General Management-I

UNIT I

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

UNIT II

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 Management
Schools of Management Thought
 

UNIT III

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

UNIT IV

Organizing: Concept, Types, Process and Principles, Various forms of Organizational structures and their merits-demerits, Formal and informal Organization, merits and demerits

UNIT V

Authority and Responsibility, Delegation of Authority, Span of control, Centralization and Decentralization