MGT 320 Contemporary Management Principles/Practices [CRN 24452]

Overview of Course

This course will help develop the knowledge and competence you need to be an effective manager. The ability to use assets effectively and get things done through other people is vital to the success of modern organizations and your own career. So, this course will help you gain both knowledge of the principles that underlie effective management and competence in applying that knowledge to effectively manage and lead. Through the course, you will develop a greater knowledge and competence relating to:
- How to properly recognize and understand the attitudes, emotions, motivations, and ethical values that influence you, your employees, and your organization.
- How to use your knowledge about people to interact effectively with others and design organizational systems in a manner that maximizes individual, team, and organizational performance.
- How organizational, political, historic, and global forces in the environment shape your decisions and your organization’s success, sustainability, and survival.
- How to develop effective plans and strategies, make effective decisions, and monitor the performance of your organization, team, employees, and self.
- How the characteristics of leaders, followers, and situations impact the effectiveness of leaders in teams and organizations so you can effectively lead a team or organization to exceptional performance to make a difference in the world.