Management Theories and Practices I

Catalog description

This course is the first in a series of two courses that provide a foundation for understanding key management principles in the Master of Science in Management and Leadership program. This foundation is created in a wide range of learning activities that are grounded in real-world contexts. You will analyze and evaluate key management principles and learn how managers use resources to attain organizational goals through the functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. In this course, you will concentrate on the management functions of planning and organizing. Planning involves defining goals for future performance and devising ways to attain these goals, whereas organizing involves assigning and grouping tasks and allocating resources. It is worthy to note that the second course in this series, GM501 Management Theories and Practices II, will concentrate on the managerial functions of leading and controlling.