Syllabus of Management

I. Textbook:

Management & other materials available.

Students are expected to read various textbooks on management before and after classes.

II. Course Description:

Management is the study of the principal functions and skills of people who work in organization structures to gain surplus. It is a course guiding people to accomplish organizational goals both effectively and efficiently. It is a course for practical activities in the classroom and outdoor involvements, with an overview of social and institutional issues pertaining to the public and private sectors.

III. Primary Course Objectives:

1) A good understanding of the key principles of Management;

2) A full view of the role and functions of a manager or a leader;

3) Basic skills to manage human resources;

4) Capacity to percept managerial dilemmas and envision improvement.

The main purpose of this course, to be short, is to build up an operational framework capacity of a qualified manager or leader among the students.

IV. Format:

A participatory learning seminar will be employed as much as possible. A combination of lectures, discussions, presentations, case analysis, and guest speakers provide several vehicles for presenting course concepts.

V. Structure:

The course will be divided into roughly 2 major parts. The first part will concentrate mainly on management theories and knowledge. This part will be delivered by PowerPoint with classroom discussions and interventions. The second part is devoted to managerial skills applications in reality. This practical part consists of a team project that will be implemented by a team of 4 that are determined to change the poor situations in a typical environment.

VI. Schedule:

Date Topics Capacity Building

4-24 (pre-) Self-introduction Group discussion

A glimpse of management Presentation

4-28 (pre-) Review, participatory learning Selecting a team project

Brainstorming (Decision making)

5-12 Management functions Presenting team project titles

Manager & leader Traits of a manager

5-19 Scientific management Finalizing team project titles

Organization culture, ethics How org. goes international?

5-26 Decision making process A case analysis:

A case in S. Korea, taxi policy How to make faultless decisions?

6-2 Planning tools & techs Plans for team interventions

Guest speaker: Breakeven An internship reports * MT

6-9 Organizing, structures VCD: The Forbidden City *

Change & innovation Innovations to the captioned project

6-16 Staffing, human resources Roles of team members

Teamwork (Empowerment)

6-23 Leading, leadership theories How to be subordinates/followers?

Know-how of a manager/leader (Creative thinking)

6-30 Coordinating in different cultures Sharing experiences in conflict

Trust & negotiation management of the team project

7-7 Controlling types & tools Poverty reduction paper: a

Evaluations, discipline practical example *

7-14 Wrapping up, instruction evaluation Group presentations of captioned

Final class meeting projects, group reports

NB: 1. (pre-) refers to preparatory class. 2. Those marked * will be presented by the instructor.

This schedule is subject to change, as the situation permits and the class prefer.

VII. Evaluation:

The performances of the students will be evaluated from the following points:

1) Attendance of class and group activities;

2) Cooperation with other group members;

3) Creative thinking and new ideas;

4) Pragmatic attitude and behavior;

5) Challenging difficulties and innovative schemes;

6) Informed-decision making;

7) Active leadership with constructive visions; and

8) Neat and fine papers with solid grounds.

Above is the syllabus of Management which I use resently to guide my instruction of the course to 50 students who are going abroad for Master's degrees in Public Administration and Business Management. I hope it is informative and constructive for the improvement of the Zhuang Web and the development of the Zhuang community as well.