Fundamentals of Management 2024/25 ISCTE PDF

Fundamentals of Management ISCTE Business School First Semester: 2024/25 Bachelor's Degree: Management, Finance and Accountability, Marketing Management, Industrial and Logistic Management, and Economics...

Fundamentals of Management ISCTE Business School First Semester: 2024/25 Bachelor's Degree: Management, Finance and Accountability, Marketing Management, Industrial and Logistic Management, and Economics 1 Fundamentals of Management Professors Álvaro Rosa (Leading Professor) Alexandra Fernandes Florinda Matos Pedro Falcão Inês Patrão Loizos Petrides José Campino 2  Fundamentals of Management Goals Give an overview of organizations and their management. Understand the models of management and their contexts and the competitive environments of the organizations. Understand the main concepts and theories in the context of the management process. - Planning - Organizing - Leading - Controlling 3  Fundamentals of Management Syllabus Contents 1. Managing in organisations 2. Models of Management 3. Organization Contexts 4. Planning 5. Organization 4  Fundamentals of Management Syllabus Contents 6. Ledearship 7. Motivation 8. Performance Measurement and Control 9. Entrepreneurship and Innovation 10. Corporate Responsibility 11. Organizational Functions 5  Fundamentals of Management Bibliography BODDY, David - Management, an Introduction (7th ed.), Pearson Education Limited, United Kingdom. ROBBINS and S., COULTER, M. - Management, Fourth Edition, Pearson Education Limited, United Kingdom. 6  Fundamentals of Management Assessment Evaluation may be along the semester or final. Evaluation along the semester entails the instruments: 1. Oral presentation and discussion of an organization with support to power points or other similar software - 15% 7  Fundamentals of Management Assessment 2. Report of the chosen organization explaining the four functions of management (maximum of 10 pages excluding cover page, syllabus content and bibliography) – 20%. Font 11 and space of 1.5. 3. Quiz - 10% 4. Final test - 55%. In each of these components the mark must be at least 7,50 Required attendance in practical sessions: 80% (minimum of 2 practical classes) 8  Fundamentals of Management Assessment If the student obtains a negative mark in the periodic evaluation, the student can still take the final exam in the second season. Students may opt for a final written exam (two dates) at the end of the semester. There are two seasons. The students who have a grade above 17 points do an oral examination, in order to get a mark between 17 and 20. 9  Fundamentals of Management Advice for presentations in practical classes Quality of the presentation → It is expected that students describe the problems orally in a structured and clear form: The presentation should have introduction, development and conclusion! Students must know how to apply theoretical subjects with the problems related with the case studies 10  Fundamentals of Management → Students must behave professionally: Using appropriate language; Holding an adequate corporal posture while presenting; Do not wear casual clothes → Students should use some type of software to support their presentation visually (e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint). 11  Fundamentals of Management Considerations about the presentations in practical classes: Bear the following points in mind: Avoid depending on the slides; Avoid depending on notes; Avoid slides overfilled with text; The maximum duration of the presentation is 20 minutes Recommended font size is between 24 and 40 Be creative! 12  Fundamentals of Management Considerations about the presentations in practical classes: The evaluation of the presentation comprises four components: Presentation quality; Research related to the issue; Integrating theory and practice; Class dynamics and relevance of research questions 13  Fundamentals of Management Final Advices: 1) All members of the group must present the work; 2) Practice the presentation as a group before presenting in class; 3) When presenting take into consideration that all unsuitable actions can damage the final results, small actions as chewing gum, being distracted, starring at a wall, etc. 14 Fundamentals of Management Good luck ! 15