Managerial Methods

MAIN AIMS

The main aim is to introduce most common managerial methods which help gain more detailed view on internal mechanisms that influence fulfilment of social tasks and business performance of an organization. Students should acquire those methods and their effective use in particular situations.

CONTENT

Choice of appropriate method is basic precondition of any human activity


·        Most common managerial methods

·        How to plan the way to business success?

·        What are the current threats for business?

·        What causes the need for change in current business organisations?

Methods of managerial decision making


·        Steps in decision making and structure of decision making process

·        Decision making methods and chart of expected contributions

·        Decision making as a cause of uncertainty

·        Choice of possible alternative decisions

Control methods of business threats


·        Structure of business threats and methods of their classification

·        General relations in managing threats: Methods of decreasing the potential risk

·        Active information gathering: Categorization of gained information

·        Safety triangle – work and impacts of a “risk manager”

Methods of choice of optimal business plan (creation of business plan)


·        What do we have to do to get current opportunities?

·        Requirements for successful choice of business plan

·        SWOT analysis

·        Critical success factors

·        Company’s basic strategic aims

Methods which are used in preparation for and during organisational change. Connection of those methods with creation of high performance company environment


·        Models of organisational structures

·        Identification of processes used in a company

·        Concept of (SPV) (Sources, Processes, Values): opening for building up the ability of an organisation successfully implement the innovations.

·        What is company culture? Methods that enable appropriately adapt the company culture

·        Forms of communication in an organisation

Methods of Balanced Scoreboard (BSC)


·        Basic concept of BSC methodology

·        Requirements, which must be fulfil by the BSC indicators

·        Creation process of the “Performance matrix”

·        Lifelong education is essential condition in knowledgeable society

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