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A functional, process-based approach
Combines the traditional and current views of management, organized around a manager's actual functions.
Diploma in Business Administration and Management
Five functions hold up every organization. These are them
Planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling. A tour through management principles that blends the traditional view with the current one, built around a functional and process-based approach.
A good starting point if you're about to take on your first leadership role.
Diploma from a U.S. university
Highly qualified faculty
Personalized classes
International network
The diploma
Business Administration and Management
Presents a blend of current and traditional views of management, built around a functional and process-based approach: basic management principles and the theory of organizing, staffing, leading and control functions.
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Local and global business
Understand and apply functional-area concepts in both a local and an international, multicultural context.
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Ethical, standards-based practice
Discuss and apply ethical and regulatory practices, and build competency in information systems and quantitative techniques.
Syllabus
Four weeks, four stages
Presents a blend of current and traditional views of management, built around a functional and process-based approach: basic management principles and the theory of organizing, staffing, leading and control functions.
01Week 1
The manager and their environment
How management thinking has evolved and what being a manager means today. Values, attitudes, emotions and culture: the manager as a person.
Evolution of management thinkingEthics and social responsibilityGlobal environmentDiverse teams
02Week 2
Decisions and strategy
The decision-making process and how a manager uses it to plan. The manager as planner and strategist.
Decision makingLearning and creativityEntrepreneurshipStrategic planning
03Week 3
Structure, value chain and control
Value-chain management and functional strategies for competitive advantage. Organizational structure, culture, control and organizational change.
Value chainOrganizational structureCultureControl and change
04Week 4
People, leadership and communication
Human-resource management and motivation techniques. Leadership styles, effective teams, communication, and managing conflict, politics and negotiation.
Motivation and performanceLeadership stylesEffective teamsConflict managementInformation technology
Upon graduating
Upon graduating
- Describe how modern management theory evolved and how it applies today.
- Discuss the principles of ethical and professional business conduct.
- Explain workforce management in a diverse business environment.
- Describe the decision-making process and its use in planning.
- Outline the characteristics of organizational structure and control.
- Apply human-resource management, including motivation techniques.
- Describe and distinguish between various leadership styles.
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