Foundation of Business Management syllabus
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Foundation of Business Management
6 units
1 Introduction to Business and Management LH 10
- Definition and nature of business, management, and business management
- Functions and roles of managers
- Evolution of management thoughts (Classical, Behavioral, System and Contingency)
- Common management practices in technology-drive business
- Emergence of technology use in business
- Business environment analysis
- Business Management and Technology interface
2 Planning, Decision-Making and Problem-Solving LH 8
4 Leadership LH 10
- Concept and roles of leadership in organization
- Theories of leadership
- Informal and Formal groups in organization
- Role of leadership to make teams effective
- Employee motivation practices and issues in Nepalese business organizations
- Motivation theories (Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland, Equity)
- Communication in management
- Meaning and importance of coordination
- Issues of coordination in Nepalese business sector
- Employee motivation through communication and coordination
6 Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Contemporary Issues LH 6
- Ethical principles in management
- Roots of unethical behavior
- Corporate social responsibility
- Arguments for social responsibility and Friedman doctrine
- Technology driven management (AI, Big Data, digital transformation) for social responsibility
- Technology for entrepreneurship and innovation in business management
- ICT related contemporary issues in business management
1. Introduction to Business and Management LH 10
- Definition and nature of business, management, and business management
- Definition and nature of business, management, and business management
- Functions and roles of managers
- Functions and roles of managers
- Evolution of management thoughts (Classical, Behavioral, System and Contingency)
- Evolution of management thoughts (Classical, Behavioral, System and Contingency)
- Common management practices in technology-drive business
- Common management practices in technology-drive business
- Emergence of technology use in business
- Emergence of technology use in business
- Business environment analysis
- Business environment analysis: acquaintance to task and general environment of business, industry analysis using Porter Model
- Business Management and Technology interface
- Business Management and Technology interface.
2. Planning, Decision-Making and Problem-Solving LH 8
- Nature and purpose of planning
- Nature and purpose of planning
- Types of plans
- Planning process
- Strategic vs operational planning
- Strategic vs operational planning
- Planning frameworks in business organizations. Decision-making models
- Planning frameworks in business organizations. Decision-making models
- Steps in decision-making
- Steps in decision-making
- Tools and techniques
- Tools and techniques
- Problem-solving using technology
- Problem-solving using technology. Decision-making practices and challenges in Nepalese technology-led businesses.
3. Organizing LH 8
- Concept of organizing and principles
- Concept of organizing and principles
- Organizational structures and architecture
- Organizational structures and architecture
- Authority, responsibility and accountability
- Authority, responsibility and accountability
- Delegation of authority
- Delegation of authority
- Departmentalization
- Emerging issues in organizing
- Emerging issues in organizing
- Problems and perspectives in organizing in technology-led business organizations
- Problems and perspectives in organizing in technology-led business organizations.
4. Leadership LH 10
- Concept and roles of leadership in organization
- Concept and roles of leadership in organization
- Theories of leadership
- Theories of leadership: behavioral theories (The Michigan, The Oho State & Managerial Grid), situational theories, emerging leadership theories and styles
- Informal and Formal groups in organization
- Informal and Formal groups in organization
- Role of leadership to make teams effective
- Role of leadership to make teams effective
- Employee motivation practices and issues in Nepalese business organizations
- Employee motivation practices and issues in Nepalese business organizations
- Motivation theories (Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland, Equity)
- Motivation theories (Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland, Equity)
- Communication in management
- Communication in management
- Meaning and importance of coordination
- Meaning and importance of coordination
- Issues of coordination in Nepalese business sector
- Issues of coordination in Nepalese business sector
- Employee motivation through communication and coordination
- Employee motivation through communication and coordination.
5. Controlling LH 6
- Nature and process of control
- Nature and process of control
- Types of control
- Performance appraisal in technology-led business organizations
- Performance appraisal in technology-led business organizations
- Transparency and accountability mechanisms and technology
- Transparency and accountability mechanisms and technology.
6. Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Contemporary Issues LH 6
- Ethical principles in management
- Ethical principles in management
- Roots of unethical behavior
- Roots of unethical behavior
- Corporate social responsibility
- Corporate social responsibility
- Arguments for social responsibility and Friedman doctrine
- Arguments for social responsibility and Friedman doctrine
- Technology driven management (AI, Big Data, digital transformation) for social responsibility
- Technology driven management (AI, Big Data, digital transformation) for social responsibility
- Technology for entrepreneurship and innovation in business management
- Technology for entrepreneurship and innovation in business management
- ICT related contemporary issues in business management
- ICT related contemporary issues in business management.