2025
Management of the Agri-Business
Name: Management of the Agri-Business
Code: GES08399M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Management
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
This course is about concepts, tools, techniques and methods of management applied to the agribusiness firms in different functional areas (accounting and finances, production, quality and marketing). The aim is deepening the ways as decisions are taken and assessed in the agribusiness firms. Thus, pupils that have this curricular unit should develop the following skills:
Characterize and assess agribusiness firms activities from a technical and economic point view;
Analyze the firm structure and operation for assessing its financial and economic position;
Assess the market influence on sales and on firm activity and know the specificities of the marketing applied to the agribusiness sector;
Articulate the productive system and the organizational structure of the agribusiness firm, manage and control the agribusiness production;
Analyze the issues of quality management in the agribusiness chain, as well as conceive and manage agribusiness quality programs.
Characterize and assess agribusiness firms activities from a technical and economic point view;
Analyze the firm structure and operation for assessing its financial and economic position;
Assess the market influence on sales and on firm activity and know the specificities of the marketing applied to the agribusiness sector;
Articulate the productive system and the organizational structure of the agribusiness firm, manage and control the agribusiness production;
Analyze the issues of quality management in the agribusiness chain, as well as conceive and manage agribusiness quality programs.
Contents
1. The context of agribusiness management
2. Economics for agribusiness managers
3. Accounting and finances
4. Marketing and sales
5. Production and operations management
6. Quality management
2. Economics for agribusiness managers
3. Accounting and finances
4. Marketing and sales
5. Production and operations management
6. Quality management
Teaching Methods
Exposing theoretical concepts and discussion of issues that show and deep theoretical knowledge and promote its practical application. Solving applied problems. The assessment includes a written test and an empirical essay with the same weight in the final classification.
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