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Can you provide me the syllabus of MBA (Operations and Project Management) Program offered by MKU DDE (Madurai Kamaraj University Directorate of Distance Education)?

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The syllabus of MBA (Operations and Project Management) Program offered by MKU DDE (Madurai Kamaraj University Directorate of Distance Education) is as follows:

SEMESTER I

PAPER 1 MANAGEMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Objectives: To help students understand Evolution of Management Thought, Concepts, basic functions and recent trends managerial concepts and practices for better business decisions.

UNIT I: Evolution of Management thoughts Contribution of Selected Management Thinkers Various approaches to management contemporary management practice Managing in global environment Managerial functions.

UNIT II: Importance of planning Types of planning decision making process Approaches to decision making Decision models Pay off Matrices Decision trees Break Even Analysis.

UNIT III: Departmentation Span of Control Delegation Centralisation and Decentralisation Committees Line and Staff relationships Recent trends in organisation structures.

UNIT IV: Process of Recruitment, Selection, Induction Training Motivation Leading Leadership styles and qualities Communication process and barriers.

UNIT V: Managements control systems techniques Types of control.

REFERENCES
1. Bateman Snell, Management: Competing in the new era, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2002.
2. Chandan J.S., Management Concepts and Strategies, Vikas Publishing House, 2002
3. Hellriegel, Jackson and Slocum, Management: A Competency-Based Approach, South Western, 9th edition, 2002.
4. Koontz, Essentials of Management, Tata McGraw-Hill, 5th Edition, 2001.
5. Stephen P. Robbins and David A. Decenzo, Fundamentals of Management, Pearson Education, Third Edition, 2001.
6. Tim Hannagan, Management Concepts and Practices, Macmillan India Ltd., 1997


Syllabus MBA (Operations and Project Management) Program MKU DDE