Common use of Principles of Management Clause in Contracts

Principles of Management. 3 credits 1. The basic activities and functions of managers in an organizational setting; 2. The influence of business functions and the behavioral sciences on the practice of management; 3. Socially sensitive tenets for working with people of different cultures; 4. Corporate social responsibility and ethics; 5. The social legal, political, economic, technological and global influences on organizations; 6. Theories and frameworks pertaining to leadership and team work; and 7. The application of leadership and teamwork theories and frameworks. Upon successfully completing this coursework, students will be able to: 1. Define management and describe the skills managers need; 2. Describe how the following trends are impacting management practices: globalization, workforce diversity, information technology, continual learning, total quality management, ethics and trust; 3. Define organizational culture and explain how an organization’s culture reflects a certain personality; 4. Explain the importance of viewing management from a global perspective; 5. Explain social responsibility and values-based management; 6. Explain what the “greening” of management is and how organizations are “going green”; 7. Describe the decision-making process and conditions of certainty, risk and uncertainty; 8. Define planning and explain why objectives are important to planning; 9. Explain the importance of strategic planning and the differences between corporate-level, business-level and functional-level strategies; 10. Define organization structure and describe bureaucracy and its strengths, as well as, team-based structures; 11. Describe the human resource management (HRM) process and how HRM practices can facilitate workforce diversity; 12. Explain the characteristics of effective teams; 13. Summarize how goals motivate people and identify the characteristics that high achievers seek in a job; and 14. Describe early theories and modern views of leadership.