N90402 Management Principles and Human Resources

Scuola di Ingegneria Industriale
Syllabus
Academic Year 2015/16 Annual

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Docente TitolareRaffaella Manzini
E-mailrmanzini@liuc.it
Office"Torre" (main tower), 2nd floor
Phone0331 572385

Learning Objectives

Main learning objectives are:

a) understanding and using financial statement information

b) understanding and using tools for supporting decision making: financial accounting, managerial accounting, capital budgeting,

c) understanding and using tools for strategic analysis and strategic decisions

d) analysing organisation and human resource management

Learning targets

At the end of the course students will be able to understand companies' financial, operational, strategic and organisational issues

Course Content

Main topics of the course are:

a) what is business administration

b) the company: strategy and strategic analysis

c) techniques and tools for supporting decision making: financial accounting, managerial accounting, capital budgeting

d) organisation and human resource management

Course Delivery

The course includes traditional lessons, case discussions, test examples, project works

Course Evaluation

The final evaluation is based upon:
1.writtent test
2.project work about organisation
3.oral exam

Syllabus

Session 1
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor: R. Manzini

Topics:

introduction to the course

Readings:

Session 2
Hours of lesson: 3
Instructor: E. Pizzurno

Topics:

Corporate governance: capsule summary

Financial accounting: introduction

Readings:

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer (2014). Managerial Accounting, 15th ed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Chapter 1

Session 3
Hours of lesson: 3
Instructor: E. Pizzurno

Topics:

Intrduction to the financial report: the balance sheet (assets)

Readings:

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer (2014). Managerial Accounting, 15th ed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Chapter 15

Session 4
Hours of lesson: 3
Instructor: E. Pizzurno

Topics:

Introduction to the financial report: the balance sheet (shareholders' equity and liabilities)

Readings:

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer (2014). Managerial Accounting, 15th ed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Chapter 15

Session 5
Hours of lesson: 3
Instructor: E. Pizzurno

Topics:

Reclassification of the balance sheet

Readings:

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer (2014). Managerial Accounting, 15th ed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Chapter 15

Session 6
Hours of lesson: 3
Instructor: E. Pizzurno

Topics:

Reading and reclassification of a real balance sheet: Saipem case

Readings:

Saipem 2014 Financial Report - balance sheet

Session 7
Hours of lesson: 3
Instructor: E. Pizzurno

Topics:

Intrduction to the financial report: the income statement

Reclassification of the income statement

Readings:

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer (2014). Managerial Accounting, 15th ed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Chapter 15

Session 8
Hours of lesson: 3
Instructor: E. Pizzurno

Topics:

Reading and reclassification of a real income statement: Chevron case

Ratio analysis: profitability

Readings:

Chevron case: income statement

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer (2014). Managerial Accounting, 15th ed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Chapter 15

Session 9
Hours of lesson: 3
Instructor: E. Pizzurno

Topics:

Ratio analysis: liquidity and leverage

Ratio analysis: Saipem case

Readings:

Saipem 2014 Financial Report

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer (2014). Managerial Accounting, 15th ed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Chapter 15

Session 10
Hours of lesson: 3
Instructor: E. Pizzurno

Topics:

Test example: the complete analysis of a real financial report

Financial accounting: Q&A

Readings:

Session 11
Hours of lesson: 3
Instructor: E. Pizzurno

Topics:

Statement of cash flows

Readings:

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer (2014). Managerial Accounting, 15th ed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Chapter 14

Session 12
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor:

Topics:

managerial accounting: introduction

 

Readings:

Session 13
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor:

Topics:

job order costing

Readings:

Session 14
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor:

Topics:

process costing

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Session 15
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor:

Topics:

operation costing

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Session 16
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor:

Topics:

test example

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Session 17
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor: R. Manzini

Topics:

what is strategy; strategic decisions

 

Readings:

Session 18
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor: R. Manzini

Topics:

external context analysis for strategic decisions

 

Readings:

Session 19
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor: R. Manzini

Topics:

external and internal analysis for strategic decisions

 

Readings:

Session 20
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor: R. Manzini

Topics:

competitive advantage: cost, differentiation, technological innovation

 

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Session 21
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor: R. Manzini

Topics:

competitive advantage: cost, differentiation, technological innovation

 

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Session 22
Hours of lesson: 0
Instructor: R. Manzini

Topics:

diversification and internationalisation

 

Readings:


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