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Seminar on Advanced Management

Mahmud A. ShareefAssociate Professor

PhD (Business Administration, Carleton University,

Ottawa, Canada), M. Engg. (Structural Engg.,

Carleton University, Canada), MBA (IBA, Dhaka

University), B.Sc. Engg. (Civil Engg., BUET)

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Advance Management

This course integrates concepts from

Advanced theoretical dissertations of management research

Contemporary applied management issues and paradigms corporations confront

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Advance Management

We will study here

• Introduction to Management Process

• Management Principles in different Developed and Developing Countries

• Management and Culture

• Management and Social Capital

• Management, Postmodernism, and Critical Theory

• Different Contemporary Management Issues and Solutions

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Advance Management

Who is Manager

• Someone in the organization who coordinates and oversees the work of other employees in order to accomplish organizational goals

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Advance Management

Why organizations need ManagersOrganizations need great managersThey need people who can set goals and plan what

needs to be done to achieve goalsOrganizations need people who can organize and

arrange things so those goals can be metThey need people who can lead and motivate

others in working towards those goalsThey need people who can evaluate whether the

goals were accomplished efficiently and effectively and who can change things when needed

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Advance Management

Challenges of Managers

• Increasing number of global organizations.

• Building competitive advantage through superior efficiency, quality, innovation, and responsiveness.

• Increasing performance while remaining ethical managers.

• Managing an increasingly diverse work force.

• Using new technologies.