Business Management

Paper Code: 
BSG 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 involved in each function.

 

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Management

 

 

Management Concepts, Functional aspects of Management, Planning concepts and process, decision making 

 

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Organization Function

 

 Concepts, importance, principles, centralization vs decentralization, Organization structures 
 

 

9.00
Unit III: 
Staffing Function

 

Recruitment, Selection, process, sources, Job analysis, job specifications, job description, manpower planning
 

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
Directing Function

 

 

Directing function: Motivation concepts, theories (Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor’s X-Y theory, & William Ouchi’s Z theory)

Leadership: Styles and Theories

 

Unit V: 
Controlling Function

 Concepts, importance, process, tools and techniques

 

 

Essential Readings: 

 

  1. Gupta, C. B., Business Organization, S.Chand, NewDelhi
  2. Weihrich, Heinz and Koontz, Harold, Essentials of Management, McGraw Hill, New York

 

 

 

References: 

 

  1. Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, Management Challenges for 21st Century, Harper Collins, USA.
  2. Luthans, Fred, Organization Behaviour, McGraw Hill, New York
  3. Allen, Louis A., Management and Organization, McGraw Hill, New York
  4. Ansoff, H., The New Corporate Strategy, Wiley.
  5. Hampton, David R., Modern Management, McGraw-Hill

 

Academic Year: 
2015-2016
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