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Principles of Management
Course Objectives:
The course will enable the students to
1. acquaint students with the management concept, principles, school of management thoughts and functions of management.
Course | Learning Outcome (at course level) | Learning and teaching strategies | Assessment Strategies | |
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25GBBA 103 |
Principles of Management (Theory) | CO37: Explore the concepts of management, along with the functions, principles, roles, and skills of a manager across different levels of management. CO38: Compare and contrast the schools of thought in management, and emphasizing their contributions and implications for organizational practices CO39: Analyse the concepts MBO and MBE, alongside evaluating decision making processes CO40: Develop an understanding of organizational concepts including authority, responsibility, delegation, centralization, decentralization, and span of control, alongside evaluating various organizational structures. CO41: Integrate conceptual understanding and practical application to analyse the nature, types, processes, and techniques of organizational control alongside examining change management. CO42: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction. | Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussions, PowerPoint Presentations, Informative videos
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentations, Field trips | Quiz, Poster Presentation, PowerPoint Presentations, Individual and group projects, Open Book Tests Semester End Examination |
Management:
Concepts, Nature, Scope, and significance, Management Functions. Principles of Management Roles and Skills of a manager, Levels of Management
School of Management Thought:
Classical- Scientific, Administrative and Bureaucratic School of Thought, Neo-Classical- HumanRelations and Behavioral School of Thought; Modern- Quantitative, Systematic and Contingency School of Thought
Planning:
Concept, Types and Process; MBO, MBE Decision Making: Techniques and Components Rationality in Decision Making
Organizing:
Concept, Types, Process and Principles, Authority and Responsibility, Delegation of Authority Centralization and Decentralization, Span of control Organization Structures: Forms of Organizational Structures, Formal and informal Organization, Features, Merits and Demerits.
Controlling:
Nature of control in organizations, Types of control, Steps in control process, Controlling Techniques Change management: Concept, Features, Lewin’s three step model, Resistance to change and Overcoming Resistance to Change.
ESSENTIAL READINGS:
1. Sudha, G.S., Business Management, RBSA Publishers, Jaipur
2. Mathew, M. J., Business Management, Sheelsons, Jaipur
3. Nolakha, R.L., Principles of Management, RBD Publication, Jaipur and Delhi
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1. Gilbert: Principles of Management, McGraw Hill
2. Kaul Vijay Kumar, Business Organisation & Management - Text and Cases, Pearson.
3. Koontz & Heinz Weihrich: Essential of Management, McGraw Hill.
4. Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter: Management, Pearson.
5. Y.K. Bhushan: Fundamentals of Business Organisation & Management, Sultan Chand & Sons.
6. Stoner, Freeman, and Gilbert, Management, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
7. Terry and Franklin, Principles of Management, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi
e -RESOURCES:
1. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/34
2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271644626_Principles_of_Manageme nt
3. https://www.123helpme.com/topics/management-principles
4. http://Community.WorldLibrary.In/?AffiliateKey=NDL-FL1773
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