Introduction to Management

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Let’s see your schedules!

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Why are you here?

What do you want to do?

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 Instructor
• Instructor: Sheena
• Teaching style: Interactive!
• How to contact me: sheena@nitk.ac.in
• Other availability: Immediately after class

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 Course Content
• Teaching Strategies
– Interactive Class Discussion
– PowerPoint /printed notes
– Team exercises
• Textbook:
– Management
:Harold Koontz and Heinz Weirich
:Richard L Daft
:James Stoner and Edward Gilbert
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 What is Management?

Art of getting things done

through others

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 Who is a manager?

A vision-driven individual who

assumes significant personal and
financial risk to manage a business.

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 Managers: Born or Made?
• Is there inborn talent required?

• Assume that the answer is YES:

– then we can identify the main characteristics
– if we have them, fine - no others need to apply!
– we could start spotting talent in kindergarten
– we could "stream" these people
– we could discourage people without these talents
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 Managers: Born or Made?
• Assume the answer is NO:
– then schools could teach anyone
– would be a "profession" like law or medicine
– companies could establish "nurseries" for them

• The real answer lies somewhere in-between

– Talent , experience and education is the way

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 Relevance of
management to
your branch of
engineering ??
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 Course Evaluation
• Grading:
• Continuous Assessment:
– Class Attendance (compulsory)
– Class Participation (including attendance)
– Quizzes on Reading
– Assignments /Seminars

– 25%: Midterm Exam

– 50%: End Semester Exams
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 IN SEM MARKS..
• 25%: Midterm Exam
• Test : 10 marks
• Class participation/ Class Attendance : 5
marks
• SEMINAR : 5 marks
• ASSIGNMENT : 5 marks

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 Attendance Policy
• Unauthorised absence shall be appropriately
dealt with
• NOTE:
– There are NO unexcused absences.
– 2 lates and/or early departures = 1 absence.

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 Cellphone Policy
• OK if it rings silently....
– I don’t expect you to remember to turn it off
• BUT!
– Don’t answer your phone in class!
– Don’t step into the hall to talk
• Also
– No text messaging

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