Introduction: Management Concept, Definition and process, Managerial levels, roles & skills, Evolution of management thought in changing environment, management’s ethical and social responsibilities;
Management Functions, Determination of Objectives & Goals, Effective goal setting, Management by objectives;
Management Functions and Management Process: Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling;
Planning: The nature, purpose and process, Hierarchy and types of organization’s plans, Strategic planning, Environment analysis, SWOT analysis, corporate, business and functional strategies, Operational planning tools, Flow charts, the Gantt charts, the load charts, PERT, and the logical framework, Effective planning;
Decision Making & Problem Solving: The rational Decision-making Model, Decision making styles, Committee and group aided decision-making,
Organizing: Authority, Nature, Committee
Leadership: The Nature of leadership, Leadership Theories, Styles, and Skill;
Motivation: Concept, Primary and Secondary motives, Motivation theories; Elements of Controlling: An overview of control, control process, critical control points and standards, control system, Effective control system requirements, Resistance to control, Control strategy choice, and Methods of control.
Text Books:
- Harold Knootz & Heins Weihrich: Management
- Drucker, P.F,: The Practice of Management.
- Stephen P. Robbins and Mary Coulter: Management.