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
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
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HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT
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Course outcomes
- 01 1. The students will be aware of the background history of management theories.
- 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
- 01 1. Daniel E. WREN & Arthur G. BEDEIAN, The Evolution of Management Thought, Wiley, U.S.A., 2009.
- 02 2. Richard L. DAFT, New Era of Management, 10th edition, South-Western, China, 2012.
Learning Outcomes
- L01 1. The students will be aware of the background history of management theories.
- L02 2. The students will be aware of the environmental and historical factors that led to development of the theories.
Program Outcomes
- 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.
- P02 PO2 Devoted themselves to be a qualified researcher and knowledge worker in their field all throughout their life and career.
- 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.
- P04 PO4 Gained key practical skills and knowledge which need to be implemented in their own research and business work environment.
- P05 PO5 Been able to implement critical and analytical thinking and analyses into their studies, research and work.
- P06 PO6 Become proficient in adopting the gained knowledge into practice and research in a critical, and analytical way.
- 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.
- P08 PO8 Succeeded in working, researching and forming partnerships with their colleagues/team members in a global environment.
- P09 PO9 Proved themselves capable of disseminating and sharing knowledge, sustainingly communicating with others, in any global workplace or research setting.
- P10 PO10 Become capable of interpreting and transferring their qualified knowledge into practice and research.
- 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |