BUS 300 - Foundations of Management

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
The course is organized around the four traditional functions of management: planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Students will explore organizational behavior and human motivation, quality management and process improvement, decision-making styles and strategic planning processes, leadership vs management, organizational design and structure, characteristics of effective change management and control systems, and the importance of ethics, law, stakeholder management and social responsibility in today’s fast-paced for-profit and non-profit organizations. There will also be contemporary topics discussed such as technology, empowerment, diversity and TQM.
Course Outcomes:

Describe the basic management functions and decision-making processes of each.
Identify the current forces shaping management practice today and for the future.
Discuss the basic business activities involving management.
Identify techniques managers use to influence and control the internal environment.
Apply various supervision methods, tools and techniques to motivate individuals and work groups.
Use resources to effectively and efficiently achieve organization goals.
Make ethical and socially responsible decisions.
Explain how organizations adapt to an uncertain external environment.
Communicate effectively with varied audiences.

Course Topics:

The History and Evolution of Management Thought
The Management Process Today
The Manager and Leader: Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture
Ethics, Diversity and Stakeholder Management
Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
Designing Organizational Structure
Innovation, Control, Change, and Entrepreneurship
Motivation
Effective Team Work and Team Management