Business Administration and Management

What will I learn by studying this degree?

The theory – both basic and in-depth for understanding how the different areas of a company work and are managed and supervised

• Business Organisation

Marketing

• Accounting
• Finance
• Human Resources

The socio-economic features of the environment in which a company operates. These include:-

• Economic
• Legal
• Sociological
• Historical

Additional knowledge which is needed to learn about the aforementioned and apply it in practice

• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Information technologies
• Languages

Where will I be qualified to work upon graduation?

The job market for Business Studies graduates tends to centre upon set-ups, internationalisation, technological innovation and change, and new models of work organisation. As such, graduates will tend to move into:-

• Organisation or company departments:- finance, sales, management control, marketing, market research, IT, international trade, purchasing, quality, R+D+I, Human Resource Management.
• Financial Services:- auditing, consulting and advice, money markets/securities, financial institutions, recruitment agencies, insurance, marketing, publicity, research institutions, distribution, tourism, health.
• Industry:- food, drinks, chemicals, iron and steel, pharmaceuticals, motoring, stationery, building, publishing, cosmetics, textiles.
• Infrastructure:- technology, transport, telephony, energy, logistics, building
• Public Administration:- international, European, National, Regional
• Teaching (at secondary, undergraduate or postgraduate levels) and research
• Self-employment  

Is this degree official in accordance with the regulations of the European Higher Education Area?

Yes (the final verification report is attached). The implementation of the degree will be carried out progressively, beginning in the first year of the degree in the academic year 2009-10.

Final verification report by ANECA

Report favorable first modification

Report favorable second modification

Report favorable third modification

Report favorable fourth modification

What topics will be covered in this Degree?

Topics related to:

• Companies
• Economics
• Accounting
• Law
• Statistics
• Finance
• History
• Market Research and Marketing of Products
• Mathematics

Recommended Profile

Given the fact that the Business Studies Degree covers a wide range of abilities, it is difficult to specify what profile of student it appeals, or is most suited, to. Undergraduate students seeking entry should be aware of the nature of the course aims and objectives, i.e., to train the student as  well as possible to compete in the field of Business Management. Consequently, students wishing to study this course should have the following traits:-

• Responsibility. Students must realise that they need to work at their degree on a daily basis if they want to reach their objectives, and the results they obtain will be directly proportional to the amount of effort they put in.
• Receptiveness. Students must be open to all the new ideas which they will encounter as they study the course. This includes being willing and able to plan and organise activities as well as an ability to work with others and in teams.
• Be dynamic and eager to learn. Students should be entrepreneurial, willing to discover new things on their own, and also creative and innovative.

Objectives

The main objective of the Business Studies Degree is to enable students to manage, advise and assess product and service organisations. Those tasks may be carried out in the organisation as a whole or in one specific department: production, human resources, finance, marketing, investment, administration or accounting.

The graduate should know how to identify and anticipate opportunities, allocate resources, organise information, select and motivate personnel, take decisions, reach specific objectives, and assess results.

To define the aims of the Business Studies Degree, the features and evolution of economic and business activity in an increasingly globalised and ever-changing world, in which the demands for  competitiveness and sustainability are the norm, have been  taken into account. The general training objectives are:

• To know the nature of companies and how they relate to their local, national and international environments
• To know the methods and techniques for managing and organising companies
• To obtain skills in the use of mathematics and statistics

Skills

GENERAL or COMMON SKILLS

Instrumental

• Ability to analyse and summarise ability to organise and plan
• Good at communicating, both in writing and orally, in their mother tongue
• Good at communicating, both in writing and orally, in a foreign language
• Study-related IT skills
• A capacity to analyse, review and classify information from different sources
• The ability to structure and project information
• Problem-solving abilities
• The ability to apply professional criteria to problem analysis, based on technical instruments

Personal

• Motivation towards quality and responsibility in the workplace
• Creativity, initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit
• The ability to work in a team with an ease of communication
• The ability to work in a team which covers a range of activities
• The ability to work in an international environment
• Skills in inter-personal relationships
• The capacity to work in diverse and multi-cultural environments: recognising and respecting diversity
• The ability to think through ideas
• An ethical commitment to work
• Good at working under pressure

Systematic

• Autonomous learning
• Adapting to new situations
• Creativity
• Leadership
• Initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Quality-driven
• Being sensitive to environmental and social issues

Practical

• Applying knowledge to real situations
• The ability to research
• Designing and managing projects
• An ability to develop economic and business-related issues

Specific Professional Skills

• The ability to analyse and apply accounting techniques and rules
• The ability to draw up and interpret the data contained in yearly accounts
• The ability to solve legal, political and conceptual problems which may be encountered during the running of a business
• The ability to analyse and apply the principles of constitutional, civil, business and labour law
• A sound working knowledge of the different tax structures
• The ability to analyse the instruments of economic policy
• Knowledge and analysis of how economic factors work
• Knowing and analysing how markets work
• Knowing how to analyse the challenge of business through the management functions (planning, organisation, human resource management and control)
• Knowing how to identify and analyse the functional areas of a company
• Knowing how to design and carry out business strategies (corporate and competitive)
• Knowing how to design and develop a financial plan
• Knowing how to formulate an investment-funding strategy in the company
• Knowing how to analyse and interpret the data which the company has at its disposal
• Knowing how to analyse the sales strategy, targets and sales policy
• Knowing how to use Information and Communication Technologies in different areas
• Knowing how to lead groups of people
• Knowing how to carry out anaylsis and diagnosis, provide back-up and take decisions in the area of organisational structure
• Knowing how to apply techniques and take decisions in the field of human resource management

Minimun requirements for stay

• For full-time students doing an undergraduate degree, the maximum period of time allowed to complete the degree is eight years. Part-time students can request an extension of up to two years from the Rector.
• In the degrees that have more than to 240 credits (4 years), the maximum stated in the previous section will be increased by one year for each 60 ECTS that are added to the 240 ECTS.
• Students have to pass a minimum of two subjects in the first year. Students who are studying part-time have to pass at least one subject in the first academic year.
• Students who are studying an official degree at Rey Juan Carlos University have a maximum of four enrollments in  each one of the subjects in the study program, without counting previous cancellations of said subjects. 

For further information see: Normativa de permanencia

Minimun number of ECTS credits per type of registration and academic year

Full time students:

Part time students:

Internal System of Quality Guarantee

Internal System of Quality Guarantee

Composition of the commission

Composition of the commission

Report on Results

Once the follow-up on the Degree is carried out, the quantitative information concerning the results of the follow-up for each academic year is shown.

Report on Results:

2016/2017

2015/2016

2014/2015

2013/2014

2012/2013

2011/2012   

General information Collection Plan

• Indicators 2012/13
• Indicators 2013/14
• Indicators 2014/15
• Indicators 2015/16
• Indicators 2016/17

Steps toward Improvement

The Quality Guarantee System at URJC establishes that the Quality Guarantee Commission of the degree analyzes the information derived from the different indicators of the degree and draws up a report which includes plans for improvement, if that is what the results so indicate.

Improvement actions 2016/2017

Improvement actions 2015/2016

Improvement actions 2014/2015

Improvement actions 2013/2014

Improvement actions 2012/2013

Improvement actions 2011/2012

Improvement actions 2009/2010

Accreditation renewal

Accreditation renewal supposes the culmination of the implementation of the official undergraduate and Master’s degrees registered in the University, Center, and Degree Register. The accreditation renewal of official undergraduate and Master’s degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit, and final assessment.

In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the situation of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment report that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of assessors who are external to the degree in question.

• Self - assessment
• Renewal Final Report of accreditation   FAVORABLE
• Improvement Plan  

Recognition of quality