Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!

This free course, Understanding management: I'm managing thank you! provides you with a set of ideas for developing your approach to managing your own work what we might call self-management. In order to do this, we will examine some of the key processes of management decision making, such as allocating time, staff, physical and financial resources: prioritising and problem solving and monitoring performance.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 The appliance of science
• 1 The appliance of science
• 2 Parts of a process: managing resources efficiently and effectively
• 2 Parts of a process: managing resources efficiently and effectively
• 2.1 The process approach
• 2.2 Applying the transformation process
• 2.3 Resources and outputs
• 3 Decisions, decisions: dealing with tasks
• 3 Decisions, decisions: dealing with tasks
• 3.1 A matter of urgency
• 3.2 Bounded and unbounded tasks
• 4 Managing the time available
• 4 Managing the time available
• 5 Effective study: writing for academic study purposes
• 5 Effective study: writing for academic study purposes
• 5.1 Types and styles of writing
• 5.2 Writing essays and reports
• 5.3 Getting your writing started
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements