Course
Management Essentials
Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Business
Course code
BUSN 1210
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 Weeks
Max class size
35
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
To be determined
Overview
Course description
This course will introduce the student to managerial principles, methods and skills: understanding organizational structure, planning strategy and operations, controlling and leading. Particular attention will be given to managerial decision-making in a complex society.
Course content
- Introduction to Business: definition, types, Canadian environment
- Information Literacy Skills and Time Management
- What is Management and What do Managers do?
- Evolution of Management: early years, recent years, current trends and issues
- Managing the Organizational Environment
- Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics
- Decision-Making: the decision-making process, group decision-making
- Planning: purposes and types of plans, the strategic management process, levels of strategy, business-level strategic frameworks, competitive strategies (Porter)
- Organizing: defining organizational structure and design, building the vertical dimension of organizations, building the horizontal structure of organizations, the contingency approach to organizational design
- The Human Resource Management Process, Labour Relations
- Managing Change: forces of change, resistance to change, techniques for managing change, contemporary issues in managing change, stimulating innovation
- Organizational Culture
- Organizational Behaviour: explaining and predicting behaviour, attitudes, personality
- Groups and Teams: understanding group behaviour, turning groups into effective teams, developing and managing effective teams
- Motivation: early theories of motivation, contemporary approaches to motivation, suggestions for motivating employees
- Leadership: behavioural theories, contingency theories, coaching skills
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills: understanding communication, developing interpersonal skills (active listening, feedback, conflict management, delegation)
- Controlling: the control process, types of control, qualities of an effective control system, information controls
Note: The concepts of TQM and the Contingency Approach should be integrated throughout the content.
Learning activities
Lectures, seminars and case discussions.
Means of assessment
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.
| Term Examinations | 20% - 30% |
| Final Examination | 30% |
| Written Case Study(s) | 10% - 20% |
| Research Paper(s) | 10% - 20% |
| Participation | 05% - 10% |
| Public Presentation | 05% - 10% |
| 100% |
Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the successful student should be able to:
- describe the Canadian Business environment within which management takes place;
- define and describe the management function processes of planning, organizing, and controlling organizational work activities and how this is accomplished through effective leadership;
- analyze roles, skill sets and key performance concepts that are essential to managerial success utilizing a range of learning techniques;
- describe the development of management approaches that have contributed to organizational productivity;
- analyze and solve management problems;
- describe the importance of improving the ability of managers to acquire, comprehend, interpret, and utilize relevant knowledge through proper information management;
- practice business writing and presentation skills.
Textbook materials
At the College Bookstore, a list of required and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester.
Example textbooks:
Robbins, Stephen P., Mary Coulter and Nancy Langton. Management, Latest Ed. Prentice Hall Canada Inc.
Robbins, Stephen P., Mary Coulter and Nancy Langton. Fundamentals of Management, Latest Ed. Prentice Hall Canada Inc.
Jones, G.R., George, J.M., Hill, C. and Langton, N. Essentials of Contemporary Management, Latest Cdn Ed. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.
Jones, G.R., George, J.M., Hill, C. and Langton, N. Contemporary Management, Latest Cdn Ed. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.
Requisites
Prerequisites
No prerequisite courses.
Corequisites
No corequisite courses.
Equivalencies
No equivalent courses.
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer details for BUSN 1210 |
|---|---|
| Acsenda School of Management (ASM) | DOUG BUSN 1210 (3) & DOUG BUSN 3310 (3) = ASM BADM 302 (3) |
| Alexander College (ALEX) | ALEX COMM 100 (3) |
| Athabasca University (AU) | AU ADMN 232 (3) |
| BC Institute of Technology (BCIT) | BCIT BUSA 2005 (4) or BCIT BUSA 2100 (2) |
| Camosun College (CAMO) | CAMO BUS 150 (3) |
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU BADM 101 (3) |
| Coast Mountain College (CMTN) | CMTN MGMT 150 (3) |
| College of the Rockies (COTR) | COTR MGMT 204 (3) |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU BUSI 1210 (3) |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG BUSM 1200 (3) |
| North Island College (NIC) | NIC BUS 150 (3) |
| Okanagan College (OC) | OC BUAD 123 (3) |
| Quest University (QU) | UBCV COMM 1st (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | DOUG BUSN 1210 (3) & DOUG BUSN 3310 (3) = SFU BUS 1XX (3) & SFU BUS 272 (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU MNGT 1710 (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU MNGT 1711 (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU BUSI 1XX (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO MGMT_O 110 (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV COMM_V 1st (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC COMM 100 (3) |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV BUS 202 (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | DOUG BUSN 1210 (3) & DOUG BUSN 3310 (3) = UVIC COM 220 (1.5) & UVIC COM 2XX (1.5) |
| Vancouver Community College (VCC) | VCC MGMT 1003 (3) |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU MGMT 192 (3) |
Course Offerings
Winter 2025
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
12007
|
Mon | Instructor last name
Stroppa
Instructor first name
George
|
Course status
Waitlist
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
34
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
2
Building
Anvil Office Tower
Room
722
Times:
Start Time
11:30
End Time
14:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
12008
|
Fri | Instructor last name
Ferens
Instructor first name
Ralph
|
Course status
Waitlist
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
33
Remaining seats:
2
On waitlist
2
Building
Anvil Office Tower
Room
709
Times:
Start Time
12:30
End Time
15:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
12009
|
Wed | Instructor last name
Semeniuk
Instructor first name
Monica
|
Course status
Full
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
35
Remaining seats:
0
On waitlist
0
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N4312
Times:
Start Time
15:30
End Time
18:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
12011
|
Tue | Instructor last name
Heritage
Instructor first name
Russell
|
Course status
Waitlist
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
35
Remaining seats:
0
On waitlist
6
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N4310
Times:
Start Time
15:30
End Time
18:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
13103
|
Tue | Instructor last name
Ribalkin
Instructor first name
Andrei
|
Course status
Full
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
35
Remaining seats:
0
On waitlist
0
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N4360
Times:
Start Time
8:30
End Time
11:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
13337
|
Fri | Instructor last name
Ferens
Instructor first name
Ralph
|
Course status
Full
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
35
Remaining seats:
0
On waitlist
0
Building
Anvil Office Tower
Room
624
Times:
Start Time
8:30
End Time
11:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
14189
|
Tue | Instructor last name
Watt
Instructor first name
Adrienne
|
Course status
Waitlist
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
35
Remaining seats:
0
On waitlist
15
Building
Online
Room
ONLINE
Times:
Start Time
12:30
End Time
15:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
14273
|
Wed | Instructor last name
Heritage
Instructor first name
Russell
|
Course status
Waitlist
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
35
Remaining seats:
0
On waitlist
1
Building
Anvil Office Tower
Room
711
Times:
Start Time
12:30
End Time
15:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
14642
|
Thu | Instructor last name
Bania
Instructor first name
Anish
|
Course status
Waitlist
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
35
Remaining seats:
0
On waitlist
4
Building
Anvil Office Tower
Room
609
Times:
Start Time
15:30
End Time
18:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
14665
|
Mon | Instructor last name
Stroppa
Instructor first name
George
|
Course status
Full
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
35
Remaining seats:
0
On waitlist
0
Building
Anvil Office Tower
Room
609
Times:
Start Time
15:30
End Time
18:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
16094
|
Mon | Instructor last name
Semeniuk
Instructor first name
Monica
|
Course status
Full
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
35
Remaining seats:
0
On waitlist
0
Building
New Westminster - North Bldg.
Room
N4312
Times:
Start Time
18:30
End Time
21:20
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
16098
|
Sat | Instructor last name
Ribalkin
Instructor first name
Andrei
|
Course status
Open
|
Maximum seats
35
Currently enrolled
31
Remaining seats:
4
On waitlist
0
Building
Anvil Office Tower
Room
608
Times:
Start Time
9:00
End Time
11:50
Section notes
BUSN 1210 070 - This section is on Saturdays.