Management Theory & Practice

Part One – Management Theory
Introduction
Management: An introduction
Classical Theories of Management
The search for principles of management
Bureaucracy
Human Relations and Social Psychological Theories
Motivation – what motivates people?
Motivation – how motivation occurs
Theories of Leadership and Group Behaviour
Leadership – theory and practice
Groups and teams
Systems and Contingency Approaches to Management Theory
Organisations and systems
Contingency approaches to management
Contemporary Approaches to Management Theory
Value-driven responsive organisations
Managing the supply chain
Part Two – Management in Practice
The Context of Management
The business environment
Organisations
Organisational culture
Diversity
Strategy
Decision making in organisations
Strategic aspects of management
Strategy in practice
Managing strategy
Organising for Management
Organising the workforce – organisation structures and designs
Organising work
Organising for innovation
Organising for engagement
Reorganising – managing change
Organising communications
Organising yourself – the manager’s role
Control in Management
Organisational control
Managing quality
Managing risk
Part Three – Functional Management: Marketing, Operations Management, HRM, Financial and IT
Marketing Management
Marketing fundamentals
The marketing mix: product and price
The marketing mix: distribution
The marketing mix: promotion
Customer-oriented marketing approaches
Operations Management
Managing the procurement function
Managing the logistics function
Managing the operations function
Operations technology
HRM
Human resource management
Resourcing: recruitment, selection and appointment
Performance management and human resource development
The employment relationship
International human resource management
Financial Aspects of Management
Financial and management accounting – an introduction
Budgeting process, pricing and capital investment decisions
Information Resource Management
The role of information technology and business information systems
Managing information systems
Part Four – Global Management
Global management
Managing globally