Contemporary Management

Program:  Managerial Economics
ECTS:  5
Lecturer:  Professor Jerzy Supernat
Email:  jerzy.supernat@uwr.edu.pl

Type:  Compulsory
Level:  Advanced

Course information:
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Personal information:
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Lecture
Number of hours:  2h X 8 weeks = 16 hours (1 semester)

Classes
Number of hours:  2h X 7 weeks = 14 hours (1 semester)

Objective: 
Explain the nature of organizations and management. Identify and analyse contemporary management challenges.

Assessment: 
Final oral examination

Contents: 
The course analyses and explains the nature of organizations and management, and addresses the main contemporary management challenges, incuding decision-making under risk and uncertainty.Recommended reading: 

• Ricky W. Griffin, Management, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York, the last edition.
• Richard H. Hall, Pamela S. Tolbert, Organizations. Structures, Processes, and Outcomes, Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey, the last edition.
• E. Frank Harrison, The Managerial Decision-Making Process, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York, the last edition