Course Description

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BUS 602 - Essentials of Management

Credits: 3

  

Because government and business organizations are being challenged more than ever before to develop new resources and markets, a demand for a new kind of manager has come to the forefront. Whether a front line supervisor or the top executive of an enterprise, the function of a manager is essentially the same. The manager/leader must be able to create vision, develop tactics, recruit and develop top-level talent, make decisions and communicate inside and outside the organization. In order to do this you must have the knowledge and ability to use today's most effective management techniques.

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BUS 602 presents the operational theory of management and furnishes a framework of management organization. It is designed around the management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. The objective of the course is to provide you with a well structured and varied knowledge of management disciplines.

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Course Learning Outcomes

• Define the skills required to be an effective manager.

• Discuss how an organization’s culture affects its response to its external environment.

• Summarize the processes by which decisions are made in organizations.

• Describe how strategic planning should be integrated with tactical and operational planning.

• Identify actions managers can take to manage with the environment in mind.

• Examine ways in which cultural differences across countries influence management.

• Explain how managers of large companies can foster entrepreneurship.

• Analyze how differentiation and integration influence an organization’s structure.

• Highlight strategies and dynamic organizational concepts that can improve an organization’s responsiveness.

• Summarize how unions and labor laws influence human resources management.

• Detail how changes in the U.S. workforce make diversity a critical organizational and managerial issue.

• Illustrate key behaviors that will make you a better leader, and identify when the situation calls for them.

• Discuss ways in which people’s individual needs affect their behavior on the job.

• Distinguish the new team environment compared to that of traditional work groups.

• Identify ways to become a better “sender” and “receiver” of information.

• Describe the basic types of financial statements and financial ratios used as controls.

• Explain the key strategies to manage technology for competitive advantage.

• List the approaches which are commonly used to manage change within an organization.