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Course: Managment theory and practice (3457)
Level: B.S (CS) Semester: Spring, 2015
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 50
assignment No. 1
(Units: 1–3)
Course: Management Theory & Practice (3457) Semester:Spring 2015
Level: BS (CS) Total Marks:100
Pass Marks: 50
assignment No. 2
(Units:4–9) Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 50
COURSE OUTLINE (3457)
Unit 1 Introduction
Unit 2 Decision Making
Unit 3 Planning
Plans and Planning Tools
Unit 4 Organizing
4.1.3 Downsizing
4.1.4 Types of Organizational Structures
4.2 Organizing the activity of Individuals
4.2.1 Responsibility
4.2.2 Authority
4.2.2.1 Types of Authority
4.2.2.2 Accountability
4.2.3 Delegation
4.2.3.1 Steps in the delegation Process
4.2.3.2 Obstacles to the Delegation Process
4.2.3.3 Centralization and Decentralization
4.3 Organizational Change and Development
Unit 5 Leading and Managing Groups
5.1 Defining Leadership
5.2 Trait Approach to Leadership
5.3 Behavioral Approach to Leadership
5.3.1 Leadership Functions
5.3.2 Leadership Styles
5.3.3 The Managerial Grid
5.4 Contingency Approach to Leadership
5.5 Leadership Situations and Decisions
5.6 Personal Characteristics of Employees
5.6.1 Environmental Pressures and Workplace Demands
5.6.2 Deciding when to involve subordinates
5.7 Future of Leadership Theory
5.8 Types of Teams
5.9 Characteristics of Teams
5.10 Making Teams Effective
5.10.1 Guidelines for Committees
5.10.2 Focusing Teams on Performance
5.10.3 Conflict within Teams
Unit 6 Motivating
6.1 Concept and importance of Motivation
6.1.1 Motivation Process
6.1.2 Basic assumptions about Motivation and Motivating
6.1.3 Importance of Motivation
6.2 Theories of Motivation
6.3 Contemporary views of Motivation
6.3.1 Need Theory
6.3.2 Equity Theory
6.3.3 Expectancy Theory
6.3.4 Reinforcement Theory
6.3.5 Goal-setting Theory
6.4 Strategies for Motivating
Unit 7 Communicating and Negotiation
7.1 Importance of Effective Communication
7.2 Interpersonal Communication
7.3 Improving Communication Processes
7.4 Communication in Organizations
7.4.1 Factors Influencing Organizational Communication
7.4.2 Types of Organizational Communication
7.4.3 Lateral and Informal Communication
7.5 Using Communication Skills: Negotiating to Manage Conflicts
7.6 Stability of Negotiations Outcomes
7.7 Relations between Labour and Management
Unit 8 Controlling
8.1 Fundamentals of Controlling
8.1.1 Defining Control
8.1.2 Types of Control
8.2 Power and Control
8.3 Control Tools
8.3.1 Management by Exception
8.3.2 Break-Even Analysis
8.3.3 Ratio Analysis
8.3.4 Budgets
8.3.5 Human Asset Accounting
8.4 Use of Control Tools
8.5 Operations Management
8.5.1 Designing Operations Systems
8.5.2 Operational Planning and Control Decisions
8.6 Information Systems
8.6.1 Management Information Systems
8.6.2 End user computing
Unit 9 Management: Futuristic View
9.1 Essential Skills for Future Managers
9.1.1 Systems Skill in the Future
9.1.2 Functional Skill in the Future
9.1.3 Situational Analysis Skill in the Future
9.2 Training Managers for the Future
9.3 Globalization and Competitiveness
9.4 Changing International Scene
9.5 Role of Multinational Enterprises
9.6 Global Business Practice
9.6.1 How Companies go International?
9.6.2 Globalization across Different Cultures
9.6.3 Managers and Prejudice
9.6.4 Women in the International Workforce
9.7 Inventing and Reinventing Organizations
9.7.1 Meaning and importance of Entrepreneurship
9.7.2 Small Business
Reinventing Organizations
Recommended Books:
Robbins, S. Coulter M. (2010). Management,USA: Prentice Hall.
Griffin, R.W. (2009). Management,New York, USA: Houghton Mifflin & Company.
Hitt, M. A. Black; J. S. & Porter. (2010). Management,UK: McGraw Hill.
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