Management Engineering

GENERAL OBJECTIVES The course aims to give students the basic tools to understand the strategic role that the green economy and bioeconomy will have in the transition of economic systems towards the goals of sustainability in order to provide a proper balance of ecosystems. The production, storage and sustainable distribution of energy are a goal to be pursued towards the decarbonisation of energy systems. To this end, it will be essential to provide knowledge about the mechanisms of operation and regulation of the energy value chain. The complexity of the issues addressed requires an interdisciplinary approach in which economic and managerial analysis will play a key role. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES Knowledge and understanding The program aims to provide the basic skills of models and methodologies suitable to extend and integrate the understanding of the interfaces and interaction between ecosystems and the economy with a particular focus on the energy sector including regulatory systems. Applying knowledge and understanding The student will have gained the basic knowledge necessary to understand the issues of resource management from a sustainable perspective and will be able to contribute both within research centres, institutions and international organizations, as well as in the private sector that shows a growing attention to management issues that can propose solutions to climate change. The student will be able to frame and plan investments in policy scenarios ensuring a sustainable business in the long term. Making judgements The course aims to provide a dual training both theoretical, such as to make the student able to evaluate data and information obtained through databases and scientific literature of reference and managerial, such as to apply the methodologies to real case studies. The economic-financial tools of the energy business will allow defining the optimal use of resources also considering the regulatory aspects of the energy sector. Communication skills The student will be able to expose new concepts of economics and management of energy sources and services knowing the specific terminology of reference. Based on the concepts and models presented in the course she/he will expand her/his view on sustainable development models and understand how the public and private sectors economically evaluate green economy and bioeconomy models. The student will be able to provide synthesis results that consider the different perspectives of analysis.