DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT
Type of course:
Number of credits: 4
Hours (Lecture/Seminar/Lab): 30/15/0
Purpose and requirements of the subject:
- To get acquainted with the characteristics, rules and problems of the structure and operation of business organization from a management point of view.
- To provide the student with basic management and leadership principles that would be required at the start of work.
- The student will be able to find his/her way in the abundance of books and published methods in the subject; and will also be able to implement the acquired methods as a manager and an employee of a company.
Topics:
- The historical review of different management and leadership trends
- the classical school
- the school of Human relationships
- the systems theory school
- the contingency theory school
- other approaches
- present challenges in the social-economic environment
- leadership and the role of a leader
Leadership as a human activity
- a person in the organisation – psychology and social psychology basics
- motivation
- group behaviour
- organisation culture
- power
- conflicts in the organisation
- the functions of leadership
- leadership styles
Planning
- Strategic planning
- the processes and methods of strategic planning
- The business plan and its elements
- how do we assess a business?
- Leadership information system
- self-management
- computer aided management
- the impacts of new technologies on leadership
Decision-making
- The theoretical foundation of decision-making
- Decision-making techniques
The organisation
Basic elements of the organisation structure
Organisation forms, organisational-operational systems
