Examines the fundamental concepts of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Focuses on the role of management and leadership including: planning and decision-making; organizational strategy; innovation and change; organizational design; motivation and performance of organizations, teams, and individuals; and business ethics in the context of a complex and multi-cultural/international environment. Recommended Prep: BUS M30 and ENGL M01A or ENGL M01AH. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.

This course examines the basic management functions of a business organization and middle management’s responsibilities in planning, organizing, directing, controlling, coordinating, and executing the organizations’ goals and objectives. Techniques of decision-making with emphasis on recent advances in areas directly related to management are also introduced. The class introduces the fundamentals of modern management as practiced today, particularly the ways in which the management practices evolved with the rise of large corporations in the late 1800s and into the twenty-first century. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.