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Year I Semester I
Subject: Management Concepts (CORE)
Subject Code: 1BMS3
Total Lecture Hours: 60 – (4 Hours per Week) Credits: 4
Learning Objectives:
To enable the students to understand the principles of management thought and applying the
same in practice.
Module – 1
Introduction to Management 8 Hrs
• Introduction and Nature of Management
• Definition & Meaning-By P. F. Drucker, Koontz O’ Donnel, S. George
• Management as an Art, Science and Profession
• Distinction between Administration and Management
• Importance & Functions of Management.
Module - 2
Evolution of Management 10 Hrs
• Evolution of Management- Thought
• Pre scientific management era
• Scientific management & Contribution of F.W.Taylor
• Process management & contribution of Henri Fayol
• HR movement-Hawthrone experiments
• Contributions of Behavioral scientists- Abraham Maslow, Peter Drukker, Douglas Mc.
Gregor
Module – 3
Planning and Decision making 12 Hrs
• Nature & Definition of Planning- Koontz o’Donnel, Hart, Alfred &Beaty
• Importance and limitations
• Planning process
• Types of Plans- on the basis of use, functions, time (meaning only)
• Meaning of Decision making
• Steps in decision making
• Types of decisions- Programmed-Non-programmed; Strategic-tactical, Individual-Group,
Policy-Operation, Organizational-Personal
Module – 4
Organizing &Departmentation 12 Hrs
• Meaning & Definition- Koontz O’Donnell & McFarland
• Organizing - Nature, Purpose & Principles
• Types of Organization (Formal & Informal)
• Types of Authority relationships- Line, Functional, Line& staff, Committees,
• Meaning and types of Departmentation.
• Centralization and De-centralization (Meaning Only)
Module - 5
Elements of Directing, co-ordination and control 18 Hrs
• Meaning & Importance of Directing
• Leadership- Meaning & Styles
• Motivation- importance& Theories (Maslow, Herzberg. Mcgregor)
• Communication- Meaning, Objectives & Types of communication
• Meaning, Principles and techniques of Co- ordination
• Meaning- Need & steps in Controlling
Blue Print
HRM (Blue Print)
Module 1
SECTION – A 2 Marks Questions
Select any one question from the following questions.
• Define Management.
• What do you mean by Management? Give examples.
• “Management is a Profession”, Comment in two sentences.
• Define Administration.
• Who is a Manager?
• What do you mean by MBO?
• Differentiate between efficiency and effectiveness.
• What do you mean by Directing? Give Example.
Module 3
SECTION – A 2 Marks Questions
Select any two questions from the following questions.
• Define Planning.
• What do you mean by Strategic Plan?
• What is Tactical Plan?
• What do you mean Operational Plan?
• Define Forecasting.
• What are Single use plans?
• What do you mean by On-going plans?
• How does follow up help in evaluating the plans?
• What is Delphi Technique?
• Define Decision making.
• What do you mean by Regression Analysis?
• How does Survey method help in forecasting?
• What do you mean by SWOT analysis?
• What is Cost/benefit analysis?
• What is Pareto analysis?
• Explain Brainstorming in two sentences.
• How does Authoritarian decision making approach work?
• Discuss how the pros of group decision making briefly.
• What is Dialectical inquiry technique in group decision making.
• What do you mean by Decision trees?
• What is ‘Six Thinking Hats’?
• How does Five Why’s technique help in decision making?
• What do you mean critical thinking for decision making?
Module 4
SECTION – A 2 Marks Questions
Select any two questions from the following questions.
• Give the meaning of ‘Organising”.
• What do you mean by ‘Formal Organization”?
• What do you mean by ‘Informal Organisation’?
• What is ‘Line Organisation’?
• Define ‘Functional Organisation’.
• What do you mean by ‘Matrix Organization’?
• Give the meaning ‘Delegation’.
• What do you mean by ‘Authority’?
• What is Responsibility?
• What do you mean by ‘Accountability’?
• Define Departmentation.
• What do you mean by Centralisation?
• What do you mean by Functional departmentation?
• What do you mean by Geographical departmentation?
• What do you mean by Product departmentation?
• What do you mean by Process departmentation?
• What do you mean by Customer departmentation?
• What do you mean by Time deparmentation?
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Module 5
SECTION – A 2 Marks Questions
Select any two questions from the following questions.
• Define Directing as a function of Management.
• Define Leadership.
• List the two bases on which leadership styles are based on.
• Define Autocratic Leadership.
• What do you mean by Democratic Leadership?
• What do you mean by Laissez Faire?
• Define motivation.
• Give the meaning of Communication.
• Define Coordiantion.
• Define Control.
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