Management Handbook - 2019 (Text Based)

This course teaches you the art and science of managing and accomplishing organizational goals and improving the way organizations are managed. Management refers to the process of coordinating and integrating work activities so that they are completed efficiently and effectively with and through other people. Today, managers need to be equipped with all the tools and concepts necessary to perform managerial activities in order to be globally competitive. Topics include functions of managers, strategies, planning, decision making, organization, leadership, motivation, control, total quality management (TQM), the role of technology, international business, and analysis of problems central to management.

Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize different systems used by managements
2. Identify traits required by management in the 21st century vs. earlier periods
3. Differentiate among the five major managerial functions
4. Recognize difference between group and individual decision making process
5. Identify the characteristics of effective objectives
6. Recognize management by objectives (MBO)
7. Recognize characteristics of formal vs. informal planning
8. Differentiate among the types of analysis used for managerial decisions
9. Differentiate between strategic planning versus tactical planning and the different levels of the organization involved
10. Recognize the key steps in planning