Details for MAN101 Introduction to Management

This foundational subject equips students with the essential management skills needed to design roles, recruit effectively, train teams, and develop fair compensation structures. By integrating these skills, students will be prepared to enhance job satisfaction and productivity within organisations, considering ethical and responsible management practices from a Christian perspective.

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: MAN101
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

This unit has no prerequisites.

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of managerial work in organisations and its application; 
2. Outline and explain how planning, organizing, controlling and leading are conducted in an organisational setting; 
3. Examine the role of social responsibility and ethics in management; 
4. Identify the development of management and factors impacting the organisation’s internal/external environments. 
5. Assess and compare leadership styles and discuss strategies for employee motivation.

Subject Content

1. History of organisations
2. Managing organisations
3. What managers do
4. The evolution of management
5. Managing in the 21st century
6. Responsible and sustainable management: A Christian perspective
7. Strategy, plans and decision-making
8. Organisational structure and design
9. Leadership styles
10. Contemporary management perspectives

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to face (extensive)
• Face to face (intensive)
• E-learning (online)

Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Interview Analysis (15%)
• Case Study Report (20%)
• Management Scenario Analysis and Role Play (25%)
• Exam (40%)

 

Prescribed Text

• Kinicki, Williams, Scott-Ladd, Perry, Groth, Ward & Mitchell. (2020). Management: A Practical Introduction (3rd ed.). McGraw Hill Education.