The document provides a course outline for a Masters of Business Administration program at the International Islamic University Malaysia. The course titled "Managing Corporate Resources" is a core course offered in semester 1 of 2011/2012. It is a 3-credit hour course taught over 118 hours by Dr. Dolhadi Zainudin. The course introduces students to essential management principles and theories from an Islamic perspective and aims to enhance students' problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills. Assessment includes participation, exams, case analyses, a group project, and a final exam.

1. INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
COURSE OUTLINE
Kulliyyah Economics & Management Sciences
Department/School Graduate School of Management
Programme Masters of Business Administration
Name of Course / Mode Managing Corporate Resources
Course Code MGT 6110
Name (s) of Academic
Dr Dolhadi Zainudin, DBA
staff / Instructor(s)
The course provides necessary introduction to the essentials of
Rationale for the
management as they apply to the contemporary work environment. Topics
inclusion of the course /
covered in this course are designed to balance the management theory and
module in the
the management practice. This is crucial for graduate students to help them
programme
making better decisions in their organizations.
Semester and Year
Semester 1, 2011/2012
Offered
Status Core
Level Graduate
Proposed Start Date Semester 1, 2011/2012
Batch of Student to be
Current Intake
Affected
Independent
Learning
Face to Face
Total Guided and Independent
Total Student Learning Learning
Presentation
Final Exam
Preparation
& Revision
Mid-Term
Lectures
Time (SLT)
Project
paper
Class
Case
s
34 6 2 1 3 72 118
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2. Credit Value / Hours 3
Pre-requisites (if any) Nil
Co-requisites (if any) Nil
1. To introduce corporate resource utilization effective and efficient way
2. To provide a broad understanding of management principles, practices,
concepts and theories.
3. To introduce Islamic perspectives to management.
Course Objectives
4. To highlight contemporary issues to management.
5. To enhance problem-solving, decision-making and communication
skills.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an overall understanding of management principles,
practices, concepts and theories.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of Islamic perspective to management.
Learning Outcomes
3. Differentiate between Islamic and conventional approaches to
management.
4. Identify and explain contemporary issues in management.
5. Analyze and present management cases as part of a team.
1. Communication skills are developed through oral presentations of
management cases and discussions conducted during classes.
2. Problem solving and analytical skills are developed through case
Transferable Skills: analysis report writing and group projects.
3. Writing skills are developed through report writing.
4. Teamwork skills are developed through case analysis and group
projects.
Type of Assessment Description
Lectures are conducted every
Teaching-Learning and Lectures
class time
assessment strategy
Each student has to complete one
Project group project and two case
analyses
Effective/efficient use of available corporate resources by the management
is considered essential for the success of any business and non –business
organizations. It is the backbone of industrialized societies. This basic
Course Synopsis management course introduces students to management fundamentals and
functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Students are
exposed to the fundamental concepts of management behavior in order to
prepare them to best meet the challenges of managing the organizations
and coping with forces of the external environment.
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3. LO Method %
1,2,3,4,5 Participation 10
Assessment Methods and
1,2, 3 Mid-semester Examination 20
Type / Course
Assessment 1,2,3,4,5 Case Analysis 15
State weightage of each 1,2,3,5 Group Project 15
type of assessment. 1,2,3,4,5 Final Examination 40
Total 100
Mapping of the course / module to the programme aims
Mapping of course / module to the Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Outcomes
Learning Outcome of the course
O1 O2 O3 O4 O5 O6 O7 O8 O9
1. Demonstrate an overall understanding of management
√ √ √ √
principles, practices, concepts and theories. √
2. Demonstrate an understanding of Islamic perspective
to management. √ √
3. Differentiate between Islamic and conventional √ √
approaches to management. √ √
4. Identify and explain contemporary issues in
√ √ √ √ √
management. √
5. Analyze and present management cases as part of a
team √ √ √
√
Content outline of the course / module and the SLT per topic
Learning
Weeks Topics Task/Reading
Hours
Introduction to Management and
Organizations
- Who are managers?
- What do managers do?
- What is an organization?
- Why study management? Robbins & Coulter
1 7.5 (2009), Chap. 1 & 2
Management History
- Historical background of management
- Classical approach
- Quantitative approach
- Behavioural approach
- Contemporary approach
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4. Organizational Culture and Environment
- The manager; Omnipotent or symbolic? 7.5 Robbins & Coulter
2 - Organizational culture (2009), Chap. 3
- Current organizational issues
- The environment
Managing in a Global Environment
- Who owns what?
Robbins & Coulter
- What is your global perspective? 7.5
3 (2009), Chap. 4
- Understanding the global environment
- Doing business globally
- Managing in a global environment
Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics 8.5
- What is social responsibility Robbins & Coulter
- Green management (2009), Chap. 5
- Managers and ethical behavior
4 Case Analysis 1- Zara
- Encouraging ethical behavior
International (Questions 1, 2
- Social responsibility and ethical issues in & 3)
today’s world (Based on Chapter 2)
Presentation and Discussion
Managers as Decision Makers
- The decision making process 7.5
- Managers making decisions Robbins & Coulter
- Types of decisions and decision-making (2009), Chap. 6
conditions
5 Case Analysis 2- Panera
- Decision-making styles
Bread Company (Questions
- Effective decision making in today’s
1, 2 & 3)
world (Based on Chapter 3)
Presentation and Discussion
Foundations of Planning 9.5 Robbins & Coulter
- The what and why of planning (2009), Chap. 7
- Goals and plans
6
- Setting goals and developing plans Case Analysis 3: Tom’s of
- Contemporary issues in planning Maine (Questions 1, 2, & 3)
Presentation and Discussion (Based on Chapter 5)
Revision
13.5
7 Mid Term Exam
(Coverage: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6)
Organizational Structure and Design
- Designing organizational structure 8. 5
Robbins & Coulter
8 - Mechanistic and organic structures
(2009), Chap. 9
- Common organizational designs
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5. Managers and Communication
- The nature and function of communication 7.5
- Methods of interpersonal communication
- Effective interpersonal communication Robbins & Coulter
- Organizational communication (2009), Chap. 14
- Information technology and
9
communication Case Analysis 4: Amazon:
- How IT affects organization One E-Store .. (Questions 1,
- Communication issues in today’s 2, & 3)
organization (Based on Chapter 6)
Presentation and Discussion
Motivating Employees Robbins & Coulter
- What is motivation 8.5 (2009), Chap. 15
- Early theories of motivation
10
- Contemporary theories of motivation Case Analysis 5: Lands’ End
- Current issues in motivation (Questions 1, 2 & 3)
Presentation and Discussion (Based on Chapter 7)
Managers as Leaders
- Who are leaders and what is leadership? 10. 5
- Early leadership theories Robbins & Coulter
- Contingency theories of leadership (2009), Chap. 16
11
- Contemporary views of leadership
- Leadership issues in twenty-first century
Project paper preparation
Introduction to Controlling
- What is controlling and why is it 9.5
important?
- The control process Robbins & Coulter
- Controlling for organizational (2009), Chap. 17
performance
- Tools for measuring organizational Case Analysis 6: Pixar:
12
Animated Geniuses
performance (Questions
- Contemporary issues in control 1, 2 & 3)
(Based on Chapter 15
Presentation and Discussion
Project paper preparation
13 Final Examination and preparation 12
Total 118
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6. Main references supporting the course
Required
Robbins, S. P. & Coulter, M. (2009), Management, Pearson Prentice Hall. (10th Edition)
Additional references supporting the course
Hitt, M. A., Black, J. S. & Porter, L. W. (2009). Management(10th Edition). Pearson Prentice Hall.
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