Anna University · Regulation 2021
GE 3792 Industrial Management question papers
GE3792 Industrial Management previous year question papers from Anna University (Regulation 2021), with the full syllabus. Read online or download the PDF.
Seventh semester · Core · L T P C: 3 0 0 3
Question papers
- April/May 2025
Question paper code 91952
- November/December 2024
Question paper code 41263
Syllabus
Unit 1: Introduction to Management9 hours
Management: Introduction · Definition and Functions · Approaches to the study of Management · Mintzberg's Ten Managerial Roles · Principles of Taylor · Fayol · Weber · Parker · Forms of Organization: Sole Proprietorship · Partnership · Company (Private and Public) · Co operative · Public Sector Vs Private Sector Organization · Business Environment: Economic · Social · Political · Legal · Trade Union: Definition · Functions · Merits & Demerits
Unit 2: Functions of Management - I9 hours
Planning: Characteristics · Nature · Importance · Steps · Limitation · Planning Premises · Strategic Planning · Vision & Mission statement in Planning · Organizing: Organizing Theory · Principles · Types · Departmentalization · Centralization and Decentralization · Authority & Responsibility · Staffing: Systems Approach · Recruiting and Selection Process · Human Resource Development (HRD) Concept and Design
Unit 3: Functions of Management - II9 hours
Directing (Leading): Leadership Traits · Style · Morale · Managerial Grids (Blake-Mounton, Reddin) · Communication: Purpose · Model · Barriers · Controlling: Process · Types · Levels · Guidelines · Audit (External, Internal, Merits) · Preventive Control · Decision Making: Elements · Characteristics · Nature · Process · Classifications
Unit 4: Organization Theory9 hours
Organizational Conflict: Positive Aspects · Individual · Role · Interpersonal · Intra Group · Inter Group · Conflict Management · Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory · Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory · McClelland's three needs motivation theory · Vroom's valence-expectancy theory · Change Management: Concept of Change · Lewin's Process of Change Model · Sources of Resistance · Overcoming Resistance · Guidelines to managing Conflict
Unit 5: Productivity and Modern Topics9 hours
Productivity: Concept · Measurements · Affecting Factors · Methods to Improve · Modern Topics (concept, feature/characteristics, procedure, merits and demerits): Business Process Reengineering (BPR) · Benchmarking · SWOT/SWOC Analysis · Total Productive Maintenance · Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) · Management of Information Systems (MIS)