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Can you provide me the Course structure of M.B.A. Programme offered by Pondicherry University on which the question paper is based?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The Course structure of M.B.A. Programme offered by Pondicherry University on which the question paper is based is as follows:

MANAGEMENT PROCESSES

UNIT-I
Nature of Management – Tasks of a Professional Manager - Social Responsibilities of Business – Manager and Environment – Systems Approach to Management – Levels in Management – Managerial Skills.

UNIT-II
Planning – Steps in Planning Process – Scope and Limitations – Short Range and Long Range Planning – Flexibility in Planning – Characteristics of a Sound Plan – Management by Objective (MBO) – Policies and Strategies – Scope and formulation – Decision Making – Techniques and processes

UNIT-III
Organising – Organisation Structure and Design - Authority Relationships – Delegation of Authority and Decentralisation – Interdepartmental Coordinator – emerging Trends in corporate Structure, Strategy and Culture – Impact of Technology on Organisational design – Mechanistic vs. Adoptive Structures – Formal and Informal Organisation.

UNIT-IV
An Overview of Staffing and Directing functions – Controlling – Prerequisities of Control Systems – Control Process – Methods, Tools and Techniques of Control – Design of techniques – Choices in Control.

UNIT-V
Comparative Management Styles and approaches – Japanese Management Practices –
Organisational Creativity and Innovation – Management of Innovation – Entrepreneurial Management – Benchmarking – Best Management Practices across the world – Select cases of Domestic & International Corporations – Management of Diversity