Principles of Management

Unit 1
Management- meaning, nature, principles and styles – Management and administration,
difference – Management and society, social responsibility, professional ethics.
Unit 2
Evolution of management thought, contributions of F W Taylor, Henry Fayol, Bernard, Mary
Parker Follet etc., Modern school of thought.
Unit 3
Management functions, an introduction – Planning – Policy, strategy , need for planning, criteria
for sound policy , strategy formulation and evaluation.
Organising – departmentation, span of management, authority and responsibility relations,
delegation and decentralization of authority, formal and informal organization, forms of
organization.
Unit 4
Leading – leadership theories and models, leadership – qualities and nature, role of leader in an
organization. Directing – method and process, conflict resolution, managing organizational
politics,
Unit 5
Coordinating – techniques, managerial hierarchy, levels of management. Controlling –
Techniques of controlling, Feedback system and review process, quality checks and metrics in
controlling, International management – an overview.