ISMAT 7717

Fundamentals of Management

• ApresentaçãoPresentation

  This CU aims to enable the students to get knowledge of the foundations and concepts of management in order to acquire a wide knowledge and understanding of it.
• ProgramaProgramme

  S1. Managing in organisations   1.1. Management and organisations S2. Theories of management 2.1. The competing values framework S3. The business environment 3.1 The competitive environment 3.2 The general environment S4. Planning and decision making 4.1. Types of plans and purposes of planning S5. Structures and culture 5.1Creating the vertical and the horizontal structure 5.2 Organisational cultures 5.3 Mechanistic and organic structures S6. Leading and motivation 6.1 Sources of power and influencing process 6.2 Models of influence 6.3 A model of motivation at work 6.4.Theories of motivation (content/process) S7. Controlling
• ObjectivosObjectives

  LG1-Understanding the organisations and their management. The challenge of management. LG2-Understanding the models of management (or theories) and their contexts: rational goal models, bureaucratic models (internal process models), human relations models and open system models. LG3-Understanding the competitive environments of the organisations. LG4-Analysing the main concepts and theories in the context of the management process: Planning and decision making, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling. LG5-Analysing the corporate social responsibility issue
• BibliografiaBibliography

  Ferreira, M. P., Reis, N., Santos, J. C., & Marques, T. (2011). Gestão Empresarial + Casos De Estudo. Lisboa: Editora Lidel. David, Boddy (2011). Management: an introduction, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall Edition Robbins, S., Coulter, M. (2003), Management, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall Edition Bartol, Kathryn M., Martin, David C. (1994), 2 nd edition, McGraw-Hill Edition Casos e artigos a serem indicados pelo docente  
• MetodologiaMethodology

  Theoretical exposition (TM1) of the main contents of the Syllabus (S); Case studies -Analysis and discussion (TM2).
• LínguaLanguage

  Português
• TipoType

  Semestral
• ECTS

  5
• NaturezaNature

  Mandatory
• EstágioInternship

  Não