Bahria University

(Islamabad Campus)

Department of Management

Sciences

Bahria University
Islamabad Campus
(Committed to Excellence in Higher Education)

Department of Management Sciences

Fall Semester - 2015
MBA I
Course Name: Principles of Management
Course Level: Graduate Level
Contact Hours: 48
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: None
Course Instructor: Talat Rehman
Telephone No: 9260002/Ext: 335
Email: tlt_rehman@yahoo.com
Office Location: Faculty (MS), Faculty Room Basement - Old Campus

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Department of Management

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Course Title:

Principles of Management
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Instructor: Talat Rehman
Course Code: MGT- 111
Credit Hours: Three (3)
Program: MBA
Semester: 1st Semester
Prerequisites: None

COURSE DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVES
This course is aimed at highlighting the theoretical aspects of management and then translating
these concepts into practical frameworks. Major focus would be on making students comprehend
the functional areas, such as, planning, organizing, leading and controlling. In the changing
business environment, managers must also consider factors such as cultural diversity,
environmental changes, social responsiveness and ethical and moral obligations to lead their
organizations successfully. This course will provide insights into such issues as well.

COURSE OUTCOMES
This course provides opportunity to develop and demonstrate ability in the following areas:
A: Knowledge and understanding:
1. Theoretical perspective for understanding work and organization.
2. Management as a social activity, rather than a set of rational functional tasks.
B: Cognitive skills:
1. Critical evaluation of assumptions in work, organization and management practice and
theory.
2. Self reflection and personal development, applying course concepts and group work
activities.
C: Practical/ Professional/ Transferable skills:
1. Group work and presentation skills.
D: Students will gain in depth awareness of the exciting, challenging and rewarding career of
managing in an international environment.

TEXT BOOKS (S) AND REFERENCES

TEXT BOOK:
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Management by Stephen P. Robbins and Mary Coulter, Prentice Hall International

Edition, (8th Edition).

REFERENCE BOOKS:
Management a Pacific rim focus, enhanced edition by Bartol, Tein, Mathews and Martin.
Management by James A.F Stoner, R. Edward Freeman, Daniel R. Gilbert, Jr, 2004 (6th
Edition).

ASSESSMENT EVALUATION
Mid term exams
Quizzes
Assignment/ Group project/Class participation
Final exams

(25 marks)
(15 marks)
(20 marks)
(40 marks)

COURSE CONTENTS / SYLLABUS BREAKDOWN IN LECTURES

(WEEKLY COURSE OUTLINE)
WEEKLY LOG OF TOPICS COVERED
WEEK

TOPICS COVERED

Topic no 1: Managing and Managers (Introduction to Management):

Introduction / Course outline discussion.
Organizations and the need for management.
The management process.
Types of managers.
Functional and general managers.
Management levels and skills.
Managerial roles
The universality of management

2, 3

Topic no 2: Management Yesterday and Today:

Historical background of management.
Scientific management and important contributions.
General administrative theorists and important contributions.
The Quantitative approach to management.
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Towards understanding organizational behavior.

The Systems approach.
The Contingency approach
Quiz No 1 / Assignment No 1.

3, 4

Topic no 3: Decision Making: The Essence of Managers Job

What is decision making?
The Eight steps of decision making process.
Making Decisions: Rationality, Bounded rationality, Intuition.
The types of problems and decisions.
The Decision making conditions.
The decision making styles.
Project Discussion/Submission Date.

5, 6

Topic no 4: Organizational Culture and the Environment: The

Constraints
The manager Omnipotent or Symbolic?
What is organizational culture?
Strong versus weak cultures.
Current organizational culture issues facing managers
The environment : specific and general
Quiz No 2/ Assignment No 2

7, 8

Topic no 5: Foundations of Planning

What is planning?
Why do managers plan?
Purpose of Planning.
Planning and performance.
Strategic and operational plans differ.
Role of goals and plans.
Types of goals and plans.
Establishing goals and developing plans.
Approaches to establishing goals and developing plans.
Contemporary issues in planning.

(9 WEEK) MID TERM EXAMS (25 Marks)

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Topic no 6: Organizational Design and Organizational Structure:

An overview.
Four building blocks (division of work, departmentalization,
hierarchy, coordination).
Organizational design decisions (mechanistic/ organic structures).
Four Contingency variable favoring each structure.
Types of organizational structures: functional organizations,
product/ market organization and matrix organization, formal and
informal organizational structures.

11, 12

Topic no 7: Human resource management:

The HRM Process, Human Resource Planning and Recruitment/
Decruitment process/ options
Selection process
Orientation
Training and Development process
Performance Appraisal
Compensation, Promotion, Transfers, Demotion, Separations.
Quiz no 3/ Assignment no 3 (12 WEEK 1 HOUR)

12, 13

Topic no 8: Motivating Employees:

Define/ What is motivation
Motivation as need satisfying process.
Early theories of motivation (Maslow theory, Mc Greg or theory,
Herzbergs theory)
Contemporary theories of motivation (Three need, Goal setting,
Reinforcement theory, Designing Motivating jobs (Job
Enlargement/ Enrichment), and Equity and Expectancy theory?

14

Topic no 9: Foundation of control:

Define/ what is control.
Importance/ Reasons of controlling.
The control process.
Controlling for Organizational Performance.
Tools for controlling organizational performance/ why control is
needed/ types of control.
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Quiz no 4/ Assignment no 4

Topic no 10: Strategic Management:

What is strategic management?
Why is strategic management Important.
Strategic management process.
Types of organizational strategies: corporate/ business/functional.

16 Group presentations of projects

17 Discussion and revision for the Final exams
Submission of Internal Marks (Quizzes/ Assignments/ Project)

(18-WEEK) FINAL EXAMS

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INSTRUCTIONS/ GUIDELINES REGARDING ASSIGNMENTS, QUIZZES

AND PROJECT:
Written Assignments
All the written assignments should be according to the following prescribed format
- Neatly typed
- Font size 12, Times New Roman
- Single space
- A4 size paper
- Course and Assignment Title, Student Name, Class, Section and Enrollment Number(s)
on the front page.
- Late assignment submission will result in deduction of marks.
Quizzes
- Quizzes can be both, surprise and announced
- Students can expect a quiz at the end of each chapter
- There is no policy for a quiz retake
Final Project
The final project is designed in a way to enhance your understanding and learning. It will not
only help you to apply your theoretical concepts but will also expose you to the current problems
being faced by the corporate sector. You are encouraged to be as creative as possible. Innovation,
hard work and dedicated research efforts will be rewarded.
Project Details

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For their final project, students will interview a manager from the corporate sector. The
questions will be based on researched work related to any dimension of management that
has been mentioned or taught in class.
Various tools, such as, interviews, questionnaires, observation etc can be used.
Project handout will be submitted in class.
Project report should be submitted on time as mentioned in the class.
Late project submission will result in deduction of marks.