MAN 3303 - Management & Leadership Practices

College of Business

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2016 (510)

Requisites

Admission to Business Administration (Bachelor of Science) (BUS-BS) or
Admission to International Business (Bachelor of Applied Science) (INTBUS-BAS) or
Admission to Management and Organizational Leadership (Bachelor of Applied Science) (MGTORG-BAS) or
Admission to Technology Development and Management (Bachelor of Applied Science) (TMGT-BAS) or
Admission to Public Safety Administration (Bachelor of Applied Science) (PSA-BAS) or
Admission to Educational Studies and Community Leadership (Bachelor of Science) (EDST-BS)

Course Description

This course presents concepts, principles, and techniques of business management and leadership in a dynamic organizational environment. This course will incorporate management skill development as it relates to the core aspects of leadership. The student will be empowered to facilitate organizational objectives through techniques such as planning, organizing, controlling, and leading.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of management and leadership methodologies as a systematic approach to achieving business objectives by:
    1. identifying the theoretical foundations for successful leadership and management in today’s organizations.
    2. comparing and contrasting the concepts of leadership and management.
    3. analyzing various definitions of leadership and management.
    4. identifying the various leadership and management categories.
    5. examining the traditional and contemporary styles of leadership and management that best support a successful role as manager.
    6. evaluating management opportunities in a variety of settings.
  2. The student will apply the principles and processes of business management to manage effectively by:
    1. identifying management role models in positions of leadership.
    2. discussing the impact that personal characteristics and traits have on management.
    3. identifying the essentials of management behaviors and thought processes.
  3. The student will develop an understanding of effective management and leadership behaviors and their impact on attitudes, motivation, commitment, trust and self confidence of subordinates and colleagues by:
    1. explaining the relationship between management and organizational resources.
    2. identifying barriers to effective communication and describing ways to overcome them.
    3. explaining how a manager effectively enhances cross cultural communication.
    4. explaining the leadership and management process and its various components.
  4. The student will analyze the management environment to enhance value creation, innovation, and change management by:
    1. identifying the management role and tasks at different levels of an organization.
    2. applying appropriate techniques regarding communications and behavior.
    3. integrating techniques and technologies to enable measurement and acquiring relevant information of all resources for the management process.
    4. formulating an approach to be appropriate to the organization and environment of the management scope including intrapreneurship, innovation, stability, preparing for growth, reduced use of all resources, etc.
    5. evaluating appropriate actions and responses to contemporary issues such as security, risk, diversity, economic climate, globalization, ethics, the law, and nature.
  5. The student will identify plans and organize resources for achieving the organizational goals by:
    1. determining the organizational role of a manager, structures, and influence across structural boundaries.
    2. assessing the value of organizational structures and how they may be adapted to improve organizational outcomes.
    3. appraising the value of people and methods of working with human resources to hire, evaluate, and terminate employees.
    4. comparing alternative staffing methodologies to achieve medium and long-term organizational objectives.
    5. integrating organizational areas such as finance, budget, and purchasing.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of this course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I 10/12/04, BOT 11/16/04 Effective 20042(0345). C&I 4/25/06, BOT 6/20/06, Effective 20061(0370). C&I 5/26/2009, BOT 7/21/2009, Effective 20091(0415). C&I Approval: 03/23/2010, BOT Approval: 04/21/2010, Effective Term: Summer 2010 (425).
C&I Approval: 04/24/2015, BOT Approval: 06/16/2015, Effective Term: Spring 2016 (510)

Related Programs

  1. Business Administration (BUS-BS) (610) (Active)
  2. Management and Organizational Leadership (MGTORG-BAS) (645) (Active)
  3. Public Safety Administration (PSA-BAS) (655) (Active)
  4. Technology Development and Management (TMGT-BAS) (625) (Active)