Narmada College of Management, Bharuch, Gujarat, INDIA

CP 104 - At MBA Full Time Semester - I

CP 104 - At MBA Evening Semester - I

Principles of Management

Objectives:

The objectives are to acquaint the student with the theory of management as far as it has been built-up as a body of knowledge and to develop in him an integrated approach to management problems.

Course Contents:

Concept of Management, Management and Professions Evolution of Modern Management. Thought, Approaches to managerial Thought, Approaches to Managerial Analysis; Process of Management Coordination as Essence of Management. Planning-steps, long-term and short term planning, objective setting, Management by objectives, Decisions-Making, Rationality in Decision-Making; Effective Decisions, Creativity, policy-Sources and Formulation, Elements of Planning-Programming Policy, Strategy. Organising- Organization Theory-Classical, Neoclassical and Modern Theories and Organization Structure. Designing of Basic structure, Depart mentation, Span of Management. Delegation of Authority, Centralisation and Decentralisation of Authority, Relationships, Line and Staff Authority Conflict and Cooperation, committees in Organizations, Modern Organisational Designs-Project, Matrix and free-form, structures. Directing and control -elements of directing-communication process, Media, dimension Barriers in Communication, Effective Communication, human aspect in Control , Management by Exception. Process of Control, Reporting systems for control, Elementary discussion Modern Control Aids-Particularly-Human Resource Act. Management Audit, Social Audit.

Suggested Readings :

Prasad L.M.: Principles of Management, Sultan Chand, 1989.
Stoner & Freeman: Management(5th Edition)PHI, New Delhi.
Haynes & Masse: Management Analysis, Concepts and Cases, PHI,New Delhi.
Kontz H. & O. Donnell: Essentials of Management, TMcH.
Kontz, O'Donnell & Leihrich: Management, Mc Graw Hill, Tokyo.