Business Management (Theory)

Paper Code: 
ATG/BSG/FSG/BSR/FSM/HRG/IBG 412
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The Objective of this course is to familiarize the students with the functional aspects of Management and help them understand the various aspects in each function.

COURSE OUTCOMES (COs):

Course

Learning outcome

 (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

ATG/BSG/FSG

/BSR/FSM/

HRG/IBG 412

Business Management

CO 1:Understand basics of management along with its core functions namely planning and decision making.

CO 2:Understand the authority and responsibility together with different organizational structures applied in corporates. 

CO 3:Understand the function of staffing with a brief introduction to the concepts of Human resource planning.

CO 4: Identify and understand the function of directing along with its two broad aspects i.e. motivation and leadership

CO 5: Identify the elements of controlling and understand the tools and techniques applied in organizations. 

Approach in teaching:

Classroom lectures, Group Discussions, assignments, Handouts , PowerPoint presentations,

Learning activities for the students:

Case studies, Role plays, Student presentations.

Class test, Semester end examination, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Management
  • Concepts, Functional aspects ofManagement,
  •  Fayol’s principle of management,
  • managementvs. administration,
  • Planning concepts and process, decision making concept and process

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Organization function
  • Concepts, , principles,
  • centralization vs decentralization,
  • Organization structures (line, line & staff,functional, project, matrix, committee)

 

9.00
Unit III: 
Staffing function
  • Concept, Recruitment,
  •  Sources of recruitment,
  • Selection, process of selection,
  • Job analysis, job specifications, job description,
  • manpower planning conceptand process

 

11.00
Unit IV: 
Directing function
  • concept, Motivation concepts,
  •  theories (Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor’s X-Y theory, & WilliamOuchi’s Z theory) Leadership concept, Styles and Theories

 

7.00
Unit V: 
Controlling function
  • Concepts, process, tools and techniques
References: 
  • Gupta, C. B., Business Organization, S.Chand,NewDelhi
  • Weihrich, Heinz and Koontz, Harold, Essentials of Management, McGrawHill, NewYork
  • Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, Management Challenges for 21stCentury, Harper Collins, USA.
  • Luthans, Fred, Organization Behaviour, McGraw Hill, NewYork
  • Allen, Louis A., Management and Organization, McGraw Hill, NewYork
  • Ansoff, H., The New Corporate Strategy,Wiley.
  • Hampton, David R., Modern Management, McGraw-Hill
Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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