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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Quiz No1
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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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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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Quiz No2
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13
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21st Century Management Trends
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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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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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Quiz No3
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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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Quiz No4
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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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Mid Term Exams
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24
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Management by Objective (MBO)
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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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GDB No1
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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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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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Quiz No5
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37
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Motivating Knowledge Professionals
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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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