LEARNING TARGETS - Since Economia Aziendale is the introductory module of the “aziendale” chain of
the Degree Course in Economics and Commerce, it provides preliminary
contents essential for understanding the topics that will be developed in
the “aziendali” courses held in the subsequent years. Specifically,
the module contributes to the achievement of the educational objectives
of the degree course by providing students with basic theoretical and
technical knowledge useful for the interpretation of the internal dynamics
of the elementary cells of the economic system (i.e. “aziende”). A special
attention is paid to the determination of two essential performance
indicators: Income and Equity.
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS
First of all, as regards "Knowledge and understanding", at the end of the
course the student, beside to having acquired the language and concepts
typical of Business Economics, must know and understand the following
issues: a) the role of the discipline in the context of economic disciplines;
b) the main classifications of the "aziende"; c) the models of
interpretation aiming to study the “aziende”; d) the system-based model
that studies the "company-environment" relationships; e) the operational
processes carried out within the aziende; f) the systems of Zappa and
Amaduzzi aimed to interpret company's operation; g) performance
indicators (Income and Equity) and related problems of representation
and measurement.
Secondly, with reference to the "Ability to apply knowledge and
understanding", the student must be able to: (a) apply the Zappa’s and
Amaduzzi's systems with reference to individual transactions (simple
ability); (b) build the structures of income and capital (complex skill); (c)
circumscribe, for each business operation, the data useful for
determining income and capital (simple ability concurrent with the
formation of independent judgment); (d) be able to weigh the
consequences that each business transaction has on the determination of
Income and Equity (complex skill concurrent with the formation of
independent judgment); (e) knowing how to determine fundamental
quantities of the BEA model (eg: quantity of equilibrium production).
Thirdly, in terms of "Autonomy of judgment", the student must be able to
express general synthetic judgments on: (a) patrimonial and economic
situation of the company; (b) conditions of business economic
equilibrium, using the BEA model.
As regards "Communication skills", the student must: (a) develop
familiarity with the typical vocabulary of the discipline, especially with
reference to expressions widely used by the mass media (deficit, Loss,
Profit, etc.); (b) acquire such a mastery of the vocabulary and content
presented in the course to be able to operate conceptual syntheses
suitable for interacting effectively, on business and business issues, even
with non-professionals.
Finally, with reference to the "ability to learn", the student will develop
the ability to: (a) carry out effective summaries and refine personal
learning tools, as regards the theoretical contents developed in the
course and in the textbooks; (b) adopt and refine the implementation of
application methods, for what concerns both the technical-practical
activities presented in the classroom and the individual exercises
proposed through online handouts.