Organizational Behaviour
Course Code: MS 101
Text Books
• Robbins, S.P., Judge, T.A., Sanghi, S (2009).
Organizational Behaviour, Pearson Education.
• Stoner, R. James A.F., Edward Freeman Daniel
R Gilbert Jr., Management 6TH Ed, .PrenticeHall of India.
• Chhabra, T.N., (2011-12), Management
Process and Organisational Behaviour, Sun
India Publications.
Unit 1: Introduction to Management
• Introduction to Management: Meaning and
Nature of Management, Evolution of
Management (in India and Abroad),
Managerial Skills, Tasks and Responsibilities of a Professional Manager, Management by
Objectives
• Management and Society: The External
Environment, Social Responsibility, and Ethics:
An Overview.
• 14 Hours
MEANING AND NATURE OF
MANAGEMENT
Traditional Meaning of Management
• Management is the art of getting things done through people
- Mary Parker Follett
• Management consists of getting things done through others…….A manager is one who accomplishes organisational objectives by directing the efforts of others.
- C. S. George
Limitations
• May give a wrong impression of manipulation
• Need and aspirations of workers ignored
• Employees are merely treated as means for getting results.
Modern Definition
• Effective Utilisation of Resources
• Management is the creation and maintenance of an internal environment in an enterprise where individuals, working in groups, can perform efficiently and effectively towards the attainment of organisational goals.
- Koontz and Weihrich
• Management entails the utilisation of human efforts and material resources towards the achievement of organisational objectives
- B. M. Richman
Elements
• Process
– Primary Functions or activities that management performs to get things done i.e. Planning,
Organising, Staffing, Directing & Controlling
• Effectiveness
– Finishing the assigned task
• Efficiency
– Optimum utilisation of the deployed