Principles of Management Course Outline - University of Sargodha

Course Title: Principles of Management
Course Code: MNG-2212
Course Structure: Lectures: 3 / Labs: 0
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: None

Course Objectives:

The course will cover topics fundamentals and principles of management, administrative police,
objectives, and procedures and problems of organizational control and leadership.

Course Syllabus:

Introduction to Managers and Management.Organizational Culture and Environment. Decision
Making The Essence of Manager's Job. Planning.Organization Structure and
Design.Motivation.Leadership.Communication. Controlling - Foundations of Control. The
Personnel Function.Job Design and Analysis.Human Resource Planning.Recruitment and
Selections/Testing and Interview.Union and Management, Compensation Administration, Health
and Safety.

Course Outline:

1.      Introduction to Managers and Management: What as Management and What Do
Managers Do? Defining Management, Management Functions, Management Roles,
Management Skills, History of Management.[TB2: Ch. 1]

2.      Organizational Culture and Environment: The Manager: Omnipotent or Symbolic? The
Organization's Culture, The Environment - Defining Environment, The Specific
Environment, The General Environment, Influence on Management Practice. [TB1: Ch.
3]

3.      Decision Making The Essence of Manager's Job: The Decision Making Process, The
Rational Decision Maker, Decision Making Styles, Analyzing Decision Alternatives -
Certainty, Risk, Uncertainty. [TB1: Ch. 6]

4.      Planning: The Foundations of Planning, The Definition of Planning, Purposes of
Planning, Types of Plans, Contingency Factors on Planning, Objectives: The Foundation
for Planning, Multiplicity of Objectives, Real Versus Stated Objectives, Traditional
Objective Setting, Management by Objectives. [TB2: Ch. 3]

5.      Organization Structure and Design: Defining Organization Structure and Design,
Building, The Vertical Dimension of Organizations, Building the Horizontal Dimension
of Organizations, The Contingency Approach to Organization Design, Application of
Organization Design.

6.      Motivation: Motivating Employees, What is Motivation? Contemporary Approaches to
Motivation, Contemporary Issues in Motivation, From Theory to Practice: Suggestions
for Motivating Employees. [TB2: Ch. 10]

7.      Leadership: Managers Verses Leaders, Trait Theories, Behavioral Theories, Contingency
Theories, Emerging Approaches to Leadership, Contemporary Issues in Leadership.
[TB2: Ch. 11]

8.      Communication: Communication and Interpersonal Skills, Understanding
Communication, Communication Styles of Men And Women, Feedback Skills,
Delegation Skills', Conflict Management Skills, Negotiation Skills [TB2: Ch. 12]

9.      Controlling - Foundations of Control: What is Control? The Importance of Control, The
Control Process, Types of Control, Qualities of Effective Control, The Dysfunctional
Side of Control, Ethical Issues in Control; Controlling Tools and Techniques:
Information Controls, Financial Controls, Operations Controls, Behavioral Controls.
[TB2: Ch. 13]

10.  The Personnel Function: Terminology, Who Does Personnel Work? Staff Role of The
Personnel Department Personnel (Human Resource) Functions. [TB3: Ch. 1 & 2]

11.  Job Design and Analysis: Job Design, Job Information and Personnel Management,

Analyzing Jobs-Obtaining Job Information, Functional Job Analysis, Administration of
The Job Analysis Program. [TB3: Ch. 6 & 7]

12.  Human Resource Planning: Reasons for Human Resource Planning, The Planning
Process. [TB3: Ch. 5]

13.  Recruitment and Selections/Testing and Interview: Labor Market Considerations,
Recruitment and Selection Policy Issues, The Employment Process, Sources of People,
The Selection Process, The Selection Procedure, Testing: Interview. [TB3: Ch. 6 & 7]

14.  Miscellaneous: Union and Management, Compensation Administration, Health And
Safety [TB2: Ch. 15, 17 & 18]

Textbook(s)

1.      Management by Robbins, S.P. & Coulter, Mary, Prentice Hall; 10^th Edition (November
3, 2008). ISBN-10: 0132090716

2.      Fundamentals of Management by Robbins, S.P. &DeCenzo, David A, Prentice Hall; 7^th
Edition (January 13, 2010). ISBN-13: 978-0132090711

3.      Human Resource Management by David A. DeCenzo and Stephen P. Robbins. Wiley;
7^th Edition (October 10, 2001). ISBN-10: 0471397857

Reference Material:

•         Principles of Management by Charles W. L. Hill and Steven McShane, McGraw-
Hill/Irwin; 1^st Edition (2006). ISBN-10: 0073530123

•         Principles of Management by Mason Carpenter, Flat World Knowledge, Inc. (2009).
ISBN-10: 0982043074

•         Management by Richard L. Daft, South-Western College Pub; 10^th Edition (January 27,
2011). ISBN-10: 0538479531

•         Fundamentals of Management by Stephen P. Robbins, David A. DeCenzo and Mary
Coulter, Prentice Hall; 7^th Edition (January 13, 2010). ISBN-10: 0136109829

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