Course provides with the basic information about Management. All of us are a part of some organisations, we are present or future employees of a company. Therefore it is important to understand the main principles how organisation operates and its activities. The main aim of this course is to acquire knowledge of management science development, its concept, object, key management functions, and principles of the main fields of organisation's work as an object of management. We will go through management prehistory, its theories and the main representatives, such as Taylor, Ford, Fayol, McGregor or Maslow and their input to management of organisations. We will speak about who are managers and what they should do. We will learn the main managerial functions: planning, organising, leading and controlling and will find out how to operate them in organisations and in daily life. Another important point is relations among employers and employees. We will study how to lead, motivate, solve conflicts and cooperate seeking personal satisfaction and benefits for organisation.
Group works, Discussions, Practical exercises, Simulation of real-life situations and Case analysis are used for studies to reach the aim.