This is an introductory course designed to develop student understand and become aware of the essentials of managing and of the way organizations behave. This course will explore the four pillars of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. This course will also explore how organizations leverage their scarce resources to achieve their goals. The objective of this course is to provide students an overview of the field of management, and insights into the concept of organizational structure. This task will be accomplished by introducing participants to the history, lexicon, and practices of management as a field of study, and its present position in terms of both theory, practice, and the standing as a profession. This process will entail the use of such pedagogical tools as: case incidents, research, interactive exercises, current thinking, literature review, and relevant examinations.