Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management

Introduction

Objectives and competences

Objectives

The general objectives are for students to acquire a comprehensive understanding of business management in all kinds of organizations, as well as knowledge of the way in which businesses interact with their environment in the broadest sense.

The course aims to train versatile professionals who can start their own business and also carry out a wide range of direction and management functions in business and private and public institutions.

More specifically, the following learning objectives are targeted:

To receive training in general and strategic business activity, financial, commercial, production and human resource management.

• To acquire the capacity to direct and manage an organization.
• To understand the interrelation between society and the economy.
• To understand competitiveness between companies.
• To understand the connection between product market and consumer market.
• To understand the regulations governing the operation of companies: type of company, taxation and recruitment system.
• To learn to use the analytical tools and technical instruments necessary for business management.
• To acquire the strategic capacities of innovation, entrepreneurship and value creation.

Competences

General competences

• Capacity for learning and responsibility (capacity for analysis and synthesis, to adopt a global approach, and to apply knowledge in practice / capacity to solve problems and adapt to new situations).
• Ability to work in a team (capacity to collaborate with others and contribute to a common project / and capacity to work in cross-disciplinary and multicultural teams).
• Creative and entrepreneurial skills (capacity to conceive, design and manage projects/capacity to research and integrate new knowledge and approaches).
• Communication skills (capacity to understand and produce spoken and written Catalan, Spanish and a third language, using the specialized terminology of the discipline / capacity to search, use and integrate information).
• Ability to interpret the development and changes in an economic environment.
• Ability to use communication and information technologies in professional practice.
• Capacity to manage time effectively in contexts of change and uncertainty.
• Leadership skills.
• Commitment to ethical practice and respect for fundamental rights.

Specific competences

• Capacity to analyse organizations and the environment in which they operate.
• Capacity to acquire and understand basic knowledge about how markets and companies operate in the national and international contexts.
• Capacity to identify the economic agents that make up an economy and understanding of how they interrelate.
• Capacity to understand the social, legal and historical realities within which markets and companies operate.
• Capacity to make decisions in a business environment.
• Capacity to prepare, analyse and apply external and internal accounting and financial information in order to control decision-making and management.
• Capacity to understand and apply the basic quantitative methods and instruments to obtain and analyse information about the company and its socio-economic environment.
• Ability to design, manage and create business projects in different kinds of organizations.
• Ability to understand the basic elements in business competitiveness and how it is managed.
• Capacity to analyse business problems on the basis of case studies and to draft reports that address these problems.
• Capacity to understand consumer behaviour, marketing strategy and programmes, and product, pricing, distribution and communication policies.
• Capacity to learn and apply basic taxation theory in a business environment.
• Understanding of and capacity to apply Spanish and European accounting legislation (Standard Chart of Accounts, International Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards) to economic operations carried out by companies and groups of companies.
• Capacity to learn the basic aspects of financial management in companies and their investment and financing strategies.

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

• Interest in the economy and the corporate world and curiosity for political and social issues.
• Natural ability in mathematics, accounting and statistics.
• Disposition for critical thinking and taking initiative.
• Language skills (mainly English).
• Natural ability in computer tools.
• Capacity for analysis and synthesis and for abstract and critical thought.
• Strong spoken and written communication skills.

Access requirements and conditions

Admission for students with studies completed outside Spain.

Applicants holding higher educational qualifications from a university outside Spain should consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications to find out about specific admission requirements.
 

Pre-enrolment

Students that have studied abroad and who wish to study at the University of Barcelona may be admitted to EHEA bachelor's degree courses. Procedures for gaining admission will depend on the qualifications held by each applicant.

For further information about admission, consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications.
 

Enrolment

As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online via the Students Portal.. To find out the date and time you have been assigned, check the specific information for your course. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned.

Academic information

• Documents required for enrolment
• Procedure to formalize enrolment
• After enrolment
• Grants and financial aid
  

Welcome

Support and guidance

Pre-enrolment information and events

• Welcome portal
• Student Support Service (SAE)
• Open days
• Informative sessions

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

List of subjects

Pathways and specializations

Previous years

• Course plans 2023 - 2024
• Course plans 2022 - 2023
• Course plans 2021 - 2022

Teaching staff

Placements

Placements in a company or another type of organization are an integral part of university studies, providing first-hand experience of working methodologies in students' chosen professional fields.They offer invaluable practical experience for the transition into work after graduation.

Placements are supervised by tutors and subject to assessment.They are therefore included in the academic record.  There is also an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 500 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. For both curricular and non-curricular placements, an educational cooperation agreement is signed between the UB and the company, institution or other organization at which the placement will be carried out.
 

Institutional information

• Regulations on external placements
• FeinaUB

Career opportunities

What can you work on ?

• Business management in finance, production, commerce, marketing, human resources and market research.
• Consultancy, auditing, business advisory services, tax and accounting consultancy, insurance or finance.
• Broker or comptroller.
• Sales representative, state economist, tax office inspector.
• Entrepreneur and start-up founder.

Contact us

Diagonal, 690-696 - 08034 Barcelona

Secretary: 934 024 304
secretaria.fee@ub.edu

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