Course BA 211 · Year II · Autumn 2022-2023

Contemporary Issues in Business Management

Compulsory course in Business Administration (in English), taught by Mălina Darja.

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Overview

Lecturer
Mălina Darja
Seminar tutor
Mălina Darja
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Business Administration - Masters
Field of study
Business Administration (in English)
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Lecture
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
lecture, discussions, practical presentations

Aims

Explain how the roles of managers and team leaders are changing in business.

Understand how the structure of business is changing.

Explain how vision and mission drive the business today.

Express how the individual leader and worker are playing a different role and how that role will continue to undergo change.

Describe the role that integrity, values and ethics play in management decision making.

Course contents

Leaders and managers

Financial management

Market structures and competition

Logistics management

Legal issues in business management

Learning outcomes

The course will allow the students to build upon the principles of management, to study the current trends and developments in the field of management as found in business field currently. The course describes how the field of business management is changing rapidly including the agents affecting changes and the implications of changes.

Assessment

Written test examination - 70%,Verification during the semester (project) - 30%.

Recommended reading

The basics of Business Management, vol I-II,
Elly R. Twineyo Kamugisha
Chadalawada Nagar, New Delhi, 2017 · 232
Management Challenges for the 21st Century
Drucker, Peter F.
HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2011 · 450
The Complete Book of Business Success
Baggett, Byrd
Rutledge Hill Press, New York, 2000 · 234