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09-CBAF06 - Principles of Management:  The Critical Essentials January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
The University of North Alabama's College of Business, in conjunction with the Office of Continuing Studies and Outreach is proud to offer a "Certificate in Business Administration Fundamentals".  This four course program is self-paced and completed at your home or workplace.  You can register for these courses anytime.  The competency based courses are designed to be tightly focused on skills and knowledge needed to compete successfully in today's volatile business environment.  The six available courses cover management accounting fundamentals; economic fundamentals; financial management fundamentals; basic quantitative skills including statistical applications, principles of management; and principles of marketing.  Students can choose the four they feel are the most useful for their professional development. The cost of each competency-based course is only $300, which includes the workbook and CD.  The framed Certificate is issued for $100, and is earned upon completion of the fourth course.   Total cost of the "Certificate in Business Administration Fundamentals" program is $1300.  

COURSE: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT: THE CRITICAL ESSENTIALS
AUTHOR: David M. Leuser, Ph.D.
CHAPTERS:
Management and Its Environment
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling

AUDIENCE: New managers, management trainees, engineers or other professionals with supervisory responsibility, and incoming MBA students who need to review the contemporary principles which contribute to success in management.

ABSTRACT: Many years of research have contributed to the development of a generally accepted set of management principles which are associated with higher levels of individual and organizational performance.  This product reviews the critical essentials that the practicing manager, professional, or business student needs to master in order to succeed as a manager and/or to demonstrate competency on a formal examination assessing understanding of management principles.  It blends research conclusions with practical applications and the theoretical underpinnings needed to understand and manage human issues in the dynamic, 21st century workplace.  The self-paced, interactive learning format promotes rapid mastery through active learning exercises with detailed feedback that maintains ongoing student engagement.

Chapter 1 describes the general nature of management in terms of management levels, functions, roles, and skills.  It evaluates components of the organizational environment, including the global environment and the social and ethical environment.

Chapter 2 details the first function of management: planning.  It provides an overview of planning, describes categories of plans, and presents an analysis of strategic management.  Finally, it reviews the basics of managerial decision making.

Chapter 3 reviews several components of the organizing function of management.  It describes the nature of organizing and touches on the essentials of organization design, job design, organizational culture, and human resource management.

Chapter 4 outlines the leadership function, covering both the practical aspects and the theoretical underpinnings of leadership, motivation, groups and teams, interpersonal communication, and managing change in organizations.

Chapter 5 describes the control function.  Topics covered include the nature of and approaches to control, types of control, information management, and operations management.

Taken together, these five chapters summarize the critical essentials of a university level principles of management course in a manner designed to promote practitioner success.

The computer coursework embellishes each of the chapters through a series of pretests, problems, and final exercise. The entire course requires a fifteen or twenty hour investment of time, including text reading and computer time.

Additional Information:
Software, a workbook, instructions, and a password will be mailed within three days after registration to each participant.  Payment is due at time of registration.  Course work and exam must be completed within 120 days of registration.  You must achieve a score of 80% or higher.  There are no refunds for modules not completed.  If a student fails to achieve a score of 80% on the final, the student may work through the module a 2nd time and attempt the final exam a 2nd time at no additional cost.

DAILY SCHEDULE
DATE START TIME END TIME
1/1/2009, Thu 12:00AM 12:00PM
12/31/2009, Thu 12:00AM 12:00PM

FEES
DESCRIPTION FEE
Registration Fee $300.00
Facility
      ONLINE INSTRUCTION

CE CREDITS
CREDIT TYPE SPONSOR CREDITS
MBA UNA, COB, SBDC 1.5

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