Basics of Management
Course type
Study programme and level
Language
slovenščina
Lectures | Seminar | Tutorial | Druge oblike študija | Individual Work | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | 30 | 85 | 6 |
Study programme and level | Study field | Academic year | Semester |
I. level | Law and Management of Infrastructure and Real Estate | 1 | 1 |
Course type
Compulsory
Workload | Lectures (h/semester) | Seminar
(h/semester) |
Tutorial
(h/semester) |
Individual Work (h/semester) | ECTS |
35 | 30 | 85 | 6 |
Lecturer
prof. dr. Dejan Jelovac
Language
English
Prerequisites
Enrollment into 1st year.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Course Content:
– Definition of concepts of management and leadership.
– Theoretical models of organizations.
– Design and formation of the mission, organizational goals and vision of the organization.
– Organization’s policy and its impact on the development of the organization.
– The importance of organizational changes and their impact on innovation.
– External and internal environment of the organization.
– SPIN analysis of the organizational environment.
– Different types and forms of power management and its impact on organizational relations.
– Globalization and competitiveness of the organization.
– Basic knowledge for independent management research and project work: basics of the research approach and professional text writing.
Study Literature
– Robbins, Stephen, Coulter, Mary (2014): Management, 12th Edition, Harlow: Pearson.
– Jelovac, Dejan (2016): Notes from the lectures, Nova Gorica: available online.
– Witzel, Morgan (2005): Management: The Basics, London & New York: Routledge.
– Deresky, Helen (2002): International Management, Harlow: Prentice Hall.
– Mintzberg, Henry (2001): Managing Exceptionally. Organizational Science, Vol. 12, No. 6. pp. 759-771.
– Senior, Barbara, Fleming, Jocelyne (2006): Organizational Change, Harlow: Prentice Hall.
– Coulson-Thomas, Colin (1998): The Future of the Organization, London: Kogan Page.
– Dunphy, D., Griffiths, A., Benn, S. (2003): Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability, London & New York: Routledge.
– Woodall, Jean, Winstanley, Diana (1998): Management development, Oxford: Blackwell.
– Dickson, Tim (ur.) (1997): Mastering Management, London: Pearson Education.
Objectives and competences
Learning Unit contribute to the development of following general competences:
-Ability of understanding the theoretical models of organizations,
– Analytical thinking, constructive and creative thinking,
– the development of autonomy and criticism,
– Application and evaluation skills of knowledge,
– developing a competitive and entrepreneurial thinking,
– Ability of critical reflection on integration into the European and global society in its development and problem solving.
Learning Unit contribute to the development of following subject-specific competences.
-Ability to use the acquired knowledge in practice in a flexible manner.
-Development of skills and expertise in the application of knowledge in the field of management by means of solving theoretical or empirical problems.
– the ability to obtain skills of leadership and management of organization.
– The ability to understand the mission, organizational goals, the vision of the organization, the organizational structure and policies of the organization.
– Development of skills and PEST analysis of environment of organizations.
– Development of skills for introducing changes in the organization.
– The development of skills in the field of competitiveness of the organization.
– Developing the skills for the deployment and use of ICT by the management of the organization.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding:
Student:
– Gain the general concepts of organizational theory, organization, organizational goals and vision.
– Recognize the importance of designing organization’s policy.
– Understands the essence and importance of PEST environment’s analysis.
– Connects environmental impact and innovation in the organization.
– Learn the general concepts of management.
– Learn about the general concepts of leadership power.
– Identify the importance of the competitiveness of the organization in the global business world.
– Acquire basic knowledge for independent and autonomous approaches to scientific, project and research work on the subject-matter of management.
Learning and teaching methods
– Lectures with students active participation of (presentation, discussion, questions, examples, problem solving);
– Individual and group research, project and course work;
– Individual and / or group consultations (discussion, additional explanation, specific questions).
– Distance learning with the help of ICT.
Assessment
Oral or written examination
Seminar paper.
Lecturer’s references
JELOVAC, Dejan, WAL, Zeger van der, JELOVAC, Ana. Business and government ethics in the new and old EU: an empirical account of public-private value congruence in Slovenia and the Netherlands. Journal of Business Ethics, 2011, vol. 103, no. 1, str. 127-141.
JELOVAC, Dejan, REK, Mateja. Komuniciranje v medkulturnem okolju. Ljubljana: Vega, 2010.
GRUŠOVNIK, Rosana, JELOVAC, Dejan. The Impact of managerial multicultural competences on companyʼs competitive advantage in global economy. Innovative issues and approaches in social sciences, ISSN 1855-0541, 2014, vol. 7, no. 3, str. 58-89-
BARIĆ, Ana, JELOVAC, Dejan, FAIN, Nuša. Barriers in multicultural business communication : an empirical study of Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Innovative issues and approaches in social sciences, ISSN 1855-0541, 2013, vol. 6, no. 3, str. 18-38
JELOVAC, Dejan. The impact of corporate social responsibility in the context of small and medium enterprise. Innovative issues and approaches in social sciences, May 2012, vol. 5, no. 2, str. 21-35. http://www.iiass.com/pdf/IIASS-Volume5-Number2-2012.pdf.
JELOVAC, Dejan. The historical-cultural background of public administration values: the case of Slovenia = Zgodovinsko-kulturno ozadje vrednot v javni upravi : primer Slovenija. Raziskave in razprave, 2010, letn. 3, št. 3, str. 75-101.
JELOVAC, Dejan. Poslovna etika kot nujni pogoj odličnosti. V: BUKOVEC, Boris (ur.). Etičnost razmišljanja in delovanja pri uveljavljanju strategije univerzalne odličnosti in mojstrstva. V Novem mestu: Fakulteta za organizacijske študije, 2010, str. 83-100.
JELOVAC, Dejan, JURIČAN, Dobran. Kodeks podjetniške kulture za skladen regionalni razvoj. V: NARED, Janez (ur.), PERKO, Drago (ur.), RAVBAR, Marjan (ur.), HORVAT, Andrej (ur.), HREN, Marko (ur.), JUVANČIČ, Luka (ur.), PIRY, Ivo (ur.), RONČEVIĆ, Borut (ur.). Veliki razvojni projekti in skladni regionalni razvoj, (Regionalni razvoj, 1). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2007, str. 311-318.
JELOVAC, Dejan. Podjetniška kultura in etika. Portorož: VSŠP, 2000.