This free course, Understanding management: I'm managing thank you! provides you with a set of ideas for developing your approach to managing your own work what we might call self-management. In order to do this, we will examine some of the key processes of management decision making, such as allocating time, staff, physical and financial resources: prioritising and problem solving and monitoring performance.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 The appliance of science
- 1 The appliance of science
- 2 Parts of a process: managing resources efficiently and effectively
- 2 Parts of a process: managing resources efficiently and effectively
- 2.1 The process approach
- 2.2 Applying the transformation process
- 2.3 Resources and outputs
- 3 Decisions, decisions: dealing with tasks
- 3 Decisions, decisions: dealing with tasks
- 3.1 A matter of urgency
- 3.2 Bounded and unbounded tasks
- 4 Managing the time available
- 4 Managing the time available
- 5 Effective study: writing for academic study purposes
- 5 Effective study: writing for academic study purposes
- 5.1 Types and styles of writing
- 5.2 Writing essays and reports
- 5.3 Getting your writing started
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
