This course introduces students in the International Track to the fundamental concepts, roles and functions of management, with a particular emphasis on international perspectives and intercultural collaboration. Students will explore how organizations plan, organize, lead, and control their operations, while seeing how these functions play out in different cultural and institutional contexts. Through a Collaborative Online International Project (COIL), students will engage in structured intercultural exchange and reflect on management practices, academic environments, and student life across countries.
- Enseignant éditeur: Taylor Danielle
- · Define “management”
- · Explain how core management functions are carried out across organizations
- · Reflect critically on cultural perspectives in management and teamwork
- · Collaborate effectively with international peers using online tools within a COIL program
- · Build vocabulary and frameworks for future business subjects
Part I: Management Foundations
1. What is “management”?
2. The evolution of management
3. Fayol's management functions: planning, organizing, leading and controlling
4. International perspectives on management: an introduction to cultural dimensions
Part II: Planning
1. Planning: definition, purpose, types/ levels
2. Tools for goal setting and environmental analysis
3. Planning and decision-making in diverse cultural settings
Part III: Organizing
1. Organizing: definition, purpose, types
2. Organizational structures with country comparisons
3. Organizational cultures (Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner)
Part IV: Leading & Motivation
1. Role of managers
2. Leadership theories and styles (the basics)
3. Managing diverse teams and collective performance
Part V: Controlling & Performance Management
1. Controlling: definition, purpose, 4-step process
2. Control vs. performance management
3. Performance tools and indicators
4. Cultural differences in how control is exercised
Conclusion
*This is a suggested course outline and subject to modification.
Get started with the open-source textbook:
OpenStax. (2019). Principles of management. OpenStax, Rice University. https://openstax.org/books/principles-management/pages/1-introduction
