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| Re: Pondicherry University DMS
The syllabus for M.B.A. (Regular) Degree Programme offered by the Department of Management Studies, School of Management, Pondicherry University is as follows: MANAGEMENT PROCESSES UNIT-I Nature of Management – Tasks of a Professional Manager - Social Responsibilities of Business – Manager and Environment – Systems Approach to Management – Levels in Management – Managerial Skills. UNIT-II Planning – Steps in Planning Process – Scope and Limitations – Short Range and Long Range Planning – Flexibility in Planning – Characteristics of a Sound Plan – Management by Objective (MBO) – Policies and Strategies – Scope and formulation – Decision Making – Techniques and processes. UNIT-III Organising – Organisation Structure and Design - Authority Relationships – Delegation of Authority and Decentralisation – Interdepartmental Coordinator – emerging Trends in corporate Structure, Strategy and Culture – Impact of Technology on Organisational design – Mechanistic vs. Adoptive Structures – Formal and Informal Organisation. UNIT-IV An Overview of Staffing and Directing functions – Controlling – Prerequisities of Control Systems – Control Process – Methods, Tools and Techniques of Control – Design of techniques – Choices in Control. UNIT-V Comparative Management Styles and approaches – Japanese Management Practices – Organisational Creativity and Innovation – Management of Innovation – Entrepreneurial Management – Benchmarking – Best Management Practices across the world – Select cases of Domestic & International Corporations – Management of Diversity. TEXT BOOKS: 1. Koontz & Weirich: MANAGEMENT, McGraw-Hill. 2. Richard M. Hodgets: MANAGEMENT, Academic Press REFERENCES 1. Hampton: MANAGEMENT, McGraw-Hill. 2. Stoner & Wankel: MANAGEMENT, Prentice-Hall. 3. Peter F. Drucker: PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT, Pan Books 4. Peter F. Drucker: INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Heinman. 5. Important Business Magazines like Business India, Business World and Fortune International 6. Any one Financial Daily Economic Times Financial Express, Business Standard Syllabus M.B.A. (Department of Management Studies Pondicherry University     |