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0137-Management Theory and Practice



ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Department of Business Administration)

Course: Management Theory & Practice (137)               Semester: Autumn: 2010
Level: BBA

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This packet comprises the following material:

  1. Text Book
  2. Assignments No. 1 & 2
  3. Course Outline
  4. Assignment 6 forms (2 sets)
  5. Assignment submission schedule

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                                                                     Mohammad Majid Mahmood Bagram
                                                                                     Course Coordinator

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of Business Administration)



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Course: Management Theory & Practice (137)               Semester: Autumn, 2010
Level: BBA                                                                                   Total Marks: 100
                                                                                                          Pass Marks: 40
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units: 1–4)

Q.1       (a)     How do today’s managers use general administrative theories?             (10)
            (b)     How do today’s managers use scientific management?                         (10)

Q.2       Write notes on the following current trends and issues:                             (6+6+8)
            (a)     Globalization
            (b)     Workforce diversity
            (c)     Entrepreneurship

Q.3       (a)     What is organizational career? Discuss strong versus weak culture.       (10)
            (b)     What are the limitations to rational decision-making? Give practical examples from day to day life.    (10)

Q.4       Describe decision-making steps. Also, discuss the techniques for improving decision-making.         (20)

Q.5       Explain management roles and functions. Also, discuss the historical background of management.  (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units 5-9)
Total Marks: 100                                                                              Pass Marks: 40

Q.1       Why and how do managers plan? Also, discuss temporary planning techniques in detail.    (20)

Q.2       Explain the importance of motivation in any organization. Also, discuss the basic assumptions about motivation.       (20)

Q.3       Describe qualities for an effective control system? Discuss the importance of information system as a tool of controlling.                                                                                                  (20)
Q.4       What is organizational performance? Also, discuss the tools for monitoring and measuring organizational performance.                                                                                                                  (20)

Q.5       What is meant by organizational structure and design? Also, explain the contingency approach to organizational design with appropriate examples.                                                                           (20)

Management Theory and Practice
Course Outlines BBA (137)

COURES COORDINATOR:
Mohammad Majid Mahmood Bagram
Assistant Professor
Department of Business Administration,
AIOU, Islamabad. Tel: (051)-9057406

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course covers major aspects of management theory & practice with primary focus on management yesterday and today, organizational culture and the environment, decision making, planning, organizing, motivation, leadership, and foundations of control. This course is designed to prepare students for more advanced courses in management.

Course Objectives:
Upon completing this course the student will:
1.         Have a broad familiarity with the terms, theories, roles, responsibilities and skills required for modern managers.
2.         Be able to apply organizational and managerial concepts.
3.         Be familiar with the major functions of management and how these functions relate to successful management.
4.         Be familiar with the major aspects of management theory & practice.

BRIEF COURSE OUTLINE:
Unit 1   Introduction to Management
Unit 2   Management Yesterday and Today
Unit 3   Organizational Culture and the Environment
Unit 4   Decision Making: the Essence of the Manager’s Job
Unit 5   Planning
Unit 6   Organizing
Unit 7   Motivation
Unit 8   Leadership
Unit 9   Foundations of Control



DETAILED COURSE OUTLINES
Unit–1       INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
§              Who are managers?
§              What is management?
§              Why Study Management?
§              Management roles and functions.

Unit–2       MANAGEMENT YESTERDAY AND TODAY
§              Historical background of management
§              Scientific management
             How do today’s managers use scientific management?
§              General administrative theorists
             How do today’s managers use general administrative theories?
§              Current trends and issues
             Globalization
             Workforce diversity
        Entrepreneurship

Unit–3       ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
§              What is organizational culture?
§              Strong versus weak cultures.
§              The changing global environment.
§              How organizations go international?
§              The legal-political environment
§              The economic environment
§              The cultural environment

Unit­–4       DECISION MAKING: THE ESSENCE OF THE MANAGER’S JOB
§              The decision-making process
§              The manager as decision maker
§              Problems and decisions.
§              Decision-making styles
§              Techniques for improving decision making

Unit–5       PLANNING
§              What is planning?
§              Why and how do managers plan?
§              Techniques for allocating resources
§              Contemporary planning techniques
Unit–6       ORGANIZING
§              Organizational structure and design
§              Organizational design decisions
        Mechanistic and organic organizations
        Contingency factors
§              Common organizational designs
        Traditional organizational designs
        Contemporary organizational designs
§              Managerial communication and information technology
        What is communication?
        The process of interpersonal communication.
        Barriers to effective interpersonal communication.

Unit–7       MOTIVATION
§              What is motivation?
§              Early theories of motivation:
        Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs theory
        McGregor’s theory X and Theory Y
        Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory
§              Contemporary theories of motivation:
        Three-Needs theory
        Goal-Setting theory
        Reinforcement Theory
§              Current issues in motivation:

Unit–8       LEADERSHIP
§              Managers versus leaders
§              Early leadership theories:
        Trait theories
        Behavioral theories
§              Contingency theories of leadership:
        The Fiedler model
        Path-Goal theory
        Leader Participation model
        Situational leadership theory.
§              Approaches to leadership:
        Transactional versus transformational leadership
        Charismatic leadership
§              Contemporary Issues in leadership:
        Leaders and Power
§              Leadership Styles and different cultures

Unit–9       FOUNDATIONS OF CONTROL
§              What is control?
§              Why is control important?
§              The control process:
        Measuring
        Comparing
        Taking managerial action
§              Types of control:
        Feed forward control
        Concurrent control
        Feedback control
§              Implications for managers:
        Qualities of an effective control system.
        Contingency factors in control.
§              What is organizational performance?
§              Tools for monitoring and measuring organizational performance

RECOMMENDED BOOKS (LATEST EDITIONS)
1.      Management by Stephen P. Robbins & May Coulter, Printer National Book Foundation, Islamabad.
2.      Management by John R. Schermerhorn, publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, ISBN-13:9780470078358
3.      Management by Leslie Rue, Lloyd L. Byars, Lloyd L. Byars, Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, ISBN-13:9780073530147

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