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Syllabus
Required Text (No Book Required; please see required readings)
Course Description
This introductory course provides students with a practical and concrete explanation of the
concepts and techniques they will need as managers in todays new organizations. The
sequence of topics follows the familiar pattern of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
Throughout the course, the mangers role in leading and accommodating change is
emphasized. The course also introduces the student to the issues of managing global
businesses, especially the ways in which managers need to develop a global perspective in
order to be successful. Issues in strategy, diversity, and entrepreneurship are covered
extensively.
Course Objectives
1. Illustrate the development of SMART goals
2. Demonstrate the various types of managerial planning: strategic, tactical, and
operational plans
3. Conduct an organizational SWOT analysis
4. Analyze an organizational change program
5. Contrast strengths of various organizational structures
6. Demonstrate different applications of job design
7. Differentiate the Motivational Theories
8. Demonstrate the roles of leaders versus managers
9. Analyze various communication styles and differentiate style to situation
10. Identify Control processes to increase efficiencies and productivity
Tentative Schedule
Estimated Hours
Week Type of Activity Activity
Required
1 Readings/Lectures 0.8
Assignments 0.0
Discussions 0.0
Assignments 6.0
Estimated Hours
Week Type of Activity Activity
Required
Readings/Lectures 0.7
Assignments 0.0
2 Readings 0.7
Discussions 0.0
Preparation
Assignments 6.0
Estimated Hours
Week Type of Activity Activity
Required
Readings/Lectures 0.8
Assignments 0.0
3 Readings 1.0
Discussions 0.0
Preparation
Assignments 6.0
Estimated Hours
Week Type of Activity Activity
Required
Assignments 2.0
Readings 1.0
Discussions 0.0
Preparation
Assignments 6.0
Estimated Hours
Week Type of Activity Activity
Required
Readings/Lectures 0.7
Assignments 0.0
5 Readings 1.0
Discussions 0.0
Preparation
Assignments 6.0
Estimated Hours
Week Type of Activity Activity
Required
6 Readings/Lectures 0.6
Assignments 0.0
Discussions 0.0
Assignments 6.0
Estimated Hours
Week Type of Activity Activity
Required
Readings/Lectures 0.7
Assignments 0.0
7 Readings 1.3
Discussions 0.0
Preparation
Assignments 6.0
Estimated Hours
Week Type of Activity Activity
Required
Readings/Lectures 0.7
Assignments 0.0
8 Readings 1.0
Discussions 0.0
Preparation
Assignments 15.0
** The numbers listed in the chart above are rounded to the nearest whole
Grading Policy