Readings

• Rodrigues, Carl A. (2001). Fayol‟s 14 principles of management then and now: a framework for managing today’s organizations effectively, Management Decision, 39(10), 880-889.
• Mintzberg. (1990). The Manager’s Job – Folklore and Fact. HBR (Mar-Apr). 1-13.
• Zaleznik. (1992). Managers and Leaders – are they different. HBR (Mar-Apr). 1-14.
• Koontz. (1961). Management Theory Jungle. AMJ.
• Koontz. (1962). Making sense of Management Theory. HBR.
• Koontz. (1980). Management Theory Jungle Revisited. AMR.
• Bateman & Konopaske (2023). Management: Leading and Collaborating in Competitive World, 15th Edition. (for Evolution of management).
• Waterman, Peters & Phillips (1980). Structure is not organization. Business Horizon.
• Paul, R. Lawrence (1987). Historical Development in OB in Chapter 1, Handbook of OB by Jaw W Lorsch (ed) Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1-10.
• Carpenter, et al. Management Principles v 1.1. (for Functions of Management)
• Daniel Goleman (1998). What makes a leader. HBR. (for EQ)
• Luthans, Fred. Organizational Behaviour, McGraw-Hill, Indian Edition. 12th ed. (Chapter 5 – Personality, Perception, Attitudes)
• Maslow, A.  (1943) Theory of Human Motivation 
• Herzberg, F. (1968). One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees. Harvard Business Review, 46 (1), 53-62.
• Hegar, Kathryn W. (2011). Modern Human Relations at work, International Edition. Cengage (Chapter 9 – fundamentals of leadership)
• Kotter, J. P. (1995). Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail. Harvard Business Review 73(2): 59–67.
• Pareek, U. & Khanna, S. Understanding Organizational Behaviour. Oxford University Press. (Chapter 24 for – Org Culture & Climate)
• Robbins, Stephen P., TA Judge & Neharika Vohra (2013). Organisational Behaviour, Pearson. (Chapter 1 for Challenges & Opp)
• Luthans, Fred. (2002). The need for and meaning of Positive Organizational Behaviour. Journal of Organizational Behaviour. 23. 695-706.

Additional Readings

• Ghoshal, S. (2005). Bad Management Theories destroying good management practices. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 4(1) 75-01.
• Avolio, Walumbwa & Weber (2009). Leadership: Current Theories, Research, and Future Directions. Annual Review of Psychology. 60, 421-449.
• Bartlett & Ghoshal (1992). What is a global manager? HBR Sept Oct 1992, 124-131.
• Hofstede, Geert (1993). Cultural Constraints in Management Theories. Academy of Management Executive, 7(1), 81-94.
• Warren, Bennis (1992). Leaders on Leadership-Interviews with top executives. HBR Press.

• Pierce & Gardner (2001). Management and Organizational Behavior. Thomson.
• George, C.S. (1996). The History of Management Thought. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
• Lane, Henry W., Martha, L. Maznevski, Joseph, J. DiStefano & Joerg, Dietz (2010). International Management Behaviour – Leading with a global mindset. Wiley.
• Peters, Tom & Waterman, R.H. (2006). In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-run Companies. New York: Harper & Row.

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