Bachelor of Management Studies (B.M.S.) Foundation of Human Skills Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the FY BMS syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2024-25, examined under form 2225161. The University still sets the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it — forms 2M00155 and 2M00156, whose documents are below — so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Foundation of Human Skills
Module I: Understanding of Human Nature
- Individual Behaviour: Concept of a man, individual differences, factors affecting individual differences, Influence of environment.
- Personality and attitude: Determinants of personality, Personality traits theory, Big five model, Personality traits important for organizational behaviour like authoritarianism, locus of control, Machiavellianism, introversion-extroversion achievement orientation , self – esteem, risk taking, self-monitoring and type A and B personalities, Concept of understanding self through JOHARI WINDOWS, Nature and components of attitude, Functions of attitude, Ways of changing attitude, Reading emotions.
- Thinking, learning and perceptions: Thinking skills, thinking styles and thinking hat, Managerial skills and development, Learning characteristics, theories of learning (classical conditioning, operant conditioning and social learning approaches), Intelligence, type ( IQ, EQ, SQ, at work place), Perception features and factor influencing individual perception
Module II: Introduction to Group Behaviour
- Introduction to Group Behaviour
- Group Dynamics: Nature, types, group behaviour model (roles, norms, status, process, structures).
- Team effectiveness: nature, types of teams, ways of forming an effective team, Setting goals.]
- Organizational processes and system.
- Power and politics: nature, bases of power, politics nature, types, causes of organizational politics, political games.
- Organizational conflicts and resolution: Conflict features, types, causes leading to organizational conflicts, levels of conflicts, ways to resolve conflicts through five conflicts resolution strategies with outcomes.
Reference Books
- Organisational behaviour, S.Robbins, Prentice Hall
- Organisational behaviour, John W.Newstrom and Keith Davis, Tata McGrawhill
- Organisational behaviour, Fred Luthans, McGrawhill,New York
- Organisational behaviour, K.Aswathappa, Himalaya Publishing House
- Essentials of management, Koontz,Harold, Tata McGrawhill
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for Bachelor of Management Studies (B.M.S.) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
The complete syllabus
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