Course Content

Week
TOPIC

1st – 6th 1. Theory of Organization in Business and Industry

1.1 Definition of Organization
1.2 Basic Considerations in Organizations
1.3 Underlying Principles in Organization
1.4 Application of Principles
1.5 Need for Organizational Chart
1.6 Organizational Manual
1.7 Standard Operating Procedures

2. Forms of Business Ownership

2.1 Definition of Business
2.2 Objective of Businessman
2.3 Forms of Business Organization

3. The Cooperative: An Enterprise for the Poor

3.1 Principles of Cooperation
3.2 Objectives of Cooperative
3.3 Types of Cooperative

4. Manager
4.1 Definition of Manager
4.2 The Skills of Manager
4.3 Types of Managers

5. Management
5.1 Definition of Management
5.2 Attributes of the term Management
5.3 Relationship between Management and Organization
5.4 Who is Management?
5.5 What is good Management
5.6 Functions of Management

6. Decision-Making
6.1 Decision-Making as Management Responsibility
6.2 What is Decision-Making
6.3 The Decision-Making Process
6.4 Approaches in Decision-Making
6.5 Quantitative Models for Decision-Making

7. Planning
7.1 The Nature of Planning
7.2 Planning Defined
7.3 Planning at Various Management Levels
7.4 The Planning Process
7.5 Types of Plans
7.6 Parts of the Various Functional Area Plans
7.7 Parts of the Strategic Plans
7.8 Making Planning Effective

8. Organizing Business Activities

8.1 Reasons for Organizing
8.2 Organizing Defined
8.3 The Organizational Structure and Its Determinants
8.4 The Formal Organization
8.5 Informal groups
8.6 Levels of Management and Supervision
8.7 Basic Elements of Organizational Structure
8.8 Basic Organizational Design

9. Staffing the Organization

9.1 What is Staffing
9.2 The Staffing Procedure
9.3 HR Planning
9.4 Recruitment
9.5 Selection
9.6 Induction & Orientation
9.7 Training and Development
9.8 Performance Appraisal
9.9 Employment Decisions
9.10 Separation
9.11 Compensating Employees
9.12 Employee Health and Safety
9.13 Employees Relation

10. Communicating
10.1 What Communication Is
10.2 Functions of Communication
10.3 The Communication Process
10.4 Forms of Communication
10.5 The Barriers to Communication
10.6 Overcoming Barriers to Communication
10.7 Techniques for Communicating in Organization
10.8 Management Information System

11. Motivating
11.1 What is Motivation
11.2 Factors Contributing to Motivation
11.3 Theories of Motivation
11.4 Techniques of Motivation
12. Leading
12.1 What is leading
12.2 How Leaders Influence Others
12.3 The Nature of Leadership
12.4 Behavioral Approaches to Leadership Styles
12.5 Contingency Approaches to Leadership Styles

13. Controlling
13.1 What is Controlling
13.2 Steps in the Control Systems
13.3 Types of Control
13.4 Components of Organizational Control System
13.5 Strategic Control Systems
13.6 Identifying Control Problems

14. Managing Production and Service Operations

14.1 What Operations Management Is
14.2 Operations and the Manager
14.3 Types of Transformational Processes
14.4 Important Parts of Production System

15. Managing the Marketing Functions

15.1 What is Marketing Concept
15.2 The Product
15.3 The Price
15.4 The Place
15.5 The Promotion
15.6 Strategic Marketing for Managers
15.7 Selecting a Target Market
15.8 Developing a Marketing Mix

16. Managing the Finance Function

16.1 What the Finance Function Is
16.2 The Determination of Fund Requirements
16.3 Sources of Funds
16.4 The Best Source of Financing
16.5 The Firm’s Financial Health
16.6 Indicators of Financial Health
16.7 Risk Management and Insurance