PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Syllabus

Principles of Management

Course code: BBA101

Unit I:  Fundamentals of Management (7Hrs)

Definitions, Function and Process of Management; Scope and Significance of Management; Managerial Roles; Managerial Skills; Difference Between Management and Administration; Contributions of Taylor and Fayol, Human Relations & Behavioural Schools; Indian Ethos in Management.

UNIT II: Planning and Organizing (8Hrs)

Concept of Planning; Objectives of planning; Types of planning; Planning Premises; Planning Process; Management by Objective; Concept of Organization, its Nature and Significance; Organizational Structures; Formal and Informal Organizations; Hierarchy in the Organization; Line and staff relationships; Delegation and Decentralization; Span of Control; Case Analysis.

UNIT III: Recruitment and Selection (7Hr)

Concept, Nature and Significance of Staffing; Processes of Recruitment & Selection; Placement & Orientation.

UNIT IV: Directing and Decision Making (9Hrs)  

Directing: Concept of Directing, Principles of Directing, Effective Directing, Elements of Directing: Effective Supervision, The Process and Techniques of Decision Making, Management By Exception (MBE); Concept of Leadership and its Importance in Management.  

UNIT V: Controlling (9Hrs)

Controlling and Coordinating- Elements of Managerial Control, Designing Control Systems, Management Control Techniques, Effective C.