13MBA01 MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS
(Students must read
text book. Faculty are free to choose any other cases)
Course Aim: Through reading the
text, references and discussion of cases students should be able to
understand the fundamentals underlying
the management of an organization.
Learning outcome:
The students should be able to learn
the history of management and the contributions of
important management researchers.
They should be able to understand the
relevance of environmental scanning, planning and how
to take decisions.
The students can learn how to delegate
authority and use power to influence people to get the
work done through proper communication
and control.
Unit-I:
A Brief History of
Management:
Classical Theory-Scientific Management, Administrative Theory,
Behavioural Theory, Management
Science, Integrative Perspective – Systems Theory, Socio technical
Theory, Contingency Theory, Comparing
Theories.
Unit-II:
Creative Problem
Solving and Decision Making: Problem Solving and Decision Making, Classify
and
Define the Problem or Opportunity, Set
Objectives and Criteria, Generate Creative and Innovative
Alternatives, Analyze Alternatives and
Select the Most Feasible, Plan, Implement the Decision and
Control, Vroom’s Participative
Decision Making Model.
Case: The Coca- Cola Company (Robert N
Lussier page no: 117)
Unit-III:
Strategic and
Operational Planning: Developing the Mission, Analyzing the Environment,
Setting
Objectives, Corporate Strategies,
Business Strategies, Operational Planning, Implementing and
Controlling Strategies. Time
Management.
Case: Dunkin’s Donuts (Robert N
Lussier page no: 151)
Unit-IV:
Organizing and
Delegating Work: Principles
of Organizing, Authority, Organizational Design, Job
Design, Organizing Yourself and
Delegating. Relation between Authority, Power and Influence.
Leadership and Trait Theory,
Behavioural Leadership Theories, Situational Approaches to Leadership,
Handling Complaints.
Case: Hitachi (Robert N Lussier page
no: 197)
Case: Steve Jobs, Apple (Robert N
Lussier page no: 348)
Unit-V:
Communication and
Controlling: Organizational
Communication and Information Technology,
Interpersonal Communication Process
and Communication Barriers, Message Transmission Channels.
Organizational and Functional Area
Control Systems, Establishing Control Systems.
Case: Well Point (Robert N Lussier
page no: 384)
Case: Chen Clothes Manufacturing
(Robert N Lussier page no: 488)
TEXT BOOK:
Robert N Lussier,
Management Fundamentals - Concepts, Applications, Skill Development,
Cengage Leaning, First Edition, 2012.
13MBA02 BUSINESS LAW AND REGULATION
(Students must read
text book along with cases. Faculty are free to choose any other cases)
Course Aim: The aim of this
course is to enable students understand legal and regulatory framework for
doing business in India.
Learning Outcome: After going through
the text and case lets in terms of various court judgements, the
students should be able to understand
the formalities involved in incorporating a company and the
nuances related to the Law of
Contract. The student will also be able to know the implications of direct
and indirect taxes, negotiable
instruments Act and also about the cyber laws.
Unit-I:
Companies Act, 1956: Steps and
procedure for incorporation of the company, Appointment of Directors,
Powers, duties, & liabilities of
Directors, Company Meetings, Resolutions, Winding-up of a Company.
Unit-II:
Law of Contract: Nature of contract
and essential elements of valid contract, Offer and Acceptance,
Consideration, Capacity to contract
and free consent, Legality of object. Unlawful and illegal agreements,
Contingent contracts, Performance and
discharge of contracts, Remedies for breach of contract.
Contracts-II: Indemnity and guarantee,
Contract of Agency, Sale of goods Act -1930: General Principles,
Conditions & Warranties,
Performance of Contract of Sale.
Unit-III:
Direct and Indirect Tax: Income Tax
Act -1961 - Important Provisions of Income Tax Act: Assessment
year –Assesses, Gross Total Income,
Procedure for advance payment of tax and tax deducted at source.
Assessment procedure. Central Excise
Act -1944: .Basic concepts related to excisable goods,
classification of goods, and Basic
concept of VAT.
Unit-IV:
Negotiable Instruments Act - 1881:
Negotiable Instruments- Promissory Note, Bills of Exchange, &
Cheque, and their definitions and
characteristics, Types of endorsements, Holder- Holder in due course,
Discharge of Parties.
Unit-V:
Cyber Crime and the Legal Landscape-the
world-Why do we need cyber laws in tha indian context-The
indina IT act-challenges to indian Law
and cyber crime scenarion in india. (Refer Nina Godbole & Sunit
Belapure)
TEXT BOOK:
RSN Pillai, Bagavathi, Business Law, S.Chand,
2013.
13MBA03 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND ANALYSIS
(Students must read
text book. Faculty are free to choose any other cases)
Course Aim: The aim of accounting
is to provide the information that is needed for sound economic
decision making. The main purpose is
to provide information about firm’s performance to external parties
such as investors, creditors, bankers,
researchers and Government Agencies. It has become an
important part of young people’s
education and citizens in various roles in the societies and businesses of
all types.
Learning Objectives: To prepare,
understand, interpret and analyze financial statements with
confidence. To appreciate and use
financial statements as means of business communication. To use the
analytical techniques and arriving at
conclusions from financial information for the purpose of decision
making.
Unit-I:
Introduction to
Accounting:
Importance, Objectives and Principles, Accounting Concepts and
conventions, and The Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), their implications on accounting
system; Double entry system–recording
business transactions–Classification of accounts––Accounting
cycle.
Unit-II:
The Accounting
Process:
Overview, Books of Original Record; Journal and Subsidiary books, ledger,
Trial Balance, Classification of
capital and revenue expenses, Final Accounts with adjustments. Valuation
of fixed assets- Tangible vs
Intangible assets, and methods of depreciation. Depreciation concept–
Depreciation of Fixed Assets -Methods
of depreciation–their impact on measurement of business
Accounting.
Unit-III:
Inventory Valuation: Methods of
inventory valuation and valuation of goodwill, methods of valuation of
goodwill. Issue of Shares and
Debentures- Entries for Issue of shares, forfeiture - Issue of shares at
Discount and premium. Alteration of
share capital and reduction of share capital, Issue and Redemption
of Debentures.
Unit-IV:
Financial Analysis-I:
Statement
of Changes in Working Capital, Funds from Operations, paid cost and
unpaid costs. Distinction between cash
profits and book profits. Preparation and analysis of cash flow
statement and funds flow statement.
Unit-V:
Financial Analysis-II: Analysis and
interpretation of financial statements from investor and company
point of view, Horizontal Analysis and
Vertical Analysis of Company Financial Statements. Liquidity,
leverage, solvency and profitability
ratios – Du Pont Chart –Accounting Standards Issued by ICAI (Focus
on importance of Standards to give a
general view on Financial Accounting practices), –their rationale
and growing importance in global
accounting environment,–IAS-IFRS-US -Creative Financial Practices
and Issues related to quality of
disclosures in Reported Earnings, Window Dressing and limitations of
financial statements.
TEXT BOOK:
Dhanesh K.Khatri “Financial Accounting &
Analysis”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
Limited, New Delhi,
2012.
13MBA04 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
(Students must read
text book. Faculty are free to choose any other cases)
Course Aim: To enable students
acquire knowledge to understand the economic environment of an
organization.
Learning Outcome: Students should be
able to understand the basic economic principles, forecast
demand and supply and should be able
to estimate cost and understand market structure and pricing
practices.
Unit-I:
Introduction to
Managerial Economics:
Definition, Nature and Scope, Relationship with other areas in
Economics, Production Management,
Marketing, Finance and Personnel, Operations research - The role
of managerial economist- Basic
economic principles – the concept of opportunity cost, incremental
concept, scarcity, marginalism,
Equi-marginalism, Time perspective, discounting principle, risk and
uncertainty.
Case: 1 The objective and strategy of
firms in the cigarette Industry (Dominick Salvatore page no 15)
Case: 2 Dabur India Limited Growing
Big and Global (Geetika,2nd
Edition
page no 64)
Case: 3 Profits in the personal
computer industry (Dominick Salvatore page no 19)
Case: 4 Total Average and Marginal
cost in the U.S Steel industry (Dominick Salvatore page no 44)
Unit-II:
Theory of Demand: Demand Analysis,
Elasticity of demand, types and significance of Elasticity of
Demand. Demand estimation – Marketing
research approaches to demand estimation. Need for
forecasting, forecasting techniques.
Supply Analysis – Supply function, the Law of Supply, Elasticity of
Supply.
Case: 1 Forecasting the
Number of MC Donalds Restaurants worldwide (Dominick Salvatore page
no 195)
Case: 2 Price Elasticity’s
of Demand in the Real World (Dominick Salvatore page no 110)
Case: 3 Northern Turkey
(Craig H.Petersen page no 172-173)
Case: 4 Income Elasticity of
Demand (H.Kaushal Macmillan page no 39-41)
Case: 5 Cross Demand (H.Kaushal
Macmillan page no 48)
Case: 6 The Demand for
sweet potatoes in the United States (Dominick Salvatore page no 100)
Unit-III:
Production Analysis: Production
function, Production function with one/two variables, Cobb-Douglas
Production Function Marginal Rate of
Technical Substitution, Isoquants and Isocosts, Returns to Scale
and Returns to Factors, Economies of
scale- Innovations and global competitiveness.
Case: 1 Labor productivity
and Total compensation in the United States and Abroad (Dominick
Salvatore page no 253)
Case: 2 Naveen Construction
Companies (Craig H.Petersen page no 293)
Case: 3 Substitutability
between Gasoline consumption acid driving time (Dominick Salvatore page
no 265)
Case: 4 How Xerox lost
and regained International competitiveness and became a leader in
information technology (Dominick
Salvatore page no 278)
Unit-IV:
Cost theory and
estimation:
Cost concepts, determinants of cost, cost-output relationship in the short
run and long run, short run vs. long
run costs, average cost curves, Overall Cost leadership.
Case: 1 Out Sourcing to India: way to
Fast Track (Geetika page no 272)
Case: 2 The Shape of the long –Run
Average cost curves in various industries (Dominick Salvatore
page no 265)
Case: 3 BLP Corporation (Sumitrapal,
Macmillan page no 203)
Case: 4 Mr. Martin Gets Chewed out by
the Boss (W.Bruce Allen page no 150)
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Unit-V:
Market Structure and
Pricing Practices: Features
and Types of different competitive situations - Price-
Output determination in Perfect competition,
Monopoly, Monopolistic competition and Oligopoly - both the
long run and short run. Pricing
philosophy
Case: 1 Pricing of innovative
product (H.Kaushal Macmillan page no 78)
Case:Pacific copper
enterprises(W.Bruce Allen)
Case: 3 Suzanne Muth –Theatre
Complex (Sumitrapal, Macmillan page no 240)
Case: 4 Monopoly in the
Mumbai city Taxi Industry (Dominick Salvatore page no 369)
TEXT BOOK:
Craig H. Petersen,W.
Cris Lewis and Sudhir K. Jain: Managerial Economics,14thedition Pearson,
2012.
13MBA05 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
(Students must read
text book. Faculty are free to choose any other cases)
Course Aim: Aim of this course is
to make students understand different types of business environments
they should review before taking
managerial decisions.
Learning Outcome: After reading the
text book & cases related to the syllabus and business news
papers like Business Standard,
Economic Times, and Business Line, students should be able to
understand the issues related to the
industrial policy and regulation and their amendments from time to
time. They will also understand the
terminology of the planning commission and Union Budget. The
knowledge gained by the students on
capital markets, RBI guidelines; trade, EXIM policy and Foreign
Exchange Management Act will be useful
for them to take decisions to ensure growth and sustainability of
the organizations.
Unit-I:
Industrial Policy and
Regulatory Structure:
Industrial Policy- Industrial Licensing Policy- Five Year
Planning- Industrial Policy 1991,
Small Scale Industries (SSI)-Industrial Finance- Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI).
Case 1:- Tapping the Opportunities in
Environment: A Case Study of Yes Bank, (Dr. Vivek Mittal.
Page no.662)
Case 3:- Gas Authority of India
Limited (GAIL) (Justin Paul, page no.102)
Case 4:-India to allow FDI in Food
Retail, (Raj Kumar, page no.208)
Unit-II:
Economic Policies: Fiscal Policy- Latest
Union Budget- Reforms Undertaken- Role of Government.
Monetary Policy- Basic
Concepts- Monetary Policy in the 21st Century- Banking Sector Reforms.
Case 1:- Indus (Budget Game), (Justin
Paul, page no.179)
Case 2:- Prof Tom and Monetary Policy,
(Justin Paul. Page no.200)
Unit-III:
Capital Markets,
SEBI, RBI: Capital
Market Institutions-Stock Indices- Derivatives Market- Global and
Indian Scenario- Role of SEBI and RBI.
Case1: The Great Fall (Scam of 2001):
A Case of Stock Exchange and SEBI, (Dr. Vivek Mittal. page
no.661)
Case2: Globalization of Pop Culture,
(Francis Cherunilam, page no. 765)
Case 3: Investment Return from Indian
Stock Market – Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE),
SENSEX, (Justin Paul, page no.252)
Unit-IV:
India’s Trade Policy:
Policy
changes and Issues- sector wise trade policies: recent developments-
GATT- WTO- agreements and
implications.
Case 1:- Case – Water Thief, (K.
Aswathappa, page no.59)
Unit-V:
EXIM policies &
FEMA: India’s
new EXIM policy- legal framework- initiatives, FEMA – Multi-national
companies and FDI.
Case 1:- RBI Slaped Rs. 125 Crore on
Reliance Infrastructure. A Case Study on FEMA, (Dr. Vivek
Mittal, page no.655)
Case2:- China as an Expert Base,
(David W. Conklin, page no.574)
TEXT BOOK
Justin Paul “ Business Environment: Text
& Cases” TMH,3/e,2012.
13MBA06 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
(Students must read
text book. Faculty are free to choose any other cases)
Course Aim: To understand the
research methodology and basic statistical tools for analysis and
interpretation of quantitative and
qualitative data.
Learning Outcome: Students will be able
to apply the principles of research methodology for the
research design for the various mini
and major projects of the MBA programme. They will be able to
analyse the data statistically.
Unit-I:
Research Methodology:
Introduction-Topic-Review of Literature-Research Gaps-Research Questions-
Objectives-Hypotheses-Scope of the
study-Period of the study-Sampling Techniques-Data Collection-
Primary data –Questionnaire
design-Secondary data-Data Analysis-Limitations of the study-Appendix-
References.
Unit-II:
Tabulation, Graphical
presentation of data:
Histogram, Diagrammatic representation of data: Bar
diagram, Multiple Bar diagram,
Sub-divided Bar Diagram, Pie Diagram, Measures of Central Tendency:
Mean, Median and Mode. Measures of
Dispersion: Range, Standard deviation and Variance, Coefficient
of variation, Measure of Skewness.
Unit-III:
Linear Correlation
and Regression Analysis: Covariance, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient, Scatter
plot, Spearman’s rank Correlation
Coefficient, Regression lines.
Unit-IV:
Parametric and Non-
Parametric Hypothesis Testing: Procedure for Testing of Hypothesis, One
Sample t-test for the Population Mean,
Two Sample t-test for independent Samples, Paired Sample t-test.
F-test for two population Variances
(Variance ratio test), ANOVA One Way Classification, ANOVA two
way Classification, Chi Square test of
association, Chi Square test of independence.
Unit-V:
Time Series and Data
Analysis:
Fitting a trend line to a time series, Method of least Squares and
Method of Moving Averages, Measure of
Seasonal Variation.
TEXT BOOK
Glyn Davis & Branko Pecar “Business Statistics Using
Excel” Oxford University Press, 2012.
13MBA07 STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS -PRACTICAL (MS-EXCEL (LAB) - 100 MARKS)
Course aim: The course aims is to
understand MS Excel for applying statistical tools learnt in RMSA.
Learning Outcome: The learning outcome
is that the students should be able to:
Analyse the data to draw inference for
decision making.
Understand application of statistical
measures of central tendency.
Understand application of ANOVA.
Analyse trends.
Test hypotheses.
Syllabus - PART A
I. About EXCEL
1. Introduction, Uses of Excel, New
functions and features of excel 2007.
2. Getting started with
excel: Opening a blank or new workbook, general organization.
3. Highlights and main
functions: Home, Insert, page layout, formulas.
4. Highlights and main
functions: Data, review, view, add-inns.
5. Using the Excel help
function.
General EXCEL Lessons
6. Customizing the Quick Access
Toolbar.
7. Creating and Using Templates.
8. Working with Data: Entering,
Editing, Copy, Cut, Paste, Paste Special.
9. Formatting Data and Using the Right
Mouse Click.
10. Saving, Page Setup, and Printing.
11. Using Headers and Footers.
12. Manipulating Data, using Data
Names and Ranges, Filters and Sort and Validation Lists.
13. Data from External Sources.
14. Using and Formatting Tables.
15. Basic Formulas and Use of
Functions.
16. Data Analysis Using Charts and
Graphs.
17. Managing, Inserting, and Copying
Worksheets.
18. Securing the Excel Document
(Protect Cells and Workbook).
II ADVANCED EXCEL
LESSONS
19. Advanced Formulas and
Functions.
20. Advanced Worksheet
Features.
21. Advanced Data
Analysis using PivotTables and Pivot Charts.
PART B – STATISTICAL
TOOLS FOR EXECUTION USING EXCEL
III Tabulation, bar
diagram, Multiple Bar diagram, Pie diagram, Measure of central tendency:
mean, median, mode,
Measure of dispersion: variance, standard deviation, Coefficient of
variation.
Correlation, regression lines.
IV t- test, F-test,
ANOVA one way classification, chi square test, independence of attributes.
V Time series:
forecasting Method of least squares, moving average method. Inference and
discussion of
results.
TEXT BOOK
Glyn Davis & Branko Pecar “Business
Statistics Using Excel” Oxford University Press, 2012.
13 MBA08 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS – PRACTICAL (100 MARKS)
Aim: Aim is to enable
students understand how to write business letters and improve written
communication.
Learning Outcome: At the end of the
course, students will be enabled with the following skills.
a. English language skills for
effective written business communication (‘s).
b. Will be able to understand how to
write project report.
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Unit-I:
Business Writing: Introduction,
Importance of Written Business Communication, Direct and Indirect
Approached to Business Messages, Five
Main Stages of Writing Business Messages. Practice Exercises.
Case Study: Communication
Complication in English(Meenakshi...).
Unit-II:
Business
Correspondence: Introduction,
Business Letter Writing, Effective Business Correspondence,
Common Components of Business Letters,
Strategies for Writing the Body of a Letter, Kinds of Business
Letters, Writing Effective Memos.
Practice Exercises.
Case Study: Missing Briefcase
(Meenakshi...).
Unit-III:
Instructions: Introduction, Written
Instructions, General Warning, Caution and Danger, Format in
Instructions, Oral Instructions,
Audience Analysis, Product Instructions. Practice Exercises.
Case Study: How to operate the
Minolta Freedom 3 Camera. (Meenakshi...)
Unit-IV:
Business Reports and
Proposals: Introduction,
What is a Report, Steps in Writing a Routine Business
Report, Parts of a Report, Corporate
Reports, Business Proposals.
Case Study: Handling unsolicited
proposals for private infrastructure projects(Meenakshi...).
Case Study: The key board syndrome(Meenakshi...).
Unit-V:
Careers and Resumes :
Introduction,
Career Building, Understanding yourself, setting a career goal, job
search / looking at various options,
preparing your resume, resume formats, traditional, electronic and
video resumes, online recruitment
process. Write your resume to market yourself.
Case Study: Recruitment Drive at
SOBER. (Meenakshi...).
TEXTBOOK : Meenakshi
Raman and Prakash Singh, Business Communication, Oxford, 2012.
