ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 26 Total: 51
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Organisation of Companies and Commercialisation
Areas: Business Organisation
Center Faculty of Business Administration and Management
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Understand the concept of organisation and differentiate between the main types of organisations.
- Critically analyse the evolution of management thinking and its contemporary implications.
- Interpret the organisational environment and evaluate its influence on strategic and structural decisions.
- Evaluate the role of corporate culture in shaping organisational behaviour.
- Recognise the importance of ethics and social responsibility in organisational management.
- Identify the key functions of the management process and apply them in practice.
- Relate business strategy to organisational design and internal processes.
- Develop decision-making skills and the ability to take on managerial responsibilities.
- Communicate and argue effectively in organisational contexts.
- Apply critical thinking and personal initiative to solve business problems.
- Concept and types of organization.
- Evolution of managerial thinking.
- Organizational environment.
- Corporate culture.
- Ethics and social responsibility.
- Management process.
Required:
- CURTO RODRÍGUEZ, Eduardo; GARCÍA CHAS, Romina; CASTRO CASAL, Carmen (Coord.) (2016). Introducción a la dirección de empresas. Pearson.
- CURTO RODRÍGUEZ, Eduardo; GARCÍA CHAS, Romina; CASTRO CASAL, Carmen (Coord.) (2012). Fundamentos de Dirección de Empresas. Pearson.
- ROBBINS, S. P.; DECENZO, D. A. (2017). Fundamentals of management. Pearson.
Supplementary:
- DÍEZ DE CASTRO, J; REDONDO LÓPEZ, C.; BARREIRO FERNÁNDEZ, B.; LÓPEZ CABARCOS, M. A. (2002). Business administration. Managing in the knowledge society. Pirámide.
- FERNÁNDEZ SÁNCHEZ, E. (2010). Business Administration. An interdisciplinary approach. Paraninfo.
- GOMEZ-MEJIA, L.R.; BALKIN, D. B. (2003). Administración. McGraw-Hill.
- ROBBINS, Stephen; COULTER, Mary (2018). Management (13th edition). Pearson
Specific readings may be recommended by the instructor for each topic covered.
Knowledge
C4. Understand the key elements for the social and environmental sustainability of business activity.
C8. Identify the fundamental processes within operations, administration, and/or business management.
C11. Recognise the key factors that influence human behaviour in the workplace and describe the main interventions to address them.
Skills
HD2. Communicate orally and/or in writing effectively, accurately, and clearly, to convey knowledge, methodologies, data, results, difficulties, and solutions.
HD3. Work collaboratively in teams, contributing in a synergistic manner.
HD6. Organize and plan tasks considering objectives and available resources.
Competencies
CP4. Conduct strategic analysis of the company and/or its environment to support business decision-making.
CP9. Act with ethical responsibility and uphold fundamental rights and duties, gender equality, diversity, and democratic values.
Lecture sessions will be used to introduce the fundamental content of the course, with emphasis on the most relevant aspects and the interrelationships among topics. Interactive sessions will focus on the practical application of the theoretical concepts presented during the lectures. These sessions will include case analysis, reading discussions, debates on questions raised by the instructor, and the development and presentation of individual or group work.
Accordingly, the teaching methodologies used in this course will include:
- Lectures: Expository sessions based on the master class format.
- Interactive sessions: Case studies, classroom presentations, individual or group assignments, and project- or case-based learning.
Lectures and interactive sessions will be conducted according to the official schedule published by the centre. The instructors assigned to each group will monitor student participation throughout these sessions.
Participation in lectures and interactive sessions will be complemented by independent work, which may include, among other activities, searching for information and bibliographic materials, reading these materials, and preparing and presenting individual or group projects. This independent work will be supported by the instructor during scheduled tutorial hours, which are intended to address questions and difficulties encountered in the teaching-learning process. Tutorials will also serve as a channel for providing feedback on student performance.
Tutorials will preferably be held in person; however, they may also be conducted virtually—either synchronously (via the institutional MS Teams platform) or asynchronously (via the Virtual Campus)—depending on the circumstances. In all cases, they will follow the official timetable published by the teaching staff.
The course will be supported by a dedicated virtual classroom hosted on the Moodle platform.
The assessment system will consider all activities conducted by students, including case analysis, active participation in discussions and debates, commentary on readings, articles or press releases, oral presentations, and the completion of questionnaires on theoretical and practical content.
In cases of fraudulent conduct in assignments or examinations, the provisions of the Regulations on the Evaluation of Student Academic Performance and Grade Review will apply.
There are two opportunities to pass the course. Students who do not pass on the first attempt will have the right to a second opportunity. In such cases, the final grade recorded in the academic transcript will be the higher of the two. The evaluation system for both opportunities, applicable to first-time and repeating students, is described below:
- First ordinary opportunity.
A system of continuous assessment, combined with a final exam, will be applied.
a) Continuous Assessment
Includes participation in case analysis, discussion of readings, submission, and presentation of individual and/or group assignments, questionnaires, and other activities related to both expository and interactive sessions.
Weight in final grade: 30%
The list of evaluable activities, their respective weights, and monitoring criteria will be detailed in the course syllabus published in the virtual classroom at the beginning of the semester.
The following competencies will be assessed in this component: C4, C8, C11, HD2, HD3, HD6, CP4, CP9.
b) Final Exam
A compulsory, face-to-face test to assess learning outcomes. The exam may include short-answer questions, multiple-choice questions, brief reasoning exercises, or case studies (real or hypothetical) that require students to apply theoretical knowledge and skills developed throughout the course.
Weight in final grade: 70%
The following competencies will be assessed in this component: C4, C8, C11, HD2, CP4, CP9.
To be able to add B and A, students must obtain at least a 2.8 out of 7 in the content exam. The aggregate grade must be equal to or higher than 5 points out of 10 to pass the course.
Students who do not obtain any score related to the activities conducted in the expository and interactive sessions can only obtain a maximum of 7 points in this call.
- Second Extraordinary Opportunity (Resit Exam)
The same evaluation system as in the first opportunity will be applied. That is, students will take a new final exam, which will follow the same structure and weighting as the initial one. The grade obtained in this exam will be combined with the score from the continuous assessment component to calculate the final grade
In accordance with the current Permanence Regulations of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) for bachelor’s and master’s degrees (Article 5.2), mere attendance or participation in any evaluable activity will result in a final grade other than "Not Presented".
Attendance exemption is governed by the Regulations on Class Attendance for Official Undergraduate and Master’s Degree Programs. Students granted an attendance exemption will be assessed through a specific final exam, which will account for 100% of the final grade.
The course is worth 6 ECTS credits, with each credit corresponding to 25 hours of student workload, for a total of 150 hours. The distribution of working hours is as follows:
- Contact hours (lectures, interactive sessions, tutorials, and assessment activities, in the modality to be determined): 51 hours
- Independent student work: 99 hours
No prior knowledge is required to enrol in this course.
To maximize learning outcomes, students are encouraged to complete all activities proposed by the teaching staff, attend both theoretical and practical sessions regularly, and make use of tutorial hours.
It is also recommended that students regularly access the Virtual Campus to stay informed about any updates or relevant information related to the course.
Paula Vazquez Rodriguez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Organisation of Companies and Commercialisation
- Area
- Business Organisation
- Phone
- 982824475
- paula.vazquez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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| 01.22.2026 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Main Hall |
| 06.19.2026 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Main Hall |