NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

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SYLLABUS
1. MODULE PROFILE

Course name: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Course code: Credit: 3 credits
Class: Program:
2. INSTRUCTOR’S INFORMATION
Full name: Toai S Dam
Tittle: Dr.
Cell phone: 0965 255 926
Email: toaids@neu.edu.vn
Institution: National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
3. COURSE DESCRIPTION
Management applies to all kinds of organizations and is a vast field that defies a neat
definition. The following lectures provide an introduction to a range of ideas and
concepts that will give you an analytical framework to use as you proceed through your
degree program.
4. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
Schermerhorn J. R. (2017), Management, 6th Asia-Pacific edition, John Wiley & Sons,
Australia.
5. COURSE OBJECTIVE
To develop an understanding of the historical context of management theory.
To gain an insight into the main approaches to management theory.
To provide knowledge of the key elements of management: planning, organizing, leading
and controlling
6. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOS)
Students will be able to demonstrate understanding principles of management and
organizational features.
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of today’s domestic and global
management environment (e.g., legal, regulatory, political, cultural, and economic).
Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of theory and practice of functional
management in an organization.

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7. COURSE REQUIREMENT & GRADING POLICY

Attendance & Participation: 10%

Group presentation: 20%
Quiz: 20%
Final Examination: 50%

Final exam will include multiple choice questions; true/false questions and short essay to
assess students’ critical reasoning.

8. COURSE SCHEDULE

Lecture(s) Topics
1&2 The management process?
After studying this chapter, students should be able to answer the following
questions:
1. What are the challenges of working today?
2. What are organizations like in the new workplace?
3. Who are managers and what do they do?
4. What is the management process?
5. How do you learn managerial skills and competencies?

Reading: Schermerhorn – Chapter 1

3 External Environmental and Organizational Culture
After studying this chapter, students should be able to answer the following
questions:
1. What is the external environment of organizations?
2. What are key issues in organization-environment relationships?
3. What is the internal environment and organizational culture?
4. What are multicultural organizations?

Reading: Schermerhorn – Chapter 3

4&5 The decision making process?

After studying this chapter, students should be able to answer the following
questions:
1. What is the role of information in the management process?
2. How do managers use information to make decisions?
3. What are the steps in the decision-making process?
4. What are the current issues in managerial decision making?

Reading: Schermerhorn – Chapter 7

6&7 Fundamentals of planning?

After studying this chapter, students should be able to answer the following
questions:
1. Why and how do managers plan?

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 2. What types of plans do managers use?
3. What are the useful planning tools and techniques?
4. How can plans be well implemented?

Reading: Schermerhorn – Chapter 8

8&9 Fundamentals of organizing?

After studying this chapter, students should be able to answer the following
questions:
1. What is organizing as a management function?
2. What are the traditional organization structures?
3. What are the newer types of organization structures?
4. How are organizational designs changing the workplace?

Reading: Schermerhorn – Chapter 10

Group presentation

10 Fundamentals of leading?
After studying this chapter, students should be able to answer the following
questions:
1. What is the nature of leadership?
2. What are the important leadership traits and behaviors?
3. What are the contingency approaches to leadership?
4. What are current issues in leadership development?

Reading: Schermerhorn – Chapter 13

11 Fundamentals of controlling?
After studying this chapter, students should be able to answer the following
questions:
1. Why and how do managers control?
2. What are the steps in the control process?
3. What are the common control tools and techniques?

Reading: Schermerhorn – Chapter 11

Quiz

12 Course Review

9. COURSE POLICY
Absences:
In registering for classes, undergraduate students accept responsibility for
attending scheduled class meetings, and contributing to class discussions and the
exploration of ideas.
A student will be excused if he/she has been absent from a class by reason of
circumstances beyond his/her control or if the student has been required to attend an
activity sponsored by the University. Faculty members who sponsor activities that

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require class absences must send a list of student names to the lecturer concerned before
the scheduled absence.
For all sections, each student is to be in class and prepared for class each
scheduled class day. A student whose absence is not warranted by an official excuse or
by a doctor’s written statement will receive a grade of zero for work due in class and for
all work done in class on the day of the absence.
Your attendance and participation in class are essential for a complete learning
experience. The type of learning that takes place between you, your lecturer, and your
classmates cannot be acquired on an individual basis. This class meets only one day per
week, and much information must be covered to help you maximize your potential for
success at BSNEU and in life after the University. THEREFORE, IF YOU MISS MORE
THAN THREE CLASSES--EXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED—YOU WILL RECEIVE A
FAILING GRADE FOR THE COURSE.

Academic dishonesty:
Academic dishonesty is not accepted in this course.  Cheating on a map quiz will result in
a deduction of 10 points from your overall assessment.  Cheating on an exam or handing
in plagiarized materials will result in an automatic failing grade for the course.

This syllabus is tentative and subject to change. The instructor may make changes if
deemed necessary. Changes will be announced in class.

Hanoi, December 28, 2020

Instructor

Toai S DAM