Contemporary Management Issues

The course will examine contemporary management issues and equip students with the skills necessary to mitigate the complexities of business issues confronting management. Students will be engaged in topics such as ethical leadership, inclusion and diversity, globalization and how social media impacts the business environment. Additional topics and activities include exploring gender differences in management and working with Emotional Intelligence. 

UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE COMPETENT IN:

• Understanding the role of the manager within the organization. 
• Understanding how changes in the economy affect managers. 
• Understanding how utilizing strengths can be a powerful management tool. 
• Discussing how being able to work with different personalities can be an asset to a manager 
• Exploring gender differences and the need to adapt managerial approaches to those differences. 
• Understanding how to conceptualize organizational needs in relation to change. 
• Understanding how working with Emotional IQ can be a powerful management tool. 
• Understanding how to motivate and appreciate employees. 
• Understanding diversity within the workplace and how it affects managerial decision making. 
• Understanding the challenges of the entitled worker. 
• Understanding the challenges of the unmotivated worker. 
• Understanding the challenges of the overworked employee. 
• Apply data analysis to monitor and assess how management decisions ompact organizational performance.
• Identifying ethical issues associated with artificial intelligence including privacy and bias issues.
• Analyzing the difference between management styles when confronting contemporary management issues and the impact on organizational performance.
• Identifying management issues as defined by Artificial Intelligence and how the information can be applied in the decision-making process.

ACQUIRED SKILLS

• Critical Thinking
• Decision-Making
• Communications
• Emotional Intelligence