FIRST SEMESTER
1.1 Management Concepts & Theories
1. Management: definitions, nature and scope of management, functions and process of management-evolution of management theory from Taylor, Fayol, Drucker to the present. Growth of professional management in India. Ethics in management.
2. Managerial Planning: planning process, types of plans, strategic vs. operational plans, models of strategy formulation, linking strategy to structure.
3. Decision Making: Managerial decision-making process and models, steps in rational decision-making, creativity and group decision-making.
4. Organizations: Organizational theories and design, various forms of organization structures, span of management principles of coordination, authority, power, delegation and decentralization.
5. Managerial Control: relationship between planning and control-limitations of control, types of control systems and techniques – management by exception, budgetary control, functional and dysfunctional aspects of budgetary control, internal control systems, internal audit and management audit. References:
Essentials of Management-Koontz and O’Donnell. E-McGraw Hill, New Delhi
Introduction to Management-Fred Luthans-McGraw Hill, New Delhi
The Practice of Management-Peter.F.Drucker
Management- Stoner, Freemen and Gilbert
Management- Griffin
Management- Holt
Management- Tasks and Responsibilities- Peter. F. Drucker
Professional management- Theo Haimann
Organization Theory and Design – Richard L.Draft
Management - Richard L.Draft
People and Performance by Peter F.Drucker
1.2 Organizational Behavior
1. Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior: Evolution of organizational behavior, individuals and Organizations, forces affecting organizational behavior, Changing work force and employment relations, impact of globalization and information technology on organizational behavior,
2. Individual Dimensions in Organizational Behavior: Individual
References: Statistics for Managers – using Microsoft excel – Levine, Stephan & others Statistics for Management – Richard Levin and Rubin[excel version] Statistics – Murray Spiegel, Schaum Series Probability and Statistics – Murray Speigel, Schaum Series Quantitative Business Analysis – Text & Cases – Samul Bodiley & others Business Statistics – Kazmier, Schaum Series Basic Business Statistics – Bereuram and Levine Quantitative Methods – Anderson, Sweeny & William