Management in Organizations: Top, Middle & Low-Level Managers
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Classical School of Management
Classical Management Theory (1900-1930): Definition
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- 1. Classical Management Theory (1900-1930): Definition
- 2. Bureaucracy: Max Weber's Theory of Impersonal Management
- 3. Classical Scientific School of Management
- 4. Fredrick Taylor & Management: Maximizing Productivity & Efficiency
- 5. Gantt Charts & Bar Graphs: Henry Gantt's Contributions to Management
- 6. Henri Fayol's Management Principles: Managing Departmental Task Organization
- 7. Fayol's Theories on Staff Management and Worker Satisfaction
- 8. Frank and Lillian Gilbreth's Motion Study
- 9. Classical Administrative School of Management: Managing the Organization
- 10. Mary Parker Follett: People-Oriented, Group-Network Management
- 11. Chester Barnard: Informal Organizations and Acceptance Theory
Behavioral School of Management Theory
Neoclassical Theory of Management: The Human Relations Approach
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- 1. Neoclassical Theory of Management: The Human Relations Approach
- 2. Behavioral Management Theory: Understanding Employee Behavior & Motivation
- 3. The Hawthorne Effect: The Study of Employee Productivity
- 4. The Needs Theory: Motivating Employees with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- 5. Theory X & Theory Y: Two Types of Managers
Contemporary and Future School of Management Theory
Modern Theory of Management
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- 1. Modern Theory of Management
- 2. Quantitative School of Management: Improving Managerial Decision-Making
- 3. Operations Management: Focusing on Production Efficiency & Customer Satisfaction
- 4. Management Information Systems: Using Data to Manage Operations
- 5. Systems Management Theory
- 6. Contingency School of Management
- 7. Quality School of Management: Kaizen & Reengineering Approaches
Planning as a Function of Management
Organizational Change
How Internal and External Factors Drive Organizational Change
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- 1. How Internal and External Factors Drive Organizational Change
- 2. Types of Internal Organizational Change: Structural, Strategic, People, and Process
- 3. Managerial Challenges Caused by Organizational Change
- 4. The Planned Change Process
- 5. Lewin's 3-Stage Model of Change: Unfreezing, Changing & Refreezing
- 6. Kurt Lewin's Force-Field Analysis Change Model
- 7. Kotter's 8-Step Change Model of Management
- 8. Applying Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
- 9. How Companies Become Learning Organizations
- 10. Organizational Culture and Change
Organizing in Business Management
Organizing as a Function of Management
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- 1. Organizing as a Function of Management
- 2. Organizational Design and Structure
- 3. Mechanistic & Organic Organizational Business Structures
- 4. Work Specialization in Organizations
- 5. Authority in Centralized & Decentralized Organizations
- 6. Types of Traditional Organizational Designs: Simple, Functional & Divisional Designs
- 7. Types of Contemporary Organizational Designs: Matrix, Team & Network Designs
- 8. Characteristics of Informal Organizations: The Grapevine & Informal Groups
Work Teams
Groups, Mobs & Teams in Organizations
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- 1. Groups, Mobs & Teams in Organizations
- 2. Types of Work Teams: Functional, Cross-Functional & Self-Directed
- 3. Stages of Group Development: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing & Adjourning
- 4. Becoming a Cohesive Group: Using Team Building to Increase Group Cohesion
- 5. Groupthink: Definition & Examples
- 6. Team Conflict and the Work Process
Leading in Organizations
Leadership: Leaders & Their Role in Organizations
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- 1. Leadership: Leaders & Their Role in Organizations
- 2. Management vs. Leadership: The Difference Between a Manager & Leader
- 3. Leading as a Function of Management
- 4. Leadership Orientation: Task-Oriented & People-Oriented
- 5. The Transformational Leader
- 6. The Transactional Leader
- 7. The Servant Leader
- 8. The Laissez-faire Leader
- 9. The Participative or Democratic Leader
- 10. The Authoritarian or Autocratic Leader
- 11. The Charismatic Leader
- 12. The Situational Leader
- 13. The Bureaucratic Leader
- 14. The Blake Mouton Managerial Grid: Five Leadership Styles
- 15. Personal Power: Referent and Expert Power
- 16. Positional Power: Legitimate, Coercive & Reward Power
Fiedler's Contingency Theory & a Leader's Situational Control
Motivation in the Workplace
Motivation Theory: Needs-Based & Behavior-Based
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- 1. Motivation Theory: Needs-Based & Behavior-Based
- 2. The Pygmalion Effect: Influencing Employee Behavior
- 3. Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory: Hygiene Factors & Motivation
- 4. Alderfer's ERG Theory & Employee Motivation in the Workplace
- 5. Acquired Needs Theory: Need for Achievement, Power & Affiliation
- 6. Equity Theory of Motivation: Reward & Effort
- 7. Vroom's Expectancy Theory of Employee Motivation
- 8. Thorndike's Reinforcement Theory: Using Consequences to Motivate Employees
- 9. Locke's Goal-Setting Theory: Using Goals to Advance Motivation
- 10. Reward Systems & Employee Behavior: Intrinsic & Extrinsic Rewards
- 11. Types of Job Redesign: Job Enrichment, Enlargement & Rotation
- 12. How to Empower Employees & Improve Employee Performance
- 13. Job Flexibility in the Workplace
Communication in the Workplace
Managerial Communication
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- 1. Managerial Communication
- 2. The Communication Process
- 3. Types of Communication: Interpersonal, Non-Verbal, Written & Oral
- 4. Organizational Communication
- 5. Conflict Resolution: Managing Conflict in Organizations
- 6. Mediation & Arbitration: Third-Party Interventions in Organizations
- 7. Perception, Bias & Interpreting Behavior
Controlling in Organizations
Controlling as a Function of Management
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- 1. Controlling as a Function of Management
- 2. Organizational Controls: Feedforward, Concurrent & Feedback
- 3. Financial Controls in Organizations
- 4. Budget Controls: Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Zero-Based & Flexible Budgeting
- 5. Marketing Controls: Market Research, Test Marketing & Marketing Statistics
- 6. Human Resource Controls: Appraisals, Discipline, Observations & Training
- 7. Computers and Information Controls in Organizations
Human Resources
Human Resource Management: Hiring and Staffing
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- 1. Human Resource Management: Hiring and Staffing
- 2. The Hiring Process: How Human Resource Managers Recruit and Hire Employees
- 3. New Employee Orientation: Function & Characteristics
- 4. Assessing Training Needs of an Organization
- 5. Types of Employee Training Programs
- 6. Methods for Training Employees: Mentoring, On-The-Job & Job Rotation
- 7. Human Resource Management (HRM): Laws & Regulations
- 8. Terminating an Employee: Process & Best Practices
- 9. Performance Appraisal and 360 Feedback
- 10. Understanding Employee Compensation
- 11. Function of Collective Bargaining
Strategic Management and Managerial Decision Making
The Strategic Management Process
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- 1. The Strategic Management Process
- 2. Business Environments & the Four Functions of Management
- 3. The Decision Making Process for Organizations
- 4. Decision Making for Managers: Certainty, Risk & Uncertainty
- 5. Quantitative Decision Making Tools: Decision Trees, Payback Analysis & Simulations
- 6. PERT Analysis & Project Completion
Production and Quality Assurance
Productivity, Quality, Profitability and the Role of Managers
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International Management and Contemporary Issues
Managerial Functions in the International Organization
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- 1. Managerial Functions in the International Organization
- 2. Characteristics of the International Manager in Global Organizations
- 3. Internationalization & Globalization of Businesses
- 4. Managing in International Companies
- 5. Regional Integration: Definition, Influence & Purpose
- 6. Managing a Diverse Workforce in Contemporary Organizations
- 7. Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Theory
- 8. Business Ethics in Contemporary Businesses
- 9. Social Responsibility in Organizations
- 10. E-Business Enhanced and E-Business Enabled Organizations
- 11. Creativity, Innovation, and Change and the Knowledge Economy
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Great managers are made, not born. Learn the qualities and skills of great managers in this Business 101 course. Sherri Hartzell holds both an MBA and Doctor of Education degree, so she's the ideal person to teach you all the Principles of Management.
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