Business Management

Paper Code: 
BSR 412
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objective:

The Objective of this course is to familiarize the students with the functional aspects of Management and help them understand the various aspects in each function

 

Course Outcome(COs):

Course

Learning Outcome

 (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

BSR 412

Business Management

  1. CO 123 Demonstrate the roles, skills and functions of management along with understanding of how planning occurs in today’s organizations.

    CO 124 Evaluate different organizational structures applied in organizations and help in designing an appropriate structure which is industry specific.

    CO 125 Competencies to recruit and select the employees as per organizational requirement.

    CO 126 Learn importance of directing and motivation and apply the same for putting workforce in right direction.

    CO 127 Evaluate different approaches for organizational control and apply appropriate controlling procedures and techniques for managing organizational operations

     

Approach in teaching:

Classroom lectures, Group Discussions, assignments, Handouts , PowerPoint presentations,

Learning activities for the students:

Case studies, Role plays, Student 

 

9.00
Unit I: 

Management Concepts, Functional aspects of Management, Fayol’s principle of management, management vs. administration, Planning concepts and process, decision making concept and process

9.00
Unit II: 

Organization function Concepts, , principles, centralization vs decentralization, Organization structures (line, line & staff, functional, project, matrix, committee)

9.00
Unit III: 

Staffing function Concept, Recruitment, Sources of recruitment, Selection, process of selection, Job analysis, job specifications, job description, manpower planning concept and process

11.00
Unit IV: 

Directing function concept, Motivation concepts, theories (Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor’s X-Y theory, & William Ouchi’s Z theory) Leadership concept, Styles and Theories

 

 

7.00
Unit V: 

Controlling function Concepts, process, tools and techniques

Essential Readings: 
  • Gupta, C. B., Business Organization, S.Chand, NewDelhi
  • Weihrich, Heinz and Koontz, Harold, Essentials of Management, McGraw Hill, New York
References: 
  • Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, Management Challenges for 21st Century, Harper Collins, USA.
  • Luthans, Fred, Organization Behaviour, McGraw Hill, New York
  • Allen, Louis A., Management and Organization, McGraw Hill, New York
  • Ansoff, H., The New Corporate Strategy, Wiley.
  • Hampton, David R., Modern Management, McGraw-Hill
Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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