Complete Syllabus of Recent Trends in Management | MGT 687 | MBS 4th semester

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 48

Course Objective:

This course aims to update the students with the recent trends in the field of management. The topics covered in this course are drawn from several recent management textbooks and research journals.

Course Description:

This course contains management and management System, 21st Century Environment and management issues, CSR and Corporate governance, corporate leadership, knowledge management and talent Management, and seminar in the areas of management and different management cases

Course details:

Unit 1: Overview of management and management System LH 10

Understanding general management; mastering the management system; attitude, skill and knowledge (ASK) for successful manager; management thought; latest perspective of management: micro and macro management, green management, sustainability management, time management, stress management, talent management, anger management. Case discussion

Unit 2: 21st Century Environment and management issues LH 6

Contingent workers; Sexual harassment; Boundaryless and flying career; Compressed work week & Flex time; approaches of managing people: Geocentricism, region-centic, polycentric and ethnocentric; Social entrepreneurship; corporate spirituality; appreciative enquiry; emotional intelligence and artificial intelligence; management of innovation. Case discussion

Unit 3: CSR and Corporate governance LH 6

Levels of leadership ethics; Levels CSR; Domains of Corporate governance ; Effective corporate rating system ;Governance models; Glass ceiling; Organizational citizenship; Balanced scorecard approach. Issues of corporate governance in Nepalese organization. Case discussion

Unit 4: Corporate Leadership LH 6

Transformational leadership and transactional leadership; Emerging leadership issues; Strategic leadership; Learning organization; 360-degree appraisal; Retention strategies; Organizational politics & Political skill; Intelligence and emotional intelligence; practices of corporate leadership in Nepalese organization. Case discussion

Unit 5: Sustaining organizational culture LH 6

Concept of organizational culture; Framework for examining cultures; Cross cultural management; multi-cultural profile: acculturation and enculturation; organizational culture and performance. Case discussion

Unit 5: Knowledge and Talent Management LH 4

An integration of thoughts on knowledge management; Barriers to implement knowledge management in an organization; knowledge management and organizational performance; Organization as a Talent Factory; managing talents for competitive advantage. Case discussion

Unit 6: Seminar in the areas of management issue and management cases LH 10

Areas of seminar: management environment, Corporate Governance, role of knowledge management, mentoring in organizations, empowerment and organizational change, emerging organizational leadership in 21st century, Quality issues in organizations Areas of case study: develop and analyze real case study in different areas and dimension of management.

References:

Gareth Jones and Jennifer George (2017), Essentials of contemporary management, Tata McGraw Hill.

Drucker. Management challenges for the 21st century, Harper Collins, 1st ed.,

Stephen P. Robbins and Vohar, Organization behavior, Pearson Education, 15th Edition, 2013

Philip Kotler, Kevin Lane Keller, Abraham Koshy and Mithileshwar Jha, Marketing management: A South Asian Perspective, Pearson India, 14th Edition, 2012

William J Stevenson, Operations management, Tata McGraw Hill, 12th Edition, 2015 https://www.slideshare.net/haricd/emerging-trends-in-management-compatibility-mode