Management Concepts & Practices-himalaya

This book in the Fourth Edition has been thoroughly revised and enlarged so as to cover new principles required in the performance of management thoughts and functions.

In this present edition some prominent addition are Risk and Sensitivity Analysis in Management, Project Management and Several Chapters in Organisation. This book has been designed to provide its readers with a sound foundation of management. The number of chapters, chapter topics and the Contents of each chapter have carefully chosen to introduce the readers to all important concepts through this single book. Each chapter addresses the fundamentals concepts, popular technologies and current statements.

 PART I : MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
1. Meaning, Scope, Important and Principles of Management
2. Management Concepts and Principles
3. Evolution and Growth of Management Thought
4. Evolution and Growth of Management Thought
5. Management and Decision Making
6. Management by Objective (MBO) and Management by Exceptions (MBE)
7. Co-ordination (as the Essence of Management)
8. Management and External Environment
9. Levels of Management
10. Functional Areas of Management
11. Management of Change
12. Management of Conflict
13. Risk Sensitivity and uncertainty Analysis in Management
14. Project Management
PART II : PLANNING AND BUSINESS FORECASTING
15. Planning General
16. Classification and Methods of Planning
17. Business Forecasting
PART III : ORGANISATION
18. Meaning, Importance Principles and Process of Organisation
19. Organisation Theory
20. Authority, Responsibility and Power
21. Delegation of Authority
22. Authority Relationships
23. Departmentation
24. Organisation Development (OD)
25. Centralisation and Decentralisation of Authority
26. Informal Organisation and Group Dynamics
27. Direction in Management Organisation
28. Supervision in Management Organisation
PART – IV : Controlling
29. Controlling
30. Control Aids or Tools and Techniques of Control
PART – V : Miscellaneous Chapters
33. Motivation
34. Leadership
35. Morale
36. Communication
37. Staffing and Recruitment, Transfer and Promotion
38. Demand Forecasting in Management
39. Job-Evaluation and Merit Rating in Management
40. Job Analysis: Job Design and Technique in Management
41. Job Satisfaction and Frustration under Management System
42. Cost Concepts Analysis in Management
43. Managerial Control and Techniques
44. Emerging Principles of Management
PART – VI : Cases and their discussions
45. Cases and their Discussions
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