Written Test of Knowledge and Skills

Introduction to Management

1. General aspects of the company
1.1 What is an enterprise?
1.2 The role of the manager

2. The companies and the environment
2.1 Roles of the company
2.2 The international and global dimensions of management

3. The business strategy
3.1 Vision, mission and business goals
3.2 Internal and company environment analysis
3.3 Business strategies

4. The structure of the companies
4.1 Organisational structures
4.2 The decision-making process

5. The company that learns
5.1 The role of leadership, motivation and communication

6. The management of human resources
6.1 Planning, recruitment and selection
6.2 Ways of evaluating performance

7. Marketing management
7.1 The marketing concept
7.2 Marketing activities

8. Accounting and finance
8.1 Financial accounting: nature and functions
8.2 Analytical accounting: main uses
8.3 Nature and functions of financial management

9. The management of production
9.1 Production planning, monitoring and control
9.2 The importance of productivity

10. Stock management
10.1 Objectives of stock management
10.2 Stock programming

Recommended Bibliography:

Manual de Gestão Moderna, Manuel Alberto ramos Maçães, 2014
Fundamentos de Gestão, Carlos Marques Pinto (Coordenador) e outros, Editora Fundamento, 2006
Gestão das Organizações, Sebastião Teixeira, Editora McGraw-Hill, 2005

Expression and communication:

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