Unit I- MANAGEMENT

1. Introduction : Management-Meaning, Concept, Nature, Process and Significance 2. Managerial Roles (Mintzberg) : An Overview of Functional Areas of Management 3. Development of Management Thought-Early or Ancient, Classical Neo-classical and Contingency Approach.

Unit II PLANNING

4. Planning-Concept, Meaning, Characteristics, Process, Types and Importance 5. Decisions or Decision Making-Meaning, Concept, Characteristics, Types, Process, Significance, Techni-ques, Decision and Rationale and Bounded Rationality 6. Management by Objectives or Management by Goals 7. Corporate Planning, Environment Analysis andDiagnosis and Strategy Formulation.

Unit III ORGANISATION

8. Organisation-Meaning, Concept, Nature, Process and Significance 9. Authority and Responsibility Relationship 10. Centralisation and Decentralisation 11. Departmentation 12. Organisation Structure-Forms and Contingency Factors.

Unit IV MOTIVATION, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION

13. Motivation-Concept, Meaning and Definitions, Characteristics, Kinds, Theories-Maslow, Herzberg, Broom, Mcgregor and Ouchi etc., Financial and Non-Financial Incentives, Techniques or Methods, Importance and Limitations 14. Leadership-Meaning, Definitions, Concept, Characteristics, Theories (Approaches), Qualities, Importance, Hindrances, Illusion, Styles (including Tannenbaum and Schmidt Style) and Rensis Likert’s Management Systems 15. Communication-Meaning, Concept, Nature, Types, Process, Networks, Barriers and Effective Commu-nication.

UNIT – V MANAGERIAL CONTROL

16. Managerial Control-Concept, Meaning and Defi-nitions, Characteristics or Nature, Objectives, Scope, Process, Effective Control System, Techniques-Traditional and Modern.

UNIT – VI MANAGEMENT OF CHANCE

17. Management of Change-Concept, Nature, Process, Resistance, Emerging Horizons of Management in a Changing Environment.