Foundations of Management

• What is a Manager?
• What is Business Management?
• What is an Organization?
• Organizational Economics
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Two Major Views of Managers: Omnipotent and Symbolic
• Categories or Types of Manager
• How the Power and Authority of a Manager is Measured
  • Personal Power Model
• How Managers Delegate Authority

Management Theory

• Major Approaches to Management Theory
• Classical Management Theory:
  • Scientific Approach to Management
  • Administrative Approach to Management
  • Bureaucracy Theory
    • Adhocracy
  • Mintzberg's 10 Managerial Roles
  • Managerial Skills
• Behavioral Approaches to Management Theory
  • Behavioral Approach to Management
    • Behavioral Economics
  • Human Relations Theory
    • Hawthorne Effect
  • Behavioral Science Theory
• Contemporary (Modernist) Management Theories
  • Understanding Contemporary Management Theories
  • Drucker - Management by Objective
  • Quantitative Approach to Management
  • Systems Approach to Management
    • Socio-Technical Systems Theory
    • Contingency Approach to Management
    • Katz and Kahn's Open Systems Model
  • Value-Based Management
  • Result-Oriented Management 
  • Value Mapping
  • Relationship Management 

Planning: P-O-L-C Framework

Planning Process

• What is the Managerial Planning Process?
• Types of Management Planning
• Contingency Factors Affecting Management Planning
• Environmental Scanning
  • Business Intelligence

• What is a Vision Statement?
• What is a Mission Statement?
  • Ashridge Mission Model
• What is a Values Statement?
  • Triple Bottom Line
• Organizational Goals and Objectives
  • OKR Framework

• What are SMART Goals?
• Types of Business Goals
• How do Companies Set Goals?
  • Backcasting

• Time Management Models
• Management Planning and Strategy
  • Gulati's 3 Ps Framework
  • Cultural Intelligence
  • Parenting Styles Theory
  • KISS Principle (Ockham's Razor)

Organizing: P-O-L-C Framework

• What is the Organizing Function of Management?
  • Organizational Structure
  • Mintzberg's Organizational Configurations
  • POSDCORB - Functions of Managers
  • PAEI Model
  • Garbage Can Model of Organization
  • Population Ecology Theory 
  • Structuration Theory
  • C-Suite
    • CEO
    • Peter Principle
  • Business Segment
• Considerations for Organizational Design
  • Urwick's 10 Principles of Organization
  • Four Frame Model
  • Human Capital
  • Ethnocentrism
  • Parkinson's Law
  • Scandia Navigator
• Common Types of Organizational Design or Structure
  • Flat Organization
  • Community of Practice
  • Rendanheyi Model
  • Laloux Culture Model

• Process Management
• RACI Model
• 5S Method
• Quality Circles
• Process Map
• Value Streaming Map

Leading: P-O-L-C Framework

• What is Leading as Manager?
• Theories of Leadership
  • Formal or Classical Theory of Authority
  • Acceptance Theory of Authority
  • Authority Theory of the Situation
  • Competence Theory of Authority
  • Laissez-Faire
  • Egocentrism
  • Social Choice Theory

Controlling: P-O-L-C Framework

• What is the Controlling Function of Management?
• Categories of Control
• System Archetypes
• Theory of Constraints
• Areas of Management Control
  • Performance Management
    • Key Performance Indicators
    • Crucial Success Factor
    • Performance Evaluation
    • Management by Objective
    • Balanced Scorecard
    • Performance Prism
    • Capability Maturity Model
    • Pareto Principle
  • Operations Management
    • Operations Management in School
    • Lean Management Methodology
  • Project Management
  • Financial Management
    • Activity-Based Management
    • Strategic Cost Management
  • Quality Management
    • Total Quality Management
  • Risk Management
    • Risk Management in School
  • Safety Management
  • Crisis Management
    • Forecasting
    • Winterling Crisis Matrix
  • Innovation Management
    • Disruptive Innovation
  • Service Management
  • Stakeholder Management
    • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Diversity Management
  • Global Management
    • Cultural Intelligence
    • Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions
    • Global Perspective
    • Expanding Globally
    • GLOBE Project
    • Cultural Relativism

Control and Assessment Methods

• Balanced Scorecard
• RACI Model
• FiMO RECOiL Model
• PRIMO-F Model
• Program Management Maturity Model
• Levers of Control (Simons)
• Action Research

Managing  Groups, and Teams

• Characteristics of Group
  • Group Structure
  • Group Decision-Making
    • Groupthink
    • Delphi Method
    • Nominal Group Technique
    • Abilene Paradox
  • Collective Efficacy Belief
  • Conflict Management in Groups
  • Group Cohesion
• Negative Effects within Groups
  • Negative Effects of Group Cohesion
  • Social Loafing
• Types of Groups
  • Cross-Functional Team
• How Groups Develop
  • Theories of Group Formation
  • Five Stages of Group Development
  • Punctuated Equilibrium Model
• Team Characteristics
  • Types of Teams
  • Team Tasks
  • Team Roles
  • Team Leadership
• Designing a Team
  • Belbin Team Roles
• Organizing a Team
• Team Management Profile
• Johari Window

Organizational Behavior

• What is Organizational Behavior?
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Organizational Commitment
• Organizational Culture
  • Learning Organization
  • Organizational Fit
  • 3 Levels of Organizational Culture
  • 8 Types of Organizational Culture
  • 7 Dimensions of Organizational Culture
  • 6 Components of Organizational Culture
  • Culture Types Model
• Behavior and How it Evolves
  • Theory of Planned Behavior
  • 4 Dimensions of Relational Work
  • Heuristics
  • Attribution Theory
  • Adaptive Expectations Hypothesis
  • Hieder's Balance Theory
  • Enactment Theory (Enacted Environment)
• Individual Values
  • Affluenza
• Personality
  • Big Five Model for Personality Traits
  • Enneagram of Personalities
  • Belbin Team Roles
  • Generation X (Gen X)
  • Millenials Generation Y
• Perception
  • Frame Dependence
  • Endowment Effect
• Attitude
  • Uncertainty Avoidance
• Stress
• Emotions
  • Emotional Intelligence
• Conflict
  • Conflict Theory
  • Pondy's Model of Organizational Conflict
• Power
  • Bases of Social Power
• Influence
  • Bandwagon Effect
  • Social Facilitation Theory
  • Opportunistic Behavior
  • Institutional Theory
• Social Networks
  • Social Capital
• Decisions Making
  • Social Choice Theory
  • Regret Theory
  • Prospect Theory
  • Gestalt Theory

Theories of Leadership

Motivation Theory