Overall objectives:

1 - The student should develop a general perspective about the company and its relationship with the surrounding environment, management, and the manager.
2 - The student must understand and differentiate the multiple dimensions related to business activity.
3 - The student will be familiar with the contents associated with the structuring functions of management (planning, organization, direction and control) as well as their interrelationships.
4 - he student should be able to handle some tools, resulting from management functions, in order to achieve business objectives.
5 - The student should be able to identify the main themes and concepts associated with commercial, financial and production functions.
6 - The student will be familiarized with the ethical dimension and social responsibility of the manager and the company.

Syllabus:

1 - THE MANAGEMENT, THE MANAGER, THE COMPANY AND THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;
1.1 - Organizational phenomena and business activity;
1.2 - The company in a systemic perspective;
1.3 - Stakeholders and shareholders;
1.4 - Customers, market and competition;
1.5 - What is Management;
1.6 - Evolution of management thinking;
1.7 - The role of the manager;
1.8 - Management subsystems and resources;
1.9 - Ethics and social responsibility.
2 - ORGANIZATION;
2.1 - Functions, departmentalization and differentiation;
2.2 - Responsibility, authority and delegation;
2.3 - Principles of organization;
2.4 - Organizational structures;
2.5 - Authority, influence and power;
2.6 - Trends in the structure of companies.
3 - DIRECTION;
3.1 - People or human resources;
3.2 - People: from recruitment to compensation.
4 - CONTROL;
4.1 - Process and types of control;
4.2 - Performance evaluation.

Literature/Sources:

Carvalho, J. E. , 2019 , Gestão de Empresas: Princípios Fundamentais, 5.ª ed. , Edições Sílabo
Cunha, M. P., Rego, A., Cabral-Cardoso, C. , 2019 , Teoria das Organizações e da Gestão - Uma Perspectiva Histórica , Edições Sílabo
Reis, F. L. , 2018 , Manual de Gestão das Organizações -Teoria e Prática , Edições Sílabo
Almeida, F. (Coordenação) , 2016 , Introdução à Gestão de Organizações, 4.ª ed. , Escolar Editora
Sousa, A. , 1990 , Introdução à Gestão , Editorial Verbo

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type:

Evaluation Methodology:
Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20) The students are oriented and encouraged to relate the programmed contents to theoretical classes (where is presented and discussed the theoretical principles of the program) and theoretical-practical classes (in which cases and problems are discussed, where students will have the opportunity to use concepts, ideas and strategies presented in class). The evaluation consists of two elements: two written tests (50% + 50%), both with a minimum grade of 8.00. The assessment in the Appeal Period is based on the full content of the UC.