Course 2: Management and Entrepreneurship in CCIs. Syllabus for B&E Students. (C2-BE-STU-EN)

This theme will provide general overview of the management process in an enterprise while considering the specifics of the enterprises in the CCIs. The main elements of planning, organization, staffing, leadership and control shall be reviewed and considered with practical examples. The focus is placed on managing the teams as they are the greatest assets for any enterprise and at the same time one of the hardest parts in an venture. In that, conflict management and leadership is discussed in particular. Outside the public companies, many enterprises in the CCIs are either sole proprietorships or very small, which fosters them to partner and work in teams on ad hoc basis and team management is associated with respective skills. Accordingly, the theme will consider the issue of change management – regarding the changing of teams, but also regarding the fast changing environment in which the CCIs operate as defined by digitalization and globalization.

• Number of hours: 3 in class, 3 self study.