To make students aware of the various basic concepts of management.
Management: Concept, Meaning, Nature, Scope, and significance, Principles of Management, Management Functions, Roles and Skills of a manager
Development of Management Thought: (Brief study) Management in ancient civilizations, Management during the Medieval Period, Management during Industrial Revolution, The Period of Systematic Development of Management
Schools of Management Thought
Planning: Concept, Types and Process; Principles of Planning, MBO
Decision Making: Types and process
Organizing: Concept, Types, Process and Principles, Various forms of Organizational structures and their merits-demerits, Formal and informal Organization, merits and demerits.
Authority and Responsibility, Delegation of Authority, Span of control, Centralization and Decentralization