79252 - Fundamentals of Management

Learning outcomes

The goal of this course is to provide students with a framework of the core concepts of firms’ management. Through the learning of the course content, students will gain fundamental knowledge and skills for management and will develop analytical and critical thinking skills. By the end of the course students will understand the main management problems, learn about strategic decision management, and will are able to apply tools and techniques useful to support management's processes. Specifically, the learning objectives for students are: o To acquire knowledge of key principles of management and be able to critically apply this knowledge to the analysis of case studies o To understand and apply a selected management topic to a real organizational setting o To be able to discuss with others the key management principles and showing application of knowledge to case study material

Course contents

In this course we will discuss essentials of management to provide foundation for understanding the challenges faced by managers and organizations. The main theories of management will be presented together with an array of core models and techniques for the implementation in an organization. The course will cover basics in management providing students with cases and example from real organizations.

Specifically, the course will cover the following topics:

• Management, managers and management studies
• Strategy and Decision making
• Managing Change and Innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• Planning and Goal settings
• Structure and Design of Organizations
• HR management
• Leadership and Motivation
• Teams and Communication
• Managing operations

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures, case studies, team work and exercises

Teaching tools

In this course different types of resources will be used.

Office hours

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