Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ORGANISATION I | ||||||
Course Unit Code | ABSO103 | ||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||
Course Contents | The Nature of Management and Organizations
• Types and main forms of business organizations and the reasons for their existence.
• The various resources organizations have available for the delivery of goods and services
• The roles, functions and skills of management.
• Application of the management functions on different organizational settings
The Evolution of Management Theory
• The schools of management though, since its early evolution.
• The relevance of Classical, Behavioural, and Management Science theories to management practice
• The Contingency and Systems approaches to managerial practice.
• The factors necessitating organizations to become learning organizations.
Organizational Environment and Effectiveness
• The major micro environmental and macro environmental factors impacting business operations
• The impact of the environment on organizational and managerial decisions.
• Techniques employed by organizations to respond to environmental impacts
Organisational Ownership and Types of Structures
• Forms of business ownership
• The structure of a proprietorship, partnership and Limited liability companies
• Managing franchising and licensing
• The characteristics of mergers, acquisitions and alliances
• Special issues in Corporate ownership
The Ethical and Social Environment of Organisations
• Ethics in an Organisational context
• Managerial ethics and managing ethical behaviour
• Emerging ethical organisational issues
• Social responsibility and corporate social governance
• The role of Government in social responsibility and the influence to organisations
Information Technology effects on Management
• Managing Information and Information Technology
• Information and the manager
• Role of information in the manager’s job
• Characteristics of useful information
• Types of information systems
• The internet | ||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Lectures, discussions, presentation of case studies, movies, assignments | ||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |