Emerging management challenges

Unit 2: Introduction to ManagementTopic 5 of 5

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Principles of Management

11 units

1 The Nature of Organizations
2 Introduction to Management
3 Management: History and Current Thinking
4 Environmental Context of Management
5 Planning and Making Decisions
6 Fundamentals of Organizing
7 Leadership and Motivation
8 Fundamental of Influencing and Communication
9 Control and Quality Management
10 Managing in the Global Arena
11 Management Trends and Scenario in Nepal

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What the syllabus expects

Challenges facing management

Emerging management challenges

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Principles of Management (MGT 213)

Unit 2: Introduction to Management

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

To develop an understanding of emerging management challenges and explain the managerial concepts and assess their application in organizational situations.

Curriculum Scope

Challenges facing management

Detailed Microsyllabus

Changing managerial demands
1. Global competition and technological change.
2. Workforce diversity and changing employee expectations.
3. Ethics, social responsibility and sustainability concerns.
Managerial responses
1. Adaptability and continuous learning.
2. Managing uncertainty and organizational change.
3. Balancing productivity, employee needs and stakeholder expectations.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, BBS curriculum with first-year syllabus, PDF pages 9-10.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit lecture hours apply to the whole unit; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here.