Management and organisational behaviour

Unit – 1:Introduction to Management: Definition, Types of Managers, Mintzberg Managerial roles, Functions of Management, Administration vs. Management, Evolution of Management Thought – Planning: Nature of planning, Steps in planning, types of planning, Levels of planning - The Planning Process. Decision Making : The process and techniques of decision making.




Unit – 2: Organising: Nature of organizing, organisation levels and span of management – Factors determining span - Organizational design and structure –departmentation, line and staff concepts, staffing – delegation, decentralization and recentralisation of authority - responsive organizations. Meaning and types of power – Empowerment - Groups Vs. Teams – Nature of groups –dynamics of informal groups – dysfunctions of groups and teams – Teams in modern work place.



Unit – 3: Introduction to Organisational Behavior: Definition, Nature and Scope - Environmental and organizational context and the impact on organizations – Perception: Nature and importance of Perception – Perceptual selectivity and organization. Attribution Theories. Personality and Attitudes - Meaning of personality - Johari Window and Transactional Analysis - Nature and Dimension of Attitudes- Behavioral Modification.



Unit – 4: Motivation and Leading: Theories of Motivation-Maslow’s need hierarchy, Hertzberg’s Two Factor Theory. Job design and Goal setting for High performance- Socio technical Design and High performance work practices. Leading: Leading Vs Managing – Leadership Theories- Leadership styles – developing leadership skills – transformational leaders, transactional leaders, Leadership in Cross-cultural environment - Evaluating Leader- Women and Corporate leadership.

Unit – 5: Communication and Control: Meaning, Types of communication and barriers to effective communication in Organizations, Using Communication Skills to manage Conflicts. Controlling: Basic control process- Requirements for effective control – control techniques – Overall controls and preventive controls.