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This course covers contemporary management theories and practices, with a focus on managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. It will acquaint students with different management approaches like scientific, bureaucratic, behavioral, quantitative, system, and contingency. Students will learn to apply managerial functions in organizations and understand how to lead and motivate people. The course will be delivered through lectures, discussions, and case analyses. Students will be assessed through assignments and a final exam.

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MGMT Concept Course Outline

This course covers contemporary management theories and practices, with a focus on managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. It will acquaint students with different management approaches like scientific, bureaucratic, behavioral, quantitative, system, and contingency. Students will learn to apply managerial functions in organizations and understand how to lead and motivate people. The course will be delivered through lectures, discussions, and case analyses. Students will be assessed through assignments and a final exam.

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COURSE TITLE: Management Theory and Practice

Course Description: The course deals with acquainting students with contemporary
management theories and practices that are relevant to the rapidly changing business
environment. It focuses on managerial functions of planning, organizing leading and
controlling with their contemporary practices. It also emphasizes on the concept of systems
approach, contingency management approach, and quantitative decision making approach.

Course Objective:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
 Understand the different management thoughts (scientific, bureaucratic, behavioral,
quantitative, system and contingency approaches).
 Acquire knowledge on managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading and
controlling and apply them in different business organizations.
 Understand how to lead, motivate and inspire people in an organization.

Course Outline
CHAPTER- ONE - FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT
1.1. Definition of Management
1.2. Significance of Management
1.3. Managerial Functions an Overview
1.4. Levels of Management and Types of Managers
1.5. Managerial Roles and Skills
1.6. Universality of Management
1.7. Is Management Science, Art, or Profession?
CHAPTER TWO – EVOLUTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
2.1 Early Contributors of Management Thought
2.2 The Era of Classical Management
2.2.1 The School of Scientific Management
2.2.2 Bureaucratic Management theory

2. 2.3 Human Relations Movement


2.3 The Modern Era
CHAPTER THREE- THE PLANNING FUNCTION AND DECISION MAKING
3.1. Concepts and Need for planning
3.2. Types of plans
3.3. Planning process
3.4. Objectives
3.5. Planning Techniques
3.6. Meaning of decision making
3.7. Rational decision making process
3.8. Types (programmed and non-programmed decisions).
CHAPTER FOUR - THE ORGANIZING FUNCTION
4.1. Concept of organizing and organization
4.2. Formal and Informal Organization
4.3. Organization chart
4.4. Departmentalization: Meaning and Bases
4.5. Span of Management
4.6. Authority and power: source of power
4.6. Line and staff authority
4.7. Delegation, centralization and decentralization
4.8. Groups and Committees
CHAPTER FIVE-THE LEADING FUNCTION
5.1. Meaning and the need for leadership
5.2. Concept and meanings of Leadership theories
5.3. Concept and meaning of Leadership Styles

5.4. Motivation
5.4.1. The concept of motivation
5.4.2. Theories of motivation
5.4.2.1. Carrot and stick approach
5.4.2.2. Need hierarchy
5.4.2.3. Herzberg‟s theory
5.5. Concept and meaning of communication
CHAPTER SIX- THE CONTROLLING FUNCTIONS
6.1. Meaning and need for control
6.2. Control process
6.3. Types of control
6.4. Techniques of control
6.5. Effective control system

Mode of Delivery
Lecture, discussion and case analysis are the delivery methods employed
Mode of Assessment:

Assignments …………………… 50%

Final Exam………………………. 50%

References:
 C.B Gubta, “Business Organization and Management”, Sultan Chand & sons, New
Delhi.
 David R. Hampton, “contemporary management”, McGraw Hill Inc., New York, 1981.
 Ernest Dale. “Management. Theory and Practices.” McGraw Hill Inc. New York,
1981.
 Fred Luthans, “Introduction to Management, A Contingency Approach”, McGraw
Hill Book Company New york, 1973.
 George R. Terry and Stephen G. Franklin, “Principles of management”, All India
Traveller book Sellen New Dethi, 1991.
 Harold Koonz, Cyril o‟Donnel and Heinz Weihrich, “Management”, McGraw Hill
International New york, 1980.
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 Henry sisik, “Management and Organization”, South Western publishing Co., Chicago,
1982.
 Peter F. Druker, “Management: Task and Responsibility”, IIaper & Row, New york,
1973.
 Peter F. Druker,” The practice of management” Haper & Brothers, New York, 1986.
 Samul C.Certo, “Principles of Modern Management”, Allyn and Bacon Inc., boston,
1986.
 Y.K Bushan, “Fundamentals of business Organization and Management”, Sultan Chand
& sons, New Delhi.
 Robert N.Lussier, Management: concepts, Applications, and skill development, “South
western college publishing, 1997.
 Richard m. Hodgets & Donald F. Kuralko, “Management,” Harcount Brace Jovanovich
publishers, 1991, third ed.

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