- Code
- IMC 203
- Name
- Introduction to Principles of Management
- Semester
- 3
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
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The main purpose of the Management course is to introduce the students with the most contemporary basic knowledge in the field of management (in public, private, and non-profit organizations). The module program is conceived as a set of basic knowledge that will be further deepened by students in later years in other courses. Therefore, the program includes fundamental knowledge on management and its role in businesses, the presentation of the historical background of the development of managerial science, the examination of the manager-organization relationship, and the identification and explanation of the four managerial functions: planning, organization, leadership, and control.
- Objectives
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• To provide students with basic knowledge on the roles and functions of a manager in businesses. • To analyze in detail the environment in which organizations operate in order to make managerial decisions with a high level of managerial effectiveness. • To guide students to rationally use supported techniques in order to improve the quality of management. • To enable students to to successfully practice the knowledge gained during this course in real-life businesses
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Managers and Management In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: who are the managers and where do they work? What is management? Why study management? What are the 4 management functions, managerial roles and managerial skills? Factors that are redefining and reshapenning management. (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo fq. 24-49)
- 2
- Historical development of management science In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: Early management, Classical approaches, Behavioral approaches, Quantitative approaches, Contemporary approaches, New management perspectives. (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo pp. 49-56)
- 3
- What is Organizational Culture? In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: what is the external environment and why is it important? What role do demographic data play? How does organizational culture affect the work of managers and employees? (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo pp. 56-80)
- 4
- Decision making process In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: Defining the decision making process. Explain the three decision making approaches. Define the conditions under which the managers make decisions (certainty, risk and uncertainty). How do groups make decisions. Contemporary issues managers face while making decisions today. (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo fq. 110-141)
- 5
- Quantitative methods of decision making In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: Results matrix (maximax method, maximin, minimax), Decision Tree, Critical Point Analysis, Reports Analysis, Linear Programming. (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo pg. 141-151)
- 6
- Foundamentals of Planning In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: What is Planning and why do managers need to plan? Why do managers need to know about strategic management? What do managers set goals and plane? Types of goals and plans. What contemporary issues do managers face today when planning (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo fq. 152-182)
- 7
- Revision of the chapters
- 8
- Mid term
- 9
- Organizational Structure and Design In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: What are the six key elements in organizational design (Specialization, departamentalization, Authority, Responsability, Span of controll, Centralization, Decentralization, Formalization). What contigency variables affect structural choice? Comon organizational Designs. Today organizational desigs challengis. (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo fq. 182-218)
- 10
- Managing Human Resources In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: What is the Human Resource Management Process and what influences it? Why do managers identify and select competent employees? How are employees provided with the needed skills and knowledge? (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo pg. 218-254)
- 11
- Managing Change and Innovation In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: What is change and how do managers deal with it? How do managers manage resistence to change? What reactions do employees have to organizational change? How can managers encourage organizational change? (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo pg. 258-286)
- 12
- Foundations of Individual Behavior. In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: What are the focus and goals of organizational Behavior? What role do the attitudes play to the Job Performance? What do managers need to know about personality? What is perception and what influences it? (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo pg. 286-320)
- 13
- Motivating and Rewarding emplyees In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: What is motivation? The four early theories of motivation: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory, McGregroy’s Theory X and Y, Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory, McClelands Three Needs Theory. How do contemporary Theories Explain Motivation? What curent motivation issues do managers face today? (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo pg. 350-382)
- 14
- Leadership theories Managers versus leaders, leader theories, ohio state studies, Fiedler model Situational leader, charismatic leader, visionary leader, transactional leader, transformational leader, The autocratic leader. (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo pp. 382-413)
- 15
- Basics of control. In this chapter, students will be introduced to the following topics: What is control and why is it important? What happens when managers control? What should managers control? (Robins, Coulter & DeCenzo fq. 442-472)
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Students will be able to identify the importance of managing business organizations and not only
- 2
- Students will be equipped with knowledge about the role of the manager in the organization
- 3
- students will perform critical analysis of contemporary managerial problems and challenges
- 4
- Students will identify key managerial functions such as planning, organizing, leading and controlling
- 5
- Students will improve their individual and group work presentation skills
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 40% 40%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 10% 10%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 1 10 10
- Midterms
- 1 12 12
- Final exam
- 1 13 13
- Other
- 0 9 0
- Total workLoad
- 125
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.00
- ECTS
- 5.00