Provide students with the ability to:
A. Develop the inherent concepts of
company's strategic approach in its
interaction with the surroundings.
B. Apply the necessary tools to
implementation of a management process
strategic.
C. Master planning methodologies
as an integral part of the management of
with particular emphasis on the
definition of the company's vision and mission and to
the establishment of strategic objectives and
of strategy.
D. Master the processes and tools of
identification of strategies in the company at
global and by business.
E. Realize the importance of monitoring
and the feedback process in the
strategic planning and management.

1 - Fundamental Concepts and Strategic approach
. the strategy in the interaction with the environment;
. the strategy "frontier" with the company operation;
. the different levels of strategy;
. strategic management and the corporate planning;
2 - Strategic Analysis
. the global environment;
. industry structure and profitability analysis;
. strategic competition analysis;
. Company internal Analysis.
3 - Strategic Formulation
. vision and mission;
. strategic objectives;
. corporate strategies;
. business strategies.
4 - Strategic Execution
. resources, leadership, competencies and organization.
5 - Strategic Monitoring
.strategic control;
.budgetary control.

In addition to strict compliance with the program regulation, the periodical evaluation method requires a minimum class attendance of 60% and:
- An assignment (individual or in group) with a weight of 30%;
- An individual test, with a weight of 70% and a minimum grade of 10 points.
Alternatively, the final exam, similarly to phase two exams, will account for 100% of the final grade, disregarding the continuous assessment component.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:


1. Explain the main concepts of time value of money and be able to compare cash flows with different maturities;

2. To describe the concept of business profitability, liquidity and solvency and to compute and analyze the most relevant economic/financial ratios and indicators;

3. To describe and compute de concept of working capital and liquidity indicator and to link it with the firm's financial condition

4. Use the fundamental techniques of capital budgeting evaluation;

1. Time Value of Money

2. Financial analysis and value added

3. Economic analysis of growth opportunities

4. Advanced topics in capital budgeting

In addition to strict compliance with the program regulation, the periodical evaluation method requires a minimum class attendance of 60% and:
- An assignment (individual or in group) with a weight of 30%;
- An individual test, with a weight of 70% and a minimum grade of 10 points.
Alternatively, the final exam, similarly to phase two exams, will account for 100% of the final grade, disregarding the periodical assessment component.

At the end of this learning unit's, the student must be able to:
1. To guide some mathematical concepts to the management
2. Know and use the main concepts of statistics.
3. Recognize and apply the multiple linear regression in specific situations.
4. Use the data analysis package EXCEL.

1- Back to maths.
2- Descriptive statistics with applications.
3- Statistical inference with applications.
4- Correlation and simple linear regression.
5- Multiple linear regression model (MLRM).

In addition to strict compliance with the program regulation, the periodical evaluation method requires a minimum class attendance of 60% and:
- An assignment (individual or in group) with a weight of 30%;
- An individual test, with a weight of 70% and a minimum grade of 10 points.
Alternatively, there will be a 1st and 2nd season final examination, which will represent 100% of the final grade, disregarding the periodical assessment component.

In the end the student must be able to:
LO1- Describe the composition and systemic functioning of an organization
LO2- Identify the main theories on leadership, negotiation and conflict management and its appropriateness for organizational context
LO3- Identify processes of effective communication
LO4- Analyze organizational contexts of operationalization and application of the concepts studied at UC

S1- Organization: what, why and what for.
S2- Functionalists theories about leadership and recent approaches
S3- Leadership and management: the Portuguese case (study GLOBE)
S4-The negotiating process: distributive and integrative perspectives
S5- Organisational communication
S6- Characterization and conflict resolution

1) Periodic Evaluation:
- Group Work with presentation and text (40%)
- Individual written test, focusing on all matter given (60 %).
Approval shall be obtained from the weighted average of the 2 components equal to or greater than 9,5 values and equal to or greater than 8 values in each one of the components of the assessment.
2) Exam Evaluation (1st and 2nd season):Exam (special season) there is only an instrument of assessment (100%) and criteria will be maintained at least 9,5 values to use.

LG1. To understand the financial performance disclosure elements;
LG2. To understand the revenue recognition and measurement criteria;
LG3: To understand the accounting of employee benefits;
LG4: To understand the accounting of government grants;
LG5: To understand the effect of discontinued operations in the financial performance.
LG6: To understand the accounting for current and deferred taxes

1. Profit or loss versus comprehensive income
2. Revenue recognition and measuremet
3. Employee benefits
4. Government Grants
5. Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations
6. Current and deferred taxes

The evaluation system includes periodical evaluation (Work in group (30%) and Written test (70%)) or evaluation by Final Exam (100%).
Minimum grade required in the written test and in the exam: 10 values.
This global grading system requires a rate of attendance to classes of at least 80%; Otherwise, it will fail and to get approval in the unit it will apply to the 2nd chance final exam.