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SYLLABUS
                                       Principles and Practices of Management

          Objectives: To acquaint students with the terms, concepts, and points of view used in management and its historical evolution,
          ethics, social responsibility and environmental issues. Some other objectives of the course are:

               Provide students with a working knowledge of the skills and functions necessary to be an effective, efficient manager.
               Provide an introduction to the theory and practice of managing organizations.
               Examine the management functions (planning, organizing, leading or influencing, and controlling) and the impact of
               those functions on the business organization.
                                                        DCOM102


                 Sr. No.                                  Desription

                    1      Management: Definition, nature, purpose and scope of management, Skills and
                           roles of a Manager, functions, principles; Evolution of Management Thought,

                           Scientific Management.

                    2      Planning: Types of plans, planning process, Characteristics of planning,
                           Traditional objective setting, Strategic Management, premising and forecasting.

                    3      Decision-Making: Process, Simon’s model of decision making, creative problem

                           solving, group decision making.
                    4      Management by Objectives: Management by exception; Styles of management:

                           (American, Japanese and Indian), McKinsey’s 7-S Approach, Self Management.

                    5      Organizing: Organizational design and structure, Coordination, differentiation
                           and integration.

                    6      Span of management, centralization and de-centralization Delegation, Authority &
                           power - concept & distinction, Line and staff organizations.

                    7      Staffing: Human Resource Management and Selection, Performance appraisal and
                           Career strategy, Coordination- Concepts, issues and techniques.

                    8      Organizational Change: Introduction, Resistance to Change, Behavioural

                           Reactions to Change, Approaches Or Models to Managing Organisational Change.
                    9      Leading: Human Factors and Motivation, Leadership, Communication, Teams

                           and Team Work.

                    10     Controlling: Concept, planning-control relationship, process of control, Types of
                           Control, Control Techniques.
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