GENERAL MANAGEMENT

Paper Code: 
EFSG 215
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs)

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

CO 51: Demonstrate the roles, skills and functions of management along with understanding of how planning occurs in today’s organizations.

CO  52   : Evaluate different organizational structures applied in organizations and help in designing an appropriate structure which is industry specific.

CO  53    : Competencies to recruit and select the employees as per organizational requirement.

CO  54    : Learn importance of directing and motivation and apply the same for putting workforce in right direction.

CO 55 Evaluate different approaches for organizational control and apply appropriate controlling procedures and techniques for managing organizational operations

Approach in teaching:

classroom lectures using Powerpoint presentation.

Learning activities for the students:

Group discussion, Case studies, Assignments, ppt presentations

Class assignments, presentations, Classroom  activity, C.A. test, Semester End Examinations.

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Management

• Concepts, Functional aspects of Management,
• Fayol’s principle of management,
• Managements Vs. administration,
• Planning concepts and process
• Decision making concept and process

9.00
Unit II: 
Organization function

• Concepts, principles,
• Centralization vs decentralization,
• Organization structures : line, line & staff, functional, Divisional project, matrix, committee

9.00
Unit III: 
Staffing:

• Nature and Scope of Staffing
• Manpower planning: concept and process
• Job analysis: job specification, job description
• Recruitment: Sources of recruitment
• Selection: process of Selection
• Training: objectives & methods.

9.00
Unit IV: 
Directing function

• Meaning , Importance
• Motivation: Meaning, Importance, Types
• Theories of Motivation: Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor’s X-Y theory, &William Ouchi’ theory
• Leadership: Meaning, Importance, Styles and Theories

9.00
Unit V: 
Controlling:

• Control : Meaning, nature, need, significance and limitations
• Process of controlling
• Types of control
• Essentials of effective control system
• Techniques of control
• Problems and Limitations of Control

Essential Readings: 

ESSENTIAL READINGS:
• Gupta, C. B., Business Organization, S.Chand,NewDelhi
• Weihrich, Heinz and Koontz, Harold, Essentials of Management, McGrawHill, NewYork
• Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, Management Challenges for 21stCentury, Harper Collins, USA..
• Kaul, V. K. (2012). Business Organisation and Management. Pearson Education
• Kumar, Pradeep. Management: principles and applications. JSR Publication House LP Delhi.

References: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:
• Luthans, Fred, Organization Behaviour, McGraw Hill, NewYork
• Allen, Louis A., Management and Organization, McGraw Hill, NewYork
• Ansoff, H., The New Corporate Strategy,Wiley.
• Hampton, David R., Modern Management, McGraw-Hill

e- RESOURCES:
• Shodhganga
• 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...

JOURNALS:
• Prabandhan
• The Indian Journal of Commerce

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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