AMS 101
Principles of Management
2
Course Description
On completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. demonstrate understanding of basic concepts related to management knowledge. Understand
the roles, skills and functions of management;
2. define organizational problems and how managerial decisions are arrived at; and
3. explain the complexities associated with management of human resources in the
organizations and how to apply the knowledge in handling these complexities.
Course Outline
Basic concepts in management: management principles, functions of the manager. Planning:
nature and purpose of the organizing function, department, line and staff. Authority, staffing and
directing: selection of employees and managers, appraisal of managers, management
development, nature of directing, motivation and leadership. Controlling: the control process,
control technique, recent developments in the control function. The Nigerian environment:
management problems in Nigeria, challenges of indigenization and transferability of management
system.