Public University of Navarre



Academic year: 2016/2017
Double Bachelor's degree in Management, Business Administration and Law (international program) at the Universidad Pública de Navarra
Course code: 177104 Subject title: BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Credits: 6 Type of subject: Basic Year: 1 Period: 1º S
Department: Business Administration
Lecturers:
URTASUN ALONSO, AINHOA   [Mentoring ]

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Module/Subject matter

Organization and Human Resources.

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Descriptors

Organizational needs. Markets and organizations. The nature of the firm. Cooperation and conflict. Types of firms. The firm value-chain.

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General proficiencies

Generic competences provided by this course:

CG01. Analysis and synthesis skills

CG08. Team work skills

CG12. Social skills

CG15. Ethic behavior in the job

CG16. Working in stressful environments

CG17. Self-directed learning

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Specific proficiencies

Specific competences provided by this course:

CE01. Understand economic organizations as the result and application of theoretical or formal that represent how the economy works

CE04. Apply profesional criteria and technical tolos to solve business problems

CE11. Understand the nature of the firm as an organization and place where agents with different interests interact

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Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Content

Methodology

Assessment

R04. Firm’s basic theory. Organization and functional areas

Units 1, 2, 6

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6

Individual critical review, Individual exam and Assessment of individual work

R08. Organization theory. Strategic management

Units 2, 3

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6

Individual critical review, Individual exam and Assessment of individual work

RE1. Conflict and cooperation in the firm

Units 3, 4, 5

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6

Presentations, Individual exam and Assessment of individual work

RE2. Ethics in the firm

Units 3, 4

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6

Individual critical review, Individual exam and Assessment of individual work

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Methodology

Methodology-Activity

In-Class Hours

Out-Of-Class Hours

A-1 Sessions – “Big group” (final exam included)

46

 

A-2 Sessions – “Medium group”

14

 

A-3 Completing assignments and solving exercises

25

A-4 Self-directed studying during the course

 

42

A-5 Preparing tests and exams

 

18

A-6 Attending individual tutorials

 

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Total

60

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Relationship between formative activities and proficiencies/learning outcomes

Methodology-Activity

COMPETENCES

A-1 Sessions – “Big group” (final exam included)

CG01, CG03, CG08, CG12, CG15, CE01, CE11

A-2 Sessions – “Medium group”

CG01, CG08, CG12, CG16, CE01, CE03, CE04, CE11

A-3 Completing assignments and solving exercises

CG03, CG08, CG12, CE04

A-4 Self-directed studying during the course

CG15, CG16, CG17

A-5 Preparing tests and exams

CG01, CG08, CG16, CG17, CG02, CE04, CE13

A-6 Attending individual tutorials

CG15

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Languages

English.

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Evaluation

Learning outcomes

Evaluation

Weight (%)

Recoverable nature

R04, R08, RE1

Individual exam of contents

60%

Required minimum grade to be eligible for retake exam = 2/10

Required minimum grade to calculate final grade = 4/10

Yes, through written exam

R04, R08, RE1

Individual activities: critical review and oral presentation

 

40%

No

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Contents

This is a course on the analysis of organizations from an economic perspective. This course attempts to provide students with the basic conceptual knowledge and the indispensable analytic tools to better understand organizational problems that arise from collective action to finally improve firm efficiency.

Stockholders, managers, employees, financial institutions, customers and suppliers provide initiative and resources so that the firm can generate and distribute value. This course uses formal economic models to study the cooperation and conflict relationships between these parties.

This course considers the firm as a complex institution where the main characters are not the resources or the objectives but the individuals who act as rational agents. These agents relate to each other through contracts. These relationships take place in a context where the existence of uncertainty, information asymmetry and conflicting interests among the parties make cooperation more difficult. The firm is suggested as an institution able to mitigate such cooperation difficulties. Under this framework, different types of firms such as capitalistic firms and social firms are examined as well as the role of authority within the firm.

Finally, based on the value-chain concept, the different activities that firms perform are described and related to firm profit generation.

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Agenda

Unit

Contents

1

An economic approach to organizations: transaction costs, expected utility and individual behavior

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Types of organizations: the entrepreneur and the theory of syndicates

3

Firm evolution: large corporations, an historical perspective

4

Ownership and management: cooperation and the coalition problem

5

Management: authority, coordination and supervision. Objectives, planning and control.

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Firm activities: environment, functional areas and value-chain

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Bibliography

Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.


Douma, S. y Schreuder, H. (2013): Economic approaches to organizations. Prentice Hall. 5th ed

Salas Fumás, V. (1996): Economía de la empresa. Decisiones y organización. Ed. Ariel. Barcelona. 2ª edición

Serra Ramoneda, A. (2003): Mercados, contratos y empresa. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Barcelona

References are available in the library

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Location

Aulario UPNA.

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