Contemporary literature on management discusses the validity of various models of corporate governance. This discussion, as well as the discussion in the media, considers issues like the role of the manager, the nature of his actions, the basis of his responsibility and its extent, and other criteria for understanding his character. On the classical model, a manager can be regarded as one who leads a quasi-mechanical system, which is evaluated merely by considerations of economic efficiency. On the social model, a manager can be viewed as one who seeks to balance the constantly conflicting social and economic forces. Further, the stakeholders model considers a manager a person who stands in the center of a complex system, the considerations of which take into account nature conservancy, in addition to the benefit of man and next generations. The course “Management – Models and Concepts” will consider the different models of corporate governance while presenting the wealthy and complex ideas from which they have historically developed. We will discuss the character of the manager which can be deduced from the Platonist thought (the manager who knows the good), the manager according to the Aristotelian view (the virtuous manager), the Hobbesian view (the manager as an absolute sovereign), and other such theories which enable deeper understanding of contemporary discussions of the issue.