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I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Management Principles
2. Course Prefix & Number:
BUSN 2111
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
4. Course Description:
Management principals provides a practical look at the management environment, business organizational structure, and the manager's role as planner, organizer and leader. Topics include a review of the management environment, planning and problem-solving tools, staffing, and teamwork.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
BUSN 2111 - Management Principles
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
BUSN 2111 - Management Principles
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
Anoka-Ramsey Community College, BUSN 2224 Principles of Management, 4 credits
St. Cloud Technical and Community College, SAMG 1215 Principles of Management, 3 credits
3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:
CLEP
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):
Business Management, AAS Degree
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate written communication skills |
Complete Executive Summaries from course content. |
Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Read, interpret, and apply concepts introduced in the textbook. |
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Analyze and discuss management topics, and perform self assessments. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Understand the four functions of management (planning, organizing, leading and controlling) and the type of executive management actives associated with each;
- Understand the historical and philosophical origins of management;
- Apply current management theories and practices;
- Understand the structure and design of organizations, and how managers effectively perform in this type of setting in order to accomplish goals;
- Understand the types and utility of systems and analyze how they are used to monitor and support achievement of strategic and tactical plans made by management;
- Apply the principles and practices of decision-making skills to activities and individual in "real-world" managerial environments;
- Understand the major ethical approaches, apply them to business situations and analyze their impact on management behavior;
- Analyze the personal traits and skills of effective leaders;
- Understand motivation in the workplace and apply motivation concepts to suggest improvements in the workplace;
- Understand and analyze the nature and role of organizational culture within an organization;
- Understand how managers lead the process of organizational change;
- Analyze the advantages, disadvantages, and best practices of utilizing teams within organizations; and
- Analyze the impact of changing demographics, increasing diversity, and globalization on the management process.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
-
Managing
- The functions of management
-
The Environment of Business
- The Macro environment
- The competitive environment
- Environmental analysis
- Responding to the environment
- Culture of organizations
-
Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
- Ethics
- Corporate social responsibility
-
Strategic Planning
- The planning process
- Levels of planning
- Strategic planning process
- Managerial decision making
-
Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship
- Corporate entrepreneurship
-
Organizing for Action
- Fundamentals of organizing
- The vertical structure
- The Horizontal structure
- Organizational integration
-
Managing Human Resources
- Strategic human resources management
- Staffing the organization
- Training and development
- Performance appraisal
- Designing reward systems
- Labor relations
-
Managing the Diverse Workforce
- Diversity
- Managing diversity
- Multicultural organizations
- Managing across borders
-
Leadership
- Leading and managing
- Traditional approaches to understanding leadership
- Contemporary perspectives on leadership
- Developing leadership skills
-
Motivating People
- Setting goals
- Reinforcing performance
- Designing motivating jobs
- Job satisfaction
-
Teamwork
- Building effective teams
- Managing lateral relationships
-
Communicating
-
Interpersonal communication
-
Improving communication skills
-
Organizational communication
-
Managerial Control
- Bureaucratic control systems
- Markets and clans
-
Innovating and Changing
- Organizing for innovation
- Manage change
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Management Principles
2. Course Prefix & Number:
BUSN 2111
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
4. Course Description:
Management principals provides a practical look at the management environment, business organizational structure, and the manager's role as planner, organizer and leader. Topics include a review of the management environment, planning and problem-solving tools, staffing, and teamwork.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
BUSN 2111 - Management Principles
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
BUSN 2111 - Management Principles
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
Anoka-Ramsey Community College, BUSN 2224 Principles of Management, 4 credits
St. Cloud Technical and Community College, SAMG 1215 Principles of Management, 3 credits
3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:
CLEP
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):
Business Management, AAS Degree
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate written communication skills |
Complete Executive Summaries from course content. |
Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Read, interpret, and apply concepts introduced in the textbook. |
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Analyze and discuss management topics, and perform self assessments. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Understand the four functions of management (planning, organizing, leading and controlling) and the type of executive management actives associated with each;
- Understand the historical and philosophical origins of management;
- Apply current management theories and practices;
- Understand the structure and design of organizations, and how managers effectively perform in this type of setting in order to accomplish goals;
- Understand the types and utility of systems and analyze how they are used to monitor and support achievement of strategic and tactical plans made by management;
- Apply the principles and practices of decision-making skills to activities and individual in "real-world" managerial environments;
- Understand the major ethical approaches, apply them to business situations and analyze their impact on management behavior;
- Analyze the personal traits and skills of effective leaders;
- Understand motivation in the workplace and apply motivation concepts to suggest improvements in the workplace;
- Understand and analyze the nature and role of organizational culture within an organization;
- Understand how managers lead the process of organizational change;
- Analyze the advantages, disadvantages, and best practices of utilizing teams within organizations; and
- Analyze the impact of changing demographics, increasing diversity, and globalization on the management process.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
-
Managing
- The functions of management
-
The Environment of Business
- The Macro environment
- The competitive environment
- Environmental analysis
- Responding to the environment
- Culture of organizations
-
Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
- Ethics
- Corporate social responsibility
-
Strategic Planning
- The planning process
- Levels of planning
- Strategic planning process
- Managerial decision making
-
Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship
- Corporate entrepreneurship
-
Organizing for Action
- Fundamentals of organizing
- The vertical structure
- The Horizontal structure
- Organizational integration
-
Managing Human Resources
- Strategic human resources management
- Staffing the organization
- Training and development
- Performance appraisal
- Designing reward systems
- Labor relations
-
Managing the Diverse Workforce
- Diversity
- Managing diversity
- Multicultural organizations
- Managing across borders
-
Leadership
- Leading and managing
- Traditional approaches to understanding leadership
- Contemporary perspectives on leadership
- Developing leadership skills
-
Motivating People
- Setting goals
- Reinforcing performance
- Designing motivating jobs
- Job satisfaction
-
Teamwork
- Building effective teams
- Managing lateral relationships
-
Communicating
-
Interpersonal communication
-
Improving communication skills
-
Organizational communication
-
Managerial Control
- Bureaucratic control systems
- Markets and clans
-
Innovating and Changing
- Organizing for innovation
- Manage change