Management Principles and Practice is an extremely well-written unputdownable book that acquaints you with what a manager does while managing. It focuses on his role as a decision maker. It examines all managerial functions analytically, especially in Inida's post-liberalisation economy. All the opinions and views of different stalwarts have been collected and presented in lucid and crisp language. It makes you well-equipped to meet the challenges of a manager operating in a turbulent environment.

Contents -

1. Nature and Scope of Management Process
2. Professionalisation of Management in India
3. Management Theory
4. Management Thinkers: Pre-1939
5. Management Thinkers: Post-1939
6. Planning
7. Corporate Planning
8. Objectives
9. Decision Making
10. Decision Making: The Quantitative Way
11. Organisation: Approaches and Processes
12. Organisational Approaches and Processes
13. Type of Organisation
14. Organisational Relationships
15. Design of an Ideal Organisational Structure
16. Staffing
17. Manpower Planning and Career Development Planning
18. Job Analysis, Job Description and Job Specification
19. Managerial Selection
20. Managerial Appraisal
21. Training and Development of Managers
22. Directing – Nature and Purpose
23. Communication
24. Motivation
25. Leadership
26. Controlling: Meaning and Importance
27. Control Techniques – I
28. Control Techniques – II
29. Control Techniques – III
30. Control Techniques – IV
31. Social Responsibility, Corporate Answerability and Trusteeship Management