Principles and Practices of Management and Organizational Behavior

This book offers perspectives, insights, techniques, and approaches for efficient and contemporary management practices in an organization. It provides a comprehensive insight into the traditional and contemporary approaches of organizational behavior and their impact on organizational performance in the global era. Ranging from planning to staffing, and controlling to strategic decision-making, the case studies in the book incorporate relevant modern management models and correlate practices of management from organizational perspectives to allow any organization’s direction and environment to be evaluated with suggested recommendations. This textbook consists of two broad parts. The first deals with management trends and functions ranging from the traditional era to the contemporary world. The second part explores the behavioral trends of organizations across domains to analyze the measures taken for improved productivity and sustainability.

Drawing theories from psychology, sociology and economics, this book probes into the interrelation between behavior and holistic management by examining the impact of teamwork, motivation, organizational power, and polity, instituting relevant organizational ethics and strategies to create healthy organizational culture.

This book will be useful to students, academicians, management researchers, and industry professionals from the field of general management and organizational behavior. It will also be useful for scholars interested in management studies, behavioural studies, business and development, developmental studies, sociopsychology, management, and business strategies.

Chandrani Singh, currently pursuing postdoctoral studies in information technology, is working as Director and Placement Head of Management and Computer Applications at Sinhgad Institute of Management, Vadgaon, Pune. She has also been entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the operations of the entire STES Sinhgad Data Centre.

She is a researcher, industry-institute collaborator, educationist, author, content writer, and sports enthusiast with a passion to ideate, innovate and implement. She has been awarded the India Independence Award 2019 as distinguished director/principal by the International Association of Research and Development Organization and has also been selected to participate in the fully funded Conference of Asia Europe Meeting by the German Academic Exchange (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) that has 51 member nations. She is also the editor and author of several books and research journals for eminent publishing houses, such as Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature and IGI Global, and she is also on the editorial board of prestigious international and national conferences. She is a recognized ATAL Faculty Development Program speaker and is associated as a consultant with a few scientific and research organizations. She owns copyrights from the Indian government for her software and has served as a facilitator, speaker, and contributor for several knowledge exchange programs at the national and international levels, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Women in Engineering. She has also been an academic advisor to many universities and institutions at the national and international levels.

Aditi Khatri is a freelance Human Resources (HR) Consultant and a Soft Skills Trainer and has worked with TACO Composites Ltd (a Tata Enterprise), Pune, as an HR assistant manager, and Tricon Infra Buildtech Pvt. Ltd, Pune, as HR head, where she has been instrumental in developing HR policies and processes. She joined the Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Research, Pune, in the year 2012, in the capacity of assistant professor and training placement officer and served the institute for a year-and-a-half, carrying out during this tenure several academia–industry interaction initiatives. Ms. Khatri then went on to set up her own venture by the name of Focus Consultants, through which she has imparted training to 5,000+ students and professionals and has earned the repute of being a proactive trainer and a public speaker. She has presented a number of papers at national-level conferences and successfully coordinated various induction and training programs across the country. She is also a member of the Board of Studies (Language and Communication Studies) at one of the renowned colleges. Apart from being a freelancer, Ms. Khatri also plays a crucial role in managing the business of modular furniture owned by her father. Ms. Khatri has a very optimistic approach toward life and has a go-getter attitude. She is a very creative person, and her creativity is reflected in both her hobbies and her work.