AT20
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

1. Management Concept and Functions

1.1 Management Concept

1.1.1 Evolution and Development of Management Thought
http://www.harehall.co.uk/evot.html
http://www.misronet.com/construction_management.htm
http://www.biz.colostate.edu/faculty/dennism/Management-Evolution.html

1.1.2 Principles of Management
http://www.mgmtguru.com/mgt301/301_Lecture1Page9.htm
http://www.mgmtguru.com/mgt301/301_Lecture1Page8.htm
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ramp/html/r8722e/r8722e08.htm
http://www.bola.biz/competence/fayol.html

1.1.3 Levels of Management
http://telecollege.dcccd.edu/mgmt1374/book_contents/1overview/management_levels/mgmt_levels.htm

1.1.4 Industrial Management
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/i/indust-man.asp

1.2 Functions of Management
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~mgtexcel/Function.html

1.2.1 Planning – types of plans, objectives of planning
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~mgtexcel/Planning.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan#Types_of_plan

1.2.2 Organizing
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~mgtexcel/Organize.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizing

1.2.3 Staffing – role and definition
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~mgtexcel/Staffing.html

1.2.4 Directing – Concept, salient features, principles of directing
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~mgtexcel/Direct.html
http://www.bradyinc.com/Management_Cycle_Directing.html

1.2.5 Control – Managerial control, techniques of Managerial Control
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~mgtexcel/Control.html
http://www.managementhelp.org/cntrllng/cntrllng.htm

 

2. Organisation

2.1 Importance of Organisation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation#Organization_in_management_and_organizational_studies

2.2 Characteristics of Organisation
http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/learningorgs/key/key1.asp

2.3 Process of Organisation
http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/~efocs/home/language/node3.html

2.4 Principles of Organisation

2.4.1 Span of Control
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Span_of_control
http://www.tutor2u.net/business/gcse/organisation_span_of_control.htm

2.4.2 Delegation of Authority – Principles and Problems
http://www.businessballs.com/delegation.htm
http://www.abs.uci.edu/depts/vcabs/2-4.html
http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/secretariat/General_Faculties_Council/Delegation%20of%20Authority.htm

2.4.3 Authority and Responsibility
http://www.mcgill.ca/internalaudit/about/authority/

2.5 Organisation – Structure and Need
http://www.gowertraining.co.uk/docs/organisation.pdf
http://www.pparc.ac.uk/Ap/Oc/Intro.asp?Tx=1

2.6 Types of Organisation

2.6.1. Line Organisation
http://www.zenska-mreza.hr/prirucnik/en/en_read_organisations_1.htm
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ramp/html/r8722e/r8722e0n.htm

2.6.2 Functional Organisation
http://www.yourwindow.to/business-continuity/bcp5_2_1.htm
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ramp/html/r8722e/r8722e0n.htm

2.6.3 Line & Staff Organisation
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/ramp/html/r8722e/r8722e0n.htm
http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/management/Int-Loc/Line-and-Staff-Organizations.html

2.6.4 Project Organisation
http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/qt/OnQGov.nsf/index/organisationmodel
http://www.nls.fi/org/inter/barents_git/organisation.html
http://www.kraus-und-partner.de/1743/Project-organisation

2.6.5 Matrix Organisation
http://opax.swin.edu.au/~388226/howto/it2/mstruct.htm

 

3. Organisational Behaviour

3.1 Group Dynamics – Concepts, Characteristics of Group, types of Groups, advantages and disadvantages of groups
http://www.onepine.info/mgrp2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_dynamics

3.2 Organisational Change – Causes, response and resistance to change
http://www.epmbook.com/orgchange.htm
http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/corpstrtgy/changemmt/chngmgmt.htm

3.3 Organisational Development - Concept, objectives and characteristics
http://www.dsi.dk/Engelsk/Areas/organisation.htm

3.4 Organisational Conflict – Stages of conflict, causes of conflict, sources of conflict and conflict resolution
http://www.etu.org.za/toolbox/docs/building/conflict.html

3.5 Managerial Leadership – Concept, styles of managerial leadership
http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/leadership_managerial.html
http://www.indiainfoline.com/phar/feat/male.html

3.6 Motivation – Definition, Need, factors affecting motivation, motivational techniques
http://www.cioupdate.com/career/article.php/3076671
http://www.businessbureau-uk.co.uk/growing_business/employee_relations/motivation.htm

3.7 Morale – Concept, high & low morale, factors affecting morale
http://www.unique.net/products/mm/mm.aspx

3.8 Communication – formal & informal communication, communication channel & structure, communication process & systems, barriers to successful communication

 

4. Personnel Management

4.1 Principles of a good personnel policy
http://www.ero.govt.nz/ero/publishing.nsf/Print/Personnel%20Management%20-%20Personnel%20Policies%20&%20Good%20Employer%20Principles%20and%20Practices

4.2 Recruitment and Selection
http://www.upsc.gov.in/general/rti/newdata/rectt-proc/rectt_proc1.htm
http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ppp/docs/2.html

4.3 Education and Training

4.4 Labour Turnover
http://labourbureau.nic.in/ASI203c%20Chptr-III%20Lab%20Turnover.htm

4.5 Wages and Salary Administration
http://www1.usu.edu/hr/policies/384.htm
http://www.middlebury.edu/about/handbook/employee/wage_salary/
http://hr.uchicago.edu/wagesalary/

4.6 Discipline – Causes, disciplinary action & punishment, disciplinary procedure
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n4_v190/ai_7516125
http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/pubs/hrguidearticle/chapter-23-taking-disciplinary-action/
http://americanprinter.com/mag/printing_successfully_implementing_discipline/index.html

4.7 Grievances Handling
http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fjan2000/f170120001.html

 

5. Industrial Relations and Labour Laws

5.1 Industrial Relations

5.1.1 Trade Unions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union

5.1.2 Industrial Dispute

5.1.3 Strikes,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_action

lockout,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockout_%28industry%29

Picketing & Gherao
http://gherao.quickseek.com/
http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Picketing

5.1.4 Collective Bargaining
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining

5.1.5 Workers Participation in Management
http://www.econ.unt.edu/lewis/wkrpart.html

5.1.6 Union – Management Relations
http://www.millerjohnson.com/practice/group.asp?id=45
http://www.smrh.com/practice/practicearea.cfm?pracid=82&departmentid=82&dept=1

5.2 Labour Laws – Essential Provisions

5.2.1 Factories Act 1948
http://www.labour.delhigovt.nic.in/act/factories.html

5.2.2 Payment Of Wages Act 1943

5.2.3 Workmen Compensation Act 1943
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZSI73Y1943.html

5.2.4 Industrial Disputes Act 1947
http://pblabour.gov.in/pdf/acts_rules/inustrial_disputes_act_1947.pdf

5.2.5 Minimum Wages Act 1948
http://www.kerala.gov.in/dept_lab/act11.pdf

 

6. Productivity and Quality

6.1 Productivity - Factors affecting productivity, Increasing productivity, Productivity measures, Productivity & Quality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_(economics)
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~ncpp/resource_center/English/Entries_English/causal_factors.html
http://www.acetimemanagement.com/l1/
http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=1402&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2

6.2 Production, Planning & Control – Forecasting, scheduling, control of production and process control
http://web.mit.edu/sgraves/www/ProdPlanCh.PDF

6.3 Quality Control – Definition, Concepts & basic fundamentals of SQC, Objectives, elements tools & implementation of TQM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_control
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Quality_Management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_quality

6.4 Work Study – objectives, procedures, time study and work measurement

6.5 Inventory Control – Objectives, material requirement planning, ABC Analysis, EOQ and simple inventory models
http://home.ubalt.edu/ntsbarsh/Business-stat/otherapplets/Inventory.htm

 

7. Decision Making

7.1 Definitions and Importance of Decision Making
http://www.virtualsalt.com/crebook5.htm

7.2 Types of Decisions
http://www.laynetworks.com/TYPES-OF-DECISION-MAKING.html

7.3 Decision Making Process
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/go7lk10a.htm

7.4 Guidelines for effective decision-making
http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles/growth/decisionmaking.html

7.5 Quantitative Techniques in Decision Making
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TED.htm
http://www.pearson.ch/HigherEducation/FTPrenticeHall/1469/0273687891/QuantitativeMethodsfor.aspx

7.5.1 OR

7.5.2 Cost-Benefit Analysis
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_08.htm
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/cba.htm

7.5.3 Linear Programming
http://mat.gsia.cmu.edu/mstc/sensitive/node1.html

7.5.4 Network Analysis – CPM/PERT
http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~mastjjb/jeb/or/netanal.html
http://guidebook.dcma.mil/79/evhelp/pert.htm

7.6 Decision Making under Certainty, Uncertainty and Risk
http://www.econport.org/econport/request?page=man_ru_basics4
http://www.math.ust.hk/~maykwok/courses/Fin_econ_05/Fin_econ_05_3.pdf

8. Finance and Accounting Fundamentals

8.1 Finance Management

8.1.1 Finance Management Concepts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance
http://www.managementconcepts.com/financial/fmgtmain.asp

8.1.2 Working Capital
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/workingcapital.asp
http://beginnersinvest.about.com/cs/investinglessons/l/blles3wrkcap.htm

8.1.3 Factors affecting working capital

8.1.4 Financial Statement and Financial Ratios
http://www.valuationresources.com/FinancialBenchmarking.htm
http://www.investopedia.com/university/financialstatements/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_statements

8.2 Cost Accounting

8.2.1 Elements of Cost
http://www.internalaccounting.com/article01.htm

8.2.2 Types of Cost
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hta101/ta10106.html
http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/encyclopedia/Con-Cos/Cost-Accounting.html#TYPES_OF_COST_SYSTEMS

8.2.3 Cost Control and Accounting
http://www.amanet.org/seminars/seminar.cfm?ID=1439&cat=197

8.2.4 Break-even Analysis
http://www.tutor2u.net/business/production/break_even.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_even_analysis

8.3 Budget

8.3.1 Budget and Budgetary Control
http://www.fao.org/docrep/W4343E/w4343e05.htm
http://www.laynetworks.com/Accounting%20and%20Finance%20on%20Computers.htm

8.3.2 Types of Budget
http://www.vchri.ca/i/presentations/Negotiating_CT_Budgets/sld007.htm
http://www.mof.go.jp/english/budget/brief/2003/2003-03.htm

8.3.3 Preparation of Budget
http://ocga3.ucsd.edu/robo/projects/cgaweb/Budgets/Budget_Preparation_Components_Budget_Preparation.htm

8.3.4 Budget as a process of planning, coordination and control
http://www.aurora-il.org/finance/budget/budgetprocess.asp

 

9. Marketing Fundamentals

9.1 Marketing – definition, principles and functions
http://www.marketingprinciples.com/articles.asp?cat=419
http://www.knowthis.com/tutorials/principles-of-marketing/about-marketing/1.htm

9.2 Market Management and functions
http://aiim.org/article-docrep.asp?ID=18339
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/X4026E/x4026e05.htm#bm05.1

9.3 Market Research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_research

9.4 Product Packaging
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Packaging/Design/TotalPkg.htm

9.5 Product Mix
https://people.creighton.edu/~shu02225/nps_c_05.html