- Explain the concept of management and qualities of management
- Identify the essential managerial skills and the methods to inculcate it.
- Discuss the technological inventions and innovative environments in companies
- Explain the Social responsibility of managers and Ethics in management
- Examine the concept of international management along with Country alliances, economic blocs
- Describe the concept of types of departmentation and functions of each department.
- Describe the various types of Organizational structures for the global environment.
- Identify the scopes and evolutions in management through different theories.
- Classify the concepts of authority, power and delegations and the difference between them.
- Diagnose the concept of organisation planning and reorganisation to work effectively.
- Explain the strategic planning process with various matrix used by the organisations for business success.
- Discuss the types of business objectives and Organisational Hierarchy
- Compare the concept of strategies, policies, rules, and procedures.
- Explain the steps in planning process and the procedures involved in it.
- Diagnose the Factors Affecting Making Effective Decisions in Modern Management.
Mastering Management: Objectives & Processes
Understand key management functions including planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
Introduction
What you'll learn ?
- Interpret the idea of management and the attributes of effective management.
- Paraphrase the key managerial competencies and strategies for fostering them
- Compare the corporate settings pertaining to technology, invention, and innovation.
- Discover the ethical obligations of managers and their role in promoting social responsibility.
- Interpret the idea of international management, in conjunction with country alliances and economic blocs, is being considered.
- The notion of various forms of departmentalization and the roles played by each department in an organisation.
- Paraphrase the different forms of organizational structures designed for the international or global context.
- Review the various theories of management that have shaped and expanded the domains and developments within the field of management.
- Review the notions of authority, power, and delegation, as well as the distinctions among them.
- Interpret the idea of arranging, strategizing, and restructuring to enhance operational efficiency within an organization.
- Paraphrase the process of strategic planning, incorporating diverse matrices employed by organizations to achieve success in their business endeavours.
- Report Different categories of corporate goals and the hierarchical structure within organizations
- Compare the notion of strategies, policies, rules, and procedures.
- Paraphrase the stages of the planning process and the steps it entails
- Interpret the Factors influencing the ability to make effective decisions in contemporary management.
Syllabus
- Definition Of Management
- The 6 Ms Of Management
- The Qualities Of Management
- The Functions Of Management
- The Essential Nature Of Management And Management Hierarchies
- Essential Managerial Skills
- Characteristics Of Highly Successful Companies
- Technology
- Globalisation
- Productivity, Effectiveness, And Efficiency
- Management - Science Or Art?
- Definition Of Pluralism (Definition Template)
- What Is Pluralism?
- Types Of Pluralism
- Pluralistic Approach To Industrial Relations
- Technological & Innovative Environments
- Invention & Innovation
- Types Of Innovation
- Balancing Incremental And Disruptive Innovation
- The Ecological Environment
- Business & Environment – The Interaction
- Definition- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Social Responsibility And Social Responsiveness
- Definition- Social Responsiveness
- Advantages And Disadvantages Of Social Responsibility
- Reaction Or Pro action
- Role Of Government
- Introduction To Ethics
- Definition- Ethics
- The Case For ‘Ethics’
- Institutionalizing Ethics
- Factors For Raising Ethical Standards
- Definition- Whistle Blower
- Trust And Change Management
- What Are Multinational Corporations?
- History Of MNCs
- Types Of MNCs
- Characteristics Of A Multinational Corporation
- Advantages And Disadvantages Of Multinational Corporations
- Challenges For MNCs
- The Future Of MNCs
- Definition- Country Alliances
- Country Alliances
- Economic Blocs
- Definition- Economic Blocs
- European Union
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- The Free Trade Area Of the Americas (FTTA)
- Association Of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Competitive Advantage
- India's Role In the World Economy
- Span Of Control
- Departmentation
- Departmentation By Enterprise Function
- Departmentation By Territory Or Geography
- Departmentation By Customer Group
- Departmentation By Product
- Matrix Model Of Management Organisation
- Pros And Cons Of Matrix Management Structures
- Steps To Implement Successful Matrix Management Structures
- Strategic Business Units
- Implementation & Planning
- Levels Of Management
- Upper Level Of Management
- Middle Level Of Management
- Lower Level Of Management
- The Role Of A Manager
- What Is Management?
- Definition- Management
- Management Theories Or Thoughts
- Evolution Of Management Thought
- Fredrick Winslow Taylor And Scientific Management
- Henri Fayol
- Hawthorne Studies
- Peter Drucker
- Understanding Management
- Functional Areas Of Management
- Production Management
- Marketing Management
- Financial Management
- Personnel Management
- Effective Management
- Effectiveness And Efficiency
- Determinants Of An Effective Manager
- Organization
- Organizing
- Organization Structure
- Formal And Informal Organization
- Organizing As A Process
- Departmentalization
- Narrow & Wide Span Of Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Intrapreneurship
- Innovation And Entrepreneurship
- Re-Engineering Organization
- Organizational Structure, Authority And Power
- Types Of Authority
- What Is Power?
- Authority Vs Power
- Empowerment
- Systems For Employee Empowerment
- Centralization & Decentralization
- Advantages & Disadvantages
- Delegation
- Delegation Of Authority
- Types Of Delegations
- Classification Of Delegation
- Avoiding Failure Of Delegation
- Overcoming Weak Delegation
- Delegation: Advantages & Limitations
- Organisation Planning
- Organisational Inflexibility &Amp; Reorganisation
- The Need For Readjustment And Change
- Making Staff Work Effective
- Avoiding Conflict By Clarification
- Organisation Charts
- Importance Of Informal Organisation & The Grapevine
- Organisation Culture
- The Influence Of Leaders On Organization Culture
- Reasons For Having Strategies
- Differences Between Strategy And Policy
- The 5 P’S Of Strategic Planning
- Crafting Strategic Planning Approaches
- Strategic Planning Process
- Swot Matrix
- The Blue Ocean Strategy
- Business Portfolio Matrix
- Products And Services
- Marketing Strategies
- Definition- Marketing Strategies
- Developing Marketing Strategies
- Hierarchy Of Company Strategies
- Industry Analysis
- Generic Strategies
- Premising & Forecasting
- Forecasting
- Delphi Technique
- Definition: Objective
- Objectives
- Hierarchy Of Objectives
- Economic Objectives
- Social Objectives
- Definition: Mission
- Business Objectives
- Objectives And Organisational Hierarchy
- Multiplicity Of Objectives
- How To Set Objectives
- Quantitative And Qualitative Objectives
- Management By Objectives
- Benefits & Failures Of Management By Objectives
- Introduction
- Definition- Vision & Mission
- Vision & Mission
- Missions Or Purposes
- Objectives Or Goals
- Strategies
- Definition- Strategy
- Policies
- Procedures
- Rules
- Programs And Budget
- Definition- Planning Process
- Case Study Gail
- Steps Of Planning
- Being Aware Of Opportunities
- Establishing Objectives
- Definition- Objectives
- Developing Premises
- Determining Alternative Courses
- Evaluating Alternative Courses
- Selecting A Course
- Formulating Derivative Plans & Budgeting
- Definition- Decision Making
- Steps In Decision Making
- Types Of Decisions
- Factors Affecting Making Effective Decisions
- Decision Making In Modern Management
- Rational Decision Making & Its Process
- Benefits And Limitations
- Limited, Or “Bounded,” Rationality
- Selecting Alternatives
- Experience & Experimentation
- Programmed And Non- Programmed Decision
- Differences
- Decision Making Under Certainty, Uncertainty And Risk
- Decision Trees
- The Creative Process
- Insight And Logical Formulation
- Group Decision Making
- Advantages & Disadvantages Of Group Decision Making
- The Creative Manager
- Invention And Innovation
Certificate
- MKCL provides certificate (for 30/60/90/120 hours courses) to the KLiC learner after his/her successful course completion.
- KLiC courses of 120 hours are recognised by Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU). YCMOU provides ‘eStatement of Marks-cum-Certificate’ for successfully passed KLiC learners (who have selected 120 hours and YCMOU mode at the time of admission) (Jurisdiction: Maharashtra).
Academic Approach
The Academic Approach of the course focuses on the “work centric” education i.e. begin with work (and not from a book !), derive knowledge from work and apply that knowledge to make the work more wholesome, useful and delightful. The ultimate objective is to empower the Learner to engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at leading the learner to his/her rewarding career as well as development of the society.
Learning methodology
- Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work.
- Learners are then exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
- Learners are then acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
- Learners are then acquainted with the architecture of the tool or Tool Map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions and their inter-relations.
- Learners are then exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level
- Learners then perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made outputs.
- Learners are then engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
- Learners are then encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
- After imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
- Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression.
Evaluation Pattern
Evaluation Pattern of KLiC Courses consists of 4 Sections as per below table:
| Section No. | Section Name | Total Marks | Minimum Passing Marks | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learning Progression | 25 | 10 | 
| 2 | Internal Assessment | 25 | 10 | 
| 3 | Final Online Examination | 50 | 20 | 
| Total | 100 | 40 | |
| 4 | SUPWs (Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments) | 5 Assignments | 2 Assignments to be Completed & Uploaded | 
MKCL’s KLiC Certificate will be provided to the learner who will satisfy the below criteria:
- Learners who have successfully completed above mentioned 3 Sections i.e. Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3
- Additionally, learner should have completed Section 4 (i.e. Section 4 will comprise of SUPWs i.e. Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments)
- Learner has to complete and upload minimum 2 out of 5 Assignments
 
Courses Fee Structure from 01 July, 2025 Onwards
KLiC 30 hour course fee applicable from 01 July, 2025 all over Maharashtra| KLiC Course Duration | MFO: MKCL Share (Including 18% GST) | ALC Share (Service Charges to be collected by ALC) | 
|---|---|---|
| 30 hours | Rs. 300/- | Rs. 1,500/- | 
    Important Points:
* Above mentioned fee is applicable for all Modes of KLiC Courses offered at Authorised Learning Center (ALC) and at Satellite Center
* Total fee is including of Course fees, Examination fees and Certification fees
* MKCL reserves the right to modify the Fee anytime without any prior notice
                                    * Above mentioned fee is applicable for all Modes of KLiC Courses offered at Authorised Learning Center (ALC) and at Satellite Center
* Total fee is including of Course fees, Examination fees and Certification fees
* MKCL reserves the right to modify the Fee anytime without any prior notice
