Fundamentals of Management detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Business Systems (CS&BS) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the CS&BS students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Computer Science & Business Systems 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CS&BS 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of fundamentals of management is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
Definition, Nature and Scope, Functions, Managerial Roles, Levels of Management, Managerial Skills, Challenges of Management; Evolution of Management-Classical Approach-Scientific and Administrative Management; The Behavioral approach; The Quantitative approach; The Systems Approach; Contingency Approach, IT Approach.
Unit II
PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING
General Framework for Planning -Planning Process, Types of Plans, Management by Objectives; Development of Business Strategy. Decision making and Problem Solving -Programmed and NonProgrammed Decisions, Steps in Problem Solving and Decision Making; Bounded Rationality and Influences on Decision Making; Group Problem Solving and Decision Making, Creativity and Innovation in Managerial Work.
Unit III
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Unit IV
LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION
Leadership, Power and Authority, Leadership Styles; Behavioral Leadership, Situational Leadership, Leadership Skills, Leader as Mentor and Coach, Leadership during adversity and Crisis; Handling Employee and Customer Complaints, Team Motivation -Types of Motivation;
Relationship between Motivation, Performance and Engagement, Content Motivational Theories -Needs Hierarchy Theory, Two Factor Theory, Theory X and Theory Y.
Unit V
CONTROLLING
Control, Types and Strategies for Control, Steps in Control Process, Budgetary and Non-Budgetary Controls. Characteristics of Effective Controls, Establishing control systems, Control frequency, and Methods.
Course Outcomes:
- Understand the different elements of effective management
- Apply the concepts of planning and decision making in organizations
- Describe the concepts of organization and need for staffing process
- Adopt the concept of directing through motivation and leadership
- Demonstrate the use of control methods in changing business environment
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Essentials of Management, Koontz Kleihrich, Tata McGraw Hill.
- Management Essentials, Andrew DuBrin, 9e, Cengage Learning, 2012
- Management: Principles, Processes and Practices, Anil Bhat, Arya Kumar -Oxford University Press-, 2008
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