Principles of Management syllabus

Principles of Management

• 1 Introduction (4 LHs)

  • Management concepts, meaning and functions
  • Types of managers; roles and skills
  • Becoming a manager: education, experience and situation
• 2 Perspectives in Management (8 LHs)

  • Early development and classical perspectives
  • Scientific and administrative management; bureaucracy
  • Hawthorne studies, human relations and organizational behavior
  • Management science and operations management
  • Systems and contingency perspectives
  • Emerging issues and challenges
• 3 Planning (7 LHs)

  • Meaning and strategic, tactical and operational levels
  • Planning steps, tools and premises
  • Pitfalls and improvements
  • Decision-making meaning, types and process
  • Decisions under certainty, risk and uncertainty
• 4 Organizing (10 LHs)

  • Meaning, process and principles
  • Vertical and horizontal organizational structures
  • Responsibility, task relationships and accountability
  • Line and staff authority; delegation
  • Centralization, decentralization and devolution
  • Organization design issues and staffing
• 5 Leading (8 LHs)

  • Leadership meaning, qualities and styles
  • Individual differences and psychological contract
  • Groups and managerial ethics
  • Motivation concept, importance and techniques
  • Communication process, networks, active listening and barriers
• 6 Controlling (6 LHs)

  • Control meaning, purpose, process and types
  • Effective control systems and techniques
  • Quality and Total Quality Management
  • Emerging quality-management issues
• 7 Organizational Change and Development (5 LHs)

  • Change nature, forces and paradigm shifts
  • Change in structure, technology, processes and behavior
  • Resistance and overcoming resistance
  • Organizational Development concept