Course Code: Bus 321 ELEMENTS OF MANAGEMENT Course Title: No of Credits: Course Duration: Lecturer s Name: Qualification: E-Mail Address: Office Location: Elements of Management 3 Credits Three hours per week for 15 weeks (45hrs) Oladipo Ganiyu Taiwo B.Sc., MBA, M.Sc., PGDCS. Unilorin PGDE NIM. CIMA oladipo.gt@unilorin.edu.ng & ganiyu - taiwo@yahoo.co.uk Room 12 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin. Consultation Hrs: Monday 2-4 & Thursday 12-2 Course Content: A study of the basic concepts in management: management principles, the functions of the manager; planning: nature and purpose. Organization nature and purpose. Span of management, Departmentation, line and staff authority, service departments, staff and directing: selection of management development nature of directing, motivation, leadership controlling: the control process control technique, recent developments in the control process. The Nigeria environment, management problems in Nigeria, challenges of indigenization, transferability of management systems. Course Justification: The course elements of management is to introduce to the students, the core concepts of management principles and concepts in broad terms and to bring to the students the dynamics of management as it applies to the Nigerian system since Nigeria has undergo so many changes in its political, social, and economic system. Effective management is therefore the pillar for economic development. Course Objectives: The main aim of this course is to introduce to the students the basic concept of management and management principles as it relates to the Nigerian system i.e. management problems in Nigeria the challenges of indigenization and the transferability of management systems at the end of this course student should be able to: Explain the basic concept in management State the functions of a manager Explain departmentation
Explain the nature of directing Define control and control process State the challenges of indigenization State the management problems in Nigeria Course Requirement: Bus 321 is compulsory for all students Therefore every student is expected to participate actively in class, in group discussion and study group activities as such attendance at lecture is compulsory at least 75% attendance record is mandating for student to qualify to sit for the end of semester examination. Method of Grading S/No Types Scores (%) 1 Group/ individual 10% Assignments 2 Continuous Assessment 20% (test) 3 Comprehensive final exam 70% 4 Total Score 100% Course Delivery Strategy: Traditional face to face teaching, group discussion/presentation and web interaction will be adopted for the course. Web interaction will be utilized as part of course delivery methods. Course Outline: Week 1 - Basic Concept in Management Week 2 - Management Principles Week 3 - Functions of the Manager Week 4 - Planning, Nature and Purpose Week 5 - Organization: Nature and purpose, Span of Management Week 6 - Departmentation, Line and Staff Authority Week 7 - Service Department Week 8 - Staff and directing: Selection of management development Week 9 - Controlling: The control process and techniques. Week 10 - The Nigeria Environment, Management problem in Nigeria Week 11 - Management Development Week 12 - Nature of directing, Motivation, Leadership Week 13 - Challenges of Indigenization Week 14 - Transferability of Management Week 15 - Revision/General Class Discussion Week 1
The first lecture will set the tone for the semester work by an introduction to the world of management by defining management in a broad term, discuss management as a science, and art and the relativity of administration and management. (1) Explain management as a science (2) Explain management as an art (3) Define management in a broad term (4) Explain the relationship between administration and management. Week 2: This teaching will deal with principles, theories and concepts of management. The universality of management, management pyramid reasons for delay in the development of management thoughts, industrial revolution modern approach to management. (1) Explain the theories of management (2) Explain the universality of management (3) What are the delay in the development of management thoughts. (4) State and explain the modern approach to management. Week 3: This lectures will centre on functions of the manager and the general principles of management and the qualities of a manager and the effects of the scientific management movements. The human relation school and the administration school of taught. (1) What are the general principles of management (2) What are the qualities of a manager (3) Explain the human relation school (4) Explain the administrative school Week 4: This lecture centres on planning. Since nearly everyone plans and it essence which is to prepare for and to predict future events the lectures will also deal with the nature of planning, types of planning and it classification by breadth and scope, function, term, time and business. Characteristics of a good plan would be treated with advantages and disadvantages of planning and why people fail in planning and the difficulties in planning. Also the purposes of planning and planning processes the approaches
to planning and the tools used in planning and the principles of planning would be taught. (1) Why do people fail in planning (2) What is planning (3) What are the principles of planning (4) Mention the types of planning and characteristics of a good plan (5) Why do we plan (6) What are the planning processes Week 5 This week lecture will focuses its attention and discussions on organization, nature and purpose, organizational structure and the span of management. (1) What is an organisation (2) Diagratimatically represent an organization structure of the University of Ilorin.. (3) Discuss span of management (4) Mention and explain the types of span of management Week 6 This week lecture will focuses its discussion on departmentation and express the line and staff authority in an organization and also discuss serviced department in broad term with references to various organizational setting. (1) What is departmentation (2) Highlight and explain types of departmentation (3) Explain to distinquish line and staff authority. (4) What are the advantages of line and staff authorities (5) What is service department (6) Discuss the relevant of service department to other department on the organisation Week 7 The lecture deals with service department, the essence and importance of service department and the place of service department in the organization structure and the evaluation of service department. (1) What is service department (2) What are the importance of service department
(3) What is the place of service department in the organization structure. Week 8 This week the lectures will focuses it s discussion on the term staff and directing and as well discuss on the selection of management development in broad term. (1) Explain your understanding on the term staff and directing (2) What is directing in management contest (3) Identify benefit derived in effective directing (4) Explain management development Week 9 This week the lecture centres on control definition of control in a broad term and what are the prerequisites of control system, the elements of control. The characteristics of effective control systems, types of control methods, control processes the key consideration in establishing a control system, problems in establishing effective control system reasons for negative reaction to control, how to overcome negative reaction to control and the advantages of control would be fully taught. (1) What is control (2) What are the characteristics of effective control system (3) Mention and explain the control processes (4) What are the advantages of control (5) Why negative reaction to control. How do you overcome negative reaction to control. Week 10 This lecture focuses on management in the Nigeria context as a developing country and the managerial problems facing Nigeria. (1) Explain management in the Nigerian context (2) Mention the managerial problems facing Nigeria and explain each. Week 11 The lecture deals with management development, the purpose of management development factors to be considered in management development processes and techniques used in managerial development and the problems associated
with management development in Nigeria and the principles for effective managerial development programs. (1) What is management development (2) What are the purpose of management development (3) What are the techniques used in management development (4) What are the problems associated with management development in Nigeria. Week 12 This week lectures will focuses its attention and discussion on the nature of directing, motivation and leadership style in an organization in broad term, motivation processes, theories and philosophies of human nature shall be describe in the contents. Study Question (1) Explain the nature of directing in an organization (2) State and explain the theories of leadership (3) Highlight types of leadership (4) What is Motivation (5) State the advantages of motivation in an organization (6) Explain motivation process (7) What does it take one to be a leader (8) Who is a Leader Week 13 This lecture would be focusing on indigenization, its objectives, reasons for indigenization, types of indigenization advantages and disadvantages of indigenization policy and the problems to the indigenization decree. The prerequisite for indigenization. (1) What are the objectives of indigenization (2) State the types of indigenization (3) State the prerequisite for indigenization (4) What are the advantages of indigenization decree Week 14 This week lecture will focuses on the transferability of management system, universality of management and its application to various management organization, its advantages and disadvantages.
(1) Discuss your understanding on the term transferability of management. (2) Examine the meaning of universality of management (3) What are the advantages derivable from transferability of management. Week 15 Revisions/General Class Discussion Reading List: Brech, E.F.L. The Principles and Practice of Management (Longmans, Green & Co. 2 nd Edition (1963). E. Flippo (Management behavioural Approach) Boston: Allyn Cn Bacon, 1970 pg 385 396. Gerald H. Graham: Management the individual, the organization the process. Wacl Smith Publishing Company in bermont Califonia. William F. Glueck Management Dryden Press Illinoss. Ansoff H.I. Ed. Business Policy (London Penguin 1969) Fieldler F.S. A theory of leadership effectiveness. New York: McGraw Hill 1967 John F. Mee: Matrix organization business horizon 7, No.2 (Summary 1964) page 70 72. Harold Kerzner: Matrix implementation obstacles problem, questions and answers David I creland ed. Matrix management systems handbook (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1984) pp. 307 327. Bufta: Elwood S. Modern production operations management 8 th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons 1987 Ansott H.I. Ed. Business Policy (London, Penguin 1969) Himes G.K. Management leadership styles supervision 42 November 1980, p.9 11. Keith Dauis Communication within management. Re-sonel Vol.3, November 1954, pp.212 217. W. Bennis Leadership. A Beleaquere speces? Organizational dynamics 5, 1976, p.13 14. Hime G.K. Management leadership styles supervision 42, Nov 1980-9-11. Nukchukwu C.C. Management theory and practice (4 th edition) 1989 Prentice Hall, New Delhi James A.F. Stoner and R. Edward freeman management (4 th edition) 1989 Prentice Hall, New Delhi
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