National University of Singapore
NUS Business School
Department of Management and Organisation
BMA5004A Management and Organisation
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Course Instructor:
Phone:
Office:
Semester 1, 2014/2015
Dr William Koh
(O) 65163190; Hp 91163126
Mochtar Riady Building, BIZ1, #08-50
Semester 1: 2014/2015
Course Objective: To enable managers from non-business background to understand
the basics of managing a company. The course will place heavy emphasis on selflearning, so that students can get the most from the classes and the management
lessons will stay with them the rest of their lives.
Course Syllabus:
1.
Understanding the four essential functions such as Planning, Organising, Leading
and Controlling; the role of a manager. This course will focus on Planning, Organising
and Leading functions.
2.
Understanding the organisational environment – The external business
environment has changed very dramatically over the past decade. The Internet and the
IT revolution have effectively changed the way organizations conduct their business.
Students need to appreciate the latest development in the external environment order
to better manage their organisations.
3.
Planning – This involves the setting of corporate goals and objectives; students
will be taught how to set goals that are motivational for organizational members.
4.
Organising – This involves the way tasks will be broken down into components,
and the components assigned to different departments and how work needs to be
coordinated in order for the organisation to function effectively and efficiently.
5.
Leading: This involves the way the leaders of an organisation motivates,
communicates and deal with the human factor in the running of an organisation.
6.
We will also look at the alignment between an organisation’s goals, strategies,
organizational design/structure and other processes in order to facilitate organizational
effectiveness.
Teaching Methodology:
Text contents; Case Studies; Management Videos; Group Project; In-Class Management
Exercise
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Assessment:
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Class Participation
Group Project
In class – Case Test
20%
40%
40%
Text: New Era of Management (11th Edition) 2014; Daft, R. SouthWestern, Cengage
Learning
Readings from the textbook:
Chapter 1: Innovative Management for Turbulent Times
Chapter 2: The Evolution of Management Thinking
Chapter 3: The Environment and Corporate Culture
Read 69-93 (and stop just before “Cultural leadership”)
Chapter 4: Managing in a Global Environment
Stop just before the heading “International Trade Alliances”)
Chapter 7: Planning and Goal Setting
Stop just before MBO
Chapter 8: Strategy Formulation and Implementation
Stop just before “Strategy Execution”
Chapter 10: Designing Adaptive Organisations
Chapter 11: Change and Innovation
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