Principles of Business Administration

General

• Code: 101
• Semester: 1st
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: General Background
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Lectures and Practice/Exercises (3)
• ECTS Units: 5
• Course homepage: https://elearning.cm.ihu.gr/course/view.php?id=19
• Instructors: Giovanis Nikolaos
• Class Schedule:
  • Thu 12:00 - 15:00: (Θ) Αμφιθέατρο 4

Course Contents

• Introduction to Management Concepts.
• Characteristics of business organizations; forms of economic activity.
• Planning and decision making; forms of organizational operation.
• Staffing of the organization and te management of human resources.
• The function of control and coordination.
• Leadership, motivation and direction.
• The role of executives in organizations.
• Basic Concepts of Innovation, Quality, Information and Change Management.

Educational Goals

The objectives of this lesson are:

• To demonstrate the role, mission and necessity of Management Science in business organizations.
• To describe the concept, entity and role of business organizations..
• To present the Principles of Management, its content and theoretical framework.
• To develop the ability of administrative thinking and synthesis of management principles.
• To examine the course of action with which businesses achieve their goals.

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

• To understand the basic corporate functions. To have knowledge and skills about the way businesses are managed. To be able to critically evaluate actions of corporate functions. To be able to use models, techniques and tools in practice
• To know and understand the basic management principles.
• To recognize the importance, necessity and objectives of the planning function.
• To understand the decision-making process and the role of executives in dealing with problems in organizations.
• To recognize the correct way of organizing a sustainable business that realizes its goals.
• Recognize the main characteristics of the motivation process and the role of executives in it.
• To understand the importance of management and leadership and role of executives in it.
• To recognize the importance of control and the main control procedures.

General Skills

to be filled

Teaching Methods

• Face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Online guidance.
• Slides Projection in the classroom.
• Use of E-mail and onlne communication systems.
• Use of e-learning system (moodle).

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

to be filled

Recommended Bibliography

ΔΙΔΑΚΤΙΚΑ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ

1. Γιοβάνης Ν., Πάσχος Γ. Σύγχρονη Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων,Γ έκδοση, ΕΧΕΔΩΡΟΣ,2019, ΘΕΣ/ΝΙΚΗ.
2. Μαντζάρης Ι,.Σύγχρονη Οργάνωση και Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων,Β. ΓΚΙΟΥΡΔΑ,2003,ΑΘΗΝΑ.
3. Παπαδάκης Β., Επίκαιρα Θέματα Στρατηγικής Επιχειρήσεων, εκδόσεις Μπένου ,2018 , Αθήνα.
4. Μπουραντάς, Δ., Επιτυχημένος Ηγέτης και Μάνατζερ, Εκδόσεις Ψυχογιός, 2018, Αθήνα.
5. Hester, A., Τα 10 Κλειδιά Επιτυχίας του Μάνατζερ, Εκδόσεις Ψυχογιός, 2018, Αθήνα.

ΠΡΟΣΘΕΤΗ ΠΡΟΤΕΙΝΟΜΕΝΗ ΒΙΟΒΛΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ

1. Brealy Richard, Myers Stewart, Allen Franklin (2016). Principles of Corporate Finance: McGraw- Hill.
2. Duneier Stephen. (2018). Alpha Brain: How a Group of Iconoclasts Are Using Cognitive Science to Advance the Business of Alpha Generation : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
3. McCraw Thomas K., Childs William R. (2018). American Business Since 1920: How It Worked, Third Edition: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
4. Perumal Andrei, Wilson, Stephen A. (2017). Growth In The Age Of Complexity: Steering Your Company To Innovation, Productivity, And Profits In The New Era Of Competition: McGraw- Hill.
5. Daft R.L. Management. South-Western College Pub, 10 edition, 2011.
6. Griffin R.W. Management. Western College Pub, 10 edition, 2010.

Related Research Journals

1. Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management.
2. Journal of Change Management, Taylor and Francis.
3. European Management Journal, Elsevier.
4. Journal of Management, Sage Journals.