To enable the students to study the evolution of Management, to study the functions and principles of management and to learn the application of the principles in an organization .
Definition of Management – Science or Art – Manager Vs Entrepreneur – types of managers – managerial roles and skills – Evolution of Management – Scientific, human relations , system and contingency approaches
Nature and purpose of planning – planning process – types of planning – objectives – setting objectives – policies
Nature and purpose – Formal and informal organization – organization chart – organization structure – types – Line and staff authority – departmentalization – delegation of authority – centralization and decentralization
Foundations of individual and group behavior – motivation – motivation theories – motivational techniques – job satisfaction – job enrichment
System and process of controlling – budgetary and non-budgetary control techniques – use of computers and IT in Management control
• Stephen A. Robbins & David A. Decenzo & Mary Coulter, “Fundamentals of Management” 7th Edition, Pearson Education,
• Robert Kreitner & Mamata Mohapatra, “Management”, Biztantra,
• Harold Koontz & Heinz Weihrich “Essentials of management” Tata Mc Graw Hill
• Tripathy PC & Reddy PN, “Principles of Management”, Tata McGraw Hill,