Bachelor 2023/2024

Management: Concepts and Technologies of the 21st Century

Type: Compulsory course (International Business)

Area of studies: Management

Delivered by: Department of Strategic and International Management

Where: Graduate School of Business

When: 1 year, 3, 4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Sergei Shaposhnikov

Language: English

ECTS credits: 4

Contact hours: 48

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course analyzes principles of management and includes principles, theory and functions of management. The course also addresses the management process, leadership strategies for motivation, decision-making and delegating, planning and the communication process. One of the important aspects of this course is the application of the theory to practical management issues. The course scope includes the modern definition of management as accomplishment of an organization’s goals, through organization of work, motivation of others, staffing of positions, control of labor and material, and evaluation of completed work. Because management was not instantaneously developed but evolved over a long period of time, historical evolution of management principles and theory is also addressed. In addition, topics covered include modern theories of organization; the functions of management, external/ internal environmental aspects bearing on managerial responsibility; development of practical management policy as guides to managerial decision-making.

Learning Objectives

• Gain practical skills and personal attributes and competencies that is required for managerial position.
• Outline the historical evolution of management theories.
• Explain how decisions are made within an organization and how those decisions are communicated to the various stakeholders.
• Relate the basic concepts of planning: the importance of planning, strategic planning, and the types of objectives and plans developed by organizations.
• Describe the various forms of structure available to an organization.
• Describe the control process including: the importance of control, tools for measuring organizational performance, and managerial actions.
• Understand analytical, developmental, managerial and technical skills relate to Managing organizations.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Can explain how organizational concepts have changed and what impact this has had on changing management approaches.
• Can explain the basic concepts, theories, and concepts of management and the relationships between them on an intuitive level and using professional terminology.
• Can identify the key elements of an organization's internal and external environment, and has an understanding of current methods for analyzing them.
• Can explain the role of organization mission, distinguish it from the goal, knows the main principles of goal-setting, can formulate SMART goals.
• Can characterize the main types of organizational structures, their main parameters and principles of their design.
• Can identify the main factors that determine human behavior in an organization at individual (e.g., motivation), group and organizational (e.g., corporate culture) levels.
• Can identify the processes and operations in organization.

Course Contents

• Organization and management
• The theory and practice of management
• External and internal environment of the organization
• Basics of strategic management and organizational planning
• Organizational structures
• People in the organization
• Management of processes and operations

Assessment Elements

• Individual readiness and class participation
  Each student is expected to take an active part in the discussion and to provide meaningful analysis and persuasive arguments to support their points. Students earn their marks by contributing their evaluations and judgements to the discussion. Each student's preparedness and contribution to class discussions will be assessed on an ongoing basis. Consideration will be given to the quality of preparation work handed in at the start of each class, as well as the quality of comments, questions, non-verbal feedback and demonstrated listening skills.
• Team case presentation and analysis
  Students will be assigned to a team for the purpose of case preparation and discussion, followed by a formal in-class oral report of a case analysis. All students are expected to actively participate in case discussion and analysis, prepare a team presentation and lead discussion. Students will receive a joint team mark for effectiveness in problem solving, application of concepts and theories, and effective recommendations. No written report is required for the presenting team.
• Final Examination
• Individual written essay
  Students are required to work on an essay and consult with the instructor in choosing their paper topics. The 15-page (typed, 1.5 spaced, including endnotes, bibliography, and graphs and tables) term paper is due at the last class of instruction (to be submitted by email). Plagiarism is prohibited, the information, data, and/or ideas that are obtained from other sources for use in the paper must be cited and referred to in the paper. The paper should identify the question to be addressed, discuss its relevance to the purpose of the course.
• Weekly Quizzes
  Every week we test the students' knowledge (quizzes - 10 multiple choice questions).

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 4th module
  0.4 * Final Examination + 0.05 * Individual readiness and class participation + 0.05 * Individual readiness and class participation + 0.2 * Individual written essay + 0.1 * Team case presentation and analysis + 0.1 * Team case presentation and analysis + 0.05 * Weekly Quizzes + 0.05 * Weekly Quizzes

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• A history of management thought, Witzel, M., 2012
• Essentials of strategic management, Pitt, M., 2012
• Management challenges for the 21st century, Drucker, P. F., 2007
• Идеальный руководитель. Почему им нельзя стать и что из этого следует, пер. с англ. Т. Гутман, 9-е изд., 262 с., Адизес, И. К., 2016
• Классики менеджмента : энциклопедия: пер. с англ., Уорнер М., 2001
• Организационная структура предприятий : учеб.- метод. пособие, Коноков, Д. Г., 1998

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Budgeting practice and organisational structure, Dugdale, D., 2010
• Managing in the next society, Drucker, P. F., 2007
• Tomorrow's HR Management : 48 Thought Leaders Call for Change, , 1997
• Открытая организация : страсть, приносящая плоды, Уайтхерст, Д., 2019