Business Management

Paper Code: 
BSG 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

BSG 412

Business Management
  1. Demonstrate the roles, skills and functions of management along with understanding of how planning occurs in today’s organizations.
  2. Evaluate different organizational structures applied in organizations and help in designing an appropriate structure which is industry specific.
  3. Competencies to recruit and select the employees as per organizational requirement.
  4. Learn importance of directing and motivation and apply the same for putting workforce in right direction.
  5.  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 presentations.

Class test, Semester end examination, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

9.00
Unit I: 
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: 
UNIT II

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

9.00
Unit III: 
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: 
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: 
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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