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Course informations
| Study program level |
Undergraduate |
| Study program |
Management |
| Study program direction |
Informatics management |
| Course year |
2. |
| Course semester |
III |
| Course status |
Core |
| ECTS |
6 |
| Lectures (h) |
45 |
| Excercises (h) |
- |
| Seminars (h) |
15 |
Course objectives
Prepare students to become managers by acquiring basic knowledge of what management is, what their jobs and tasks are, how they should be performed and how the environment affects where management operates.
Course outcomes
- Comment on the relationship between management levels with the roles and skills of the manager
- Describe multiple management features such as processes, management levels, and professions
- Distinguish the key contribution of some management theory to management practice
- Identify key business and general environment factors and assess their impact on a business entity
- Apply planning techniques (Gantt charts)
- Assess the impact of external and internal factors on company operations
- Identify the powers and responsibilities of individual strategic levels
- Identify and describe different forms of organizational design (organigram)
- Describe key human resource management activities
- Identify key human resource management determinants
- Explain specific planning and analysis techniques
- Explain the methods of attracting and selecting candidates
- Comment on employee training programs
- Explain the systems of performance assessment, rewarding and development of human resources and labor relations
- Comment on the importance of transferring the company vision to employees
- Interpret different approaches to leadership and motivation
- Differentiate leadership theories and styles
- Comment on the techniques of control
- Calculate selected business performance indicators
Course content
The definition of management: concept of management, management process, management levels. Theory of management: structural theory, behavioral theory, modern theory. Contemporary management: intercultural management, international management, business and management ethics, corporate social Responsibility. Management environment: external environment, internal environment, organization and environment relationship. Planning: process and planning levels, planning methods, methods and approaches to planning. Strategic management: fundamental approaches to the sources of competitive advantage, strategic analysis of the external and internal environment, formulating strategies at the corporate, business and functional level. Organizing: principles of departmentalization, classical and contemporary organizational design. Organizational culture: the importance of organizational culture, indicators and types of organizational culture. Leadership: leadership theories, relationship management and leadership. Human resources management: anticipating needs for human potentials, employing human resources, monitoring and development. Control: control purpose, control process, types of control.
