Objectives

The student must commit to self-learning as a professional development and responsibility tool.

The specific objectives of the degree are related to the formation and learning of theoretical knowledge. In particular, those objective are linked essentially to three fields:

A. Nature of business and its relation to the immediate and mediate, national and international economic environment.

• The scarcity and resource allocation, the price system, theory of consumption and production, competitive equilibrium, non-competitive markets, economic efficiency and welfare theory.
• Model of income determination in an open economy, money, inflation, unemployment, growth and economic policy instruments.
• Theoretical basis of decision making.
• Accounting Basics.
• National and international economic, productive sectors, public sector, financial institutions and their development.
• Basics of legal system and institutions of law.

B. Methods and techniques of management and organization of business

• Organization theory. Strategic direction.
• Analysis of the situation and the results of the company, the flow of funds in the period incurred and the determination of costs.
• Policy decisions and business strategy: "marketing mix", pricing, distribution, promotion and product policy.
• Selection of investment projects, portfolio models, financing structure in terms of resources and policies, cost of capital and risk-return combination.
• Tactical and strategic decisions related to the area of production / operations: planning, scheduling and production control, product, processes and installations.
• Setting goals, policies and human resource planning: analysis, evaluation and planning jobs, recruitment, staff training, management development, career planning, compensation and incentive systems.
• Support systems for management and the their  functions: planning, analysis, design and implementation of information systems.

C. Instrumental knowledge.

• Basic elements of linear algebra, differential and integral calculus, mathematical optimization, financial operations mathematics, descriptive statistics, probability, statistical inference, simple regression models and explanatory variables.

General, transversal and specific skills that students should acquire during their studies

The Bachelor"s Degree in Business Administration capacitates the student, among other things, to manage and run a business according to their resources in order to maximize its benefit, to integrate into any functional area of the company and perform any management task entrusted, being able to diagnose and provide suggestions for improvement in the various departments (human resources, marketing, etc..). The Student is able to compose and transmit the financial and economic information through financial statements, identify sources of relevant economic information and content, and data derived from relevant economic information and assess the situation and foreseeable development of a company. In addition, obtaining the Degree in Business Administration empoweres to solve all kinds of problems in the company, and also doing so in various languages​​ - mainly English- and individually or in groups, under pressure and with the help of the new technologies.

General Skills

CG1: Ability to solve problems. Description: Find solutions and to answer a question or resolve problem decisive and fixed determination.

CG2: Capacity for analysis and synthesis. Description: closely studied an issue, problem, event, art, exercise, etc.. and collects and summarizes the most relevant contents.

CG3: Capacity for organization and planning. Description: know the steps to fix and / or structure to achieve an objective, conveniently distributing human and material resources are there in assigning specific functions to each.

CG4: Communication skills and teamwork. Description: Knows transmit information orally and / or in writing. Collaborate and cooperate with others contributing the best of their skills to achieve team results. Accepts and values the skills of others and seeks to create synergy with colleagues. Rate differences and build relationships of respect and growth.

Transversal Skills

CT1: Ability to search for information and related research in different fields. Description: locate or find information using different sources (databases, media, manuals, etc..) and thoroughly studied such information.

CT2: Ability to receive and transmit information in other languages, mainly English. Description: Uses and does well in handling other languages, mainly English.

CT3: Ability to work in stress environments. Description: One develops relatively easily in complex situations that are subjected to coercion, intimidation, etc..

CT4: Ability to put  knowledge into practice. Description: Use knowledge gained from the achievement of a specific goal, such as solving an exercise or discussion of a case study.

Specific Skills

CE1: Manage and administer a business or organization, understanding its competitive and institutional location by identifying its strengths and weaknesses. Description: You know lead and govern a company to achieve maximum profit given the resources available to the organization and characteristics of the environment and / or market in which it moves.

CE2: Integrate in any functional area of ​​a medium or large business or organization and proficiently perform any management task entrusted to it. Description: Can deal with any of the departments of the company (Production, marketing, human resources, finance, etc.), make decisions and execute them. In particular, is able to diagnose and contribute with proposals for organizational improvement, to make proposals to improve work methods and time studies of work for designing incentive schemes for production, knows and perform the functions and activities of Human Resources departments (analysis and job evaluations, recruitment, compensation, etc..), uses the techniques and tools of marketing to give consumers what they need and / or want at any time while the company achieved for the maximum profit known to analyze and plan investments, by anticipating expectations, networking and funding, is able to manage and control the financial plan of the company, represents and communicates the economic and financial information through financial statements, checks and controls economic and financial information according to current legislation, etc.

CE3: Identify sources of relevant economic information and content. Description: Identify the different ways or sources of information that provide important data for making corporate decisions.

CE4: Derive of the data relevant economic information. Description: Identifies and gathers data from different information sources then processed to convert it into useful economic information for decision making.

CE5: Rate from relevant records information about the situation and forecast of the development of a company. Description: Analyzes, diagnoses and plans via relevant information for economic, financial, commercial, accounting or administrative situation of companies, groups of companies, sectors and industries in which they are integrated.

CE6: Issue advisory reports on specific situations of companies and markets. Description: elaborates studies and business and financial documents relating to companies and / or markets, which can take effect in any organ of the Central, Local Administration or Parastate and other local authorities character, as well as any judicial body.

SC7: Writing GIM projects related to functional areas of the company. Description: Able to develop detailed plans for companies and organizations, according to some prefixed targets, at different levels from the global (strategic plans) to the specific amount of any department or functional area.

CE8: Understand the fundamental elements of national and international economic environment in which the company develops its activity. Description: Learn about national and international economic institutions, the basic phenomena of Spanish and international economy, the tax system and basic economic laws affecting the company.

Career Options

• Management, assessment and evaluation in all types of (public or private, profit or non-profit) organizations.
• Production area.
• Area of human resources.
• Area of finance, marketing or investment.
• Administration area.
• Accounting area.
• Teaching and research.