Management: Definition - Evolution of Management Studies –Nature, Functions, Levels and role of management - Basic Principles and Process of Management - Management vs. Administration – Taylor & Fayol’s contribution to Management - Management styles -Qualities of good manager.

Planning: Basic types of planning – Characteristics of a good plan- Features - Planning process- Obstacles in planning - MBO, MBE, Policy - Policy formulation - Types of policies - Forecasting, Process, Importance – Decision making process.

Organization: Need - forms of organization - features of a good organization. Departmentation – organizational charts - manuals - span of management, factors affecting span of management - authority relationship – delegation of authority and responsibility - centralization and decentralization.

Staffing: Meaning, Nature, Need, and Process. Directing - Characteristics, Importance and Techniques of directing. Event & Time Management - Scope, Importance - Coordination - Need for coordination, Techniques for securing effective coordination.

Concept of Control – Importance of control- Essentials of control system - Process of control – Communication - Process of Communication - Types - Barriers - Management Information Systems.