Topics for Mid-Semester Exam IT

1. Introduction to Management: Concept, Process, Functions, Management as an art,

science, profession, differences among manager, entrepreneur and administrator,
managerial roles, levels of management, management skills and competencies
2. History of Management: Pre-modern era, Industrial Revolution, Modern era,
Approaches to management: Scientific management (F.W.Taylor, Gilbreths, Henry
Gantt), General Administrative approach (Henry Fayol), Bureaucratic approach,
Human Relations approach, Modern management approaches: Quantitative approach,
Systems approach, Contingency approach
3. Organization: definition, objectives, process, elements, types of organizational
structure
4. ISO 9000 systems and CMM
5. Plant Location: objectives, methods, factors influencing plant location, Adv/Disadv of
rural, urban, suburban location
6. Plant Layout: Meaning, objectives, types
7. Production and Productivity, Types of production/manufacturing, difference between
production and productivity, Fixed and Variable costs, Break even analysis
8. Job analysis: Definition, objectives, methods
9. Performance Appraisal: Meaning, Importance, Uses, Methods
10. Introduction to: Industrial Psychology Personnel Development, Labour relations
11. Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM)
Important: PERT and CPM are optional as section (I) has been taught and section (II)
will be taught after mid-semester exam
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