Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप
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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Part 1 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 1Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 1: Introduction and Evolution of Management ThoughtUnit 2: Planning and Decision MakingUnit 3: Organising and Staffing
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Part 2 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 2Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 4: Directing: Motivation, Leadership and CommunicationUnit 5: Controlling and Contemporary Issues
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Unit tests & assignmentsयूनिट टेस्टRegular tests in the university / board pattern.
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Semester 1 exam (university / board)विश्वविद्यालय / बोर्ड परीक्षाPrevious papers and full revision before the exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Syllabus · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 28 topics
01Unit 1: Introduction and Evolution of Management Thought
6 topics+
- Concept, nature, scope and functions of management
- Levels of management, managerial roles (Mintzberg) and skills (Katz)
- Scientific management (Taylor) and administrative management (Fayol)
- Bureaucracy (Weber)
- Hawthorne studies and human relations approach
- Systems and contingency approaches
02Unit 2: Planning and Decision Making
5 topics+
- Nature, importance and types of plans
- Planning process
- Management by Objectives (MBO)
- Forecasting
- Decision making: types, process and tools
03Unit 3: Organising and Staffing
6 topics+
- Principles of organising
- Organisation structures: line, line and staff, functional, divisional, matrix
- Span of control
- Delegation, centralisation and decentralisation
- Formal and informal organisation
- Staffing: manpower planning, recruitment, selection and training
04Unit 4: Directing: Motivation, Leadership and Communication
5 topics+
- Principles of directing
- Motivation theories: Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor
- Leadership styles and theories
- Communication process and barriers
- Coordination
05Unit 5: Controlling and Contemporary Issues
6 topics+
- Concept and process of control
- Budgetary and non-budgetary control techniques
- PERT and CPM
- Management by exception
- Corporate social responsibility and business ethics
- Management of change
About this course
You will be able to
- Explain the nature, functions, levels, roles and skills of management
- Compare classical, neo-classical and modern schools of management thought
- Apply planning tools such as MBO, forecasting and decision-making steps
- Choose suitable organisation structures and explain delegation, span of control and staffing
- Apply motivation and leadership theories to directing people
- Use control techniques and discuss CSR, ethics and management of change
Who it is for
- MBA students of Semester 1 (AKTU, Lucknow) in Marketing, Finance and Human Resource specialisations
- MBA / PGDM students of other universities with a similar paper in their syllabus
What you need
- Graduation in any discipline (as required for MBA admission)
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
Questions
Which syllabus does the Management Concepts & Applications course follow?
The AKTU (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University) MBA syllabus for Management Concepts & Applications, unit by unit. The centre follows the student's own university syllabus where it differs.
Will previous year university questions be covered?
Yes, each unit ends with practice on the type of short and long questions asked in AKTU end-semester exams, plus MCQ tests.
Are case studies used?
Yes, short Indian business cases are discussed in every unit to apply the theories.
