COVER -- CONTENTS -- Nature and Functions of Management -- Development of Management Thought -- Social Responsibilities of Business -- Business Ethics and Value-Based Management -- The Planning Process -- Objectives of Business -- The Strategic Management Process -- Decision- Making -- Organisation Theory -- Organisational Structure -- Delegation,Decentralisation and Span of Management -- Organisational Culture and Effectiveness -- Change Management and Organisational Development -- Human Resource Management:Organisational Context -- Human Resource Development -- Performance Appraisal and Development -- Employee Training -- Directing(Morale, Committees and Coordinating) -- Motivation:Concepts and Theories -- Communication -- Leadership -- Foundations of Group Behaviour -- Controlling -- Operations Management -- Recent Trends and Paradigm Shifts -- Methods of Case Analysis -- Index.