First Semester AY2025-2026

Course Summary: Principles of Organization and Management (OMT 1102)

Program / Students: Diploma in Office Management Technology – Legal Office Management (DOMT)
Credits: 3 units
Course Description: This course builds a practical, end-to-end understanding of management and how it works in real organizations—especially in office and legal workplace settings. Students learn the four core functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, controlling), plus managerial roles, decision-making, leadership, and communication, and apply them through activities and an integrated business case output.

What students should be able to do by the end

Students are expected to:

• Explain the nature and importance of management, including roles and skills.

• Analyze modern/global challenges managers face (technology, ethics, sustainability, diversity, innovation).

• Apply planning tools (SMART goals, MBO, decision-making, forecasting).

• Design organizational structures (authority, delegation, span of control, coordination).

• Use leadership, motivation, communication, and teamwork concepts to manage people.

• Evaluate and apply control processes (standards, performance appraisal, feedback types).

• Produce and present an integrated business case using all management functions.

Course flow (high-level weekly map)

• Weeks 1–2: Intro to modern management (functions, roles, skills, evolution of theories)

• Weeks 3–4: Modern management challenges and trends (tech, globalization, sustainability, ethics, diversity, innovation)

• Midterm Exam: Assessment of early topics (noted in the syllabus sequence)

• Planning: Goal setting, strategy, decision-making, forecasting

• Organizing: Structure, departmentalization, delegation, authority, coordination

• Leading: Leadership theories, motivation models, communication, teamwork

• Controlling: Types/process of control, standards, performance measurement

• Weeks 15–16: Business case preparation + final business case presentation/final exam

Learning methods & typical assessments

Delivery modes: Face-to-face + flexible learning activities (sync/async)
Assessments include: short quizzes, reflection/reaction papers, debates, org chart project, self-assessments, performance review forms, case drafts + final case presentation, major exams.

Grading (as stated)

Per term:

• Class Standing – 70% (seatwork/activities, quizzes, recitation/participation, assignments)

• Major Exam – 30% (midterm for Midterm term; final exam/presentation for Final term)
  Final Grade = (Midterm Grade + Final Term Grade) / 2