Economics and business administration (Academic Year 2023/2024) - Financial management

The aim of the course is understanding the main features of a firm and to acquire the basic tools for a basic analysis of the structure of a firm.

The course examines the main strategic and operational activities of the firm. It aims to provide (a) a framework of the strategic business activities through the analysis of alternative strategic paths; (b) the analytical tools used to understand the characteristics and the evolution of industrial sectors; (c) a basic knowledge of the financial statement and the accounting process.

“Strategic Management: Text and Cases – 7^th edition”, Gregory Dess, G.T. Lumpkin, Alan Eisner and Gerry McNamara – Mc Graw-Hill

The book is available on-line at the following website

 https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Management-Cases-Gregory-Dess/dp/007786252X

The book is not available at the bookstore, and due to the high price of the new version please buy a used copy of it. It is the best book in this field and I would like you to use it.

For the following topics, not covered in the book, please read the following articles (also available online in the section “Learning Environment-Sitography)

- Managing Human Resources https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-human-resource-management-1918143

- Leadership  http://www.ripublication.com/gjmbs_spl/gjmbsv3n3spl_14.pdf

- Teamwork http://web.media.mit.edu/~cynthiab/Readings/cohen-teamwork.pdf