You will be provided to become more intelligent during discussion of the problems encountered in the practice of construction management.The course covers corporate strategic planning, market research, policies and practices, decision making process and ethics.at the end,this course wil stimulates students critical thought of management concepts.
1. Corporate Strategic Planning and Management
1.1) Mission, Vision and Goals
1.2) S.W.O.T Analysis
1.3) Corporate Level Strategies
1.4) Growth and globalisation
1.5) Entrepreneurship
2. Market Research and Planning
2.1) Market trends
2.2) Opportunities
2.3) Changes in competition
2.4) Identifying the niche areas
2.5) Gaining competitive advantage
3. Types of Business Organisations
3.1) Specialised businesses
3.2) Conglomerates and holding companies
3.3) Strategic alliances – joint-ventures and strategic networking
4. Construction Organisations
4.1) Organisation structure
4.2) Management-by-objectives
4.3) Business re-engineering
4.4) Organisational culture
4.5) Job enlargement, enrichment, empowerment
4.6) Total quality management
4.7) Health, safety, welfare and environmental issues
5. Decision Making Processes and Problem Solving
5.1) Identifying and resolving potential problems
5.2) Individual and group decision making approaches
5.3) Combining objective and subjective information to arrive at a comprehensive decision
6. Globalisation
6.1) The effect of World Trade Organisations
6.2) The influences of new regional economic groupings
6.3) The continuing ICT revolution
6.4) The potential growth in e-commerce
6.5) New challenges in risk management
6.6) Inter-cultural management
6.7) Managing change
6.8) Success and sustainability
7. Business Ethic and Corporate Governance
7.1) Business transparency
7.2) Need for good corporate governance sustainable clients corporate social responsibility.
7.3) Encouragement of initiative
7.4) Strengthening of business ethics