Management Concepts & Organisational Behaviour

Unit 1

Fundamentals of Management: Management practices from past to present, Different levels of management, Managerial skills and Managerial Functions, Case Studies Planning- Objective of planning, Planning process, Types of planning, Types of plans, Management by Objective, Decision-making- types, process & techniques, Case Studies

Unit 2

Organising & Staffing- Types of organization, Organization structure, delegation and decentralization of authority, Meaning of staffing, Recruitment, selection & placement, Training & development..

Directing & Controlling- Principle of directing, Essence of coordination, Different control techniques, Management by exception. Case Studies.

Unit 3

Fundamentals of individual behavior: Concepts of OB,OB Model, Components of OB, Personality, types of personality, Personal effectiveness, meaning of Attitudes, Types, Components, attitude formation and attitude change. Meaning & Type of Group Behaviour, Interpersonal skills, Transactional Analysis, Johari Window, Meaning of Perception, process, behavioral applications of perception. Case Studies.

Unit 4

Motivation:, Theory of Motivation: Maslow’s, Herzberg’s, McClelland, Contemporary theories of Motivation: Self Determination Theory, Self Efficacy Theory, Vroom’s Expectancy Theory, Equity Theory, Reinforcement Theory.

Unit 5

Leadership: What is leadership, types of leaders and leadership styles, traits and qualities of effective leader, trait theory, LSM - Leadership Situational Model, Team Building, Tuckman Model of Team Development. Organizational Change: Meaning of organizational change approaches to managing organizational change, creating a culture for change, implementing the change, Kurt Lewin Model of change. Case Studies 5