Saturday, January 8, 2011

Syllabus for Management Science


                       JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
This is common syllabus for all branches of Engineering 
except for Mechanical and Civil Engineering
                                              
 MANAGEMENT SCIENCE


Unit - I
Introduction to Management: Concepts of Management and organization- nature, importance and Functions of Management, Taylor’s Scientific Management Theory, Fayol’s Principles of Management, Mayo’s Hawthorne Experiments, Maslow’s Theory of Human Needs, Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y, Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory of Motivation, Systems Approach to Management, Leadership Styles, Social responsibilities of Management.


Unit - II
Designing Organisational Structures : Basic concepts related to Organisation - Departmentation and Decentralisation, Types of mechanistic and organic structures of organisation (Line organization, Line and staff organization, functional organization, Committee organization, matrix organization, Virtual Organisation, Cellular Organisation, team structure, boundariless organization, inverted pyramid structure, lean and flat
organization structure) and their merits, demerits and suitability.


Unit - III
Operations Management : Principles and Types of Plant Layout-Methods of production (Job, batch and Mass Production), Work Study -Basic procedure involved in Method Study and Work Measurement- Statistical Quality Control: chart, R chart, c chart, p chart, (simple Problems), Acceptance Sampling,
Deming’s contribution to quality.


Unit - VI
a) Materials Management: Objectives, Need for Inventory control, EOQ, ABC Analysis, Purchase Procedure, Stores Management and Stores Records.
b) Marketing: Functions of Marketing, Marketing Mix, Marketing Strategies based on Product Life Cycle, Channels of distribution.


Unit - V
Human Resources Management (HRM) : Concepts of HRM, HRD and Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (PMIR), HRM vs.PMIR, Basic functions of HR Manager: Manpower planning, Recruitment, Selection, Training and Development, Placement, Wage and Salary Administration,
Promotion, Transfer, Separation, Performance Appraisal, Grievance Handling and Welfare Administration, Job Evaluation and Merit Rating.


Unit - VI
Project Management (PERT/CPM) : Network Analysis, Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), Critical Path Method (CPM), Identifying critical path, Probability of Completing the project within
given time, Project Cost Analysis, Project Crashing. (simple problems)


Unit - VII
Strategic Management : Mission, Goals, Objectives, Policy, Strategy, Programmes, Elements of Corporate Planning Process, Environmental Scanning, Value Chain Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Steps in Strategy Formulation and Implementation, Generic Strategy alternatives.


Unit - VIII
Contemporary Management Practices : Basic concepts of MIS, End User Computing, Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), Just-In-Time (JIT) System, Total Quality Management (TQM), Six sigma and Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Levels, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Performance Management, Business Process outsourcing (BPO), Business Process Re-engineering and Bench Marking, Balanced Score Card.






TEXT BOOKS :
1. Aryasri : Management Science, TMH, 2009.
2. Stoner, Freeman, Gilbert, Management, 6th Ed, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2009.


REFERENCES :
1. Kotler Philip & Keller Kevin Lane: Marketing Mangement, PHI, 20010
2. Koontz & Weihrich: Essentials of Management,  TMH, 2009
3.
Thomas N.Duening & John M.Ivancevich Management — Principles and Guidelines, Cengage,2009.
4. Kanishka Bedi, Production and Operations Management, Oxford University Press, 2009.
5. Memoria & S.V.Gauker, Personnel Management, Himalaya, 2010
6. Samuel C.Certo: Modern Management,  PHI, 2010
7. Schermerhorn, Capling, Poole & Wiesner: Management, Wiley, 20102.
8. Parnell: Strategic Management, Biztantra,2010.
9. Lawrence R Jauch, R.Gupta &William F.Glueck:Business Policy and Strategic Management, Frank Bros.2010.
10. L.S.Srinath: PERT/CPM,Affiliated East-West Press, 2010.

6 comments:

  1. Dear Doctor

    Keep posting in the blog regarding developments in management science and especially, the ones to be learned by graduate engineers. I do see this blog in search results many times.

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  2. Attention to all those who are studying Management Science
    I want you to identify some issues which are poorly managed, you can identify some solutions how best these can be better managed.
    can you identify a few? for instance, the present issue of Anna Hazare. If you are Prime Minister, how do you respond?
    This is a major issue that is now confronting the Government of India.
    Take Pride of being part of the Anti-Corruption Movement.

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  3. See how Ratan Tata has been involving himself in handing over the keys for Tata Nano for the new purchasers in Vijayawada. As marketing student, what do you learn from this?

    In my opinion, this is a strategy to promote confidence among the buyers about the quality commitment of Tata Motors. Also indirectly this is promoting the product. Customer is the King and customer is to be taken care of. Also this approach gives a direct message to all the employees and dealers of Tata Motors to give utmost priority to consumer related issues.
    You have any thing to add?

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  4. Do you have any suggestions for improving the above syllabus? you are free to put forth your views.

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  5. Aryasri's Management Science published by Tata McGraw-Hill is now 10year old!
    This is invitation to all those who studied this book for the last 10 years. Can you write how this book made a difference to you in terms of learning and emerging better manager?
    Don't tell me this helped you to secure good marks. Better marks is not the only goals of such books, they intend to change your perspective and add value to your personality.

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