Chopi CPA Leadership and Management Notes

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CPA ADVANCED LEVEL

UNIT DESCRIPTION

This paper is intended to equip the candidate with knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable him/her to apply and demonstrate leadership and management skills to grow an enterprise under various circumstances and environments including under uncertainties.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

A candidate who passes this paper should be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of leadership techniques and management principles
• Apply knowledge of leadership and management theories in organizations
• Effectively undertake management functions
• Make rational management decisions in an organisational context
• Embrace and manage strategic change.

CONTENT

Introduction to management

• 1.1 Nature of management
• 1.2 Importance of management
• 1.3 Levels of management
• 1.4Multi-disciplinary nature of management
• 1.5Roles of management as advocated Henry Mintzberg
• 1.6 The changing roles of management and managers
• 1.7Qualities of an effective manager
• 1.8Management and administration

Evolution and development of management thought

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2.1 Classical approaches to management

• 2.1.1 Taylor’s view point
• 2.1.2 Fayol’s administrative theory
• 2.1.3 Max Weber’s bureaucratic theory

2.2 Behavioural management approach

• 2.2.1 Elton Mayo-Human relation theory
• 2.2.2 Abraham Maslow’s theory
• 2.2.3 McGregor’s X and Y theories
• 2.2.4 Mary Parker Follett’s Management theory

2.3 Modern management theories

• 2.3.1 Quantitative thinking
• 2.3.2 Systems thinking
• 2.3.3 Contingency thinking

Leading as a function of management

• 3.1 Differences between management and leadership
• 3.2 Attributes and skills of a good leader
• 3.3 Delegation, responsibility and accountability
• 3.4 Power, authority and accountability

  Other Functions of management

4.1 Planning function:

•    4.1.1 Introduction to planning
•    4.1.2Importance of planning
•    4.1.3Planning process
•    4.1.4Types of plans
•    4.1.5Approaches to planning

4.2 Organising function

•    4.2.1   Meaning and importance of organising
•    4.2.2   Factors affecting the organising function
•    4.2.3Process of organising
•    4.2.4Principles of organising
•    4.2.5 Organisational structures

4.3 Staffing function

•    4.3.1Meaning and importance of staffing
•    4.3.2Staffing process
•    4.3.3  Factors that affect the staffing function
•    4.3.4  Components of the staffing function

4.4 Controlling function

• 4.4.1 Meaning and importance of control
•   4.4.2Steps in the control process
•   4.4.3Types of control
•   4.4.4  Controlling for organisational and employee performance
•   4.4.5  Tools for measuring performance
•   4.4.6  Essentials of an effective control system

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Environmental Analysis

•     5.1  Micro-environment
•     5.2 Macro-environment
•     5.3 Internal environment
•     5.4 External environment
•     5.5 Tools of environmental analysis

Leadership approaches and strategy

•     6.1 Leadership traits
•     6.2 Leadership styles
•     6.3 Leadership skills
•     6.4 Formulation of an organisation’s strategic direction
•     6.5 Differences between transactional leadership and transformational leadership
•     6.6 Conflict resolution mechanisms
•     6.7 Ethics in leadership

Decision making

•     7.1 Importance of decision making
•     7.2  Decision making models/approaches
•     7.3 Types of decisions
•     7.4 Decision making process
•     7.5 Problem solving skills
•     7.6 Decision making under different conditions
•     7.7Challenges in decision making
•     7.8Effective decision making

Enterprise management

• 8.1 Meaning and concept of entrepreneurship
•      8.2Intrapreneurship
•      8.3Entrepreneurial development
•      8.4Enhancing creativity and innovation in organisations
•      8.5Methods of generating ideas
•      8.6Introduction to business plan
•      8.7Protection of intellectual properties

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Project management

•     9.1 Project management concepts
•     9.2Characteristics of a project
•     9.3  Importance of projects
•     9.4Features of projects and baseline surveys
•     9.5  Illustration of theProject life cycle
•    9.6  Project planning and organising
•    9.7Project resources and costing
•    9.8Project completion and evaluation

Marketing management

•    10.1Meaning and importance of marketing
•    10.2Marketing management orientation/philosophies
•    10.3 Marketing mix
•    10.4 Development of marketing information
•    10.5Marketing strategies
•    10.6Marketing research and intelligence
•    10.7International marketing and e-commerce

Leadership and Strategic Change

•     11.1  Meaning of change
•     11.2  Theories of change
•     11.3  Types of organisational change
•     11.4  Managing resistance to change
•     11.5  Diagnosing the change context
•     11.6  Levers for strategic change
•     11.7  Methods of introducing strategic change
•     11.8  Problems of formal change programmes
•     11.9  Leading Change

Case Studies in Leadership and Management

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