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Course-Plan
School of Management Science
Department of Business Administration
Course Code BM 321 (3-0-0) 3Course Name FUNDAMENTALS OF
MANAGEMENT
Instructor: Dr. Kakali Mahanta
1. Abstract: This course surveys the major areas of management
and applications of
those areas in an engineering profession.
2. Objective: The primary purpose of this course to
Teach students the techniques and tools useful for decision
making to controlin today's business climate.
Give students the skills and the knowledge set necessary to
ethically manage
today's business operations for productivity and
performance.
3.Prerequisites of the course: It is expected from the students
of the course that
s/he must have basic understanding of the business
organisations.
4. Course outline+ suggested reading:
Course outline
Part I
Meaning, Objectives and Scope of Management, Functions of
Management- Planning,
Organizing, Staffing, Directing and Controlling; Styles of
Management.
Part II
Basics of Financial Management; Marketing Management; Human
Resource Management;
and Production Management
Suggested reading
1. Text Book:
Koonz, Donnel, Weirich: Management A global perspective,
McGraw-Hill,
New York, 10th Edition, 1995
2. Other Books for Reading
Khandwalla P K : Management Styles, Prentice Hall India, New
Delhi, 1995
Stoner, J.A.F., Freeman, R.E. & D.R. Gilbert: Management,
Pearson
Education, 6th edition, 2004
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L. M. Prasad : Principles and Practice of Management, Sultan
Chand and Sons, New
Delhi.
V. S. Ramaswamy and S. Namakumari : Marketing Management,
Macmillan India,
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
S. S. Khanka : Human Resource Management, S. Chand & Company
Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi.
P. Rama Murty : Production and Operations Management, New Age
International
Publishers, New Delhi.
5. (a)Time-Plan
Session
No.
Date Topic Pre-reading requirements,
if any
1 Introduction of the course, announcementof evaluation
criteria, defining
management
2,3 Function of a manager, role of a manager,
Level of management
4 Level of management, Skill of manager
5 Relating function, Skill and level.
6,7,8,9,10,11
Planning
12-16 Organizing
17 Topics for assignment will be given. .
Staffing ,Human Resource Management
18-19 Staffing
20-22 Directing
23 Controlling. Write up of the assignment
have to be submitted
24-25 Controlling26-27 Presentation by the students,
28-29 Financial Management
30-31 Marketing Management
31-33 Production Management
34-39 Review & Discussion
(b) Evaluation plan
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Evaluation of the participants performance will be based on
class tests, case study
analysis, assignments, class participation, with mid-term and
end-Term examinations.
A tentative pattern is given below:
Total Marks: 200
Type A tests:
Type B tests:
Test No Types of test Total marks Date
Test 1 Assignment 25 9/9/2013(for
group1)&
5/9/2013(for
group2)
Test2 Seminars 30 21/10/2013 for
group1) &
22/10/2013 for
group1)
End term: 60 marks , duration 2 hrs
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Test No Types of test Total marks Duration Date
Test 1 Written(objective
type)
20 20 min 26/08/2013(for
group1) &
27/08/2013(for
group2)
Test 2 Quizzes ( Written) 20 20 min 23/09/2013(for
group1)&24/09/2013(for
group2)
Test 3 Written
(objective+
descriptive )
25 1 hr 7/10/2013 (for
group1)
&
8/10/2013(for
group2)
Test 4 Written(objective
type)
20 20 min 11/11/2013(for
group1)
&
12/11/2013(for
group2)
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6.Pedagogy:
The course will include some lecture and interactive class room
sessions. A
significant amount of discussion, group exercises, and in-class
assignments
specifically case analysis will also be included.
7.Expected outcome: Towards the end of the course the student
would be able to
Know the key managerial issues associated with human resources,
marketing,
organisational behaviour, accounting and finance, operations,
quality and
information.
Understand how these issues are inter-related in your own and in
other
organisations.
Understand the skill, role and different functions of a
manager.
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