Dibrugarh University
Syllabus for B.COM Programme
Under Directorate of Distance Education
1st Year
Course No: B. Com. 106: PRINCIPLES OF
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Total Marks: 90
Objectives: The objective is to
familiarize the learners with the basic of management.
Block I: Introduction: 18
Concept,
nature, purpose and significance of Management; Managerial roles (Mintzberg);
and overview of functional areas of management; Development of management
thought; Classical and neo-classical systems; Contingency approaches.
Block II: Planning: 18
Planning:
Concept, process and types, Decision making-concept and process; Bounded
rationality; Management by objective; Corporate planning; Environmental
analysis and diagnosis; Strategy formulation.
Block III: Organisation: 18
Concept,
Nature, Process and Significance, Centralization and Decentralization,
Departmentation, Span of Management, Organization Structure-terms and
contingency factors
Block IV: Motivation: 18
Motivation
and Leading People at work; Motivation-concept; Financial and Non Financial
Incentives
Theories-
Maslow, Herzberg; McGregor and Ouch
Leadership:
Concept; Leadership Styles, Leadership theories; Likert’s System of Management.
Block V: Managerial Control: 18
Concept
and Process; Effective Control System; Techniques of Control – Traditional and
Modern, Emerging Horizon of Management in a changing environment, Managerial
theories and Social Responsibility
Suggest Readings:
1. Parthasarathy
P: Principles of Management; Vrinda Publications (P) Ltd. Delhi.
2. Sivalingam
T: Fundamentals of Management; Vrinda Publications (P) Ltd. Delhi.
3. Bhat
Anil & Kumar Arya: Management; Principles; Process And Practices; Oxford
University Press; New Delhi.
4. Dipak
Kumar Bhattacharya: Principles of Management: Text And Cases; Pearson
Education.
5. Drucker
Peter F.: Management Challenges for the 21st Century; Butterworth
Heinemann, Oxford.
6. Weihrich
and Koontz, et al: Essentials of Management; Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
7. Fred
Juthans: Organizational Behaviour; McGraw Hills, New York.
8. Louis
A. Allen: Management and Organisation; McGraw Hill, Tokyo.
9. Ansoff
H.I.: Corporate Strategy; McGraw Hill, New York.
10. Hampton,
David R: Modern Management; McGraw Hill, New York.
11. Stone
and Freeman: Management; Penttice Hall, New York.
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