ENTERPRISES, BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS AND MANAGERS. Teaching unitCourses:FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONYear: Year 1 of Bachelor's in Mechanical EngineeringDegree: Bachelor's in Mechanical EngineeringDescriptionAn introduction to the company under a systematic perspective. Types of enterprises, enterprising spirit, business entrepreneurs, managers, and governing bodies in the company. The nature of the managerial work and the decision making.ObjectivesUnderstand the company concept, its complexity, diversity and relevance, as well as its systematic nature. Differ between the concepts of property, direction and government of a company.Assimilate the nature of managerial work. Differentiate between the characteristics of its tasks and the roles and skills it requires.Understand the business administration as an interactive process and distinguish between the different functions in it.Identify the planning and control functions, their processes, components and instruments to reach the objectives in the company.To know the organizational function and distinguish the most important organizational structures.SubjectsLecture topicsThe company: origin, concept and functions.Company types.The company as a system.Companies, businessmen and the enterprising spirit nowadays.The company government: businessmen, directors and government bodies.The managerial work nature: roles, levels and managerial skills.Decision making: concept, process and types.Decision making criteria and approaches.Laboratory topicsPractical cases and reading about enterprises, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship.Practical case about the nature of managerial work.Practical case about decision making problems.