Business Administration is a core unit in the 3-year degree which addresses the principles and logics underpinning the operations of businesses. This is the first unit in the business studies area that first-year students take on in their degree.
The course aims to provide first-year students a basic knowledge of the principles and logics underpinning the operations of businesses. In particular, you will examine the nature and roles of businesses and their administration, as economic entities producing goods and services for the market.
The Business Administration course aims at providing the first-year students with a solid basic knowledge of the principles and logics underpinning the operations of businesses. In particular, the course intends to:
Understand the profitability and financial needs of a business
By the end of this course, students will acquire competence in the main issues of business administration, such as:
The course entails:
Depending on the dynamics of COVID 19, students could be supported by blended learning activities (online educational material and opportunities for interactions). Details should be available on Aulaweb.
In the learning activities, students may be supported by digital apps that allow for self-assessment.
It is available on Aulaweb.
Selected chapters from the textbook:
Marchi L. (2018) Introduzione all'Economia Aziendale, Giappichelli
E-book available (https://www.giappichelli.it/introduzione-all-economia-aziendale-21608)
A list of the chapters that are covered in the final exam is provided at the beginning of the semester on Aulaweb. Additional materials are uploaded on Aulaweb at the beginning of and during the semester.
Ricevimento: Professore ordinario Curriculum vitae Dipartimento di Economia - I livello - studio 1034 Telefono: (+39) 010209 5075 E-mail: francesco.avallone@economia.unige.it Orario ricevimento: Wednesday, 2 pm
FRANCESCO GIOVANNI AVALLONE (President)
ELISA BONOLLO
GIULIA LEONI
ELISA RONCAGLIOLO
Lessons start in the first semester, 17th September.
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION A
Exam details
The final exam is a written assignment that is identical for attending and non-attending students.
On the regular exam dates, the written exam entails two parts:
The students who pass the written exam with at least a total mark of 25 out of 30 can, on a voluntary basis, ask to sit at an oral examination within the same exam date.
In the winter and summer exam periods, if a student has seriously failed the written exam, he/she will be allowed to sit again at the exam on the second next available exam date.
During the semester when the course is offered, the final written exam can be replaced by three intermediate written tests. The calendar, the details and the contents of such intermediate tests will be lodged on Aulaweb during the same semester. The students who pass the intermediate written tests with at least a total mark of 25 out of 30 can, on a voluntary basis, ask to sit at an oral examination on the first available exam date of the next immediate exam period.
If the all the intermediate tests are failed or not undertaken, to pass the course, the students must sit at the whole written exam during the regular exam period.
For the students enrolled into the course in previous academic years who intend to take the exam in the current academic year, specific exam details can be found on Aulaweb.
The written exam aims at verifying that the student is capable to effectively explain the nature of the business and its dynamics, and to apply theoretical concepts to solve problems regarding the preservation of the economic and financial stability of the businesses.