Decision-making foundations

Unit 5: Planning and Making DecisionsTopic 5 of 7

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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

Definition, approaches and types
Decision process
Decisions under certainty and uncertainty

Decision-making foundations

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Principles of Management (MGT 213)

Unit 5: Planning and Making Decisions

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

To develop an understanding of decision-making foundations and explain the managerial concepts and assess their application in organizational situations.

Curriculum Scope

Definition, approaches and types
Decision process
Decisions under certainty and uncertainty

Detailed Microsyllabus

Decision-making foundations
1. Meaning and approaches to managerial decisions.
2. Programmed and nonprogrammed decisions.
3. Problem identification, alternatives, choice and implementation.
Decision conditions
1. Choices under certainty and uncertainty.
2. Information quality and assumptions.
3. Reviewing outcomes and adjusting decisions.

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.