1. General information
Course:
GROWTH STRATEGIES
Code:
54356
Type:
ELECTIVE
ECTS credits:
6
Degree:
320 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION (CR)
Academic year:
2023-24
Center:
403 - FACULTY OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES OF C. REAL
Group(s):
20
29
Year:
4
Duration:
First semester
Main language:
English
Second language:
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
N
Lecturer:
MARiA LETIZIA GASPARRI ---
- Group(s):
20
29
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Paraninfo/Module D, Office 1
ADMINISTRACIÓN DE EMPRESAS
Letizia.Gasparri@uclm.es
By appointment.
Lecturer:
MANUEL VILLASALERO DIAZ
- Group(s):
20
29
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Paraninfo/Module D, Office 3
ADMINISTRACIÓN DE EMPRESAS
926052518
manuel.villasalero@uclm.es
By appointment.
2. Pre-Requisites
There are no mandatory prerequisites for the course entitled 'Growth Strategies.' Still, it is recommended to have taken courses on strategic management and business venturing, such as 'Strategic Management' and 'Business Venturing.' It could be followed concurrently within the first semester of the same academic year. As a note on important related information, considering that all these three courses are taught in English, if the student passes at least two of the three, the B1 level of English will be recognized. There is also the option of taking 'Operations Management' in English in the second semester of the third year, which also qualifies for the B1 recognition.
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
Growth Strategies is a course directly connected to the course of the fourth course of the Degree in Business Management and Administration, 'Business Venturing.' It deals with issues related to the corporate strategy for growing a firm.
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| E02 | Develop and enhance entrepreneurship, adaptability to change and creativity in any functional area of ¿¿a company or organization. |
| E04 | Incorporate the ability to integrate into any functional area of ¿¿a business or organization to perform and be able to lead any given task. |
| G01 | Possession of the skills needed for continuous, self-led, independent learning, which will allow students to develop the learning abilities needed to undertake further study with a high degree of independence. |
| G03 | Develop oral and written communication skills in order to prepare reports, research projects and business projects and defend them before any commission or group of professionals (specialised or non-specialised) in more than one language, by collecting relevant evidence and interpreting it appropriately so as to reach conclusions. |
| G04 | Ability to use and develop information and communication technologies and to apply them to the corresponding business department by using specific programmes for these business areas. |
| G05 | Capacity for teamwork, to lead, direct, plan and supervise multidisciplinary and multicultural teams in both national and international environments so as to create synergies which benefit organisations. |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| Work out problems in creative and innovative ways. | |
| Search for information in order to analyze it, interpret is meaning, synthesize it and communicate it to others. | |
| Work autonomously and with personal initiative. | |
| Know the analytical models and techniques of the economic and legal environment currently faced by enterprises, with special attention given to the search for opportunities and the anticipation of potential changes. | |
| Know the theories and organizational models of companies from structural and behavioral perspectives to ensure their effective and efficient functioning, paying special attention to human aspects in organizations. | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Not established. |
6. Units / Contents
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Unit 1: Financing for growth
-
Unit 2: Intellectual property for growth
-
Unit 3: Challenges of growth
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Unit 4: Strategies for firm growth
7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | E02 E04 | 1.2 | 30 | N | N | ||
| Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE] | Practical or hands-on activities | G03 G05 | 1.2 | 30 | Y | N | ||
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Problem solving and exercises | G01 G04 | 1.2 | 30 | Y | N | ||
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | E02 E04 G01 | 2.4 | 60 | N | N | ||
| Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 2.4 | Total class time hours: 60 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 3.6 | Total hours of out of class work: 90 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Other methods of assessment | 70.00% | 70.00% | Assignment consisting of a business plan that will have to be presented orally. |
| Final test | 30.00% | 30.00% | There will be a multiple-choice exam on the contents of this course. |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:The presentation of the business plan is mandatory to pass this course. Students may replace the final exam by completing assignments. Otherwise, the final exam is always a possibility for evaluating the 30% of contends.
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Non-continuous evaluation:The presentation of the business plan is mandatory to pass this course. The presentation will take place on the final exam day, which is also compulsory.
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
The presentation of the business plan is mandatory to pass this course. The presentation will take place on the final exam day, which is also compulsory. No assignment scores will be considered for this retake exam.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
The presentation of the business plan is mandatory to pass this course. The presentation will take place on the final exam day, which is also compulsory. No assignment scores will be considered for this retake exam.
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Unit 1 (de 4): Financing for growth | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 7.5 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 7.5 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Problem solving and exercises] | 7.5 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 15 |
| Unit 2 (de 4): Intellectual property for growth | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 7.5 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 7.5 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Problem solving and exercises] | 7.5 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 15 |
| Unit 3 (de 4): Challenges of growth | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 7.5 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 7.5 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Problem solving and exercises] | 7.5 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 15 |
| Unit 4 (de 4): Strategies for firm growth | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 7.5 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 7.5 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Problem solving and exercises] | 7.5 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 15 |
| Global activity | |
|---|---|
| Activities | hours |
| General comments about the planning: | The planning of activities will be adjusted to the Academic schedule set up by the UCLM |
10. Bibliography and Sources
| Author(s) | Title | Book/Journal | Citv | Publishing house | ISBN | Year | Description | Link | Catálogo biblioteca |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barringer, B.R. and Ireland, R.D. | Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures | Harlow, United Kingdom | Pearson | 978-1-292-25533-0 | 2019 | http://catalogo.biblioteca.uclm.es/opac/BaratzCL?TITN=868872 |