This document outlines the course structure and requirements for a business management course. It includes the following key points: - The course will cover defining business and companies, setting up a company, management functions, and various business departments. - Assessment will include a final exam, seminar activities like tests and a group project, and class participation can provide extra points. - The seminar project requires students to write a 3-5 page story about a day in the life of a company manager, describing how they deal with and resolve a crisis using concepts from the course.

1. Sorin Anagnoste

2. • Define and understand what a business is and how a company works in order to generate profit
• Identify the steps that you need to follow in order to set up your own company
• Explain which is the role of each department in a company
• Outline the basic management functions

3. •The external environment of a company and its stakeholders
•Types of companies and steps for setting up a company
•Management functions
•Description of various departments of a company:
Human Resources
Marketing and Sales
Production, acquisition and logistics
Accounting, finance and investments
Other departments

4. Bovee, C., Thill, J., Mescon, M. (2005) Excellence in Business, Prentice Hall, USA
and additional materials which will be distributed during the semester

5. Guest speakers
At the end of some courses you will receive a short 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 on national and international business scene (3- 4 articles/topics) – EXTRA POINTS

6. Romanian and international journals and magazines and specialized Internet pages
E.g: Financial Times, The Economist, Quartz.com, Wall-Street.ro, Capital, Money.ro, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Les Echos, Reuters, Le monde diplomatique, El Pais, Courrier International, Wall Street Journal, Time, Business Week, Le Monde, HBR Blog, Forbes etc.

7. TV programs
Ora de busines- Moise Guran, TVR 2,
Mo-Fr 20:30
Arena Leilor- TVR 2, Mo 19:30
Money Channel, http://tmctv.money.ro/emisiuni.html
BBC, CNN News, Bloomberg, TMCTV etc

8. Final exam (Lecture) -50 Points
Open questions
Seminar -40 Points
Active participation- 10 points
Test- 10 Points
Project- written part 10 Points
- presentation 10 Points
Granted – 10 Points
Active participation at lecture and seminars is strongly encouraged: Extra points
Seminar assignments: Case studies, exercises, project

9. Week
Lecture
Seminar
01-07.10.2013
Introduction
Introduction
08-14.10.2013
External environment of a company and its stakeholders
Library tour
15-21.10.2013
Types of companies and steps for setting up a company
Case study
Practical exercises
22-28.10.2013
Guest speaker
29.10-04.11.2013
Management function
Case study + Practical exercises
05-11.11.2013
Guest speaker
Practical exercises
12-18.11.2013
Human Resources
Case study + practical exercises
19-25.11.2013
Guest speaker
Test
26.11-02.12.2013
Marketing and Sales
Case study + practical exercises
03-09.12.2013
Guest speaker
Project presentations
10-16.12.2013
Production, acquisition and logistics
Project presentations
17-23.12.2013
Accounting, finance and investments
Project presentations
07-13.01.2014
Guest speaker
Questions+Evaluation
14-20.01.2014
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.

10. Title: A day in the life of ….
Guidelines: Write 3-5 pages about a day in the life of a company employee that has at least two people in his/her subordination (a management position in the company: line manager, middle manager or general manager).
The story should be inspired by a real life event and it has to describe a crisis and the way in which the person goes about solving it. As sources of information please use the materials discussed during the courses and seminars, information taken from people working in organizations (acquaintances of yours), interviews and stories from business magazines.

11. The main goal of the project is to prove that:
1. You have understood the inner workings of a business
2. You can make connections between events, analyze causes and effects and make effective and efficient decisions. (Your character doesn’t have to make a good decision, but in this case you have to end by telling us what should really have happened to obtain a good result.)
3. Understand the responsibilities of a manager and his/her prerogatives
In reading these stories I will be looking for:
1. A proper use of English.
2. A proper use of keywords and theories discussed during seminars and courses.
3. A logical flow of events which goes from crisis to resolution.
4. A certain amount of complexity and details in the text.

12. For issues regarding lecture and seminar:
Sorin Anagnoste
Email: sorin.anagnoste@fabiz.ase.ro