Management and Principles of Management : 1.1. Management: Concept, Nature, Importance, 1.2. Management: Art and Science & as a Profession, Management Vs Administration, Levels of Management & their respective functions, Managerial Skills & roles, 1.3. Evolution of Management: Introduction to Scientific Management by Taylor, Administrative Management by Fayol, Contribution of Peter Drucker, Decision Theory Approach, Contingency Approach, Human behavior Approach, B
Functions of Management – I : 2.1. Planning: Nature, Scope, Objective and Significances of Planning, Key factors to planning, Types of Plans, Process of Planning, Effective Planning-Principles, Barriers & How to overcome barriers, Planning Premises and Forecasting., 2.2. Organizing: Concept, Organization Theories, Designing Organization Structure, and Forms of Organizational Structure, Departmentation- need, importance & bases of Departmentation
Management Functions – II : 3.1. Staffing: Concept, Manpower Planning, MBO new approach to performance appraisal. 3.2. Coordination – Need & Importance, Coordination & Cooperation, Techniques of Effective coordination. 3.3. Decision Making – Types of Decision, decision making processes, Effective Decision, Problem solving approach, Scientific Approach, Quantitative Approach, Creative Approach.
Indian Management Practices : 4.1.1. Indian Ethos: Essential Features & insights, 4.1.2. Indian Management Practices, 4.1.3. Challenges before Indian Managers, 4.1.4. Management Audit: Meaning of management audit, Need, Importance, Objectives and advantages of management audit.
Global Management Practices : 5.1. TOWS matrix: A modern tool for analysis, 5.2. Diversity and Multiculturalism: Nature, Dimensions, Effects, how to manage Diversity and Multiculturalism in the organization, 5.3. Bench Marking: 5.3.1. Definition, Need, Levels & prerequisites, 5.3.2. Process: Planning, Analysis, Integration, Action Phase 5.3.3. Advantages& limitations of Benchmarking.
Case Study : A real word situation facing a manager should be considered for analysis & discussion. Steps: Fact/Summary, Problem Identification, Analysis of Problems, Alternate Solutions, Best Solution.
