This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles, and associated with the management of modern organizations. The course introduces students to the issues related to how managers deal with the diversity of issues faced in the effective and efficient management of organizations.
The themes of the course center on how managers deal with the multiple demands of complex and turbulent environments, promote and sustain competitive advantage, manage changing social, political and technological factors inside and outside the organization, ensure ethical and social responsibility, develop global organizations and manage diversity in the workforce. Furthermore, the course explores how management tackles strategy, structures, people and systems. The main roles of modern management - planning, leading, innovating, organizing and controlling - are also examined.