PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Course Title PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Couise Coue MC1 461
iogiam (E.g. BBA oi NBA)Level 9 I
Coie oi Elective 1I
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Numbei of Class sessioZs iZ couise 14
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Cieuit Bouis
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Course Description
This is an introductory course about the management oI organizations. It provides instruction in
principles oI management that have general applicability to all types oI enterprises; basic
management philosophy and decision making; principles involved in planning, organizing, leading,
and controlling; and recent concepts in management.

The objective oI this course is to expose students to the theories oI management, organizational
theory, and the practice oI management in contemporary organizations Irom a conceptual,
analytical, and pragmatic perspective. The course is a study oI how to be better managers and aims
at developing skills and knowledge needed to successIully manage an organization.

Learning Outcomes

O xplain the role oI planning, organizing, staIIing, leading and controlling in management
O #ecognize the role oI management in modern organizations
O &nderstand the importance oI organizational goal setting
O &nderstand the types oI decisions made in business, and be Iamiliar with the steps in the
decision-making process.
O e Iamiliar with the human resource management activities involved in attracting,
developing, and maintaining an eIIective work Iorce.
O &nderstand the importance oI eIIective leadership Ior the success oI the
O rganization

Outline

W anagement
DeIinition oI anagement
volution oI anagement Theory
Functions/Processes oI anagement
nvironment oI anagement
rganizational environment
thics, Social #esponsibility and Diversity
anaging decision making and planning
anager as a Planner
anager as a decision maker

W anaging the rganization
rganizational Structure
rganizational Culture
Human #esource anagement
anaging Individuals and group
otivation
Groups and teams
Communication
anaging InIormation Systems and Technology


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