Institute of Business Management (IoBM)

College of Business Management

PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
COURSE OUTLINE
Course Code: MAN 101 Faculty: Dr Humeira J. Abidi Total Credit hours: 45 Duration: 15 sessions (Executive)

1. Overall aims of course

The main theme of this course is to discuss the core management concepts, principles, processes and functions of management. It also highlights the historical and contemporary philosophies of management, and develops the requisite skills needed for effective management in Organizations. Management focuses on the four core functions, namely planning, organizing, leading and control, all of these provide a very sound basis in carrying out the required tasks and goals in Organizations today. The other major aim of this course is to apprise the students about the concept of developing the basic leadership skills, and qualities which are very much needed at this stage, because an effective leader always play a pivotal role in the affairs of any Organization today, so much so that the Organization can even fall apart due to poor and ineffective leadership.

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2. Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)

a. Knowledge and understanding: Students will be able to demonstrate a clear basic understanding on the four important functions of management, i.e. Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling and the steps required in the basic management function to integrate all these functions as one strong ideology so that the entire management function is accelerated from the very mission of the organization all the way to its vision and the implementation of control b. Intellectual skills Students will also develop the ability to systematically analyze and develop the entire management thought process and this will further polish their capability of creative thinking and evaluating a number of options. c. Professional and practical skills The students will also be able to apply the management process to a real organization and indulge in valuable case study solution and presentation exercises through out this course, with a mandatory presentation of a final term report focusing the management functions and their applications in an organization d. General and transferable skills: Group discussion, problem solving and analysis of case studies and presentations there on.

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3. Course Contents:

Sessio n (3 hours)

Module

Teaching Methodolo gy

Objective

INTRODUCTION and the environment 1 17th Sept 2011 Introduction The importance of management The management task Managerial Skills Managerial Job Types Mintzbergs managerial roles The universality of management Management careers Evolution of Management Understanding the Competitive environment Lectures, slides, and class Room discussion To acquaint students with the subject

2 24th Sept

Lectures classroom discussion

3 1st Oct 2011

Corporate social responsibility & business ethics Fundamentals of social responsibility Business ethics Case / experimental exercise

Interactive session with slides

Understanding of how management has grown from the concept of man as a machine to a manager Complete understanding of the environment that managers have to operate in. To develop awareness in the students, about this important topic

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The PLANNING Module 4 Organizational objectives Types of objectives th 8 Oct Guidelines for establishing 2011 objectives Management by objectives Fundamentals of Planning Purposes of planning Steps in the planning process Planning and the chief executive Plans and planning tools Dimensions of plans Why plans fail Planning tools (forecasting, scheduling) Making Decisions Fundamentals of decisions The decision making process Decision making tools Overcoming barriers to effective decision making Group decision making Case / experimental exercise Lectures, slides, and class Room discussion Students should be able to develop first hand knowledge on planning function and be able to apply it.

5 15th Oct 2011

Lectures, slides, and class Room discussion

MID TERMS
6 22nd Oct 2011 The ORGANIZING Module Fundamentals of Organizing Importance of Organizing The organizing process Classical organizing theories Span of management Lectures, slides, and class Room discussion Knowledge of basic organizing principles and applying the same at workplace.

7 29th Oct 2011

8 5th Nov 2011

Responsibility, Authority and Delegation Responsibility Authority Delegation Case / experimental exercise The INFLUENCENCING Module Fundamentals of influencing The influencing sub system Leadership How Leaders Influence others The trait approach to leadership The situational approach Transformational leadership Motivation The motivation process Theories of motivation

Lectures, slides, and class Room discussion

Students should be able to understand the importance of these concepts to the organizing function. Students to get firsthand knowledge of the influencing function

Lectures, slides, and class Room discussion

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9 12th

Lectures, slides, and class

Students should get the main idea and grasp the concept.

4. Teaching and learning methods

a) b) c) d) e)

Problem solving Case Studies Presentations & Group discussions Role plays Class room lectures

5. Student assessment methods

Assessment methods Quizzes Assignments 1st mid term test 2nd mid term test Final term report Final examination

..to access Knowledge and understanding Knowledge and understanding Knowledge and understanding Knowledge and understanding Professional and practical skills Professional skills

Assessment Schedule: week: 5,10,13 1, 4,8,12 11,12 21,22 29,30 31

Weight age 5% 10% 15% 15% 20% 40%

Any formative only assessments In class support behavior Punctuality Attendance

6. Recommended Texts:
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a. Course notes Handouts, cases and articles: Selected handouts of journals such as Management today, Forbes, Fortune and Harvard Business Review b. Essential books (text books): Modern Management (10e) by Samuel C. Certo, S. Trevis Certo Management by Richard L. Daft & Dorothy Marcic c. Recommended book: Management by Mary Coulter & Stephen P. Robbins. d. Periodicals, Websites. International Banker, Forbes & Fortune as well as the Economist are recommended to the students to update their knowledge, and in addition to that they are also urged to go through the financial pages of leading newspapers, such Financial Times, Herald Tribune, and local newspapers such as the Business Recorder and publications such as Pakistan & Gulf Economist (PAGE)

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