The Objective of this course is to familiarize the students with the functional aspects of Management and help them understand the various involved in each function.
Management Concepts, Functional aspects of Management, Planning concepts and process, decision making
Organization function: Concepts, importance, principles, centralization vs decentralization, Organization structures
Staffing function: Recruitment, Selection, process, sources, Job analysis, job specifications, job description, manpower planning
Directing function: Motivation concepts, theories (Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor’s X-Y theory, & William Ouchi’s Z theory) Leadership: Styles and Theories
Controlling function: Concepts, importance, process, tools and techniques
Gupta, C. B., Business Organization, S.Chand, NewDelhi
Weihrich, Heinz and Koontz, Harold, Essentials of Management, McGraw Hill, New York
Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, Management Challenges for 21st Century, Harper Collins, USA.
Luthans, Fred, Organization Behaviour, McGraw Hill, New York
Allen, Louis A., Management and Organization, McGraw Hill, New York
Ansoff, H., The New Corporate Strategy, Wiley.
Hampton, David R., Modern Management, McGraw-Hill