Principles of Management MHR 205 Course Instructor: Md.

Ishtiak Uddin Department of Business Administration The University of Asia Pacific Course Objectives: This course presents a thorough and systematic coverage of management theory and practice. It focuses on the basic roles, skills and functions of management, with special attention to managerial responsibility for effective and efficient achievement of goals. Special attention is given to social responsibility, managerial ethics, and the importance of multi-national organizations. Topics -Concept of Management, Management in organizations, The management process. -Kinds of managers and basic managerial roles & skills. -The nature of managerial work, The scope of management. -The role of theory & history of management. -The organizations environments, The external environment. -The internal environment, The organizations culture. -Organization-environment relationships. -The environment and organizational effectiveness. -Emerging ethical issues in organizations. -Social responsibility and organizations, Managing social responsibility. -The nature of strategic management, Formulation & implementation of business level strategy. -Formulation & implementation of corporate level strategy, The nature of decision making. --Mid-Term -Decision making & planning process. -Organizational goals, Organizational planning. -Tactical planning, Operational planning. -Managing goal setting and planning process. -Group and team decision making in organizations, The elements of organizing. -Designing jobs, Grouping jobs. -The nature of organization design, Basic forms of organization design. -The innovation process, The strategic importance of HRM.

-Attracting & Maintaining human resources, Managing labor relations. -The nature of motivation, Content perspectives on motivation. -Process perspectives on motivation. -The nature of leadership, Generic approaches to leadership. -Situational approaches to leadership. -Related approaches to leadership. -Emerging approaches to leadership, The role of communication in management. -The communication process. -Forms of communication in organizations, Groups & teams in organizations. -Characteristics of groups and teams. -Managing conflict in organizations, The nature of control. -Managing control in organizations. -Managing total quality, Managing productivity. -Further Discussion, Revision & Presentations. --Final

Breakdown of Marks (%): -Quiz -Mid-Term -Final -Assessment Total 10% 20% 50% 20% 100%

Reference books:
Management by Ricky W. Griffin, 9th edition. Principles of Management by Koontz and ODonnell, Any edition.

Human Resource Planning MHR 403 Course Instructor: Md. Ishtiak Uddin Department of Business Administration University of Asia Pacific Course Objectives: The success of an organization depends largely on the quantity and quality of its human resources. No organization can be successful in the long run without having the right number, the right kind of people with required qualifications and capabilities, doing the right jobs at the right time. This is where the function of HR planning and staff training comes in. At the end of the course students will be able; to understand the techniques for analyzing the requirements and the availability of employees at all times throughout the organization, to apply principles related to the demand and supply of labor, to carry out Training needs assessment for the purpose of developing human resources at all times, to identify their role and responsibility in employee development process

Topics -HRM & HRD, HRM Versus Personnel Management, HRD concepts. -HR policies & procedures. -Defining HRP, Activities required for HRP. -Responsibilities of HR Department, Steps for HRP. -Objectives of HRP, Manpower demand forecasting. -Analysis of performance, Analysis of productivity. -Macro and micro HRP, HRP process outline. -Time scale of HRP forecasts. -Difficulties in manpower forecasts using quantitative tools. -Use of qualitative models for better managerial judgment. -Analysis of manpower supply, Manpower planning models. --Mid-Term -Defining productivity, Total factor productivity. -Productivity measurements-Ratio Problem. -Types of job evaluation schemes, Limitations of job evaluation. -Sources of recruitment, Preliminary screening of applicants, Review of application blanks. -Reference checking, Psychological testing. -Value analysis, Recruitment function. -Internal recruitment, Recruitment policy.

-HRD & attitudinal survey, Types of measurement. -Interview, Steps in Induction programme. -Employee socialization, Placement, Importance of induction and placement. -Significance and advantages of career development, Objectives of career development. -Types of career development programs. -Career Development and employee empowerment. -Career planning and career development process. -Steps in career planning process. -Succession planning, Steps of succession planning. -Management development, Objectives of management development. -Training methods, Performance appraisal. -Traditional methods of performance appraisal. -Modern methods, Steps in performance appraisal. -Different types of transfer, Promotion, Objectives of promotion, Basis of promotion. -Definition & concepts of HRIS, Objectives of HRIS, HRIS for HRP. -Further Discussion, Revision & Presentations. --Final

Breakdown of Marks (%): -Quiz -Mid-Term -Final -Assessment Total 10% 20% 50% 20% 100%

Reference books:
Human Resource Planning by Dipak Kumar Bhattacharyya, 2nd edition.

Project Management IMG 401 Course Instructor: Md. Ishtiak Uddin Department of Business Administration University of Asia Pacific Course Objectives: This course deals with the decisions and actions related to planning, organizing, leading, and controlling programs and projects. Students are expected to gain a comprehensive understanding of:

Strategy, organization and leadership in managing projects: Processes, methods & systems used to plan, schedule and monitor projects The application of these project management tools and techniques in a diversity of fields such as new product and process development, construction, information technology, health care, and applied research.

Topics -Definition of project, Why project management. -The project life cycle. -Project selection and criteria of choice, The nature of project selection models. -Project portfolio process, Project management and the project manager. -Selecting the project manager, problems of cultural differences. -Pure project organization, The matrix organization. -Mixed organizational systems. -The project team, Initial project coordination, Systems integration. -The nature of negotiation, Partnering, Chartering and change. -Conflict and the project life cycle. -Requirements & principles of negotiation, Estimating project budgets. --Mid-Term -Network techniques: PERT (ADM) and CPM (PDM). -GERT, The resource allocation problem, GOLDRATTs critical chain. -The planning-monitoring-controlling cycle, Information needs and the reporting process. -Common reporting problems, Earned value analysis. -Control of performance, cost & time, Fundamental purposes of control.

-Characteristics of good control system, Benchmarking. -Control as a function of management. -Balance in a control system, Control of creative activities, Control of change. -Purposes of evaluation-Goals of the system, The project audit. -Construction and the use of the audit report, responsibilities of the project auditor. -The project audit life cycle, Essentials of an audit/evaluation. -The varieties of project termination. -When to terminate a project, Critical success factors. -The termination process. -The final report-A project history. -Further Discussion, Revision & Presentations. --Final

Breakdown of Marks (%): -Quiz -Mid-Term -Final -Assessment Total 10% 20% 50% 20% 100%

Reference books:
Project Management: A Managerial Approach by Jack R. Meredith and Samual J.

Mantel, Jr, 6th edition.