(13A) Management Principles and Practice Subject Description

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(13A) MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

Subject Description:
This course present the Principles of Management, emphasizing managerial functions,
explaining internal management of organizations and behavioral concepts as applied to
practical management problems.

Goals:
To enable the students to learn the basic functions, principles and concepts of management.

Objectives:
On successful completion of the course the students should have:
Understood management functions and principles.
Learnt the scientific decision making process and problem solving techniques.
Learnt the modern trends in management process.

UNIT I
Management: Science, Theory and Practice - The Evolution of Management Thought and the
Patterns of Management Analysis - Management and Society: The External Environment,
Social Responsibility and Ethics - Global and Comparative Management - The Basis of Global
Management.

UNIT II
The Nature and Purpose of Planning - Objectives - Strategies, Policies and Planning Premises -
Decision Making - Global Planning.

UNIT III
The Nature of Organizing and Entrepreneuring - Organizational Structure: Departmentation -
Line/Staff Authority and Decentralization - Effective Organizing and Organizational Culture -
Global Organizing.

UNIT IV
Co-ordination functions in Organisation - Human Factors and Motivation - Leadership -
Committees and group Decision Making - Communication - Global Leading.

UNIT V
The System and Process of Controlling - Control Techniques and Information Technology -
Productivity and Operations Management - Overall Control and toward the Future through
Preventive Control - Global Controlling and Global Challenges.

Reference

1. Koontz & Weirich, Essentials of Management, Tata McGraw Hill.


2. VSP Rao, V Hari Krishna – Management: Text and Cases, Excel Books, I Edition, 2004
3. Stoner & Wankai, Management, PHI.
3. Robert Krcitner, Management, ATTBS.
4. Weirich & Koontz, Management - A Global perspective, McGraw Hill.
5. Helliregarl, Management, Thomson Learning, 2002.
6. Robbins.S.P., Fundamentals of Management, Pearson, 2003.

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