Business simulations

Course Code: ECTS 318 • Study year: III • Academic Year: 2024-2025
Domain: Business Administration • Field of study: Economy of services, tourism and commerce
Type of course: Compulsory
Language of instruction: English
Erasmus Language of instruction: English
Name of lecturer: Carmen Paștiu
Seminar tutor: Alina Putan
Form of education Full-time
Form of instruction: Class / Seminary
Number of teaching hours per semester: 42
Number of teaching hours per week: 3
Semester: Autumn
Form of receiving a credit for a course: Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated 4

Course aims:

The main objective of the course is to familiarize students with the concepts of creating a business and making decisions in different concrete situations.
Knowledge, understanding of basic business concepts, theories and methods; their proper use in professional business communication.
Developing an individual business plan
Discovering and mastering the social, political and cultural factors that enhance entrepreneurship
Use of basic knowledge to explain and interpret various types of concepts, situations, processes, projects, etc.
Discovering self-confidence to run a business
Application of basic principles and methods for solving well-defined, typical problems / situations Knowledge of entrepreneurial attributes

Course Entry Requirements:

N/A

Course contents:

1. BUSINESS. BUSINESS SUCCESS
2. BUSINESS ORGANIZATION. FUNCTIONS OF THE ENTERPRISE.
3. TRANSFORMING THE OPPORTUNITY INTO BUSINESS
4. SIMULATION OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN ENTERPRISES
5. BUSINESS SIMULATION
6. BUSINESS PLAN
7. MANAGEMENT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY
8. CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
9. PRODUCT / SERVICE MANAGEMENT
10. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
11. SIMULATION SOFTWARE

Teaching methods:

Lecture, discussions, examples

Learning outcomes:

For students pursuing a master's degree in business administration, the discipline can be a starting point for deepening the field and developing papers with a high scientific level.
The pragmatic character of the discipline, resulting from the operationalization of the main activities specific to private investments, is in accordance with the requirements of the contemporary economic-financial community.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

written exam 60%, semminaries 40%

Recommended reading:

Filip, F. G.,, Decizie asistată de calculator: decizii, decidenţi, metode şi instrumente de bază. Editura Tehnică şi Editura Expert, 2002, Editura Tehnică şi Editura Expert, Alba Iulia, 2002, 100.
Pastiu Carmen -, Simulari in afaceri ., Seria Didactica, 2017, Alba Iulia, 2017, 50.
Dobre, I., Mustaţă, F.,, Simularea proceselor economice. Editura INFOREC, Bucureşti, 1996, Editura INFOREC, Bucureşti,, Bucuresti, 1996, 100.