Masters of Business Administration:Management Principles and Practice

This course presents the Principles of Management, emphasizing managerial functions,
explaining internal management of organizations and behavioural concepts as applied
to practical management problems.

Goals:
To enable the students to learn the basic functions, principles and concepts of
management.

Objectives:
On successful completion of the course the students should have:
Understood management functions and principles.
Learnt the scientific decision making process and problem solving techniques.
Learnt the modern trends in management process.

Unit I
Management : Science, Theory and Practice - The Evolution of Management Thought
and the Patterns of Management Analysis - Management and Society : The External
Environment, Social Responsibility and Ethics - Global and Comparative Management -
The Basis of Global Management.
Unit II
The Nature and Purpose of Planning - Objectives - Strategies, Policies and Planning
Premises - Decision Making - Global Planning.
Unit III
The Nature of Organizing and Entrepreneuring - Organizational Structure :
Departmentation - Line/Staff Authority and Decentralization - Effective Organizing and
Organizational Culture - Global Organizing.
Unit IV
Co-ordination functions in Organisation - Human Factors and Motivation - Leadership -
Committees and group Decision Making - Communication - Global Leading.
Unit V
The System and Process of Controlling - Control Techniques and Information
Technology - Productivity and Operations Management - Overall Control and toward the
Future through Preventive Control - Global Controlling and Global Challenges.