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Topic	Name	Description
	Course Syllabus
	Course Textbooks

Course Introduction

Course Syllabus

Course Textbooks

Unit 1: What Is Management?

1.1.1: Introduction and Doing Good as a Core Business Strategy

1.1.2: Who Are Managers?

1.1.3: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy: A Manager's Guide

1.1.4: Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling: The P-O-L-C Framework

1.1.5: Economic, Social, and Environmental Performance for Managers

1.1.6: Understanding the Performance of Individuals and Groups

1.1.7: Your Principles of Management Survivor's Guide

1.1.8: Management Principles throughout the Ages

1.1.9: A Final Thought: An Alternative Perspective on What Management Is

1.2.1: An Introduction to What Managers Do: The Four Functions

1.2.2: What Is the Management Planning Function?

1.2.3: How to Organize People, Equipment, and Money

1.2.4: Managers Have To Possess Great Directing Skills

1.2.5: Effectively Controlling the Environment Is a Management Essential

1.2.6: Managers Need a Variety of Skills to Be Successful

1.2.7: The Role of Tomorrow's Leaders

1.2.8: Developing Influencing Skills

1.3: The Personal Side of Management

1.3.1: Identifying Your Personality and Values

1.3.2: Behavior = Values + Perception

1.3.3: Workplace Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

1.3.4: KSAO (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Other Characteristics) vs. Fit

1.3.5: Influencing Workplace Behaviors

1.3.6: Developing Your Positive Attitude Skills

1.3.7: Workplace Personality Tests

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 2: Historical Development and Globalization

2.1.1: The P-O-L-C Framework

2.1.2: Understanding Early Management Principles

2.1.3: The Role of Social Networking in the 21st Century

2.2: Historical and Contemporary Theories of Management

2.3: Scientific Management Theory

2.4: A Modern Look at Management

2.5.1: Business Is Going Global, and Management Has To Change

2.5.2: Getting Involved in International Business

2.5.3: The Environment of Global Business: Cultural, Economic, and Legal

2.5.4: Managing and Controlling Global Business

2.5.5: Managing through Trade Barriers

2.5.6: Global Enterprise Management

2.5.7: Global Management on a Local Level

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 3: Organizational Culture, Diversity, and Ethics

3.1.1: Work Culture Case Studies

3.1.2: Why Managers Need to Understand Organizational Culture

3.1.3: How Managers Can Measure and Identify Organizational Culture

3.1.4: How Managers Form and Maintain Organizational Cultures

3.1.5: Managers Have To Be Aware of Organizational Cultural Changes

3.1.6: Check Yourself: Do I Fit In?

3.1.7: Building Organizational Culture in a New Business Venture

3.2: Diversity

3.2.1: Managing a Diverse Workforce

3.2.2: Generational Diversity

3.3.1: Defining Business Ethics

3.3.2: An Individual Approach to Ethics for Managers

3.3.3: Identifying Ethical Issues

3.3.4: Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility

3.3.5: What Is Environmentalism?

3.3.6: Responsibilities to Stakeholders

3.3.7: Making CSR Work for All Stakeholders

3.3.8: Ethical Issues and Considerations

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 4: Leadership and Teams

4.1.1: Management vs. Leadership

4.1.2: Leaders and Leadership

4.1.3: Common Failures in Leadership

4.1.4: Management's Power and Influence

4.2.1: Case Study: General Electric Allows Teamwork to Take Flight

4.2.2: Managing Group Dynamics

4.2.3: Identifying the Characteristics of a Team

4.2.4: How Do Managers Organize Effective Teams?

4.2.5: Managing the Barriers to Effective Teams

4.2.6: The Areas of Team Development

4.3.1: Leading a Diverse Team

4.3.2: Major Pointers for Building Teams

4.3.3: Controlling Your Inner Circle

4.3.4: Team-building