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TAKING
THE LEAD
PRODUCER:
INTELECOM
PRODUCTION COMPLETED: 1993
FIRST PBS RELEASE: Fall 1993
DISCIPLINE: Business
PROGRAMS: 26 half-hour programs
CAPTIONING: none
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This vital and
insightful new business management telecourse provides an overview
of management in the nineties, with an emphasis on the competencies
that are essential for success. TAKING THE LEAD: THE MANAGEMENT
REVOLUTION features such noted authorities as Warren Bennis,
John Other, George Labovitz, and William Ouch, and provides students
with an inside view of management in a variety of businesses, including
General Dynamics, Hybritech, Patagonia, and the Four Seasons Hotel.
Course organization
is based on the major functions of management-planning, organizing, staffing,
directing, and controlling. Topics of such current importance as the cultural
and social diversity of the work force, Total Quality Management (TQM), social
responsiveness and ethics, and multinational markets and competition are woven
throughout the course.
TAKING
THE LEAD is part of the Business Connection-a series of television-based
courses designed to enhance a student's career potential in business.
The five-course package consists of BUSSINESS AND THE LAW, BY THE
NUMBERS, SOMETHING VENTURED, THE SALES CONNECTION and TAKING THE
LEAD: THE MANAGEMENT REVOLUTION TAKING THE LEAD: THE MANAGEMENT
REVOLUTION.
Combining
vision with reality, and long-term goals with short-term strategies,
each program in the Taking the Lead series will provide viewers
with the insight they need to both survive and succeed in the rapidly
changing world of business at the beginning of the 21st century.
PROGRAM TITLES:
| Module
1: Introduction to Management |
Module
V: Directing |
| 1.
Management At Work |
14. All
Systems Go: Motivating for Excellence |
| 2.
In Transition: The Changing, Challenging Environment of Management |
15. Pulling
Together: Building Morale and Commitment |
| Module
II: Planning and Decision Making |
16. At
the Helm: Styles of Leadership |
| 3.
Setting the Stage: The Planning Process |
17. Working
It Out: Managing Organizational Conflict |
| 4.
The Game Plan: Strategic, Business, and Department-Level Planning |
Module
VI: Controlling |
| 5.
Calling the Shots: Decision Making |
18. Keeping
Track: Management and Control |
| Module
III: Organizing |
19. It
All Adds Up: Financial Methods of Control |
| 6. Putting
It Together: The Principles of Organizing |
20. Taking
Stock: Production/Operations Management |
| 7. Laying
the Groundwork: Organizational Design |
21.
Point of Information: Information Systems Management |
| 8. Running
the Show: Influence, Power, and Authority |
Module
VII: Competitive Management |
| 9. Heart
of the Matter: Organizational Climate |
22. Above
and Beyond: Managing for Productivity |
| 10. Shifting
Gears: Managing Organizational Change |
23. World
of Opportunity: Managing in a Global Environment |
| Module
IV: Managing Human Resources |
Module
VIII: Management and the Individual |
| 11.
Help Wanted: Recruitment and Selection of Employees |
24. The
Right Fit: The Individual and the Organization |
| 12. High
Performance: Staff Development and Maintenance |
25. Making
Choices: Managerial Ethics |
| 13. Keeping
in Touch: Interpersonal and Organizational Communication |
26. For the
Common Good: Social Responsibility and Management
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send comments to: Joel Martin
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The
Community College of Baltimore County
800
S. Rolling Road
Baltimore,
MD 21228
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