Principles of Management

A primer for the manager, this course lays out the underlying process for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling organizational resources for accomplishing the goals of the firm and for creating strategy for mission attainment and dealing with competition. This study of the functions of management includes how to develop and write a plan, how to organize personnel, financial, and other resources of the firm, how to motivate or otherwise energize employees to execute organizational initiatives, and how to set up a feedback system with milestones and standards for ensuring that these initiatives are on course and the objectives of the firm are being met.