Business Administration

The course is an introduction to business management and examines the fundamental characteristics of companies and the their main purposes and functions. The course attempts an approach to the business actions and decisions in order to understand how each financial operation and coordination contributes to the business operation and how each approace achieves a competitive advantage.

Objectives

After completing the course, students will be able to:  • identify the internal and external environment of an organization or business,  • they understand the role of manager, • describe the basic functions of management , • recognize and set organizational goals, • business plan and make decisions, and finally • recognize the components of leadership behavior.

Prerequisites

Νο prerequisites required.

Syllabus

An analysis of management operations - Business organization and the programming, planning and organization, administration, leadership, control. Provides the theoretical foundations for understanding individual and group behavior in organizations and includes concepts such as motivation, perception, group dynamics, leadership theories, emotions, professional satisfaction. The main topics include (per course week ): 1. Introduction to the basic concepts. General for the organization and the system. 2. Principles of Scientific Management. 3. Formal and informal organization. 4. Bureaucratic organization. 5. Targeting. 6. The structure of the organizations. Job description. 7. Segmentation organizations and design organizations. 8. Management and leadership in modern enterprises. 9. The audit procedure. 10. Conflict resolution and method of making. 11. Multinational enterprises in the modern globalized world. 12. SWOT analysis. 13. Review.