Undergraduate - UnitMGW1010 - Introduction to management

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Management
Offered	Berwick First semester 2013 (Day) Sunway First semester 2013 (Day) South Africa First semester 2013 (Day) Sunway Second semester 2013 (Day) Sunway October intake 2013 (Day) Sunway Summer semester A 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Loretta Inglis (Berwick); Dr Soma Pillay (Gippsland); Dr Esther Chong Yit Sean (Malaysia); Ms Chantal Breytenbach (South Africa)

Synopsis

On completion of this unit students should have an understanding of: the nature of managerial work in organisations; theories of management and their historical development; contemporary issues and practices relating to managing people and organisation's; key factors in the organisation's environment that impact on how managers and the organisations work.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

define management and summarise the evolution of management ideas on how managers may influence, people, organisations and their contexts to achieve organisational goals. This includes an awareness of the cultural contexts of the original source, development and contemporary application of management theory and practice
identify and discuss contextual factors in the organisation's environment that impact on how people, managers and organisations interact
describe how decision-making, planning, leading, organising and controlling can be managed in organisations
examine the impact on individuals and organisations of contemporary issues in management including, stakeholder interests, ethics and social responsibility
apply the skills of academic writing, research, questioning and analysis required of the management discipline.