BUS 103 – PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

FALL 2019

Instructor : Dr. Deniz Tunçalp, Associate Professor

E-Mail : tuncalp@itu.edu.tr
E-Learning : https://ninova.itu.edu.tr/Ders/3067/Sinif/39819
Announcements : http://twitter.com/praxist with #BUS103
Time : Wednesday, 9:30-12:30, ISB
Textbook : Robbins S. P., DeCenzo D.A., and Coulter M. 2016. Fundamentals of Management, 10th
edition, Pearson Educatıon.
Supplementary : Daft R. L. 2007. Management, South Western College Pub.
Text
Robbins S. P., De Cenzo D.A., ve Coulter M. 2013. Yönetimin Esasları: Temel Kavramlar
ve Uygulamalar, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

Management, managerial concepts, key management processes of planning, organizing, leading, coordinating,
controlling and correcting with an emphasis to the human element in technology-driven production and service
organizations.
 To explain the basic managerial roles and functions, the process of management cycle and the evolution of
management thought from early to contemporary management approaches.
 To explain and discuss the role of planning function among other management functions.
 To explain and discuss the role of organizing function among other management functions.
 To explain and discuss the role of leadership function among other management functions.
 To explain and discuss the role of controlling and taking corrective action.

COURSE OUTCOMES

Students who pass the course will be able to:

 Identify management processes of organizations, especially, in the context of technology-based
environments.
 Define and compare management and manager concepts, management processes.
 Identify the evolution of management process and modern management issues.
 Analyze the processes of effective resource planning, identifying organizational vision and mission and
establishing a business plan.
 Determine decision-making steps under the pressure of uncertain conditions.
 Identify the motives that effect resource distribution; explain the factors that shape the organizational
structures.
 Understand and compare the managerial competencies that motivate and lead organization members
toward organizational goals, resolve intra-organizational conflicts.
 Measure and evaluate the organizational goals and current outcomes.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
 You will fail the course (FF) if you collect less than 50 points in the overall course evaluation.
 You will not be admitted to the final exam if you attend less than 70% of the course hours.

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EVLUATION
Midterm = 25%
Homeworks /Case Studies / Quizes (4 times) = 10%
Project including presentation = 25%
Final Exam = 40%

COURSE PLAN

INTRODUCTION
Week 1: 18 September 2019 Read: Robins et al., Ch.1, Ch.2,
 Course Rules and Conduct History Module
 Managers & Management
 A Brief History of Management
PLANNING
Week 2: 25 September 2019 Read: Read: Robins et al., Ch.2 & 3
 The Management Environment
 Integrative Managerial Issues
Week 3: 2 October 2019 Read: Robins et al., Ch.4
 Foundations of Decision Making
Week 4: 9 October 2019 Read: Robins et al., Ch.5
 Foundations of Planning
ORGANIZING
Week 5: 16 October Read: Robins et al., Ch.6
 Organizational Structure & Design
Week 6: 23 October
 Managing Human Resources
Week 7: 30 October 2019 Read: Robins et al., Ch.7
 Managing Change & Innovation
 Due: Project Progress Report Read: Robins et al., Ch.8
6 November 2019 (TERM BREAK - Holiday)
Week 8: 13 November 2019
 Midterm Exam
LEADING

Week 9: 20 November 2019 Read: Robins et al., Ch.9

 Foundations of Individual Behavior

 Concert visit this week

Week 10: 27 November 2019 Read: Robins et al., Ch.10

 Understanding Groups and Managing Work Teams

 Concert Visit Reports Due

Week 11: 4 December 2019 Read: Robins et al., Ch.11

 Motivating and Rewarding Employees

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Week 12: 11 December 2019 Read: Robins et al., Ch.12
 Leadership & Trust
CONTROLLING
Week 13: 18 December 2019 Read: Robins et al., Ch.14, Ch.15
 Control and Correction
o TQM, BPR, Six-Sigma, Lean Organizations
o Financial Control
o Control Objectives for Information and Related
Technologies
Week 14: 25 December 2019 Read: Business Magazines,
 Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility Read: Robins et al., Ch.13 & Ch.3
 New Trends in Organizations and Business Environment
 Project Presentations – until they finish

OTHER ACTIVITIES

HOMEWORK (Around Week 8)

Please watch this video first:

http://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors.html
and this
http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.html
Afterwards we, will participate a rehearsal and an actual concert of Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra
together. Based on your observations in the rehearsal and the concert, write an essay on the leadership skills of
the conductor and concertmaster.

ATTENTION: This is not a group homework. You have to write your own essay.

PROJECT WORK

Please establish 3-person groups. Select one of the sections in one of the chapters of the book as your topic.
Alternatively, you may select another Organizational Management topic, but in that case, you have to do it and
receive instructor’s approval before the Week 4.

Go to library web site, learn how to search on “Web of Science” database from Thomson Reuters. Find a minimum
6 empirical research articles on your topic that has been published in the last 5-years, using only “Web of
Science”. Google Scholar, etc. will not be accepted. Please be sure about these two criteria. Non-empirical
(theoretical, review, etc.) and older articles will not be considered in your final grading of the project.

Read and summarize the articles in your final report, as a representative of what has been done in the research
about your topic recently. There will be a progress report due in 7th week, covering these summaries.

Locate a business organization that is larger than 20 people. Ensure your access to this place to make
observations, interviews, etc. by corresponding with the organization and getting necessary permits.

In your final report, describe the organization and summarize the overall management structure. Also describe
what your business organization doing in the area of your topic. Do you observe any problems? Describe them.
Conclude your report with your recommendations and suggested future work to improve the company in your
topical area.