Tribhuvan University
Faculty of Management
Office of the Dean
Bachelor of Business Management (BBM)
Course Objective
:This module aims to impart the basic management knowledge, and skills to the students so as to enhance their managerial capabilities and enable them to apply in the practical field. Contents Concepts and functions of management. Management perspective. Planning: meaning, classification, steps and tools. Planning premises. Decision making: meaning, types, conditions and process. Organizing: meaning, process, principles, and architecture. Authority and responsibility. Centralization, delegation and decentralization. Staffing. Emerging issues in organizing. Leading: meaning, qualities and styles. Individual differences and psychological contract. Introduction to groups. Concept of managerial ethics. Motiv ation: concept and techniques. Communication: meaning, process, types and barriers. Controlling: meaning, process and techniques. Q uality. Organizational change and development , and Operation and technology management. .
Course Contents:
Lecture hours show the approximate classroom time allocated to each unit.
Unit 1.Introduction
Management: concepts, meaning, essence, levels and functions. Types of managers. Managerial roles and skills. Becoming a manager: role of education, experience and situation. Business environment and society -external environment, corpo rate social responsibility, ethics, corporate governance and ethical standards.
Unit 2.Philosophical Aspects of Management
Early development. Classical Perspective: scientific management, administrative management and bureaucracy. Behavioral Perspective: Ha wthorne studies, human relations movement, and emergence of organizational behavior. Quantitative Perspective: management science and operations management. Integrating perspectives: systems and contingency perspectives. Emerging management issues and challenges.
Unit 3.Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Meaning. Levels of Planning: Strategic, Tactical and operational. Steps in Planning. Tools for planning. Planning premises. Pitfalls of planning. Improving planning. Decision Making: meaning, types and process. Decision making conditions – certainty, risk and uncertainty. Practical exercises on taking decisions including decision making using indicators.
Unit 4.Planning and Decision Making
Meaning, process and principles of organizing. Organization Architecture: vertical different iation – tall versus flat hierarchies, horizontal differentiation – functional structure, multidivisional structure, geographic structure, and matrix structure. Responsibility: establishing task and reporting relationships, creating accountability . Authority: line authority and staff authority. Delegation of authority. Centralization, Decentralization and Devolution: meaning, reasons, advantages and disadvantages. Emerging issues in organization design. Staffing: concept and importance.
Unit 5.Organizational Architecture
Meaning and qualities of leadership. Understanding Individual differences and psychological contract. Concept and types of groups. Leadership Styles: autocratic, democratic, and participative. Concept of managerial ethics. Motivation: concept, importanc e, and techniques. Communication: meaning, process, and networks. Concept of active listening. Types of communication, Barriers to effective communication.
Unit 6.Organizational Culture
Meaning, purpose, Process and types of controls. Essentials of effectiv e control systems. Control tools and techniques. Quality: Concept and importance. Total Quality Management: concept, components, principles, tools and techniques. Emerging issues in quality management. Production and operation management, supply chain management, Kaizen, six sigma, The Japanese 5S practice, Technology management, Management information system and IT.
Unit 7.Group and Team
Nature, forces, paradigm shifts and areas (structure,technology, business process a nd behaviors) of organizational change. Resistance to change. Overcoming resistance to change. Concept of Organizational Development, OD intervention.
Unit 8.Communication and Control
Meaning of business communication, communication process, parties involved in communication, communication barriers and their improvement, meaning, process and types of control, essentials of effective control system, control tools and techniques. Activities: Simulation, oral presentation and case analysis
Unit 9.Business Management Trends and Scenario in Nepal
Growth of business sector in Nepal, major industries in Nepal – manufacturing, export-oriented, import-substitution, and service sector, existing management and business practices in Nepalese business, major problems of Nepalese business Activities: Live project and presentation Addendum: At least one case will be administered at the end of each chapter. The students will also complete a project work and a few other assignments as specified by the faculty member.
References:
Charles W.L. Hill and Steven L. McShane, Principles of Management, Tata Mc -Graw-Hill Company, New Delhi. Griffin, Ricky W., Management. AITBS Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi. Hitt, M.A., J.S. Black and Porter, L.W., Management, Pearson Education, New Delhi Pant, Prem Raj, Principles of Management, Buddha Academic Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd. Adhikari, Dev Raj. Principles of Management, Sunrise Publication, Kathmandu Paudyal, Santosh Raj, Pradhan, Gopal Man and Bhandari, Kedar P. (2064), Principles of Management, Asmita Publication, Kathmandu. Bhat Anil and Kumar Arya Mangement: Principles, Processes and Practices.