Departamento de Administração Empresarial

Business Administration

Department of Business Administration

Department Chair:

Prof. Octávio René Lebarbenchon Neto

Associate Chair:

Prof. Isabela Regina Fornari Müller

Secretariat:

João Manoel Nunes de Souza

(48) 3664-8211 (Phone/WhatsApp)

Office Hours:

Monday through Friday

1:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Number of Openings:

Afternoon - 40 openings per semester

Evening - 40 openings per semester

Course Objectives:

The objectives of the Business Administration Undergraduate Program at Udesc are:

To contribute to the development of competencies and skills so that graduates can operate with confidence in globalized environments characterized by uncertainty, unpredictability, and instability.

To raise awareness among students and faculty of the strategic role of entrepreneurship, sustainability, and information and communication technology (ICT) in the definition, implementation, monitoring, and ongoing evaluation of innovative business and social projects.

To demonstrate the interconnection, utility, and value of the guiding principles of the curriculum (entrepreneurship, sustainability, and information and communication technology (ICT)), in the discussion and understanding of content in strategic areas of Business Administration: Management and Organizational Theories, Strategy, Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, Financial Management, Materials Management, Production and Logistics, Service Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing and Sales Management.

Encourage students and faculty to act as agents of transformation and innovation within organizations and society.

Encourage students and faculty to develop and implement innovative projects aimed at improving quality of life, socio-environmental sustainability, and the longevity of organizations.

Encourage the adoption of new attitudes and practices that enable the transfer of learning to the development of multi- and interdisciplinary teams in the development and implementation of innovative business and social projects.

Contribute to the adoption of a personal attitude of constant self-criticism in the face of challenges posed by organizations and the environment.

Professional Profile:

Graduates of the ESAG business administration program should:

Be able to identify, create, and reinvent new patterns of association, both in identifying new business opportunities and in solving complex problems.

Be able to work in a multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary manner in the development, implementation, and management of innovative business and social projects.

Have the ability to undertake business and social projects in a manner that integrates information and communication technology (ICT) and sustainability.

Have the ability to transform and innovate business and social environments in a manner that integrates entrepreneurship, information and communication technology (ICT), and sustainability.

Have the ability to identify and utilize information and communication technologies (ICTs) in data manipulation and the extraction of information relevant to business and social decision-making.

Have the ability to connect data and information from different fields of knowledge, aiming to solve problems and build innovative and sustainable projects.

Have the ability to develop logical, critical, and analytical reasoning to work with data and information in different business and social contexts.

Have the ability to negotiate and resolve conflicts with colleagues, managers, clients, teams, and other stakeholders.

Have the ability to guide colleagues, managers, clients, teams, and other stakeholders toward achieving common goals.

Have the ability to coordinate one’s own actions in alignment with the actions of others toward a common goal.

Have the ability to motivate people by recognizing their needs and creative potential.

Have the ability to coordinate and interact with internal and external audiences.

Have the ability to continuously learn, aiming to transfer knowledge for the improvement, transformation, and innovation of new businesses and administrative and management practices.

Have the ability to reflect and act critically in various business and social contexts.

Have the ability to exercise and recognize the ethical implications and social and environmental responsibilities in different business and social contexts.

Have the ability to integrate the guiding principles of the curriculum (entrepreneurship, sustainability, and information and communication technology (ICT)) with the content of the strategic areas of Business Administration: Management and Organizational Theories, Strategy, Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, Financial Management, Materials Management, Production and Logistics, Service Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing and Sales Management.