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Business Organization and Entrepreneurship

Business Organization and Entrepreneurship

Code	11689
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Economics and Management
Entry requirements	Do not exist.
Learning outcomes	To transmit knowledge about entrepreneurship, to develop in the formation of a series of skills and attitudes that foster the entrepreneurial spirit, aiming at the creation of new companies / new projects in existing companies / institutions. Skills to be acquired by the student: - Know the process of creating new companies, factors and constraints; - Characterize the figure of the entrepreneur and know the reasons for its emergence; - Recognize business ideas and evaluate opportunities; - Identify technologies with market potential and economic valuation; - Identify the elements necessary to the process of creating a company; - Develop and participate in entrepreneurial networks.
Syllabus	1. Management: Concept, Functions and Levels 2. The Manager: Tasks and Skills Required 3. The Company and its Environment 4. The Company as a Social Organization and as an Open System 5. Business Objectives, Resources and Environment 6. The company's mission, objectives and strategies 7. Analysis and diagnosis of the environment: threats and opportunities 8. Evaluation of the company's competitive position 9. Presentation of some typical strategies 10. Entrepreneurship and Business Creation 11. Business Plan
Main Bibliography	Chiavenato, I. “Administração de Empresas”, McGraw-Hill; Chiavenato, I. “Teoria Geral da Administração”, Vol. I e II, MacGraw-Hill; Drucker, Peter, (1987), “Inovação e Gestão”, Editorial Presença; Ferreira, M. et al. (2010), “Gestão Empresarial”, Lidel – Edições Técnicas; Teixeira, Sebastião (2010), "Gestão das Organizações", Amadora, 2ª Edição; Silva, Maria José (2007): “Inovação e Empreendedorismo” e “Financiamento das Empresas de Base Tecnológica” in Manual de Dinamização de Empresas de Base Tecnológica, (Eds.) M. Raposo, M.J. Silva & R. Rodrigues, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã; Sousa,A(1990), “Introdução à Gestão”, Verbo.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.