Economy and management

Code:

EMG5102

Acronym:

EGE

Instance: 2006/2007 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Industrial Management and Engineering Section
Course/CS Responsible:	Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEMG	8	Plano Oficial EMG a partir de 2003	5	2	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims at providing students with an introductory contact with the management process, concepts and tools. This course covers the management process, the main management functional areas, and some introductory concepts of strategic management.
The course will join a strong theoretical basis with an applied component, through the use of case studies and group work.

Program

1. Management and its context
1.1. Fundamental concepts of management
1.2. The management context
2. Management functional areas
2.1. Marketing
2.2. Financial management
2.3. Operations management
2.4. Human resources management
3. The management process
3.1. Planning
3.1. Decision making
3.2. Strategic planning
3.2. Organizating
3.3. Leading
3.4. Controlling

Mandatory literature

Sebastião Teixeira; Gestão das Organizações, McGraw-Hill, 2005. ISBN: 844-814-617-4
Hitt, Michael A.; Strategic management. ISBN: 0-324-11479-6

Complementary Bibliography

Donnelly, Jr., James H.; Administração. ISBN: 972-773-037-X
Gomez-Mejia, Luis R.; Management. ISBN: 0-07-111131-X

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching of this course is supported by the following components of complementary activities:

A1. THEORETICAL CONCEPTS
The theoretical classes will focus on the fundamental management theories and instruments, which provide the basis for the applied work.

A2. PRACTICAL CASES
The pratical classes will focus on case study analysis and dicussion, as well as small team works, with an emphasis on the application of the theoretical concepts and instruments.

A3. Group assignmnet: analysis of a company's use of technology in management. This group project consists in an analysis of the use of technology in a company's functional management areas and strategic management.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	56,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Minimum classification of 37,5% in each of the evaluation components.

Calculation formula of final grade

final classification = 0,4*group assignment + 0,6* exam

Examinations or Special Assignments

See previous description