Principles of Management

Discover the major functions of management, including planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. And learn how companies use management to set and accomplish goals through individuals, groups, and other types of resources.

What you’ll learn

  • Understand vital functions of a manager
  • Knowledge of human behavior & leadership styles
  • Ways to build effective teams & resolve conflict
  • Learn how to analyze communication and ethics in an organization
Principles of Management

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

Principles of Management

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

About This Course

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ACE Approved 2021

The Principles of Management online course is designed to help you understand the major functions of management, including planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. It will also help you to understand the significance of each function in relationship to the existence of the company. Throughout the Principles of Management course, discover how companies use management to set and accomplish goals through individuals, groups, and other types of resources. Also learn how to analyze communication and ethics in the organization. Other topics covered include decision making, change, employee development, organizational structures, management control, leadership, conflict resolution, information security, and globalization.

Course Outcomes

Identify the roles and functions of a manager.

Apply the six stages of decision-making to a business situation.

Explain elements of strategic planning and conduct a SWOT analysis applying strategic decision making.

Evaluate the need for change and recommend change for a business situation.

Compare and contrast organizational structures and mechanisms for coordination, and design a structure.

Explain and apply criteria for selection, pay, development, and appraisal of employees; and explain labor relations.

Describe the diversity of the American workforce and recommend ways to manage the diverse workforce.

Recommend ways to motivate employees applying an understanding of human behavior and leadership theories and styles.

Describe and apply ways to build effective teams and resolve conflict.

Describe and apply effective communication strategies.

Compare and contrast types and methods of managerial control impacting output, behavior, and organizational culture.

Identify ethical issues in business situations and apply ethical norms to make decisions.

Explain the importance of information and information security.

Explain the opportunities and challenges of globalization.

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Course Text

Prefer the hard copy? Simply purchase from your favorite textbook reseller; you will still get the eTextbook for free. The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.

Principles of Management

Bateman, Thomas S., and Robert Konopaske. Management: Leading & Collaborating in a Competitive World. 15th ed., McGraw Hill, 2023.

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