Business Management

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Course Description: This course explores issues facing today's business managers. Topics include management theories, finding and developing leaders, measuring and improving customer and employee satisfaction, strategic planning, hiring and training employees, developing workplace teams, and choosing and evaluating suppliers.

Author: K.L. Alston

Runtime: 4hrs. 52min.

Lessons: 94

Lessons
Time
(Min:Sec)
Introduction Preview, Click Here
01:22
Chapter 1: What Is Management?
Overview Preview, Click Here
01:49
Functions of Management Preview, Click Here
04:24
Organizing
02:53
Leading
04:44
Managerial Skills
02:40
Building Competitive Advantage
03:18
Chapter 2: The Evolution of Management Thought
Overview
00:29
F.W. Taylor and Scientific Management
01:00
Administrative Management Theory
07:58
Behavioral Management Theory
06:44
Management Science Theory
02:51
Organizational Environment Theory
03:18
Chapter 3: The Manager as a Person
Overview
00:28
Personality Traits
06:59
Values, Attitudes, and Moods and Emotions
04:15
Emotional Intelligence
01:37
Organizational Culture
04:18
Chapter 4: Ethics & Social Responsibility
Overview
00:19
The Nature of Ethics
01:51
Ethical Decision Making
04:47
Sources of Ethics
08:11
Approaches to Social Responsibility
01:26
Chapter 5: Managing Diverse Employees in a Multicultural Environment
Overview
00:22
Diversity of the Workforce and the Environment
06:31
The Ethical Imperative to Manage Diversity Effectively
01:30
Perception
08:28
Chapter 6: Managing in the Global Environment
Overview
00:26
What Is the Global Environment?
04:41
The General Environment
01:07
Process of Globalization
02:10
Hofstede's Model of National Culture
06:58
Chapter 7: Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, & Entrepreneurship
Overview
00:31
The Nature of Managerial Decision Making
08:06
The Administrative Model
02:38
Group Decision Making
06:52
Chapter 8: The Manager as a Planner & Strategist
Overview
00:25
Planning and Strategy
00:51
Levels of Planning
02:55
Determining the Organization's Mission and Goals
02:24
Planning and Strategy Formulation
01:33
Formulating Business-Level Strategies
02:31
Chapter 9: Value-Chain Management
Overview
00:19
Four Ways to Create a Competitive Advantage
03:19
What Do Customers Want?
02:11
Impact of Increased Quality on Organizational Performance
01:48
Facilities Layout, Flexible Manufacturing, and Efficiency
05:13
Chapter 10: Managing Organizational Structure & Culture
Overview
00:23
Organizational Structure
02:33
Job Design
02:26
Grouping Jobs into Functions
04:28
Chapter 11: Organizational Control & Change
Overview
00:20
Organizational Control
02:36
Output Control
00:56
Behavior Control
03:55
Bureaucratic Control
01:10
Lewin's Force-Field Theory of Change
02:49
Chapter 12: Human Resource Management
Overview
00:26
Strategic Human Resource Management
00:56
Recruitment and Selection
01:35
Training and Development
02:53
Performance Appraisal and Feedback
02:03
Pay and Benefits
02:46
Unions
01:05
Chapter 13: Motivation & Performance
Overview
01:25
The Nature of Motivation
00:18
Expectancy Theory
01:37
Need Theories
01:13
Equity Theory
03:36
Operant Conditioning Theory
02:04
Chapter 14: Leadership
Overview
02:24
The Nature of Leadership
00:20
Power: The Key to Leadership
00:38
Leadership Models
05:43
Contingency Models of Leadership
01:49
Transformational Leadership
00:48
Being a Charismatic Leader
00:54
Chapter 15: Effective Groups & Teams
Overview
00:43
Groups, Teams, and Organizational Effectiveness
00:19
The Types of Groups and Teams
06:13
Teams
01:03
Group Roles
01:02
Chapter 16: Promoting Effective Communication
Overview
05:29
Communication and Management
00:19
Information Richness
07:27
Communication Media
00:46
Chapter 17: Managing Conflict, Politics, & Negotiation
Overview
00:53
Organizational Conflict
00:18
Negotiation
04:32
Organizational Politics
00:58
Chapter 18: Using Advanced Information Technology
Overview
03:50
Factors Affecting the Usefulness of Information
00:20
What Is Information Technology?
01:50
Types of Management Information Systems
05:50
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