Course Overview
This course is designed as an introduction to management. The purpose is to introduce students to concepts and information about the structure and functioning of complex organizations. A secondary purpose is to help students think about managing and being managed in organizations.
3 credits.

Course Objectives
When you successfully complete this course, you will have developed and/or enhanced various skills. More specifically, you will be able to:

1. Identify basic concepts and terminology within the field of management.
   
   
2. Work in a student team and assess the functioning of a workplace team through an interview.
   
   
3. Address numerous factors related to individual behavior within an organization (e.g., job satisfaction, employee motivation, personality, organizational design, management style, etc.).
   
   
4. Assess internal and external forces and their influence on management and organizational effectiveness (e.g., legislation, economic factors, technology, competition, organizational culture, employee characteristics, global and diversity issues, ethics, social responsibility, etc.).
   
   
5. Be aware of various subfields in the study of organizations that will be developed further in more advanced courses in areas such as Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior.