International Management and Leadership Concepts

Global Challenges and International Management

• Introduction, skills required for international managers
• Need for international business
• Elements of international management environment
• Functions of international managers

Technological Challenges

• Application-pull and technology-push as driving forces for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
• Fundamental concepts
• Relevance for business and information systems
• Engineering and exemplary fields of application
• Summary

Directing

• Definitions, characteristics, and importance of directing
• Principles and techniques of directing
• Process and activities in directing

Leading

• Leadership vs management
• Process of leadership
• Types of leadership
• Leadership theories
• Leadership and organizational life cycle
• Recent trends in leadership
• Leadership succession planning

Motivation

• Forms of employee motivation
• Approaches to motivation
• Factors influencing motivation
• Motivational process
• Theories of motivation

Controlling

• Definition, characteristics, and importance of controlling
• Steps in control process
• Approaches to management control
• Types of control
• Definition, characteristics,and importance of controlling
• Steps in control process
• Approaches to management control
• Types of control

Coordination

• Principles of coordination
• Types of coordination
• Techniques of coordination
• Steps in coordination process
• Requirements of effective coordination process

Basics of Decision Making

• Definition and characteristics of managerial decisions
• Approaches to decision-making
• Decision-making environment (certain, risky, uncertain)
• Strategies for decision-making
• Decision-making styles (rational, avoidant, intuitive, dependent)
• Steps in rational decision-making process
• Challenges and factors influencing decision-making
• Group decision-making
• Decision support system

Organizing

• Definition, characteristics, and importance of organizing
• Process of organizing
• Organizational design
• Organizational structure (line-staff, committee, matrix, virtual, network, learning organization)
• Elements of organizational design
• Division of labor
• Departmentalization
• Factors affecting organizational design
• Strategy
• Environment
• Technology
• Employee skills

Staffing

• Introduction
• Staffing as a function in HRM
• Characteristics of staffing
• Objectives of human resource planning (HRP)
• HRP process
• Strategic HRP
• System approach to staffing
• Quantitative and qualitative techniques of human resource demand and supply forecasting

Introduction to Management

• Meaning of management
• Definitions of management
• Characteristics of management
• Objectives of management
• Levels of management
• Functional management
• Basics understanding of management processes
• Planning, organizing, directing, staffing, coordinating and controlling
• Budgeting
• Managerial Skills
• Mintzberg's Managerial Roles
• Management vs Administration
• Management Science or Art Debate
• Management as Profession
• Challenges Facing Management
• Strategic Management
• Overview

Evolution of Management Thought

• Basics of Management - Various Approaches
• Classical Approach (scientific management, classical organization theory)
• General administrative theory (14 principles of Fayol)
• Behavioural Approach (Human Relations Approach, Behavioral Science Approach)
• Management Science Approach
• Systems Approach
• Contingency Approach
• Information Technology

Planning

• Basics of planning - Definitions
• Characteristics and significance of planning
• Orientations to planning
• Goals - benefits and kinds of goals, types/classification
• Classification of planning (Scope, Degree of details, Time horizon, Frequency of use, Specificity)
• Approaches to planning, strategy, MBO, SWOT Analysis

Explore the critical elements of international management, focusing on the skills needed for effective global leadership and the challenges faced in today's business environment. This quiz covers technological advancements, directing principles, and motivational theories essential for managing teams. Test your knowledge on the roles of leaders and the dynamics of international business.