INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

COURSE OUTLINE

Kulliyyah Economics & Management Sciences

Department Business Administration

Programme Bachelor of Engineering / Information Technology / Sciences / Human

Science (Communications)
Course Title Introduction to Management (for non-ENM)

Course Code MGT 1050

Status Required Elective

Level Undergraduate

Credit Hours 3

Contact Hours Lecture – 3 hours

Pre-requisites Nil
(if any)

Co-requisites Nil
(if any)
Instructional Lectures, case study analysis, class discussions, students’ presentations.
Strategies
Course
Assessment LO Method %
1,2,4 Quizzes 20
1,2,3 Group presentation 20
1,2,4 Case analysis (group work) 10
1,2,4 Final examination 50

Instructor(s)
Madam Iza Harani Bakar
Br. Nazrol Kamil Mustaffa Kamil

Semester Semesters I & II

Offered

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Course Synopsis This is a basic management course introducing non-ENM students to
management fundamentals and functions. In addition, students are
introduced to management issues such as business ethics and social
responsibility, and Islamic approaches to the management processes.
Course 1. To expose students to changing management paradigms, managerial
Objectives skills, roles of technology in management, social responsibility and
ethics, and other issues.
2. To familiarize students with techniques of environmental analyses
and management processes including planning, organizing, leading
and controlling.
3. To introduce Islamic approaches to, and viewpoints of management.
4. To introduce students to skills in analyzing management cases.
5. To develop communication skills through presentation of cases, class
discussions and group project.
Learning After finishing this course, the students are expected to be able to:
Outcomes 1. Identify and describe the basic management processes of planning,
organizing, leading and controlling.
2. Use concepts, theories and models to understand and analyze the
dynamics of managing organizations.
3. Apply management techniques in organizational contexts such as
decision making, communication and teamwork.
4. Discuss the essentials of management from the Islamic perspective.
Content Outlines

Weeks Topics Task/Reading

1 1 Introduction to Management and Organizations

Who are managers? Chapter 1

What is management?

What managers do?

What is an organization?

Why study management?
2 2 Management Yesterday and Today

Historical background of management Chapters 2

Current trends and issues and 3
Organizational Culture and Environment

The organization’s culture

The environment
3 3 Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics

What is social responsibility? Chapter 5

Managerial ethics

4 4 Decision making

The decision making process Chapter 6

The manager as decision maker
5 5 Foundations of Planning

What is planning? Chapter 7

Why do managers plan?

How do managers plan?
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6 6 Strategic Management

The importance of strategic management Chapter 8

The strategic management process

Types of organizational strategies
7 7 Organizational Structure and Design

Defining organizational structure Chapter 10

Organizational design decisions

Common organizational design
8 8 Communication and Information Technology

Understanding communication
Chapter 11

Understanding information technology
9 9 Human Resource Management

Why HRM is important Chapter 12

The HRM process
10 10 Foundations of Behavior

Why look at individual behavior? Chapter 14

Contemporary OB issues
11 11 Understanding Groups and Teams

Understanding groups Chapter 15

Explaining work group behavior

Turning groups into effective teams
12 12 Motivating Employees

What is motivation? Chapter 16

Contemporary theories of motivation

Current issues in motivation
13 13 Leadership

Who are leaders and what is leadership? Chapter 17

Contingency theories of leadership

Contemporary views of leadership

Leadership issues in the twenty-first
century
14 14 Foundations of Control

What is control? Chapter 18

Why is control important?

Controlling for organizational performance

Tools

Contemporary issues
References Required
Robbins, S. P., and Coulter, M. (2007) Management, 9th edition, New Jersey:
Pearson Prentice Hall.

Recommended
Khaliq Ahmad, (2006) Management from Islamic Perspective, Research
Center, IIUM.

Lewis, P.S., Goodman, S.H., and Fandt, P.M. (2004) Management:

Challenges for Tomorrow’s Leaders, Ohio: Thomson South-Western.

Williams, C., (2007) Management, 4th edition, Ohio:Thomson South-Western.

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Proposed Semester 1, 2008/2009
Start Date
(Semester)
Batch of 1st to 4th year students
Students to
be Affected

Prepared by: Checked by: Approved by:

__________________ __________________ ______________

( Br. Nazrol Kamil Mustaffa (Prof. Dr. Mohd. Ismail (Prof. Dr. Mansor Ibrahim)
Kamil ) Sayyed Ahmad)