• ·         Management :Definition – Nature – Scope and FunctionsIntroduction
  • o   Definition Of Management
    •  Nature Of Management
    •  Level Of Management
    •  Roles of a manager

 

• ·         The Evolution of Management Thought
  • Approaches to management/Evolution of management thought
    • Scientific management
    • Administrative management
    • Bureaucratic management
    • MBO
    • Human relation approach.
    • Behavioural approach
    • Quantitative approach
    • Systems approach
    • Contingency approach

 

• Functions of Management
  • Functions of Management

 

• Planning : Nature,Importance – Planning Premises – Components of planning etc
  • Planning
    • Steps in planning
    • Hierarchy of planning
    • Types of plan

   

• ·          Organising : Nature, purpose and kinds of organisation – Structure – Principles and theories of organization – Departmentation – Span of control – Line and Staff Functions – Authority and Responsibility – Centralisation and decentralisation –Delegation of authority – Committees
  • Organizing
    • Departmentation.
    • Levels of management
    • Span of management
    • Centralization and decentralization
    • Authority
    • Delegation of authority
    • Organizing process
    • Organizational structure
    • Committees

 

• Staffing
  • Staffing
    • HR Planning
    • Recruitment
    • Selection
    • Placement
    • Training and development
    • Performance management

 

• Directing -Motivation
  • 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 approaches

 

• Directing_Leadership
  • Leadership
    • Great man theory
    • Trait theory
    • Behavioural theories
    • Situational theories/Contingency theory
    • Transactional leadership
    • Transformational leadership

 

• Directing Communication
  • Directing
  • Communication
    • Types of communication
    • Forms of communication
    • Process of communication
    • Barriers of communication

   

• Controlling: Objectives and process of control
  • Controlling
    • Definition of controlling
    • Types of control
    • Control techniques

 

• Co-ordination
  • Coordination
    • Needs for coordination
    • Techniques of coordination
    • Difficulties of coordination