Part A- Principles of Management

Module 1:

Introduction: Management: Introduction, definition of management, nature, purpose and functions, levels and types of managers, managerial roles, skills for managers, evolution of management thought, Fayol’s fourteen principles of management and recent trends in management.

Module 2:

Planning and Organizing:

Planning: Nature of planning, planning process, objectives, MBO, strategies, level of strategies, policies, methods and programs, planning premises, decision making, process of decision making, types of decisions, techniques in decision making. Organizing: Organization structure, formal and informal organizations, principles organizations-chain of command, span of control, delegation, decentralization, and empowerment. Functional, divisional, geographical, customer based and matrix organizations, tram based structures, virtual organizations, boundary less organizations.

Module 3:

Controlling: Controlling, importance of controlling, controlling process, types of control, factors influencing control effectiveness.

Part B- Organizational Behaviour

Module 4:

Introduction: Organizational Behaviour: Introduction, definition, historical development, fundamental principles of OB, contributing disciplines, challenges and opportunities.

Module 5:

Foundations of Individual Behaviour: Individual behaviour: Foundations of individual behaviour. Ability: Intellectual abilities, Physical ability, the role of disabilities. Personality: Meaning, formation, determinants, traits of personality, big five and MBTI,

personality attributes influencing OB. Attitude: Formation, components of attitudes, relation between attitude and behaviour. Perception: Process of perception, factors influencing perception, link between perception and individual decision making. Emotions: Affect, mood and emotion and their significance, basic emotions, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship Management.

Module 6:

Motivation and Leadership:

Motivation: Meaning, theories of motivation-needs theory, two factor theory, Theory X and Y, application of motivational theories. Leadership: Meaning, styles of leadership, leadership theories, trait theory, behavioural theories, managerial grid, situational theories-Fiedler’s model, SLT, transactional and transformation leadership.

Module 7:

Group Behaviour: Definition, types, formation of groups, building effective teams. Conflict: Meaning, nature, types, process of conflict, conflict resolution. Power and politics: Basis of power, effectiveness of power tactics. The ethics of behaving politically.

Practical Component

• Studying organizational structures of any 10 companies and classifying them into   different types of organizations which are studied in Module 2 and justifying why such   structures are chosen by those organizations. • Preparing the leadership profiles of any 5 business leaders and studying their leadership  qualities and behaviours with respects to the trait, behavioural and contingency theories  studied.

• Identifying any five job profiles and listing the various types abilities required for those