Business Management

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

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 IIII

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: 

1. Gupta, C. B., Business Organization, S.Chand, NewDelhi
2. Weihrich, Heinz and Koontz, Harold, Essentials of Management, McGraw Hill, New York

References: 

1. Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, Management Challenges for 21st Century, Harper Collins, USA.
2. Luthans, Fred, Organization Behaviour, McGraw Hill, New York
3. Allen, Louis A., Management and Organization, McGraw Hill, New York
4. Ansoff, H., The New Corporate Strategy, Wiley.
5. Hampton, David R., Modern Management, McGraw-Hill

Academic Year: 
2019-2020
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