Principles and Practices of Management
Principles and Practices of Management
Objectives:
1. The purpose of this course is to expose the student to the basic concepts of
management in order to aid the student in understanding how an organization
functions, and in understanding the complexity and wide variety of issues managers
face in today’s business firms.
2. Discuss the various concepts of planning, Decision making and controlling to help
solving managerial problems
3. Study and understand management concepts and styles in Global context.
4. Familiarizing the students with the contemporary issues in management.
Course Contents:
UNIT II: Social responsibility of business, Scope and challenges of CSR in Indian scenario,
Management practices from past to present, Different levels of management, Managerial
skills, Roles& Functions, Manager and Business environment.
UNIT III: Planning- Objective of planning, planning process, Types of planning, Types of
plans, Corporate planning, Management by Objective, Decision-making- types, process &
techniques, making decision effective.
Reference Books:
1. Koontz Harold & Weihrich Heinz – Essentials of management (Tata McGraw Hill,
5th Edition,2008)