Business Operation and Farming
main objectives
To become familiar with the tools for running a business (agricultural or other). ,To know how to use these tools to analyze and put together a project,,To understand the unique characteristics of farming ,- Planning logic for technical production systems (crops, animal production/husbandry, forage systems) /interactions,- Operations System interdependencies / productive resources / environment,- Unique characteristics: Accounting characteristics (quarterly results, etc.), legal and tax characteristics (rural law/ business law / related accounts),,,The students may choose a different type of business.,The main issues remain the same as in the description above,
general content
Basic knowledge of Strategy,Technical and Economic Management,Financial Analysis,Cost Accounting,Forecasting Tools,
pedagogy
Business Project. Students, in groups of 5 or 6, choose a business whose organization must be modified for strategic reasons. They have to analyze the socio-economic environment, create a development project, infer the socio-economic consequences, study the feasibility and make an action plan, make a hypothetical forecast and recommendations, most importantly make a scorecard.,Students are provided support and are supervised during the entire process by a mentoring professor who will meet the group 4 times to ensure the project is progressing and to provide them with advice on required methodology and technical aspects. In certain cases the possibility of contacting a technical mentor at ESA will be offered,
evaluation
Oral Examination (Defense),Report,