This document provides the course plan for the subject "PPM" (Project Planning and Management) at Punjab College of Technical Education in Ludhiana. It outlines the objectives of the course, which are to help students understand modern management concepts, techniques, and their application to business management. The course will include 64 lectures, 4 assignments, 4 tests, and 4 case studies. Students will be evaluated based on their performance on these assessments, as well as group presentations on selected companies. The class will use a lecture-discussion format with an emphasis on interactive learning. Students must maintain a minimum attendance of 75% and adhere to deadlines for assignments and tests.

1. PUNJAB COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, LUDHIANA
COURSE PLAN
Name of Teacher: Gautam Bansal Subject Name: PPM
Subject Code: BB101 Assignments: 4
Total Lectures: 64 Tests: 4
Case study: 4
Course objective:
Mail objective of this course is to make the students understand the modern concepts and
techniques of Management. Main focus of the course will be on application of these concepts in
the field of business management.
Assignments/Tests/MSE’s
Assignments / Tests and MSE’s will be evaluated on the basis of Contents, Language and
Presentation
Presentation: Topics:
1. Every group will select one company and deliver presentation on it.
The presentations will be delivered by the respective groups formed in the beginning
of semester.
Following rules of presentation must be followed
1. Students will be informed regarding the groups and title of their presentation well in
advance at least 10 days before the day of presentation
2. Students will submit the presentations report at least three days before the day of
presentations for necessary modifications / additions and deletions
3. Rules for report writing
• Report must be computerized with 14’ font (Main Heading), 12’ for general
writing, Times New Romen, Justified.
• Title of the report should contain all the details regarding the project title,
submitted by, submitted to, course and class details etc
• At the end of the bibliography/ references must be given in details
Oral presentation
• Only English language is permissible for presentation
• One student from the group will be acting as chairperson who will introduce the
topic to the audience and control the presentation, formally start and finish the
presentation
• Maximum time for one group will be 30 minutes followed by 15 min discussion
• No paper or written material help is allowed during the presentation. Presenters will
prepare the power point presentations for delivering the presentation
• Presenters must be in strict formal while delivering the presentation
CLASS FORMAT:

2. The class will be conducted in a lecture-discussion format. Very little lecture time will be
devoted to topics that the average student can readily comprehend on the basis of self-study.
Instead, class discussion will focus on areas where comprehension is substantially enhanced by
additional elaboration or illustration. Several mini-case analyses will be assigned by the teacher
in the semester.
ATTENDANCE:
• Minimum 75% attendance is compulsory for every student in the class
• Students can enter the class and get their attendance marked till the teacher is taking
attendance. After that students will be allowed to sit in the class but no attendance will be
given.
• No compensation or extra lectures will be taken at the end of the semester to complete
the attendance
• In case of emergency students must get the leave approved from the instructor before
going on leave. Students must be clear the leave will not be considered as attendance
while calculating the final attendance at the end of semester.
• College leave rules regarding the fine will be applied as such.
Evaluation rules:
• Students must stick to the deadlines regarding the assignments, tests, and case studies. In
case any student is not able to deliver due to Unavoidable circumstances, he/she has to
put the request for re-test or assignments with in three days after the schedule day. After
that no request will be entertained.
• It is compulsory for every student to appear in MSE. Students will not be given second
chance for the MSE. (In case of emergency MSE can be taken again only at the discretion
of the invigilator from total of 10 rather than 15 marks).
Evaluation: Internal: 40Marks
• Case study 05
• MSE 15
• Assignment 05
• Tests 05
• Presentation 10
Lecture Topics Assign Case Test
Number study
Management concepts , Management
1 role, levels of management
Management nature, scope,
2 Management as science, art,
3 Management as profession
Organizational objectives, hierarchy Case 1
4 of objectives, role of objectives
Objective setting, areas of objective
5 setting
6 MBO and its nature
7 Process of MBO
8 Benefits of MBO,Problems OF

3. MBO,prerequisite for MBO
Planning, Nature of planning,
9 importance of planning
Process of planning, types of
10 planning
11 Types of Plan , Strategies and policies
Functions of planning,barreires to
12 planning,
13 How to make planning effective
14 Decision Making, types of decisions Test 1
15 Tutorial1
Decision making process, effective
16 decision
Guidelines for effective decision,
17 techniques of decision making
Techniques of decision making, Case2
18 rationality in decision making
Rationality in decision making,
19 Decision making situations
20 Organizing, nature, importance
Process of organizing, formal and
21 informal organizing
Organizational chart, organizing Assign
22 principles 1
Span of
management,factors,graicunas
23 formula
Types of span, effective span, Factors
considered important while deciding
24 a Plan
25 Tutorial 2
26 Deaprtmentation,features,advantages Assgn2 Test2
Departmentation by
27 function,territory,product,service,
Departmentation by cutomer,matrix
28 organization
29 Authority,types,responsibility
Responsibility and accountability, Case3
30 delegation definition
Steps in delegation, obstacles to
31 delegation
32 Effective delegation, decentralization
Centralization,diff. b/w centralization
and decentralization, effective
33 decentralization
34 Tutorial 3
35 Staffing, importance Assgn3 Test 3
Factors affecting staffing, manpower
36 planning
37 Importance of manpower planning,

4. process
38 Job design, process
Recruitment, sources of supply of
39 manpower
40 Selection, process
41 Techniques of selection
42 Performance appraisal,importance,role
Need of performance appraisal, process of
43 performance appraisal
44 Communication, process
45 Problems in communication,1 Case4
46 Problems in communication2
47 Types of communication1
48 Types of communication2
49 Significance of communication
50 Steps for effective communication
51 Controlling, steps in controlling
52 Types of control
53 Effective control system
Problems in controlling Assgn
54 4
55 Budgetary control techniques1
56 Budgetary control techniques2
57 Non budgetary control techniques1
58 Non budgetary control techniques2
59 Social responsibility, reasons
60 Ethical issues of business
61 Values, factors in value information
62 Corporate governance, role Test4
63 Tutorial 4