Principles and Practices of Management

Paper Code: 
MBA-121
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
40.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • The objective of the course is to provide an understanding of basic concepts, principles and practices of management and inculcate the ability to apply multifunctional approach to organizational objective.
12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction

Management an Overview- Definition, Functions, Process, Scope and Significance of Management, Managerial Roles, Managerial Skills and Activities, System and Contingency Approach for understanding organizations, Management Thought-Classical Perspective, Scientific Management, Administrative Management, Bureaucratic Management, Behavioral Perspective.

7.00
Unit II: 
Fundamentals of Planning

Planning - Objectives, Strategies, Policies, Decision making.

7.00
Unit III: 
Fundamentals of Organizing and Staffing

Organizing - Nature and purpose, departmentation, Span of Management, line and staff authority, centralization and decentralization.
Staffing – Selection Process, Techniques, Managerial Effectiveness.

7.00
Unit IV: 
Directing

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

7.00
Unit V: 
Controlling and Coordinating

Control- Concept, Nature and Purpose, Control technique, Control of overall performance.
Coordination- Concept, Importance, Principles and Techniques of Coordination.

Essential Readings: 
  • Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Management-Tasks, Responsibilities & Practices, Transaction Publishers, 2007.
  • Harold Koontz, Heinz Weihrich, “Management”, McGraw Hill International Editions, Ninth Edition.
  • PC Tripathy and PN Reddy, “Principles of Management”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2008.
  • Peter Ferdinand Drucker, The Practice of Management, HarperCollins Publishers.
  • John R. Schermerhorn, Jr., “Management” John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Sixth Edition
References: 
  • Harold Koontz & Heinz Weihrich “Essentials of Management”, Tata McGraw-Hill, Eighth Edition.
  • Joseph L Massie “Essentials of Management”, Prentice Hall of India, Fourth Edition, 2003.
  • Terry and Franklin, Principles of Management, AITBS Publishers & Distributors, Delhi, Eighth Edition.
  • James AF Stoner, R.Edward Freeman, Daniel R. Gilbert, “Management”, Prentice Hall International, Sixth Edition.