Buisness
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
COTSAKOS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Fall Semester 2012 Syllabus
MGT 2000 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (3 CREDITS)
Section 2000-03, Tuesday/Thursday 2:00pm-3:15pm, Valley Road Bldg, Rm 2009
Section 2000-61, Tuesday 6:00pm-8:40pm, Valley Road Bldg, Rm 2006
Course Instructor
Dr. Sharon A. Simmons simmonss6@wpunj.edu
1600 Valley Road, # 3070 Office Hours: One hour before class time.
Prerequisites
None
Required Textbook
DuBrin, Essentials of Management 9th, 2010, Cengage ISBN-13: 978-0-538-47823-6
Text website: http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/ISBN/9780538478236?cid=APL1
Course Overview:
This course introduces the basic principles, policies, problems, and successful methods of business organization and management. Emphasizes management’s ability to analyze, plan, coordinate, and control the varied activities of production, personnel, finance, and marketing. Also examines social responsibility and environmental factors affecting business policy and operation.
Course Objectives:
The primary goal of this course is to introduce the basic tenants of management theory and explain the interactive nature of the management process, in order to prepare students for more advanced business management courses. The course is built around a number of core objectives. By the end of the semester, you should be able to: • Define the various roles, functions, and levels of management • Present a review of major management theories and the evolution of the discipline • Define the basic stakeholder groups and their expectations • Develop critical thinking, research, oral and written communication skills • Promote an understanding of how organizations create value • Demonstrate how course topics build on one another to create integrated knowledge
Teaching / Learning Style
The course will involve a lecture format with extensive interaction between students and the instructor.
COTSAKOS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Fall Semester 2012 Syllabus
MGT 2000 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (3 CREDITS)
Section 2000-03, Tuesday/Thursday 2:00pm-3:15pm, Valley Road Bldg, Rm 2009
Section 2000-61, Tuesday 6:00pm-8:40pm, Valley Road Bldg, Rm 2006
Course Instructor
Dr. Sharon A. Simmons simmonss6@wpunj.edu
1600 Valley Road, # 3070 Office Hours: One hour before class time.
Prerequisites
None
Required Textbook
DuBrin, Essentials of Management 9th, 2010, Cengage ISBN-13: 978-0-538-47823-6
Text website: http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/ISBN/9780538478236?cid=APL1
Course Overview:
This course introduces the basic principles, policies, problems, and successful methods of business organization and management. Emphasizes management’s ability to analyze, plan, coordinate, and control the varied activities of production, personnel, finance, and marketing. Also examines social responsibility and environmental factors affecting business policy and operation.
Course Objectives:
The primary goal of this course is to introduce the basic tenants of management theory and explain the interactive nature of the management process, in order to prepare students for more advanced business management courses. The course is built around a number of core objectives. By the end of the semester, you should be able to: • Define the various roles, functions, and levels of management • Present a review of major management theories and the evolution of the discipline • Define the basic stakeholder groups and their expectations • Develop critical thinking, research, oral and written communication skills • Promote an understanding of how organizations create value • Demonstrate how course topics build on one another to create integrated knowledge
Teaching / Learning Style
The course will involve a lecture format with extensive interaction between students and the instructor.