Description

Principles of Management

The functions of management uniquely describe managers’ jobs. The most commonly cited functions of management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, although some identify additional functions. The functions of management define the process of management as distinct from accounting, finance, marketing, and other business functions. These functions provide a useful way of classifying information about management, and most basic management texts since the 1950’s have been organized around a functional framework.

Course Outline

Introduction to Principles of Management

• Who Are Managers?
• Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy
• Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling
• Economic, Social, and Environmental Performance
• Performance of Individuals and Groups
• Your Principles of Management Survivor’s Guide

Personality, Attitudes, and Work Behaviors

• Personality and Values
• Perception
• Work Attitudes
• The Interactionist Perspective: The Role of Fit
• Work Behaviors
• Developing Your Positive Attitude Skills

Developing Mission, Vision, and Values

• The Roles of Mission, Vision, and Values
• Mission and Vision in the P-O-L-C Framework
• Creativity and Passion
• Stakeholders
• Crafting Mission and Vision Statements
• Developing Your Personal Mission and Vision

Strategizing

• Strategic Management in the P-O-L-C Framework
• How Do Strategies Emerge?
• Strategy as Trade-Offs, Discipline, and Focus
• Developing Strategy Through Internal Analysis
• Developing Strategy Through External Analysis
• Formulating Organizational and Personal Strategy With the Strategy Diamond

Goals and Objectives

• The Nature of Goals and Objectives
• From Management by Objectives to the Balanced Scorecard
• Characteristics of Effective Goals and Objectives
• Using Goals and Objectives in Employee Performance Evaluation
• Integrating Goals & Objectives with Corporate Social Responsibility
• Your Personal Balanced Scorecard

Leading People and Organizations

• Who Is a Leader? Trait Approaches to Leadership
• What Do Leaders Do? Behavioral Approaches to Leadership
• What Is the Role of the Context?
• Contingency Approaches to Leadership
• Contemporary Approaches to Leadership
• Developing Your Leadership Skills