CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
SYLLABUS
2023-24 Fall Semester
2008-2009 Spring Semester
Weekly Course Hours
Course Code Course Name Course Credits ECTS Weekly Time
Type Schedule
T A L
BUSN 250 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT Required 3 0 0 3 7
Prerequisite Prerequisite to
Language of English
Instruction
Course Lecturer Res. Assistant Mohammad-noor Y. Almaayta
Office Hours Schedule
E-mail
[email protected] Phone Office / Room No CU234
It is obligatory that students attend to their classes. Absenteeism of students shall be monitored by the relevant teaching staff. It is imperative that students attend minimum of
70% of class hours (on-line) in their courses.
Introduction to Management covers the essential concepts of management by providing a solid foundation for understanding the key issues facing managers
Course and organizations. This course maintains a focus on learning and applying management theories, while now also highlighting opportunities to develop the
Objectives skills in high demand by today’s employers. Fundamentals of Management offers an easy-to-understand, straightforward, and realistic approach to what
works for managers and what doesn’t -- with the ultimate goal to help students be successful in their careers.
1 Gomez-Mejia, L. R., & Balkin, D. B. 2021. Management: People, Performance, Change.
Textbooks
and/or 2 Robbins, S. P., & Coulter, M. (2018). Management. Pearson, 14 ed.
References 3 Boddy, D. (2020). Management: Using Practiceand Theory to Develop Skill. Pearson Education, 8th ed.
WEEK TOPICS COURSE OUTCOMES SOLO
To analyze what it means to be socially responsible and what factors
Week 1 Overview of the course 4.00
LO1 influence that decision 1
Week 2 Management and its evolution(1) To classify the types of organizational change 3.00
LO2 2
Week 3 Managing in a Global Environment(2) To discuss the nature and purposes of planning 5.00
LO3 5
Week 4 Managing planining process(5) To categorize the eight steps in decision making process 4.00
LO4 6
To explain the basic concepts of management including decision
Week 5 Decision making(6) 3.00
LO5 making and organizations 6
To describe the constraints and challenges facing managers in
Week 6 Strategic management(7) 3.00
LO6 today`s external environment 7
To define how to work with a diverse work force and plan
Week 7 MIDTERM EXAM 3.00
LO7 strategically 9
Week 8 MIDTERM EXAM To summarize on motivation and leadership 4.00
LO8 12
To define workplace diversity and explain why managing it is so
Week 9 Strategic management(7) 3.00
LO9 important 13
To identify the Operation management process and the external
Week 10 Managing structure and desing of organizations(9) 2.00
LO10 influences that might that process 15
Week 11 Leading and motivating others(12)
Week 12 Managing teams(13)
Week 13 Managing teams(13)
Week 14 Operation management and control(15)
Week 15 FINAL EXAM Solo Taxonomy Average 3.56
Evaluation Tool Date Weight in
Total (%)
Final 40
Evaluation Midterm Exam 30
Tools Assignment 1 15
Assignment 2 15
Evaluation Tool Quantity Student Workload Hours Evaluation Tool Quantity Student Workload Hours
Theoretical Hours 3 45 Applied Hours
Midterm 1 10 Final 1 10
Self study for mid-term 1 10 Self study for final 1 15
Class Discussion 2 4 Project
Self study for class disc. 2 8 Homework 4 8
Self study for quizzes 2 10 Seminar
Other Self-study 14 45
TOTAL :
Recommended ECTS Credit (Total Hours / 25): 7 (6,60)
