Content

Course description: 1. Introductory concepts - Principles of Business Administration and Organizations 2. Historical Evolution of Management 3. Internal Business Environment 4. External Business Environment 5. Decision Making 6. Planning 7. Organization. Organization design 8. Leadership. 9. Motivation of Human Resources 10. Team Management 11. Control 12. Operations Management 13. Case Studies A combination of teaching and learning methods will be used, aiming at the active participation of the students and the practical application of the thematic units under examination; there will also be lectures using audiovisual media, discussions, and analyses of case studies on real business issues, experiential (group) activities, as well as projections of relevant videos. The students will also undertake an individual or group project. Furthermore, articles, audiovisual lecture materials, web links/addresses, useful information, case studies and exercises for further practice are posted in digital form on the AUA Open e-Class platform.

Learning results

The aim of the course is:

• To introduce students to the science of Business Administration through the analysis of the business environment and the development of the individual functions of Business Administration.
• To encourage an understanding of management in today's complex and dynamic business environment
• To develop students' analytical and critical thinking skills

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Distinguish the basic principles of business administration
Understands the basic "tools" for dealing with theoretical and practical problems that arise in the modern business environment
Identify problems and propose alternative solutions related to the actions of planning, organization, management, and control of enterprises.
Distinguishes the main axes of the subject of modern management and its affinities with related scientific disciplines as well as the the characteristics of the Manager of the future.
Understand the importance and the way of operation of the examined public and private organizations

General Competences:

• Adapting to new situations
• Decision-making
• Working independently
• Teamwork
• Working in an international environment
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment
• Production of new research ideas Teamwork
• Project planning and management
• Respect for difference and multiculturalism
• Respect for the natural environment
• Showing social, professional, and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
• Criticism and self-criticism
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

Bibliography

Suggested Bibliography in Greek Language: • Βιβλίο [50658947]: Μάνατζμεντ (3η έκδοση), Τερζίδης Κ. • Βιβλίο [68379703]: Διοίκηση επιχειρήσεων, Robbins Stephen P., Decenzo David A., Coulter Mary • Βιβλίο [11729]: Ολοκληρωμένο μάνατζμεντ, Κέφης Βασίλειος Ν. • Βιβλίο [112690788]: Μάνατζμεντ, Michel Barabel, Olivier Meier • Βιβλίο [86053199]: Οργάνωση και Διοίκηση 5η Έκδοση, Κωνσταντίνος Μ. Τζωρτζάκης Suggested Bibliography in English Language: ● Stephen P. Robbins, David A. DeCenzo, Mary Coulter (2017). Fundamentals of Management ● Morris & Willey (1996). The Corporate Environment, Pitman Publishing Co. ● Welford & Prescott (1996). European Business, 2nd edition, Pitman Publishing. Related academic Journals: ● Human Resource Management Review ● Human Research Management Journal ● Human Research Development ● HR Magazine ● The International Journal of Human Resource Management ● Personnel Journal ● Employee relations ● Career Development International - Instructor's Notes

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