Foreign Trade University- Faculty of Business

Adminsitration
Learning Schedule - Management
3 credits (15 sessions)
Text book: Stephen Robbins, at.el. (2012). Mannagement (11th edition)
Lecturer: Ms. Duong Thi Hoai Nhung

Sessions
Session 1

Topics
Chapter 1: Introduction to organizations and

Related Reading
1. What is an organization?

management

2. Who are managers?

(Textbook:
Session 2

1:

Management

and

Organization)
Chapter 1: Introduction to organizations and

3. What is management?

management (cont.)

4. What do managers do?

(Textbook:
Session 3

chapter

chapter

1:

Management

and

Organization)
Chapter 2: History of Management
(Textbook:

chapter

1:

Management

Brief introduction of management theories

and

Organization

1. The Internal environment

Module: Management history)

Session 4

Session 5

Session 6

Session 7

Chapter 3: Organizations environment

Chapter 3: Organizations environment (cont.)

2. The External environment (cont.)

(Textbook:

- The Industry (Specific) environment

chapter

2:

Understanding

Managements context: Constrains and Challenges)

- The Macro (General) environment

Chapter 4: Planning

- Case study: European steel companies

1. Definitions of goals, plans in organizations

Part 1: Goal setting and Organizational planning

2. Planning types and models

(Textbook: Chapter 8: Foundation of Planning)

Chapter 4: Planning (cont.)

1. What is strategic management?

Part 2: Strategic management

2. Level of strategy

(Textbook: Chapter 9: Strategic management)

Chapter 4: Planning (cont.)

3. Strategy formulation
4. The strategic management process

Part 2: Strategic management

- Case study: Starbucks coffee (p.323-text book) or Apple

(Textbook: Chapter 9: Strategic management)

Session 8

Mid-term test
(Individual Assignment- 10%)

Session 9

Chapter 5: Organizing

1.Organizational structure

(Textbook:

2. Organizational design

chapter 10: Basic organizational design

Foreign Trade University- Faculty of Business

Adminsitration
Chapter 11: Adaptive Organizational Design)
Session 10

Chapter 5: Organizing (cont.)

3. Factors shaping structure

(Textbook:

- Case study or questionnaires

chapter 10: Basic organizational design

Session 11

Session 12

Chapter 11: Adaptive Organizational Design)

Chapter 6: Leading

1. Motivating employees

Part 1: Motivating employees

- What is motivation?

(Textbook: Chapter 16: Motivating employees)

- Early theories of motivation (Ex1: What motivates you?)

Chapter 6: Leading (cont.)

- Contemporary theories of motivation

1. Managers versus leadership

Part 2: Leadership

- Ex1: Leaders and Managers

(Textbook: Chapter 17: Managers as leaders)

2. Behavioral theories
- Ex2: Leadership- Managerial grid
3. Contingency theories of leadership

Session 13

Chapter 7: Controlling

- Ex3: Leadership- Hersey situational style

1. What is control? Why is control important?

(Textbook: Chapter 18: Introduction to controlling)

2. The control process

3. Tools of controlling organizational performance

Session 14

Group presentation (20%)

Session 15

Group presentation (20%)

EXAMINATION (60%)
- Dictionary