Management – QTRE303: Syllabus and Materials
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Mr.Ngo Quy Nham
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course prepares students with a comprehensive explanation to management principles and practices. It provides students with an introduction to contemporary management concepts and skills. It also encourages students to apply these concepts and skills into practice. Through the course, students are expected to improve their understandings of management and skills to manage their study and personal lives.
Syllabus: QTRE303 Fundamental of Management
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knowledge
- Understand fundamental management concepts; explain the functions, roles, and skills of managers
- Explain the internal and external factors and forces of the organization that managers must confront in their daily work.
- Explain the process, types and tools of managerial decision making
- Explain the process of planning in general and strategic management in particular as well as the tools, models in business planning and strategic management.
- Explain different concepts of organizational structure, process of organization designing, types of organizational structure.
- Explain the key concepts and models of motivations and leadership, the process of leadership.
- Explain the process of managerial controlling, the key characteristics of effective controlling system, as well as types of managerial controlling and their application.
Skills
- Ability to demonstrate critical thinking when presented with managerial problems;
- Build and enhance problem-solving and decision-making ability in management situations in general, and in human resource management in particular.
- Build self-learning and self-study skills
- Improve human skills such as team working, communication and presentation.
Attitude
Goal 12: Be cooperative and proactive in teamwork
COURSE SCHEDULE AND MATERIALS
(Click on the TITLE of each unit in the content column to get the materials for the unit)
| No. | Content | Time Allocation | |||
| Hour(s) on the class | Assignments | Self-study with teacher’s tutorials | |||
| Lecture | Seminar | ||||
| 1 | Unit 01: Introduction to Management
Unit 01 Introduction to Management_handout Seminar No1: |
6 |
0 |
12 |
|
| 2 | Business Environment | 3 | 0 |
6 |
|
| 3 | Seminar No2: |
0 |
3 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
|
4 |
Managerial Decision Making
Unit03 Decision Making_handout Seminar No3 |
3 |
0 | 6 | |
|
5 |
Planning and goal-setting |
3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
|
6 |
Strategic Management Reading: Can You Say What Your Strategy Is |
3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Seminar No.4: |
0 |
3 | 4.5 |
1.5 |
| 8 | Organizational Structure and Design |
3 |
0 | Midterm |
6 |
| 9 | Seminar No.5: |
0 |
3 | 4.5 |
1.5 |
| 10 | Effective Leading |
3 |
0 |
6 |
|
| 11 | Seminar No.6 |
0 |
3 | 4.5 |
1.5 |
| 12 | Motivating Employees
|
3 |
0 | 0 |
6 |
| 13 | Seminar No.7: |
0 |
3 | 4.5 |
1.5 |
| 14 | Controlling
|
3 |
0 |
6 |
|
| Total | 30 | 15 | 22.5 |
67.5 |
|
READING MATERIALS
- Robbins, Stephen P, and Coulter, Mary. (2014) Management, 14th Edition, Prentice Hall
