Course Outline – General Principles of Management

WOMENS UNIVERSITY IN AFRICA Addressing gender disparity and fostering equity in University Education FACULTY OF focus AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES & I. T. BSc MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (BM114) Course Outline for superior general oversight Principles (BM114) Preamble A study of the customary Management principles that seeks to equip students with the general management and managerial skills that will prepare them to be effective managers and entrepreneurs who idler quickly adopt to new management situations. Aims To equip students with modern general management principles.Objectives of the Course 1. To modify students to understand and appreciate the nature and scope of management. Course Content Management and Managers What is management? Team construction Managerial functions Types of managers Managers roles and skills Challenges for management in a Global Environment 2. 0 The growth of Management Theory Scientific Management Theory Administrat ive Management Theory Behavioural Management Theory Management Science Theory Organisational Environment Theory Total Quality Management championship Process Reengineering 3. 0 The Environment of Management Theory . 1 The Organisational Environment Task environment General environment Managing the organisational environment 3. 2 The Global Environment The changing global environment The global chore environment The global general environment The collapse of time and distance You and International Management wideness of understanding Cultural Differences 4. 0 Strategic Planning The manager as a planner strategist The planning process Determining the organisations mission and goals Formulation of scheme Planning and implementing strategy M. Porters Five forces model . 0 Organising Designing organisational structure Grouping tasks into jobs job design, radical jobs into functions Strategic alliances and network structure. Organisational control and culture ( output, behavioural and organisational culture and clan control system) Strategic adult male Resources Management Groups and group dynamics 6. 0 Leading Nature of leadership Trait and behaviour models of leadership Gender in Leadership Motivation and motivational theories Managers as a person (personality, attitude, behaviour, perception, career phylogeny and stress management) . 0 Conflict Management Organisational conflict Organisational politics Change Management 8. 0 Managing information Systems and Technologies MIS and Decision Making 9. 0 Managing Innovation, Product phylogenesis and Entrepreneurship Innovation, Technological change and competition Product Development Entrepreneurship Assessment Examination Course work (30%) Assignments (10%) Class Tests (20%) End of year Examination 70% Recommended Textbooks 1. commercial enterprise Management A contemporary Compilation, Johannesburg FVBC by Nieuwenhuizen C and Oosthuizen TFJ. 2012. 2.Introduction to Busi ness Management 6th sport Editors Cronje, Du Toit, Marcus, Motlatla. Oxford University pressure sensation 3. Management A Practical Introduction 3rd mutation by Angelo Kinicki and Brian K. Williams. McGraw Hill International 4. A Handbook to Human Resources Management Practice 10th Edition by Michael Armstrong. International Student Edition 5. Management Concepts and Practices 5th Edition by Tim Hannagan 6. Fundamentals of Management Essential Concepts and Application 6th Edition Pearson Productions by Stephen P Robbins, Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya, David A DeCenzo, Madhushree Nanda Agarwal. pic