Trainee Program: A Cross-Functional Business Immersion (2235.YR.015739.1)
General information
Type: |
OPT |
Curs: |
2,3,4 |
Period: |
S semester |
ECTS Credits: |
4 ECTS |
Teaching Staff:
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
Language |
| Year 2 |
Marta Gabarro Sust |
Marketing |
ENG |
| Year 2 |
Marina Masdeu Figa |
Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences |
ENG |
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
Language |
| Year 3 |
Marta Gabarro Sust |
Marketing |
ENG |
| Year 3 |
Marina Masdeu Figa |
Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences |
ENG |
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
Language |
| Year 4 |
Marta Gabarro Sust |
Marketing |
ENG |
| Year 4 |
Marina Masdeu Figa |
Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences |
ENG |
Previous Knowledge
In order to enroll in the course, it is necessary for participants to have completed all core courses in Marketing, Finance, Operations, and HR, ensuring familiarity with key concepts within each functional area.
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
This course makes several unique contributions to the program because it will provide with a unique learning experience, detection of areas of interest and curricular differentiation. More specifically, the course is designed to:
1) Achieve an integrated vision of the different functional areas and how they are related in the decision process (both at strategic and operational level).
2) Help participants to better identify their professional interest since during the optional subject they will deal with topics of Marketing, Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Operations, Supply Chain and General management.
3) Face real business challenges that imply cross-functional decisions where the participants can reflect for practical purposes and business realism the two objectives above.
Course Learning Objectives
1. Global management Skills
- Apply fundamental concepts from different managerial disciplines to explain a business problem.
- Develop solutions to a business problem applying fundamental concepts from different managerial disciplines.
2. Participants will be prepared to effectively work with others for a common goal.
- Deliver work that contributes to the team's goal.
- Contribute to a positive team dynamic through own behavior.
3. Communication Skills
- Communicate effectively through oral interventions.
Methodology
Very practical approach with participative sessions and experiential learning.
- The elective is based on a real business case, where participants will face different challenges about the same company that will require making decisions with implications for the different functional areas.
- Students will play different functional roles across the course so they all will experience being in Marketing, Sales, Finance, Operations Supply Chain and Human Resources.
- Students-led class discussions, including role play (for example executive board simulation).
- Teamwork: the challenges will be explored working in groups.
Expository sessions: inspirational speeches from different leaders of functional areas.
Assessment criteria
This elective has no exam. We use various assessment criteria in this subject:
- Personal student evaluations by the professors regarding students' learning process and project involvement.
- Group presentations of the project (with peer evaluations).
- individual exercises and / or quizzes
Bibliography
While there is no designated textbook for this course, students may refer to their course notes in Marketing, Finance, Operations, and/or HR areas to clarify any doubts.
Timetable and sections
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
| Year 2 |
Marta Gabarro Sust |
Marketing |
| Year 2 |
Marina Masdeu Figa |
Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences |
Timetable Year 2
From 2024/1/15 to 2024/1/26:
From Monday to Friday from 10:45 to 13:15.
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
| Year 3 |
Marta Gabarro Sust |
Marketing |
| Year 3 |
Marina Masdeu Figa |
Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences |
Timetable Year 3
From 2024/1/15 to 2024/1/26:
From Monday to Friday from 10:45 to 13:15.
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
| Year 4 |
Marta Gabarro Sust |
Marketing |
| Year 4 |
Marina Masdeu Figa |
Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences |
Timetable Year 4
From 2024/1/15 to 2024/1/26:
From Monday to Friday from 10:45 to 13:15.
