Book excerpt: 1.Management : Meaning, Characteristics, Concept and Scope, 2. Management : Nature, Principles, Levels and Limitations , 3. Functions of Management and Managerial Roles, 4. Authority and Delegation of Authority, 5. Departmentation, 6. Management by Objectives (M.B.O.), 7. Evolution of Management Thought, 8. Planning , 9. Types of Plans and Strategic Planning, 10 .Nature and Process of Organisation, 11. Organisation Structure and Forms of Organisation , 12 .Staffing, 13. Direction : Concept and Techniques , 14. Leading and Leadership, 15. Co-ordination : Meaning and Nature, 16. Communication, 17. Managerial Control, 18. Techniques of Control, 19. Functional Areas of Management : Production, 20 .Functional Area—Financial Management , 21. Functional Area : Human Resource Management (HRD), 22. Functional Area : Marketing, Nature, Scope and Importance, 23. Management Information System (MIS), 24.Concept of Decision-Making and Role of Functional Information System,