Essentials of Management are the complete basic source book on management principles, practices and techniques. Major topics, besides the background information, dealt are: Industrial revolution; evolution of management; scientific management and thereafter; nature, scope and functions of management; structure and process of planning; nature of organisation; leadership; span of control; authority responsibility and accountability; coordination; enclave leadership style; motivation; budgetary control; plant layout; inventory control; production planning and control; production planning and control; quality control; cost control; PERT; management of organisations in 2000 AD; management of development ; value system of Indian manager; and management information system etc.

The significance of manpower management and the implications of human resource valuation from the point of view of management, investors and financiers, constitute central theme of this work. It examines the worth-whileness of human resource accounting for internal management purposes and decision-making by investors and creditors. The desirability of public disclosure of human resource data in corporate annual reports has been proved by the author empirically on the basis of professional opinion obtained through questionnaire survey. In that process, the author has also assessed the practicability of applying in the Indian context some of the valuation models developed by western writers. Apart from the discussion on issues germane to the subject matter, the study provides an insight into the possible impact of human resource data on managerial decisions.

The book has been written with emphasis on crucial problem of unemployment among educated youths. Keeping in mind increasing population, erroneous system of education and less employment opportunities, concept of different self- employment schemes have been introduced. Prospective of Poultry Farming-a self-employment scheme, with small investment and small space, scheduling of bird development and vaccination, preventive steps and remedial measures against possible diseases, are highlighted in the study. Book is centred to provide academic excellence, professional skills and capabilities for profitable Poultry Farming.

Liberalisation and the process of globalisation of the Indian economy, initiated in the 1990s, have threatened the control, if not the survival of many Indian business enterprises. The present volume contains thought provoking papers, presented at the national seminar on contemporary issues in Corporate. Restructuring in India in the New Millennium. This book presents an overall view of corporate restructuring along with contemporary issues relating to it. The volume has been organised into five sections, namely Introduction & General Issues, Strategies, Financial Restructuring, Organisational & Human Resource Development, and finally, Corporate Governance.