Book excerpt: An excellent book for commerce students appearing in competitive, professional and other examinations. 1. Management Concept : Meaning, Definitions and Need, 2. Managerial Functions, 3. Co-ordination : Meaning and Nature, 4. Evolution of Management Thought, 5. Management by Objectives (M.B.O.) , 6. Planning, 7. Types of Plans and Corporate Planning, 8. Environmental Analysis and Business Environment, 9. Decisions-Making, 10. Nature and Process of Organisation, 11. Span of Control and Centralisation and Decentralisation of Authority, 12. Authority and Delegation of Authority, 13. Organizations Structure and Forms of Organisation, 14. Staffing , 15. Motivation, 16. Leadership, 17. Communication, 18. Managerial Control, 19. Techniques of Control and Emerging Issues inManagement.