Fundamentals of management 2600-DSFRdz1PZ

1. Management - basic concepts and definitions
• Management definitions
• The concept and essence of management
• The essence of management at the organizational level
• The essence of management at the process level
• The essence of management at the position level
• Management – science, practice or art?
2. Characteristics of the organization
• The concept and definition of an organization
• Systemic approach to organization
• Types of organizations
• Stakeholders and the organization's environment
3. Schools and fields of management
• Classic school of management
• Behavioral school
• Quantitative (mathematics) school
• Systemic approach
• Situational approach
• Integrative approach
4. Analysis of the decision-making process in the organization
• Decisions and decision-making process
• Problem and problem solving
• Conditions of the decision-making process
• Decision theory, models and techniques of decision-making
5. Goal management and planning in the organization
• Organizational goals and management through goals
• The essence and goals of planning
• Planning stages
• Planning methods and techniques
• Types of plans and their usefulness
• Planning barriers
6. Strategic management
• The essence of strategic management
• Strategy – essence, features and functions
• Hours of preparation and implementation of the strategy
• Strategic analysis and its methods
• Principles of strategic management
• Types of strategies
7. Organizing in management
• The essence and stages of organizing
• Formalization of the organization
• Organizational structures and their types
• Conditions for the selection of organizational structures
8. Change management
• Life cycle of the organization and its changes
• Types of organizational changes
• Preparing changes in the organization
• Models of the change process
• Innovation and entrepreneurship in the organization
• Behavior towards change
9. Models and types of power and authority
• The essence and sources of leadership
• Styles of manager behavior at work
• Leadership and leadership styles
• Management grid
• Scope and conditions of delegation of authority
10. The essence of motivation and motivating
• Motivation models
• Theories of motivation
• Remuneration and intangible forms of motivation
• Principles of motivating employees
11. Human resources management
• The essence of human resources management
• Employment planning
• Recruitment of employees
• Performance evaluation
• Development of human resources
• Management through conflict in the organization
12. Culture and ethics in the organization
• The concept of organizational culture
• Model of organizational culture according to E. Schein
• Functions of organizational culture
• Typologies of cultures
• Conditions of organizational culture
• Management through culture
• Ethics in management
13. Social responsibility of the organization
• Scope and types of organizational responsibilities
• The essence of social responsibility of organizations in historical terms
• Selected models of organizational social responsibility
• Selected CRS programs
• Instruments for introducing CRS by the organization
14. Control and controlling
• The essence of control in an organization
• Basic types of control
• Management of control processes
• Control functions and dysfunctions
• Controlling in management – its essence, types and applications
15.Internationalization and international management
• The essence and conditions of internationalization
• Types and forms of internationalization of the organization's activities
• Basic theories of internationalization of organizations
• Management of an international organization