Business Management

Business Management Module 1
Managerial Decision Making  

• What Do Managers Do?
• The Roles Managers Play
• Major Management Characteristics
• Overview of Managerial Decision Making
• Reflective and Reactive Systems
• Programmed and Nonprogrammed Decisions
• Barriers to Effective Decision Making
• Improving the Quality of Decision Making
• Group Decision Making

Business Management Module 2
The History of Management  

• The Early Origins of Management
• The Italian Renaissance
• The Industrial Revolution
• Taylor-Made Management
• Administrative and Bureaucratic Management
• Human Relations Movement
• Contingency and System Management

Business Management Module 3
Corporate Culture and Ethics  

• Organization’s External Environment
• External Environments and Industries
• Organizational Designs and Structures
• Internal Organization and External Environments
• Corporate Cultures
• Ethics and Business Ethics Defined
• Dimensions of Ethics
• Ethical Principles and Responsible Decision Making
• Leadership
• Corporate Culture and Compliance
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Business Management Module 4
International Management  

• Importance of International Management
• Hofstede’s Cultural Framework
• The GLOBE Framework
• Cultural Stereotyping
• Cross-Cultural Assignments
• Strategies for Expanding Globally
• Necessity of Global Markets

Business Management Module 5   
Entrepreneurship   

• Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
• Small Business
• Start Your Own Business
• Managing a Small Business
• Large Impact of Small Business
• Small Business Administration
• Trends in Entrepreneurship and Business Ownership

Business Management Module 6
Strategic Analysis  

• Understanding the Competitive Environment
• SWOT for Strategic Analysis
• External Macro Environment
• Micro Environment
• Competition, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
• Strategic Positioning

Business Management Module 7
Strategic Management Process  

• Firm Mission and Vision
• The Role of Strategic Analysis in Formulating a Strategy
• Strategic Objectives
• Levels of Strategy
• Measuring and Evaluating Strategic Performance
• Organizational Structures and Design
• Organizational Change
• Managing Change

Business Management Module 8
Human Resource Management    

• Human Resource Management and Compliance
• Performance Management
• Influencing Employee Performance and Motivation
• Building an Organization for the Future
• Talent Development
• Succession Planning

Business Management Module 9
Diversity in Organizations

• Introduction to Workplace Diversity
• Diversity and the Workforce
• Diversity and Its Impact on Companies
• Challenges of Diversity
• Key Diversity Theories
• Benefits and Challenges of Workplace Diversity
• Recommendations for Managing Diversity

Business Management Module 10
Leadership and Motivation  

• The Leadership Process
• Types of Leaders
• The Trait Approach to Leadership
• Behavioral Approaches to Leadership
• Situational Approaches to Leadership
• Work Motivation for Performance
• Content and Process Theories of Motivation
• Research on Motivation Theories

Business Management Module 11
Managerial Communication and Teamwork  

• Teamwork in the Workplace
• Team Development Over Time
• Opportunities and Challenges to Team Building
• Team Diversity
• Multicultural Teams
• Process of Managerial Communication
• Types of Communications in Organizations
• Managerial Communication and Corporate Reputation

Business Management Module 12
Planning, Controlling, and Management of Technology   

• The Planning Process
• Types of Plans
• Goals or Outcome Statements
• Employees’ Responses to Planning
• Management by Objectives
• Developing Technology and Innovation
• External and Internal Sources
• Management Entrepreneurship Skills

**Outlines are subject to change, as courses and materials are updated.**