Motivation is the force energising or, giving direction to, behaviour. It is a complex interaction of behaviours, needs, rewards/reinforcement and cognitive activities. This lecture introduces you to motivation. The topics discussed in this chapter are: Nature of motivation, needs theories, cognitive theories, reinforcement theory, social learning theory.

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Chapter 9 - Basic elements of organisational structure. In this chapter you will learn: Nature of organisational structure, job design, types of departmentalisation, methods of vertical co-ordination, promoting innovation (methods of horizontal co-ordination).

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Chapter 3 help you understand internal and external environments. The main contents of this chapter include all of the following: Types of external environment, analysing the environment, managing the environment, nature of organisational. culture, manifestations of culture, promoting innovation, changing organisational. culture, leadership & cultural change.

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Chapter 1 - The challenge of management. In this chapter, the following content will be discussed: Overview of management, what managers actually do, managerial qualities, management job roles, 21st century management.

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This lecture introduces you to strategic management. This chapter includes contents: The concept of strategic management, role of competitive analysis in strategy formulation, formulating corporate level strategy, formulating business level strategy, formulating functional level strategy, strategy implementation.

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Chapter 4 - Social responsibility and ethics in management. The following are the main points from chapter 4: Discuss how the nature of management jobs creates the possibility for ethical abuses, describe what influences ethical decision-making, explain what practical steps managers can take to improve ethical decision-making, explain for what organizations are socially responsible,...

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Chapter 11 - Human resource management. The following will be discussed in this chapter: The HRM framework; establishing the employment relationship; maintaining the employment relationship; HRIS, internet, intranets & extranets; terminating the employment relationship.

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Chapter 5 - Managerial decision making. The main contents of this chapter include all of the following: Nature of managerial decision making, managers as decision makers, effective decision making, barriers to effective decision making, group decision making, creativity in decision making.

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Chapter 6 - Establishing organisational goals and plans. In this chapter, students will be able to understand: The planning process, the nature of organisational goals, how goals facilitate performance, linking goals & plans, management by objectives.

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Chapter 8 - Fostering an innovative organisation. In this chapter, students will be able to understand: Distinguishing change from innovation, external & internal forces for change & innovation, life cycle stages, termination, organisational development (OD), innovation for competitive advantage, product development,...

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The topic discussed in this chapter is strategic organisation design. This chapter includes contents: overview: organisation structure design, assessing structural alternatives, weighing contingency factors, matching strategy & structure, promoting innovation.

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After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Differentiate between different types of workplace groups and explain how informal groups develop; use a systems approach to describe the factors that influence how groups operate; discuss how group inputs, including group composition, member roles and group size, affect synergy in teamwork;...

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