Course Contents

1. Introduction to Management: What is meant by Organization, The management Process, what Managers Actually do, work methods, managerial roles, managerial knowledge, skills and performance, managerial job types, managing in the twenty-first century. 2. The History and Evaluation of Management: Classical viewpoint, behavioral view point, Quantitative management viewpoint, contemporary viewpoint 3. Environment and Organizational Culture: Understanding Competitive Environments and organizational cultures, types of external environments, analyzing environmental conditions, managing environmental elements, the internal environment. 4. Decision Making: Managerial decision making, managers as decision makers, steps in effective decision making process, overcoming barriers to effective decision making process, managing diversity 5. Planning: establishing organizational goals and plans, the overall planning process, the nature of organizational goals, linking goals and plans, management by objective 6. Organizational Structure: Basic elements of organizational structure, types of structure, contrast structures, contingency factors, and traditional organization design. 7. Motivation: Early theories of motivation, contemporary theories of motivation, skill at motivating employees, current issues in motivation. 8. Creating and Managing Teams: Groups and group development, turning groups into effective teams, what are teams? How team work can be done. Group Behaviors and conflicts. What is meant by Staffing? 9. Controlling: Control as management function, the control process, level of controls, types of controls, managerial approaches to implementing controls, assessing control systems

Course Synopsis

Develop the role and significance of managers and management. Introduce the basic theories, techniques, and tools used in various areas of management, and to illustrate them with examples from the business world. Develop analytical and decision-making skills in business situations. Emphasis will be on the integration of basic management skills for understanding and resolving business problems.

Course Learning Outcomes

• The course encompasses the theoretical and practical aspects of business and management which students will encounter in life. Conceptually, it offers focus areas and perspectives ranging from the planning of a small business to the broader roles of management, finance, employment relations, marketing and the impact of the global business environment. • Through the incorporation of contemporary business theories and practices the course provides rigor and depth and set an excellent foundation for students in future employment