SKILLS
The specific and transversal skills that will be developed in this course help the student to acquire those established in the Business Administration Module. The list is included in the Verified Program of the Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and Management. Specifically, the following skills are developed:
BASIC (BS) AND GENERAL SKILLS (GS)
BS1. Students must show that they have acquired and understand the knowledge in the field of study that builds on general secondary education and is at a level that, while being based on advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that come from the forefront of its field of study.
BS2. Students must know how to apply their knowledge to their job or career in a professional way and they must own the skills that are exhibited by developing and defending arguments and by solving problems within their field of study.
BS3. Students must be able to collect and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) to express an opinion that is based on careful thoughts about relevant topics from a social, scientific or ethic perspective.
BS4. Students must be able to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialists and non-specialists.
BS5. Students must develop the learning skills that are required to undertake further studies with a high degree of independence.
GS1. Develop skills for conflict resolution
GS2. Show an entrepreneurial spirit and creativity to generate new ideas
GS3. Build teamwork skills
GS4. Show capacity for self-criticism
GS5. Take risks and initiatives and show reaction speed
GS6. Employ new technologies
GS7. Develop the ability to act with social responsibility and ethical commitment
GS8. Express a positive attitude towards equal opportunities and the balanced presence of women within the company
GS9. Use social skills as behavioral strategies to solve different situations both in informal and institutional contexts.
SPECIFIC SKILLS (SS)
SS1. Students must communicate successfully with others in practical, business-oriented situations including prospective managers, salespeople, account managers, business dealers and entrepreneurs.
SS2. Students must express themselves in English, spoken and written, with fluency, accuracy and confidence.
SS3. Students must handle themselves in English in a variety of business context, from negotiating, to using the telephone, to making presentations, to socializing.
SS4. Students must deal with Business Correspondence. Emails (register, style, standard phrasing). Notes and Memos. Business-specific language phrases.
SS5. Students must use business vocabulary and general English appropriately and lexical and grammatical resources.
SS6. Students must read and understand messages, and to respond appropriately; make a summary.
SS7. Students must deal with basic information on economics and business to prepare them for further business studies.
SS8. Students must prepare and deliver short individual presentations in English on business-related topics using ICTs.
SS9. Students must develop the listening, reading, writing skills in English together with critical thinking skills needed for academic success.
Anticipated distribution of the use of the different teaching methods (Fecha: 06-07-21)