Tuesday, 6 February 2018

SEM.1 FOM

GLS University’s
Bachelor of Business Administration Programme
Proposed Syllabus
FYBBA
Semester-I
Fundamentals of Management
Core Course: 170101101

1.      Course Objective:
This course is designed to provide the students conceptual study about the key functions of the process of managing organizations. The focus of this course will be on the meaning, importance and functions of business management. Through various assignments, the emphasis will be on helping students to connect the theoretical aspects of the managerial concepts with real-life corporate practices.
2.      Course duration: 45 hours
3.      Number of credits: 03
4.      Course Content:

Module No.
Topic
No of Sessions
Percent weightage
I
Introduction to Management
·         Meaning of Management & Characteristics
·         Contribution of Mayo, F W Taylor, Henri Fayol and Elton Mayo
·         Management Process and Functions;
·         Levels of management and skills required at these levels;
·         Role of managers
9
20 %
II
Planning  
·         Meaning;
·         Planning Process;
·         Planning premises;
·         Elements or Types of plans;
·         Meaning and Process of Forecasting;
·         Meaning and Process of Decision Making;
·         Types of decisions
9
20%
III
Organising
·         Meaning of Organizing;
·         Principles of Organizing;
·         Departmentation and its bases;
·         Meaning of Delegation;
·         Centralization and Decentralization and difference between them;
·         Brief idea and merits-demerits of Line Organization, Line and Staff
·         organization, and Committee organizations
9
20%
IV
Directing-
Motivation-
·         Definition & Importance of motivation
·         Motives – Characteristics, Classification of motives - Primary & Secondary motives.
·         Theories of Motivation - Maslow’s Theory of need hierarchy - Herzberg's theory, Adelfer’s ERG Theory, McClelland’s Need Theory.
Leadership-
·         Traits & Characteristics of Effective Leaders;
·         Leadership Meaning; Formal and Informal,
·         Leadership style-Leadership Continuum, Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid.
9
20%
V
Controlling
·         Definition;
·         Nature and importance of control; the control process
·         Essentials/principles of an effective control system
·         Break-Even Analysis
9
20%

5.      Teaching Methods:
The following pedagogical tools will be used in this course:
1.      Lectures and discussions
2.      Assignments and presentations
3.      Case studies and caselets
4.      Role plays
5.      Management Games
6.      Topics for assignments, presentations, and case studies:
The list will be given by the instructor at the beginning of the semester.
7.      Evaluation:
The students will be evaluated on a continuous basis and broadly follow the scheme       given below:

1.
Assignments/Presentations/
Quizzes/Class Participation etc.
30% (Internal Assessment)

2.
Internal Examination
20% (Internal Assessment)
3.
External     Examination               
50% (External Assessment)

8.      Basic Text Books:

Sr. No.
Author(s)
Name of the book
Publisher
Edition
1
KarminderGhuman and K. Aswathapa
Management – Concept, Practice and Cases
Tata McGraw Hill
Latest
2
T. Ramasamy
Principles of Management
Himalaya Publishing House
Latest

9.      Reference Books:

Sr. No.
Author(s)
Name of the book
Publisher
Edition
1
L. M. Prasad
Principles of Management
Sultan Chand and Sons
Latest
2
Gupta, Sharma and Bhalla
Principles of Business Management
Kalyani Publications
Latest
3
Stoner, Freeman, and Gilbert Jr.
Management
Prentice-Hall
Latest
4
Manmohan Prasad
Management – Concepts and Practices
Himalaya Publishing House
Latest

10.  List of Journals/Periodicals/Magazines/Newspapers:
1. Times of India
2. Economic Times
3. ICFAI Journals

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