Management Fundamentals

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

• Defining and discussing the functions of management.
• Understanding the various schools of management thought and the key contributions made by important management theorists.
• Discussing the internal and external forces that affect business, including how these forces affect the decisions and performance of a company.
• Describing ethical influences on decision making and the practical steps that managers can take to improve ethical decision making.
• Discussing the benefits and pitfalls of planning, steps and limitations of rational decision making, and group decision techniques.
• Understanding the strategy-making process and how managers use strategies to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage.
• Discussing the issues associated with organizational innovation and organizational change.
• Understanding the management implications of global trade and globalization.
• Discussing organizational structure and organizational design.
• Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of work teams and practical steps for managing teams within organizations.
• Discussing key aspects of human resource systems, determining human resource needs, and effectively managing the human resource lifecycle.
• Discussing concepts and management implications of human motivation, leadership, and communication in contemporary organizations.
• Discussing the role of the internet and personal information systems, work-group information systems, and enterprise information systems utilized by organizations.
• Discussing how organizations integrate, process, and protect information, knowledge, and expertise using management information systems.
• Understanding the importance of diversity and how to implement inclusion through proper management.