Contents: Management: Concept and nature -- Development of management thought -- Management theories of some famous management thinkers -- Planning function -- Goals and plans -- Management by objectives -- Strategic planning and environmental analysis -- Growth strategies -- Decision making -- Organizing : Nature, process and importance -- Formal and informal organization -- Types of organizations -- Authority responsibility relationships -- Line and staff relationships -- Departmentation -- Delegation and decentralization -- Coordination -- Conflict management -- Staffing - meaning, nature and process -- Recruitment and selection -- Training and development -- Performance appraisal -- Direction and supervision -- Motivation -- Leadership -- Communication -- Control - concept and process -- Techniques of control -- Management of strategic change -- Corporate culture -- Organization development -- Social responsibilites of business -- Corporate governance -- Case study.