Fundamentals of Management

Unit

Course Description

Sessions

I

Basic Concepts of Management: Management an Overview- Concept, Functions, Scope and Significance of Management, Managerial Roles, Managerial Skills, Schools of Management Thought: Classical Perspective- Scientific Management, Administrative Management, Bureaucratic Management; Behavioral Perspective; Systems and Contingency Approach for understanding organisations.

4

II

Contribution of Management Thinkers: Kautilya, Peter Drucker, C.K. Prahlad and Herbert Simon.

3

III

Fundamentals of Planning: Essentials of Planning, Objectives, Strategies, Policies; Decision Making.

3

IV

Fundamentals of Organising: Organising - Nature and purpose, Departmentation, Span of Management, Line and Staff Authority, Centralisation and Decentralisation.

3

V

Staffing: Human resource Management and Selection, Selection Process, Techniques of Selection-Tests and Interviews.

2

VI

Directing and Leading: Effective Directing, Supervision, Leadership- Concept, Styles and Theories- Trait Theory, Behavioral Theories, Contingency Theories.

3

VII

Controlling and Coordinating: Control- Concept, Types and Process, Techniques of Controlling. Coordination- Concept, Importance, Principles and Techniques of Coordination.

2

VIII

Management Practices of: Dhirubhai Ambani, Narayan Murthy, Azim Premji, Ratan Tata, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates.

4