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College Business Management

 

Duration:  1 Year 

 

Chapter 1: Managing and Leading Today: The New Rules

 

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·         Why do Managers Have to be Leaders?

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·         What is the Difference Between a Manager and a Leader?

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·         What is the Other Side of the Leadership Coin?

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·         A Final Word: Changing World, Changing Expectations of Managers and Leaders

 

Chapter 2: The Leadership Imperative:  It’s Up To You

 

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·         Leadership: Whose Responsibility is it?

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·         What is the Secret to Effective Leadership?

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·         What is the Secret to Influential Leadership?

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·         What is the Secret to Responsible Leadership?

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·         How do Theories and Models Explain Management and Leadership?

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·         Is it Time to Take a Stand of Transformational Leadership?

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·         What is HR’s Role in Supporting Excellent and Ethical Leadership?

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·         What can we all do to Become Great Leaders?

 

Chapter 3: Motivation and Meaning: What Makes People Want to Work?

 

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·         What Is Motivation?

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·         What Makes Work Meaningful?

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·         What Is the Link between Motivation and Psychology?

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·         Which Theories of Motivation Are Important to Know?

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·         What are Basic and Higher-Order Needs Theories of Motivation?

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·         Why Are the Three-Needs, Equity, Expectancy, and Goal- Setting Theories Popular?

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·         What Are Learning Theories?

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·         How Can We Integrate Theories of Motivation?

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·         What Role Does HR Play in Motivation?

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·         What Can We All Do about Motivation?

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·         A Final Word on Motivation and Meaning at Work

 

Chapter 4: Communication: The Key to Resonant Relationships

 

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·         Why is Communication Central to Effective Relationships at work?

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·         How Do Humans Communicate?

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·         How Do We Communicate and Interpret Sophisticated Information?

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·         What Is the Interpersonal Communication Process?

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·         How Do We Use Information to Communicate at Work

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·         What Are Common Barriers to Effective Communications?

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·         Why Is It Challenging to Communicate in a Socially Diverse World?

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·         What Is Organizational Communication?

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·         What Can HR Do To Ensure Effective Communication and Resonant Relationships in Organizations?

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·         What Can We All Do to Improve Communication and Build Resonant Relationships at Work?

 

Chapter 5: Planning and Strategy: Bringing the Vision to Life

 

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·         How Do People Plan for the Future?

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·         What Does Planning Look Like in Organizations?

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·         How Do You Plan in Uncertain Times?

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·         What Is a Mission? Why Does Vision Matter?

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·         What Is Strategy?

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·         What Needs to Be Considered in a Strategic Planning Process?

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·         What Are the Steps in Strategic Planning Process?

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·         What Is HR’s Role in Planning and Strategy?

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·         Selecting the “Right” Employees

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·         What Can We All Do to Support Effective Strategic Planning?

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·         A Final Word on Planning and Strategy

 

Chapter 6: The Human Side of Planning: Decision Making and Critical Thinking

 

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·         What Is Decision Making?

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·         How Do Cognitive and Emotional Processes Affect Decision Making?

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·         How Can You Apply a Systematic Approach to Making Decisions?

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·         How Can People Make Good Decisions With Incomplete Information?

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·         How Can You Improve Your Critical Thinking Skills and Make Better Decisions?

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·         What Can HR Do To Support Good Decision Making and Critical Thinking?

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·         What Can We All Do to Improve Critical Thinking and Decision Making?

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·         A Final Word on Decision Making and Critical Thinking

 

Chapter 7: Change: A Focus on Adaptability and Resiliency

 

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·         What Is Change and How Do You React to It?

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·         Why Do Organizations Change?

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·         What Is The Difference between Incremental and Transformational Change?

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·         Which Models Can Help Us Understand Change?

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·         What Practical Models Can Help Us Manage Change in Organizations?

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·         How Do People Change?

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·         What Can HR Do to Foster Effective Change?

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·         What Can We All Do to Support Change?

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·         A Final Word on Change

 

Chapter 8: Workplace Essentials: Creativity, Innovation, and a Spirit of Entrepreneurship

 

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·         Why Are Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at the Heart Of Business?

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·         What Is Creativity?

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·         How Can We Encourage Creativity At Work?

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·         What Is Innovation and Why Is It Important?

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·         How Can We Foster Innovation in People and Companies?

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·         What is Entrepreneurship?

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·         How Does a New Business Get Started?

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·         What is Entrepreneurship?

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·         What Is HR’s Role in Supporting Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship?

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·         What Can We All Do to Be More Creative, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial?

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·         A Final Word On Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

 

Chapter 9: Organizing for a Complex World: Structure and Design

 

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·         Why Study Organization Structure?

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·         How Do Traditional Concepts Affect Our Views about Organizational Structure Today?

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·         What is an Organization Structure?

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·         How Can We “See” Organizations and Their Structures in Nontraditional Ways?

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·         How Are Organizations Classified and Legally Structured?

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·         What Are Contemporary Organization Structures?

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·         How Is Work Structured?

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·         What Factors Affect the Design of Organizational Structures?

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·         What is HR’s Role in Organizational Design and Structure?

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·         What Can We All Do to Work Effectively within Our Organizations’ Structures?

 

Chapter 10: Teams and Team Building: How to Work Effectively with Others

 

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·         Why Do Leaders Need Teams?

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·         How Does Leadership Behavior Affect Group Dynamics?

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·         How Do Dynamic Leaders Impact Team Effectiveness?

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·         How Do Teams Function at Work?

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·         How Can We Deal with the Challenges of Working in Groups?

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·         What Role Does Conflict Play in Groups?

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·         How Can HR Support Effective Team Performance?

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·         What Can We All Do to Create and Sustain Resonant Teams?

 

Chapter 11: Working in a Virtual World: Technology as a Way of Life

 

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·         How Do Advances in Information and Communication Technologies Change Life and Work?

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·         How Did Technology Affect Life and Work during the Industrial Revolutions?

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·         How Have Computing and Telecommunication Technologies Evolved?

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·         How Do People Use ICTs at Work?

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·         Where and How Is Virtual Work Conducted?

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·         What Is a Virtual Organization?

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·         What Are the Challenges of Working in a Virtual World?

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·         What Can HR Do to Support Virtual Work?

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·         What Can We All Do to Work Most Effectively in a Virtual World?

 

Chapter 12: Organizational Controls: People, Processes, Quality, and Results

 

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·         What Is the Organizational Control Process?

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·         What Historical Perspectives Help Us Understand Control in Organizations?

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·         What are Common Control Systems?

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·         What Conventions and Forces Guide Organizational Control Processes?

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·         What Are the Typical Steps in the Control Process?

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·         What Should Companies Control?

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·         What Can HR Do to Help Control for Effectiveness and Efficiency at Work?

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·         What Can We All Do to Enhance Effectiveness and Efficiency at Work?

 

Chapter 13: Culture: It’s Powerful

 

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·         What Is Culture?

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·         Why Is Culture Important at Work?

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·         What Are the Dimensions of National and Organizational Culture?

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·         How Can We Describe Organizational Cultures?

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·         How Can We Study Organizational Culture?

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·         Organizational Culture: What’s Important Today?

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·         How Can HR Support the Development of Positive Organizational Cultures?

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·         What Can We All Do to Create Positive and Powerful Organizational Cultures?

 

Chapter 14: Globalization: Managing Effectively in a Global Economic Environment

 

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·         What is Globalization and Why Does It Matter?

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·         How Have International Political and Economic Changes Fostered Globalization?

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·         What Key Economic Factors Are Affecting Global Business?

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·         What Must Be Considered When Developing a Global Strategy?

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·         What Are the Opportunities and Risks in a Global Business Environment?

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·         What Opportunities Exist in Emerging Markets?

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·         How Has the Growth of Worldwide Trade Alliances Affected Globalization?

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·         How Do Global Regulators Affect Economies and Social Issues? 

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·         What Is HR’s Role in Supporting Global Business?

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·         What Can We All Do to Succeed in a Global Business?

 Chapter 15: Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Ensuring the Future

 

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·         Why Are Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Important in Today’s World?

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·         What Is Sustainability?

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·         What Are the Three Pillars of Sustainability?

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·         What Is Environmental Sustainability?

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·         What Is Social Sustainability?

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·         What Is Economic Sustainability?

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·         What Is Corporate Social Responsibility?

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·         How Can Companies Approach Corporate Social Responsibility?

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·         What Is HR’s Role in Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility?

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·         What Can We All Do to Support Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility?

 

Chapter 16: Managing and Leading for Tomorrow: A Focus on Your Future

 

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·         Why Do “Great Leaders Move Us”?

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·         What are “Moon Shots for Management”?

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·         How Can You Continue Your Journey to Becoming a Resonant Leader?

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·         What Can You Do to Develop Your Leadership?

 

 

   

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