This course is based on the basic understanding of how business environment changed and transformed business life; so what kind of the implications for management practices emerge. The ultimate aim of the course is to combine both theoretical and practical perspectives so that students can understand how managers can apply what they have gained.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Principle Sources
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introducing Modern Management: Concepts and Skills
Lecture, discussion
2. Week
Managing History and Current Thinking
Lecture, discussion
3. Week
Plans and Planning Tools
Lecture, discussion
4. Week
Making Decisions
Lecture, discussion
5. Week
Strategic Planning: Strategies, Tactics, and Competitive Dynamics
Lecture, discussion
6. Week
Fundamentals of Organizing
Lecture, discussion
7. Week
Midterm Exam
EXAM
8. Week
Responsibility, Authority, and Delegation
Lecture, discussion
9. Week
Human Resource Management
Lecture, discussion
10. Week
Changing Organizations: Stress, Conflict, and Virtuality
Lecture, discussion
11. Week
Influencing and Communication
Lecture, discussion
12. Week
Leadership
Lecture, discussion
13. Week
Motivation
Lecture, discussion
14. Week
Groups and Teams
Controlling
Lecture, discussion
15. Week
FINAL
EXAM
16. Week
FINAL
EXAM
17. Week
FINAL
EXAM
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
20
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
2
20
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Demonstrates a basic level of understanding in related disciplines (such as economics, sociology, psychology, quantitative sciences, etc.) that form a foundation for business administration, and makes use of and applies them to the field of business.
PO-2
Applies mathematical, scientific, and social knowledge to business problems.
PO-3
Demonstrates a basic level of understanding in business functions and management (such as management, production, marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, behavioral sciences, etc.) and interprets the theoretical arguments focusing on interactions between the actors and the cultures in the field.
PO-4
Determines how to use acquired theoretical and practical knowledge and skills related to business in application and field analysis and applies them.
PO-5
Identifies and evaluates the relations in the field of business; describes the problems and presents analytical solutions through modeling and interpreting (critical thinking).
PO-6
Designs a business process in any functional stage that complies with identified objectives.
PO-7
Develop effective business communication skills (written-verbal/formal-informal).
PO-8
Owns effective working skills individually or on a team in business and multidisciplinary fields.
PO-9
Acts with a sense of professional and ethical responsibility.
PO-10
Improves effective verbal and written communication skills in English, and acquires competence in a minimum of one foreign language.
PO-11
Acquires basic knowledge about sustainable business understanding, sustainable business functions, and the concept of sustainability.
PO-12
In line with the requirements of the digital age, they gain experience and knowledge to see and analyze the business as a whole, analyze market behavior, sales, and planning, budget management, financing, create a strategy, read competitor strategies, construct scenarios and performance evaluation skills through teamwork on a virtual simulation program.
PO-13
Having both basic computer usage knowledge and advanced Excel usage knowledge required by the business world for writing formulas, data analysis, modeling, and using macros.
PO-14
Acquires knowledge and skills about current information systems and how to use these systems in business problems.
writing formulas, data analysis, modeling, and using macros.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Realizing and making sense of basic concepts of management and organization;
LO-2
Comprehending the evolution of managerial thought and their reflections on today’s business life;
LO-3
Realizing and making sense of changing dynamics of contemporary understanding of management and organization;
LO-4
Appreciate the main differences between managers and leaders; contemporary leadership practices;
LO-5
Finding out how to relate motivation to management;
LO-6
Realizing the ways of managing communication and resolving conflicts in business life,
LO-7
Appreciate how to absorb innovative practices that are inevitable and main driving power of many industries, so during this process how to manage change and overcome resistance to it.
