- Course Type CLEP
- Subject Business and Management
- Level Introductory
- Length 4 Weeks
- Effort 6 hours/Week
- Institution Modern States
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Instructors
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Gregory Gardner, Ph.DProfessor of Business Administration at the State University of New York at Potsdam
Course Overview
Principles of Management Course Overview - Modern States
| Module | Topic | Video Length | Total pages of required reading |
| Module 1: What is Management? 00:37:22 total video length 93 total reading pages |
1.0 Introduction | 0:00:56 | – |
| 1.1 Planning, Controlling, Organizing, and Leading | 0:10:05 | 53 | |
| 1.2 The History of Management | 0:12:14 | 40 | |
| 1.3 Managerial Ethics | 0:14:07 | – | |
| Module 2: Planning and Strategy 01:23:47 total video length 222 total reading pages |
2.0 Introduction | 0:01:17 | – |
| 2.1 Planning | 0:10:03 | 55 | |
| 2.2 Planning Tools | 0:08:55 | 65 | |
| 2.3 Competitive Advantage | 0:10:32 | – | |
| 2.4 Product Planning and Strategy | 0:09:50 | – | |
| 2.5 Cost Leadership Versus Differentiation | 0:05:35 | – | |
| 2.6 Managing A Cost Leader | 0:09:28 | – | |
| 2.7 Managing A Differentiated Competitor | 0:07:21 | – | |
| 2.8 Risk and Decision-Making | 0:12:38 | 37 | |
| 2.9 Forecasting | 0:08:08 | 65 | |
| Module 3: Controlling 00:29:17 total video length 53 total reading pages |
3.0 Introduction | 0:00:41 | 53 |
| 3.1 Feedback and Control | 0:06:38 | – | |
| 3.2 More on Feedback | 0:07:26 | – | |
| 3.3 Financial and Non-Financial Controls | 0:06:23 | – | |
| 3.4 Control and Planning | 0:08:09 | – | |
| Module 4: Organizing 01:57:33 total video length 80 total reading pages |
4.0 Introduction | 0:01:45 | – |
| 4.1 Organizational Charts and Designs | 0:11:13 | 41 | |
| 4.2 Centralized and Decentralized Organization | 0:10:14 | – | |
| 4.3 Span of Control | 0:10:13 | – | |
| 4.4 Authority and Unity of Command | 0:11:12 | – | |
| 4.5 Incentives and Motivation Tools | 0:09:54 | 39 | |
| 4.6 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs | 0:11:20 | – | |
| 4.7 McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y | 0:09:53 | – | |
| 4.8 Expectancy Theory | 0:11:39 | – | |
| 4.9 Equity Theory | 0:09:54 | – | |
| 4.10 Herzberg’s 2 Factor Theory | 0:09:19 | – | |
| 4.11 Job Design | 0:10:57 | – | |
| Module 5: Leading 01:24:28 total video length 296 total reading pages |
5.0 Introduction | 0:00:59 | – |
| 5.1 Leadership Versus Management | 0:12:48 | 100 | |
| 5.2 Transactional Leadership | 0:08:12 | 47 | |
| 5.3 Transformational Leadership | 0:09:53 | – | |
| 5.4 Situational Leadership | 0:09:29 | – | |
| 5.5 Personality Types | 0:07:15 | 105 | |
| 5.6 Power in Organizations | 0:10:00 | – | |
| 5.7 Leadership in Teams | 0:15:05 | 44 | |
| 5.8 Managing Teams | 0:10:47 | – | |
| Module 6: Global Trends and Issues in Management 01:16:04 total video length 187 total reading pages |
6.0 Introduction | 0:01:39 | – |
| 6.1 International Management and Culture | 0:17:03 | 40 | |
| 6.2 Conflict Resolution | 0:16:50 | – | |
| 6.3 Organizational Communications | 0:11:44 | 48 | |
| 6.4 Operations Management | 0:11:59 | 53 | |
| 6.5 Human Resource Management | 0:16:49 | 46 |
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