FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT

·         Management: introduction- Concept, Meaning,  Nature, Scope, and significance, Principles of Management, Management Functions, Roles and Skills of a manager

Development of Management Thought: (Brief study)-  Management in ancient civilizations, Management during the Medieval Period, Management during Industrial Revolution,  The Period of Systematic Development of Schools of Management Thought

• Planning: Concept, Types and Process; Principles of Planning, MBO
• Decision Making: Types and process

• Organizing:  Concept, Types, Process and Principles, Various forms of Organizational structures and their merits-demerits, Formal and informal Organization, merits and demerits, Delegation of Authority, Span of control, Centralization and Decentralization

• Staffing: Manpower planning, Job analysis-job specification, job description, Recruitment, Sources of recruitment, Selection process, Training-objectives & methods

• Directing: Meaning, Importance, Principles & Techniques of directing                
• Controlling: Nature of control in organizations, Types of control, steps in the control process, Controlling Techniques, Characteristics of Good Control System,
• Problems and Limitations of Control, MBE