Welcome to MT140

Welcome to MT140 Introduction to Management

Instructor – Tom Gilchrist

Unit 1 Seminar – Introduction to Management

Instructor Contact Information

Tom Gilchristtgilchrist@cfl.rr.comtgilchrist@kaplan.eduCell: 321-228-7316AIM: tgilchrist88

Notes:

Please try to include your class time in your e-mails. Also when sending an IM, please include your name so it shows up as well, thanks

Office Hours

• Wednesday 10:00-11:00 PM EST

• Contact me by e-mail anytime as I have a Blackberry

MT140 Course Overview

• Welcome to MT140! This course introduces you to management in the modern American organization.

• We’ll explore the environment in which management functions occur.

• We’ll look at and survey the specific functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling (POLC) as they apply to the workplace.

• Through a business case study, we’ll examine the concepts of team building, ethics, social diversity and communication.

The Course Syllabus:

Your Roadmap to The Course!

• You will find our Syllabus in the Syllabus Area of our Course room, and in the Doc Sharing area of our course. I have also sent everyone an advance copy by email. Please print this out.

• Also, you can review, or print the first - 3 Units of reading material. These readings for the 1st 4 Units are located in Doc Sharing.

• Please review the course requirements and expectations.

• Any questions?

Grading Overview

Assessments Number Points each Total Points

Discussions 1@

8@

30

40

350

Assignments 1@

7@

15

40

295

Review 5@

3@

1@

20

25

30

205

Quiz 1@

1@

40

60

100

Writing Assignment 1 50 50

Total Points     1000 Points

Grading Overview (Cont.) Grade Points Percentage Grade Point

A 930 – 1000 93-100% 4.0

A- 900 – 929 90-92% 3.7

B+ 870 – 899 87-89% 3.3

B 830 – 869 83-86% 3.0

B- 800 – 829 80-82% 2.7

C+ 770 – 799 77-79% 2.3

C 730 – 769 73-76% 2.0

C- 700 – 729 70-72% 1.7

D+ 670 – 699 67-69% 1.3

D 600 – 669 60-66% 1.0

Class Seminars!

• Fun and helpful• Opportunity to ask questions• Opportunity to interact with classmates• You can review the recording if you are unable to attend• Go to the KHE link as you did to enter this Seminar and choose

“History.” Choose the date of the Seminar you would like to review and click on it.

• Seminar Participation is not graded but you are strongly encouraged to attend!

CLASSROOM BASICS

Week One

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO THIS WEEK?

Your First Weekly Activity: Reading!

• Management M Start Here by Bateman & Snell 1st Edition ISBN: 978-0-07-353039-0

• Chapter 1 pp. 12-23

• Always make your reading the first activity of the unit!

Unit 1 Discussion Board – 30 points

• Discussion – Introduce Yourself-Your name-If you have ever worked as a manager-Your current and/or future educational goals-How you think this course will help you

• Participation-First post by Thursday-Post at least 2 other messages in response to your classmates’ postings

-Try to post on 3 different days of the week

Unit 1 Dropbox Assignment – 15 points

• Read and review the Course Syllabus located in Doc Sharing/Course Home/Email

• Download the Unit 1 Syllabus Contract from Doc Sharing

• Submit the saved document through the Dropbox

• Be sure that it is the Syllabus Contract

Unit 1 Review – 20 points

• Read all pages of reading

• 5 Questions

• Can take the review as many times as you’d like

Any questions ?

Keys to Success

• Work a little bit every day if you can• Complete the assigned readings before completing

assignments• Back-up all assignments• Post early in the week; first post by Thursday• Actively participate• Complete all tasks by the due date (Tuesday by

midnight)• Demonstrate respect for your fellow students on the DBs

and in the seminars

Management

• Management is the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals.

• Effective management

• Efficient management

Four Functions of Management

• Planning

• Organizing

• Leading

• Controlling

Planning

• Foundation of management activity

• Deciding and articulating goals

• Steps to accomplish goals

• Providing “value” to the organization

Organizing

• Coordinating human, financial, physical resources

• Manage flow of information and tasks

• Flexible and adaptive

Leading

• Stimulate high performance

• Motivating

• Inspire

• Communicating

Controlling

• Implementing the other three

• Keeping track of progress

• Establish standards to measure success

• “Are our actual outcomes consistent with our goals?”

Levels of Management

• Frontline

• Middle Managers

• Top level

Key Management Skills

• Strong Technical Skills

• Interpersonal and Communication Skills

• Conceptual and Decision Skills

Any….

Thank You for Joining Me This Evening!

Good night! See you next week!