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1.0 COURSE DATA

Faculty: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS
Departments: Accounting & Finance, Economics, HRM and Management
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Title: Principle of Management
Mode: Full Time
Course Code: MGT 114
Credit Value: 3 Credit Hours
Contact Hours 3
Student Study Hours: 200
Contact hours: 45 hours - delivered in weekly sessions
(includes 3-hour examination)
Preparation time: 45 hours (prior to course and for weekly sessions)
Private study: 110 hours (during course of unit)
Time: Day/Afternoon/Evening
Course Instructor
e-mail: Tel:

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2.0 COURSE DESCRIPTION, OBJECTIVE AND OUTCOMES

Course Description This course will introduce you to the major aspects of management. In
this course, you will learn about what it takes an organization to attain its
objectives.
The course aims to give you an understanding of the techniques of
managing private and public enterprises.

Course Objectives At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
 Define the concept of Management.
 Discuss various managerial function
 Have a brief idea about management theories
 Explain what planning is
 Meaning of decision-making
 Determine the kind of organizational structure
 Understand various theories related to motivation
 Describe leadership styles
 Know the downward, upward and lateral
communication in the organization
 Define staffing
 Identify the steps involved in control process

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3.0 PROGRAM OF TEACHING & LEARNING

Chapters Week Topic/Activity Assessment/E

vents
CHAPTER 1: 1&2  Definitions of Management 1st Quiz
CONCEPTS AND  Characteristics of Management
NATURE OF  Functions of Management
Assigmet
MANAGEMENT  Levels of Management
 Managerial Skills
 Managerial Roles
 Significance of Management
 Management: Art or Science?
CHAPTER 2: 3  Classical School Test 1
HISTORICAL  The Behavioral School
EVOLUTION OF  The Systems Approach
MANAGEMENT  Contingency Approach
THOUGHT
CHAPTER 3: 4& 5  Meaning of Planning 2nd Quiz
PLANNING AND  Importance of Planning
DECISION-  Planning Process
MAKING  Types of Plans
 Meaning of Decision Making
 Decision making process
 Types of Decisions
CHAPTER 4: 6&7  Defining Organizing Test 2
ORGANIZING  Importance Organizing
 Principles of Organizing
 Types of organizations
 Basic Concepts of Organizing
 Forms of Organization Structure

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CHAPTER 5: 8  Meaning of Staffing
STAFFING  Human Resource Planning
 Recruitment
 Selection
 Induction & Orientation
 Training & Development
 Performance Appraisal
 Transfer, Promotion and Demotion
CHAPTER 6: 9 & 10  Definition of Directing
DIRECTING  Importance of Directing
 Leadership
 Motivation
 Communication
CHAPTER 7: 11  Controlling Defined
CONTROLLING  Steps in the Control Process
 Importance of Control
 Levels of Control
 Types of Control
12 Written Report & Presentation Submission
& of
Revision and Finalization Assignment

4.0 ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRAM:

Your grade/mark for this Course will be based upon three forms of assessment, namely
individual project, group presentation. The weighting of these forms of assessment will be as
follows:

Name Number Over all Marking

Quizzes 2 quiz X 5 Marks 10 Marks
Test 2 Test 10 Marks

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Assignment (Group Assignment ) 10 Marks
Attendance 10 Marks
Final Exam 60 Marks
Total 100%

5.0 MARKING & GRADING SYSTEMS

The following marking & grading scale will apply for each subject:
0-49% F Fail
50-54% D
55- 59% C-
60-64% C
65- 69% C+
70- 74% B-
75-79% B
80-85% B+
86-90% A-
91-95% A
96-100% A+

6.0 TEACHING & LEARNING PATTERN

Teaching of this particular unit involves a series of lectures and case studies and is aided by
group discussions and presentations. The students are encouraged to research on different case
studies, which are also given to them as homework.

7.0 POLICIES FOR ATTENDANCE

The University requires Full class attendance from each student. Absence from the class will
affect student’s final grade. 10% points is reserved for the attendance for each course. Each
student at Gollis University is responsible for attending classes. They are advised that the faculty

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member in each course in which the student is enrolled has the chief responsibility for
monitoring and ensuring to the adherence of the attendance policy for the course.
Students are expected to be punctual and professional at all times. Non-attendance or expected
lateness must be conveyed to the Gollis University in good time. Students who are absent from
class because of illness notify their instructors as soon as possible and must provide a medical
certificate if the absence is for more than two days. All class assignments remain the
responsibility of the student and are not routinely excused because of illness.
In order for us to assess any problems in connection with individual student attendance, any
student who arrives more than ten minutes late for their class is politely asked to come to the
Student services reception desk to explain the reason for their lateness. Punctual arrival is
important as a mark of respect to your instructor, to maintain the enthusiasm of the group and
enable the teacher to deliver the class in the structured way as planned.
To reinforce the importance placed upon this aspect of a student’s performance, the academic
board has decided that the following conditions be applied:
1. Any student arriving more than ten minutes late for a class will be recorded as present,
but late. This will be taken into consideration prior to issue of the results for that course,
as mentioned above.
2. Arrival more than twenty minutes after the scheduled class commencement will mean
that the student will be recorded as `absent` for academic purposes.
Students involved in University-sponsored activities may be given special consideration. Each
student is responsible for conferring with professors regarding participation in such activities.
The student is advised that participation in University-sponsored activities shall not excuse the
student from the completion of all course assignments required by the faculty for a satisfactory
grade in the course.

8.0 CLASS PREPERATION & PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES

1. It is expected that all materials assigned will be dealt with by the student prior to the class
meeting it is due. This is necessary to facilitate class discussion.
2. All students are expected to participate in class discussions. Your learning and that of
your fellow students is facilitated by your active involvement and superior performance
in the classroom.

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9.0 TEXTBOOKS AND REQUIRED TOOLS OR SUPPLIES
1. Required: Jones, G. R. & George, J. M. (2003). Contemporary Management. (3rd Ed.).
New York: McGraw Hill.
2. Recommended: George R. Terry, Stephen G. Franklin, "Principles of Management",
A.L.T.B.S. Publishers & Distributors, India, Eighth Edition, 1997.

10.0 EXPECTATIONS OF THE GOLLIS UNIVERSITY FOR STUDENTS

ON TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
In order to get the best from your studies and achieve your goals, the University expect you to:
1. Behave in an acceptable, respectful and considerate manner to fellow students,
administrators and academic staff.
2. Realise that being a full time students is equivalent to having full-time job requiring at
least 35 hours per week self-study in preparation for workshops, seminars, lectures and
assessments.
3. Attend and participate in lectures and tutorials
4. Be punctual in attending classes.
5. Turn off mobile phones to entering class
6. Complete and hand in all assignments by appropriate deadlines.
7. Ensure you do not breach the Gollis University Regulations with regard to cheating,
plagiarism and ethical issues.
8. Comply with any Gollis University and external regulations affecting your studies.

11.0 ACADEMIC HONESTY

GollisUniversity seeks to promote the highest standards of academic and personal integrity in all
members of the campus community. All persons associated with the University’s academic
community have a responsibility to establish, foster and maintain academic standards and values.
In such an environment, academic dishonesty in any form cannot be tolerated. All members of
the University community should report suspected acts of academic dishonesty according to the
procedure stipulated below. Academic dishonesty is regarded as an act of fraud in which a
student claims credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization, or uses

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unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any academic exercise. Academic dishonesty
also includes forging academic documents, impeding or damaging the academic work of others,
or assisting another in acts of academic dishonesty. Some forms of academic dishonesty can be
categorized and defined as follows:
Cheating: Cheating is defined as using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information
or study aids in any academic activity. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, wrongfully
giving, taking or receiving aid on any academic exercise.
Fabrication: Fabrication is the falsification or invention of any information or citation in an
academic exercise. Fabrication includes, but is not limited to, falsely citing a source that does not
exist, knowingly citing a source incorrectly (e.g. improperly citing an article’s page numbers,
volume number, etc.), and/or the falsification or improper manipulation of data of any kind.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is any representation of the words or ideas of another as one’s own. A
student who submits any exercise that uses someone else’s ideas, words, expressions or pattern
of organization without properly citing/acknowledging the author, is guilty of plagiarism.
Plagiarism also includes reproducing another’s work and submitting it as one’s own, whether it
is an article, pages of a book, a paper from a friend, a file, or any other work. A student who has
someone alter or revise work and then submits it as his/her own is also guilty of plagiarism.
Although students may discuss assignments with each other and their professor, any work
submitted to the professor should be done solely by the student who claims it as her own.

12.0 APPENDIX

Course work Assessment criteria Total Actual Comments

Mark (%) Mark (%)
Oral Presentation:
 Team work organisation & coherence
in delivery (co-ordination, flow & 2
structure).
 Clarity in delivery (Pace, eye-contact 1
&voice).
 Timing & quality of visual 1
aids/Graphics
1

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  Conviction in tackling questions &
strength of arguments
Sub-Total 5%
Written Report:
 General quality and depth of analysis 2
insolving questions (analytical
competence &strength of arguments).
 Originality, applicability and 1
appropriatenessof
recommendations/action plan.
 Presentation & Writing skills (style, 2
lucidwriting, attention to details,
correct spelling and grammar)

Sub-Total 5%
OVERALL TOTAL 10 %