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    •                                          Announcement             

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      Date: 13.01.2021
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    • Welcome To The Class of Fundamentals of Management

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    • Course Description

      The course of Fundamentals of Management is planned to discuss management theories, concepts, techniques, and practices in the context of complex, dynamic, changing and globalizing business world. Applying the functional or process approach to the study of management, the discussion will cover all main management functions: planning, organizing, directing and controlling. This will prepare students with a framework for understanding and analyzing the nature of managerial works and the determining factors of managerial success.

      Course Objectives

      Upon completion of this course contents (Lectures, tutorials, texts for the course and readings), students are expected to be able to-

      • Acquire knowledge of key principles of management and able to critically apply this knowledge to the analysis of a complex case study.
      • Understand and apply a selected management topic to a real organizational setting
      • Have a reflection of contemporary trends in management.
      • Have a strong practical focus and also covering latest research studies in the field.

    •     Fundamentals of Management-Course Outline(Summer-2020)    

    • Assessment Policy

    • Text Book:

      1.      Management by R.W. Griffin, A.I.T.B.S. publishers and distributor, New Delhi, (Latest edition.)

      Reference Books:

      1.      Management by Harold Koontz and Heinz Weihrich, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York (USA), (Latest edition.)

      2.      Management by Stephen P. Robbins and Mary Coulter, Prentice Hall Inc. (Latest edition.)


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    • Reference Book


    • Lecture Objective:

      After studying this chapter, you should able to

      • Describe the nature of management, define management and managers, and characterize their importance to contemporary organizations
      • Identify and briefly explain the basic management functions in organizations.
      • Discuss the science and Art of management, describe how people become managers and summarize the scope of management.

      Lecture Outcomes:

      From this lecture, students will be able to

      • Understand the managerial roles that mangers play and the skills they need to be successful
      • Characterize the new workplace that is emerging in organizations today.

      Lecture Contents: An   introduction   to   Management; Definitions and Nature of Management); The Management   Process; Kinds of   Managers; Managing in Different Areas of the Organization; Basic Managerial Roles, Basic Managerial Skills; The Science and Art of Management.

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    • QUIZ-1
      DATE: 03.02.2021
      TIME: 9:00 PM TO 9:18 PM
      SYLLABUS: CHAPTER-1
      QUESTION PATTERN: MCQ and True/False




    • Lecture Objectives:

      After studying this chapter, you should able to

      • Summarize and evaluate the classical perspective on management, including scientific and administrative management and note its relevance to contemporary managers.
      • Summarize and evaluate the behavioral perspective on management, including Hawthorne studies, human relations and movement, and role its relevance to contemporary managers.

      Lecture Outcome:

      From this lecture, students will be able to

      • Identify and describe different perspective of management
      • Justify the importance of history and theory to management and discuss precursors to modern management theory.  

      Lecture Contents:

      The Classical Management Perspective, Principles of Scientific Management and Principles of Administrative Management, the Behavioral Management Perspective- The Human Relation Movement (Covered Theory X and Theory Y)


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    • QUIZ-2
      DATE: 17.02.2021
      TIME: 9:00 PM TO 9:18 PM
      SYLLABUS: CHAPTER-2
      QUESTION PATTERN: MCQ and True/False




    • Lecture Objective:

      • After studying this chapter, you should able to
      • Discuss the nature of the organizational environment and identify the environments of interest to most organizations
      • Describe the components of the general, task environments and internal environment and discuss their impact on organizations   

      Lecture Outcome:

      • From this lecture, students will be able to
      • Evaluate how the environment affects organizations and how organizations adapt to their environment.
      • Understand the basic models of organizational effectiveness and provide contemporary examples of highly effective firms.

      Lecture Contents:

      Organization’s  Environments-  The  Elements  of External   and   Internal   Environment,   The Organization’s  Culture-  Managing  Organization Culture,  Organization-Environment  Relationship- How Environments Affect Organizations.

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    • Quiz-3

      Date: 27. 02.2021

      Time: 10:00 pm to 10:25 pm
      Chapter- 3 (Environment)
      Question Pattern: Short Case Study


    • Lecture Objectives

      After studying this chapter, you should able to

      ·               Describe managerial ethics and different uses of managerial ethics in organization

      ·               Describe the concept of social responsibilities

      ·               Describe different areas of social responsibilities

      Lecture Outcome:

      From this lecture, students will be able to

      ·         Understand how organizations manage ethical behavior

      ·         Develop ethical behavior towards society and organization

      ·         Understand the arguments of social responsibility from different scholars

      ·         Understand how organization manage social responsibilities.

      ·         Understand how organization play vital role to society  

      Lecture Contents:

      Individual Ethics in organizations,  Managerial Ethics, Concept of Social Responsibility, Areas of Social Responsibility, Arguments for and against social responsibility


    • This quiz will open at the end of this chapter

    • Quiz 04
      Date: 03.03.2021
      Chapter- 4
      Question Pattern: MCQ & True

    • MIDTERM PART-1
      DATE: 10.03.2021
      TIME: 8PM TO 8.25PM 
      QUESTIONS PATTERN: MCQ & TRUE/FALSE 
      MARKS: 10

    • MIDTERM PART-2
      DATE: 10.03.2021
      TIME: 8:30PM TO 10:20PM 
      QUESTIONS PATTERN: CASE STUDY & SHROT QUESTIONS
      MARKS: 15



    • Lecture Objective:

      After studying this chapter, you should able to

      ·         Describe nature of International Business and trend in International Business

      ·         Describe management of globalization

      ·         Describe GATT and WTO

      Lecture Outcome:

      From this lecture, students will be able to

      ·         Understand how globally organizations conduct business

      ·         Understand how WTO work for organizations globally

      Lecture Contents:

      The Meaning of International Business, Managing the Process of Globalization, The Role of the GATT, and WTO


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    • Lecture Objective

      After studying this chapter, you should able to

      ·         Describe the concept of planning

      ·         Describe the planning process

      ·         Identify different types of goals and plans

      ·         Describe the basic types of operational plans used by organizations

       Lecture Outcome:

      From this lecture, students will be able to

      ·         Understand how to develop plan in the organization

      ·         Understand the differences between different levels of planning

       Lecture Contents:

      ·         Planning and Decision Making: Nature of Planning, Types of planning, steps in planning, The planning process, Types of Plan, Time Frames of plan,  Types of Operational Plan


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    • QUIZ 5
      DATE: 07.04.2021
      TIME: 10:00 PM TO 10:18 PM
      CHAPTER- 7 (PLANNING)
      QUESTION PATTERN: MCQ, TRUE/FALSE


    • Lecture Objective

      ·               After studying this chapter, you should able to

      ·               Describe the concept of decision making

      ·               Describe the types of decision making

      ·               Discuss the conditions of decision making

      ·               Describe rational and behavioral perspectives of decision making

      ·               Discuss different forms of group or team decision making

      Lecture Outcome:

      From this lecture, students will be able to

      ·               Understand how decision are made by organizations

      ·               Understand the different conditions of decision making under which managers used to make decisions

      ·               Develop skills about how to evaluate alternatives while making decisions.

      ·               Understand how different groups and teams work in organization

      Lecture Contents:

      Decision making process- Problem and Opportunity finding, Nature of managerial decision making, Conditions of decision making, Steps in the rational decision making process, Behavioral perspective of decision making, Forms of team and group decision making


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    • QUIZ-6
      DATE: 10.04.2021
      TIME: 10:00 PM TO 10:15 PM
      SYLLABUS: CHAPTER-9
      QUESTION PATTERN: MCQ & TRUE/FALSE


    • Lecture Objective:

      ·               After studying this chapter, you should able to

      ·               Describe the nature of motivation and its importance.

      ·               Identify and describe the major content perspectives on motivation.

      ·               Identify and describe popular motivational strategies.

      Lecture Outcome:

      From this lecture, students will be able to

      ·               Understand how management motivates their employees in the organization  

      ·               Understand the levels of need in the general and organizational perspective

      ·               Develop skills about the how to apply different strategies of motivation  

       Lecture Contents:

      The Nature of Motivation, The Needs Hierarchy Approach (Covered Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and The ERG Theory), The Two Factor Theory, Individual   Human   Needs, Equity   Theory,  Alternatives Forms of Work Arrangements


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    • Assignment Guidelines

      Assignment Topic: Choose a person whom you consider as a leader and explain why that person fits into the leadership definition.

      Assignment content

      ·        Introduction (Profile of Leader)

      ·        Leadership Quality/Trait/Characteristics of a person whom you consider as a leader

      ·        Types or style of leadership that matched with his/her personality

      Presentation Guidelines

      ·        Each participant will get 1 minute 30 seconds for presentation.

      ·        There is no limit to the number of slides.

      ·        When you are presenting your slide, please make sure your camera should be switched on.

      ·        You should wear a proper dress with proper hairdo while presenting

      ·        Be careful about your body language, posture, background, headphone, and lighting everything should be on point.

      Slide Contents:

      ·        The first slide will contain the topic name and participant’s name & ID.

      ·        Very briefly discuss Leadership

      ·        Leadership Quality/Trait/Characteristics of a person whom you consider as a leader

      ·        Types or style of leadership that matched with his/her personality


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