Useful Links for Business Management /BMM

Useful Websites for

Business Management - Still under Construction

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Assessment Methods

(In accordance with Course Outline)

Lecture Outline

Week

Topic

Chapters Required

1

Topic 1   - Introduction to the Study of Management

Chapter 1 –

1

Topic 2   - Managing in a Contemporary World

Chapter 2 –

2, 3

Topic 3 - Planning

Chapter 3 –

3

Topic 4 - Decision Making

Chapter 4 –

3

Topic 5 - Foundation of Organizing

Chapter 5 –

4

Topic 6 - Human Resources Management

Chapter 6 –

5

Topic 7  - Managing Change

Chapter 7 –

6

Topic 8  - Motivation

Chapter 10 –

7

Topic 8  - Leadership

Chapter 11 –

7

Topic 10 - Communication in Management

Chapter 12 –

11

Topic 11 - Control

Chapter 13 –

Textbook/Reference

Stephen P. Robbins & David A. DeCenzo, "Fundamentals of Management", Latest Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall

(To be confirmed during the class)

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Topic

Websites (Examples for Business Management)

1 – Introduction to the Study of Management

What is Organization?

Effectiveness Versus Efficiency

Henry Mintzberg's Ten Roles

People and Organization (by tutor2u)

List of Management Topics (by Centipedia)

List of Management Topics (by NetMBA)

Case Studies:
Trump (By Donald Trump)
Aprrentice (on Yahoo)
Trump Ice (Bottled Water)
Meaning of "Naysayer"
"Thinking outside the Box"

2 –Managing in a Comtemporary World

Contemporary Management Practices

The development of Management Theories

(A) The Pre-Modern Era

- Adam Smith (Division of Labour)

- Industrial Revolution in Britain

(B) Classical Contributions

- Classical Approach to Management

- Frederick Taylor (Scientific Management)

- Therbligs (by Gilbreths)

- Gnatt Chart (by Henry Gnatt for Scheduling)

- General Administrative Theorists (by Henri Fayol and Max Weber) -

- Esprit de corps

(C) Human Resources Approach

- Robert Owen (A Utopian Socialist)

- Hugo Munsterberg (Industrial Psychology)

- Mary Parker Follet (Group Vs Individualism)

- Chester Barnard (Social relationship)

- Elton Mayo (Hawthorne Effect) - Group Standards, Sentiments and Security

- Dale Carnegie (How to Win Friends and Influence People)

- Abraham Maslow (Hierarchy of Needs)

- Douglas McGregor (Theory X and Y)

(D) The Quantitative Approach - Operations Research (OR) - Solutions to Military Problems after the WWII

- Robert McNamara & - Charles Tex Thornton (Ford Motor Company by quantitative methods)

(D) Process Approach

- The Process Approach (By Harold Koontz)

(E) Systems Approach

- Systems Approach to Managment

(Open Vs Closed System)

(F) Contingency Approach

- Contingency Approach to Management

Experiment : Elton Mayo (Hawthorne Studies)

3 – Planning

Planning and Decision Making (biz/ed)

Strategic Management (Net MBA)

People and Organization (Tutor2u)

4 – Decision Making

Decision Making in Business and Management (Wikipedia)

Decision Making Techniques (Mind Tools)

Decision Making (biz/ed)

Topic (5-8)	Websites (Examples for Business Management)
5 – Foundation of Organizing	Under Construction
6 – Human Resources Management

7. - Managing Change

Under Construction

8. - Motivation

Topic (9-16)	Websites (Examples for Business Management)
9. - Leadership	Under Construction
10. - Communication in Management

11. - Control	Under Construction
12.

Assessment Methods (In accordance with Course Outline)

Assessment Methods

Lecture Outline

Week

Topic

Chapters Required

Textbook/Reference

Stephen P. Robbins & David A. DeCenzo, "Fundamentals of Management", Latest Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall

Assessment Methods

(In accordance with Course Outline)