This
book online Principles of Management by David S. Bright and others covers the
following topics related to Management and Leadership : Managing and Performing,
Managerial Decision-Making, The History of Management, External and Internal
Organizational Environments and Corporate Culture, Ethics, Corporate
Responsibility, and Sustainability, International Management, Entrepreneurship,
Strategic Analysis: Understanding a Firm’s Competitive Environment, The
Strategic Management Process: Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage,
Organizational Structure and Change, Human Resource Management, Diversity in
Organizations, Leadership, Work Motivation for Performance, Managing Teams,
Managerial Communication, Organizational Planning and ControllingManagement of
Technology and Innovation.
The link provides access to an
academic article titled Leadership and Management in Second Generation
Medium-Sized Family Businesses: A Comparative Study. The article examines the
leadership and management practices of second-generation leaders in medium-sized
family businesses. It compares the leadership styles and practices of the
second-generation leaders to those of their predecessors, and identifies the
factors that contribute to their success or failure. The study employs a
qualitative research design and analyzes data collected from interviews with
second-generation leaders of family businesses.
Author(s): Gonzalo Gonzalez-Serna, Graduate School of
Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University
This
lecture note explains the following topics: Introduction and skills approach to
leadership, Contingency leadership, Transformational Leadership, Organizational
Design and Change, Employee Relations and Managing Change.
This note covers the following
topics: The New Paradigms of Management Control Systems, Control Lever, Key
Controllable Variables, The Traditional Instruments of Control in Organisations
- Auditing, Management Control Process, Budgetary Control and Analysis of
Variance , Marketing and Distribution Control,Accountability in Organizations –
Responsibility, Accounting, Costing, Transfer Pricing, CVP Analysis, Behavioural
Aspect of Management Control, Human Resources Accounting, Management Control in
Specialized Organisations - Sectoral Applications,Process of Designing and
Controlling System.
This note is designed to introduce students
to the fundamental techniques of using data to make informed management
decisions. It will focus on various ways of modeling, or thinking structurally
about, decision problems in order to enhance decision-making skills.
Author(s): Jordan
University of Science and Technology
This book describes the following topics: Project Management: Past
and Present, The Project Life Cycle, Framework for Project Management,
Stakeholder Management, Culture and Project Management, Project Initiation,
Scope Planning, Project Schedule Planning, Budget Planning, Procurement
Management, Quality Planning, Communication Planning, Risk Management Planning ,
Project Completion.
This book explains the following topics:
Evolution Of Management Thoughts, Functions Of Management, Planning, Deision-making,
Organising, Authority And Responsibility, Recruitment And Selection, Training
And Development, Interpersonal Behaviour, Stress Management, Conflict Management
And Organisatioanl Change.
Author(s): Guru Jambheshwar University of
Science and Technology, Hisar
This course note introduces students to the theory,
algorithms, and applications of optimization. The optimization methodologies
include linear programming, network optimization, integer programming, and
decision trees. Applications to logistics, manufacturing, transportation,
marketing, project management, and finance. Includes a team project in which
students select and solve a problem in practice.
Author(s): Prof. James Orlin and
Dr. Ebrahim Nasrabadi
This book covers the following topics:
Meaning, Nature and Importance Of Project, Capital Expenditure Decision, Market
and Demand Analysis, Technical and Financial Analysis, Analysis of Project Risk,
Market Risk and Firm Risk, Social Cost-benefit Analysis, Multiple Projects and
Constraints, Network Techniques for Project Management, Project Financing in
India, Project Appraisal: Assessing The Tax Burden, Environmental Appraisal of
Projects.
Author(s): Guru Jambheshwar University of
Science Technology, Hisar - Haryana
This book covers the
following topics: General Outline Of The Psychology Of Management,
Individuality, Functionalization, Measurement, Analysis and Synthesis,
Standardization, Records and Programmes and Incentives.
The
course note focuses on skills managers need to adapt to current sweeping changes
in the nature of work and the workforce, in business organizations and their
roles in society, and in the institutions that interact with work, particularly
the labor market, community and family centered groups.
Author(s): Prof. Joel
Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Prof. Thomas A. Kochan and Prof. Wanda Orlikowski