Principles of management 103/Schedule

Participants in the Principles of Management 103 course reside in different time zones, so if you are looking for feed back from fellow participants you should keep this in mind.

Session 1

Summary

Establish your personal learning environment, familiarise yourself with the course site and introduce yourself to course participants using your course blog.

• Dates: Mon 7 and Tue 8 March
• Learning materials:
  1. Start here and
  2. Orientation
• Learning challenges
  1. OERu survey
  2. Declare yourself

Session 2

Setting goals, objectives and measures

Learn about the importance of setting goals and defining objectives.

• Dates: ??
• Learning materials: Setting goals, objectives and measures

Session 3

Planning and strategy

Learn how goals and objectives are translated into action.

• Dates: ??
• Learning materials: Planning and strategy

Session 4

Decision-making

Learn about the decision-making process.

• Dates: ??
• Learning materials: Decision-making

Session 5

Managing the unknown

Learn how different theorists think the work world will change and what that will mean in your role as a manager.

• Dates: Wed 16 March
• Learning materials: Managing the unknown

Session 6

Putting it all together

Complete a series of interrelated challenges to put the skills you have acquired into practice using the WorldCom case study you read earlier. Publish a short blog post so you can share your work with your classmates and exchange feedback

• Dates: ??
• Learning materials: Putting it all together