Course Outline: Principles of Management MBA - Evening: Prof. M. Yousaf Siddiqui

This course outline describes a Principles of Management course for an MBA program. The course will cover fundamental management concepts such as planning, organizing, leading and controlling. It will explore how these functions are applied across various organizational departments and how issues like ethics, social responsibility and globalization influence management. The course objectives are to provide an understanding of management theories, the different management functions, decision making processes, and contemporary issues in business. It will be taught over 16 chapters, with topics including organizational structure, culture, motivation, and strategic human resource management.

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Course Outline: Principles of Management

MBA -Evening
Prof. M. Yousaf Siddiqui

Course Description:

Principles of Management is a course designed to give students an overarching view of management by

describing various concepts of management and explaining how these are practiced in organizations. This
basic management course will investigate the different functions of management, namely planning,
organizing, leading and controlling, and explain how these are relevant for various functional areas of
organizations. In tandem, the course will explore how issues such as organization structure, technology,
innovation, ethics, corporate responsibility, and globalization influence managerial decision making.

Course Learning Objectives:

1. To provide an essential understanding of the basic theories relevant to the management in and
of organizations to business and non‐business students.
2. To understand the management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling in
detail.
3. To understand the process of managerial decision making
4. To introduce key contemporary concepts in business including ethics, corporate social
responsibility, entrepreneurship and globalization.
5. To introduce the similarities and differences in managing private sector and public sector
organizations

Course Overview:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Principles of Management

1.1 Introduction to Principles of Management
1.2 Case in Point: Doing Good as a Core Business Strategy
1.3 Who Are Managers?
1.4 Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy
1.5 Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling
1.6 Economic, Social, and Environmental Performance
1.7 Performance of Individuals and Groups
1.8 Your Principles of Management Survivor’s Guide
Chapter 2: Personality, Attitudes, and Work Behaviors
2.1 Chapter Introduction
2.2 Case in Point: SAS Institute Invests in Employees
2.3 Personality and Values
2.4 Perception
2.5 Work Attitudes
2.6 The Interactionist Perspective: The Role of Fit
2.7 Work Behaviors
2.8 Developing Your Positive Attitude Skills
Chapter 3: History, Globalization, and Values-Based Leadership
3.1 History, Globalization, and Values-Based Leadership
3.2 Case in Point: Hanna Andersson Corporation Changes for Good
3.3 Ancient History: Management Through the 1990s
3.4 Contemporary Principles of Management
3.5 Global Trends
3.6 Globalization and Principles of Management
3.7 Developing Your Values-Based Leadership Skills
Chapter 4: Developing Mission, Vision, and Values
4.1 Developing Mission, Vision, and Values
4.2 Case in Point: Xerox Motivates Employees for Success
4.3 The Roles of Mission, Vision, and Values
4.4 Mission and Vision in the P-O-L-C Framework
4.5 Creativity and Passion
4.6 Stakeholders
4.7 Crafting Mission and Vision Statements
4.8 Developing Your Personal Mission and Vision
Chapter 5: Strategizing
5.1 Strategizing
5.2 Case in Point: Unnamed Publisher Transforms Textbook Industry
5.3 Strategic Management in the P-O-L-C Framework
5.4 How Do Strategies Emerge?
5.5 Strategy as Trade-Offs, Discipline, and Focus
5.6 Developing Strategy Through Internal Analysis
5.7 Developing Strategy Through External Analysis
5.8 Formulating Organizational and Personal Strategy With the Strategy Diamond
Chapter 6: Goals and Objectives
6.1 Goals and Objectives
6.2 Case in Point: Nucor Aligns Company Goals With Employee Goals
6.3 The Nature of Goals and Objectives
6.4 From Management by Objectives to the Balanced Scorecard
6.5 Characteristics of Effective Goals and Objectives
6.6 Using Goals and Objectives in Employee Performance Evaluation
6.7 Integrating Goals and Objectives with Corporate Social Responsibility
6.8 Your Personal Balanced Scorecard
Chapter 7: Organizational Structure and Change
7.1 Organizational Structure and Change
7.2 Case in Point: Toyota Struggles With Organizational Structure
7.3 Organizational Structure
7.4 Contemporary Forms of Organizational Structures
7.5 Organizational Change
7.6 Planning and Executing Change Effectively
7.7 Building Your Change Management Skills
Chapter 8: Organizational Culture
8.1 Organizational Culture
8.2 Case in Point: Google Creates Unique Culture
8.3 Understanding Organizational Culture
8.4 Measuring Organizational Culture
8.5 Creating and Maintaining Organizational Culture
8.6 Creating Culture Change
8.7 Developing Your Personal Skills: Learning to Fit In
Chapter 9: Social Networks
9.1 Social Networks
9.2 Case in Point: Networking Powers Relationships
9.3 An Introduction to the Lexicon of Social Networks
9.4 How Managers Can Use Social Networks to Create Value
9.5 Ethical Considerations With Social Network Analysis
9.6 Personal, Operational, and Strategic Networks
9.7 Mapping and Your Own Social Network
Chapter 10: Leading People and Organizations
10.1 Leading People and Organizations
10.2 Case in Point: Indra Nooyi Draws on Vision and Values to Lead
10.3 Who Is a Leader? Trait Approaches to Leadership
10.4 What Do Leaders Do? Behavioral Approaches to Leadership
10.5 What Is the Role of the Context? Contingency Approaches to Leadership
10.6 Contemporary Approaches to Leadership
10.7 Developing Your Leadership Skills
Chapter 11: Decision Making
11.1 Decision Making
11.2 Case in Point: Bernard Ebbers Creates Biased Decision Making at WorldCom
11.3 Understanding Decision Making
11.4 Faulty Decision Making
11.5 Decision Making in Groups
11.6 Developing Your Personal Decision-Making Skills
Chapter 12: Communication in Organizations
12.1 Communication in Organizations
12.2 Case in Point: Edward Jones Communicates Caring
12.3 Understanding Communication
12.4 Communication Barriers
12.5 Different Types of Communication
12.6 Communication Channels
12.7 Developing Your Personal Communication Skills
Chapter 13: Managing Groups and Teams
13.1 Managing Groups and Teams
13.2 Case in Point: General Electric Allows Teamwork to Take Flight
13.3 Group Dynamics
13.4 Understanding Team Design Characteristics
13.5 Organizing Effective Teams
13.6 Barriers to Effective Teams
13.7 Developing Your Team Skills
Chapter 14: Motivating Employees
14.1 Motivating Employees
14.2 Case in Point: Zappos Creates a Motivating Place to Work
14.3 Need-Based Theories of Motivation
14.4 Process-Based Theories
14.5 Developing Your Personal Motivation Skills
Chapter 15: The Essentials of Control
15.1 The Essentials of Control
15.2 Case in Point: Newell Rubbermaid Leverages Cost Controls to Grow
15.3 Organizational Control
15.4 Types and Levels of Control
15.5 Financial Controls
15.6 Nonfinancial Controls
15.7 Lean Control
15.8 Crafting Your Balanced Scorecard
Chapter 16: Strategic Human Resource Management
16.1 Strategic Human Resource Management
16.2 Case in Point: Kronos Uses Science to Find the Ideal Employee
16.3 The Changing Role of Strategic Human Resource Management in Principles of Management
16.4 The War for Talent
16.5 Effective Selection and Placement Strategies
16.6 The Roles of Pay Structure and Pay for Performance
16.7 Designing a High-Performance Work System
16.8 Tying It All Together—Using the HR Balanced Scorecard to Gauge and Manage Human Capital,
Including Your Own

Note 1: The instructor may swap sessions, if required

Note 2: Readings may be added or reduced during the course
Note: 3: Instructor may change or add or reduce case studies / articles mentioned

Text Books / Readings

Required:
Bateman, Thomas S. and Snell, Scott A., 2013 (Tenth edition), "Management: Leading and Collaborating
in a Competitive World", New Delhi, Tata McGraw‐Hill Publishing.
Principles of Management -e book - adapted edition produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries
Publishing through the eLearning Support Initiative. (e-book will be shared with all students by the
instructor)
Reference: Daft, R. 2010. Management. 9th Edition. South‐Western Cengage Learning