Management Concepts and Practices
Aim:
Intended Learning Outcomes: Learners should be able to:
Principles of Management
Economics
Marketing Management
Operations Management
Project Management
Teaching /Learning Methods:
Assessment Strategy:
References/Reading Materials:
To provide an understanding on the cooperate sector management concepts and practices.
Intended Learning Outcomes: Learners should be able to:
Principles of Management
- Demonstrate understanding of different historical perspectives in management and organization studies
- Demonstrate understanding of the characteristics of contemporary organizations and the different approaches to organizational structure and design
Economics
- Describe microeconomic problems such as why markets allocate resources where they are most wanted
- Illustrate how demand and supply behave, and firms arrive at production decisions
- Explain the macroeconomic issues faced by modern governments
Marketing Management
- Explain the increasingly significant role of marketing in modern organizational management
- Identify the variables at work of various marketing situations
Operations Management
- Define the role of operations in an organization
- Demonstrate basic competencies in planning and controlling of manufacturing and service operations
Project Management
- Explain how to initiate, specify, and prioritize projects and to determine various aspects of feasibility of these projects,
- Explain the foundations of project management, including its definition, scope, and the need for project management in the modern organization,Explain the phases of the project management lifecycle
Principles of Management, Economics, Marketing Management, Operations Management, Project Management
Teaching /Learning Methods:
Lectures, in-class discussions, real world case studies and self-study.
Assessment Strategy:
End-of-course exam, mid-semester exam, in-class quizzes, mini group project.
References/Reading Materials:
- Robbins, S P, DeCenzo, D A and Coulter, M (2015), Fundamentals of Management- Essential Concepts and Applications, Prentice Hall, New Jersey
- Certo, S (2014), Modern Management, Prentice Hall, Delhi
- Samuelson P and Nordhaus W, (2014), Economics,19 th Edition, McGraw-Hill
- Sloman J, (2016), Economics, 10 th Edition, Prentice Hall
- Kotler, P (2015), Marketing Management, 15 th Edition, Prentice Hall.
- Boyd and Walker (2015), Marketing Management.
- Stevenson W, (2014), Operations Management, 12 th Edition, McGraw Hill.
- Chase, J and Aquilano (2006), Operations Management for competitive advantage, 11 th Edition, McGraw Hill –Irwin.
- Kloppenborg, T (2014), Contemporary Project Management,Cengage Learning.
- James, P C and Jack, G (2015), Effective Project Management, Edition,Cengage Learning.