6 credits, and each credit is equivalent to 25 hours.

The total working hours are distributed as follows:
Expository classes (24 hours in person, 36 hours not in person)
Interactive classes (24 hours in person, 36 hours not in person)
Group tutoring (3 face-to-face hours, 10 non-face-to-face hours)
Individualized tutoring (4 hours in person, 2 hours not in person)
Total face-to-face hours 60, total non-face-to-face hours 90.

Active participation in the classroom and search for information on the topics proposed in the different sessions. Participation in business talks and visits to scheduled companies.