Management : Principles & Practices

Management: Concept, Nature, Process and significance of Management. Management as an art and science; Management as profession, skills and roles of managers in organization, Principles of Management- Henry Fayol & Taylor Schools of management thought-Classical,neo-classical and modern theories.

Functions of Management: An overview of functions of management; Concepts of POSDCORB Planning: Nature, purpose, types and process, Management By Objectives (MBO). Decision Making-concept, importance, process, tools and techniques.

Organising: Concept of organising and organization, Types of Organisation- Formal & Informal.  Organisation Structure- Concept and Forms.  Staffing and Selection  Process.

Directing: Meaning.Importance,Principles, Techniques of directing. Controlling: Meaning,Importance,Process,Techniques of controlling-traditional and modern techniques

Motivation-Concept,Importance,Theories of motivation-Maslow’s need

hierarchy theory Theory X and theory Y.,Victor vroom Expectancy

model,William Ouchi’s theory Z.