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HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT

Course
BUSN601 - HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT
Department
Business Administration - English - PhD
Course Type
Course
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
3
ECTS
0
T+P+L
3 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
-
Prerequisite
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Keywords

Course Description

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HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT

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Course outcomes

  1. 01 1. The students will be aware of the background history of management theories.
  2. 02 2. The students will be aware of the environmental and historical factors that led to development of the theories.

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 A Prologue to the Past, Management Before Industrialization, The Industrial Revolution
Week 3 Adam Smith;
Week 4 The Scientific Management Era: Taylor, Gantt
Week 5 Bureaucracy and Administrative Management: Fayol, Weber
Week 6 The Social Person Era: Mayo and Hawthorne Studies, Follett
Week 7 Mid-term
Week 8 The Social Person Era: Barnard, Berle & Means
Week 9 Behaviourists: McGregor, Herzberg, Likert
Week 10 The Modern Era: Thomas Peters, Robert Waterman, Chris Argyris
Week 11 The Modern Era: Peter Drucker
Week 12 The Modern Era: Gary Hamel, Mintzberg, Schumpeter
Week 13 Cases
Week 14 -
Week 15 -

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 1. Daniel E. WREN & Arthur G. BEDEIAN, The Evolution of Management Thought, Wiley, U.S.A., 2009.
  2. 02 2. Richard L. DAFT, New Era of Management, 10th edition, South-Western, China, 2012.

Learning Outcomes

  1. L01 1. The students will be aware of the background history of management theories.
  2. L02 2. The students will be aware of the environmental and historical factors that led to development of the theories.

Program Outcomes

  1. P01 PO1 Become competent in searching and comprehending the relevant academic articles, interpreting the information learnt or obtained via various channels and absorbing exceptional knowledge in their field.
  2. P02 PO2 Devoted themselves to be a qualified researcher and knowledge worker in their field all throughout their life and career.
  3. P03 PO3 Demonstrated that they developed their individual capabilities through written projects, assignments and presentations that they will independently implement both in academia and work contexts.
  4. P04 PO4 Gained key practical skills and knowledge which need to be implemented in their own research and business work environment.
  5. P05 PO5 Been able to implement critical and analytical thinking and analyses into their studies, research and work.
  6. P06 PO6 Become proficient in adopting the gained knowledge into practice and research in a critical, and analytical way.
  7. P07 PO7 Become experts in using information technology tools for their studies, research and workplace in an ethical and safely environment by sharing and transferring their knowledge.
  8. P08 PO8 Succeeded in working, researching and forming partnerships with their colleagues/team members in a global environment.
  9. P09 PO9 Proved themselves capable of disseminating and sharing knowledge, sustainingly communicating with others, in any global workplace or research setting.
  10. P10 PO10 Become capable of interpreting and transferring their qualified knowledge into practice and research.
  11. P11 PO11 Dedicated themselves to applying advanced academic studies and enrolled themselves in work or non-work projects related to environmental approaches and ethical issues.

Po-Lo Matrix

LO P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P06 P07 P08 P09 P10 P11 Average
L01 - - - - - - - - - - - -
L02 - - - - - - - - - - - -