Principles of Management

The course will expose students to principles of administration and financial management relevant to the management of wildlife production systems.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Learning objectives:

• Understand the management principles / functions and appropriately apply the different management styles.
• Identify relevant information for decision making in an organization
• Classify cost information for products and services and calculate product and service costs
• Describe the purpose of costing as an aid to planning, monitoring and controlling business activities
• Describe the budgeting process, types of budgets, and the various budgeting techniques and identify functions of budgets. Take note of the essential features / conditions for budgeting
• Prepare organizational budgets using relevant information and quantitative techniques
• Evaluate performance of different divisions and departments