Management Principles

Syllabus

18 MBA 104: MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

Module-I

Introduction: Concept, Managerial Functions, Levels of Management, Skills and Roles of a Manager; School of Management Thoughts – Pre-Scientific, Classical, Behavioural and Modern; Contributions in the Field of Management – by Peter F. Drucker, Michael Porter, C.K Prahalad, Barnand, MeGregor, Rensis Likert McKinsey.

Module-II

Organisation: Formal and Informal, Line and Staff Relationship, Centralisation versus Decentralisation, Basic Issues in Organising, Work Specialisation, Chain of Command, Delegation, Span of Management, Organisation Structure for Departmentalisation. Organisational Culture: Cultural Diversity, Multi Ethnic Workforce Organising Knowledge Resource.

Module-III

Planning: Nature and Elements of Planning, Planning Types and Models, Planning in Learning Organisations, Types, Steps, MBO, MBE, Planning Premises. Decision-Making – Risk and Uncertainty, Decision Trees, Decision-making Process, Increasing Participation in Decision-making, Creativity in Decision-making.

Controlling: Process, Standards and Bench Marking – Co-ordination-Principles of Co-ordination-Inter-Dependence, Change Management.