Dr. Michael O. Minor

Management 101
This web pages focuses on basic management concepts and principles, their historic development, and their application to modern organizations. Topics covered include planning, organizing, decision making, leadership, control, and organizational change. In addition, there is an introduction to business ethics and social responsibility, human resource management, organizational design, and organizational behavior. 

Objectives
1. Know the history of management thought.
2. Understand the function of goals in the organization.
3. Develop a model to analyze strategy in a systematic way.
4. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of functional and product forms of organizations, the role of horizontal and vertical integration, and match bureaucratic and organic processes to different environments.
5. Understand the role and contribution of resource management.
6. Define the basic group processes in decision making and work.
7. Define the role of motivation in decision making and work.
8. Define the role of corporate cultures as an organizing device that directs organization members in making decisions based on similar values.
9. Understand the impact of global competition.
10. Understand the importance of business service to the community.

Informative Websites

Management: Challenges for Tomorrow’s Leaders

Current Issues in Management

American Management Association

Principles of Management: Slide Shows

Chapter 1--Managers and Managing.
Chapter 2--The Evolution of Management Theory.
Chapter 3--The Organizational Environment.
Chapter 4--The Global Environment.
Chapter 5--Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Diversity.
Chapter 6--The Manager as a Decision Maker.
Chapter 7--The Manager as a Planner and Strategist.
Chapter 8--Managing Organizational Structure.
Chapter 9--Organizational Control and Culture.
Chapter 10--Building Human Resources.
Chapter 11--The Manager as a Person.
Chapter 12--Motivation.
Chapter 13--Leadership.
Chapter 14--Groups and Teams.
Chapter 15--Communication.
Chapter 16--Organizational Conflict, Politics, and Change.
Chapter 17--Managing Information Systems and Technologies.
Chapter 18--Operations Management: Managing Quality, Efficiency, and Responsiveness to Customers.
Chapter 19--The Management of Innovation, Product Development, and Entrepreneurship.