Principles of Management

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Basics of Business  Management

• Roles and Functions
• Levels of Management
• Managerial Qualities and Skills
• Evolution of Management

• Explain the roles and functions of a manager.
• Compare and contrast the different levels of management.
• Analyze and apply managerial qualities and skills.
• Explain the historical evolution of management in the U.S.

2

Managerial Decision-Making

• Six Stages of Decision Making
• Challenges of Decision Making
• Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty
• Models of Decision Making

• Apply the six stages of decision making to a business situation.
• Analyze a business situation to identify challenges of decision making.
• Formulate and defend a decision in a business situation.
• Analyze and apply models of decision making to a business situation.

3

Planning and Strategic Management

• The Planning Process
• SWOT Analysis
• Levels of Strategy
• Challenges of Planning

• Explain the planning process and apply it to a business situation.
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in a business situation.
• Formulate and defend a decision based on a SWOT analysis.
• Compare and contrast corporate-, business-, and functional-level strategies.
• Analyze a business situation to identify challenges of planning.

4

Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability

• Ethical Systems
• Ethics in Business
• Ethical Decision Making
• Social Responsibility

• Compare and contrast ethical systems.
• Apply ethical norms to business situations.
• Analyze a business situation to identify ethical issues.
• Identify areas of corporate social responsibility.

5

International Management

• International Business Environment
• Business Opportunities Under Globalization
• Managing a Global Business

• Compare and contrast the economic, political, and regulatory environment in different regions of the world.
• Compare and contrast business opportunities and challenges in different regions of the world.
• Explain and apply entry strategy, mode of entry, human resource management, and operational management for a global business.

6

Organizational Structure and Adaptation

• Types of Organizational Structures
• Coordination
• Designing Organizational Structure

• Compare and contrast organizational structures.
• Compare and contrast mechanisms of coordination.
• Design an organizational structure.

7

Human Resource Management

• Recruitment, Development, and Appraisal
• Pay and Benefits
• Labor Relations

• Explain and apply selection, training, and appraisal of employees.
• Explain considerations in determining pay and benefits structure.
• Analyze management response to unionization and collective bargaining.
• Analyze a situation to identify applicable labor laws.

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Midterm Exam

9

Cultivating Diversity and Inclusiveness

• Diverse Workforce
• Discrimination
• Managing the Diverse Workforce

• Describe the composition of the American workforce in terms of age, gender, race, and ethnicity.
• Analyze a business situation to identify potential or actual discrimination.
• Recommend and evaluate managerial actions in response to diversity of the workforce.

10

Leading and Motivating People

• Theories of Motivation
• Leadership Styles and Theories

• Explain the human psychology that underlies motivation.
• Compare and contrast leadership styles.
• Compare and contrast leadership theories.

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Teamwork

• Types of Teams
• Building Effective Teams
• Conflict and Negotiation
• Decision Making in Teams

• Compare and contrast types of teams in the workplace.
• Select team members for a business situation.
• Analyze a situation to identify potential or actual conflict.
• Apply conflict resolution strategies and skills.
• Analyze a team situation to identify challenges to decision making.

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Communicating

• Types of Organizational Communication
• Barriers to Communication
• Communication Skills

• Compare and contrast types of organizational communication.
• Analyze a situation to identify barriers to communication and to recommend a solution.
• Describe and apply communication skills.

13

Managerial Control

• Types and Methods of Managerial Control
• Operations Management

• Compare and contrast types and methods of managerial control.
• Explain and apply ways of controlling output, behavior, and organizational culture.
• Analyze a situation to identify a failure of control or to select appropriate control.

14

Managing Technology and Innovation

• Types of Information
• Information for Decision Making
• Information Security
• Information Technology

• Analyze uses of information in management.
• Identify information necessary in a given situation.
• Analyze a situation to identify a potential or an actual breach of information security and recommend action.
• Explain uses of information technology in management.

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Creating and Leading Change

• Models of Organizational Change
• Need for Change
• Selecting and Implementing Change
• Responding to Change

• Compare and contrast models of organizational change.
• Analyze a business situation to determine whether there is a need for change.
• Recommend change for a given business situation.
• Recommend a response to an externally imposed change.

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Final Exam

1

Reflective Response: Emotional Intelligence

10

2

Reflective Response: Group Decision Making

10

3

Reflective Response: SWOT Analysis

10

3

Graded Exam #1

125

4

Reflective Response: Life-Cycle Analysis

10

5

Reflective Response: Advantages and Disadvantages of Exporting

10

6

Reflective Response: Company Size

10

7

Reflective Response: Employee Performance

10

7

Graded Exam #2

125

Cumulative Graded Midterm Exam

155

9

Reflective Response: Defining Workforce Diversity

10

10

Reflective Response: Exploring Power in Organizations

10

11

Reflective Response: Working Groups vs. Teams

10

11

Graded Exam #3

125

12

Reflective Response: Downward Communication

10

13

Reflective Response: Market Control

10

14

Reflective Response: Disruptive Innovation

10

15

Reflective Response: Resistance to Change

10

15

Graded Exam #4

125

16

Cumulative Graded Final Exam

205

Total

1000