Simona Agoston

• Define and understand what a business is and how a company k i d t t fitworks in order to generate profit

• Identify the steps that you need to follow in order to set up your own companyo co pa y

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

Outline the basic management functions• Outline the basic management functions

h l f d• The external environment of a company and its stakeholders• Types of companies and steps for setting up aTypes of companies and steps for setting up a company• Management functions

D i i f i d f• Description of various departments of a company: Human ResourcesHuman ResourcesMarketing and SalesProduction, acquisition and logistics

f dAccounting, finance and investmentsOther departments

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

d ddi i l i l hi h ill band 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 countedshort 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 onbusiness 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 pagesand specialized Internet pages

E.g:www.wall-street.ro www capital rowww.capital.rowww.money.rowww.businessmagazin.rowww dailybusiness rowww.dailybusiness.rowww.zf.roThe Economist, http://www.economist.com/The Economist Intelligence UnitThe Economist Intelligence Unit,

http://www.eiu.com/public/Financial Times, http://www.ft.com/home/uk

TV programs

Ora de business- Moise Guran, TVR 2, Mo-Fr 20:30Mo Fr 20:30

Arena Leilor- TVR 2, Mo 19:30

Money Channel, http://tmctv.money.ro/emisiuni.htmlp // y /

BBC, CNN News

Final exam (Lecture) -50 PointsOpen questions

Seminar -40 Points

Active participation- 10 pointsActive participation 10 pointsTest- 10 PointsProject- written part 10 Points

presentation 10 Points- presentation 10 Points

Granted – 10 Points

Active participation at lecture and seminars is strongly encouraged: Extra pointsS i i t C t di Seminar assignments: Case studies, exercises, project

Week Lecture Seminar

01-07.10.2012 Introduction Introduction

08-14.10.2012 External environment of a company and its stakeholders

Library tour

15-21 10 2012 Types of companies and steps Case study15-21.10.2012 for setting up a companyCase study

Practical exercises22-28.10.2012 Types of companies and steps for setting up a company

29.10-04.11.2012Management function Case study + Practical exercises

G t k05-11.11.2012 Guest speaker Practical exercises

12-18.11.2012 Human Resources Case study + practical exercises

19-25.11.2012 Human Resources Test

26.11-02.12.2012 Marketing and Sales Case study + practical exercises

03-09.12.2012 Guest speaker Project presentations

Production acquisition and10-16.12.2012 Production, acquisition and logistics Project presentations

17-23.12.2012 Accounting, finance and investments

Project presentations

07-13.01.2013 Guest speaker Questions + EvaluationGuest speaker

14-20.01.2013 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.

The presentation of a company- each department

S ll d iddl i (SME )Small and middle companies (SMEs)

A company where you have direct access (preferable)

Teams of 4-5 persons- in alphabetical order

Written part- by email by 1st December- no prints

10-12 pages with bibliography, font TNR 12, line spacing single

Oral presentation- 15-20 minutes

No theory

StructureTitl (N F lt G P f ’Title page (Name, Faculty, Group, Professor’s name,

Subject, Location, Calendar date )Table of contentsTextAnnexReferences

1. Introduction2 Sh t hi t f th2. Short history of the company3. Description of each department of the company

(e.g. Marketing, HR, Financial Department ( g g, , pAccounting, etc.)

4. Key indicators5 C l i d d i5. Conclusions and recommendations

Uniform rules (same format, font, etc.) Text numbering: Text numbering:1. AAA

1.1. aaa1 1 11.1.1. aaa1.1.2. aaa

1.2. aaa2. BBB

2.1. bbb3 CCC3. CCC

Tables and figures numbering

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Simona AgostongEmail: simona.agoston@yahoo.com

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