Course Title: Principles of Management
Course Number: Management 141 Credits: 3
Pre or co requisite: Management 121
Instructor: James Healey
Department of Marketing and Management
Office: B2-25E Office hours: TBA
Telephone: 215-751-8718
E-mail: jhealey@ccp.edu
Note: Internet students use internal Web Study E-mail for contact.
Textbook: Ricky W. Griffin, Management, 9th ed., Houghton Mifflin
Course Description: The course reviews the five functions of management (planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling) and the history of the development of management theory. It covers in detail the subset concepts and theories associated with the functions. The course explains the universality of management theory in its applications within commercial, non-profit, governmental, and other organizational settings. It covers management in its global applications as well as its involvement with organizational ethics and social responsibility.
Course Objectives:
The objective of this course is to familiarize you with the knowledge, rules , responsibilities, and the skills required of modern managers. The material covered will be relevant to you, regardless of your career objectives. In all likelihood, you will either be a manager or work with one in any occupation you choose. Indeed, in the final analysis, we are all managers of our own lives and can benefit by studying to be better managers.
Course Timeline:
Week 1 - Introduction and Course Orientation
Week 2 - Chapters 1 and 2
Week 3 - Chapters 3 and 4
Week 4 - Chapter 5
Week 5 - Chapter 6
Week 6 – Chapters 7 and 8
Week 7 - Chapters 9 and 10
Week 8 - Chapters 11 and 12
Week 9 - Chapter 13
Week 10 - Chapter 14
Week 11 - Chapters 15 and 16
Week 12 - Chapters 17 and 18
Week 13 - Chapter 19
Week 14 - Chapters 20 and 21
Week 15 – 22
Course Evaluation: This is a course
that emphasizes reading and writing. Each week there are textbook reading
assignments. Each week there are writing requirements. Most weight is given to case solutions in Weeks 5, 10 and 15 that are
written into the textbox and submitted. Cases are judged on the description
of the situation, the identification of the problem and the cogency of the
reasoning supporting case recommendations. 60%
The next element of course evaluation depends on a close reading of the assigned chapters in the text. A graded exam is given in Weeks 4, 9. and 14 in order to measure that requirement. 30%
The final part
of the grade is helped by participation
in the various online activities. 10%
WebStudy Navigation: Connect to the Internet and open a web browser.
Go to http://ccp.whyy.org.
Enter JID# for Username.
Then the word password for Password.
Click on drop-down menu in upper right corner.
Click on MNGT 141 Management
Click on the Timeline tab. This is the most important tab.
In order to submit a case, click on the case and then type or copy
and paste the answer into the text box. Select send to instructor
and click post it.
Special needs: Any student requiring accessibility in order to complete this course will be accommodated by contacting the instructor.