Principles of Management for Engineers

 Course Objectives :                                        Why this Subject?

1. To describe the functions, roles and skills of managers and illustrate how the manager’s job is evolving.
2. To evaluate approaches to goal setting, planning and organizing in a variety of circumstances.
3. To evaluate contemporary approaches for staffing and leading in an organization
4. To analyze contemporary issues in controlling for measuring organizational performance.

Course Outcomes (CO)

• CO1 Examine the relevance of the political, legal, ethical, economic and cultural environments in global business
• CO2 Evaluate approaches to goal setting, planning and organizing in a variety of circumstances.
• CO3 Evaluate contemporary approaches for staffing and leading in an organization
• CO4 Analyze contemporary issues in controlling for measuring organizational performance.

UNIT-I

Introduction to Managers and Management: Management an Overview: Introduction, Definition of Management, Role of Management, Functions of Managers, Levels of Management, Management Skills and Organizational Hierarchy, Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Management: Arguments for and against Social Responsibilities of Business, Social Stakeholders, Measuring Social Responsiveness and Managerial Ethics, Omnipotent and Symbolic View, Characteristics and importance of organizational culture, Relevance of political, legal, economic and Cultural environments to global business, Structures and techniques organizations use as they go international .

UNIT-II

Planning: Nature & Purpose, Steps involved in Planning, Objectives, Setting Objectives, Process of Managing by Objectives, Strategies, Policies & Planning Premises, Competitor Intelligence, Benchmarking, Forecasting, Decision-Making.

Directing: Scope, Human Factors, Creativity and Innovation, Harmonizing Objectives, Leadership, Types of Leadership, Directing, Managers as leaders, Early Leadership Theories…Trait Theories, Behavioral Theories, Managerial Grid, Contingency Theories of Leadership, Directing ...Path Goal Theory, contemporary views of Leadership, Cross Cultural Leadership, Leadership Training, Substitutes of Leadership

UNIT-III

Organizing: Organizing ,Benefits and Limitations-De-Centralization and Delegation of Authority, Authority versus Power, Mechanistic Versus Organic Organization ,Common Organizational Designs, Contemporary Organizational Designs and Contingency Factors, The Learning Organization Nature and Purpose, Formal and Informal Organization, Organization Chart, Structure and Process, Departmentalization by difference strategies, Line and Staff authority- Benefits and Limitations-De-Centralization and Delegation of Authority Versus, Staffing, Human Resource Inventory, Job Analysis , Job Description, Recruitment and

UNIT - IV

Controlling: Controlling, Introduction to Controlling System and process of Controlling, Requirements for effective control, The planning Control link, The process of control, types of control The Budget as Control Technique, Information Technology in Controlling, Productivity, Problems and Management, Control of Overall Performance, Direct and Preventive Control, Financial Controls, Tools for measuring organizational Performance, Contemporary issues in control Workplace concerns, employee theft, employee violence

Textbook(s):

1. Tripathi PC. Principles of management. Tata McGraw-Hill Education; 6th Edition 2017.

References:

1. Koontz H, Weihrich H. Essentials of management: an international, innovation, and leadership perspective. McGraw-Hill Education; 10th Edition 2018.
2. 2. Principles of Management Text and Cases, Pravin Durai , Pearson ,2015
3. 3. Robbins, S.P. &Decenzo, David A. Fundamentals of Management,7th ed., Pearson, 2010
4. Robbins, S.P. & Coulter, Mary Management; 14 ed.,Pearson , 2009