Course Overview
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Course Synopsis
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Principles of Management is an introductory course and is required for all business majors. This course explains the relationships between organizational mission, goals and objectives and their successful achievement. It will clarify the significance and necessity of managing an organization. Management will reveal understanding of various organizational processes and behaviors and the theories associated with them. This course will help students to conceptualize about how internal and external environment shape organizations and their responses. Principles of management demonstrates critical thinking skills in identifying ethical, global, and diversity issues in planning, organizing, controlling and leading functions of management. It will help students to understand organizational design and structural issues.
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Course Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the course, you would be able to:
- Analyze management principles and concepts as they apply to business situations
- Gain an in-depth understanding of co-workers and a general understanding of the business environment in which you will operate.
- Identify the steps of problem solving and decision making in organizations.
- Recognize challenges in the achievement of good managerial performance.
- Describe human resource planning and staffing processes needed to achieve optimal performance.
- Illustrate how business ethics and social responsibility apply to organizations.
- Describe formal and informal organizational communication processes and how to influence employees
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Course Calendar
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2
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Management and Managers
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3
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Managerial Roles in Organizations
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4
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Managerial Functions i.e. POLCA
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5
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Managerial Levels and Skills
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6
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Management Ideas: Yesterday and Today
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7
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Classical View of Management
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8
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Administrative View of Management
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9
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Behavioral Theories of Management
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Quiz No1
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10
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Quantitative, Contemporary and Emerging Views of Management
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11
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System’s View of Management and Organization
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12
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Analyzing Organizational Environment and Understanding Organizational Culture
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13
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21st Century Management Trends
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Quiz No2
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14
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Understanding Global Environment
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15
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Decision Making and Decision Taking
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16
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Rational Decision Making
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Quiz No3
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17
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Nature and Types of Managerial Decisions
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18
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Non Rational Decision Making
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GDB No1
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19
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Group Decision Making and Creativity
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20
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Planning and Decision Aids 1
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21
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Planning and Decision Aids 2
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22
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Planning: Functions & Benefits
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23
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Planning Process and Goal Levels
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24
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Management by Objective (MBO)
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Mid Term Exams
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25
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Strategic Management -1
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26
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Strategic Management - 2
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27
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Levels of Strategies, Porter’s Model and Strategy Development (BCG) and Implementation
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28
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Entrepreneurship Management
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30
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Job Design/Specialization and Departmentalization
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31
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Span of Command, Centralization vs De-Centralization and Line vs Staff Authority
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32
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Organizational Design and Organic vs Mechanistic vs Virtual Structures
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33
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Leading and Leadership
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34
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Maslow’s Needs Theory and its Analysis
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Quiz No4
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35
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Other Need and Cognitive Theories of Motivation
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36
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Expectancy, Goal Setting and Re-enforcement Theories
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37
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Motivating Knowledge Professionals
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Quiz No5
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38
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Behavioral and Situational Models of Leadership
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39
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Strategic Leadership Models
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40
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Understanding Group Dynamics in Organizations
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41
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Group Concepts, Stages of Group Development and Team Effectiveness
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42
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Understanding Managerial Communication
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43
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Communication Networks and Channels. Effect of ICT on Managerial Communication
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44
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Controlling as a Management Function
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45
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Controlling Organizational Performance through Productivity and Quality
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Final Term Exams
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