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Faculty of: ECONOMICS AND LAW

Business management

Piacenza

Domestic applicants
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Duration
2 Years
Language
Italian
Degree Classes
LM-77 (Management)

Learning objectives

The General Management profile aims to develop the following skills, knowledge and abilities:

  • specialist knowledge of governance, management and organisation processes in various types of companies and inter-company aggregates;
  • systemic view of economic, social, legal, cultural and technological phenomena in line with recent developments, instances of change, and the international perspective in companies of different sizes;
  • the acquisition of advanced models and tools, including quantitative ones, for the management of decision-making processes in the various business functions;
  • a solid in-depth study of the logic of managerial management (efficiency, cost-effectiveness, flexibility, sustainability);
  • communication, teamwork, learning, initiative and leadership skills, conflict management, development of change processes and business innovation;
  • the fluent use, in written and oral form, of two languages of the European Union, with particular reference to disciplinary vocabulary.

The study plan favours the acquisition of a systematic and organic vision of the company, the mastery of mathematical-statistical tools, the principles and institutions of the national and international legal system.

The profile includes, as a fundamental training moment, a mandatory company internship that allows you to:

  • expand the skills provided by the university educational profile with professional knowledge that can only be acquired in the workplace;
  • facilitate students' professional choices through direct experience in the world of work.
The study plan of the profile

Specifically, the study plan and the teaching methodologies adopted are aimed at developing the ability to:

  • formulate strategies and make decisions in different competitive contexts, including through the development of strategic and business plans;
  • define the company's marketing and communication policies, in order to create effective relations between the company and the market;
  • assess the effect of financial structure choices on investment decisions;
  • apply financial valuation and value creation techniques;
  • design the organisation of company systems and deal with the management of human resources in the light of processes of innovation and change;
  • manage production systems, material and product flows and the distribution chain;
  • develop synergistic relationships with the various actors in the area and in particular with the public administration system;
  • analyse the determinants of economic growth and the drivers for sustainable development.

The profile includes, as a fundamental training moment, a mandatory company internship that allows you to:

  • expand the skills provided by the university educational profile with professional knowledge that can only be acquired in the workplace;
  • facilitate students' professional choices through direct experience in the world of work.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP

Business plan and entrepreneurship: it's an opportunity to get involved.

To develop skills aimed at:

  • creating a new business, starting from a simple initial idea (business idea);
  • articulating entrepreneurial projects by planning the start-up phase;
  • designing innovative solutions for specific functional issues.

Students are invited to participate in a very concrete exercise that consists of the drafting of a business plan.

The work carried out in groups is also examined and evaluated by a jury of entrepreneurs and managers.