MBA 011 : PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT
Max. Hours : 40
UNIT I (8 Sessions)
Management: Concept, Nature, Importance; Management : Art and Science, Management As a
Profession, Management Vs. Administration, Management Skills, Levels of Management,
Characteristics of Quality Managers.
Evolution of Management: Early contributions, Taylor and Scientific Management, Fayol’s
Administrative Management, Bureaucracy, Hawthorne Experiments and Human Relations, Social
System Approach, Decision Theory Approach.
Social Responsibility of Managers and Ethics in Managing.
UNIT II (10 Sessions)
Introduction to Functions of Management
Planning: Nature, Scope, Objectives and Significance of Planning, Types of Planning, Process of
Planning, Barriers to Effective Planning, Planning Premises and Forecasting, Key to Planning,
Decision Making.
Organizing: Concept, Organisation Theories, Forms of Organisational Structure, Combining Jobs:
Departmentation, Span of Control, Delegation of Authority, Authority & Responsibility, Organisational
Design.
UNIT III (10 Sessions)
Staffing: Concept, System Approach, Manpower Planning, Job Design, Recruitment & Selection,
Training & Development, Performance Appraisal
Directing: Concept, Direction and Supervision
Motivation: Concept, Motivation and Performance, Special Motivational techniques: Money,
participation, reward systems, Quality of Work Life, Job Enrichment & Morale Building.
UNIT IV (12 Sessions)
Leadership: Concept and Functions, Process and models of Leadership Development, Contemporary
views on Leadership: Transformational-Transactional, Charismatic-Visionary leadership.
Controlling: Concept, Types of Control, Methods: Pre-control: Concurrent Control: Post-control, An
Integrated Control System, The Quality Concept Factors affecting Quality, Developing a Quality
Control System, Total Quality Control, Pre-control of Inputs, Concurrent Control of Operations. Post
Control of Outputs.
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Suggested Reading:
1. Stoner, Freeman & Gilbert Jr - Management (Prentice Hall of India, 6
th
Edition)
2. Koontz Harold & Weihrich Heinz – Essentials of management (Tata Mc Graw Hill, 5th Edition 2008)
3. Robbins & Coulter - Management (Prentice Hall of India, 9th
Edition)
4. Robbins S.P. and Decenzo David A. - Fundamentals of Management: Essential Concepts and
Applications (Pearson Education, 6th
Edition)
5. Weihrich Heinz and Koontz Harold - Management: A Global and Entrepreneurial Perspective (Mc
Graw Hill, 12
th
Edition 2008)