Introduction - Meaning, nature and characteristics of management, scope andFunctional areas of management, goals of management, levels of management,brief overview of evolution of management theories,. Planning- Nature,importance, types of plans, steps in planning, Organizing- nature and purpose,types of Organization, Staffing- meaning, process of recruitment and selection
Directing and controlling- meaning and nature of directing, leadership styles,motivation Theories, Communication- Meaning and importance, Coordinationmeaningand importance, Controlling- meaning, steps in controlling, methods ofestablishing control.
Entrepreneur – meaning of entrepreneur, characteristics of entrepreneurs,classification and types of entrepreneurs, various stages in entrepreneurialprocess, role of entrepreneurs in economic development, entrepreneurship inIndia and barriers to entrepreneurship. Identification of business opportunities,market feasibility study, technical feasibility study, financial feasibility study andsocial feasibility study.
Preparation of project and ERP - meaning of project, project identification,project selection, project report, need and significance of project report, contents,formulation, guidelines by planning commission for project report,
Enterprise Resource Planning: Meaning and Importance- ERP and Functional areas ofManagement – Marketing / Sales- Supply Chain Management – Finance andAccounting – Human Resources – Types of reports and methods of reportgeneration
Micro and Small Enterprises: Definition of micro and small enterprises,characteristics and advantages of micro and small enterprises, steps in establishingmicro and small enterprises, Government of India indusial policy 2007 on micro andsmall enterprises, case study (Microsoft), Case study(Captain G R Gopinath),casestudy (N R Narayana Murthy & Infosys), Institutional support: MSME-DI, NSIC,SIDBI, KIADB, KSSIDC, TECSOK, KSFC, DIC and District level single windowagency, Introduction to IPR.