Pompeu Fabra University

This is a practical course that employs a simulation of business competition in a global environment. Students work in teams as active participants in the management of a company working around rules set by the instructor using a computer model. The simulation uses knowledge of strategic management, international business, marketing management, human resources, logistics, accounting, and finance. Through class activities, processes, and decision-making the course reinforces the following competencies: adaptation to dynamic teams and environments; successful operation of a business or international marketing project; capacity to take complex decisions and carry out negotiation processes.

This course examines the main concepts and theories of organizational economics within an integrated framework. Topics include: individual behavior in business and markets; the structure and management of individual and divisional incentives; the interaction between organizations and their environment, not only economic but also political and institutional.

This course is a study of the macroeconomic functions of global finance and the international economy. Topics include: national income and balance of payments; exchange rates and the foreign exchange market; money and interest rates; international monetary systems; financial globalization; and the growth, crisis, and reform of developing economies.

This course offers an introduction to documentary filmmaking with a focus on the renewal of the Spanish and Catalan film scene of the last 15 years. It presents examples of documentary works to understand the genre. During the workshop, students complete their own documentary project.

This course offers a study of the Spanish language at the advanced (CEFR B2) level.