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Principles of Management Systems

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Course
Undergraduate
Semester
Sem. VI
Subject Code
HS321

Syllabus

Industrial Management: development of management thought – management functions – planning – organizing power and authority – organization structures – span of control – delegation, leadership, directing and controlling – management by objectives – forecasting models – functional areas of management – entrepreneurship.

Personnel Management: characteristics of R &D projects – development of project network – project representation – project scheduling – linear time, cost trade-offs in projects – project monitoring and control with PERT – resource leveling – break even analysis – application of linear programming in resource allocations – simplex method.

Human Resource Management: personnel management – functions of HRM-assignment of people to projects – man power planning – workers participation in management-grievance handling – performance appraisal – organizing for maximum performance: quality of work life, job rotation, job enrichment.

 

Text Books

Same as Reference

 

References

1. Koontz H., O’Donnel, C., and Weihrich, H., Essentials of Management, McGraw Hill (1990).

2. Venkataratnam, C. S. and Srivastava, B. K., Personnel Management and Human Resources, Tata McGraw Hill (1991).

3. Mazda, F., Engineering Management, Prentice Hall (1997)

4. Gido, J. and Clements, J. P., Successful Project Management, 2nd ed., South-Western College Publishing (2003)

5. Khanna, O. P., Industrial Engineering and Management, Dhanpat Rai Publications (P) Ltd. (2003).

6. Mamoria, C. B. and Rao, V. S. P., Personnel Management: Text and Cases, 27th ed., Himalaya Publishing House (2015).

Course Outcomes (COs):
CO1: Understand the scope, objectives, and functions of management in theoretical and practical settings.

CO2: Understand the roles and apply the skills needed by a manager to do the jobs efficiently and effectively.

CO3: Apply CPM and PERT techniques for planning, scheduling and controlling of projects.

CO4: Apply quantitative techniques in management to solve real-world problems for improved decision-making.