2025
Management Principles
Name: Management Principles
Code: GES14889L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Management
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Goals:
1. Understand the fundamental principles and concepts of management, serving as a basis for a more in-depth exploration of the different themes to be developed throughout the course.
2. Describe the historical development and evolution of management thinking and theories.
3. Understand the interrelationship of the various themes, promoting a holistic view of management.
4. Recognize the global and evolving context in which organizations operate, including the challenges and dynamics they affect the modern management.
Skills:
• Apply the terminologies and language of management, allowing for effective communication and understanding within the field of management.
• Acquire critical thinking skills to reflect on management topics and societal challenges addressed by management practices, encouraging a thoughtful and analytical approach.
• Emphasize the practical application of theoretical concepts in management.
• Encourage a proactive mindset and behavior
1. Understand the fundamental principles and concepts of management, serving as a basis for a more in-depth exploration of the different themes to be developed throughout the course.
2. Describe the historical development and evolution of management thinking and theories.
3. Understand the interrelationship of the various themes, promoting a holistic view of management.
4. Recognize the global and evolving context in which organizations operate, including the challenges and dynamics they affect the modern management.
Skills:
• Apply the terminologies and language of management, allowing for effective communication and understanding within the field of management.
• Acquire critical thinking skills to reflect on management topics and societal challenges addressed by management practices, encouraging a thoughtful and analytical approach.
• Emphasize the practical application of theoretical concepts in management.
• Encourage a proactive mindset and behavior
Contents
1. Current Management Perspectives
2. History of Management
3. Management Functions
4. Organizational Design
5. Management Themes
2. History of Management
3. Management Functions
4. Organizational Design
5. Management Themes
Teaching Methods
The teaching sessions are mostly of a face-to-face theoretical-practical nature, using the following teaching-learning methodologies:
• Expository, with the particularity that in the first session of each of the 5 topics, a master will be held to frame the themes.
• Participatory, through the promotion of dialogue, exposition of ideas and opinions.
• Active, with the realization, discussion and oral presentation of a work of an analysis group of a concrete company and other classroom activities.
The Autonomous Study will be asynchronously at a distance, through recommended readings, video viewing, exercise resolution, among others.
In addition, whenever possible, Seminars on management practices, Open Classes, Lessons, among others, will be held, by invitation to professionals representing companies and institutions, to envision the future of management, with a view to personal and professional development.
• Expository, with the particularity that in the first session of each of the 5 topics, a master will be held to frame the themes.
• Participatory, through the promotion of dialogue, exposition of ideas and opinions.
• Active, with the realization, discussion and oral presentation of a work of an analysis group of a concrete company and other classroom activities.
The Autonomous Study will be asynchronously at a distance, through recommended readings, video viewing, exercise resolution, among others.
In addition, whenever possible, Seminars on management practices, Open Classes, Lessons, among others, will be held, by invitation to professionals representing companies and institutions, to envision the future of management, with a view to personal and professional development.
Assessment
The Continuous Assessment (CA) Regime:
• Individual written test (50%)
• Group work, with discussion and oral presentation (30%)
• Classroom activities (20%)
Final Assessment (Exam)
• Normal Season Exam:
-Individual written test (70%)
- Group Work (30%)
• Other Exams:
- Individual written test (70%)
- Oral Exam (30%)
• Individual written test (50%)
• Group work, with discussion and oral presentation (30%)
• Classroom activities (20%)
Final Assessment (Exam)
• Normal Season Exam:
-Individual written test (70%)
- Group Work (30%)
• Other Exams:
- Individual written test (70%)
- Oral Exam (30%)
Teaching Staff
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