Introdução à Gestão

Base Knowledge

N.A.

Teaching Methodologies

Verbal methods (say), making use of teaching resources exhibition, explanation, Dialogue, Debate
Intuitive methodologies (show), making use of educational resources, demonstration, Audiovisual and Texts Writings;
Active methodologies (do), making use of teaching resources Work Group, Team and Project Case Studies
With regard to the evaluation, the following methods are provided:
1. Periodic evaluation:
a) 2 individual written tests, with a weight of 40% .Each in the final standings.
b) 1 Group work – Exploratory study on a topic of the program; with a 20% weight in the final classification.
c) attendance at 65% of total classes
2. examination by rating, comprising:
a) Individual written test with 100% of the final classification

Learning Results

Introduce the concept of general management and analyze the key functions of management and their interdependence;
Identify the various levels of management and the main tasks of managers;
View the company as a social organization with its own characteristics;
Describe the organizational process and the various types of departmentalization used in defining organizational structure of a company;
Establish the concepts of authority and delegation, responsibility, centralization and decentralization and its relations with the various organizational structures, advantages and disadvantages and options to be taken;
Analyze how the type of structure of an organization is determined by several variables, such as strategy, its age and size, technology, environment and forms of power and existing control;
Analyze the main theories of motivation;
Analyze the various studies on leadership
Describe the communication Process

Program

1 – Organizations and management
1.1. The study of organizations: concept and organizational framework
1.2. The individual and organizations: The Management and managers
1.3. The evolution of management; The management theories
2. Organization and process
3. The structure of organizations
4. Coordination and Control
5. The Company as an organization: the business functions
5.1. business concept
5.2. Company objectives
5.3. enterprise resources and capabilities
5.4. The company and the surroundings
5.5. Rating companies
5.6. structural aspects of the company
6. analysis, formulation, planning and strategic management.
7. The behavioral aspects of management and organization of work: Motivation, Leadership and Communication.
It is intended that the student gain skills on the concept, evolution, diversity and characteristics of organizations and knowledge of the evolution of management, key trends and organizations management philosophies and articulate the concept of management with the

Grading Methods

Avaliacao periodica
  • - 2 frequencia escrita - 40.0%
  • - 1 frequencia escrita - 40.0%
  • - Trabalho de grupo - 20.0%
avalicao final por exame
  • - exame escrito - 100.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

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Teixeira, Sebastião , (2013), Gestão das organizações, McGraw-Hill, 3ª ed.

Carvalho, J. (2012). Gestão de empresas – princípios fundamentais. 2ª edição. Edições Sílabo. Lisboa.

Ferreira, Manuel; Reis, Nuno; Santos, João; Marques, Tânia (2010), Gestão Empresarial, Lidel – edições técnicas, Lda.

Ferreira, H., Marques, H., Caetano, J., Rasquilha, L., & Rodrigues, M. , Fundamentos de marketing, (2012). Edições Sílabo, 2ª edição

Carvalho, Luísa; Bernardo, Maria Rosário.; Sousa, Ivo.; Negas, Mário (2014) “Gestão das Organizações: Uma abordagem Integrada e Prospetiva” Edições Sílabo

Firmino, M. (2010). Gestão das Organizações: Conceitos e tendências actuais, 4ª Edição. Lisboa: Escolar Editora

Reis, F. & Silva, M. J. (2012). Princípios de Gestão. 1ª edição. Edições Sílabo. Lisboa.

Ebert, R. J. & Griffin, R. W. (2013). Business Essentials, 9th edition. Prentice-Hall.