Course code: 172101 | Subject title: BUSINESS ECONOMICS | ||||
Credits: 6 | Type of subject: Basic | Year: 1 | Period: 1º S | ||
Department: Business Administration | |||||
Lecturers: | |||||
URTASUN ALONSO, AINHOA [Mentoring ] |
This course is mandatory and is included within the basic subject of Organization and Human Resources, together with Organizational Design and Behaviour and Human Resources Management. As a mandatory and basic subject, Business Economics is taught during the first semester of the degree. This course explains the nature of business and its environment. The main objective is to provide students with a global and integrated picture approach to the firm.
Generic competences students should acquire in this course:
This course provides the following specific competences:
Formative activities |
Number of hours |
Attending lectures or theoretical sessions - "Big group" |
42 |
Attending practical sessions - "Small group" |
13 |
Taking exams |
5 |
Total number of in-class hours |
60 |
Completing evaluable team work |
25 |
Studying and preparing both theoretical and practical sessions |
30 |
Studying and preparing exams |
30 |
Attending and preparing tutorials |
5 |
Total number of out-of-class hours |
90 |
TOTAL |
150 |
This course seeks to engage students in a broad range of case study, exercises and activities, in which students will have to apply the theoretical contents of the subject. This course’s evaluation will take into account all these aspects as well as the grades obtained in a series of partial exams and a final exam. In particular, for the final grade of the subject, the weights given to the different activities will be the following:
Characteristic |
Competences |
Evaluation tool |
Weight |
Non-recoverable |
CG08, CG09, CG12, CG15, CG16, CE02, CE03, CE04 |
Individual work |
15% |
Team work |
15% |
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Recoverable |
CG01, CG16, CG17, CE02, CE04, CE13 |
Partial exams |
20% |
Final exam |
50% |
Regarding the extraordinary final exam, it is important to clarify the following:
Unit 1. Introduction to markets and organizations
Unit 2. Business organization, objectives and behaviour
Unit 3. Strategies in the business environment
Unit 4. The nature of management
Unit 5. Decision making
Unit 6. Financial accounting
Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.