SKILL MART COLLEGE

Master of Business Administration

Course Outline

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Course Title: Management Theories Academic Year: 2022

and Practices Instructor: Dr. Yeshiwond.G (MBA,

Course Code: MBA511 PhD.)

Credit Hours: 2 Email: yeshugollam@gmail.com

Target Group: MBA 1st Year students

Course Description
The course deals with acquainting students with contemporary management theories and
practices that are relevant to the rapidly changing organizational environment. This
course introduces the general management concept and theories such as systems
approach, contingency theory, leadership and decision-making approaches and skills. In
addition, the course covers principles of management with special emphasis to the
fundamental functions of management i.e. planning, organizing, staffing, directing &
controlling. It also introduces the evaluation & development of management though &
the overall organizational environment.
Course objective
Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:
The course enables students to:
· Define the term management, basic concepts and principles of management.
· Explain the general overview of management in relation to its importance, roles,
and skills
· Acquire sound understanding of the nature and practice of management
· Develop a comprehensive understanding of basic concepts of management
functions.

Course Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Meaning and definition of management
1.2 Functions of management
1.3 Roles of management
1.4 Levels of management and types of managers
1.5 Managerial skills.
1.6 Is Management art or science?
Chapter Two: Development of management thought

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2.1 The early management pioneers
2.2 Classical theory of management
2.3 Neo-Classical Theories
2.4 Modern Management Theories
Chapter Three: Planning and decision making
3.1 The Concept of Planning
3.2 The Nature/Characteristics and limitations of Planning
3.3 Types, scope, flexibility and dimension of Plans
3.4 Organizational Objectives
3.1.1 The Nature/Characteristics of Objectives
3.1.2 Importance of Objectives
3.1.3 The Planning Process
3.5 Decision-Making and Types of Decisions
3.1.1 The Decision-Making Process
3.1.2 The Decision-Making Environment(condition)
3.1.3 The Decision-Making Styles
3.1.4 Decision-Making Bias and Errors
3.1.5 Guidelines for Effective Decision-Making
3.2 Management by Objectives
Chapter Four: Organization
4.1 An overview of organizing
4.2 Principles of organization
4.3 Formal and Informal Organizations
4.4 Organization process
4.5 Types of Organizational Structure
4.6 Centralization and decentralization
4.7 Major Organizational Concepts
4.8 Division of Labor and Specialization
4.9 Departmentation
4.1.1 Accountability, responsibility and autonomy
4.1.2 Delegation of Authority
4.1.3 Span of Management
Chapter Five: Staffing
5.1 Definition of staffing
5.2 The legal environments of staffing
5.3 The staffing processes
Chapter Six: Leading
6.1 The meaning of leadership
6.2 Leadership theories
6.3 Leadership styles
6.4 Motivation
6.5 Theories of motivation
6.6 Communication in organization
Chapter Seven: Controlling
7.1 The meaning of controlling
7.2 Controlling process
7.3 Types of controls
7.4 Making Controls Effective

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7.5 Relationship between Planning and Controlling
Chapter Eight :Recent trends in management
8.1 Globalization and Management
8.2 Social Responsibility of Business
8.3 Business Process Reengineering
8.4 Management of Change
8.5 Business Ethics and Management
8.6 Benchmarking

No Type of assessment Assessment Assessment date

weight (%)
1 Project work and presentation (group) 25 1ST Month
2 Article review or Term paper (Individual) 25 2nd Month
3 Final exam covering all the Topics 50 End of the course
Total 100

Text Book
Ø Certo, Samuel C. and S.Trevis Certo (2016) Modern Management Concepts and
Skills 14thed, NewYork: Pearson

References
Ø Freeman, R.E., Gilbert, D.R., and Stoner, J.A.F. (2009). Management. New
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Ø Daft,Richard L.(2010) Management 9thedOhio:SouthWestern
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(2005).EssentialsofManagement:AnInternationalPerspective.
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Ø Yukl, Gary(2013) LeadershipinOrganizations,8thedBoston:Pearson
Ø W. Griffin Ricky. Introduction to Management studies , 7 edition 2002 Houghton
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Mifflin company Boston NW

Ø Higgnis M.James; An introduction to management theory and practice ;1991
McMillan