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Midterm Review – MGT 3301 Summer 2017

Below is a list of topics that will give you a general idea of what will be tested on the midterm. The material covered in the Chapter reading 1-7, and 9, end of chapter questions, slide deck, and videos. The exam will consist of 50 multiple choice questions.

Chapter #1

• The Function of Management
• Efficiency and Effectiveness
• Classical vs. Humanistic Perspective
• What Managers Do
• Making the Leap to Manager
• Relationship of Technical, Human and Conceptual skills to management
  Chapter #2
  
  • External Environment and its Types
  • Internal Environment
  • Management perspectives over time
  • Recent Historical Trends
  • Corporate Culture and Types
    Chapter #3
    • Globalization
    
    • Changing International Environment
    • Corporate Social responsibilityChapter #4
      
      • Shareholder vs. Stakeholder model
      • How to make ethical decisions
      • Strategies to Build an Ethical Organization
      • Triple Bottom Line
      • Whistleblowing

Chapter #5

• Setting Goals
• Advantages and Pitfalls of Planning
• Crises Planning
• Cost Leadership vs. Differentiation
• SWOT AnalysisChapter #6
• Decision-making Model
• Advantages and Challenges of Group decision-making
  • GroupthinkChapter #7
  
  • Designing Organization Structure
  • Structural Approaches – Advantages and Disadvantages
    Chapter #9
    
    • Strategic Human Resource Management
    • Major Federal Laws Related to Human Resource
      Management
    • HR Planning
    • Developing Talent
    • Maintaining an Effective Workplace
    • Workplace Prejudice Discrimination and Stereotypes