2019/2020

2020/2021

DM270

SECS-P/12 (ECONOMIC HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

2nd semester (22/02/2021 - 22/05/2021)

6

44 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

RIZZO MARIO VALENTINO (titolare) - 3 ECTS
RABA' MICHELE MARIA - 3 ECTS

None in particular but a reasonable basic knowledge of key economic and historical concepts. Anyway, if needs be, additional personal guidance will be provided over rudiments of history and basic economic notions.

The general purpose of the course is to empower students to develop a critical approach to key business issues, by integrating their prior technical and economic knowledge with a new perspective of historical analysis. The course examines the fundamental themes of business history, considering contemporary firms in the light of their socio-economic, institutional, and cultural framework.

The course examines the fundamental themes of business history, considering contemporary firms in the light of their socio-economic, institutional, and cultural framework.

A short summary of the main topics to be covered in the course includes:
The theory of the firm
The firm in its socio-economic, institutional, and cultural context
Scale and structure
Management and governance
State-owned enterprises

Lectures, during which students' active and critical participation will be greatly appreciated and encouraged.

Pier Angelo TONINELLI, Storia d’impresa, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012
Giuseppe BERTA, L’enigma dell’imprenditore (e il destino dell’impresa), Bologna, il Mulino, 2018, pp. 113-210

Oral exam, designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate achievement of the course learning outcomes. The assessment strategy aims at verifying the students' knowledge of the topics of the programme and their critical ability to connect historical events and put them in historical context and perspective.

The first half of the course will be held by Dr. Michele Rabà