GE3792 Industrial Management Syllabus - Anna University

GE3792 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

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COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. To study the basic concepts of management; approaches to management; contributors to management studies; various forms of business organization and trade unions function in professional organizations.
2. To study the planning; organizing and staffing functions of management in professional organization.
3. To study the leading; controlling and decision making functions of management in professional organization.
4. To learn the organizational theory in professional organization.
5. To learn the principles of productivity and modern concepts in management in professional organization.

UNIT – I INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT

Management: Introduction; Definition and Functions – Approaches to the study of Management – Mintzberg's Ten Managerial Roles – Principles of Taylor; Fayol; Weber; Parker – Forms of Organization: Sole Proprietorship; Partnership; Company (Private and Public); Cooperative – Public Sector Vs Private Sector Organization – Business Environment: Economic; Social; Political; Legal – Trade Union: Definition; Functions; Merits & Demerits.

UNIT – II FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT – I

Planning: Characteristics; Nature; Importance; Steps; Limitation; Planning Premises; Strategic Planning; Vision & Mission statement in Planning– Organizing: Organizing Theory; Principles; Types; Departmentalization; Centralization and Decentralization; Authority & Responsibility – Staffing: Systems Approach; Recruiting and Selection Process; Human Resource Development (HRD) Concept and Design.

UNIT – III FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT – II

Directing (Leading): Leadership Traits; Style; Morale; Managerial Grids (Blake-Mounton, Reddin) – Communication: Purpose; Model; Barriers – Controlling: Process; Types; Levels; Guidelines; Audit (External, Internal, Merits); Preventive Control – Decision Making: Elements; Characteristics; Nature; Process; Classifications.

UNIT – IV ORGANIZATION THEORY

Organizational Conflict: Positive Aspects; Individual; Role; Interpersonal; Intra Group; Inter Group; Conflict Management – Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory; Herzberg's motivation- hygiene theory; McClelland's three needs motivation theory; Vroom's valence-expectancy theory – Change Management: Concept of Change; Lewin's Process of Change Model; Sources of Resistance; Overcoming Resistance; Guidelines to managing Conflict.

UNIT – V PRODUCTIVITY AND MODERN TOPICS

Productivity: Concept; Measurements; Affecting Factors; Methods to Improve – Modern Topics (concept, feature/characteristics, procedure, merits and demerits): Business Process Reengineering (BPR); Benchmarking; SWOT/SWOC Analysis; Total Productive Maintenance; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); Management of Information Systems (MIS).

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course the students would be able to

1. CO1: Explain basic concepts of management; approaches to management; contributors to management studies; various forms of business organization and trade unions function in professional organizations.
2. CO2: Discuss the planning; organizing and staffing functions of management in professional organization.
3. CO3: Apply the leading; controlling and decision making functions of management in professional organization.
4. CO4: Discuss the organizational theory in professional organization.
5. CO5: Apply principles of productivity and modern concepts in management in professional organization.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. M. Govindarajan and S. Natarajan, "Principles of Management", Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2009.
2. Koontz. H. and Weihrich. H., "Essentials of Management: An International Perspective", 8th Edition, Tata McGrawhill, New Delhi, 2010.

REFERENCES:

1. Joseph J, Massie, "Essentials of Management", 4th Edition, Pearson Education, 1987.
2. Saxena, P. K., "Principles of Management: A Modern Approach", Global India Publications, 2009.
3. S.Chandran, "Organizational Behaviours", Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 1994.
4. Richard L. Daft, "Organization Theory and Design", South Western College Publishing, 11th Edition, 2012.
5. S. TrevisCerto, "Modern Management Concepts and Skills", Pearson Education, 2018.