Foundation of Business Management syllabus

Foundation of Business Management

• 1 Introduction (6 LHs)

  • Management and business-management concepts; management process
  • General, functional and line managers; roles and skills
  • Changing managerial jobs and challenges
  • Task and general business environment; Porter model
  • Activity: company profile and case analysis
• 2 Philosophical Aspects of Management (6 LHs)

  • Scientific, administrative and bureaucratic management
  • Human relations and Hawthorne studies
  • Systems and contingency approaches
  • Emerging management issues in Nepal
  • Activity: practical application presentation
• 3 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility (4 LHs)

  • Ethical issues and roots of unethical behaviour
  • Philosophical approaches to ethics
  • Business social responsibility and Friedman doctrine
  • Activity: oral presentation and case analysis
• 4 Planning and Decision Making (7 LHs)

  • Planning levels, horizons and process
  • Single-use, standing, contingency and derivative plans
  • Planning pitfalls and improvement
  • Rational decision process; problem types, conditions and styles
  • Activity: simulation and case analysis
• 5 Organizational Architecture (7 LHs)

  • Organizational structure and architecture elements
  • Tall/flat and functional/multidivisional/geographic/matrix designs
  • Integrating mechanisms and formal knowledge networks
  • Authority, responsibility and accountability
  • Emerging design issues and Nepalese practices
  • Activity: project work and case analysis
• 6 Organizational Culture (4 LHs)

  • Culture concept, importance and strengthening
  • Culture change and managing culture in mergers
  • Nepalese organizational culture
  • Activity: term paper and case analysis
• 7 Group and Team (4 LHs)

  • Groups versus teams and importance of teamwork
  • Effective teams and group/team types
  • Team conflict and Nepalese organizational teamwork
  • Activity: simulation and case analysis
• 8 Communication and Control (5 LHs)

  • Business communication process and parties
  • Communication barriers and improvement
  • Control meaning, process, types and effective systems
  • Control tools and techniques
  • Activity: simulation, presentation and case analysis
• 9 Business Management Trends and Scenario in Nepal (5 LHs)

  • Nepalese business-sector growth and major industries
  • Manufacturing, export, import-substitution and services
  • Management practices and major problems
  • Activity: live project and presentation