Principles of Management 2025

Unit I Introduction to Management Meaning- Definitions ? Nature and Scope – Levels of Management ? Importance – Management Vs. Administration ? Management: Science or Art ?Evolution of Management Thoughts ? F. W. Taylor, Henry Fayol, Peter F. Drucker, Elton Mayo – Functions of Management – Trends and Challenges of Management. Managers ? Qualification ? Duties & Responsibilities.
Unit II Planning – Planning ? Meaning ? Definitions ? Nature ? Scope and Functions ? Importance and Elements of Planning ? Types ? Planning Process – Tools and Techniques of Planning ?Management by Objective (MBO). Decision Making: Meaning ?Characteristics ? Types – Steps in Decision Making ? Forecasting.
Unit III Organizing Meaning – Definitions – Nature and Scope ? Characteristics ? Importance ? Types – Formal and Informal Organization ? Organization Chart ? Organization Structure: Meaning and Types – Departmentalization? Authority and Responsibility ?
Centralization and Decentralization ? Span of Management.
Unit IV Staffing Introduction – Concept of Staffing- Staffing Process ?Recruitment ? Sources of Recruitment ? Modern Recruitment
Methods – Selection Procedure ? Test- Interview? Training: Need
– Types? Promotion ?Management Games ? Performance Appraisal – Meaning and Methods ? 360 degree Performance Appraisal ? Work from Home – Managing Work from Home [WFH].
Unit V Directing Motivation ?Meaning – Theories ? Communication ? Types – Barriers to Communications ? Measures to Overcome the Barriers. Leadership ? Nature – Types and Theories of Leadership ? Styles of Leadership – Qualities of a Good Leader ? Successful Women Leaders ? Challenges faced by women in workforce – Supervision. Co-ordination and Control Co-ordination ? Meaning – Techniques of Co-ordination. Control – Characteristics – Importance ? Stages in the Control Process – Requisites of Effective Control and Controlling Techniques ? Management by Exception [MBE].