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Departmentalization

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Principles of Management (MGT 213)

Unit 6: Fundamentals of Organizing

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

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

Curriculum Scope

  • Meaning and types

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Departmentalization foundations

    1. Grouping activities for coordination and accountability.
    2. Criteria for choosing a grouping basis.
    3. Links between departmentalization and organizational objectives.
  2. Forms of departmentalization

    1. Function, product, territory, customer and process.
    2. Advantages and coordination problems of each basis.
    3. Situations requiring combinations of grouping methods.

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.