Business economics and marketing

A.A. 2024/2025
9
Crediti massimi
60
Ore totali
SSD
SECS-P/07 SECS-P/08
Lingua
Inglese
Obiettivi formativi
The course aims to transfer managerial and economic thinking to students through the theoretical and practical use of corporate analysis tools, management models, and marketing frameworks. The goal is to provide a broad view of the strategic analysis and corporate management of organizations (for-profit and non-profit) competing in modern markets by proposing observation criteria of related business decision-making processes. A special focus will be on marketing dynamics impacting contemporary organizations' success and sustainability.
Attending students will be challenged to implement such business management and marketing principles in actual companies to propose economically feasible solutions to existing problems.
Risultati apprendimento attesi
At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the most important aspects characterizing management and marketing theory, thus being able to interpret and read critically the modern challenges companies face in contemporary markets. Moreover, the course will allow students to gain practical knowledge related to strategic marketing from both the company and the consumer perspective. Thus, a basic knowledge of the modern B2B (business-to-business) and B2C (business-to-consumer) dynamics will be learnt in class.
Corso singolo

Questo insegnamento può essere seguito come corso singolo.

Programma e organizzazione didattica

Edizione unica

Periodo
Terzo trimestre

Programma
In April, the course covers the fundamentals of Business Economics, starting with an introduction and an overview of entrepreneurial varieties, with a focus on the Italian socio-economic context. It then explores organizational structures and basics of human resource management, alongside the launch of project work. The basics of strategy and leadership follow, culminating in a case on Adriano Olivetti. Other sessions focus on business models and innovation; social economy; public sector. From May onwards it starts the part of the course related to Marketing.
Metodi didattici
Interactive lectures, case studies, videos, ted-talks, project work
Materiale di riferimento
Reading materials:
Attending Students
Kotler, P., Armstrong, G. M. (2018). Principles of marketing. Global Edition. Pearson Education


Non-attending students

Kotler, P., Armstrong, G. M. (2018). Principles of marketing. Global Edition. Pearson Education.
Moorman, C., & Day, G. S. (2016). Organizing for marketing excellence. Journal of marketing, 80(6), 6-35.
Kalaignanam, K., Tuli, K. R., Kushwaha, T., Lee, L., & Gal, D. (2021). Marketing agility: The concept, antecedents, and a research agenda. Journal of Marketing, 85(1), 35-58.
Levitt, T. (1980). Marketing success through differentiation-of anything (pp. 83-91). Boston: Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University.
Gupta, S. (2020). Are you really innovating around your customers' needs? Harvard Business Review, 1-5.
Porter, M. E., & Kramer, M. R. (2006). The link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility. Harvard business review, 84(12), 78-92.
Modalità di verifica dell’apprendimento e criteri di valutazione
Attending students: Written exam (60%) and project works (40%). The written exam will consist of 10 multiple-choice questions and 4 short-answer open questions selected from a pool of 5. Duration: 40 minutes.
Non-attending students: Written exam (100%). The written exam will consist of 10 multiple-choice questions and 3 short essays on course topics and materials specifically assigned to non-attending students. Duration: 90 minutes.
SECS-P/07 - ECONOMIA AZIENDALE - CFU: 3
SECS-P/08 - ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DELLE IMPRESE - CFU: 6
Lezioni: 60 ore
Docente/i
Ricevimento:
Ogni mercoledi' su Microsoft Teams dalle 16:00 alle 19:00 CET. Contattare preventivamente il docente via email.