《Management》syllabus

Course Number:           2110010801

Course Name:               Management

Instructors:                    Fan Zhiyong

Required Text:              Management Writing team. Management [M]. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2019.

Course Description:      Management is the basic and core course for business administration majors. As a forerunner, it lays the theoretical foundation and thinking paradigm for other subsequent courses. The courses include the introduction to management, the historical evolution of Chinese and western management ideas and theories, decision-making, planning, organization, leadership, control, innovation and other knowledge. Through the study of this course, students will be familiar with the theoretical system of management, master the basic concepts and methods of management, update management concepts, enrich management literacy, understand the latest development trend of management, and be able to use the basic concepts, principles and methods of management to analyze and explain management phenomena and activities, so as to discover and solve management problems. They can deeply study and absorb Chinese management ideas and wisdom, build up cultural confidence, learn management, apply management, and enjoy the happiness and effectiveness of management.

Credit/Teaching Hours

Outline of UG CPC Topics Covered in this Course:    (3Credits/48 Teaching Hours)

I. Chapter 1 Challenges of Management                   3 Teaching hours

Section 1 Basic Concepts of management

Section 2 Management functions and processes

Section 3 Roles and skills of managers

  Section 4r Basic principles and methods of management

  Section 5 The background of The Times of management activities

II. Chapter 2 Evolution of Management Thought             5 Teaching hours

    Section one Chinese traditional management thought

    Section 2 Classical management theory

    Section 3 Modern management theory

III. Chapter 3 Decision Making                           5 Teaching hours

    Section 1 Decision-making and the decision-making process

    Section 2 Environmental analysis

    Section 3 Decision-making methods

    Section 4 Decision implementation

IV. Chapter 4 Goals and Plans                            3 Teaching hours

Section 1: Meaning and Types of Goals and plans

Section 2 Preparation of objectives and plans

V. Chapter 5 Implementation of the Plan                    2 Teaching hours

    Section 1 Management by Objectives

    Section 2 Budget Management

    Section 3 PDCA

VI. Chapter 6 Organization Design                         5 Teaching hours

    Section 1 Overview of organization design

    Section 2 Organization hierarchy and departmentalization

    Section 3 Organizational structure

VII. Chapter 7 Staffing                                   3 Teaching hours

    Section 1 Staffing tasks, job content and principles

Section 2 Personnel selection and Recruitment

    Section 3 Personnel performance evaluation

    Section 4 Personnel training and development

Ⅷ.. Chapter 8 Organizational Change and Organizational Culture 2 Teaching hours

    Section 1 Organizational Change

    Section 2 Composition and function of organizational culture

    Section 3 Shaping of organizational culture

Ⅸ.. Chapter 9 Leadership Theory                            5 Taught hours

    Section 1 Leaders and Managers

    Section 2 Leadership trait theory

    Section 3 Theory of leadership behavior

    Section 4 Contingency theory of leadership

    Section 5 New development of leadership theory

Chapter 10 Motivation                                     3 Teaching hours

    Section 1 Fundamentals of Motivation

    Section 2 Motivation theory

Section three incentive methods

Xi. Chapter 11 Communication                              2 Teaching hours

    Section 1 Communication and Types of communication

    Section 2 Communication barriers and their overcoming

    Section 3 Conflict management

Xii. Team Management                                    2 Teaching hours

    Section 1 Team Overview

Section 2 Team spirit

    Section 3 Team building

    Section 4 Team communication and motivation

XIII. Chapter 13 Types and Processes of Control                3Teaching hours

    The first section is the connotation and principle of control

    Section 2 Types of control

    Section 3 The process of control

XIV. Chapter 14 Methods and Techniques of Control            3 Teaching hours

    Section 1 Hierarchical Control, Market Control, and Group Control

    Section 2 Quality control methods

    Section 3 Information technology of management control

XV. Chapter 15 Innovation                                 2 Teaching hours

    Section 1 The Innovation function of organizational management

    Section 2 Types and contents of management innovation

    Section 3 The process and management of innovation

    Section 4 Innovation and learning organization

               Total (Teaching Hours)                                                                  48  

Summary of UG CPC Topics Covered in this Course:                   (48Teaching Hours)