Management in English (ZHMANE)

   

   Spring semester 2008

   

   LECTURER

   Petr Smutný, Department of Business Management, 6^th floor, door No. 638, direct tel.: 549 494
   443,
   e-mail: psmutny@econ.muni.cz

   

   LITERATURE

   Textbooks (alternatively):

   ROBBINS, S. P. Management. 4^th ed. New Jersey : Prentice Hall, 1994. (ORG 126) - or any later
   edition of the book

   IVANCEVICH et. al. Management : Principles and Functions. 4^th ed. Homewood : Irwin, 1989.
   (ORG 30) – or any later edition of the book.

   

   Supplementary literature:

   

   STEVENSON, W. J. Introduction to Management Science. Homewood : Irwin, 1989 (ORG 17)

   KNOWLES, W.T. Management Science: Building and Using Models. Homewood : Irwin, 1989 (ORG 35)

   McSHANE, S. L. Organizational Behavior. Boston : Irwin, 2000.

   

   Study materials from lectures:

   Available on-line through information system at:

   https://is.muni.cz/auth//el/1456/jaro2008/ZHMANE/um/

   

   

   COURSE STRUCTURE

    1. Introduction to Management

   The Evolution of Management Thought

    2. Organizational Culture and Environment
    3. Decision Making
    4. Planning
    5. Organizing
    6. Human Resource Management

   Communication

    7. Managing Groups and Teamwork
    8. Motivation and Leadership
    9. Controlling
   10. Information Systems in Management
   11. Managing Change and Innovation
   12. Self-Management
   13. Examination

   

                                         EXAM REQUIREMENTS

    1. Active participation in lectures, presentations of case-studies.
    2. Examination

   

   

  Detailed Course Structure and Content

   +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |       |                   |                        |              Literature               |
   |Lecture|       Topic       |        Content         |---------------------------------------|
   |       |                   |                        |Robbins      |Ivancevich|    Other     |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |   1   |Introduction to    |Managers and Management |             |          |              |
   |       |Management         |                        |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Management Skills, Roles|   Chap. 1   | Chap. 1  |              |
   |       |                   |and Performance         |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |   Chap. 2   | Chap. 2  |              |
   |       |                   |The Evolution of        |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Management Thought      |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |   2   |Organizational     |Environment             |             |          |              |
   |       |Culture and        |                        |   Chap. 3   |          |              |
   |       |Environment        |Organizational Culture  |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |   Chap. 5   |          |              |
   |       |                   |Managerial Ethics       |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |   3   |Decision Making    |Types of Problems       |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Decision Making Process |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |   Chap. 6   | Chap. 4  |Stevenson, ch.|
   |       |                   |Rationality of Decisions|             |          |      11      |
   |       |                   |                        |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Decision Theory (methods|             |          |              |
   |       |                   |and models)             |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |   4   |Planning           |Foundations of Planning |   Chap. 7   |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |             | Chap. 3  |              |
   |       |                   |Planning Tools and      |   Chap. 9   |          |              |
   |       |                   |Techniques              |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |   5   |Organizing         |Foundations of          |             | Chap. 7  |              |
   |       |                   |Organizing              |  Chap. 10   |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |             | Chap. 8  |              |
   |       |                   |Job Design              |  Chap. 11   |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |             | Chap. 9  |              |
   |       |                   |Organization Design     |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |   6   |Human Resource     |HRM Functions           |             |          |              |
   |       |Management         |                        |  Chap. 12   | Chap. 16 |              |
   |       |                   |Interpersonal Skills    |             |          |              |
   |       |Communication      |                        |  Chap. 18   | Chap. 11 |              |
   |       |                   |Organizational          |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Communication           |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |   7   |Managing Groups and|Foundations of Behaviour|             |          |              |
   |       |Teamwork           |                        |  Chap. 14   | Chap. 10 |   Hersey,    |
   |       |                   |Groups                  |             |          |  Blanchard   |
   |       |                   |                        |  Chap. 15   | Chap. 13 |              |
   |       |                   |Teamwork                |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |   8   |Motivation and     |Motivation and          |             |          |              |
   |       |Leadership         |Performance             |  Chap. 16   |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |             | Chap. 12 |              |
   |       |                   |Theories of Motivation  |  Chap. 17   |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Leadership              |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |   9   |Controlling        |Foundations of Control  |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |  Chap. 19   | Chap. 14 |              |
   |       |                   |Production Operations   |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Control                 |  Chap. 21   | Chap. 15 |              |
   |       |                   |                        |(pp. 639-646)|          |              |
   |       |                   |Financial Control       |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |  10   |Information Systems|Organizational          |             |          |              |
   |       |in Management      |Communication           |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Management Information  |  Chap. 20   | Chap. 5  |              |
   |       |                   |                        |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Management Information  |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Systems                 |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |  11   |Managing Change and|Current Environment     |             |          |              |
   |       |Innovation         |                        |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Forces for Change       |  Chap. 13   |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Techniques for Change   |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Management              |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |  12   |Self-management    |Personal Audit          |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |                        |             |          |materials from|
   |       |                   |Time-management         |             |          |   lecturer   |
   |       |                   |                        |             |          |              |
   |       |                   |Stress-management       |             |          |              |
   |-------+-------------------+------------------------+-------------+----------+--------------|
   |  13   |EXAMINATION        |                        |             |          |              |
   +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+