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The field of management has undergone revolutionary changes from the period of F.W. Taylor- The Father of Scientific Management to the period of Peter Drucker-The Father of Modern Management. The world has changed, is changing and will continue to change. The dynamic nature of today's organisations means both rewards and challenges for those individuals who will be managing those organisations. Management is a dynamic discipline and demands on today's managers go well beyond the techniques and ideas traditionally taught in management courses. Traditionally, management has been viewed as controlling people, enforcing rules and regulations, designing a top-down hierarchy of authority to direct people, seeking stability and efficiency and achieving results through employees of the organisation. Today management means many things. It includes leadership, corporate culture, business strategy, organisation design, motivation, ethics and corporate social responsibility. The emerging paradigm emphasies that today's managers need a variety of skills to understand human behaviour, communicate with people, motivate employees, adapt to changes, manage new technologies and so on. The guiding principles for managers include teamwork, collaboration, participation and learning that help them and employees to perform successfully in today's complex, dynamic business environment. Managers and organisations must perform well in terms of cost quality. speed and innovation in order to deliver value to the customer and gain competitive advantage to themselves and to their organisations. The keys to an organisation's effectiveness and competitiveness are its employees. Therefore, students of management programs need to study not only the traditional management concepts and the principles and techniques of management, but also the concept of human behaviour at work, which is referred as 'organisational behaviour'. Organisational behaviour- the study of human behaviour, attitudes and performance in organisations-provide value addition to the knowledge of individuals and teams at all levels of the organisations. This book focuses on the syllabus of the subject titled 'Managing Organisations' for the 1st semester students of MBA program of Visveswaraiah Technological University-Karnataka State and provides the basic knowledge of principles of Management and Organisational behaviour. Contents - Module 1 : Introduction to Management Module 2 : Planning and Organising Module 3 : Controlling Module 4 : Introduction to Organisational Behaviour Module 5 : Foundations of Individual Behaviour Module 6 : Motivation and Leadership Module 7 : Group Behaviour Module 8 : Organisational Culture Module 9 : Case Analysis Annexure - 1 : Self-Assessement Exercises : Objective Questions Annexure - 2 : Self-Assessment Exercises : Management Skills Annexure - 3 : Self-Assessment Exercises : Assignments Glossary
