Principles of Management

This course introduces the major functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) and the significance of balancing activities relating to people, money, material, and processes in the efficient management of an organization. Students will analyze topics like communication, ethics, diversity, social responsibility, and conflict resolution. We will also explore how companies use management concepts to address the opportunities and challenges that managers face to create an efficient, organized, and competitive business. 
 

After completing this course, you will be able to: 

• Recall and identify the roles and functions of management within an organization. 

• Identify the relationship between managing ethically and following the law.  
• Compare, contrast, and categorize organizational structures and mechanisms for coordination and design of a structure. 
• Recognize and apply why cultures differ and why and how managers should and can be sensitive to other political and social systems around the world.   
• Identify the role that managers play in activities of strategic human resource management.  
• Recognize and interpret the steps that managers can take to effectively manage diversity.  

• Identify ways that organizations can motivate employees and groups. 
• Interpret ways to build effective teams and resolve conflict in given scenarios. 
• Distinguish the importance of information technology in the promotion of effective communication. 

Title: Contemporary Management, 12th ed (2024 Release), Jones, Gareth R, George, Jennifer M, McGraw-Hill Education

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