This document outlines the course schedule and assessments for a Foundations of Management course taking place over one semester. The course consists of lectures on topics like organizational behavior, management thought, and contemporary issues, along with student presentations on management gurus. It allocates class time for group project work and includes assessments of 40% for theory and 60% for a group project, with the project running simultaneously throughout the course.

1. Foundations of Management 1
Course Programme: IBL10
Year 1, Semester 1, Autumn 2010
W35 30.08.10 Course Introduction & Literature Overview + Project Group Planning
W36 06.09.10 Introduction to Organisational Behaviour
W37 13.09.10 No Class (Distance Learning)
W38 20.09.10 Schools of Management Thought (1)
W39 27.09.10 Schools of Management Thought (2)
W40 04.10.10 No Class (Distance Learning)
W41 11.10.10 Contemporary Issues: Employee Empowerment
W42 18.10.10 Contemporary Issues: Management and Leadership
W43 25.10.10 Progress Check Meetings: Guru Presentations and Group Project Work
W44 01.11.10 The Management Gurus (Student Presentations)
W45 08.11.10 The Management Gurus (Student Presentations)
W46 15.11.10 Management Guru Feedback Sessions + Course Assessment (Theory)
W47 22.11.10 Project Group Presentations
W48 29.11.10 Project Group Presentations
W49 06.12.10 No Class (Independence Day)
Course Assessment
40% Theoretical Assessment
60% Project Work*
*Note:
The project work element will run simultaneously with the main lecture classes. In the final
weeks of the course, more class time will be devoted to project work tutorial sessions with the
lecturer.
Daryl Chapman – Course Lecturer
Metropolia – 30.08.2010