Business Management

Syllabus

C010201T: Business Management

Unit I                                                                                        [24 Lectures]

Discuss the Management Practices in Indian “Vedas”. Introduction: Concept, Characteristics, Nature, Process and Significance of Management; Managerial Roles (Mintzberg); An Overview of Functional Areas of Management; Development of Management Thought; Classical and Neo Classical System; Contingency Approach, System Approach.

Unit II                                                                                      [24 Lectures]

Planning: Concept, Characteristics, Process, Importance and Types, Criteria of Effective Planning. Decision- Making: Concept, Process, Types and Importance. Management by Objectives. Organisation: Concept, Nature, Process and Significance. Authority and Responsibility Relationships. Centralization and Decentralization. Departmentation. Organizational Structure- Forms.

Unit III                                                                                     [21 Lectures]

Direction: Concept and Techniques, Coordination as an Essence of Management, Communication- Nature, Process, Importance, Types, Networks and Barriers. Effective Communication. Management of Change: Concept, Nature , Types of Changes and Process of Planned Change, Resistance to Change and Methods of Reducing Resistance to Change.

Unit IV                                                                                     [21 Lectures]

Controlling: Meaning, Importance and Process, Effective Control System. Techniques of Control. Motivation- Concept, Types, Importance, Theories- Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor, Ouchi, Financial and Non-Financial Incentives. Leadership: Meaning, Concept, Functions and Leadership Styles, Likert’s Four System of Leadership.