Mangement

PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents

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1 Historical overview of Management ……………………………………………………… 1

2 Management and Managers ………………………………………………………………. 5

3 Managerial Roles in Organizations ……………………………………………………….. 7

4 Managerial Functions i.e. POLCA ………………………………………………………... 9

5 Managerial Levels and Skills ……………………………………………………………… 11

6 Management Ideas: Yesterday and Today ………………………………………………... 14

7 Classical View of Management (Scientific and Bureaucratic)……………………………… 16

8 Administrative View of Management ……………………………………………………. 19

9 Behavioral Theories of Management 20

10 Quantitative, Contemporary and Emerging Views of Management 23

11 System’s View of Management and Organization 25

12 Analyzing Organizational Environment and Understanding Organizational Culture …….. 29

13 21st Century Management Trends………………………………………………………… 32

14 Understanding Global Environment: WTO and SAARC ………………………………… 36

15 Decision Making and Decision Taking …………………………………………………… 39

16 Rational Decision Making ………………………………………………………………... 41

17 Nature and Types of Managerial Decisions ……………………………………………… 43

18 Non Rational Decision Making ………………………………………………………….. 45

19 Group Decision Making and Creativity ………………………………………………….. 47

20 Planning and Decision Aids-I …………………………………………………………… 50

21 Planning and Decision Aids-II …………………………………………………………… 53

22 Planning: Functions & Benefits ………………………………………………………….. 56

23 Planning Process and Goals Levels ……………………………………………………… 59

24 Management by Objective (MBO) ………………………………………………………. 62

25 Levels of Strategies, Porter’s Model and Strategy Development (BCG) & Implementation.. 68

26 Entrepreneurship Management ………………………………………………………….. 73

27 Organizing ………………………………………………………………………………. 76

28 Job Design/Specialization and Departmentalization …………………………………….. 78

29 Span of Command, Centralization vs. Decentralization and Line vs. Staff Authority....…… 82

30 Organizational Design and Organic vs. Mechanistic vs. Virtual...