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Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Commerce III Management Principles and Functions Syllabus - Mumbai University

This is the SY BCOM syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. The University still sets the earlier Choice Based syllabus below alongside it for ATKT candidates, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.

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Major · Semester 3 · SY BCOM · 4 credits · 100 marks

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Syllabus for Commerce III Management Principles and Functions

Major · Semester 3 · SY BCOM · 4 credits · 100 marks

Module I: Introduction To Management (15)

  • UNIT 1 – Introduction To Management (8)
  • Management - Concept, Nature, Managerial Skills & Competencies, Levels of Managements, Management Thoughts: F.W. Taylor’s Scientific Management Techniques, Henri Fayol’s Principles of Management,
  • Management Lessons from Bhagvat Gita, Chanakya’s Principles of Management, Significance of Indian Ethos to Management
  • Unit 2 — Functions of Management - I (Planning) (7)
  • Planning –Concept, Steps, Importance, Components, M.B.O –Concept, Process, Advantages
  • Management By Exception- Concept, Advantages, Management Information System – Concept and Components

Module II: Organising(15)

  • UNIT 1 – Organising (7)
  • Organising –Concept and Steps, Formal v/s Informal Organisation, Tall v/s Flat Organisation
  • Features of Organisation Structures : Line Organisation, Line & Staff Organisation, Matrix Organisation, Virtual Organisation
  • Unit 2 — Departmentation and Decentralisation(8)
  • Departmentation - Meaning – Bases, Factors Influencing Decentralisation, Features of Centralization and Decentralisation
  • Span of Management - Factors Influencing Span of Management; Delegation of Authority – Meaning, Process, Barriers to Delegation, Principles of Effective Delegation.

Module III: Directing& Coordinating (15)

  • Unit 1 — Motivation and Co-ordination(7)
  • Motivation - Concept, Importance, Influencing factors, Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory, McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y
  • Coordination - Concept, Importance, Criteria of Successful Co-ordination, Methods of Co- ordination
  • Unit 2 —Leadership and Communication (8)
  • Leadership - Concept, Functions, Styles, Qualities of a good leader, Successful Indian Business Leaders (Ratan Tata, DhirubhaiAmbani, VeenaPatil, IndraNooyi): Their Styles, Contributions
  • Importance of Communication, Barriers to effective Communication, Modern Tools used by Managers for Effective Communication

Module IV: Staffing, Controlling and Decision Making (15)

  • Unit 1 —Staffing and Controlling - (8)
  • Staffing Concept, Importance, Recruitment, Sources, Selection, Steps, Training-Concept, Need
  • Concept, Steps in Controlling, Essentials of good control system, Techniques of Controlling - PERT, CPM, Budgetary Control, Management Audit.
  • Unit 2 — Decision Making (7)
  • Decision Making- Concept and Importance of Decision Making, Process
  • Techniques: Programmed, Non-Programmed, Essentials of a Sound Decision Making, Impact of Technology on Decision Making

ReferenceBooks

  • Bhatiya, R. C. (2013). Fundamentals of management. Sterling Publishers.
  • Blanchard, K., & Johnson, S. (1982). The one minute manager. William Morrow.
  • Jain, A. V., Sherlekar, S. A., & Jain, K. S. (2016). Principles of management. Himalaya Publishing House.
  • Koontz, H., &Weihrich, H. (2015). Essentials of management: An international, innovation, and leadership perspective (10th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
  • Prasad, L. M. (2019). Principles and practice of management (10th ed.). Sultan Chand & Sons.
  • Robbins, S. P., &DeCenzo, D. A. (2017). Fundamentals of management (10th ed.). Pearson Education.
  • Tripathi, P. C., & Reddy, P. N. (2012). Principles of management (5th ed.). Tata McGraw-Hill.

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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