MBAM-101 Management Principles and Organization Behaviour
The learning units for this course are listed below:
| Unit | Objectives |
| 1 | Nature and Scope of Management: explain different meanings of the word management; distinguish between management and administration; define management and list out its features; explain the science and art of management; enumerate the activities under each managerial function & describe the direct and indirect elements of corporate environment and barriers to social performance. [Link] |
| 2 | Approaches to the Study of Management: distinguish between different stages in the evolution of management thought; explain the concept of ‘scientific management’ and enumerate the principles of scientific management; analyse Fayol’s adrninistritive theory of management & explain the contingency approach to management. [Link] |
| 3 | Process and Principles of Management: explain the important features of management as a process; describe the need for the study of management process; describe the meaning, characteristics and need for principles of management; & enumerate the management principles and outline their limitations. [Link] |
| 4 | Fundamentals of Planning: explain the meaning, nature and importance of the managerial function of Planning; gain familiarity with the various steps of the Planning process; describe the major types of Planning-such as Strategic Planning, Tactical Planning, Long-range Planning and Short-range Planing and enumerate and explain the principles on which Planning is based. [Link] |
| 5 | Organizing: Basic concepts: Narrate the importance of organising; Describe the different interpretations of the word organising; Distinguish between the different types of organisation structure viz. functional, divisional, and adaptive; Analyse the formal and informal dimensions of any organisation, and Explain the significance of span of supervision, organisational charts and manuals. [Link] |
| 6 | Organization Sttructure and Design: appreciate the basic elements of an Grganisation structure; differentiate between fumal and informal organisation structures; explain various factors impinging upon the design of an organisation;evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the various types of organisational structures; and understand the issues involved in designing a service organisation. [Link] |
| 7 | Departmentation: explain the concept and nature of departmentation; describe and evaluate different bases of departmentation; make an assessment of the significance and limitations of departmentation; enumerate and outline the important forms of,authority relationships in an organisation. [Link] |
| 8 | Delegation and Decentralization: explain the concept and process of delegation of authority and importance of delegation; describe the principles of delegation; identify the barriers to delegation and suggest how to make delegation effective; and appreciate the merits and demerits of decentralisation. [Link] |
| 9 | Process of Control: explain the nature and characteristics of control function; describe the importance of control in management; enumerate and analyse the stages in the control process; explain the requisites of effective control, and outline the various types of control. [Link] |
| 10 | Techniques of Control: explain the characteristics, elements, advantages and limitations of budgetary control; describeihe advantages and limitations of standard costing; explain the concept and limitations of break-even analysis; describe the meaning and nature of statistic quality control, and explain the meaning, advantages nnd limitations of management audit. [Link] |
| 11 | Decision Making: discuss the importance and process of decision making; discuss the models of decision making; explain the relativity of creativity and decision making, and discuss common errors in decision making. [Link] |
| 12 | Decision Theory: structure a decision problem involving various alternatives and uncertainties in outcomes; apply marginal analysis for solving decision problems under uncertainty; analyse sequential problems using Decision Tree Approach; appreciate the use of Preference Theory in decision-making under uncertainty and analyse uncertain situations where probabilities of outcomes are not known. [Link] |
| 13 | Overview of Organizational Behaviour: discuss the meaning, needs, and goals of Organisational Behaviour; correlate the study of Organisational Behaviour to its root-subjects; identify direction, and degree of changes taking place in the field of Organisational Behaviour; integrate Organisational Behaviour with overall effective management of an organisation; and develop a sense of sequencing of various issues discussed in subsequent units in this subject. [Link] |
| 14 | Individual Behaviour and Learning: describe the meaning of individual behaviour; explain the concept of learning; discuss various theories of learning; examine the role of operant conditioning in change of behaviour; and discuss the role of social learning in change of behaviour. [Link] |
| 15 | Perception: define the term Perception; analyse the determinants of Perception; describe process of Perception; explain the reasons for biases in Perception; and identify ways to develop sound perceptual skills. [Link] |
| 16 | Attitude and Values: describe concepts of attitudes; describe importance of attitudes in behavioural science; establish relationship between attitudes and behaviour; examine the bases for formation of values; and develop a design for value-based organisation. [Link] |
| 17 | Motivation: explain the concept of motivation and the process of motivation; describe the significance of motivation in present day organisation; compare Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory with Herzberg’s Motivation Hygiene Theory; classify different types of motivations -positive and negative, extrinsic and intrinsic and financial and non-financial. [Link] |
| 18 | Leadership: explain the meaning of leadarship; describe the importance of managerial leadership; analyse the relation between motivation and leadership; explain the meaning of leadership effectiveness and enumerate the qualities of an effective leader and describe the meaning and significance of morale. [Link] |
| 19 | Group Formation and Structure: describe the concept of the group; discuss the significance of group behaviour; explain different stages of group development; explain the concept of group norms; discuss group dynamics; and explain the merits and limitations of group decision-making. [Link] |
| 20 | Conflict Management: define conflict and conflict management; identify different types of conflict management; analyse different techniques of conflict management; analyse different techniques of stress management; and explain various approaches of conflict management in educational institutions. [Link] |