Establish your personal learning environment, familiarise yourself with the course site and introduce yourself to course participants using your course blog.

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• Learning materials:
  1. Start here and
  2. Orientation

Learn to define management as well as the principles that guide it.

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• Learning materials: Overarching Principles
• Learning challenge: Principles Challenge

Learn to define the functions of managers, what they do and do not do.

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• Learning materials: Functions of management
• Learning challenge: The role of managers challenge

Become familiar with possible future challenges in management.

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• Learning materials: Future Skills of Management
• Learning challenge: Future skills challenge

An introduction to some of the people-related management aspects of being a manager.

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• Learning materials: Soft Skills in Management
• Learning challenge: Soft skills challenge

Learning to define organizational culture and the ethical boundaries of management.

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• Learning materials: Culture and Ethics in Management
• Learning challenge: Culture and Ethics challenge