Principles and Practices of Management and Business Communication

Preface xi

About the Authors xii

Syllabus xiii

Part I Principles and Practice of Management 1

1. Introduction to Management 3

1.1 Management: Concept and De nition 3

1.2 Nature of Management 6

1.3 Importance or Signi cance of Management 7

1.4 Functions of Management 8

1.5 Concerns of Management 16

1.6 Management as a Process 18

1.7 Objectives of Management 19

1.8 Principles of Management 20

1.9 Management and Administration 22

1.10 Levels of Management 23

1.11 Management: Art and Science 27

1.12 Management as a Profession 31

1.13 Universality of Management 34

1.14 Managerial ...