Course number：M11353
Class Hours：32 Credits：2
《Principles of Management》is acompulsorycourse for public administration major openingfor undergraduatestudents majoring in administration management. This course focuses on main management ideas and methods both at home and abroad, and from management, the development of management thinking, management, informationmanagementand the basic principle of planning, decision-making, organizing, leading, motivating, controlling, innovation of specific functions, etc., combing with case analysis, detailed in the system of management, dynamic, humanism, benefit and ethical theory. Through the study of this course, students will have a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the basic theories and methods of management. It emphasizes the combination oftheoryand practice.So that students could establish correct management concepts and skillfully use the basic theories and methods of management in their future study and work, and lay afoundationfortheirfurther development in the field of management.
I Course objectives
1. General course objectives：
This course takes the content system as the outline, combines the management practice of the public sector or the industrial and commercial enterprise sector, introduces a large number of the latest progress and practical cases in the field of management at home and abroad. Through course learning, students can understand the basic theories, principles and methods of management, management functions such as planning and organization of management, and organizational culture construction, so as to improve students’theoretical knowledge level. To enable students masterthemain management theories at home and abroad, the history ofChinesemanagementthoughts and contemporary successfulmanagementexperience. To make students understand the development of management theory and its trend, cultivate students’ability and accomplishment to solve practical management problems.
2. Course sub-objectives：
Course objective 1：
Cultivate students’interest in learning and exploring management ideas and practices, make them familiar with the basic management workflow, master the basic management tools and methods, be able to use the basic management knowledge to explain the management phenomenon in reality, and to be able to solve the management problems in reality.（Support requirements 22.5for graduation of Public Administration）
Course objective2：
By combing the people-oriented concept and learning and practicingthemanagementmethod of team mode,thestudents can form a study group, so that they can get familiar with the essentials of team cooperation andmasterthe art of team cooperation in management through the learning of team type, advantages and disadvantages, team development stage, team effectiveness and other contents.(Support requirements 22.8for graduation of Public Administration)
Course objective3：
Students are acquired to master the general management technology and practical skills of finding problems, comprehensively analyzing problems and proposing solutions in different management scenarios, so as to cultivate effective managers integrating management theory, management ability andmanagementtalents with a sense of mission and social responsibility in the future. (The ideological and political education objectives of the course)
II Curriculum content, requirements and time allocation
Num |
Contents |
Requirements |
time Allocation |
Ideological and political education contents |
Note |
1 |
Chapter1 Introduction |
Master the basic principles of management Master the basic methods of management Familiar with Chinese and western tradition and modern management thought Understand the function and nature of management Understand the role and skills of the manager Understanding management ethics and social responsibility |
4 |
Study and compare the development of Chinese and Western management thoughts, and guide students to have a correct understanding of the development status and trend of Chinese management theory and practice.To understand conflict and negotiation. |
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2 |
Chapter2decision-making |
Master the theory of decision making Grasp the decision-making process and influencing factors Be familiar with the types and characteristics of decisions Be familiar with decision making methods Understand the definition, principles and basis of decision making Understanding management ethics and social responsibility |
4 |
Through the learning of decision-making concept and decision-making process, students will realize the importance of scientific decision-making. |
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3 |
Chapter3 planning |
Master the planning process Master the target management of the plan implementation Be familiar with the type of plan Familiar with planned business process reengineering Understand the concept of a plan and its nature Understanding management ethics and social responsibility |
3 |
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4 |
Chapter4 organizations |
Understand the influencing factors of organizational design Grasp the general rules of organizational change Familiar with formal organization and informal organization Understand the overview of organizational design Understand organizational culture and its development Understanding management ethics and social responsibility |
4 |
Focus on learning and practicing teamwork in organizations, and strengthen students' sense of teamwork and concept of collaboration. |
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5 |
Chapter5 Personnelallacation |
Master staffing tasks, procedures and principles Master the selection and recruitment of management personnel Be familiar with the evaluation of management personnel Understand the training of management personnel Understanding management ethics and social responsibility |
3 |
To learn the content of human resource management in public sector from the perspective of public management, so that students can realize the continuous improvement of the legal management system for civil servants in China. |
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6 |
Chapter6 leaders |
Grasp the nature and role of leadership Be familiar with the ideal leader and leadership group Familiar with leadership style and theory Understand the art of leadership |
3 |
In the leadership style and its theoretical link, the author introduces the ideological and political concept of moral education and feels the role of moral governance and the rule of law in the leadership art. |
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7 |
Chapter7motivations |
Master the theory of motivation Be familiar with the practice of motivation Understand the nature of incentives |
3 |
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8 |
Chapter8 communication |
Be familiar with the practice of motivation Understand the nature of incentives Master the communication methods in the organization Be familiar with communication barriers and overcoming them Understand conflict and negotiation |
3 |
Guide students to continuously strengthen and enhance the ability of communication between individuals and organizations. |
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9 |
Chapter9control |
Master crisis and management control Master control method Be familiar with the control process Understand control and its classification Understand budgetary and non-budgetary controls Understand conflict and negotiation |
3 |
Through the study of control theory and method, students will realize the importance of executive power. |
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10 |
Chapter10innovation |
Master the basic content of innovation function Grasp organizational system and structural innovation Be familiar with the innovation process and organization Understand innovation and its role Understand organizational culture innovation Understand conflict and negotiation |
2 |
Motivate students to understand management innovation correctly and internalize the importance of using management innovation properly. |
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Total |
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32 |
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III Teaching staff
The person in charge of the course is required to have a doctor’s degree, a senior professional title, a public management related professional education background, and more than three years of teaching experience.
The lecturer of the course is required to have a master’s degree or intermediate professional title, education background of public management or administrative management related work experience.
IV Teaching materials and teaching reference
1.Main material
Management: Principles and Methods (7thEdition), Sanduo Zhou, Fudan University Press, 2018
2. Reference materials
[1]Management (13th edition), Stephen P. Robbins, Renmin University of China Press, 2017
[2]Great Ideas in management: The Development of Classical Theory, Ken Smith, Peking University Press, 2016
[3]Management, Rangel Gulati, Anthony Mayo, Machinery Industry Press, 2020
[4]Koontz et al. Management: Internationalization and leadership perspectives, Renmin University of China Press, 2014
[5]Management: Building competitive Advantage in a New Era (5th edition), Bateman et al., China Financial and Economic Publishing House, 2004
V Teachingarrangement
This course emphasizes the combination of theory and practice.According to the syllabus and calendar, teachers should careful prepare, the students should preview the learning content and reading material. On the basis of teaching the basic knowledge, concepts and theories, this course will highlight the focus and difficulty of each chapter, not only transfer knowledges, but also pay more attention to training students’ thinking ability.
Explore a variety of teaching methods and forms, such as group discussion, debate, case teaching, thematic teaching, in order to cultivate students' initiative learning ability, cooperation ability and communication ability. Through the role simulation, the situation simulation, the simulation theater decision-making and so on, it will active classroom atmosphere, raise student's classroom responsibilityand a system of teaching methods combining theoretical teaching and practical teaching should be formed.
In order to broaden students’horizons, the course group plans to invite famous professors or workers from practice management department to give lectures and lectures in the school every semester. Positive work frontier issues in the field of management to the classroom, and provide students with chance to meet face-to-face with time management workers, further contact problems in the different industries and work management, could make students more realized the importance of learning management, stimulate the learning enthusiasm of the students, make students when they have a problem still keep thetenaciouswill quality, and improve their subjective ability to move to the implementation of innovative management.
This course will be arranged for at least two formal focus questions, which are intended for the middle and end of the course. It will carry out 3-5 courses according to the actual teaching process. Assignments can be carried out in the course of the requirements of the class during the course of the study, but also can be limited by the time the class did not expand the content. The form of work can be small paper, personal reading report, etc. Feedback marking from teachers, can be PPT display, personal feedback form express.
VI Course assessment
Assessment during course（40%）+Assessment end course（60%）
1. Assessment during course（40%）
Assessment during course can be composed of attendance, homework, discussion, etc.
2. Assessment end course（60%）
Assessment end course is the final exam withoutbooks and notes.
VII Instruction
The curriculum standards begin to use from the public management class 2020.The curriculum standards should be changed by the person in charge of the curriculum, the person in charge of the examination and approval of the Institute and the Ministry of education for the record. The curriculum standards of this course are carried out by the principal lecturer responsible for this course.
