INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to:

1. Describe the principles of management, doing and managing business in a global environment, making decisions, business environment, economic condition, and basic forms of business ownership;
2. Explain challenges for the global manager, the decision making process, setting goals and plans, competitive strategies and mechanistic and organic structure, production processes, marketing and financial management;
3. Analyze goals and plans, the strategic management process, contemporary organizational design, the changing workplace, group development, leadership, type of control, marketing mix and financial management;
4. Apply innovation process, workplace diversity, effective teams, contemporary theories of leadership and tools for measuring organizational, different markets, financial planning and function of securities markets.

Topics:

1. Managers in the Workplace Managing in a Global Environment;
2. Making Decision;
3. Planning Work Activities;
4. Managing Strategy;
5. Designing Organizational Structure;
6. Managing Change and Innovation;
7. Managing Diversity;
8. Managing Human Resource;
9. Creating and Managing Teams;
10. Managing Communication;
11. Motivating Employees;
12. Being an Effective Leader;
13. Monitoring and Controlling;
14. Taking Risks and Making Within the Dynamic Business Environment;
15. Understanding Economics and How it Affects Business;
16. Demanding Ethical and socially Responsible Behavior;
17. How to Form a Business;
18. Entrepreneurship and Starting a Small Business;
19. Production and Operations Management;
20. Marketing: Helping Buyers Buy;
21. Developing and Pricing Goods and Services;
22. Distributing Products;
23. Using Effective Promotions;
24. Financial Management;
25. Using Securities Markets for Financing and Investing Opportunities.