Chettinad College of Engg. & Tech.

, Karur
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lesson Plan
Branch & Section: B.E/Mechanical/ III- A Semester: VI Sem.
Staff In-charge: Mr. M.Saravana Karthikeyan, AP/IT
Subject Code & Title:MG6851 Principles of Management

Unit 1 Syllabus: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS

Definition of Management – Science or Art – Manager Vs Entrepreneur - types of managers
-managerial roles and skills – Evolution of Management – Scientific, human relations , system and
contingency approaches – Types of Business organization - Sole proprietorship, partnership,
company-public and private sector enterprises - Organization culture and Environment – Current
trends and issues in Management.

Objective:

To facilitate the students about the fundamentals of Management concepts and the history behind the
evolution of management thought and to know about types of business organizations, culture and
current issues in management.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Ref
No * Aids
Definition of Management , Productivity, R.3,
1 Efficiency and Effectiveness, Management - PPT
R.4
Science or art T.1,
2 Types of Managers, Managerial skills PPT
T.2
Managerial roles (Mintzberg’s approach), T.1, & T.2,
3 R.4, PPT
Manager Vs Enterpreneur
Evolution of Management – Scientific and
4 T.1, PPT
Human relations approaches

5 Systems and contigency approaches T.1, PPT

Types of Business organization - Sole
6 proprietorship, partnership, R.7 PPT
Company
7 Public and private sector enterprises R.7 PPT

8 Organization culture and Environment R.5 PPT

9 Current trends and issues in Management R.5 PPT

Unit 2 Syllabus : PLANNING

Nature and purpose of planning – planning process – types of planning – objectives – setting
objectives – policies – Planning premises – Strategic Management – Planning Tools and Techniques–
Decision making steps and process.

Objective:

To enable the students to study the nature of planning, its tools and techniques and decision making
process.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Ref
No * Aids
R.6
10 Nature and purpose of planning PPT
T.1
 11 Planning process R.3 PPT

R.6
12 Types of planning PPT
T.1

13 Objectives – setting objectives R.6 PPT

14 Policies – Planning premises R.6 PPT

15 Strategic Management T.1 PPT

Planning Tools and Techniques –Environmental scanning,

16 R.5 PPT
Forecasting Techniques, Benchmarking

17 Budgeting, Scheduling, gantt charts, PERT, BEA, LP R.5 PPT

18 Decision making steps and process T.1 PPT

Unit 3 Syllabus : ORGANISING

Nature and purpose – Formal and informal organization – organization chart – organization structure–
types – Line and staff authority – departmentalization – delegation of authority – centralization and
decentralization – Job Design - Human Resource Management – HR Planning, Recruitment, selection,
Training and Development, Performance Management , Career planning and management.

Objective:
To expose the students to the basics of organization structure, various departmentalization concepts
and staffing activities of an organization.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Ref
No * Aids

19 Nature and purpose of organizing T.1 PPT

20 Formal and informal organization R.3 PPT

T.1
21 Organization structure – six key elements, types PPT
T.2
R.3
22 Line and staff authority, delegation of authority PPT
R.3
T.1
23 Departmentalization, Centralization and decentralization PPT
R.3
Human Resource Management – HR Planning, Recruitment,
24 T.1 PPT
selection

25 Training and Development T.1 PPT

26 Performance Management R.1 PPT

27 Career planning and management R.1 PPT

Unit 4 Syllabus :

Foundations of individual and group behaviour – motivation – motivation theories – motivational

techniques – job satisfaction – job enrichment – leadership – types and theories of leadership –
communication – process of communication – barrier in communication – effective communication –
communication and IT.
 Objective:

To emphasize the importance of motivation skills and leadership qualities, through various motivation
and leadership theories, which the students as a manager should possess to handle different situations
and the importance of communication.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Ref
No * Aids

28 Foundations of individual and group behaviour R.1 PPT

Motivation – motivation theories and techniques, Maslow’s
29 hierarchy of needs theory, Mcgregor’s theory, Herzberg’s two T.1 PPT
factor theory, McClelland’s three needs theory
30 Goal setting theory, Reinforcement theory T.1 PPT

31 Job design theory ,Equity and Expectancy Theories T.1 PPT

T.1
32 Job satisfaction , job enrichment PPT

T.1
33 Leadership, trait and Behavioral theories PPT

T.1
34 Fiedler model, SLT and Path goal theories PPT

T.1
35 Communication – process of communication PPT
R.6
Barrier in communication, effective communication, T.1,R.6
36 PPT
communication and IT

Unit 5 Syllabus : CONTROLLING

System and process of controlling – budgetary and non-budgetary control techniques – use of
computers and IT in Management control – Productivity problems and management – control and
performance – direct and preventive control – reporting
Objective:
To emphasize the importance of controlling as a function of management and various techniques of
control procedures adopted to handle productivity problems

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Ref
No * Aids

37 System and process of controlling R.6, PPT

R.6
38 Budgetary control techniques PPT
T.2

39 Danger in budgeting R.6 PPT

40 Non-budgetary control techniques R.6 PPT

41 Use of computers and IT in Management control R.6 PPT

42 Productivity problems and measurement R.3 PPT

43 Control of overall performance R.6 PPT

44 Direct control R.6 PPT

45 Preventive control R.6 PPT

REFERENCES:
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter, “Management”, Prentice Hall (India)Pvt. Ltd., 10th
Edition,2009.
2. JAF Stoner, Freeman R.E and Daniel R Gilbert “Management”, 6th Edition, Pearson Education,
2004.
REFERENCES:
1. Stephen A. Robbins & David A. Decenzo & Mary Coulter, “Fundamentals of Management”
7th Edition, Pearson Education, 2011.
2. Robert Kreitner & Mamata Mohapatra, “ Management”, Biztantra, 2008.
3. Harold Koontz & Heinz Weihrich, “Essentials of Management”, Tata McGraw Hill, 1998.
4. Tripathy PC & Reddy PN, “Principles of Management”, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 1999
5. Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter, “Management”, Prentice Hall (India)Pvt. Ltd., 9th
Edition,2009
6. Harold Koontz & Heinz Weihrich & A. Ramachandra Aryasri, “Principles of Management”, Tata
McGraw Hill, 2007.
7.P.C. Tulsian & Vishal Pandey, “Business Organisation & Management”, Pearson Education, 2011.

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