CODE | 106422 |
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ACADEMIC YEAR | 2022/2023 |
CREDITS |
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SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | SECS-P/07 |
LANGUAGE | Italian |
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SEMESTER | 2° Semester |
MODULES | This unit is a module of: |
TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
Business Administration addresses the principles, methods, and tools for the management of private and public healthcare organizations.
The aim of this course is to train students with theoretical and technical knowledge on the management of private and public healthcare organizations, especially focusing on programming and controlling activities.
Students will be introduced to key topics and issues that concern the programming and controlling functions within private and public healthcare organizations. Specifically, the course aims to:
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
The course entails lectures and tutorials to apply specific knowledge in practice. In the learning activities, students may be supported by digital apps that allow for self-assessment.
Any modalities due to COVID restrictions will be evaluated during the semester.
During the course, the supports useful for deepening the contents covered will be indicated, which will be simultaneously made available on Aulaweb.
The course aims to introduce the knowledge of the main business economic variables with appropriate examples in the health sector.
1. The company system. The object of business economics
Definition of company. Essential elements of the company (people, assets, organizational structure, purpose, duration, complexity, cost-effectiveness, etc.). Types of companies (production, services, etc.). The business economy.
2. The National Health Service. Healthcare corporatization
Characteristics of the Italian health system. The evolution of the institutional model: the three reforms. Characteristics of the business process: regulatory references, purposes, tools. Corporate development, competition, cooperation. The political dimension and the corporate dimension in healthcare. The managerial autonomy of companies. The ASL and the AO as public companies for the production of health services. The structure and bodies of the health authorities. The departmental model. The public funding system and its characteristics.
3. Corporate balance
The company management cycle (financing, employment, transformation, realisation). Costs and revenues. Economic balance and financial balance. The break-even point.
4. Company economy
Concepts of input, output, outcome, efficiency and effectiveness. The management areas: core business, extraordinary, financial.
5. Costs
Main cost classifications (fixed-variable, estimated-final, controllable and non-controllable, common-special, direct-indirect). Total, average and marginal costs.
6. Accounting
The economic-patrimonial accounting and its main characteristics (balance sheet schemes from cc, analytical cont., budget etc.). Budget documents and their characteristics (the financial statements: SP, EC, Notes). Main budget postulates (competence, prudence, etc). Profitability (definition) and income configurations (characteristic, global, ordinary operating, etc.). Examples of the Income Statement of a healthcare company (with highlighting of characteristic items).
7. Efficiency and effectiveness of management
Efficiency measurement in manufacturing companies. Profitability ratios (ROI and ROE). Analytical accounting (assumptions, characteristics, etc.). Main differences between general and analytical accounting. The budget system in healthcare companies: aims, conditions (analytical accounting, information systems, reporting, etc.), cycle (planning - budget formulation - execution - reporting/evaluation). The reporting system and IT systems. Budget and Management Control: the various processes. Demonstrative examples of how a budget is built. The performance cycle and the individual evaluation forms.
Sources and materials for further study of the topics covered by the course will be gradually indicated by the teacher during the lessons.
Among the various texts available we recommend:
- G. Airoldi, G. Brunetti, V. Coda, Business Economics Course, Bologna, il Mulino.
- P.M. Ferrando, M. Zuccardi Merli, Capital and income in the functioning of the corporate system, Turin, Giappichelli.
Office hours: Reception of students and / or undergraduates at the teacher's office c / o IRCCS Institute of hospitalization and scientific treatment G. Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini, 5 Genova - Pad. 17, 1 floor, or c/o DIMES / DINOGMI (UniGe) to be agreed by appointment to be requested via e-mail at the following addresses: enricomazzino@gaslini.org, mazzino@economia.unige.it.
CRISTINA CUSATO (President)
ARIANNA PITINO (President)
ELIANA BRIZZOLARA
ENRICO MAZZINO
RITA VERBICARO
DANIELA AMICIZIA (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)
The lessons will be held in the second academic semester.
All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.
The exam takes place in written form with reference to all the topics of the program in the exam sessions indicated in the academic calendar, the relative dates will be made known to the students through Aulaweb.
An optional written test may be scheduled at the end of the lessons (in place of the exam).
The exam will assess the level of knowledge of the main concepts. The quality of the exposition and the correct use of the specialist vocabulary will also be assessed.
If the minimum course objectives are not met, the student will fail the exam.
Any modalities due to COVID restrictions will be evaluated during the semester.
Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
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07/02/2023 | 09:00 | GENOVA | Scritto + Orale | Auletta di patologia generale Edificio 7 |
22/02/2023 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Appelli del 22/2 e del 5/7 Polo Alberti aula B Appelli del 7/6 e 20/9 Auletta di Patologia Generale |
07/06/2023 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Appelli del 22/2 e del 5/7 Polo Alberti aula B Appelli del 7/6 e 20/9 Auletta di Patologia Generale |
05/07/2023 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Appelli del 22/2 e del 5/7 Polo Alberti aula B Appelli del 7/6 e 20/9 Auletta di Patologia Generale |
20/09/2023 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Appelli del 22/2 e del 5/7 Polo Alberti aula B Appelli del 7/6 e 20/9 Auletta di Patologia Generale |
The course aims to introduce the knowledge of the main business economic variables with appropriate examples in the health sector.