{"id":440,"date":"2015-02-02T12:35:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T12:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/niuniversity.org\/?p=440"},"modified":"2015-02-02T12:35:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T12:35:55","slug":"maecenas-mattis-tortor-ut-posuere-aliquam-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niuniversity.org\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"Foundations of Management \u2013 A North American International Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faculty Member\u2019s Name:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Philip Eng, MBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Heather Stevens, MSc <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Faculty Member\u2019s Profile:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Course Code:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

*Title:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foundations of Management \u2013 A North American International Perspective.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*Format:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This online course will utilize both synchronous and asynchronous delivery platforms. Learning will include a combination of online lectures, discussions, individual and group case studies as well as a major team research project.<\/p>\n

*Hours:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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*Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This foundation course explores new management ideas with a focus on environmental studies. It integrates traditional and contemporary management principles with recent management concepts and research. Objectives of this course are for the student to grasp<\/p>\n

1) Conceptual and practical frameworks which form the foundation of the practice of management;<\/p>\n

2) The organizational processes and structures of modern business including the environments in which they operate;<\/p>\n

3) Managerial functions which include planning, goal setting, strategy formulation, decision-making processes and controlling;<\/p>\n

4) Concepts of leadership and organizational behavior.<\/p>\n

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*Short Structural Outline:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This course provides students with an engaging perspective of the principal skills and activities of management in North America, with a focus on Canadian businesses and environmental studies.\u00a0 Using relevant examples from small and medium-sized organizations, students will connect and integrate business practices with classic and contemporary principles.<\/p>\n

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Different aspects of management principles are covered, including<\/p>\n