THEORIES & PRACTICES OF MANAGEMENT

Paper Code: 
BSG 222
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
18.00
Unit I: 
Leadership

• Leadership: Functions, Qualities, Leader vs. manager,
• Leadership theories- Trait theory, Situational behavioral theories, Leadership styles (Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez Faire)

18.00
Unit II: 
Motivation

• Motivation: Concept, Elementary study of Motivation theories (Maslow’s-Need hierarchy, McGregor-X-Y theory, Herzberg-Motivation-Hygiene theory),
• Types of motivation, techniques, essentials of a good motivation plan.

18.00
Unit III: 
Coordination

:

• Coordination: Meaning, types, Principles, Techniques.
• Communication: Meaning, Importance, Process, types, barriers, essentials of effective communication.

18.00
Unit IV: 
Change and Conflict
Management of Change: Meaning, Definition, Process, Causes, Resistance to Change, Strategies for implementing Change, Change Agents.
Management of Conflict: Meaning, Definition, Types of Conflict, process of Conflict, Conflict Management Styles
 
 
18.00

• Recent Trends & Challenges in Management: Total Quality Management, Crisis Management, Risk Management

Essential Readings: 

• Gupta, C. B., Business Organization, S.Chand, NewDelhi
• Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, Management Challenges for 21stCentury, Harper Collins, USA.
• Luthans, Fred, Organization Behaviour, McGraw Hill, New Delhi
• Allen, Louis A., Management and Organization, McGraw Hill, NewYork
• Ansoff, H., The New Corporate Strategy, Wiley.

References: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

• Koontz and Wechrich H, Essentials of Management, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
• Stoner, Freeman, and Gilbert, Management, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
• Terry and Franklin, Principles of Management, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi
• Sudha, G.S., Business Management, RBSA Publishers, Jaipur
Note: Latest edition of the readings may be used.

e- RESOURCES:
• Principles of Management https://d3bxy9euw4e147.cloudfront.net/oscms-prodcms/media/documents/Prin...
• Introduction to Business Management https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338967220_INTRODUCTION_TO_BUSIN...
• Management Concepts and Organizational Behaviour https://www.ddegjust.ac.in/studymaterial/mcom/mc-101.pdf
JOURNALS:
• Prabandhan
• The Indian Journal of Commerce
• Vikalpa: Journal of Decision Makers

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