Бакалавриат
2025/2026
Менеджмент: концепции и технологии 21 века
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Международный бизнес)
Где читается:
Высшая школа бизнеса
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course “Management: Concepts and Technologies of the 21st Century” represents the first step in professional managerial education. It is a foundational discipline that lays the groundwork for all subsequent management courses and practical training. The course is designed as a managerial journey-from understanding the very nature of management to mastering the practices of building modern organizations and business ecosystems.
Each module constitutes a distinct step in the development of managerial thinking and professional competence. The course introduces students to a contemporary understanding of management as a complex and interdisciplinary field of knowledge, integrating insights from economics, sociology, psychology, engineering, and information sciences. Management is examined as a socio-technological practice that evolves in close interaction with science, technology, culture, and society. Special emphasis is placed on digital transformation and artificial intelligence, which are fundamentally reshaping how organizations analyze their environment, make decisions, organize work processes, and manage people.
Learning Objectives
- to comprehend the core concepts and technologies of management and their historical evolution;
- to understand the social, economic, and technological factors that have shaped managerial ideas and practices over time;
- to master the principles of systemic thinking in relation to organizations, including their structures, processes, and external environments;
- to develop the ability to view management not merely as a set of tools and techniques, but as a continuously evolving intellectual and professional practice.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To explain key management concepts and theories developed in the twentieth century, demonstrating understanding of their original economic, social, and institutional context.
- To explain the limitations of traditional management models under conditions of globalization, digital transformation, and increasing environmental uncertainty.
- To apply contemporary management frameworks and concepts to analyze organizational and managerial challenges in modern business environments.
- To analyze organizations as complex socio-technical systems characterized by uncertainty, interdependence, and dynamic interaction with the external environment.
- To evaluate managerial decisions, organizational designs, and leadership models in terms of adaptability, resilience, and long-term sustainability.
- To design and justify managerial solutions and organizational approaches appropriate for twenty-first-century organizational and business conditions.
Course Contents
- Section 1. Management in Action: The Nature, Meaning, and Role of Management in the 21st Century
- Section 2. The Evolution of Management Ideas: From Factories to the Digital Age
- Section 3. The Organizational Environment: Understanding Context and Managing Change
- Section 4. Strategy and Development: Managing the Company’s Future
- Section 5. Organizational Design: Structure, Roles, and New Governance Formats
- Section 6. People and Leadership: Team Energy and a Culture of Collaboration
- Section 7. Managing Processes, Operations, and Performance
Assessment Elements
- AttendanceAttendance is considered as part of the overall course assessment and reflects students’ commitment to the learning process. Students are expected to attend classes regularly, arrive on time and remain present for the entire duration of each session. Arriving more than 15 minutes late is considered equivalent to absence and attendance for that class will not be recorded.
- Mini-testsMini-tests are short in-class assessments consisting of ten multiple-choice questions. Each question provides four answer options, with only one correct answer. Mini-tests are designed to assess students’ conceptual understanding, analytical reasoning and ability to apply management theories and frameworks covered in the course lectures and readings. The focus is on applied comprehension rather than memorization, including the ability to distinguish between related concepts and identify appropriate theoretical explanations for managerial situations.
- Individual EssayThe essay is an individual research paper that enables students to explore a specific concept, theory, managerial practice or organizational challenge of 21st-century management in depth. The assignment aims to develop students’ analytical thinking, theoretical integration skills, evidence-based reasoning, and academic writing within the context of contemporary management. Students are expected to connect classical management theories with contemporary frameworks, showing the evolution of managerial logic from the 20th to the 21st century.
- Final examThe final examination is conducted in written form and consists of two sections designed to assess both conceptual understanding and analytical competencies in contemporary management.
- ParticipationParticipation is evaluated based on active, informed, and analytical engagement in class activities. This includes meaningful contributions to case discussions, conceptual debates, and problem-oriented tasks, as well as the consistent and appropriate use of management theories, terminology, and empirical examples drawn from course materials. Students may participate individually or as part of a team, depending on the specific task assigned by the instructor. Team-based activities may involve groups of up to five students, with teams formed randomly. Individual initiative within group work is explicitly encouraged and taken into account when assessing participation. Participation is assessed throughout the course and reflects the quality, depth, and consistency of students’ intellectual contributions, regardless of whether they are made individually or in a team setting.
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 3rd module0.1 * Attendance + 0.4 * Final exam + 0.1 * Individual Essay + 0.2 * Mini-tests + 0.2 * Participation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Management : global edition, Robbins, S. P., 2021
- Management practices of Russian companies [Text] : in 2 vols. / National Research University Higher School of Economics. Vol. 1. - 978-5-7598-2485-5 - Kushch S.; ed. - 2022 - Москва: ВШЭ - https://ibooks.ru/bookshelf/388713 - 388713 - iBOOKS
- Strategic management : theory & cases : an integrated approach, Hill, C. W. L., 2024
- Егорова, О. В. Welcome to management : учебное пособие / О. В. Егорова, Т. А. Иванова, Н. Е. Лукичева. — Санкт-Петербург : СПБГУ ГА им. А.А. Новикова, 2023. — 137 с. — ISBN 978-5-907354-58-6. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/343040 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
- Максимов, М. И., The best practices of modern administration and management in cases and essays. Volume 3 : учебное пособие / М. И. Максимов. — Москва : Русайнс, 2024. — 119 с. — ISBN 978-5-466-06996-9. — URL: https://book.ru/book/954222 (дата обращения: 04.07.2025). — Текст : электронный.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Knowledge management in theory and practice, Dalkir, K., 2023
- Management practices of Russian companies : учебное пособие / P. Artamoshina, A. Vinogradov, M. Gorgisheli [и др.] , edited by Sergey Kushch. — Москва : Высшая школа экономики, [б. г.]. — Том 1 : Cases from the collection of the hse graduate school of business — 2022. — 120 с. — ISBN 978-5-7598-2688-0. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/430388 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
- Principles of business & management : practicing ethics, responsibility, sustainability, Laasch, O., 2024