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BUS208: Principles of Management
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Course Introduction
Unit 1: What Is Management?
Unit 2: Historical Development and Globalization
Unit 3: Organizational Culture, Diversity, and Ethics
Unit 4: Leadership and Teams
Unit 5: Managing Employees: Motivation, Empowerment, and Conflict Resolution
Unit 6: Human Resource Management
Unit 7: Planning and Strategy Formulation
Unit 8: Decision-Making
Unit 9: Organization Structure, Change, and the Future of Management
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BUS208: Principles of Management
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Unit 2: Historical Development and Globalization
2.1: A History of Management Theory
2.1.2: Understanding Early Management Principles
A Timeline of Management and Leadership
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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
What's Your Learning Style?
History of Management
What Is Management?
What Do Managers Do?
Planning
Organizing
Directing
What Is the Difference between Management and Leadership?
Controlling
Managerial Skills
Management Skills and Styles Assessment
The Role of Tomorrow's Leaders
Influencing Skills
The Influencing Skills of President Obama
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
The Big Five Personality Test
Discussion: The Big Five Personality Test
Unit 1 Assessment
History, Globalization, and Values-Based Leadership
Ancient History: Management Through the 1990s
Contemporary Principles of Management
Social Networking and the Workplace
Discussion: Social Networking and the Workplace
Historical and Contemporary Theories of Management
Frederick Winslow Taylor: The Father of Modern Management
Tribal Leadership
Discussion: Theories of Management
Scientific Management Theory and the Ford Motor Company
Mintzberg and Managing
Managing: Pure, If Not Simple
Business in a Global Environment
Opportunities in International Business
The Global Business Environment
Trade Controls
Reducing International Trade Barriers
Global Enterprise Management
Globalization and the Coca-Cola Company
Managing Local Practices in Global Contexts
Unit 2 Assessment
Yahoo! Home Work Edict Is All About Rebooting Its Notorious Company Culture
Organizational Culture
Understanding Organizational Culture
Measuring Organizational Culture
Guide to Communication and Corporate Culture
Creating and Maintaining Organizational Culture
Shifting Corporate Culture
Creating Culture Change
Developing Your Personal Skills: Learning to Fit In
Company Culture
Discussion: Company Culture
Skills for Change – Diversity at Work
Managing Demographic and Cultural Diversity
Doing Good as a Core Business Strategy: The Case of Goodwill Industries
The Value of Ethnic Diversity in the Teaching Profession: A New Zealand Case Study
Demographic Diversity
Cultural Diversity and the Role of Ethics and National Culture
Managing Diversity for Success: The Case of IBM
Generational Diversity
Discussion: Generational Diversity
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
The Individual Approach to Ethics
Identifying Ethical Issues
Business Ethics
Top 12 Business Ethics Issues
Corporate Social Responsibility
Environmentalism
Stages of Corporate Responsibility
Stakeholders and Corporate Social Responsibility
Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility
The Organizational Approach to Ethics
Values-Based Leadership
Ethics in Corporate Life
Ethics and Business Success
War Against Corruption
Business and Human Rights
Unit 3 Assessment
Everyday Leadership
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
The Four Capabilities of Leadership
Leaders Must Drive Change
The Most Common Failures in Leadership
Focus on Power: The Case of Steve Jobs
The Basics of Power
The Power to Influence
Organizational Politics
Understanding Social Networks
The Role of Ethics and National Culture
Conclusion and Exercises
Managing Groups and Teams
Group Dynamics
Working in Groups and Teams
Understanding Team Design Characteristics
Defining Teams and Teamwork
Organizing Effective Teams
Barriers to Effective Teams
What Are the Areas of Team Development?
Leading Diverse Teams
Team-Building
Who Should You Surround Yourself With?
Building a Winning Team
Discussion: Building a Winning Team
Constructive Conflict Management
Effective Delegation
Unit 4 Assessment
The Puzzle of Motivation
Motivating Employees
Delivering Happiness
Discussion: Delivering Happiness
Need-Based Theories of Motivation
Process-Based Theories
Developing Your Personal Motivation Skills
Empowerment
The Benefits of Empowering Employees
Negotiation Failure: The Case of the PointCast
Understanding Conflict
Causes and Outcomes of Conflict
Conflict Management
Negotiations
Four Ways to Deal with Conflict at Work
Steps To Resolve Workplace Conflict
Meaningful Conflict in the Workplace
The Personal Side of Management
Unit 5 Assessment
Hire the Right People
Recruitment Strategies
Pre-Selection Strategies
Strategies for Interviews and Post-Selection
Recruiting, Motivating, and Keeping Quality Employees
Developing Employees
Discussion: Developing Employees
Motivating Employees
What Makes a Great Place to Work?
Performance Appraisal
Labor Unions
Recruitment and Selection
Interviewing at Google
Strategic Human Resource Management
The Changing Role of Strategic Human Resource Management in Principles of Management
The War for Talent
Effective Selection and Placement Strategies
The Roles of Pay Structure and Pay for Performance
Designing a High-Performance Work System
Using the HR Balanced Scorecard to Gauge and Manage Human Capital, Including Your Own
Be Strategic with Your Workforce
Talent Hunt: Getting the People You Need When You Need Them
Unit 6 Assessment
Strategizing
Strategic Management in the P-O-L-C Framework
An Overview of Strategic Planning or "VMOSA"
PESTLE and SWOT Analyses
Resource-Based View
The Knowledge-Based View of Strategy Formulation
How Do Strategies Emerge?
Strategy as Trade-Offs, Discipline, and Focus
What Trade-Offs Are You Building into Your Strategy?
Porter's Competitive Strategies
Goals and Objectives
The Nature of Goals and Objectives
Creating 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 and Objectives with Corporate Social Responsibility
Your Personal Balanced Scorecard
Setting and Achieving Powerful Goals
Discussion: Setting and Achieving Powerful Goals
The Five Components of a Business Strategy
Strategy Formulation
Developing Strategy Through Internal Analysis
Developing Strategy Through External Analysis
Formulating Organizational and Personal Strategy With the Strategy Diamond
Developing Successful Strategies: Planning To Win
The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy
Unit 7 Assessment
Decision-Making
Understanding Decision-Making
Faulty Decision-Making
Decision-Making in Groups
Developing Your Personal Decision-Making Skills
Framing a Decision
Making Great Decisions
Discussion: Making Great Decisions
How To Make Better Decisions
The Art of Choosing
Decision-Making
The Emergent Genius of Ant Colonies
Unit 8 Assessment
Organizational Structure and Change
Organizational Structure
Contemporary Forms of Organizational Structures
Leading Change: Herding Cats Would Be Easier
Organizational Change
Planning and Executing Change Effectively
The Future of Management
Discussion: The Future of Management
Management in the Future: The Same as the Past?
The Future of Work
Unit 9 Assessment
BUS208 Study Guide
Course Feedback Survey
BUS208: Certificate Final Exam
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