Fundamentals Of Management

The course adopts a kind of a 'circuitous' framework: it begins with 'Managing & Leading Today: The New Rules', and it ends with 'Managing & Leading for Tomorrow: Focus on Your Future'. Leadership is a focal theme in the course, as it relates to the four key roles of contemporary management (planning, organizing, controlling, and leading). The course is focused on these four key management roles. Each of the planning, organizing, and controlling roles will be examined in two parts over two seminars respectively. The role of leading, relating to the central theme of leadership, is examined in five parts over five seminars (this would include the first and closing seminar topics). Each seminar covers three key sub-topics. Managing & Leading Today: The New Rules Why do managers have to be leaders? Differences between managers and leaders Theories and perspectives of leadership Planning (1): Planning & Strategy: Bringing the Vision to Life Types of planning & types of strategy What is strategy & why it matters? Steps in the strategic planning process Planning (2): The Human Side of Planning ? Decision-Making & Critical Thinking Types of decision, & impact of cognitive and emotional processes Steps in decision-making process Improving critical thinking skills and making better decisions Organizing (1): Designing Adaptive Organizations for a Complex World Why study organizational design and structure? Types and contingencies of organizational design Emergent design and structure & complex adaptive systems (CAS) Organizing (2): Managing Change & Innovation ? Adaptability & Resilience Types of change (incremental versus transformational/disruptive change) Models of organizational change & impact of change on people Fostering innovation in people and organizations (intrepreneurship, entrepreneurship) Controlling (1): People, Processes, Quality & Results Historical perspectives on controls in organizations Control systems Steps in control process Controlling (2): Culture What is organizational culture & why it matters? Models of organizational culture Shaping and developing organizational culture Leading (1): Motivation & Meaning What is motivation & what makes work meaningful? Theories of motivation Theories of learning Leading (2): Leading Teams Models of team development process Managing conflict in teams Working effectively in virtual teams Leading (3): Managing Communication Barriers and challenges in organizational communication Improving communication and building resonant relationships at work Impact of using information & communication technologies (ICTs) at work Managing in a Global Economic Environment What is globalization & why it matters? Opportunities & risks in global business environment Emerging markets & BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility What is sustainability and why is it important in today?s world? What is corporate social responsibility and why is it important in today?s world? Approaches to sustainability and corporate social responsibility Managing & Leading for Tomorrow: Focus on Your Future 'Moon shots for management' (Leadership 2.0) ' Journey to becoming a resonant leader What can you do to develop your leadership?