Management and Leadership

This note explains the following topics: Project Performance Dimensions, Project Life Cycle, Project Classification, Project Identification and Formulation, Network Analysis, Project Crashing and Project Control.

This book describes the following topics: Project Management: Past and Present, The Project Life Cycle, Framework for Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Culture and Project Management, Project Initiation, Scope Planning, Project Schedule Planning, Budget Planning, Procurement Management, Quality Planning, Communication Planning, Risk Management Planning , Project Completion.

This note covers the following topics: Strategic Management, Environmental Threat and Opportunity Profile, Strategic Advantage Profile, Hierarchy of Strategic Intent, Strategies Formulation, Strategies Formulation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Analysis and Strategic Choice, Strategy Implementation, Structural Implementation, Functional Implementation, Functional Implementation, Strategic Evaluation and Control, Reaching Strategic Edge.

This note is designed to introduce students to the fundamental techniques of using data to make informed management decisions. It will focus on various ways of modeling, or thinking structurally about, decision problems in order to enhance decision-making skills.

This note covers the following topics: The New Paradigms of Management Control Systems, Control Lever, Key Controllable Variables, The Traditional Instruments of Control in Organisations - Auditing, Management Control Process, Budgetary Control and Analysis of Variance , Marketing and Distribution Control,Accountability in Organizations � Responsibility, Accounting, Costing, Transfer Pricing, CVP Analysis, Behavioural Aspect of Management Control, Human Resources Accounting, Management Control in Specialized Organisations - Sectoral Applications,Process of Designing and Controlling System.

This lecture note explains the following topics: Introduction and skills approach to leadership, Contingency leadership, Transformational Leadership, Organizational Design and Change, Employee Relations and Managing Change.

The link directs to a PDF book titled Organizational Behavior and Management and explains the following contents : Rationalist vs. Behavioralist Paradigms, A Model of Ethics in Decision Making, The Local Context: The Houston Economy, The Global and National Competitive Contexts, Perception, Attribution Theory, Operant Learning Theory, Job Design, Equity Theory, Goal Setting Theory, Power, Communication, Decision Making, Personality Theory, Culture, Leadership, Change, Organizational Theory , Teams.

This book online Technical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order covers the following topics related to Management and Leadership : Project Management Foundations: Principles and Practices, Strategy, Project Selection, and Portfolio Managemen, Project Initiation, Scope, and Structure, Procurement, Team Formation, Team Management, and Project Leadership, Project Planning, Project Scheduling, Managing Project Risks, Managing Project Value, Budgets, and Costs, Allocating and Managing Constrained Resources, Project Monitoring, Analytics, and Control, Critical Project Management Skill: Negotiation, Project Closure and Audits, Personal and Organizational Project Management Growth, Putting It All Together.

This book online Principles of Management by David S. Bright and others covers the following topics related to Management and Leadership : Managing and Performing, Managerial Decision-Making, The History of Management, External and Internal Organizational Environments and Corporate Culture, Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability, International Management, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Analysis: Understanding a Firm�s Competitive Environment, The Strategic Management Process: Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage, Organizational Structure and Change, Human Resource Management, Diversity in Organizations, Leadership, Work Motivation for Performance, Managing Teams, Managerial Communication, Organizational Planning and ControllingManagement of Technology and Innovation.