POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF NYU
FALL 2008
EXECUTIVE DEGREE PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND DECISION MAKING
COURSE OUTLINE
MANAGEMENT 6103
PROFESSOR: EDWARD GREENBAUM
TELEPHONE 914-834-7939
FAX 914-834-7939
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Fall 2008
MG 6103
Course Outline
Professor: Edward Greenbaum
Tel. # 914-834-7939
e-mail:
Course Description
A preparatory course on those roles and functions of the manager that are primarily internal to the organization. Emphasis on planning, organizing and controlling in a continually innovating and changing organization. The introduction of the history of management theory and business history will be covered. An emphasis on the role and function of the manager in the contemporary and emerging organizational structures will be stressed.
Course Requirements
In addition to required readings there are assigned exercises and case studies. The reading are intended to provide you with concepts, history and theory while the exercises are intended to help you develop analytical skills.
Assignments are to be completed before the next class session so that discussions will be revelent to the materials assigned.
Course Grades
Attendance and Participation 30%
Case Studies Commentary 25%
Mid-Term Examination 15%
Final Examination 30%
Major components of grading will include but not limited to the following:
· Close relationship of topics under study and the materials discussed in class and/or written for homework and examinations
· Clarity of thought and statements for critical items
Required Text:
Management By: Daft, Richard L.,
The Dryden Press, 8th Edition
Course Procedures:
Lecture and discussion of current literature, case study, exercises, and class discussion of assignment material.
Office Hours:
One hour before each class, located in our assigned classroom.
SYLLABUS
Class #1A
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
A. Present status of the business world
B. How will business react?
C. The new management paradigm
ASSIGNMENTS:
All assignments are to be read prior to the next class.
Daft-Read Chapters 1, 2, 3
Class #1B
FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT UNDERSTANDING
A. Specific movements shaping management
B. Recent trends – (Globalization, Learning Organization, Diversity).
C. Ebbs and flows of management innovations.
D. Are you executive material?
READING ASSIGNMENTS:
Daft – Read Chapters 3 & 4
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
A. Written critical analysis of the articles on case study distributed.
B. How would you define management in your own words.
C. Describe your own corporate culture.
D. What policies or actions would you recommend to an entrepreneurial business wanting to do business in Europe?
Class #2A
THE ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGEMENT
A. Corporate Culture
B. Global Environment
C. Shaping Corporated Culture
D. Managing in a Global Society
ASSIGNMENTS:
Daft – Read Chapters 5 & 6
Class #2B
MANAGERIAL ETHICS & CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
A. Criteria & factors affecting ethical choices.
B. Ethics and the management revolution.
C. What is and who are entrepreneurs?
D. Entrepreneurs hip in a growing business.
ASSIGNMENT:
Daft – Read Chapters 7 & 8
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
A. Written reaction to the Manville Corporation.
B. Imagine yourself in a situation of being encouraged to inflate your expense account. Do you think your choice would be most affected by your individual moral development, or the cultural values of the company for which you worked? Explain.
C. Why would small business ownership have great appeal to immigrants, women and minorities?
D. Submit up-to-date resume
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Class #3A
PLANNING (A)
A. Organizational goal setting and planning.
1. Organization’s mission goals, plans and objectives.
2. The strategic management process.
ASSIGNMENT:
Daft – Read Chapter 9
Class #3B
PLANNING (B)
A. Managerial decision making.
1. Types of decisions and problems.
2. Decision making steps.
3. Increasing participation in decision making.
4. Improving decision making breadth and creativity.
ASSIGNMENT:
Daft – Read Chapters 10, 11 & 12
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
A. Written critical analysis of the articles or case study distributed. (Toyota)
B. Define your company’s goals and plans and explain the relationship between them.
C. Diagnosing the leadership sheet.
D. What is meant by the core competence and synergy components of strategy? Examples.
.E. Apply for the posted position
Class #4A
ORGANIZING (A)
A. Organizing the vertical structure.
1. Chain of command.
2. Authority, responsibility and delegation.
3. Centralization and decentralization.
4. Global matrix.
B. Structural design to achieve strategic goals.
1. Reengineering.
2. Task force and teams.
ASSIGNMENT:
Daft – Read Chapters 12& 13
Class #4B
ORGANIZING (B)
A. Model of planned organizational change.
B. Implementing change.
C. Organizational Development.
D. Human Resource management.
1. Attracting and maintaining an effective workforce.
ASSIGNMENT:
Daft – Read Chapters 14, 15, 16
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
A. Written critical analysis of the articles or case study distributed. – (Kelly Case Study)
B. What is the basis of your own specific organization for grouping positions and departments, and department into the goal organization.
C. Has your organization brought about change recently?
1. How did they go about it?
2. Was it successful?
3. What obstacles did it endure?
D. Explain the role of human resource in your own specific organization.
Class #5A
LEADING (A)
A. Leadership versus Management.
B. Power and Leadership traits.
C. Behavioral approaches.
D. Foundations of motivations.
ASSIGNMENT:
Daft – Read Chapters 17 & 18
Class #5B
LEADING (B)
A. Theories of motivation.
B. Job design for motivation.
C. Empowerment and new motivational programs
D. Teamwork in organizations.
1. Managing team conflict.
ASSIGNMENT:
Daft – Read Chapters 19 & 20
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
A. List the sources of power that would be available to a leader of a government organization. To be effective, should leader keep power to themselves or delegate power to other employees?
B. List theories about motivation that underlie the switch from salary to commission pay?
C. Case Study – Pilot Prep
Class #6A
CONTROLLING (A)
A. Strategic Planning and Quality control.
B. Control approaches to quality.
C. Elements of effective organizational control.
D. The Budgeting process.
ASSIGNMENT:
Daft – Read Chapters 20, 21, 22
Class #6B
CONTROLLING (B)
A. Information technology.
1. Data versus Information.
B. Types of Information.
C. Implementation of Information Technology.
D. Inventory management.
E. Managing productivity.
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
A. Written critical analysis of the articles on case study distributed. (“for best results, forget the bonus”)
B. Explain the difference among fixed costs, variable costs, and discretionary costs. In which situation would each be used?
C. According to zero-based budgeting, a department that cannot justify a budget will cease to exist. Do you think this actually happens under zero-based budgeting? Discuss.
D. What criteria should be used to determine if an information system is effective?
Class #7A
THE NEW GENERATION
A. The learning organization
1. The learning manager
B. Horizontal Structure
C. Employee Empowerment
D. The changing social contract
E. The changing nature of careers.
F. Maintaining the momentum of change.
ASSIGNMENT:
PREPARE FOR FINAL EXAMINATION
Class #7B
FINAL EXAM