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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