Both Sessions

1. To facilitate students’ understanding of their own managerial skills.
2. To improve communication skills.
3. To learn from the management experience of others.
4. To develop and learn about goals specific to the students of this class
5. Have a lot of fun while learning a lot of stuff!

1st session

1. To explain the basic concepts, principles, and processes of management.
2. To expose students to the history of management thought.
3. To explore organizational culture
4. To use management thought to develop a better understanding of the ways in which gender, race, class, culture, and other contextual differences play out among people in the workplace.

2nd Session

1. To examine the complexity of managing in a global world.
2. To use management thought to develop a better understanding of motivation.
3. To develop an ability to work with moral and ethical dilemmas and make decisions using critical thinking.
4. To expose students to several models of leadership.