Sorin Anagnoste

• Define and understand what a business is and how a company

works in order to generate profit

• Identify the steps that you need to follow in order to set up your

own company

• Explain which is the role of each department in a company

• Outline the basic management functions

• The external environment of a company and its stakeholders • Types of companies and steps for setting up a company

• Management functions • Description of various departments of a company: Human Resources Marketing and Sales Production, acquisition and logistics Accounting, finance and investments

Other departments

Bovee, C., Thill, J., Mescon, M. (2005) Excellence in Business, Prentice Hall, USA

and additional materials which will be distributed during the semester

Guest speakers

At the end of some courses you will receive a short test- only good answers will be counted for the final grade

Business Today- in the last 15-20 minutes of the lecture students will present the “business headlines” from the last week on national and international business scene (3-4 articles/topics) – EXTRA POINTS

Romanian and international journals and magazines and specialized Internet pages

E.g: Financial Times, The Economist, Quartz.com, Wall-Street.ro, Capital, Money.ro, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Les Echos, Reuters, Le monde diplomatique, El Pais, Courrier International, Wall Street Journal, Time, Business Week, Le Monde, HBR Blog, Forbes etc.

TV programs

Ora de busines- Moise Guran, TVR 2,

Mo-Fr 20:30

Arena Leilor- TVR 2, Mo 19:30

Money Channel, http://tmctv.money.ro/emisiuni.html

BBC, CNN News, Bloomberg, TMCTV etc

Final exam (Lecture) -50 Points Open questions Seminar -40 Points Active participation- 10 points Test- 10 Points Project- written part 10 Points - presentation 10 Points Granted – 10 Points Active participation at lecture and seminars is

strongly encouraged: Extra points Seminar assignments: Case studies,

exercises, project

Week Lecture Seminar

01-07.10.2013 Introduction Introduction

08-14.10.2013 External environment of a

company and its stakeholders Library tour

15-21.10.2013 Types of companies and steps for

setting up a company Case study

Practical exercises 22-28.10.2013 Guest speaker

29.10-04.11.2013

Management function

Case study + Practical exercises

05-11.11.2013 Guest speaker

Practical exercises

12-18.11.2013 Human Resources

Case study + practical exercises

19-25.11.2013 Guest speaker

Test

26.11-02.12.2013 Marketing and Sales Case study + practical exercises

03-09.12.2013 Guest speaker Project presentations

10-16.12.2013 Production, acquisition and

logistics Project presentations

17-23.12.2013 Accounting, finance and

investments Project presentations

07-13.01.2014

Guest speaker Questions+Evaluation

14-20.01.2014 Final exam

* The schedule and the content is subject to amendment by the instructor during the

semester. It is the student’s responsibility to remain informed about changes and

adjustments announced during the semester.

Title: A day in the life of ….

Guidelines: Write 3-5 pages about a day in the life of a

company employee that has at least two people in his/her

subordination (a management position in the company: line

manager, middle manager or general manager).

The story should be inspired by a real life event and it has

to describe a crisis and the way in which the person goes

about solving it. As sources of information please use the

materials discussed during the courses and seminars,

information taken from people working in organizations

(acquaintances of yours), interviews and stories from

business magazines.

The main goal of the project is to prove that:

1. You have understood the inner workings of a business

2. You can make connections between events, analyze causes and

effects and make effective and efficient decisions. (Your character

doesn’t have to make a good decision, but in this case you have to

end by telling us what should really have happened to obtain a good

result.)

3. Understand the responsibilities of a manager and his/her

prerogatives

In reading these stories I will be looking for:

1. A proper use of English.

2. A proper use of keywords and theories discussed during seminars

and courses.

3. A logical flow of events which goes from crisis to resolution.

4. A certain amount of complexity and details in the text.

For issues regarding lecture and seminar: Sorin Anagnoste Email: sorin.anagnoste@fabiz.ase.ro