• Management- Definitions- Nature and Significance-Management as a Profession.
    • Introduction
      • Definition of management.
      • Nature of management.
      • Level of management
      • Roles of a manager.
   
  • Evolution of Management and Major  Schools of Thought- Early Management  Thoughts – Modern Management Thoughts
    • Approaches to management/Evolution of managementthought
      • Scientific management
      • Administrative management
      • Bureaucratic management
      • MBO
      • Human relation approach.
      • Behavioural approach
      • Quantitative approach
      • Systems approach
      • Contingency approach
 
  • Managerial Functions
 
  •  Planning – Steps – Types of Plans,  Basics of Strategies and Policies –  Formulation – Evaluation – Correction
    • Planning
      • Steps in planning
      • Hierarchy of planning
      • Types of plan
             
  • Organizing – Basic Concepts - Centralization and Decentralization, elements of Organizing, Organisational Structure: Departmentation -Line/Staff  Authority and Decentralization, Committees
    • Organizing
      • Departmentation.
      • Levels of management
      • Span of management
      • Centralization and decentralization
      • Authority
      • Delegation of authority
      • Organizing process
      • Organizational structure
      • Committees
   
  • Co-ordination Functions in  Organisation
    • Coordination
      • Needs for coordination
      • Techniques of coordination
      • Difficulties of coordination
     
  • Human Factors and Motivation
    • Directing
    • Motivation
      • Maslow’s need hierarchy theory
      • ERG theory
      • Vroom’s Expectancy theory
      • Equity theory
      • Theory X and theory Y
      • McClelland’s theory
      • Carrot and stick approachs
   
  • Leadership- Styles, Behavioral and Situational Approaches, Leadership Effectiveness
    • Directing
    • Leadership
      • Great man theory
      • Trait theory
      • Behavioural theories
      • Situational theories/Contingency theory
      • Transactional leadership
      • Transformational leadership
   
  • Communication
    • Directing
    • Communication
      • Types of communication
      • Forms of communication
      • Process of communication
      • Barriers of communication
     
  • Decision Making in Organizations
    • Decision making
      • Types of decision making
      • Steps in decision making
      • Models of decision making behaviour
      • Decision making environment
   
  • The System and Process of Controlling, Control Techniques and Information
    • Controlling
      • Definition of controlling
      • Types of control
      • Control techniques