MGN313:MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
L:3 T:0 P:0 Credits:3
Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to
• appraise the concept of management practices and organizational behaviour
• analyze the role of management functions in close relation with organizational behaviour
• develop and sharpen acumen of how different management thoughts can be used to
improve organization functioning
• anticipate the application of management and behavioral theories in real life decision
making
• integrate skills to align individual and organizational goals
• evaluate the organizational issues in different functional areas of business management
Unit I
Management : Nature, Purpose and Scope of Management, Roles, Functions and Skills of a
manager, Development of Management Thoughts - Classical, Neo-Classical and Modern, Development
of Management Thoughts, Classical Thoughts, Neo-Classical Thoughts, Modern Thoughts
Planning : Concept of Planning, Types Of Plans, Planning Process, Decision Making
Unit II
Organizing : Concept of Organizational Design and Structure, Types Of Organizational Structure,
Concept of Centralization And Decentralization
Controlling : Concept of control, Process of control, Types of control
Staffing : Meaning of staffing, Recruitment, Selection
Directing : Meaning Of Directing, Delegation Of Power and Authority
Unit III
Foundations Of Organizational Behaviour : The Nature and Determinants of Organizational
Behavior, Contributing disciplines to the field of OB
Learning : Meaning, Theories of learning
Unit IV
Personality : Concept, Types and Theories Of Personality, Theories of personality
Perception : Introduction To Perception, Process Of Perception
Motivation : Concept Of Motivation, Early and Contemporary Theories Of Motivation
Unit V
Foundations Of Group Behaviour : Types Of Groups, Stages Of Group Development, Concept Of
Teams, Types Of Teams
Leadership : Concept Of Leadership And Its Components, Different Leadership Styles, Behavioral
Theories, Basic Approaches - Trait Theories, Contingency Theories
Unit VI
Organizational Culture, Change and Stress Management : Concept of Organizational Culture,
Concept of Organizational Change, Concept of Stress Management, Types of Stress, Consequences of
Stress, Ways to Overcome Stress
Text Books:
1. ESSENTIALS OF MANAGEMENT: AN INTERNATIONAL AND LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE by
HAROLD KOONTZ, HEINZ WEIHRICH, MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION
2. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR by DEBRA L NELSON, JAMES CAMPBELL QUICK, PREETAM
KHANDELWAL, CENGAGE LEARNING
References:
1. MANAGEMENT by STEPHEN P. ROBBINS, MARY COULTER, NEHARIKA VOHRA, PEARSON
2. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR by
CHANDRANI SINGH AND ADITI KHATRI, SAGE PUBLICATIONS
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