MGT 471 — Principles of Management I

BSc BSc Computer Science · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

The definition, nature, role and scope of management; recognizing its interdisciplinary approach. Relationship of management to administration. Elements/functions of management as perceived by different management authorities. Understanding of management / organizational theory highlighting on the different schools of thought: - scientific, human relations, systems, contingency, etc. Goals of business organizations - economic and social responsibilities of management. The importance of decisions in the management process. Meaning and types of management decisions ; some basic processes in decision making. Models and / or techniques of making decisions; and influence on decisions. The nature and types of organizations. Basic principles and their importance in structuring organizations - organization charts, objectives, scalar chain, span of control, line, staff and functional organization, departmentation, centralization and decentralization, authority, responsibility and accountability, etc. and their implications for organizational administration. Concept of bureaucracy as applied to large scale organizations.

Credits

2

Level

Year Four

Semester

Semester One

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