Degree in Business Administration and Management

Competencies

The skills developed in the Business Administration degree are those mentioned in the "White Paper on Economics and Business Studies," which states that "the business graduate must have acquired the status of an expert, a practical person with clear skills, experienced in their field, who can address management problems with professional criteria and with the use of technical tools."

Therefore, by developing these competencies, graduates of the degree are expected to be able to: Manage and administer a small business or organization, understanding its competitive and institutional position and identifying its strengths and weaknesses.

  • Integrate into any functional area of a medium-sized or large company or organization and confidently perform any management tasks assigned to it.
  • Evaluate the situation and expected evolution of a company based on relevant information records.
  • Issue advisory reports on specific company and market situations.
  • Draft projects for global management or functional areas of the company.
  • Identify the sources of relevant economic information and their content
  • Understand economic institutions as a result and application of theoretical or formal representations about how the economy works.
  • Derive relevant information from the data that is impossible for non-professionals to recognize.
  • Regularly use information and communications technology throughout your professional performance
  • Read and communicate in more than one language, especially English.
  • Apply professional criteria based on the use of technical instruments to the analysis of problems.
  • Communicate fluently in your environment and work as a team.
Generic and specific competencies of the Business Administration Degree
Generic instrumental competences
01. Analytical and synthesis skills
02. Organizational and planning skills
03. Oral and written communication in the native language
04. Oral and written communication in a foreign language
05. Computer skills related to the field of study
06. Ability to analyze and search for information from diverse sources
07. Problem-solving skills
08. Decision-making ability

Generic personal skills
09. Ability to work in a team
10. I work in an interdisciplinary team
11. Working in an international context
12. Interpersonal skills
13. Ability to work in diverse and multicultural environments
14. Critical and self-critical ability
15. Ethical commitment at work
16. Working in high-pressure environments

Systemic generic competencies
17. Capacity for autonomous learning
18. Ability to adapt to new situations
19. Creativity
20. Leadership
21. Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit
22. Motivation for quality
23. Sensitivity to environmental and social issues
Specific skills
26. Financial Accounting
27. Cost Accounting
28. Commercial address
29. Market research
30. Financial Management
31. Analysis of financial investments
32. International Financial Economics
33. Business Organization and Administration
34. Microeconomics
35. Macroeconomics
36. Spanish and world economy
37. Mathematical Analysis
38. Statistics
39. Tax regime of the company
40. Business Law
41. Economic History
42. Econometrics
43. Mathematics of financial operations

Competencies for applicability
44. Ability to apply knowledge in practice
45. Information search and research skills
46. Project Design and Management
47. Knowledge transmission skills

Source: CONFEDE (2005), White Paper on Economics and Business Studies.