Course Objectives

To enable the students to study the evolution of Management
• To study the functions and principles of management.
• To learn the application of the principles in an organization.
• To enable the effective and barriers communication in the organization
• To study the system and process of effective controlling in the organization.

Course Outcome:

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
• Have clear understanding of managerial functions like planning, and have same basic
knowledge on international aspect of management
• Understand the planning process in the organization
• Understand the concept of organization
• Demonstrate the ability to directing ,leadership and communicate effectively
• Analysis isolate issues and formulate best control methods

Course Syllabus

Unit-1: Introduction
a. Concept: Need for Study, Managerial Functions – An overview; Co-ordination:
Essence of Managership
b. Evolution of the Management Thought, Classical Approach – Taylor, Fayol, NeoClassical and Human Relations Approaches – Mayo, Hawthorne Experiments,
Behavioural Approach, Systems Approach, Contingency Approach –
Lawerence&Lorsch, MBO - Peter F. Drucker, Re-engineering - Hammer and Champy,
Michael Porter – Five-force analysis, Three generic strategies and valuechain,
analysis, Senge’s Learning Organisation, ‘Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid’ – C.K.
Prahalad.
Unit 2: Planning
a. Types of Plan – An overview to highlight the differences
b. Strategic planning – Concept, process, Importance and limitations
c. Environmental Analysis and diagnosis (Internal and external environment) –
Definition, Importance and Techniques (SWOT/TOWS/WOTS-UP, BCG Matrix,
Competitor Analysis), Business environment; Concept and Components
d. Decision-making – concept, importance; Committee and Group Decision-making,
Process, Perfect rationality and bounded rationality, Techniques (qualitative and
quantitative, MIS, DSS)
Unit 3: Organising
Concept and process of organising – An overview, Span of management, Different
types of authority (line, staff and functional), Decentralisation, Delegation of
authority Formal and Informal Structure; Principles of Organising; Network
Organisation Structure
Unit 4: Staffing & Leading
a. Staffing: Concept of staffing, staffing process
b. Motivation: Concept, Importance, extrinsic and intrinsic motivation; Major
Motivation theories - Maslow’s Need-Hierarchy Theory; Hertzberg’s Two-factor
Theory, Vroom’s Expectation Theory.
c. Leadership: Concept, Importance, Major theories of Leadership (Likert’s scale
theory, Blake and Mouten’s Managerial Grid theory, House’s Path Goal theory, Fred
Fielder’s situational Leadership), Transactional leadership, Transformational
Leadership, Transforming Leadership.
d. Communication: Concept, purpose, process; Oral and written communication;
Formal and informal communication networks, Barriers to communication,
Overcoming barriers to communication.
Unit 5: Controlling
a. Control: Concept, Process, Limitations, Principles of Effective Control, Major
Techniques of control - Ratio Analysis, ROI, Budgetary Control, EVA, PERT/CPM.
b. Emerging issues in Management

Session Plan

Session 1

Introduction to Management
Principles and Applications

Theory

Video

Session 2

Evolution of management,
different approaches of
management

THEORY

Session 3

Roll of manager, tasks of a
professional manager

THEORY

Session 4

Management and its functions

THEORY

Session 5

Level Of Management

THEORY

Session 6

Managerial Skills at various Levels

THEORY

Session 7

Planning And Decision Making

THEORY

Session 8

Nature of planning, importance

THEORY

Session 9

Process of planning

THEORY

Session 10

Decision Making

THEORY

Session 11

Nature, importance and process of
decision making

THEORY

Session 12

Types Of Plans

THEORY

Session 13

Case study analysis and discussion

THEORY

Case Studies

Case Studies