MANAGEMENT PROCESSES & BEHAVIOUR
Nature of Management - Social Responsibilities of Business - Manager and Environment Levels in Management - Managerial Skills - Planning - Steps in Planning Process - Scope and Limitations - Short Range and Long Range Planning - Flexibility in Planning ¬Characteristics of a sound Plan - Management by Objectives (MBO) - Policies and Strategies - Scope and Formulation - Decision Making - Techniques and Processes.
UNIT-II
Organising - Organisation Structure and Design - Authority and Responsibility Relationships - Delegation of Authority and Decentralisation - Interdepartmental Coordination - Emerging Trends in Corporate Structure, Strategy and Culture - Impact of Technology on Organisational design - Mechanistic vs Adoptive Structures - Formal and Informal Organisation.
Perception and Learning - Personality and Individual Differences - Motivation and Job Performance - Values, Attitudes and Beliefs - Stress Management - Communication Types-Process - Barriers - Making Communication Effective.
UNIT - IV
Group Dynamics - Leadership - Styles - Approaches - Power and Politics - Organisational Structure - Organisational Climate and Culture - Organisational Change and Development.
UNIT - V
Comparative Management Styles and approaches - Japanese Management Practices Organisational Creativity and Innovation - Management of Innovation - Entrepreneurial Management - Benchmarking - Best Management Practices across the world - Select cases of Domestic & International Corporations - Management of Diversity.
REFERENCES
1. Koontz & Weirich: MANAGEMENT, McGraw-Hill.
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3. Stoner & Wankel: MANAGEMENT, Prentice Hall.
4. Peter F. Drucker: PRA
5. Fred Luthans: ORGANISA TIONAL BEHAVIOUR, McGraw-Hill.
6. Robbins: ORGANISA TIONAL BEHAVIOUR, McGraw-Hili.
7. Important Business Magazines like: Business India, Business World and Fortune
8. Anyone Financial Daily: Economic Times, Financial Express, Business Standard.
