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Introduction to management theory and organisational processes. The context of management in New Zealand. Introduction to the functional areas of management (organisational behaviour/human resource management, marketing, production management and strategy)
This course introduces students to management theory, organizational processes, and the functional areas of management. Management refers to the process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the use of economic and human resources to accomplish organizational performance goals. Management competence is required in all aspects of an organization, including human resource management, organizational planning and design, and strategic management. The ability of an organization to produce goods or services that customers want is a result of the decisions and behaviors of all its members: top managers who plan the organization’s strategy, middle managers who coordinate human resources, and supervisors and workers who are engaged in production activities. As a foundation and survey course, MGMT101 covers the entire range of issues that managers face in all of the four primary functional areas (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) and at all levels of action (individual, group, organization, and organizational environment). These issues are discussed using relevant theoretical concepts that help to explain and predict human behavior in an organizational context.
Management is mostly about people. Because people can “make or break” an organization, it is important to understand the basic principles of human behaviour. Such knowledge is useful when managers want to implement a new organizational strategy, improve the quality of decision-making, select and train employees, re-design jobs, or enhance teamwork. While practicing managers are not expected to be professional psychologists or sociologists, they need to know enough to manage from sound principles rather than from myths and guesswork.By the end of the semester, successful students will have a firm understanding of the diverse roles of a manager within an organization. They will learn about the science of management by discovering what researchers have found in relevant fields such as decision-making, strategic management, and human resource management. Within the context of existing research knowledge, students will also learn how to use this information as they practice the art of management.Effective managers have well-developed conceptual, analytical, and human skills. The objective of this course is to enhance these skills. Specifically, this course will enable students to:- think strategically about the role and functions of organizational management;- apply management concepts to analyze and deal with key organizational issues;- describe how organizations choose their goals, and plan and control their activities;- use a variety of behavioral models (of motivation, leadership, groups, etc.) to understand how members of an organization relate to each other.
MGMT201
There are four separate lectures each week. Several of the lectures will be held in form of tutorials (also held in C1). The lectures will be video-recorded for Blackboard/WebCTstreaming.All enquiries concerning course matters should be made, in the first instance, through the Course Administrator, Abel Rivera.Tutor: Juan Pellegrino
Udo Staber
Herb de Vries
Assessments will be in the form of tests, case report and final examination.The Department of Management may scale the marks for this course. Consult regulations concerning assessment.
Campling, John Trevor; Management ; 3rd Asia-Pacific ed; John Wiley & Sons Australia, 2008 (The textbook is REQUIRED reading and is available for purchase at the University Bookshop).
Additional materials, assignments, instructions etc. are available in Blackboard/WebCT.
Prerequisites and Relationship to Other Courses:MGMT101 is an introductory course and is a pre-requisite for MGMT206 (Organisational Behaviour), MGMT207 (Principles of Human Resource Management), MGMT208 (Principles of Leadership) and MGMT209 (Organisation: Structure and Processes) papers. Any student may take MGMT101, unless they have successfully completed courses with similar content, such as BSAD 201 or MGMT 201.Grading:The Department of Management may scale the marks for this course.Departmental Academic Policies Students who wish to receive a hard copy of this document are requested to contact the Acting Course dministrator. The Department assumes that students have read this document. They should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 364 of the Enrolment Handbook 2008 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).
Domestic fee $645.00
International fee $2,685.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
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