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Course Objectives:
Contents:
Introduction to Management
Managing and the Manager’s Job
An introduction to management
The nature of management work
The new workplace
Basic managerial roles and skills
The nature of managerial work
The new workplace
Traditional and Contemporary Issues and Challenges
The role of theory and history in management
The classical management perspectives
The behavioral management perspective
The quantitative management perspective
Integrating perspectives for managers
Contemporary management issues and challenges
The Environment and Culture of Organizations
The organization’s environment
The external environment
The Internal environment
The organization’s culture
Organization-environment relationships
The environment and organizational effectiveness.
The Ethical and Social Environment
Individual ethics in organizations
Emerging ethical issues in organizations
Social responsibility and organizations
The Global Environment
The nature of international business
The structure of the global economy
Environmental challenges of international management
Competing in a global economy
The Multicultural Environment
The nature of diversity and multiculturalism
Diversity and multiculturalism in organizations
Effects of diversity and multiculturalism in organizations
Managing diversity and multiculturalism in organizations
Planning and Decision Making Basic Elements of Planning and
Decision Making
Decision making and the planning process
Organizational goals
Organizational planning
Tactical planning
Operational planning
Managing goal-setting and planning processes
Managing Strategy and Strategic Planning
The nature of strategic management
Using SWOT analysis to formulate strategy
Formulating business-level strategies
Implementing business-level strategies
Formulating corporate-level strategy
Implanting corporate-level strategy
Managing Decision Making and Problem Solving
The nature of decision making
Rational perspective of decision making
Behavioral aspects of decision making
Group and team decision making in organizations
Managing New Venture Formation and Entrepreneurship
The nature of entrepreneurship
The role of entrepreneurship in society
Strategy for entrepreneurial organizations
Structure of entrepreneurial organizations
The performance of entrepreneurial organizations
The Organizing Process Basic Elements of Organizing
The elements of organizing
Designing jobs
Grouping jobs: Departmentalization
Establishing reporting relationships
Distributing authority
Coordinating activities
Differentiating between positions
Managing Organization Design
The nature of organization design
Universal perspective on organization design
Situation influences on organization design
Strategy and organization design
Basic forms of organization design
Managing Human Resource in Organizations
The environmental context of human resources management
Attracting human resources
Developing human resources
Maintaining human resources
The Leading Process Managing Employee Motivation and
Performance
The nature of motivation
Content perspective of motivation
Process perspectives on motivation
Popular motivational strategies
The Controlling Process Basic Elements of Control
The nature of control
Operations control
Financial control
Structure control
Strategic control
Managing control in organizations
Managing Operations, Quality and Productivity
The nature of operations management
Designing operations systems
Organizational technologies
Implementing operations systems through supply chain
Management
Managing total quality
Managing productivity
Recommended Books(s):
Management 8th Edition by Ricky .W. Griffin