VTU Syllabus MBA 2014-2015

Visvesvaraya Technological University
Belgaum
MBA
Master of Business Administration
Draft Syllabus
(Effective from 2014-15)
Objectives:
The basic objectives of MBA Programme are:
1. To equip students with necessary knowledge and managerial skills to occupy positions of
management and administration in business, industry, public system and the government.
2. To inculcate appropriate ethical values and attitudes among students to function effectively
in the work environment.
3. To provide a right mix of managerial and business exposure to function effectively in
various domains of management.
Purpose:
Students who complete the Master of Business Administration should be able to:
understand business management concepts and their applications to domestic and

global business setting
familiarize themselves with financial concepts, analysis and reporting systems
identify customer needs and to participate in the process of developing products and
services to meet their requirements
realize production models, distribution systems, and their role in the value creation
process
understand the political, environmental, legal, and regulatory settings of the
organization
appreciate the importance of multicultural, ethnic, ethical and gender issues in the
organization
acquire leadership skills, understand group and individual dynamics, and be able to
work in teams
enhance oral and written communication skills
develop comprehensive problem solving and decision making skills
appreciate the interrelationships among functional areas of management
SCHEME OF TEACHING AND EXAMINATION

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Subject
Code
14MBA11
14MBA12
14MBA13
14MBA14
14MBA15
14MBA16
I SEMESTER
Teaching hours / week
Title of the
Practical /
Subject
Lecture Field Work / Total
Assignment
Management &
Organisational
4
1
5
Behaviour
Economics for
4
1
5
Managers
Accounting for
4
1
5
Managers
Business
Government and 4
1
5
Society
Marketing
4
1
5
Management
Managerial
4
1
5
Communication
Total
24
6
30
Marks for
Duration
of Exam
IA
Exam
Hours
Total
Marks
50
100
150
50
100
150
50
100
150
50
100
150
50
100
150
50
100
150
18
300
600
900
II SEMESTER
Subject
Code
14MBA21
14MBA22
14MBA23
14MBA24
14MBA25
14MBA26
Title of
Subject
the
Human
Resource
Management
Financial
Management
Research
Methods
Business
Analytics
Strategic
Management
Entrepreneurial
Development
Total

Practical /
Lecture Field Work / Total
Assignment
Marks for
Duration
of Exam
IA
Exam
Hours
Total
Marks
50
100
150
50
100
150
50
100
150
50
100
150
50
100
150
50
100
150
24
30
18
300
600
900
Subject
Code
III SEMESTER
Title of the
Practical /
Subject
Lecture Field Work /
Assignment
ELECTIVE 1
4
1
ELECTIVE 2
4
1
ELECTIVE 3
4
1
ELECTIVE 4
4
1
ELECTIVE 5
4
1
ELECTIVE 6
4
1
Total
24
6
Total
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Marks for
Duration
of Exam
IA
Exam
Hours
Total
Marks
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
150
150
150
150
150
150
900
Marketing Specialisation
Financial Specialisation
Subject
code
Title of
Subject
Subject
code
14MBA
MM301
Consumer
Behaviour
14MBA
FM301
14MBA
MM302
Retail
Management
14MBA
FM302
14MBA
MM303
Marketing
Research
14MBA
FM303
14MBA
MM304
Service
Marketing
14MBA
FM304
14MBA
MM305
Business
Marketing
14MBA
FM305
Advanced
Financial
Management
Investment
Management
14MBA
MM306
Supply Chain
Management
14MBA
FM306
Strategic
Credit
Management
the
Title
of
the
Subject
Principles
&
Practice
of
Banking
Investment
Banking
&
Financial Services
Cost Management
DUAL Specialization:
Marketing
& Finance
Specialisation
Subject Title of the
code
Subject
14MBA Consumer
MM301 Behaviour
Marketing
&
Human
Resources Specialisation
Subject Title
of
the
code
Subject
14MBA Consumer
MM301 Behaviour
14MBA
MM302
Retail
Management
14MBA
MM302
Retail
Management
14MBA
MM303
Marketing
Research
Principles
Practice
Banking
Investment
Banking
14MBA
MM303
Marketing
Research
Industrial
Relations
Legislations
Recruitment
Selection
14MBA
FM301
14MBA
FM302
&
of
&
14MBA
HR301
14MBA
HR302
&
&
50
50
50
50
50
50
300
100
100
100
100
100
100
600
Human
Resource
Specialisation
Subject
Title
of
the
Code
Subject
14MBA
HR301
Industrial Relations
& Legislations
14MBA
HR302
Recruitment
Selection
&
14MBA
HR303
Compensation
Benefits
&
14MBA
HR304
Learning
Development
&
14MBA
HR305
Knowledge
Management
Conflict
Negotiation
Management
14MBA
HR306
&
Finance & Human Resource

Specialisation
Subject
Title
of
the
Code
Subject
14MBA
Principles
&
FM301
Practice of Banking
Investment
14MBA
Banking
&
FM302
Financial Services
14MBA
Cost Management
FM303
14MBA
HR301
Industrial Relations
& Legislations
14MBA
HR302
Recruitment
Selection
&
14MBA
FM303
Financial
Services
Cost
Management
14MBA
HR303
Compensation
Benefits
&
14MBA
HR303
Compensation
Benefits
&
Subject
code
IV SEMESTER
Title of the
Practical /
Subject
Lecture Field Work /
Assignment
ELECTIVE 7
4
1
ELECTIVE 8
4
1
ELECTIVE 9
4
1
ELECTIVE 10
4
1
ELECTIVE 11
4
1
ELECTIVE 12
4
1
Total
24
6
Subject
Title
of
the
Code
Subject
14MBA
Sales
MM407
Management
14MBA
MM408
14MBA
MM409
14MBA
MM410
14MBA
MM411
14MBA
MM412
Integrated
Marketing
Communication
E-Marketing
Strategic Brand
Management
Rural Marketing
International
Marketing
Management
DUAL Specialisation:
Marketing
&
Finance
Specialisation
Subject
Title
of
the
Code
Subject
14MBA
Sales
MM407
Management
14MBA
MM408
14MBA
MM409
14MBA
FM407
14MBA
FM408
Integrated
Marketing
Communication
E-Marketing
Mergers
Acquisitions &
Corporate
Restructuring
Risk
Management and
Total
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Marks for
Duration
of Exam
IA
Exam
Hours
Total
Marks
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
150
150
150
150
150
150
900
Financial Specialisation
Subject
Title of the
Code
Subject
14MBA
Mergers
FM407
Acquisitions &
Corporate
Restructuring
14MBA
Risk
FM408
Management
and Insurance
14MBA
Tax
FM409
Management
14MBA
International
FM410
Financial
Management
14MBA
Financial
FM411
Derivatives
14MBA
Corporate
FM412
Valuation
Marketing
&
Human
Resources Specialisation
Subject
Title
of
the
Code
Subject
14MBA
Sales Management
MM407
14MBA
MM408
14MBA
MM409
14MBA
HR407
14MBA
HR408
Integrated
Marketing
Communication
E-Marketing
Public relations
Workplace Ethics
50
50
50
50
50
50
300
100
100
100
100
100
100
600
Human Resource Specialisation

Subject
Title of the Subject
Code
14MBA
Public relations
HR407
14MBA
HR408
Workplace Ethics
14MBA
HR409
14MBA
HR410
International
Human
Resource Management
Organisation
Change
and Development
14MBA
HR411
14MBA
HR412
Strategic
Talent
Management
Personal Growth &
Interpersonal
Effectiveness
Finance & Human Resource

Specialisation
Subject
Title
of
the
Code
Subject
14MBA
Mergers
FM407
Acquisitions
&
Corporate
Restructuring
14MBA
Risk Management
FM408
and Insurance
14MBA
FM409
14MBA
HR407
Tax Management
14MBA
HR408
Workplace Ethics
Public relations
14MBA
FM409
Insurance
Tax Management
14MBA
HR409
International
Human Resource
Management
14MBA
HR409
International
Human Resource
Management
SEMESTER I
MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Subject Code
No. of Lecture Hours / Week
Total Number of Lecture Hours
Practical Component
: 14MBA11
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To make students understand fundamental concepts and principles of management,
including the basic roles, skills, and functions of management
2. To make students knowledgeable of historical development, theoretical aspects and
practice application of managerial process
3. To understand the basic concepts and theories underlying individual behavior besides
developing better insights into ones own self
4. To make students aware of Individual behavior in groups, dynamics of groups and
team building besides developing a better awareness of how they can be better
facilitators for building effective teams as leaders themselves
Part A- Principles of Management
Module 1:
(6 Hours)
Introduction: Management: Introduction, definition of management, nature, purpose and
functions, levels and types of managers, managerial roles, skills for managers, evolution of
management thought, Fayols fourteen principles of management and recent trends in
management.
Module 2:
(12 Hours)
Planning and Organizing:
Planning: Nature of planning, planning process, objectives, MBO, strategies, level of
strategies, policies, methods and programs, planning premises, decision making, process of
decision making, types of decisions, techniques in decision making.
Organizing: Organization structure, formal and informal organizations, principles of
organizations-chain of command, span of control, delegation, decentralization, and
empowerment. Functional, divisional, geographical, customer based and matrix
organizations, tram based structures, virtual organizations, boundary less organizations.
Module 3:
(4 Hours)
Controlling: Controlling, importance of controlling, controlling process, types of control,
factors influencing control effectiveness.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
1. Essentials of Management-Koontz, 8/e, McGraw Hill
2. Management: Text and Cases-VSP Rao, Excel BOOKS
3. MGMT, An Innovative approach to teaching and learning Principles of Management,
Chuck Williams, Cengage Publications, 2010
4. Principles and practices of Management, Kiran Nerkar, Vilas Chopde, Dreamtech
Press, 2011
8
5. Management Theory & practice Chandan J. S, Vikas Publishing House.

6. Management Theory & Practice Text & Cases Subba Rao P & Hima Bindu,
Himalaya Publication.
Part B- Organizational Behaviour
Module 4:
(4 hours)
Introduction: Organizational Behaviour: Introduction, definition, historical development,
fundamental principles of OB, contributing disciplines, challenges and opportunities.
Module 5:
(16 Hours)
Foundations of Individual Behaviour: Individual behaviour: Foundations of individual
behaviour. Ability: Intellectual abilities, Physical ability, the role of disabilities.
Personality: Meaning, formation, determinants, traits of personality, big five and MBTI,
personality attributes influencing OB.
Attitude: Formation, components of attitudes, relation between attitude and behaviour.
Perception: Process of perception, factors influencing perception, link between perception
and individual decision making.
Emotions: Affect, mood and emotion and their significance, basic emotions, emotional
intelligence, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management.
Module 6:
(10 Hours)
Motivation and Leadership:
Motivation: Meaning, theories of motivation-needs theory, two factor theory, Theory X and
Y, application of motivational theories.
Leadership: Meaning, styles of leadership, leadership theories, trait theory, behavioural
theories, managerial grid, situational theories-Fiedlers model, SLT, transactional and
transformation leadership.
Module 7:
(4 Hours)
Group Behaviour: Definition, types, formation of groups, building effective teams. Conflict:
Meaning, nature, types, process of conflict, conflict resolution.
Power and politics: Basis of power, effectiveness of power tactics. The ethics of behaving
politically.
Practical Component
1. Studying organizational structures of any 10 companies and classifying them into
different types of organizations which are studied in Module 2 and justifying why
such structures are chosen by those organizations.
2. Preparing the leadership profiles of any 5 business leaders and studying their
leadership qualities and behaviours with respects to the trait, behavioural and
contingency theories studied.
3. Identifying any five job profiles and listing the various types abilities required for
those jobs and also the personality traits/attributes required for the jobs identified.
Note: Faculty can either identify the organizations/ leaders/jobs or students can be allowed to
choose the same.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Organizational behaviour, Stephen P Robbins, Timothy A. Judge, Neharika Vohra,

Pearson, 14th Edition, 2012.
2. Introduction to Organisational Behaviour Michael Butler, Jaico Publishing House,
3. Organization Behaviour Ashwathappa, Himalaya Publication House
4. ORGB - Nelson, Quick, Khanelwal, 2/e, Cengage Learning, 2012.
5. Organizational Behaviour - Anada Das Gupta, Biztantra, 2011.
6. Organizational Behaviour: A modern approach - Arun Kumar and Meenakshi, Vikas
Publishing House, 2011.
7. Organizational Behaviour Rao V. S. P, Excel BOOKS, 2009.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Organizational Behaviour - Fred Luthans, 12/e, McGraw Hill International, 2011.
2. Management and Organizational Behaviour - Laurie J Mullins, Pearson education
3. Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour - Slocum/Hillriegel.Cengene Learning
4. Organizational Behaviour - Aquinas P. G, Excel BOOKS.
10
ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERS

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA12
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To introduce the fundamentals, tools and theories of managerial economics
2. To orient on micro economic techniques as a decision making process
3. To understand macro economic analysis essential for business managers
Module 1:
(10 hours)
Managerial Economics: Meaning, Nature, Scope. & Significance, Uses of Managerial
Economics, Law of Demand, Exception to Law of Demand, Elasticity of Demand- Price,
Income and Cross Elasticity, Uses of Elasticity of Demand for Managerial Decision Making,
Advertising and Promotional Elasticity of Demand- Demand Forecasting: Meaning and
Significance. Problems on elasticity of demand.
Module 2:
(8 hours)
Production Analysis: Concept, Production Function: Single Variable Law of Variable
Proportions & Two Variable Function, ISO-Quants & ISO Costs & Equilibrium, Total,
Average, & Marginal Product, Return to Scale, Technological Progress & Production
Function.
Module 3:
(8 hours)
Cost and Revenue Profit Functions: Cost Concepts, Total Cost, Average Cost, Marginal
Cost, Opportunity Cost etc. Short-run and Long-run Cost Curves, Combination, Economies
and Diseconomies of Scale. Cost Analysis with Mathematical Problems.
Profits: Determinants of Short-Term & Long Term Profits, Measurement of Profit.
Break Even Analysis- Meaning, Assumptions, Determination of BEA, Limitations and Uses
of BEA in Managerial Economics. (Problems on BEP)
Module 4:
(8 hours)
Market Structure: Perfect Competition: Features, Determination of Price under Perfect
Competition - Monopoly: Features, Pricing under Monopoly, Price Discrimination Oligopoly: Features, Kinked Demand Curve, Cartel, Price Leadership - Monopolistic
Competition: Features, Pricing under Monopolistic Competition, Product Differentiation
Pricing - Descriptive Pricing- Price Skimming, Price Penetration.
Module 5:
(8 hours)
Indian Economic Environment: Overview of Indian Economy, Recent Changes in Indian
Economy.
Measurement of National Income: Basic Concepts, Components of GDP- Measuring GDP
and GNP, Measurement Problems in National Income, Growth Rate.
11
Business Cycle Features, Phases, Economic Indicator, Inflation : Types, Measurement ,

Kinds of Price Indices, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sector and their contribution to the
Economy, SWOT Analysis of Indian Economy.
Module 6:
(8 hours)
Industrial Policies and Structure: Classification of Industries based on Ownership,
Industrial Policies, New Industrial Policy 1991; Private Sector- Growth, Problems and
Prospects, SSI- Role in Indian Economy.
Industry Analysis: Textiles, Electronics, Automobile, FMCG, Telecom, Pharm. FDI in
Retail, Infrastructure, Pharma, Insurance, Banking & Finance and Automobile.
Globalization and Indian Business Environment: Meaning and Implications, Phases,
Impact of Globalization on Indian Economy across Sectors.
Foreign Trade: Trends in Indias Foreign Trade, Impact of WTO on Indias Foreign Trade.
Module 7:
(6 hours)
Economic Policies: Fiscal Policy: Objectives, Instruments, Union Budget,
Monetary Policy: functions of money, Measures of Money Supply, Monetary Policy in
India objectives, tools for Credit Control.
Role and functions of Planning Commission.
Practical Components:
1. Assessment of Impact of advertisement or sales promotion on the demand of a
product (Preferably FMCG goods)
2. Study of demand elasticity for a product when there is a price increase or price
decrease.
3. Market surveys/ consumer intention survey for an existing or a new product/service.
4. Opinion polls to understand the buyer behavior for a product or a service.
5. Demand forecasting Mini project may be given to students to assess the demand for
a product or a service using any method.
6. Preparing a project proposal for a new business venture to understand the BEP using
real time data.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Managerial Economics- Theory and Applications, Dr. D.M Mithani, Himalaya
Publications.
2. Managerial Economics, D.N Dwivedi, 6th ed., Vikas Publication.
3. Managerial Economics, H. L Ahuja, S. Chand, 2011
4. Indian Economy, K P M Sundharam and Dutt, 64th Edition, S Chand Publication.
5. Business Environment Text and Cases by Justin Paul, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill
Companies.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Managerial Economics- Principles and worldwide applications, Dominick Salvatore,
Oxford Publication, 6e, 2010
2. Managerial Economics, Atmanand, Excel BOOKS, 2/e, 2010
3. Managerial Economics, Yogesh Maheshwari, PHI, 2/e, 2011
4. Managerial Economics: Case study solutions- Kaushal H, 1/e., Macmillan, 2011
12
ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA13
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. Explain fundamental accounting concepts, the elements of financial statements, and
basic accounting vocabulary
2. Explain and use the accounting equation in basic financial analysis and explain how
the equation is related to the financial statements.
3. Prepare basic entries for business transactions and present the data in an accurate and
meaningful manner
4. Prepare basic financial statements and explain the articulation between the basic
statements.
5. To analyze a companys financial statements and come to a reasoned conclusion
about the financial situation of the company.
Module 1:
(4 Hours)
Introduction to Accounting: Need and Types of Accounting, Users of Accounting, concepts
and conventions of Accounting, Accounting Equation (problems on accounting equation).
Module 2:
(10 Hours)
Preparation of books of Accounts: Journals, Subsidiary books, three column cash book,
ledgers and trial balance. Depreciation- Straight line and Written down Value Methods.
Module 3:
(12 Hours)
Preparation of Financial Statements: Preparation of final accounts of sole traders.
Preparation of final accounts / statement of companies-both horizontal & vertical form of
financial statements. (Basic problems on Final accounts of companies)
Module 4:
(14 Hours)
Analysis of Financial Statements: Comparative, common size and trend analysis, Ratio
Analysis, Preparation of financial statements using ratios, Preparation of Cash flow Statement
(only indirect method).
Module 5:
(6 Hours)
Accounting Standards and IFRS: Need for accounting standards. IFRS and proposed
changes in Indian Accounting Standards.
Module 6:
(4 Hours)
Emerging issues in Accounting: Corporate Governance and clause 49 of the listing
agreement, Human Resource Accounting, Forensic Accounting, Window DressingSustainability Reporting
13
Module 7:
(6 Hours)
Fundamentals of Taxation: Overview of Heads of Income, deductions u/s 80C, Income Tax
Rates and Returns For Individuals only (Only Theory)
1. Collecting Annual reports of the companies and analyzing the financial statements
using different techniques and presenting the same in the class.
2. Analyzing the companies cash flow statements and presenting the same in the class.
3. Exposing the students to usage of accounting softwares (Preferably Tally)
4. Filling up of ITR forms
5. Identify the sustainability report of a company and study the contents.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Narayanaswamy R Financial Accounting: A Managerial Perspective , 5/e , PHI,
2014
2. Maheswari S. N,Maheswari Sharad K. Maheswari ,A Text book of Accounting For
Management , , 2/e, Vikas Publishing house (P) Ltd.
3. Tulsian P. C, Financial Accounting, 1/e, Pearson Education.
4. Madegowda J, Accounting for managers, Himalaya Publishing House.
5. Gupta R. L & Radhaswamy M, Advanced Accountancy, Sultan Chand Publications
6. Jain S. P and Narang K L. Financial Accounting -, Kalyani Publishers
7. Business Taxation, Akhileshwar Pathak and Savan Godiawala, 2/e, McGraw Hill
Education(India) Pvt. Ltd.2013
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Ambrish Gupta, Financial Accounting for Management: An Analytical Perspective,
4/e, Pearson Education.
2. Ashish K Bhattacharya, Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis, Elsevier India
3. Raman B. S, Financial Accounting , Vol I & Vol II, United Publishers,1/e, 2009.
4. Gary A. Porter & Curtis L. Norton, Financial Accounting (IFRS update), 6/e,
Cengage Learning.
5. Arora M. N., Accounting For Management, Himalaya Publishing House.
6. Bhattacharya Essentials of Financial Accounting (Based on IFRS) , 2/e, Prentice Hall
India,
7. Comdex (Computer and Financial Accounting with Tally 9.0 Course Kit). - Dream
Tech.
8. Namrata Agrawal Comdex Tally 9, - DreamTech.
9. Jasmine Kaur, IFRS: A Practical approach, McGraw Hill.
14
BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA14
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To enable students to understand the challenges and complexities faced by businesses
and their leaders as they endeavor maximize returns while responsibly managing their
duties to stakeholders and society.
2. To help students to understand the rationale for government interventions in market
systems.
3. To help students develop an understanding of Social Responsibility and make their
own judgments as to the proper balance of attention to multiple bottom lines.
4. To help students develop the skills needed to work through ethical dilemmas
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
The Study of Business, Government and Society (BGS): Importance of BGS to Managers
Models of BGS relationships Market Capitalism Model, Dominance Model,
Countervailing Forces Model and Stakeholder Model Global perspective Historical
Perspective.
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Corporate Governance: Introduction, Definition, Market model and control model, OECD
on corporate governance, A historical perspective of corporate governance, Issues in
corporate governance, relevance of corporate governance, need and importance of corporate
governance, benefits of good corporate governance, the concept of corporate, the concept of
governance, theoretical basis for corporate governance, obligation to society, obligation to
investors, obligation to employees, obligation to customers, managerial obligation, Indian
cases
Module 3:
(4 Hours)
Public Policies: The role of public policies in governing business, Government and public
policy, classification of public policy, areas of public policy, need for public policy in
business and levels of public policy.
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Environmental concerns and corporations: History of environmentalism, environmental
preservation-role of stakeholders, international issues, sustainable development, costs and
benefits of environmental regulation, industrial pollution, role of corporate in environmental
management, waste management and pollution control, key strategies for prevention of
pollution, environmental audit, Laws governing environment.
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Business Ethics: Meaning of ethics, business ethics, relation between ethics and business
ethics, evolution of business ethics, nature of business ethics, scope, need and purpose,
importance, approaches to business ethics, sources of ethical knowledge for business roots of
15
unethical behaviour, ethical decision making, some unethical issues, benefits from managing
ethics at workplace, ethical organizations
Module 6:
(6 Hours)
Corporate Social Responsibility: Types and nature of social responsibilities, CSR principles
and strategies, models of CSR, Best practices of CSR, Need of CSR, Arguments for and
against CSR, CSR in Indian perspective, Indian examples.
Module 7:
(14 Hours)
Business Law: Law of contract - meaning of contract, agreement, essential elements of a
valid contract. Law of agency- meaning, creation and termination of agency. Bailment and
Pledge - meaning, rights and duties of bailor and bailee.
Negotiable Instruments Act 1881: Nature and Characteristics of Negotiable instruments,
Kinds of Negotiable Instruments Promissory Notes, Bills of Exchange and Cheques.
Discharge and Dishonour of Negotiable Instruments.
Sale of Goods Act 1930: Definition of Sale, Sale v/s Agreement to Sell, Goods, Condition
and Warranties, Express and Implied Condition, Doctrine of Caveat Emptor, Right and
duties of Unpaid Seller.
Meaning, scope and objectives of - Intellectual property law, law relating to patents, law
relating to copyrights, law relating to trade mark.
1. Students are expected to study any five CSR initiatives by Indian organizations and
submit a report for the same.
2. A group assignment on The relationship between Business, Government and Society
in Indian Context and relating the same with respect the models studied in Module 1.
3. Case studies/Role plays related ethical issues in business with respect to Indian
context.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Business, Government, and Society: A Managerial Perspective, Text and Cases
John F. Steiner, 12/e, McGraw-Hill, 2011.
2. Business and Government Francis Cherunilam, HPH.
3. Corporate Governance: principles, policies and practices Fernando A. C, 2/e,
Pearson, 2011.
4. Business Ethics and Corporate Governance - Ghosh B. N, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2012.
5. Business Law for Managers, Goel P. K, Biztantra, 2012.
6. Corporate Social Responsibility: A Study of CSR Practices in Indian Industry, Baxi
C. V & Rupamanjari Sinha Ray, Vikas Publishing House, 2012.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Business and Society - Lawrence and Weber, 12/e, Tata McGraw- Hill, 2010.
2. Business Ethics - Bajaj P. S & Raj Agarwal, Biztantra, 2012.
3. Corporate Governance - Keshoo Prasad, 2/e, PHI.
4. Corporate Governance, Ethics and social responsibility - Balachandran V, &
Chandrashekharan V, 2/e, PHI, 2011.
5. Corporate Governance Machiraju H. R, HPH.
6. Business Ethics and Corporate Governance Prabakaran S, Excel BOOKS.
7. Corporate Goverance Badi N. V, Vrinda Publications, 2012.
8. Civic Sense Prakash Pillappa, Excel BOOKS, 2012.
16
MARKETING MANAGEMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA15
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To provide students an insight to basic concepts of marketing management.
2. To help students understand various marketing tools/models for solving marketing
problems in the changing business environment.
3. To understand fundamental premise underlying market driven strategies.
Module 1:
(8 hours)
Introduction to Marketing: Introduction, Definitions of market and marketing, The
Exchange Process, Elements of Marketing Concept, Functions of Marketing, Old Concept or
Product- oriented Concept, New or Modern or Customer- oriented Concept, Marketing
Environment, Techniques used in environment analysis, Characteristics (Micro and Macro),
Marketing to the 21st century customer
Module 2:
(8 hours)
Consumer Behaviour Analysis: Meaning and Characteristics, Importance, Factors
Influencing Consumer Behaviour, Consumer Purchase Decision Process, Buying Roles,
Buying Motives, Buyer Behaviour Models
Module 3:
(8 hours)
Market Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning: Concept of Market Segmentation,
Benefits, Requisites of Effective Segmentation, Bases for Segmenting Consumer Markets,
Market Segmentation Strategies.
Targeting - Bases for identifying target Customer target Marketing strategies,
Positioning - Meaning, Product Differentiation Strategies, Tasks involved in Positioning.
Branding - Concept of Branding, Types, Brand Equity, Branding strategies.
Module 4:
(8 hours)
Managing the Product: Concept, product hierarchy, product line, product mix, product mix
strategies, Product life cycle and its strategies, New Product Development, packing as a
marketing tool, Role of labelling in packing.
Module-5
(8 hours)
Pricing decisions: Significance of pricing, factor influencing pricing (Internal factor and
External factor), objectives, Pricing Strategies-Value based, Cost based, Market based,
Competitor based, Pricing Procedure.
Marketing Channels: Meaning, Purpose, Factors Affecting Channel Choice, Channel
Design, Channel Management Decision, Channel Conflict, Designing a physical Distribution
System, Network Marketing,
17
Module 6:
(10 hours)
Integrated Marketing communication: Meaning and Importance of Marketing
Communication, Communication Objectives, Steps in Developing Effective Communication
Advertising - Objectives, Ad Budget, AIDA Model, Advertising Copy Deciding Media,
Evaluating Advertising Effectiveness,
Sales Promotion - Kinds of Promotion, Tools and Techniques of Sales Promotion, Push and
Pull Strategies
Personnel Selling - Concept, Features, Functions, and Steps involved in personal Selling.
Publicity - Meaning, Objectives, Types, Functions of Public relations,
Direct Marketing - Meaning, Features, Functions, Basic Concepts of E-Commerce, EBusiness
Module 7:
(6 hours)
Marketing Planning: Meaning, Concepts, Steps involved in Marketing planning,
Marketing Audit- Meaning, Feature, Various components of Marketing Audit
Marketing Strategy-Analysis of Industry and Competition, Strategic Planning Process,
Case Studies of Indian Context
Practical Components
1. Analyze Product Life Cycle of few Products like-Electronic goods, Computers.
2. Analyze Packaging strategies used by FMCG companies
3. Analyze Marketing strategies/planning used by automobile cosmetic and FMCG
companies
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
1. Marketing Management: A South Asian Perspective Kotler, Keller, Koshy & Jha,
13/e, Pearson Education, 2012
2. Marketing Management, Ramaswamy V. S. & Namakumari S. 4/e, TMH, 2014
3. Fundamentals of Marketing Management, Etzel M.J BJ Walker & William J. Stanton,
14/e, MH, 2012
4. Marketing Management Concepts & Cases S.A.Sherlekar
5. Marketing Management, Tapan Panda, 2/e, Excel Publication
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Marketing Management, Arun Kumar & Meenakshi N, 2/e, Vikas, 2012
2. Applied Case Studies in Marketing Shajahan S, Primus BOOKS, 2011.
3. Marketing Management Karunakaran, HPH.
4. Marketing in India: Text and Cases- Neelamegham S, 4/e, Vikas.
5. Marketing- Lamb, Hair, Mc Danniel, 7/e, Cengage Learning 2012.
6. Marketing: Marketing in the 21st Century - Evans & Berman, 2/e, Cengage Learning,
2005.
7. Marketing: Planning, Implementation, and Control -William M. Pride, Ferrell O. C,
Cengage Learning, 2010.
18
MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA16
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To familiarize learners with the mechanics of writing.
2. To enable learners to write in English precisely and effectively
Module 1:
(6 Hours)
Introduction: Meaning & Definition, Role, Classification Purpose of communication
Communication Process Characteristics of successful communication Importance of
communication in management Communication structure in organization Communication
in conflict resolution - Communication in crisis. Communication and negotiation.
Communication in a cross-cultural setting
Module 2:
(6 Hours)
Oral Communication: Meaning Principles of successful oral communication Barriers to
communication Conversation control Reflection and Empathy: two sides of effective oral
communication. Modes of Oral Communication. Listening as a Communication Skill, Nonverbal communication.
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Written Communication: Purpose of writing Clarity in writing Principles of effective
writing Approaching the writing process systematically: The 3X3 writing process for
business communication: Pre writing Writing Revising Specific writing features
Coherence Electronic writing process.
Module 4:
(12 Hours)
Business Letters and Reports: Introduction to business letters Types of Business Letters Writing routine and persuasive letters Positive and Negative messages Writing Reports:
Purpose, Kinds and Objectives of reports Organization & Preparing reports, short and long
reports Writing Proposals: Structure & preparation. Writing memos
Media management: The press release Press conference Media interviews
Group Communication: Meetings Planning meetings objectives participants timing
venue of meetings.
Meeting Documentation: Notice, Agenda, and Resolution & Minutes.
Module 5:
(10 Hours)
Case Method of Learning: Understanding the case method of learning Different types of
cases Difficulties and overcoming the difficulties of the case method Reading a case
properly (previewing, skimming, reading, scanning) Case analysis approaches (Systems,
Behavioural, Decision, Strategy) Analyzing the case Dos and donts for case preparation
Discussing and Presenting a Case Study
19
Module 6:
(6 Hours)
Presentation skills: What is a presentation Elements of presentation Designing &
Delivering Business Presentations Advanced Visual Support for Managers
Negotiation skills: What is negotiation Nature and need for negotiation Factors affecting
negotiation Stages of negotiation process Negotiation strategies
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Employment communication: Introduction Composing Application Messages - Writing
CVs Group discussions Interview skills
Impact of Technological Advancement on Business Communication Technologyenabled Communication - Communication networks Intranet Internet e mails SMS
teleconferencing videoconferencing
1. Demonstrate the effect of noise as a barrier to communication
2. Make students enact and analyze the non-verbal cues
3. Give exercises for clarity and conciseness in written communication.
4. A suitable case is to be selected and administered in the class sticking to all the
guidelines of case administering and analysis.
5. Demonstrating using Communication Equipments like Fax, Telex, Intercoms, etc,
6. Demonstrating Video conferencing & teleconferencing in the class.
7. Conduct a mock meeting of students in the class identifying an issue of their concern.
The students should prepare notice, agenda and minutes of the meeting.
8. Each student to give presentation of 5 minutes (this can be spread throughout the
semester)and to be evaluated by the faculty
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Business Communication : Concepts, Cases And Applications Chaturvedi P. D, &
Mukesh Chaturvedi ,2/e, Pearson Education,2011
2. Business Communication: Process and Product Mary Ellen Guffey, 3/e, Cengage
Learning, 2002.
3. Communication Rayudu C. S, HPH.
4. Business Communication Lesikar, Flatley, Rentz & Pande, 11/e, TMH, 2010
5. Advanced Business Communication Penrose, Rasberry, Myers, 5/e, Cengage Learning,
2004.
6. BCOM Lehman, DuFrene, Sinha, Cengage Learning, 2/e 2012
7. Business Communication Madhukar R. K, 2/e, Vikas Publishing House.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Effective Technical Communication - Ashraf Rizvi M, TMH, 2005.
2. Business Communication - Sehgal M. K & Khetrapal V, Excel BOOKS.
3. Business Communication Krizan, Merrier, Jones, 8/e, Cengage Learning, 2012.
4. Basic Business Communication Raj Kumar, Excel BOOKS, 2010.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20
SEMESTER II
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA21
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
OBJECTIVES:
1. To develop a meaningful understanding of HRM theory, functions and practices.
2. To apply HRM concepts and skills across various types of organizations.
Module 1:
(8 hours)
Human Resource Management:
Introduction, meaning, nature, scope of HRM. Importance and Evolution of the concept of
HRM. Major functions of HRM, Principles of HRM, Organization of Personnel department,
Role of HR Manager. HRMs evolving role in the 21st century.
Module 2:
(8 hours)
Job Analysis: Meaning, process of Job Analysis, methods of collecting job analysis data, Job
Description and Job Specification, Role Analysis.
Human Resource Planning: Objectives, Importance and process of Human Resource
Planning, Effective HRP.
Module 3:
(8 hours)
Recruitment: Definition, Constraints and Challenges, Sources and Methods of Recruitment,
New Approaches to recruitment.
Selection: Definition and Process of Selection.
Placement: Meaning, Induction/Orientation, Internal Mobility, Transfer, Promotion,
Demotion and Employee Separation.
Module 4:
(8 hours)
Training and development: Training v/s development, Training v/s Education, Systematic
Approach to Training, Training Methods, Executive Development, Methods and
Development of Management Development, Career and Succession Planning.
Module 5:
(8 hours)
Performance Appraisal: Concept of Performance Appraisal, the Performance Appraisal
Process, Methods of Performance Appraisal, Essential Characteristic of an Effective
Appraisal System.
Compensation: Objectives of Compensation Planning, Job Evaluation, Compensation Pay
Structure in India, Wage and Salary Administration, Factors Influencing Compensation
Levels, Executive Compensation.
21
Module 6:
(8 hours)
Employee Welfare: Introduction, Types of Welfare Facilities and Statutory Provisions.
Employee Grievances: Employee Grievance procedure, Grievances Management in Indian
Industry.
Discipline: Meaning, approaches to discipline, essential of a good disciplinary system,
managing difficult employees.
Module 7:
(8 hours)
Industrial Relations: Overview of industrial relations and industrial conflict.
Industrial disputes: preventive and settlement machinery, collective bargaining, industrial
relations scenario: current issues and future challenges.
Practical Component:
1. Give a case and ask the students to prepare the recruitment advertisement for a
newspaper.
2. Expose students to standard selection tests followed in various sectors.
3. Exploring training and development practices.
4. Exploring performance appraisal practices in various sectors.
5. Exploring employee separation practices.
6. Give a job analysis case and ask the students to prepare job description and job
specification.
7. Ask the students to prepare an appointment letter for the post of office manager of a
company known to you.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Human Resource Management Rao V. S. P, Excel BOOKS, 2010
2. Human Resource Management - Cynthia D. Fisher, 3/e, AIPD, Chennai.
3. Human Resources Management: A South Asian Perspective, Snell, Bohlander, &
Vohra, Cengage Learning, 16th Rep., 2012.
4. Human Resource Management - Lawrence S. Kleeman, Biztantra , 2012.
5. Human Resource Management Aswathappa K HPH
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Human Resource Management - John M. Ivancevich, 10/e, McGraw Hill.
2. Human Resource Management in practice - Srinivas R. Kandula, PHI, 2009
3. Managing Human Resources - Luis R Gomez-Mejia, David B. Balkin, Robert L.
Cardy,6/e, PHI, 2010.
4. P.Subba Rao, Human Resource Management & Industrial relations, Himalaya
Publishing House, Mumbai.
22
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA22
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To explain the basic functions and responsibilities of a financial department in a
business/ firm;
2. To elaborate the key decision areas in financial management-investment, financing,
dividend and working capital management
3. To explain the various techniques of evaluation of investment proposals
4. To discuss the various factors to be considered in designing the target capital
structure.
Module 1:
(10 Hours)
Financial management Introduction to financial management, objectives of financial
management profit maximization and wealth maximization. Changing role of finance
managers. Interface of Financial Management with other functional areas.
Indian financial system Primary market, Secondary market stocks & commodities
market, Money market, Forex markets. (Theory Only)
Sources of Financing: Shares, Debentures, Term loans, Lease financing, Hybrid financing,
Venture Capital, Angel investing and private equity, Warrants and convertibles (Theory
Only)
Module 2:
(10 Hours)
Time value of money Future value of single cash flow & annuity, present value of single
cash flow, annuity & perpetuity. Simple interest & Compound interest, Capital recovery &
loan amortization.
(8 Hours)
Module 3:
Cost of Capital Cost of capital basic concepts. Cost of debenture capital, cost of
preferential capital, cost of term loans, cost of equity capital (Dividend discounting and
CAPM model). Cost of retained earnings. Determination of Weighted average cost of capital
(WACC) and Marginal cost of capital.
Module 4:
(10 Hours)
Investment decisions - Investment evaluation techniques Net present value, Internal rate
of return, Modified internal rate of return, Profitability index, Payback period, discounted
payback period, accounting rate of return. Estimation of cash flow for new project,
replacement projects.
Module 5:
(6 Hours)
Working capital management factors influencing working capital requirements. Current
asset policy and current asset finance policy. Determination of operating cycle and cash
cycle. Estimation of working capital requirements of a firm (Does not include Cash,
Inventory & Receivables Management)
23
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Capital structure and dividend decisions Planning the capital structure. (No capital
structure theories to be covered) Leverages Determination of operating leverage, financial
leverage and total leverage. Dividend policy Factors affecting the dividend policy dividend policies- stable dividend, stable payout. (No dividend theories to be covered).
Module 7:
(4 Hours)
Emerging Issues in Financial management: Derivatives, Mergers and Acquisitions,
Behavioural Finance, Financial Modelling, Financial engineering, risk management. (Theory
Only).
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Prasanna Chandra ,Financial Management -, 8/e, TMH, 2011.
2. R K Sharma and Shashi K Gupta, Financial Management, Kalyani Publications -2012
3. Khan M. Y.& Jain P. K Financial Management, 6/e, TMH, 2011.
4. Rajiv Srivastava and Anil Misra, Financial Management, Second edition, Oxford
University Press,2011
5. Vanhorne, James C, Financial Management & Policy-., 12/e, Pearson, 2002
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. I M Pandey, Financial Management , Vikas Publications -2013
2. Brigham & Houston, Fundamentals of Financial Management, 10/e, Cengage
Learning.
3. Damodaran, Corporate Finance, , 2/e, Wiley India (P) Ltd., 2004
4. Paresh P., Shah Financial Management, 2/e, Biztantra.
5. Sheeba Kapil, Fundamentals of Financial Management,Pearson,2013
24
RESEARCH METHODS
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA23
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To provide an understanding on the basic concepts of research methods
2. To expose the students to the role that statistics plays in business decisions
Module 1:
(6 hours)
Business Research Meaning, types, process of research- management problem, defining
the research problem, formulating the research Hypothesis, developing the research
proposals, research design formulation, sampling design, planning and collecting the data for
research, data analysis and interpretation. Research Application in business decisions,
Features of good research study.
Module 2:
(8 hours)
Types of Business Research Design: Exploratory and Conclusive Research Design
Exploratory Research: Meaning, purpose, methods secondary resource analysis,
comprehensive case methods, expert opinion survey, focus group discussions.
Conclusive research Design - Descriptive Research - Meaning, Types cross sectional
studies and longitudinal studies.
Experimental research design Meaning and classification of experimental designs- Pre
experimental design, Quasi-experimental design, True experimental design, statistical
experimental design.
Observation Research Meaning Uses Participation and Non-participation Evaluation
Conducting an Observation study Data collection
Module 3:
(6 hours)
Sampling: Concepts- Types of Sampling - Probability Sampling simple random sampling,
systematic sampling, stratified random sampling, cluster sampling -Non Probability Sampling
convenience sampling- judgemental sampling, snowball sampling- quota sampling - Errors
in sampling.
Module 4:
(6 hours)
Data Collection: Primary and Secondary data
Primary data collection methods - Observations, survey, Interview and Questionnaire,
Qualitative Techniques of data collection.
Questionnaire design Meaning - process of designing questionnaire.
Secondary data -Sources advantages and disadvantages
Measurement and Scaling Techniques: Basic measurement scales-Nominal scale, Ordinal
scale, Interval scale, Ratio scale. Attitude measurement scale - Likerts Scale, Semantic
Differential Scale, Thurstone scale, Multi-Dimensional Scaling.
25
Module 5:
(8 hours)
Preparing the Data for Analysis: Editing, Coding, Classification, Tabulation, Validation
Analysis and Interpretation
Module 6:
(16 hours)
Hypothesis: Meaning, Types, characteristics, source, Formulation of Hypothesis, Errors in
Hypothesis
Parametric and Non Parametric Test: T-Test, Z-Test, F-Test, U-Test, K-W Test (Theory
Only)
Statistical Analysis: Bivarate Analysis (Chi-Square only), Multivariate Analysis (Theory
Only)
ANOVA: One- Way and Two Way Classification. (Theory Only)
Module 7:
(6 hours)
Report writing and presentation of results: Importance of report writing, types of research
report, report structure, guidelines for effective documentation.
1. Students are expected to write the research design on Exploratory and Descriptive
Research.
2. Students are asked to prepare the questionnaire on brand awareness, effectiveness of
training in public sector organization, Investors attitude towards Mutual funds in any
financial institutions.
3. Students are asked to conduct Market survey to know the consumer perception
towards any FMCG.
4. Identify the problem and collect relevant literatures and data for analysis
5. Data Interpretation and report writing: Short and Long reports.
6. Report presentation methods, ex: Power Point Presentation, etc
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
1. Research Methodology- C R Kothari, Vishwa Prakashan,2002
2. Business Research Methods. Donald R. Cooper & Pamela s Schindler, TMH/9e/2007
3. Business Research Methods-SL Guptah and Hetesh Guptha, McGraw hill - 2012
4. Marketing Research- Naresh K Malhotrs- Pearson Education /PHI/5e/2007
5. Business Research Methodology J K Sachdeva HPH-2e-2011
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Research Methods- William M C Trochi,- Biztantra, 2/e, 2007
2. Methodology of Research in social Sciences- O R Krishnaswami, M Ranganatham,
HPH, 2007
3. Research Methodology concepts and cases Deepak Chawla and Neena Sondhi Vikas Publication - 2011
4. Research Methodology C Murthy- Vrinda Publication - 2011
26
BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA24
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To introduce analytics as a tool for business decision making
2. To learn multivariate statistical methods to explain or predict the measured values
3. To familiarize the use of project management evaluation techniques
4. To orient the students with research tools
Module 1
(8 Hours)
Descriptive Statistics: Measures of central tendency - Problems on measures of dispersion
Karl Pearson correlation, Spearmans Rank correlation, simple and multiple regression
(problems on simple regression only)
Module 2
(6 Hours)
Probability Distribution: Concept and definition - Rules of probability Random variables
Concept of probability distribution Theoretical probability distributions: Binomial,
Poisson, Normal and Exponential Bayes theorem (No derivation) (Problems only on
Binomial, Poisson and Normal)
Module 3
(8 Hours)
Decision Theory: Introduction Steps of decision-making process types of decisionmaking environments Decision-making under uncertainty Decision-making under Risk
Decision tree analysis (only theory).
Design of Experiments: Introduction Simple comparative experiments Single factor
experiments Introduction to factorial designs
Module 4 (only theory)
(6 Hours)
Cluster Analysis: Introduction Visualization techniques Principal components
Multidimensional scaling Hierarchical clustering Optimization techniques
Factor Analysis: Introduction Exploratory factor analysis Confirmatory factor analysis
Discriminant Analysis: Introduction Linear discriminant analysis
Module 5
(5 Hours)
Foundations of Analytics: Introduction Evolution Scope Data for Analytics Decision
models Descriptive, Predictive, Prescriptive Introduction to data warehousing
Dashboards and reporting Master data management(only theory)
Module 6
(15 Hours)
Linear Programming: structure, advantages, disadvantages, formulation of LPP, solution
using graphical method. Transportation problem: Basic feasible solution using NWCM, LCM
and VAM, optimisation using MODI method.
27
Assignment Model: Hungarian method Multiple solution problems Maximization case

Unbalanced Restricted.
Module 7
(8 Hours)
Project Management: Introduction Basic difference between PERT & CPM Network
components and precedence relationships Critical path analysis Project scheduling
Project time-cost trade off Resource allocation
Instruction: Equal weightage is given for both theory and problems in the ratio of 60:40
1. Students are expected to have a basic excel classes
2. Students should be able to categorize the data and find out the basic statistical values
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. James R. Evans, Business Analytics Methods, Models and Decisions, Prentice Hall, 1st
edition, 2013, ISBN 978-0-13-295061-9
2. J K Sharma, Operations Research Theory & Applications, Macmillan publishers, 5th
edition, 2013, ISBN 978-9350-59336-3
3. Purba Halady Rao, Business Analytics an application focus, PHI Learning, 2013, ISBN
978-81-203-4819-6
4. N D Vohra, Quantitative Methods, Tata McGraw Hill, 4th Edition, 2010, ISBN 978-0-07014673-0
5. S C Gupta, Fundamentals of Statistics, Himalaya Publishing House, 6th edition, 2007,
ISBN 978-81-8318-755-8
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. James Lattin, Douglas Carroll and Paul Green, Analyzing Multivariate Data, 2003, ISBN
0-534-34974-9, Thomson Learning
2. E. Turban, R. Sharda, J. Aronson, and D. King, Business Intelligence: A Managerial
Approach, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-234761-7.
3. Anderson, Sweeney and Williams, Quantitative Methods for Business, Thomson, 2005,
ISBN 981-240-641-7
28
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA25
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To explain core concepts in strategic management and provide examples of their
relevance and use by actual companies
2. To focus on what every student needs to know about formulating, implementing and
executing business strategies in todays market environments
3. To teach the subject using value-adding cases that features interesting products and
companies, illustrate the important kinds of strategic challenges managers face,
embrace valuable teaching points and spark students interest.
Module I
(8 Hours)
Meaning and Nature of Strategic Management, its importance and relevance. Characteristics
of Strategic Management. The Strategic Management Process. Relationship between a
Companys Strategy and its Business Model.
Module II
(8 Hours)
Strategy Formulation Developing Strategic Vision and Mission for a Company Setting
Objectives Strategic Objectives and Financial Objectives Balanced Scorecard. Company
Goals and Company Philosophy. The hierarchy of Strategic Intent Merging the Strategic
Vision, Objectives and Strategy into a Strategic Plan.
Module III
(7 Hours)
Analyzing a Companys External Environment The Strategically relevant components of a
Companys External Environment Industry Analysis Industry Analysis Porters
dominant economic features Competitive Environment Analysis Porters Five Forces
model Industry diving forces Key Success Factors concept and implementation.
Module IV
(8 Hours)
Analyzing a companys resources and competitive position Analysis of a Companys
present strategies SWOT analysis Value Chain Analysis Benchmarking
Generic Competitive Strategies Low cost provider Strategy Differentiation Strategy
Best cost provider Strategy Focused Strategy Strategic Alliances and Collaborative
Partnerships Mergers and Acquisition Strategies Outsourcing Strategies International
Business level Strategies.
Module V
(7 Hours)
Business Planning in different environments Entrepreneurial Level
Business planning Multi stage wealth creation model for entrepreneurs
Planning for large and diversified companies brief overview of Innovation,
integration, Diversification, Turnaround Strategies - GE nine cell planning grid
and BCG matrix.
29
\Module VI
(10 Hours)
Strategy Implementation Operationalizing strategy, Annual Objectives,
Developing Functional Strategies, Developing and communicating concise
policies. Institutionalizing the strategy. Strategy, Leadership and Culture.
Ethical Process and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Module VII
(8 Hours)
Strategic Control, guiding and evaluating strategies. Establishing Strategic
Controls. Operational Control Systems. Monitoring performance and evaluating
deviations, challenges of Strategy Implementation. Role of Corporate
Governance
Business Plan: Students should be asked to prepare a Business Plan and
present it at the end of the semester. This should include the following:
o Executive Summary
o Overview of Business and industry analysis
o Description of recommended strategy and justification
o Broad functional objectives and Key Result Areas.
o Spreadsheet with 5-year P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow
projections, with detailed worksheets for the revenue and
expenses forecasts.
Analysing Mission and Vision statements of a few companies and
comparing them
Applying Michael Porters model to an industry (Retail, Telecom,
Infrastructure, FMCG, Insurance, Banking etc
o Pick a successful growing company. Do a web-search of all news
related to that company over a one-year period. Analyse the news
items to understand and write down the companys strategy and
execution efficiency.
Pick a company that has performed very badly compared to its competitors.
Collect information on why the company failed. What were the issues in
strategy and execution that were responsible for the companys failure in the
market. Analyse the internal and external factors
o Map out GE 9-cell matrix and BCG matrix for some companies and
compare them
Conduct SWOT analysis of your institution and validate it by discussing
with faculty
Conduct SWOT analysis of companies around your campus by talking to
them
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Crafting and Executing Strategy, Arthur A. Thompson Jr., AJ Strickland III, John E
Gamble, 18/e, Tata McGraw Hill, 2012.
2. Strategic Management, Alex Miller, Irwin McGraw Hill
3. Strategic Management - Analysis, Implementation, Control, Nag A, 1/e, Vikas, 2011.
4. Strategic Management - An Integrated Approach, Charles W. L. Hill, Gareth R. Jones,
Cengage Learning.
5. Business Policy and Strategic Management, Subba Rao P, HPH.
6. Strategic Management, Kachru U, Excel BOOKS, 2009.
30
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases, David R, 13/e, PHI.
2. Strategic Management: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage, Robert A.
Pitts & David Lei, 4/e, Cengage Learning.
3. Competitive Advantage, Michael E Porter, Free Press NY
4. Essentials of Strategic Management, Hunger, J. David, 5/e, Pearson.
5. Strategic Management, Saroj Datta, jaico Publishing House, 2011.
6. Business Environment for Strategic Management, Ashwathappa, HPH.
7. Contemporary Strategic Management, Grant, 6/e, 2012, Wiley India.
8. Strategic Management-The Indian Context, R. Srinivasan, PHI
31
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA26
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Course objectives:
1. To develop and strengthen entrepreneurial quality and motivation in students.
2. To impart basic entrepreneurial skills and understandings to run a business efficiently
and effectively.
3. To provide insights to students on entrepreneurship opportunities
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Entrepreneur: Meaning of entrepreneur: Evolution of the concept: Functions of an
Entrepreneur, Types of Entrepreneur, Intrapreneur- an emerging class, Concept of
Entrepreneurship-Evolution of Entrepreneurship: Development of Entrepreneurship; The
Entrepreneurial Culture; Stages in entrepreneurial process.
Module 2:
(6 Hours)
Creativity and Innovation: Creativity, Exercises on Creativity, Source of New Idea, Ideas
into Opportunities. Creative Problem Solving: Heuristics, Brainstorming, Synectics, Value
Analysis Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Profits and Innovation, Globalization, Concept
and Models of Innovation. Significance of Intellectual Property Rights.
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Business Planning Process: Meaning of business plan, Business plan process, Advantages of
business planning, Marketing plan, Production/operations plan, Organization plan, financial
plan, final project report with feasibility study, preparing a model project report for starting a
new venture.
Module 4:
(6 Hours)
Institutions Supporting entrepreneurs: Small industry financing developing countries, A
brief overview of financial institutions in India, Central level and state level institutions,
SIDBI,NABARD, IDBI,SIDCO, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, DIC, Single Window,
Latest Industrial Policy of Government of India
Module 5:
(6 Hours)
Family Business: Importance of family business, Types, History, Responsibilities and rights
of shareholders of a family business, Succession in family business, Pitfalls of the family
business, strategies for improving the capability of family business, improving family
business performance.
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
International Entrepreneurship Opportunities: The nature of international
entrepreneurship, Importance of international business to the firm, International versus
domestic entrepreneurship, Stages of economic development, Entrepreneurship entry into
international business, exporting, Direct foreign investment, barriers to international trade.
32
Module 7:
(10 Hours)
Informal risk capital and venture capital: Informal risk capital market, venture capital,
nature and overview, venture capital process, locating venture capitalists, approaching venture
capitalists.
Social Entrepreneurship: Social enterprise-need, types, characteristics and benefits of
social enterprises-Social entrepreneurship, Rural entrepreneurship-need and problems of rural
entrepreneurship, challenges and opportunities-Role of government.
Case studies in Entrepreneurship Development
(4hours)
Practical component:
1. Make a business plan for your intended business, talk to bankers to find out what they
look for in a business plan , modify accordingly and present it in the class
2. Analyze the performance of listed family firms. How is their performance compared
to the performance of other firms? Does a family firm successfully manage to create
wealth for non-family investors?
3. Interview a local entrepreneur to find out his/her major motivations to start a business,
which of the skills and characteristics do you find in the entrepreneur?
4. Study a local for-profit business and try to list out the positive social impacts of the
business
5. Visit a trade show and try to compare the marketing activities of various stalls in that
show , make a list of good practices you come across in the show
6. Research on innovation that has been done in the Indian setting that has alleviated the
life in rural India. Find out extent of its commercial success and analyze the reasons
behind the same. Present your thoughts in the class
7. Choose an NGO in your locality. Interview the founder and present the case in class
on the motivations, challenges, ecosystem support and their impacts, arrive at possible
solutions and convey back to NGO.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Poornima Charantimath, Entrepreneurship Development-Small Business EnterprisePearson Education, 2007
2. Rober D Hisrich, Michael P Peters, Dean A Shepherd, Entrepreneurship, 6/e, The
McGraw-Hill companies, 2007
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Dr.Mathe J Manimala, Entrepreneurship Theory at crossroads, Biztantra, 2007
2. Vasant Desai, Entrepreneurship Development and Management, Himalaya Publishing
House, 2007
3. Raj Shankar, Entrepreneurship-Theory and Practice, Vijay Nicole Imprints Pvt. Ltd,
2006
4. Rajiv Roy, Entrepreneurship, Oxford University Press, 2/e, 2011
5. Kurakto, Entrepreneurship-Principles and Practices, 7/e, 2007, Thomson Publication
33
SEMESTER III
CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM301
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To understand the concept of consumer behavior, decision making by consumers,
behavior variables and influences on consumer behavior.
2. To comprehend the social and cultural dimensions of consumer behavior, factors
impacting attitudes and behavior.
3. To arm the budding marketers with an insight of the psychological and behavioral
concepts of consumers thus enabling them to achieve their objectives and excel.
Module 1:
(4 Hours)
Introduction to the study of Consumer Behaviour: Meaning & Definition of CB,
Difference between consumer & Customer, Nature & characteristics of Indian Consumers,
Consumer Movement in India, Rights & Responsibilities of consumers in India, Benefits of
consumerism.
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Role of Research in understanding consumer behaviour: Consumer Research: Consumer
Research Paradigms (Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods) Developing research
objectives, collecting secondary data, designing primary research, data analysis and reporting
research findings.
Models of Consumer Behaviour: Input-Process-Output Model, Nicosia Model, Howard Sheth
Model, Engel-Kollat-Blackwell Models of Consumer Behaviour, Internal Influences:
Motivation, Personality, Perception, Learning, Attitude, Communications, External
Influences: Social Class, Culture, REFERENCE Groups, Family members.
Levels of Consumer Decision Making Consumer Buying Decision Process, Complex
Decision Making or Extensive Problem Solving Model, Low Involvement Decision Making
or Limited Problem Solving Model, Routinised Response Behaviour, Four views of
consumer decision making. On-line Decision Making: Meaning & Process/Stages
Situational Influences- Nature of Situational Influence (The communication Situation, The
Purchase Situation, The usage situation, The disposition situation) Situational Characteristics
and consumption behaviour (Physical features, Social Surroundings, Temporal Perspectives,
Task Definition, Antecedent States.)
Module 3:
(10 Hours)
Individual Influences on Consumer Behaviour and CRM: Part 1
A) Motivation: Basics of Motivation, Needs, Goals, Positive & Negative Motivation,
Rational Vs Emotional motives, Motivation Process, Arousal of motives, Selection of goals.
34
Motivation Theories and Marketing Strategy - Maslows Hierarchy of Needs, McGuires

Psychological Motives (Cognitive Preservation Motives, Cognitive Growth Motives,
Affective Preservation Motives, Affective Growth Motives).
B) Personality: Basics of Personality, Theories of Personality and Marketing
Strategy(Freudian Theory, Neo-Freudian Theory, Trait Theory), Applications of Personality
concepts in Marketing, Personality and understanding consumer diversity(Consumer
Innovativeness and related personality traits, Cognitive personality factors, Consumer
Materialism, Consumer Ethnocentrisms), Brand Personality (Brand Personification, Gender,
Geography, Colour), Self and Self-Image (One or Multiple selves, The extended self,
Altering the self).
C) Perception: Basics of Perception & Marketing implications, Elements of
Perception(Sensation, Absolute Threshold, Differential Threshold, Subliminal Perception),
Dynamics of Perception (Perceptual Selection, Perceptual Interpretation, Perceptual
Organization ,perceived price, perceived quality, price/quality relationship, Perceived Risk,
Types of risk, How consumers handle risk.
Customer Relationship Management
Meaning & Significance of CRM, Types of CRM (Operational, Collaborative, Analytical),
Strategies for building relationship marketing, e-CRM, Meaning, Importance of e-CRM,
Difference Between CRM & e-CRM
Module 4:
(08 Hours)
Individual Influences on Consumer Behaviour: Part 2
A) Learning: Elements of Consumer Learning, Motivation, Cues, Response, Reinforcement,
Marketing Applications of Behavioural Learning Theories, Classical Conditioning Pavlovian
Model, Neo-Pavlovian Model), Instrumental Conditioning, Elaboration Likelihood Model.
B) Attitude: Basics of attitude, the nature of attitude, Models of Attitude and Marketing
Implication, (Tri-component Model of attitude, Multi attribute attitude models.
C) Persuasive Communication: Communications strategy, Target Audience, Media Strategy,
Message strategies, Message structure and presentation.
Module 5:
(07 Hours)
External Influences on Consumer Behaviour: Part 1
A) Social Class: Social Class Basics, What is Social Class? (Social class & Social status, the
dynamics of status consumption, Features of Social Class, Five Social-Class Categories in
India
B) Culture and Subculture - Major Focus on Indian Perspective
Culture: Basics, Meaning, Characteristics, Factors affecting culture, Role of customs, values
and beliefs in Consumer Behaviour.
Subculture: Meaning, Subculture division and consumption pattern in India,
Types of subcultures (Nationality subcultures, Religious subcultures, Geographic and
regional subcultures, racial subcultures, age subcultures, sex as a subculture)
Cross-cultural consumer analysis: Similarities and differences among people, the growing
global middle class; Acculturation is a needed marketing viewpoint, applying research
techniques Cross-cultural marketing strategy: Cross-cultural marketing problems in India,
Strategies to overcome cross-cultural problems.
Module 6:
External Influences on Consumer Behaviour: Part 2
Groups: Meaning and Nature of Groups, Types
35
(07 Hours)
Family: The changing structure of family, Family decision making and consumption related
roles, Key family consumption roles, Dynamics of husband-wife decision making, The
expanding role of children in family decision making, The family life cycle & marketing
strategy, Traditional family life cycle & marketing implications, Reference Groups:
Understanding the power & benefits of reference groups, A broadened perspective on
reference groups, Factors that affect reference group influence, Types of reference groups,
Friendship groups, Shopping groups, Work groups, Virtual groups, Consumer-action groups,
reference group appeals, Celebrities.
Module 7:
(08 Hours)
Consumer Influence and Diffusion of Innovations
Opinion Leadership: Dynamics of opinion leadership process, Measurement of opinion
leadership, Market Mavens, Opinion Leadership & Marketing Strategy, Creation of Opinion
Leaders
Diffusion of Innovations: Diffusion Process (Innovation, Communication channels, Social
System, Time) Adoption Process: Stages, categories of adopters
Post Purchase Processes: Post Purchase Processes, Customer Satisfaction, and customer
commitment: Post purchase dissonance, Product use and non use, Disposition, Product
disposition.
Case studies in Indian context only
(04 Hours)
1. Students can go to malls and unorganized retail outlets and observe the behavior of
consumers of different demographic segments while buying different category of
goods. Come back to class and present the findings / observations followed with a
group discussion.
2. Students can prepare a questionnaire and do a survey on consumer buying behavior
and present the findings in the class.
3. Find three advertisements that appeal to the need for power, affiliation and
achievement and discuss their effectiveness. Rewrite these for persons in different
levels of Maslows Hierarchy?
4. Meet your friends and conduct a survey to find what are the important factors in their
purchase of mobiles, shoes, bags etc. There are now plenty of advertisements
regarding most products how do they deal with this information overload?
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Consumer Behavior - Leon Schiff man, Lesslie Kanuk, 10/e, Pearson, 2010.
2. Consumer Behavior: Building Marketing Strategy Del I. Hawkins, & Others, 11/e
TMH.
3. Consumer behavior - Jay D. Lindquist, Joseph Sirgy, 1/e, Cengage Learning.
4. Consumer behavior David L. Louden, Della Bitta, 4/e, McGraw Hill.
5. Consumer Behavior Raju M. S & Dominique Xardel, Vikas Publishing House.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Consumer Behavior - Henry Asseal, Cenage Learning.
2. Consumer Behavior in Indian Perspective Suja Nair, Himalaya Publications
3. Customer Behavior: A Managerial Perspective Sheth, Mittal, Cengage Learning.
4. Consumer Behavior- Satish K. Batra & S H H Kazmi, Excel BOOKS.
5. CRM Alok Kumar, Chhabi Sinha, 7/e, Biztantra.
6. Customer Relationship Management - Peru Ahamed & Sagadevan, Vikas Publishing.
7. Consumer Behavior Kumar Rajeev, Himalaya Publisher.
36
RETAIL MANAGEMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM302
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To develop an understanding of the contemporary retail management, issues,
strategies and trends in Retailing
2. To highlight the significance of retailing and its role in the success of modern
business houses
3. To acclimatize with the insights of retailing, key activities and relationships.
Module 1:
(7 Hours)
Introduction and Perspectives on Retailing World of Retailing, Retail management, introduction, meaning, characteristics, emergence of
organizations of retailing - Types of Retailers (Retail Formats) - Multichannel Retailing Customer Buying Behaviour, Historical Perspective, role of retailing, trends in retailing, FDI
in Retail - Problems of Indian Retailing - Current Scenario
Module 2:
(5 Hours)
Theories of Retailing
Wheel of retailing, The Retail Accordion, Melting Pot Theory, Polarization theory
Module 3:
(10 Hours)
Retailing strategy for Setting up Retail organization and planning: Retail Market
Strategy - Financial Strategy - Site & Locations (Size and space allocation, location strategy,
factors Affecting the location of Retail, Retail location Research and Techniques, Objectives
of Good store Design.) Human Resource Management, Information Systems and supply
chain management & Logistics.
Module 4:
(10 Hours)
Store management and visual merchandising: Store Management: Responsibilities of
Store Manager, Store Security, Parking Space Problem at Retail Centres, Store Record and
Accounting System, Coding System, Material Handling in Stores, Management of Modern
retails -Store Layout, design: Types of Layouts, role of Visual Merchandiser, Visual
Merchandising Techniques, Controlling Costs and Reducing Inventories Loss, Exteriors,
Interiors Customer Service, Planning Merchandise Assortments -Buying systems -Buying
merchandise and Retail Communication Mix
Module 5:
(5 Hours)
Retail Pricing: Factors influencing retail pricing, Retail pricing strategies, Retail promotion
strategies
Module 6:
(9 Hours)
Relationship Marketing & International Retailing: Management & Evaluation of
Relationships in Retailing, Retail Research in Retailing: Importance of Research in Retailing,
37
Trends in Retail Research, Areas of Retail Research. Customer Audits, Brand Management in
retailing, Internationalization of Retailing and Evolution of International Retailing, Motives
of International Retailing, International Retail Environment Socio-Cultural, Economic,
Political, Legal, Technological and issues in international retailing
Module 7:
(6 Hours)
Retail Audit and ethics in Retailing
Undertaking an audit, responding to a retail Audit, problems in conducting a retail audit.
Ethics in retailing, social responsibility and consumerism
Case Studies
(4 Hours)
1. Interview a salesperson in a retail store and write a brief report about what they like
and dislike about their jobs, their salary, travelling allowances, sales quotas, why they
chose a sales career, and what does it take to succeed in this profession.
2. Go to a kirana store and a supermarket and compare the following: a) store
arrangement b) No of brands carried c) pricing policies are discounts given? d)
Service personal or impersonal? Etc.
3. Go to at least three kirana stores in your neighborhood (around 2 kms) and discuss
with them the importance of location, pricing, credit policy, etc. What percentages of
goods are sold loose in each locality and compare this with the approximate income
range of the customers? What are the retailers losses when a customer defaults in
payment? Does he make up for it by increasing his prices to other customers?
4. Ask your friends if they would buy certain goods like groceries, vegetables, socks,
mobile, pens etc from the roadside vendor as against a regular shop. Group the
products into low risk and high risk ones. Does this buying behavior also depend on
the personality of the individual doing the buying? Or the one doing the selling?
5. Student can make a presentation on any product or the services of student choice,
covering selling strategies and one day work exposure towards merchandising in any
big retail outlets of respective places where institute is operating. Rural colleges can
send the students to the city nearby to observe the merchandising planning in retail
outlets and to make a small report.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Integrated Retail Management - James R. Ogden & Denise Trodden, Biztantra, 2003.
2. Retail Management - Levy & Weitz, 8/e, TMH, 2012.
3. Retailing Management - Swapna Pradhan, 4/e, TMH, 2012.
4. Retail Marketing Management - Dravid Gilbert, 2/e, Pearson Education.
5. The Art of Retailing - A. J. Lamba, McGraw Hill.
6. Retail Management: A Strategic Approach - Barry Berman, Joel R. Evans, Pearson.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Principles of Retail Management - Rosemary Varley, Mohammed Rafiq, Palgrave
Macmillan, 2009.
2. Retail Management -Chetan Bajaj, Oxford University press.
3. Managing Retailing -Sinha, Piyush Kumar & Uniyal & Oxford University Press,
2010.
4. Retail Management Arif Sheikh, HPH.
38
5. Sales & Distribution Management - Tapan K. Panda & Sunil Sahadev, 6/e, Oxford
University Press.
39
MARKETING RESEARCH
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM303
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives of the course:

1. To provide an understanding of the basics of marketing research and to build a
research vocabulary, key terms and ideas.
2. To provide a balance of the theoretical and practical aspects of marketing research
and encourage the students to take up analytical and critical thinking through
research.
3. To highlight importance of research in management
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Introduction: Meaning, scope and importance of marketing research; own vs. agency
marketing research; marketing information system; meaning, need and components,
marketing information system and marketing research; marketing research process-I an
overview; problem definition, formulation and preparation of research proposal.
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Primary Data Collection: Primary data collection methods; mail survey, telephone survey
and interviews and their evaluation; observations; experimental methods, questionnaire
preparation and administering, organizing fieldwork for collecting data.
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Research Design and Information Sources: Meaning and scope of research design; types of
research designs, exploratory, descriptive and conclusive; sources and uses of secondary data,
collection of secondary data.
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Sample Design and Sampling: Determining universe, sampling frame and sampling unit;
determining sampling method; non probability and probability methods; sample size
determination; sampling errors vs. non-sampling errors.
Sampling: Steps &Types: Probability / non probability (simple, systematize; stratified
proportionate, disproportionate), Sample size determination
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Questionnaire design:-Steps in Q.D. with examples for each step. Rating Scales, Juster,
Likert, Semantic Differential, Thurston, Attitude Scales, Scales for illiterate respondents
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Measurement Techniques: Nominal Scale, Ordinal Scale, Interval Scale, Ratio Scale; Scale
Types: Comparative Scaling, Non-comparative Scaling; Attitude Measurement, SelfReporting Methods, Methods for Rating Attributes, Data Analysis, Customer Research,
Advertising Research, Product Research, Distribution Research, Sales Research, Marketing
Environment Research, Internet Marketing Research, and International Marketing Research
40
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Research trends, Behavioural Science Based Approach, Economic and Competitive
Pressures, Consumer Insight Groups, Quantifying Emotions, Impact of the Social Media, Doit-Yourself (DIY) Research; Research ethics, typical research errors, Research and culture;
1. Choose 5 successful products or services and identify the insight behind them through
a field survey.
2. Do a comprehensive essay on the difference between consumer vs. trade vs.
competition insights & how best to exploit them.
3. Take 5 recent digital innovations e.g. twitter or face book and identify the insights.
Locate 5 non-users of search or mail and Interview their reasons.
4. Choose 5 recent successful campaigns and identify their insights through consumer
interviews. Present your findings to the class
5. Choose 3 successful movies e.g. Dabang & Zindagi na milegi & My name is Khan--and interview consumers about the reasons for their success. Similarly repeat this with
3 recent expensive flop movies and Present your findings to the class
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Marketing Research contemporary approach- Narayn reddy and GVRK Acharyalu
Excel publications
2. Marketing Research and consumer Behavior Saravanavel et.al Vikas publishing house
3. Essentials of Marketing Research 4/e, Tony Proctor, PHI, 2005
4. Essentials of Marketing Research William G. Zikmund
et.al. 4/e, Cengage
Learning, 2010.
5. Research Skills for Students: Transferable and Learning Skills - Allison, et.al. 1996.
6. Market Research - Robin Birn, Patrick Forsyth, John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2002.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Market Research: a guide to planning, methodology & evaluation - Paul Hague,
Kogan Page, 1996.
2. Market Research Best Practice. 30 Visions of the Future Peter Mouncey, et.al, 2007.
41
SERVICES MARKETING
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM304
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To acquaint the students to the uniqueness of the services characteristics and its
marketing implications.
2. To discuss measure and analyze several facets in the area of services marketing
essential for the success of a service sector firm.
3. To acquaint the students with the various models and their applications.
Module 1:
(6 hours)
Introduction to services: Concepts, contribution and reasons for the growth of services
sector, difference in goods and service in marketing, myths about services, characteristics of
services, concept of service marketing triangle, service marketing mix, GAP models of
service quality. Marketing challenges in service industry.
Module 2:
(6 hours)
Consumer behaviour in services: Search, Experience and Credence property, consumer
expectation of services, two levels of expectation, Zone of tolerance, Factors influencing
customer expectation of services.
Customer perception of services-Factors that influence customer perception of service,
Service encounters, Customer satisfaction, Strategies for influencing customer perception.
Module 3:
(6 hours)
Understanding customer expectation through market research: Key reasons for GAP 1,
using marketing research to understand customer expectation, Types of service research,
Building customer relationship through retention strategies Relationship marketing,
Evaluation of customer relationships, Benefits of customer relationship, levels of retention
strategies, Market segmentation-Basis & targeting in services.
Module 4:
(10 hours)
Customer defined service standards: Hard & Soft standards, process for developing
customer defined standards
Leadership &Measurement system for market driven service performance-key reasons for
GAP-2 service leadership- Creation of service vision and implementation, Service quality as
profit strategy, Role of service quality In offensive and defensive marketing.
Service design and positioning-Challenges of service design, new service development-types,
stages. Service blue printing-Using & reading blue prints. Service positioning-positioning on
the five dimensions of service quality, Service Recovery.
42
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Employee role in service designing: importance of service employee, Boundary spanning
roles, Emotional labour, Source of conflict, Quality- productivity trade off, Strategies for
closing GAP 3.
Customers role in service delivery-Importance of customer & customers role in service
delivery, Strategies for enhancing-Customer participation, Delivery through intermediariesKey intermediaries for service delivery, Intermediary control strategies.
Module 6:
(8 hours)
Role of marketing communication-Key reasons for GAP 4 involving communication, four
categories of strategies to match service promises with delivery, Methodology to exceed
customer expectation.
Pricing of services-Role of price and value in provider GAP 4, Role of non monitory cost,
Price as an indicator of service quality Approaches to pricing services, pricing strategies.
Module 7:
(6 hours)
Physical evidence in services: Types of service spaces- Role of service scapes, Frame work
for understanding service scapes & its effect on behaviour-Guidance for physical evidence
strategies.
Case Studies in Indian context only
(6 hours)
1. Ask students to choose a service industry of their choice at the beginning of the
semester.
2. Ask them to do an in-depth study of the industry and give a presentation at the end of
the every Module relating to the concepts of that Module to the industry
3. Students can prepare service blueprints for any service of their choice
4. Students can do a role play on service recovery
5. Identify any existing services. Locate loopholes in their design and suggest
modifications
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Services Marketing-Valarie A Zeithmal & Mary Jo Bitner 5/e, TMH, 2011
2. Services Marketing-Christopher Lovelock, Pearson Education, 2004
3. Services Marketing: Operation, Management and Strategy-Kenneth E Clow & David
L. Kurtz, 2/e, Biztantra, 2007
4. Services Marketing: The Indian Perspective-Ravi Shankar, Excel BOOKS, 2006
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Services Marketing - Rajendra Nargundkar, 3/e, TMH, 2010
2. Services Marketing - Govind Apte, Oxford, 2007
3. Services Marketing - Hoffman & Bateson, 4/e, Cengage Learning-2007
4. Service Marketing - Peter Mudie and Angela Pirrie, 3/e, Elsevier, 2006
5. Service Marketing - Jha S. M.HPH
43
BUSINESS MARKETING
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM305
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Course Objectives:
1. The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding among the students about
the various concepts of Industrial Marketing, which are helpful in developing sound
marketing policies for Industrial goods.
2. The course prepares students for careers in the areas of marketing of Business
products & services.
3. It enhances the ability of the students to understand the nature of B2B marketing &
the process involved in practice.
4. It equips in the Development of B-2-B Strategies and their implementation
Module 1:
(6 Hours)
Nature of Business Marketing: Business Marketing Concept, Business vs. Consumer
Marketing, Economics of Industrial demand, Types of Industrial Markets, Types of Business
Customers, Classifying Industrial Products & Services, Business customers purchase
orientations, Organizational Procurement Characteristics, Environment Analysis in Business
Marketing.
Module 2:
(7 Hours)
Organizational Buying Behaviour: Organizational Buying Process, Types of purchases /
buying situations, Buying Centre Concept, Inter Personal Dynamics of Business Buying
Behaviour, Roles of Buying centre, Conflict Resolution in Decision, The Webster & Wind
model of Organizational Buying Behaviour, Ethics in Purchasing.
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Buyer-Seller Relationship: Relationship in Business Marketing, Types of Relationships,
Developing & Implementing effective relationship marketing strategies, CRM.
Business Marketing Research: Differences between B2C & B2B Marketing Research,
Marketing Research Process, The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), Research
Methods, Sales Forecasting Approaches, Top-Down, Bottom-up approaches.
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Market Segmentation: Segmenting, Targeting and Positioning of Business Market, Value
based segmentation, Model for segmenting the organizational Market.
Product & Brand Strategy: Developing Product Strategy, Analyzing Industrial Product Life
Cycle, Developing Strategies for new and existing products, Branding process & Brand
strategy.
Business Service Marketing: Special Challenges
Module 5:
(7 Hours)
Formulating Channel Strategy: Nature of Business Marketing channels, Intermediaries,
Direct and Indirect Channels, Channel Objectives, Channel Design, Managing Channel
44
Members, Selection and Motivation of Channel Members, Channel conflicts, SCM, Logistics
Management, Customer Service, Major cost centres of Market Logistics.
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Pricing Strategies: Price Determinants, Factors that Influence the Pricing Strategies, Pricing
Methods, concept of learning curves, Pricing Strategies, Pricing Policies, Terms of Payment,
Competitive Bidding, Leasing
The Promotional Strategies: Communication Objectives, Role of B-2-B Advertising, Sales
Promotion in Industrial Markets, Trade shows and Exhibitions.
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Management of Sales Force: Personal Selling, The Selling Process, Key Account
Management, Managing the Industrial Sales Force, Organizing and controlling the industrial
sales force activity, planning for sales force Deployment, Measuring the Effectiveness of
Sales Force, Customer relationship Management Strategies for Business Markets, Ethical
Issues.
B2B through E-Commerce: Business-to-Business forms of E-Commerce, Models for B2B
e-commerce, Marketing strategy for the electronic market place.
Case Studies in Indian context only.
(4 Hours)
1. Group presentations on organizational buying behavior & practices in purchase of raw
materials, capital & facilitating goods in Indian Cos & MNCs operating in India.
2. Segmentation & Positioning of B2B Products.
3. Forecasting Techniques for demand of Industrial Products
4. Visit to Trade shows & Exhibitions
5. Industry visit in 2-3 Industries
6. Competitive Bidding Process
7. Preparation of quotation.
8. Industry survey in the context of B2B Marketing
9. Case studies
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Business Marketing Krishna K Havaldar; Latest Edition; Tata McGraw Hill
Publication.
2. Industrial Marketing Robert R Reeder & Reeder; Latest Edition; Prentice-Hall
International Publication.
3. Business Marketing Management Michael D Hutt, Thomas W Speh, Latest Edition,
Cengage Learning Publication.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Business Marketing Frank G Bingham Jr., Latest Edition; Tata McGraw Hill
Publication.
2. Industrial Marketing Mukherjee H S; Latest Edition; Excel BOOKS Publication.
3. Industrial Marketing PK Ghosh, Latest Edition; Oxford University Press.
45
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM306
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. The objective of this course is to enable the student to understand the basic concepts,
processes and key elements of a supply chain and how they interact in supply chains.
2. This subject provides information regarding the strategies for establishing efficient,
effective, and sustainable supply chains.
3. This subject is designed to explain the critical roles of technology in supply chain
planning, visibility, and execution.
Module 1
Introduction: Basic concepts & philosophy of SCM, essential features, decision phases
process view, supply chain framework, key issues in SCM and benefits.
Module 2
Designing the supply chain network: Designing the distribution network, role of
distribution, factors influencing distribution, design options, distribution networks in practice,
network design in the supply chain, factors affecting the network design decisions. Designing
and Planning Transportation Networks, role of transportation, modes and their performance,
transportation Infrastructure and policies, design options and their trade-offs, tailored
transportation.
Module 3
Inventory Management: Concept, various costs associated with inventory, EOQ, buffer
stock, lead time reduction, reorder point / re-order level fixation, ABC analysis, SDE/VED
Analysis. [Simple problems only for understanding the concept]
Module 4
Purchasing and vendor management: Centralized and decentralized purchasing, function
of purchase department and purchase policies, vendor rating/ evaluation, single vendor
concept, management of stores, account for materials, just in time & Kanban systems of
inventory management
Module 5
Logistics Management: Logistics of part of SCM, logistics costs, different models, logistics,
sub-systems, inbound and out bound logistics bullwhip effects in logistics, distribution and
warehousing management.
Module 6
Demand Management and Customer Service: Demand Management, traditional
forecasting, CPFRP, customer service, expected cost of stockouts.
46
Module 7
Recent issues in SCM: Role of computer/ IT in supply chain management, CRM Vs SCM,
Benchmarking concept, features and implementation, outsourcing basic concepts, value
addition in SCM concept of demand chain management
1. Students are expected to choose any 2 Indian Organization and study their supply chain
in terms of drivers of the Supply chain and submit a report
2. Students can study different logistics companies and services provided by them.
3. Students can identify any product/service and study the type of distribution system used
and understand the reason for using that particular type.
4. Students can identify the various types of IT applications employed by Indian
Organizations in their Supply chain.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Chopra Sunil and Peter Meindl - Supply chain management, Pearson, 3rd edition, 2007
2. A Logistic approach to Supply Chain Management Coyle, Bardi, Longley, Cengage
Learning, 1/e
3. Supply Chain Logistics Management, Donald J Bowersox, Dand J Closs, M Bixby
Coluper, TMH, 2nd Edition, 2008.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. G. Raghuram (I.I.M.A.)- Logistics and supply chain management, Macmillan, 2000
2. Emiko Bonafield Harnessing value in supply chain, Johnwiley, Singapore, 1999
3. Dr. Gopal Krishnan Material Management rearview, Pearson New Delhi, 2002
4. B.S. Sahay, Macmillan Supply Chain Management, Pearson Education, 2004
5. Agarwal D.K. - A Text Book of Logistics and Supply chain management, Macmillan, 1st
edition
47
Finance Specialisation
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BANKING
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM301
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To discuss the banking system and structure in India
2. To understand the nature of banker- customer relationship.
3. To comprehend the technological up gradation and application in banking
4. To provide an understanding of asset liability management in banks
Module 1:
( 8 Hours)
Banking system and structure in India- Evolution of Indian Banks-Types of banks -Public
Sector, Regional Banks, Performance of Public Sector banks, Private Sector Banks.
Commercial banking: Structure, Functions - Primary & secondary function, Role of
commercial banks in socio economic development, Services rendered. Credit creation and
Deployment of Funds.-Role of Reserve Bank and GOI as regulator of banking system
Provisions of Banking Regulation Act & Reserve Bank of India Act
Module 2:
(9 Hours)
Banker and customer Types of relationship between banker and customer Bankers
obligations to customers Right of lean, setoff, appropriationBankers legal duty of
disclosure and related matters
Customers` accounts with banks Opening- operation KYC norms and operation
Types of accounts and customers Nomination Settlement of death claims
Module 3:
(7 Hours)
The Negotiable Instruments Act 1881-Features of Negotiable instruments-Important concepts
and explanations under the Negotiable Instruments Act- The Paying Banker-Dishonour of
cheques-Negotiation-Endorsement- The Collecting Banker-Negligence-Bills of exchange and
promissory note-Discharge of Negotiable instruments-Hundis.
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Banking Technology- Concept of Universal Banking-Home banking ATMs- Internet
banking Mobile banking- Core banking solutions Debit, Credit, and Smart cards
Electronic Payment systems-MICR- Cheque Truncation-ECS- EFT NEFT-RTGS
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
International banking International Banking: Exchange rates and Forex Business,
Correspondent banking and NRI Accounts, Letters of Credit, Foreign currency Loans,
Facilities for Exporters and Importers, Role of ECGC, RBI and EXIM Bank
Module 6:
(7 Hours)
Banker as lender Types of loans Overdraft facilities Discounting of bills Financing
book dates and supply bills- Charging of Security bills- pledge mortgage assignment.
48
Module 7:
(9 Hours)
Asset Liability Management(ALM) in banks: Components of Liabilities and Components of
Assets, Significance of Asset Liability management, Purpose and objectives. Prerequisites for
ALM, Assets and Liabilities Committee (ALCO)- Activities of ALCO
1. Students can Understand Universal Banking & Cross Selling concepts adopted by
banks
2. Students can Understand Customer Profiling aspects adopted by banks
3. Students can Understand Advertisement & Publicity efforts done by banks using
ATMs (making a checklist of the publicity material found in an ATM preferably in
a private bank ATM
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Principles and practices of Banking - IIBF, 2/e, Macmillan, New Delhi.
2. Elements of Banking & Insurance Jyothsna Sethi & Nishwan Bhatia, PHI, 2009.
3. Bank Management - Koch W, Timothy, & S. Scott, Cengage Learning, New Delhi.
4. Management of Banking and Financial Services, Padmalatha Suresh and Justin Paul,
Second edition, Pearson, 2011
5. Banking Theory and Practice, K.C. Shekhar and Lekshmy Shekhar, Vikas Publishing
House,2011
6. Modern Banking: Theory and Practice, Muraleedharan D, PHI,2013
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Banking Theory, Law and practice - Sunderaram and Varshney, Sultan Chand &
Sons, New Delhi.
2. Banking and Financial System - Prasad K, Nirmala, Chandradas J. Himalaya
3. Management of Banking and Insurance Sondhi N. K, Vrinda Publications.
4. Banking and Insurance Aggarwal O. P, HPH.
49
INVESTMENT BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM302
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1.
To provide an understanding of the functioning of investment banking
2.
To explain the role of depositories and custodians
3.
To provide an in depth understanding of the financial services like factoring,
venture capital, leasing and hire purchase.
4.
To explain the concept and developments in micro finance, credit rating and
securitisation
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Investment Banking- Introduction-Functions of Investment Banks- Types of Investment
Banks-Investment Banking Services- Merchant Banking Services-Issue Management-Pre
issue and Post issue obligations-Changing landscape of Investment Banking
Regulation of the Capital Market- SEBI regulations for merchant bankers, brokers and sub
brokers, intermediaries and portfolio managers- SEBI issue and Listing of Debt securities
Regulation 2008
Module 2:
( 8 Hours)
Depository System: Objectives, activities, interacting systems, role of depositories and their
services, Advantages of depository system -NSDL and CDSL. The process of clearing and
settlement through Depositories, Depository Participants.
Regulations relating to Depositories-SEBI (Depositories and Participants) Regulations 1996Registration of depository and participant- Rights and Obligations of depositories and
participants- Recent amendments
Custodial services- The Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited
Module 3:
(7 Hours)
Housing Finance: Role, Types of housing loans, Institutions and banks offering Housing
Finance, Procedure and Interest rates. Income Tax Implication. Reverse mortgage loan
Non-Banking Finance Companies: Types, Growth, Functions, RBI Guidelines, Prudential
Norms.
Module 4:
(7 Hours)
Factoring: Origin, Types, Factoring mechanism, advantages, factoring charges, International
factoring, Factoring in India
Forfeiting: Origin, characteristics, benefits, difference between factoring and forfeiting,
growth of forfeiting in India
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Underwriting: Concept-Devolvement-Business model-Underwring in fixed price offers and
book built offers.
50
Venture Capital: Concept, features, Origin and the current Indian Scenario. Private equityInvestment banking perspectives in private equity
Microfinance-The paradigm-NGOs and SHGs-Microfinance delivery mechanisms-Future of
micro finance
Module 6:
(12 Hours)
Leasing: Concept, Steps in Leasing Transactions, Types of Lease, Legal frameworks,
Advantages and disadvantages of Leasing, Contents of a Lease Agreement, Matters on
Depreciation and Tax, Problems in leasing, Factors influencing Buy or Borrow or Lease
Decision.
Hire Purchasing: Concepts and features, Hire Purchase Agreement, Comparison of Hire
Purchase with Credit sale, Instalment sale and Leasing. Banks and Hire Purchase. Problems
related to outright purchase, Hire purchase and Leasing.
Module 7:
(6 Hours)
Credit rating: Definition and meaning, Process of credit rating of financial instruments,
Rating methodology, Rating agencies, Rating symbols of different companies. Rating
agencies for SMEs
Securitization of debt: Meaning, Features, Special Purpose Vehicle, Types of securitisable
assets, Benefits of Securitization, Issues in Securitization.
(QUESTION PAPER: Full Theory Case study-Problem on leasing, hire purchase,
outright purchase.)
1. Students can study the procedure for the sanction of housing loans by a bank
2. Students can study the Procedure to open a Demat account and an Online Trading
Account.
3. Students can study the Calculation of EMI.
4. Students can visit a NBFC and study their operations
5. Students may visit a SHG/NGO and study the micro finance aspects
6. Visit a bank/financial institution providing factoring service and submit a report.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Indian Financial System Bharati V. Pathak, Pearson Education, 3/e, 2011.
2. Investment Banking- Pratap G Subramanyam, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private
Limited,2012
3. Financial services- Khan M.Y, 6/e, McGraw Hill, 2011.
4. Financial Markets and Services Gordon & Natarajan, 7/e, Himalaya publishing,
2011.
5. Merchant Banking & Financial services- Vij & Dhavan, 1/e, McGraw Hill, 2011.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Indian Financial System Machiraju, 4/e, Vikas, 2010
2. Indian Financial SystemKhan M. Y, 7/e, TMH, 2011.
3. Dynamics of Financial Markets and Institutions in India Srivastava R. M, Excel
BOOKS, 2010.
51
COST MANAGEMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM303
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To describe the cost concepts, cost behaviors, and cost accounting techniques that are
applied to manufacturing and service businesses
2. To provide an understanding of the use of cost information in support of different
strategies
3. To demonstrate costing methods and techniques appropriate to a variety of businesses
4. To prepare and interpret budgets and operating results through variance analysis
5. To describe the use of balanced scorecard and explain how the balanced scorecard
supports strategic cost management
Module 1:
(10 Hours)
Introduction to Cost Management- Cost Accounting to Cost Management- Elements of
costsClassification of costs-Methods of costing-Cost Management Tools- A Strategic View to
Cost Management- Preparation of a cost sheet
Module 2:
(10 Hours)
Overheads, Classification and Collection, Difference between Cost Allocation and Cost
Apportionment, (Full fledged Problems on Primary and secondary distribution, Simultaneous
equations, Absorption of Overhead, Theory on Under and Over absorption of Overhead)
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Marginal Costing Nature and Scope- Applications-Break even charts and Point, Decision
Making (all types with full problems) Differential Cost Analysis, Advantages and
Disadvantages of Marginal Costing.
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Budgetary Control:- Objectives of Budgetary control, Functional Budgets, Master Budgets,
Key Factor Problems on Production Budgets and Flexible Budgets.
Standard Costing:- Comparison with Budgetary control, analysis of Variances, Simple
Problems on Material and Labour variances only .
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Demerits of Traditional Costing, Activity Based Costing, Cost Drivers, Cost Analysis
Under ABC ( Unit level, Batch Level and Product Sustaining Activities), Benefits and
weaknesses of ABC, Simple Problems under ABC.
52
Module 6:
(5 Hours)
Cost Audit,-objectives,, Advantages, Areas and Scope of Cost Audit , Cost Audit in India -PracticalRead the contents of the report of Cost Audit and the annexure to the Cost Audit
report.
Management Audit- Aims and the objectives, Scope of Management Audit.
Module 7:
(7 Hours)
Reporting to Management Purpose of reporting-Requisites of a good report,, Classifications
of Report,
Segment reporting, Applicability of Accounting Standard 17, Objectives, Users of Segment
reporting.
Cost Reduction, and Cost Control, Target Costing its Principles, Balanced Scorecard as a
performance measure- Features- Purpose, Reasons for use of Balanced scorecard.
Proportion of problems to theory 50%
Practical components:
1. Students can take up a product and get details about the actual cost of raw material,
wages and other cost and prepare a cost statement. Standard cost of each component
has to be obtained and the variance can be calculated to find the efficiency of
Purchase, Operations and Production in charge.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Cost Accounting :Theory and Practice - Bhabatosh Banerjee, 12/e, PHI.
2. A Text book of Cost and Management Accounting Arora M. N, 11/e, Vikas.
3. Financial Statement Analysis and Reporting - Mohana Rao P, PHI, 2011.
4. Cost Management :A strategic Approach - Vaidya S. C, Suveera Gill Macmillan
2010.
5. Cost Accounting- Jawaharlal, & Seema Srivastava, 4/e, TMH.
6. Accounting & Costing for Management Sinha P. K, Excel BOOKS, 2010.
7. A Textbook of Cost Management- G.V Kesava Rao, D Gopinath, M.G.
Krishnamurthy and Anita S. Yadav, Paramount Publishing House,2013
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1.
Cost Accounting Khan M. Y and Jain P. K, TMH.
2.
Principles and Practice of Cost Accounting - Bhattacharyya, 3/e, PHI.
3.
Cost and Management Accounting- Arora M. N, 3rd enlarged and Rev. ed.,
HPH.
4.
Managerial Accounting- James Jiambalvo, 2/e, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.
5.
Management Accounting - Khan M. Y and Jain P. K, 6/e, McGraw Hill, 2012.
6.
Advanced Cost Accounting Madegowda J, HPH.
7.
Cost and Management Accounting Arora M. N, 3/e, HPH.
53
ADVANCED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM304
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To understand the management of working capital and short term financing.
2. To understand the techniques of cash, inventory and receivables management
3. To comprehend the capital structure and dividend policy of the firm
4. To enable the student to appreciate the role of financial management in an
organisation.
5. To develop planning skill and monitoring skill in financial management functions
effectively, so that the students be able to apply the appropriate management strategy
to face the company challenges.
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Working capital management Determination of level of current assets. Sources for
financing working capital. Bank finance for working capital. (No problems on estimation of
working capital). Working capital financing: Short term financing of working capital, long
term financing of working capital. Working capital leverage.
Module 2:
(6 Hours)
Cash Management Forecasting cash flows Cash budgets, long-term cash forecasting,
monitoring collections and receivables, optimal cash balances Baumol model, Miller-Orr
model, Strategies for managing surplus fund.
Module 3:
(7 Hours)
Receivables Management Credit management through credit policy variables, marginal
analysis, Credit evaluation: Numerical credit scoring and Discriminate analysis. Control of
accounts receivables, Problems on credit granting decision.
Module 4:
(7 Hours)
Inventory Management: Determinations of inventory control levels : ordering, reordering,
danger level. EOQ model. Pricing of raw material. Monitoring and control of inventories,
ABC Analysis.
Module 5:
(10 Hours)
Capital structure decisions capital structure & market value of a firm. Theories of capital
structure NI approach, NOI approach, Modigliani Miller approach, traditional approach.
Arbitrage process in capital structure. Planning the capital structure: EBIT and EPS analysis.
ROI & ROE analysis. Capital structure policy
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Dividend policy Theories of dividend policy : relevance and irrelevance dividend decision.
Walters & Gordons model, Modigliani & Miller approach. Dividend policies stable
54
dividend, stable payout and growth. Bonus shares and stock split corporate dividend
behaviour. Legal and procedural aspects of dividends Corporate Dividend Tax.
Module 7:
(10 Hours)
Special issues in financial management
Corporate financial modelling
Agency problem and consideration.
Effect of inflation on Asset value, firm value, returns
Financial planning Basis of financial planning, sales forecast method, pro-forma P & L
account method, pro-forma balance sheet method, determination of External Financing
Requirement (EFR).
1. Study the working capital financing provided by a Bank and submit the report on the
same
2. Study the annual report of any two companies and prepare a cash budget for next
year.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Financial Management - Prasanna Chandra, 8/e,TMH, 2011.
2. Financial Management - M.Y. Khan & P.K. Jain, 6/e, TMH, 2011.
3. Financial Management - I.M. Pandey, 10/e, Vikas, 2011.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Financial Management: Theory & Practice - Brigham & Ehrhardt, 10/e, Cenage
Learning, 2004.
2. Corporate Finance: Ross, Westerfield & Jaffe, TMH 8/e, 2010
3. Financial Management & Policy - Vanhorne, 12/e, Pearson
4. Principle of Corporate Finance Brearly and Myers, 10/e, TMH, 2012.
5. Corporate Finance: Theory & Practice Ashwath Damodaran, 2/e, Wiley India Pvt.
Ltd., 2009.
6. Cases in Financial Management - Pandey & Bhatt, 2/e, TMH, 2012.
7. Financial Management : Comprehensive Text Book with Case Studies Ravi M.
Kishore, 7/e, Taxmann.
55
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM305
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To develop a thorough understanding of process of investments.
2. To familiarize the students with the stock markets in India and abroad.
3. To provide conceptual insights into the valuation of securities.
4. To provide insight about the relationship of the risk and return and how risk should be
measured to bring about a return according to the expectations of the investors.
5. To familiarise the students with the fundamental and technical analysis of the diverse
investment avenues
Module 1: (Theory)
(6 Hours)
Investment: Attributes, Economic vs. Financial Investment, Investment and speculation,
Features of a good investment, Investment Process.
Financial Instruments: Money Market Instruments, Capital Market Instruments, Derivatives.
Module 2: (Theory)
(6 Hours)
Securities Market: Primary Market - Factors to be considered to enter the primary market,
Modes of raising funds, Secondary Market- Major Players in the secondary market,
Functioning of Stock Exchanges, Trading and Settlement Procedures, Leading Stock
Exchanges in India.
Stock Market Indicators- Types of stock market Indices, Indices of Indian Stock Exchanges.
Module 3: (Theory & Problems)
(8 Hours)
Risk and Return Concepts: Concept of Risk, Types of Risk- Systematic risk, Unsystematic
risk, Calculation of Risk and returns.
Portfolio Risk and Return: Expected returns of a portfolio, Calculation of Portfolio Risk and
Return, Portfolio with 2 assets, Portfolio with more than 2 assets.
(8 Hours)
Valuation of securities: Bond- Bond features, Types of Bonds, Determinants of interest rates,
Bond Management Strategies, Bond Valuation, Bond Duration.
PREFERENCE Shares- Concept, Features, Yields.
Equity shares- Concept, Valuation, Dividend Valuation models.
Module 5:
(10 Hours).
Macro-Economic and Industry Analysis:
Fundamental analysis-EIC Frame Work, Global
Economy, Domestic Economy, Business Cycles, Industry Analysis.
Company Analysis- Financial Statement Analysis, Ratio Analysis.
Technical Analysis Concept, Theories- Dow Theory, Eliot wave theory. Charts-Types,
Trend and Trend Reversal Patterns. Mathematical Indicators Moving averages, ROC, RSI,
Market Indicators. (Problems in company analysis & Technical analysis)
56
Market Efficiency and Behavioural Finance: Random walk and Efficient Market Hypothesis,
Forms of Market Efficiency, Empiricial test for different forms of market efficiency.
Behavioural Finance Interpretation, Biases and critiques. (Theory only)
(10 Hours)
Modern Portfolio Theory: Markowitz Model -Portfolio Selection, Opportunity set, Efficient
Frontier. Beta Measurement and Sharpe Single Index Model
Capital Asset pricing model: Basic Assumptions, CAPM Equation, Security Market line,
Extension of Capital Asset pricing Model - Capital market line, SML VS CML.
Arbitrage Pricing Theory: Arbitrage, Equation, Assumption, Equilibrium, APT and CAPM.
(8 Hours)
Portfolio Management: Diversification- Investment objectives, Risk Assessment, Selection of
asset mix, Risk, Return and benefits from diversification.
Mutual Funds:, Mutual Fund types, Performance of Mutual Funds-NAV. Performance
evaluation of Managed Portfolios- Treynor, Sharpe and Jensen Measures
Portfolio Management Strategies: Active and Passive Portfolio Management strategy.
Portfolio Revision: Formula Plans-Rupee Cost Averaging
(QUESTION PAPER- 50% Problems, 50% Theory)
1. A Student is expected to trade in stocks. It involves an investment of a virtual amount
of Rs.10 lakhs in a diversified portfolio and manage the portfolio. At the end of the
Semester the Net worth is to be assessed and marks may be given (to beat an index).
2. Students should study the functioning of stock exchange.
3. Students should study of the stock market pages from business press and present their
observations
4. Students can do
a. Macro Economic Analysis for the Indian economy.
b. Industry Analysis for Specific Sectors.
c. Company Analysis for select companies.
d. Practice Technical Analysis
5. Students can study the mutual funds schemes available in the market and do their
Performance evaluation.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Investment Analysis and Portfolio management Prasanna Chandra, 3/e,TMH, 2010.
2. Investments ZviBodie, Kane, Marcus & Mohanty, 8/e, TMH, 2010.
3. Investment Management Bhalla V. K, 17/e, S.Chand, 2011.
4. Security Analysis & Portfolio Management Fisher and Jordan, 6/e, Pearson, 2011.
5. Security Analysis & Portfolio Management Punithavathy Pandian, 2/e, Vikas, 2005.
6. Investment Management Preethi Singh, 17/e, Himalaya Publishing House, 2010.
7. Security Analysis & Portfolio Management- Kevin S, 10/e, PHI, 2011.
8. Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management Reilly, 8/e, Cengage Learning.
9. Investments: Principles and Concepts Charles P. Jones, 11/e, Wiley, 2010.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Fundamentals of Investment Alexander, Sharpe, Bailey, 3/e, PHI, 2001.
57
2. Security Analysis & Portfolio Management Nagarajan K & Jayabal G , 1/e, New
Age international, 2011.
3. Investment An A to Z Guide, Philip Ryland, 1/e, Viva Publishers, 2010.
4. Guide to Investment Strategy-Peter Stanyer, 2/e, Viva Publishers, 2010.
5. Security Analysis & Portfolio Management Sayesh N. Bhat , 1/e, Biztantra, 2011.
6. Security Analysis & Portfolio Management DhaneshKhatri , Macmillan , 1/e, 2010.
7. Security Analysis & Portfolio Management Avadhani V. A, HPH.
58
STRATEGIC CREDIT MANAGEMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM306
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To provide an overview of the sound lending decisions by a bank
2. To explain the process of evaluation of the loan proposal
3. To provide an insight into the different types of loans
4. To describe the aspects of NPA management
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Credit management in banks-Screening of applications-Appraisal of credit-Sanction limitPost sanction compliance Monitoring supervision Review- Government policies for credit
extension- Credit institutions- Principles of good lending- Borrower study and bankers
opinion- Credit policy by banks- Government regulation of credit -Prudential norms.
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Over view of credit policy and loan characteristics-The credit process Characteristics of
different types of loans- Evaluating commercial loan requests Financial statement analysisCash flow analysis- Projections-Management of the firm and other factors Feasibility study
Fundamental credit issues - Credit analysis-Different types of borrowers Balance sheet
analysis for lending Forms of advances secured and unsecured advances- Short term and
long term advances.
Module 3:
(7 Hours)
Evaluating consumer loans Types- Credit analysis of consumer loans- Riskreturn
analysis of consumer loans- Customer profitability analysis and loan pricing- Fixed Vs
floating rates
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Loan and advances against pledge- Hypothecation- Mortgage Lien- Advances against
goods- Document to title to goods Life insurance policies Stock exchange securitiesFixed deposit receipts Book debts- Supply bills- Real estates Advance against collateral
securities
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Agricultural finances and Retail lending- Crop loans- Crop insurance schemes- DairySericulture- Poultry- Animal husbandry Horticulture Gobar gas Kissan credit cards
NABARD initiatives Lead bank schemes Retail banking advances Concept Retail
banking products Consumer credit financing
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Financing to small scale industries and large scale industries- Term lending- Syndicated
loan system- Role of development banks in industrial finance- Working capital financeTurnover method Modified version of MPBF Cash budget approach- Long term financeProject financing Industrial sickness and BIFR.
59
Module 7:
(9 Hours)
NPA management Introduction- Identification of NPAs- Asset classification- Prudential
norms- Capital adequacy International Banking Regulation-Basel II asset classification
provisioning effect of NPA on profitability - Assessment procedure- Pre-sanction appraisal
Post sanction supervision- Monitoring systems for existing and likely NPAsTools to
manage NPAs Compromise scheme, Lok Adalats, Debt Recovery Tribunals, Corporate
Debt Restructuring, Willful defaulters, SARFAESI Act, Asset Reconstruction CompaniesCIBIL
1. Students can visit a bank and study the lending and loan appraisal system relating to
Agricultural loan, consumer financing etc.
2. Students can study the NPA status of leading two PSU banks and two private banks.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Strategic Credit Management in Banks, Popli.G.S. and Puri S. K. ,PHI,2013
2. Banking Theory and Practice - Shekar and Shekar, 19/e, Vikas Publishing House,
2009.
3. Bank Management - W. Koch Scott, Timothy, Cengage Learning, New Delhi.
4. Commercial Banking -Benton Gup & James Kolari, 3/e, Wiley India, 2010.
5. Indian Financial System, Bharati V. Pathak, 3/e, Pearson,2012
6. Bank Credit Management, G. Viajayaragavan, Himalaya Publishing House,2009
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Industrial Finance - Vishwanathan R, Macmillan, New Delhi.
2. Banking and Financial System - Prasad K, Nirmala and Chandradas. Himalaya
3. Managing Banking Risks - Cade, Eddic, Woodhead Publishers, England.
60
Human Resources Management

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND LEGISLATIONS
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR301
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To enable students to grasp and apply the principles of IR and develop an awareness
of the significance of industrial peace.
2. To provide a conceptual basis of Industrial Relations.
3. To give an understanding of the components and meaning of sustaining Industrial
peace anchored on harmonious Employee-Management relations.
PART A:
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
MODULE 1:
(8 hours)
Introduction:
Background of Industrial Relations Definition, scope, objectives, factors affecting IR,
participants of IR, importance of IR. Approaches to Industrial relations, system of IR in India
Historical perspective & post independence period, Code of Discipline and historical
initiatives for harmonious IR, Government policies relating to labor, ILO and its influence on
Legal enactments in India.
MODULE 2:
(8 Hours)
Collective Bargaining & Negotiation:
Collective Bargaining: Definition, Meaning, Nature, essential conditions for the success of
collective bargaining, functions of collective bargaining, importance of Collective
Bargaining, collective bargaining process, prerequisites for collective bargaining,
implementation and administration of agreements.
Negotiations-Types of Negotiations-Problem solving attitude, Techniques of negotiation,
negotiation process, essential skills for negotiation, Workers Participation in Management
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Trade Union
Trade Unions: Meaning, trade union movement in India, The role of the Trade Unions in
Modern Industrial Society of India, functions of trade unions, objectives of important trade
unions, The Trade Union Act, 1926, procedure for registration of Trade Union, Grounds for
the withdrawal and cancellation of registration, union structure, Rights and responsibilities,
Penalties for offences of trade unions, Difference between a registered and a recognised
Trade Union, problems of trade unions, future trends of trade union movement in India.
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Grievance procedure and Discipline management:
Grievance - Meaning and forms, sources of grievance, approaches to grievance machinery,
Grievance procedures, model grievance procedure.
61
Discipline - Causes of Indiscipline - Maintenance of discipline. Principles of Natural Justice,

Judicial approach to discipline, Domestic enquiries, Disciplinary procedures, approaches to
manage discipline in Industry, Principles of Hot stove rule.
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Industrial Conflicts:
Industrial conflict perspectives, Nature of conflicts and its manifestations causes and types
of Industrial conflicts, prevention of Industrial conflicts, industrial disputes act of 1947,
settlement Machinery of Industrial disputes.
Paradigm shift from industrial relations to employee relations shift in focus, difference,
employee relations management at work, culture and employee relations, future of employee
relations.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Employee Relations Management - P N Singh, Singh P. N., Pearson Publications
2. Dynamics of Industrial Relations Mamoria & Mamoria,
3. Human Resource Management, Principles & Practice Aquinas, Vikas Publication
4. Personnel Management & Industrial Relations Nair
5. Essentials of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations - Subba Rao
3rd Revised edition
6. Malhotra, O.P. : The Law of Industrial Disputes
7. Arya, V.P. : A Guide to Settlement of Industrial Disputes
8. Aggarwal, Dr. Arjun P. and Larki, H. : Gherao and Industrial Relations, Trade
Unionism in the New Society
9. Aggarwal, S.L. : Labour Relations Law in India
PART B:
INDUSTRIAL LEGISLATIONS (16 hours)
Factories Act 1948,

Industrial Employment (Standing orders) Act, 1946
Employees State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948,
Maternity benefit Act, 1961
Workmens compensation Act, 1923
Payment of Gratuity Act 1972,
Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952;
Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.
Payment of Wages Act, 1936,
Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Labor Laws for Managers, BD Singh, Excel BOOKS
2. Industrial Relations and Labor laws, 5th Edition, SC Srivastava, Vikas Publications
3. Elements of Mercantile Law - N. D Kapoor
4. Labor Industrial Laws Dr. V. G. Goswami , Eighth Edition
5. P R N Sinha et al Industrial Relations, Trade Unions & Labour Legislation, Pearson
Education
6. Bare acts
62
RECRUITMENT & SELECTION

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR302
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Module 1:
(6 Hours)
Job Analysis: Meaning, definition and purpose. Methods of job analysis: job analysis
interviews, job analysis questionnaire, task analysis inventory, position analysis
questionnaire, subject expert workshops, critical incident technique, F1eisclunann job
analysis survey, functional job analysis, job element method, repertory grid, critical incident
technique
Module 2:
(9 Hours)
Hiring Process & Hiring decision: Nature of hiring: regular, temporary, full time, part time,
apprentice, contractual, and outsourcing, Existing post or new post to be created, Need
analysis, cost analysis and job analysis.
Module 3:
(7 Hours)
Hiring internally: Meaning and definition of internal recruitment, Advantages and
disadvantages in terms of cost, time, quality and suitability.
Sources of internal recruitment: - circulars, intranet advertisements, employee referrals,
Appointment or promotion, Policy guidelines and union settlements.
Module 4:
(10 Hours)
External Hiring: Meaning and definition of external recruitment.
Sources of recruitment:- advertisement, in newspaper, TV/Radio, Internet, search on the
internet, wanted signboards, consultants, employment exchange, campus recruitment,
employee referrals and unsolicited applications. Advantages and disadvantages of the above
sources in terms of cost, time, convenience, reach of the targeted population, and quality of
applicant pool.
Job advertisement: drafting, size and contents. Contents of public sector recruitment: single
or multiple sources and choosing the best source
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Screening the candidates: Application Forms: bio-data / resume / curriculum vitae and
weighted application blanks: meaning definition, purpose, advantages and disadvantages
taking a Behavioural approach to recruitment: spotting personality patterns, making basic
assumptions, predicting the future, strategy Vs. Technique, Pinning down what is needed:
targeted interviewing, focusing on behaviour, assessing how person performs, assuming they
have been hired. Identifying the ingredients of success: the winning candidates profile,
challenges in the interview, the starting point, day to day execution, dealing with people, the
inner person, additional characteristics. Studying the CV.
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Testing: Meaning, definition, purpose, advantages and disadvantages, Ability tests clerical
ability test, mechanical ability test, mental ability test, physical ability test, personality
assessment test, typing test, shorthand test, computer proficiency test
63
Interviewing: Planning the interview, Interview process - getting started, examining the 5
interview areas, examining the strengths & weaknesses, listening to what are being said,
digging for Behavioural gold, probing for specifics, spotting patterns, using an interview
checklist, Allowing candidates to ask questions at the end, explaining the procedure of
selection and concluding with a happy note, making the decision. Interview in public sector
undertaking, statutory requirements.
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Reference checking & Appointment orders: meaning, definition and purpose. Verification
of character, criminal antecedents, previous work behavior and education qualifications.
Verification of community certificates in public sector companies
Meaning, definition, and purpose. Statutory requirements (under the Shops and commercial
establishments Act). Contents of appointment letter, hard copy (or soft copy), method of
delivery and retrieving the acknowledgement copy. Medical Examination & acceptance of
offer for joining.
1. Students need to identify two jobs in the college and need to do job analysis for those
positions using any of the job analysis methods.
2. In teams students can be asked to give presentations about various types of jobs (regular,
temporary, full time, part time, apprentice, contractual, and outsourcing) in different
industries along with its advantages and disadvantages
3. In Teams, select and analyze any two of the Job postings advertisements in Newspapers to
know more about job description and job specification mentioned in each advertisement for
every post.
4.Obtain online access to the resume data base of Naukri.com or Monsterindia.com for a
week give at least four Job Descriptions and specification to each student, to search and
download from the data base at least five resumes for each positions.
5. Students can identify 4 or 5 jobs of their interest and can create Advertisements for the
same imaging that they are Proprietors of the companies and hiring for these positions.
6. Debate on Advantages and disadvantages of hiring external and Internal for the selected
jobs like Police Constable, Doctor, CEO, Mechanical Engineer, Professor etc.,
7. Role play : Students can do the role play for the entire process of hiring and selecting 3 or
4 selected roles in a specific industry.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Human Resource Selection by Robert D. Gatewood and Hubert S. Feild, South
western Cengage Learning, Mason, Ohio 2001
2. Staffing Organization, Herbert G. Heneman III, Timothy A. Judge, 5th Edition,
McGraw Hill International
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Employee Selection, Lilly M Berry, Thomson Publications

Hiring & keeping the best people, HBS Press
Human Resource Planning, Dipak Kumar Bhattacharyya, 2nd edition, Excel BOOKS.
High performance hiring by Robert w. Wendover, Crisp Publication, California, 1991.
64
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR303
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives
1. To discuss the strategic importance of compensation to the achievement of
organizational goals. And the identify links between compensation objectives and
business strategy.
2. Discuss the role of compensation in attracting, motivating, and retaining a highquality workforce.
3. Discuss recent theoretical and practical developments in the area of compensation and
benefits.
4. Develop the basic competencies required for the development and management of
compensation systems.
5. Discuss how compensation management can become a competitive advantage.
6. Discuss the role of compensation management as part of the new mandate for HR
executives.
Module 1:
(6 Hours)
Introduction To Compensation: Definition of Compensation, The Pay Model, Strategic Pay
Policies, Strategic Perspectives of Pay, Strategic Pay Decisions, Best Practices vs. Best Fit
Options
Module 2:
(6 Hours)
Defining Internal Alignment: Definition of Internal Alignment, Internal Pay Structures,
Strategic Choices In Internal Alignment Design, Which Internal Structure Fits Best?
Module 3:
(10 Hours)
Job Analysis and Evaluation: Why Perform Job Analysis?, Job Analysis Procedures, Job
Analysis Data Collection Process, Job Descriptions, Definition of Job Evaluation, Major
Decisions In Job Evaluation, Job Evaluation Methods, Final Result Pay Structure
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Determining External Competitiveness and Benefits Management:
Competitiveness: Definition of Competitiveness, Pay Policy Alternatives, Wage Surveys,
Interpreting Survey Results, Pay Policy Line, Pay Grades
Benefits: Benefits Determination Process, Value of Benefits, Legally Required Benefits,
Retirement, Medical , & Other Benefits
Module 5:
Performance Based Compensation System:
65
(10 Hours)
Employee Contributions: Pay For Performance (PFP): Rewarding Desired Behaviors, Does
Compensation Motivate Performance?, Designing PFP Plans, Merit Pay/Variable Pay,
Individual vs. Group Incentives, Long Term Incentives. Compensation of Special Groups:
Who are Special Groups?, Compensation Strategies For Special Groups
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Legal & Administrative Issues in Compensation: Legal Issues, Pay Discrimination,
Comparable Worth, Budgets and Administration
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Global Compensation: Recognizing Variations, Social Contract, Culture & Pay, Strategic
Choices In Global Compensation, Comparing Systems, Expatriate Pay
Students must prepare a comprehensive compensation plan to be offered to a Sales

Executive, A General Manager and The CEO of an organization.
Students to collect information from an IT organization regarding the Cost To
Company of an employee.
Students have to prepare questionnaire for conducting wage survey and carry out
wage survey for any selected sector and prepare a report for the same.
Solve various case studies.
Students must compare and analyze compensation practices in different countries.
Students to calculate the bonus amount eligible to an employee working as a HR
Executive for the past 10 years in a automobile manufacturing organization.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Compensation & Reward Management, BD Singh, Excel BOOKS
2. Compensation, Milkovich & Newman, TMH
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Strategic Compensation, Joseph J. Martocchio, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education
2. Compensation Management in a Knowledge based world, Richard I. Anderson, 10th
edition, Pearson Education
3. Compensation Management, Er Soni Shyam Singh, Excel Books.
66
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR304
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To make students learn how to design a training environment to maximize learning at
workplace.
2. To enable students to be aware of the field of learning and development and its role in
optimizing performance.
3. To make students understand how assessment, relationships, courses, and job
experiences can be used for development.
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Introduction to Employee learning and Development, learning, Meaning and significance,
The Forces Influencing Working and Learning, classification of learning capabilities,
learning theories- Reinforcement Theory, Social Learning Theory, Goal Theories,
Expectancy Theory, Adult Learning Theory, pedagogy and andragogy; The basic principles
of learning, The Learning Process , Mental and Physical Processes, The Learning Cycle,
Instructional Emphasis for Learning Outcomes.
Module 2:
(6 Hours)
Training and Learning: Introduction, Relationship, meaning, Designing Effective Training,
Forces influencing working & learning, Strategic Training, Work Environment,
Characteristics influencing transfer of training, organizational environments encouraging
transfer;
Module 3:
(7 Hours)
Training Needs Analysis: Meaning and significance of training needs, types of needs,
components of needs, data collection, analysis and interpretation. Meaning and significance
of training design and development, principles of training design, design process, identifying
the training objectives, determining structure, content, duration, method, learning activities,
Module 4:
(11 Hours)
Training implementation & Methods: Meaning and significance of implementation,
making or buying decision, implementation process for making and buying decisions, skills
of effective trainer.
Training Methods: Presentation Methods, Hands-on Methods, Group Building Methods.
Choosing Training methods. E-Learning & Use of Technology in Training: Technology's
Influence on Training, Technology & Multimedia, Computer-Based Training, Developing
Effective Online Learning, Blended Learning, Simulations, Mobile Technology & Training
Methods, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Distance Learning, Technologies for Training
Support, Technologies for Training Administration, Learning Management Systems (LMSs),
Systems for Training Delivery, Support & Administration, Choosing New Technology
Training Methods.
67
Outward bound methods: Meaning and significance of outward bound learning (OBL)
methods, process of OBL, risk, safety and ethical issues. Training aids.
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Training Evaluation: Meaning, Reasons for Evaluating Training and significance of training
evaluation, Donald Kirkpatricks Evaluation Model, Return on investment in Training, Types
of Evaluation Designs, Considerations in Choosing an Evaluation Design, data collection for
training evaluation, Threats to Validity, Determining Costs, Evaluation Practices in different
organizations, Measuring Human Capital and Training Activity
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Executive development/ Management development
Need, factors affecting MDP, methods, process, administration, delivery, costing & pricing,
Company Strategies for Providing Development, Increased Use of New Technologies for
Learning, Increased Demand for Learning for Virtual Work Arrangements, Increased Use of
Training Partnerships & Outsourcing Training,
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Careers and Career Management: Introduction, Importance, Career: meaning, A Model of
Career Development (Career Stages), Career Management Systems, Roles of Employees,
Managers, Human Resource Managers, and Company in Career Management, Evaluating
Career Management Systems. Special Challenges in Career Management.
1. Study training programs and processes in different organizations and analyze their
effectiveness.
2. Students to design a training program for a specific job role.
3. Students are expected to conduct a mock training session including need identification
and a set of students to evaluate the effectiveness of the same.
4. Give a training needs analysis case and ask the students to find out the training needs.
5. Implement various training methods, observe and submit a report on its effectiveness.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Effective Training, P Nick and Blanchard, Pearson Education/PHI, 2/e, 2005
2. The Learning organization-Bob Garratt The fifth Discipline-Peter.M.Senge
3. Dr. B. Janakiraman, Training & Development, Biztantra/Wiley Dreamtech, 2005
4. G. Pandu Naik - HRD Solutions for excellence - T & D, Text Research & Cases,
Excel BOOKS
5. Noe A Raymond - Employee Training & Development, McGraw Hill Publication
6. Gupta B.L, Management Training and Development, Vrinda Publications, 1/e, 2011
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Training for development Rolf Lynton & Udai Pareek, Sage Publications, 2011.
2. Effective HR Training Development Strategy Rattan Reddy, HPH, 2005.
3. Training in organizations - Goldstein, 4/e, Cengage learning.
68
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR305
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To understand the fundamental concepts in the study of knowledge and its creation,
acquisition, representation, dissemination, use and re-use, and management.
2. To critically evaluate current trends in knowledge management and their
manifestation in business and industry.
3. The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with some of the organizational and
management issues surrounding the emergence of information and knowledge as key
factors in developing and maintaining a competitive advantage for firms.
4. Analyze and build communities of practice to contribute and share knowledge
Module 1:
(8 hours)
INTRODUCTION: What Is Knowledge Management, Multidisciplinary Nature of KM,
Drivers of KM, The Two Major Types of Knowledge, The Concept Analysis Technique,
History of Knowledge Management, From Physical Assets to Knowledge Assets,
Organizational Perspectives on Knowledge Management, Why Is KM Important Today?, KM
for Individuals, Communities and Organizations, Future Challenges for KM.
Module 2:
(8 hours)
UNDERSTANDING KNOWLEDGE: THE CORE OF BUSINESS: Knowledge,
Intelligence, Experience, Common sense. Cognition and KM. Types of Knowledge, Expert
Knowledge, Human Thinking & Learning. Organization Knowledge Management
architecture and Implementation Strategies.
KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND CAPTURE: Knowledge Creation, Nonakas Model,
Major Theoretical KM Models, Takeuchi Knowledge Spiral Model, Knowledge Conversion,
Knowledge Spiral. Knowledge Architecture, Other knowledge capture techniques.
Module 3:
(8 hours)
THE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CYCLE: Knowledge Management System Life
Cycle, Major Approaches to the KM Cycle, The Zack KM Cycle, The Bukowitz and
Williams KM Cycle, The McElroy KM Cycle, The Wiig KM Cycle, An Integrated KM
Cycle,
KNOWLEDGE CODIFICATION: Explicit Knowledge Codification, Cognitive Maps,
Decision Trees, Knowledge Acquisition and Application Tools.
Module 4:
(8 hours)
KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE:
The Social Nature of Knowledge, Sharing Communities, Types of Communities, Roles and
Responsibilities in CoPs, Knowledge Sharing in Virtual CoPs, Data Mining and Knowledge
Discovery, Blogs, Content Management Tools, Knowledge Sharing and Dissemination Tools,
Networking Technologies, Obstacles to Knowledge Sharing, Organizational Learning and
Social Capital, How to Provide Incentives for Knowledge Sharing
69
Module 5:
(8 hours)
KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION: Knowledge Application at the Individual, Group &
Organizational Levels, Characteristics of Individual Knowledge Workers, Task Analysis and
Modelling, EPSS, Knowledge Reuse, Knowledge Repositories, Strategic & Practical
Implications of Knowledge Application
THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE: Different Types of Cultures,
Organizational Culture Analysis, Culture at the Foundation of KM, The Effects of Culture on
Individuals, Cultural Transformation to a Knowledge-Sharing Culture, Organizational
Maturity Models, KM Maturity Models, CoP Maturity Models,
Module 6:
(8 hours)
KM STRATEGY AND METRICS:
Knowledge Management Strategy, Knowledge Audit, Gap Analysis, The KM Strategy Road
Map, The Management of Organizational Memory, Balancing Innovation and Organizational
Structure, Historical Overview of Metrics in KM, KM Metrics, The Benchmarking Method,
The Balanced Scorecard Method.
Module 7:
(8 hours)
THE KM TEAM & LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS:
LEARNING ORGANIZATION: The mystique of learning organization, learning and
change, RICE Model. Major Categories of KM Roles, Senior Management Roles, KM Roles
and Responsibilities within Organizations, The KM Profession. ETHICAL, LEGAL AND
MANAGERIAL ISSUES.
1. To expose and make students to prepare a report on knowledge management
practices implemented by successful companies.
2. Make a team of 2-3 students and asking them to conduct a telephonic interview or
survey regarding local businesses familiarity with and level of literacy in KM.
3. To do a comparison on the KM Life Cycle Models and seeing their applicability in
organizations.
4. To organize a group discussion for students and enable them to go through the
knowledge acquisition phases.
5. Asking students to compare and contrast on different COPs.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1.
Knowledge Management by Elias M Avad, Hassan M Ghaziri, PHI, 2nd Edition.
2.
Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice by Kimiz Dalkir, PHI, 2nd
Edition.
3.
Knowledge Management: Tool for Business Development by Dr. B. Rathan
Reddy, Himalaya Publishing House.
4.
Knowledge Management by Sudhir Warier, Vikas Publishing House.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Knowledge Management by Ratnaja Gogula.
2. Handbook on knowledge management by Holsapple, Springer Verlag.
3. Knowledge Management : Systems And Processes by Fernandez Irma Becerra,
Sabherwal Rajiv, Prentice Hall India.
70
CONFLICT AND NEGOTIATION MANAGEMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR306
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To understand the nature of various dimensions of conflict
2. To learn various strategies and techniques to manage conflicts
3. To understand the importance and role of negotiation in conflict resolution
4. To understand the importance of cross-cultural and gender dimensions of negotiation
Module 1:
( 8 Hours)
Managing Conflicts: Concept and importance of conflict: introduction and concept of
conflict, Network of relations and conflicts: elaboration of the network model; four-Tension
Balance in structure and culture; inter-group behaviour.
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Nature & Sources of conflicts: Features and perceptions of conflicts, Functional and
dysfunctional aspects of conflicts, Levels of conflict, Conflict continuum, Power continuum,
Causes of conflicts, Structural Factors; Personal Factors; Stages in Conflict
Module 3:
(6 Hours)
Processes and Dynamics of Conflict: Process of Conflict, Types of Conflict, Dynamics of
Conflict
Module 4:
(6 Hours)
Strategy and Management of Conflict: Interpersonal Conflict Resolutions, Management of
Conflict, Styles of Conflict Management
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Managing Negotiation: Understanding Negotiation, Strategies and Tactics of Negotiation:
Distributive Negotiation; Integrative Negotiation; Negotiation Types, Negotiating Processes:
Preparation; Invitation to Negotiation; Presentation; Bargaining, Negotiation Process, Third
Party Intervention- Litigation/Conciliation/ Arbitration: Resolution Alternative to Courts;
Advantage of ADR; Ways to Keep Disputes Out of Court; the ADR Mindset
Module 6:
(6 Hours)
International and Cross Cultural Negotiation: What makes International Negotiation
Different?, Culturally responsive negotiation strategies, Managing negotiation impasses
Module 7:
Study and analysis of relevant Cases
(6 Hours)
71
Survey the conflict resolution techniques adopted by individuals based on individual

personality types.
Dividing students into groups and give a scenario to negotiate and reach conclusion.
Reading: 8 Habits of Highly Effective People; apply the concepts to understand how
people approach negotiation through different mind sets.
Conduct Role Plays for different scenarios.
Solve various case studies dealing with conflict between teams and organizations.
Ask students to identify three unconscious factors that may affect their negotiation
effectiveness and ask them to explain why or how that phenomenon may occur.
Management games like two dollar game, cross the line games can be played in the
class to develop negotiation skills among the students.
Reference:
1. Lewicki, Roy. J et al: Negotiation (5th Edition), McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi, 2013
2. Singh, B.D., Managing Conflict and negotiation, Excel BOOKS, New Delhi, 2008
72
SEMESTER IV
Marketing Management
SALES MANAGEMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM407
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To provide an understanding of the concepts, techniques and approaches required for
effective decision making in the areas of Sales Management.
2. To emphasize on the practicing manager's problems and dilemmas.
3. To develop skills critical for generating, evaluating and selecting sales strategies.
Module 1:
(8 hours)
Introduction to sales management: Meaning, Evaluation, Importance, Personal Selling,
Emerging Trends in Sales Management, elementary study of sales organizations, qualities
and responsibilities of sales manager. Types of sales organizations.
Module 2:
(6 hours)
Selling skills & Selling strategies: Selling and business Styles, selling skills, situations,
selling process, sales presentation, Handling customer objections, Follow-u action.
Module 3:
(6 hours)
Management of Sales Territory & Sales Quota: Sales territory, meaning, size, designing,
sales quota, procedure for sales quota. Types of sales quota, Methods of setting quota.
Recruitment and selection of sales force, Training of sales force.
Module 4:
(8 hours)
Sales force motivation and compensation: Nature of motivation, Importance, Process and
factors in the motivation, Compensation-Meaning, Types of compensation plans and
evaluation of sales force by performance and appraisal process.
Module 5:
(6 hours)
Sales management job: Standard sales management process-international sales management
- international market selection-market survey approach or strategy - case study in Indian
context.
Module 6:
(8 hours)
Sales Manager and Sales Person: Role of sales manager and sales people; functions of sales
manager, functions of sales person, types and characteristics of sales manager and sales
people-Time management for sales manager and sales person.
Module 7:
(8 hours)
73
Selling on the internet: Selling agents for internet trading-net selling, advertising in net
trading, payment system in internet trading-smart card, credit card, debit card- payment by
card: advantages and disadvantages; How to make internet selling safe-Digital signature,
biometric method and legal or regulatory environment; Growth of internet trading in India.
Case Studies in Sales Management
(6hours)
1. Interview a salesperson and write a brief report about what they like and dislike about
their jobs, their salary, travelling allowances, sales quotas, why chose sales career,
and what does it take to succeed in this profession
2. Ask your friends if they would buy certain goods like groceries, vegetables, socks,
mobile, pens etc from the roadside vendor as against a regular shop. Group the
products into low risk and high risk ones. Does this buying behaviour also depend on
the personality of the individual doing the buying? Or the one doing the selling?
3. Students can make a presentation on any product or the services of student choice,
covering selling strategies and one day work exposure towards merchandising in any
big retail outlets of respective places where the institute if operating. Rural colleges
can send the students to the city nearby to observe the merchandising planning in
retail outlets and to make a small report.
4. Roles and functions of sales manager and sales people are different in every
organization Sales people view the roles of sales managers in their own way and vice
versa. You are the sales manager of a company. You make an analysis of what you
feel should be roles of a sales manager and a salesperson for maximizing sales of the
organization.
5. Your company is active in internet trading. A current issue in internet trading is : how
to make internet selling safe. Different methods have been suggested for safety or
security of internet trading. You have to analyze different methods and recommend a
method for your company.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Sales Management by Charles, Futrell, 6/e, 2003, Thomson South Western
2. Sales & Distribution Management by Tapan K.Panda& Sunil Sahadev, 6/e, Oxford
University Press
3. Sales & Distribution Management, A. Nag, McGraw Hill 2013
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Managing of Sales Force by Spiro Stanton Rich, 11/e, 2003, TMH
2. Sales & Retail Management, an Indian perspective by Dr.S.L Gupta, 1/e, 2007,Excell
BOOKS
3. Salesmanship and Sales Management-P.K Sahu & K C Raut, 3/e, Vikas Publishing
House3.Sales Management-Douglas J Dalrymple, William L Crowe-John Wiley & Co
74
INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM408
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objective:
1. The general purpose is to build a comprehensive framework that fully integrates the
various aspects of managerial decision making related to marketing communications
strategy and tactics.
2. This course provides an integrative approach to the study of the promotion mix,
including advertising, publicity, personal selling, and sales promotion.
3. This course aims at increasing ones knowledge in emerging trends in advertising in
global environment
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Role of IMC in marketing process, IMC planning model, Marketing and promotion process
model. Communication process, steps involved in developing IMC programme, Effectiveness
of marketing communications Purpose, Role, Functions, Types, Advertising Vs Marketing
mix, Advertising appeal in various stages of PLC
Module 2:
(5 Hours)
Advertising Agency: Type of agencies, Services offered by various agencies, Criteria for
selecting the agencies and evaluation.
Module 3:
(5 Hours)
Advertising objectives and Budgeting: Goal setting DAGMAR approach, various
budgeting methods used.
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Media planning: Developing Media plan, Problems encountered, Media Evaluation-Print,
Broadcast media, Support media in advertising.
Media strategy: Creativity, Elements of creative strategies and its implementation,
Importance of Headline and body copy.
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Direct Marketing: Features, Functions, Growth, Advantages/Disadvantages, And Direct
Marketing Strategies.
Promotion: Meaning, Importance, tools used, Conventional/unconventional, drawbacks,
push pull strategies, Co-operative advertising, Integration with advertising and publicity
Public relation/ Publicity:- Meaning, Objectives, tools of public relations, Public relation
strategies, Goals of publicity, Corporate Advertising Role, Types, Limitations, PR Vs
Publicity.
Module 6:
(5 Hours)
Monitoring, Evaluation and control: Measurement in advertising, various methods used for
evaluation, Pre-testing, Post testing.
75
Module 7:
(12 Hours)
International Advertising: Global environment in advertising, Decision areas in
international advertising
Internet advertising: Meaning, Components, Advantages and Limitations, Types of Internet
advertising
Industrial advertising: B 2 B Communication, Special issues in Industrial selling.
Case studies in Indian context only
1. Study the IMC programs adopted by various colleges to students applying for an
MBA course? Is the tactic adopted by your college right? If no, what are your
suggestions?
2. Study the role of newspapers, radio, television, billboards, internet and other media in
the marketing of mobiles. cold drinks, jeans, mobiles etc.
3. Observe a marriage in your family and write about how you would event manage it?
4. Take an advertisement introducing a new product like soap, biscuit etc and find the
media in which it was advertised. Ask your friends if they can recall this
advertisement and the message. Analyse if they would or would not buy the product
on the basis of this advertisement? And why?
5. Students can do a survey on effective media communications.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Advertising and Promotions IMC Perspectives: Belch and Belch Tata McGraw Hill,
9/e, 2012.
2. Advertising & Integrated Brand Promotion - OGuinn, Allen, Semenik, Cenage
Learning.
3. Integrated Advertising, Promotion, and Marketing Communications, Clow, Baack,
3/e, Pearson Education, 2007.
4. Integrated Marketing Communications Niraj Kumar, HPH.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Foundations of Advertising, Chynawalla & Sethia, HPH, 2007
2. Advertising management - Rajeev Batra, John G Myers & Aaker, 5/e, PHI, 2007.
3. Event marketing and management- Sanjaya Singh, Vikas Publication, 2003.
5. Advertising Basics, Vilanilam, Varghese, Response BOOKS, 2007
6. Advertising, Sangeeta Sharma & Raghuvir Singh, PHI, 2006.
76
E-MARKETING
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM409
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To understand the important concepts related to e-marketing
2. To learn the use of different electronic media for constructing marketing activities.
3. To introduce to the students the current tools in e-marketing space
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Introduction to E-Marketing: Landscape Past Today Future Internet Marketing
Paradigm Internet Infrastructure Stack
Business Models & Strategies: Strategic Planning Strategy to Electronic Planning
Strategic Drivers of the Internet Economy Business Models to E-Business Models EBusiness Models Performance Metrics The Balanced Scorecard
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
E-Marketing Plan: Overview of the E-Marketing Planning Process Creating an EMarketing Plan A Seven-Step E-Marketing Plan
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
The E-Marketing Environment: Overview of Global E-Marketing Issues Country and
Market Opportunity Analysis Technological Readiness Influences Marketing Wireless
Internet Access The Digital Divide
Ethical and Legal Issues Privacy Digital Property Online Expression Cyber Security
Cyber Crime
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
E-Marketing Research: Data Drive Strategy Marketing Knowledge Management
Monitoring Social Media Technology-Enabled Approaches Real-Space Approaches
Marketing Databases and Data Warehouses Data Analysis and Distribution Knowledge
Management Metrics - Consumer Behaviour Online Segmentation Targeting
Differentiation Positioning Strategies
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
E-Marketing Management: Product Products on Internet Creating Customer Value
Online Product Benefits E-Marketing Enhanced Product Development Price Change
in Pricing Strategies Buyer and Seller Perspectives Payment Options Pricing Strategies
Distribution Online Channel Intermediaries Distribution Channel Length and Functions
Channel Management and Power Distribution Channel Metrics Promotion Integrated
Marketing Communication (IMC) Internet Advertising Marketing Public Relations
Sales Promotion Offers Direct Marketing Personal Selling IMC Metrics
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
77
Customer Acquisition and Retention: Profile of Consumers Browsing Behaviour Model

Elements of Social Media Social Media Strategies Social Media Performance Metrics
Building Customer Relationships Relationship Marketing Stakeholders Three Pillars of
Relationship Marketing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) CRM Building
Blocks Ten rules for CRM Success
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Evaluating Performance and Opportunities: Measuring and evaluating web marketing
programs Social and Regulatory Issues Privacy Security Intellectual Property
Mobile Marketing Media Coverage
Emerging Issues: Online Governance and ICANN Jurisdiction Fraud Consumer Loyalty
of Website-Services The Quadratic Effect of Flow Role of Technology Readiness in
Developing Trust and Loyalty for E-Services in Developing Countries
1. Students can form a team and identify Internet Properties & its Marketing
Implications
2. Students can choose a Website for analysis based on its content, design, usability,
attractiveness and other website properties
3. Students can conduct a survey on Consumer who use internet marketing to identify
the pros and cons of e-marketing.
4. Students can do a project on branding strategies using internet marketing.
5. Students can write a report on Google advertising strategies
6. Students can discuss about traditional offline business in the online world.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. E-Marketing, Judy Strauss and Raymond Frost, Prentice Hall, 7th Edition, 2013
2. Internet Marketing: Integrating Online and Offline Strategies. M. L. Roberts and
Debra Zahay, Cengage Publishing, 3rd edition, 2013
3. Digital Marketing: Strategy, Implementation and Practice, Chaffey D., EllisChadwick F., Pearson, 5th Edition, 2012
4. E Marketing the essential guide to online marketing, Rob Stokes, Flat world
knowledge, 2010
5. E-marketing in Developed and Developing Countries: Emerging Practices, Hatem ElGohary and Riyadh Eid, IGI Global, 2013
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. The Essential Guide to Online Marketing, Rob Strokes, Quirk, ISBN: 9781936126323
2. The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News
Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, David
Meerman Scott, 2nd Edition, Jan 2010
3. E-Commerce: An Indian Perspective, P. T. Joseph, Prentice Hall, 4th Edition, 2013
4. Electronic Commerce: A Simplified Approach, Munesh Chandra Trivedi, Jaico
Publishing House, 2011
5. Online Display Advertising: Targeting and Obtrusiveness, Marketing Science,
Goldfarb and Tucker, May-June 2011.
78
STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM410
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To help the students appreciate the relationship between corporate strategy and Brand
Management.
2. To explore the various issues related to Brand Management and to enhance the
understanding and appreciation of this important intangible strategic asset including
brand association, brand identity, brand architecture, leveraging brand assets, brand
portfolio management.
3. To develop familiarity and competence with the strategies and tactics involved in
building, leveraging and defending strong brands in different sectors.
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Introduction to the concept of Brand Management:
Brand Meaning, Definition, Evolution of Brands, Functions of Brand to consumer, Role of
Brand- Advantages of Brand, Product Vs Brand,
Branding- Meaning, Creation of Brands through goods, services, people, Organisation,
Retail stores, places, online, entertainment, ideas, challenges to Brand builders
Brand Management-Meaning & Definition.
Strategic Brand Management Process-Meaning, Steps in Brand Management Process
Strong Indian Brands (Case study)
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Customer Based Brand Equity:
Customer Based Brand Equity-Meaning, Model of CBBE
Brand Equity: Meaning, Sources, Steps in Building Brands, Brand building blocksResonance, Judgments, Feelings, performance, imagery, salience-Brand Building
Implications, David Aakers Brand Equity Model.
Brand Identity & Positing: Meaning of Brand identity, Need for Identity & Positioning,
Dimensions of brand identity, Brand identity prism,
Brand positioning Meaning, Point of parity & Point of difference, positioning guidelines
Brand Value: Definition, Core Brand values, Brand mantras, Internal branding,
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Choosing Brand Elements to Build Brand Equity:
Criteria for choosing brand elements, options & tactics for brand elements-Brand name,
Naming guidelines, Naming procedure, Awareness, Brand Associations, Logos & Symbols &
their benefits, Characters & Benefits, Slogans & Benefits, Packaging.
Leveraging Brand Knowledge:
Meaning of Brand Knowledge, Dimensions of Brand Knowledge, Meaning of Leveraging
Secondary Brand Knowledge & Conceptualizing the leverage process.
Module 4:
(6 Hours)
79
Measuring & Interpreting brand performance:

Brand Value chain- Designing Brand Tracking studies, Establishing brand Equity
Management Systems.
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Measuring Brand Equity:
Methods for measuring Brand Equity- Quantitative Techniques & Quantitative
Techniques, Comparative methods-Brand based comparisons, marketing based comparisonsConjoint Analysis, Holistic methods.
Managing Brand Equity:
Brand Reinforcement, Brand Revitalization, Brand Crisis.
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Designing and sustaining branding strategies:
Brand hierarchy, Branding strategy, Brand extension and brand transfer, Managing Brands
over time. Brand Architecture and brand consolidation.
Brand Imitations:
Meaning of Brand Imitation, Kinds of imitations, Factors affecting Brand Imitation, Imitation
Vs Later market entry, First movers advantages, Free rider effects, Benefits for later entrants,
Imitation Strategies.
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Making Brands go Global:
Geographic extension, sources of opportunities for global brand, single name to global brand,
consumers & globalization, conditions favoring marketing, barriers to globalization,
managerial blockages, organization for a global brand, pathways to globalization.
Luxury Brand Management:
Luxury definition and relativity, luxury goods and luxury brands, basic psychological
phenomena associated with luxury purchase, luxury marketing mix, luxury retail,
International luxury markets: historical leaders and emerging countries.
Case studies
(2 Hours)
1. Go to a supermarket and find the brand elements in various brands of soaps, mobiles,
jeans, and other products
2. If you would start an MBA College, what would the positioning be with POPs and
3. PODs?
4. Pick up your college, analyse its positioning and how would you reposition it?
5. Pick a multiproduct company and as completely as possible analyze its brand
portfolio and brand extensions?
6. Consider some groups like Tatas , Birlas, Infosys etc what is their branding
strategy
7. Students are supposed to assess the product life cycle and appraise alternative
approaches to luxury brand management.
8. Students can select any two popular brands and identify and examine the criteria for
success in the luxury brand industry.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
80
1. Strategic Brand Management, Building Measuring & Managing Brand Equity 2nd
Ed Phi / Pearson Education Kevin Lane Keller
2. Brand Management -The Indian Context Y L R Moorthi Vikas Publication.
3. Strategic Brand Management Jean, Noel, Kapferer Kogan Page India
4. Brand Imitations Dr S Kaplan, Dr S Pandey HPH, 1/e, 2004
5. Brand Management, Tapan Panda, 2/e, Excel Publication
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Brand Management- Harish V Verma, 2/e, Excel BOOKS
2. Compendium Brand Management Chunnawalla HPH, 1/e, 2003
3. Managing Indian Brands S Ramesh Kumar Vikas
4. Strategic Brand Management- Richard Elliott & Larry Perclu, Oxford Press, 1/e
5. Creating powerful brands Chernatony, Elsevier Publication, 1/e
Readings:
1. Catry, B.(2003).The great pretenders: The magic of prestige goods. Business strategy
review,14(3),10-17
2. Bastein Vincent, Kapferer Jean-Noel, 2009.The Luxury Strategy: Break the Rules of
Marketing to build the Luxury Brand. NY: Kogan Page-384 pages.
RECOMMENDED BOOK FOR CASE STUDY:
Brand Management- Text and Cases- U C Mathur, Macmillan, 1/e
81
RURAL MARKETING
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM411
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. The objective of the course is to provide conceptual understanding on the Rural
Marketing with special reference to Indian context and develop skills required for
planning of Rural Products.
2. To create awareness about the applicability of the concepts, techniques and
processes of marketing in rural context.
3. To familiarize with the special problems related to sales in rural markets.
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Introduction to Indian Rural Marketing: Definition, scope of rural marketing, concepts,
classification of rural markets, rural vs. urban markets. Rural marketing environment:
Population, occupation pattern, income generation, location of rural population, expenditure
pattern, literacy level, land distribution, land use pattern, irrigation, development programs,
infrastructure facilities, rural credit institutions, rural retail outlets, print media in rural areas,
rural areas requirement, rural demand and rural market index, problems in rural marketing.
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Rural Consumer behaviour: Consumer buying behaviour models, Factors affecting
Consumer Behaviour, Social factors, Technological Factors, Economic Factors, Political
Factors, Characteristics of Rural consumer- Age and Stages of the Life cycle, Occupation
and Income, Economic circumstances, Lifestyle, Personality and Brand Belief, Information
Search and pre purchase Evaluation, Rise of Consumerism, Consumer Buying Process,
Opinion Leadership Process, Diffusion of Innovation, Brand Loyalty.
Researching Rural Market: Sensitizing rural market, Research design- reference frame,
Research approach, Diffusion of innovation, Development studies, PRA approach, The need
for PRA, Sampling, Operational aspects of data collection,
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Rural Marketing of FMCGs: Indian FMCG industry, characteristics of Indian FMCG
sector, Challenges in the FMCG industry, Rural Marketing of FMCGs: Select case studies
Rural Marketing of Consumer durables: Issues related to consumer durables in the rural
market, Rural Marketing of Consumer durables: Select case studies
Rural marketing of financial services: Marketing objectives and approaches, Evolution of
rural banking after independence, Challenges in marketing for banking services in rural,
opportunities for banking in rural areas, marketing strategies for banking services
Module 4:
(9 Hours)
Marketing of agricultural inputs: Indian tractor industry: A brief overview, Challenges for
Indian tractor industry, factors suggesting better future prospects for tractor industry,
marketing strategies for tractor industry
82
Fertilizer industry in India: Marketing of fertilizer industry, classification of fertilizer

industry, Challenges for marketing of fertilizer industry, marketing strategies for fertilizer
industry.
Indian agrochemical market: Marketing environment for agrochemicals in India, factors
affecting agro chemicals market growth, structural challenges faced by Indian agrochemical
industry, marketing strategies for agro chemicals.
Module 5:
(6 Hours)
Marketing of agricultural produce: Profiling of Indian agricultural produces marketing,
challenges in marketing of agricultural produce, Strategies to promote marketing of
agricultural produce
Marketing of rural artisan products, Characteristics of Indian handicrafts industry, Challenges
for rural artisan sector, Government policy towards handicrafts sector, marketing strategies
for the development of rural artisan sector
Module 6:
(12 Hours)
Distribution Strategy: Introduction Accessing Rural Markets, Coverage Status in Rural
Markets, Channels of Distribution, Evolution of Rural Distribution Systems- Wholesaling,
Rural Retail System, Vans, Rural Mobile Traders: The last Mile Distribution,
Haats/Shandies, Public Distribution System, Co-operative Societies Behaviour of the
Channel, Prevalent Rural Distribution Models- Distribution Models of FMCG Companies,
Distribution Model of Durable Companies, Distribution of fake products, Emerging
Distribution Models- Corporate SHG Linkage, Satellite Distribution, Syndicated
Distribution, ITCs Distribution Model, Petrol pumps and Extension counters, Barefoot
agents, Agricultural agents, Agricultural input dealers, Other channels, Ideal distribution
model for Rural
Communication strategy: Challenges in Rural Communication, A view of Communication
Process, Developing Effective- Profiling the Target Audience, Determining communication
objectives, designing the message, selecting the communication channels, deciding the
promotion mix, Creating advertisement for rural audiences rural media- Mass media, NonConventional Media, Personalized media, Rural Media: The importance of the two-step flow
of communication Media Typology, The Media Model, Media innovation, Influence of
Consumer Behaviour on Communication strategies
Module 7:
(5 Hours)
Corporate sector in agri-business: Reasons for increased interest of corporate sector in
agri-business, opportunities, in the agri-business, benefits of corporate driven agri-business
system-involvement of corporate sector in agri-business: select case studies.
Digitalizing the Indian rural markets-e-rural marketing: select live case studies-ITC echoupal, TARA haat, EID Parrys Indiaagriline, Kandhamal Apex Spices Association for
Marketing (KASAM)
1. Visit to the various Micro Finance Institutes, who extend their services in catering
rural market.
2. Approaching the FMCG companies which have already catered in Rural and
Understand the approach strategy (What is that innovative concept the company has
adopted in successfully catering in to rural markets)
3. Visit to a village and understand the market structure and also understand the
functioning part of the rural markets
83
4. Students should come up with new product designing with the rural marketing mix 4
As (Awareness, Acceptability, Adaptability and Affordability)
5. Students can do a survey on corporate farming and its effect on income of the rural
farmer.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Rural Marketing - Pradeep Kashyap & Siddhartha Raut, Biztantra
2. Rural Marketing - Gopal Swamy T. P, 3/e, Vikas Publishing House,
3. Rural Marketing - Dogra & Karminder Ghuman, 1/e, TMH.
4. Rural Marketing - Sanal Kumar Velayudhan, 2/e, Response Publication 2007.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Rural Marketing Mathur U. C, 1/e, excel BOOKS.
2. Rural Marketing Krishnamacharyulu C. G & Lalitha Ramakrishnan, Pearson
Education.
3. Rural Marketing Habeeb Ur Rahman,1/e, HPH, 2004. 4. Rural Marketing Sukhpal
Singh, Vikas Publishers
4. Rural Marketing Minouti Kamat & R. Krishnamoorthy, 3/e, HPH.
5. Agricultural Marketing In India Acharya , Oxford I B H
6. Advertising & Marketing in Rural India- Tej K. Bhatia, 2/e, Macmillan.
7. Marketing of Agricultural Products - Richard Kohls and Joseph N. Uhl, 9/e, PHI.
8. Rural Marketing R.V.Badi, N.V.Badi, HPH.
84
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA MM412
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To introduce students to the international marketing management process, design and
theories
2. To develop skills relating to the design of international marketing strategy.
3. To familiarize the essential ingredients of developing international marketing strategy
4. To provide basic knowledge about export import business and countrywide
implications
Module 1:
(8 hours)
International Marketing Definition and Scope Reasons and Motivations Global Vs
Domestic Marketing Concepts related to the management of international marketing
function World Trade and Indias foreign trade: an overview Institutional framework for
exports in India.
Module 2:
(8 hours)
International Trade Theories- Absolute cost-comparative Cost- H-O Theorem- New Trade
Theories- Porters Diamond Theory- Managerial Implications
Global marketing environment cultural Environment Political and Legal Environment
Economic Environment.- Modes of entry in to foreign business
Module 3:
(8 hours)
Indias Export Import policy procedure and Documentation - INCO terms - balance of
trade and payments
Module 4:
(8 hours)
International Product Policy and Planning Pricing for exports and logistics International
Promotion: Advertising, other forms & Sales force Selection of Channels and Distribution.
Module 5:
(8 hours)
International Market selection International Marketing Research International marketing
Planning and control.
Module 6:
(8 hours)
International product decisions- International pricing decisions-International promotional
decisions-Evaluation of international marketing performance- coordination of international
marketing performance
Module 7:
(8 hours)
International distribution strategy: International Channels Channel alternatives
Importance of Channel decision Factors influencing the Channel decision Channel
Selection decision International Retailing Role of Logistics
85
You are required to develop a comprehensive international Marketing plan in this group
project. Form groups of 4 members and follow the steps discussed below.
1.
Pick a leading company-product combination of your choice.
2.
Decide upon a country where your company-product combination will be
marketed. The country selection decision would involve making a non-trivial
comparison of the international marketing opportunities in at least two (or more)
countries of the world where the chosen company currently does not have operations.
3.
Select the best method of entry for doing business in this country and decide on
the relevant market segments to target in the selected country and overall marketing
approach.
4.
Finally, develop a comprehensive international marketing plan and discuss upon
decisions related to the 4Ps of marketing.
5.
Review detailed guidelines for developing an international marketing plan
6.
Analyse international marketing environment to understand opportunities and
threats that a company underlying the behaviors of international consumers and
business associates.
7.
Conduct international marketing research to generate information on consumers,
competitors and other aspects of the international marketing environment.
8.
Select countries for international expansion and an appropriate method of entry
for international markets ranging from indirect export to joint venture to foreign direct
investment.
9.
Market segmentation, targeting, and positioning strategy for international markets
10.
Collect data to study globalization versus adaptation of marketing mix for
international markets including product, pricing, distribution and promotion decisions.
11.
Dealing with international associates, employees and partners including topics
such as international business negotiations, personal management etc.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1.
Varshney and Bhattacharya, International marketing Management An Indian
Perspective, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi.
2.
Keegan, Global Marketing Management, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
3.
Philip Cateora and John Graham, International Marketing, Tata Mc Graw Hill,
New Delhi.
4.
D.C.Kapoor, Export Management, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Essentials of International Marketing, Donald L. Brady, Jaico Publishing House, 1st
Edition, 2011
2. Para Ram, Export: What, Where, How, Anupam Publishers, Delhi.
86
Finance Specialisation
MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM407
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1.
To facilitate understanding of corporate merger and acquisition activity and
restructurings
2.
To examine the role that M&A plays in the contemporary corporate world, and its
use as a strategic tool to provide growth, enhance competitive position, transform a
company or industry, and create shareholder value.
3.
To compare and contrast the various forms of corporate restructuring.
4.
To provide the student a framework for analyzing transactions including
understanding strategic rationale, deal structures, bidding strategies, and the need for a
value proposition.
5.
To assess human and cultural aspects of M&As.
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Mergers- types of merger theories of mergers- operating, financial and managerial synergy
of mergers value creation in horizontal, vertical and conglomerate mergers internal and
external change forces contributing to M & A activities- Impact of M & A on stakeholders.
Module 2:
(5 Hours)
M & A A strategic perspective- industry life cycle and product life cycle analysis in M&A
decision, strategic approaches to M&A- SWOT analysis, BCG matrix, Porters five forces
model
Module 3:
(9 Hours)
Corporate restructuring significance - forms of restructuring joint ventures sell off
and spin off divestitures equity carve out leveraged buy outs (LBO) management buy
outs master limited partnerships Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) in India: Nature and
incorporation of LLP-De merger- strategic alliance- buyback of shares-employee stock
ownership plans (ESOP)
Module 4:
(7 Hours)
Merger Process: Dynamics of M&A process - identification of targets negotiation closing the deal. Five-stage model Due diligence Types - due diligence strategy and
process - due diligence challenges.
Process of merger integration organizational and human aspects managerial challenges
of M & A
Module 5:
(12 Hours)
Methods of financing mergers cash offer, share exchange ratio mergers as a capital
budgeting decision
Synergies from M&A: Operating and Financial synergy
87
Accounting for amalgamation amalgamation in the nature of merger and amalgamation in

the nature of purchase- pooling of interest method, purchase method procedure laid down
under Indian companies act of 1956
Module 6:
(7 Hours)
Takeovers, types, takeover strategies, - Takeover defences financial defensive measures
methods of resistance anti-takeover amendments poison pills
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Legal aspects of Mergers/amalgamations and acquisitions/takeovers- Combination and
Competition Act- Competition Commission of India (CCI)- CCI Procedure in Regard to the
transactions of Business Relating to combination of Regulations 2011- Scheme of
Merger/Amalgamation-essential features of the scheme of amalgamation-Approvals for the
scheme-Step wise procedure- Acquisitions/Takeovers- Listing agreement-The SEBI
Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeover code.
Pick up any latest M&A deal. Generate the details of the deal and then study the deal in the
light of the following.
1. Nature of the deal: merger, acquisition, or takeover. If it is a merger, what type of
merger is it?
2. Synergies likely to emerge to the combining and the combined firm(s) from the deal
3. The valuation for the merger
4. The basis for exchange rate determination
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Fred Weston, Kwang S Chung, Susan E Hoag Mergers, Restructuring And
Corporate Control Pearson Education, 4/e
2. Aswath Damodaran Corporate Finance-Theory And Practice John Wiley & Sons
3.
Weston,
Mitchell
And
Mulherin - Takeovers, Restructuring And Corporate Governance Pearson
Education, 4/e, 2003
4. Shukla & Grewal- Advanced Accounts Vol. 2 S.Chand & Sons,
5. Mergers and Acquisitions, Rajinder S. Aurora, Kavita Shetty and Sharad R. Kale,
Oxford University Press,2011
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Sudi Sudarsanam Value Creation From Mergers And Acquisitions Pearson
Education, 1/e, 2003
2. Merger Acquisitions & Corporate Restructuring Chandrashekar Krishna Murthy &
Vishwanath. S.R Sage Publication.
3. Ramanujam et al Mergers TMH, 2003
4. Gerard Picot Handbook of International Mergers & Acquisitions -Palgrave
Publishers Ltd.
5. Nishikant Jha, Mergers, acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring, Himalaya
Publishing House,2011
6. Bhagaban Das, Debdas Raskhit and Sathya Swaroop Debasish, Corporate
Restructuring, Himalaya Publishing,2009
7. M.C. Kuchhal and Vivek Kuchhal, Business Legislation for Management,4/e, Vikas
Publishing House,2013
88
89
RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM408
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To provide an understanding of risk and methods of handling risk
2. To provide an understanding of the risk identification and measurement
3. To comprehend insurance contracts such as health insurance, fire insurance, marine
and health insurance and life insurance
4. To provide an understanding of the management of insurance companies
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Introduction to Risk Management: Risk-Risk and Uncertainty-Types of Risk-Burden of
Risk-Sources of Risk-Methods of handling Risk-Degree of Risk-Management of Risk
Risk Management-Risk Management Process-Identification Loss exposures-Analyzing Loss
exposures-Objectives of Risk Management-Select the Appropriate Risk Management
Technique-Implement and Monitor the Risk Management Program-Risk Management by
Individuals and Corporations-Risk Management objectives-Need for a Rationale for Risk
Management in Organizations- Understanding the cost of Risk-Individual Risk Management
and the Cost of Risk-Risk Management and Societal Welfare.
Module 2:
(6 Hours)
Risk Identification-Business Risk Exposures-Individual Exposures-Exposures of Physical
Assets -Exposures of Financial Assets -Exposures of Human Assets -Exposures to Legal
Liability - Exposure to Work-Related Injury-Basic concepts form probability and Statistics.
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Risk Measurement-Evaluating the Frequency and Severity of Losses-Risk Control-Risk
Financing Techniques-Risk Management Decision Methods-Pooling Arrangements and
Diversification of Risk.
Advanced Issues in Risk Management: The Changing Scope of Risk ManagementInsurance Market Dynamics-Loss Forecasting-Financial Analysis in Risk Management -Decision Making-Other Risk Management Tools
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Introduction to Insurance
Risk and Insurance- Definition and Basic Characteristics of Insurance-Requirements of an
Insurable Risk-Adverse Selection and Insurance-Insurance vs. Gambling Insurance vs.
Hedging-Types of Insurance-Essentials of Insurance Contracts.
Indian Insurance Industry -Historical Framework of Insurance, Insurance sector Reforms
in India-Liberalization of Insurance Markets-Major players of Insurance.
Regulation of Insurance- Insurance Act 1938- eligibility-Registration and Capital
requirement-Investment of assets-Approved investments-Licensing of insurance agentsIRDA-Duties and powers of IRDA-IRDA Act 1999-IRDA regulations for general insurance-
90
reinsurance, life insurance, micro insurance, licensing of insurance agents, registration of

insurance companies and protection of policyholders interest.
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Life Insurance
Basics of Life Insurance-Growth of Actuarial Science-Features of Life Insurance-Life
Insurance Contract-Life Insurance Documents-Insurance Premium Calculations.
Life Insurance Classification-Classification on the Basis Duration-Premium PaymentParticipation in Profit-Number of Persons Assured-Payment of Policy Amount-Money Back
Policies-Unit Linked Plans.
Annuities-Need of Annuity Contracts, Annuity V/s Life Insurance, Classification of
Annuities.
Module 6:
(10 Hours)
General Insurance-Laws Related to General Insurance-General Insurance Contract-General
Insurance Corporation(GIC)-Performance Private and Public General insurance companies.
Health Insurance-Individual Medical Expense Insurance Long Term Care Coverage
Disability Income Insurance Medi-claim Policy Group Medi-claim Policy Personal
Accident Policy Child Welfare Policy-Employee Group Insurance Features of Group
Health Insurance Group Availability Plan.
Fire Insurance-Essentials of Fire Insurance Contracts, Types of Fire Insurance Policies, Fire
Insurance Coverage.
Marine Insurance-Types of Marine Insurance Marine Insurance principles Important
Clauses in Marine Insurance Marine Insurance Policies Marine Risks-Clauses in Marine
Policy.
Motor Vehicles Insurance-Need for Motor Insurance, Types of Motor Insurance, Factors to
be considered for Premium Fixing.
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Management of Insurance Companies
Functions and Organization of Insurers- Types of Insurance Organization, Organizational
Structure of Insurance Companies-Functions of Insurers.
Underwriting-Principles of Underwriting, Underwriting in Life Insurance, Underwriting in
non-life Insurance.
Claims Management-Claim Settlement in General Insurance-Claim Settlement in Life
Insurance.
Insurance Pricing-Insurance Cost and Fair Premiums, Expected Claim Costs, Investment
Income and the timing of claims Payments, Administrative Costs, Profit Loading, Capital
Shocks and Underwriting Cycles, Price Regulation.
Insurance Marketing: Marketing of Insurance Products, Critical Success factors for
Insurance Players, Marketing Strategies in India.
Practical Component
1. Analyze the insurance potential in India based on secondary data
2. Meet Insurance advisors. Agents and have a discussion on requirements of insurance
selling.
3. Select insurance company of your interest and study the risk management procedures
followed by that company.
4. Analyze risk management techniques used by the banks, cement companies,
automobile companies.
91
5. Visit the IRDA website and identify the rules and regulations governed by IRDA with
respect to Marketing of insurance in rural markets
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
1. Scott E. Harrington, Gregory R Niehaus, (2007), Risk Management and Insurance,
Second Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi.
2. Dorfman, Mark S., (2008), Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, Ninth
Edition, Prentice Hall India, New Delhi.
3. George E Rejda, (2009), Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, Twelfth
Edition, Pearson, New Delhi.
4. P.K. Gupta, (2010), Insurance and Risk Management, First Edition, Himalaya
5. P. Periasamy, (2009), Principles and Practice of Insurance, Second Edition,
Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.
6. G. Kotreshwar, (2011), Risk Management-Insurance and Derivatives, First Edition,
Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. C. Arthur Williams, Jr. Peter Young, Michael Smith, (2007), Risk Management and
Insurance, Eighth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, New
Delhi.
2. James Trieschmann, Obert Hoyt, David Sommer, (2008), Risk Management and
Insurance, Twelfth Edition, Cengage Learning, New Delhi.
3. Harold D. Skipper, W. Jean Kwon, (2008), Risk management and Insurance: New
Perspective in a Global Economy, First Edition, Wiley India, New Delhi.
4. Emmett J. Vaughan, Therese Vaughan, (2007), Fundamentals of Risk and
Insurance, First Edition, Wiley India, New Delhi.
92
TAX MANAGEMENT
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM409
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1.
To develop a thorough, critical understanding of the central concepts in the law of
income tax, including the capital gains provisions, and fringe benefits tax
2.
To enable students to develop experience in identifying tax issues and applying
the income tax law to arrive at reasoned solutions to problems.
3.
To develop ability to calculate taxable income of individuals, partnerships and
companies
4.
To familiarize the students with CST and VAT
Module 1:
(7 Hours)
Basic concepts: assessment year, previous year, person, assessee, Income, charges on
income, gross total income, capital and revenue receipts, residential status, receipt and
accrual of income, connotation of income deemed to accrue or arise in India. Tax Planning,
Tax Evasion and Tax Management. (Problems on residential Status of Individual assessee)
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Explanation under various heads of income. Income from salary (Basic problems), Income
from House Property (Theory Only)
Module 3:
(10 Hours)
Income under the head Profit and Gains of Business or Professions and its computationbasis- method of accounting- scheme of business deductions/ allowance- deemed profitsmaintenance of books, Depreciation (Problems on computation of income from business/
profession of Individual assessee and Depreciation).
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Income under capital gain, basis of charge, transfer of capital asset, inclusion & exclusion
from capital asset, capital gain, computation of capital gain( theory & problems), deductions
from capital gains.
Module 5:
(6 Hours)
Income from Other Sources (Theory Only) Permissible deductions under section 80C to
80U. Setoff and carry forward of losses and clubbing of Incomes.
Module 6:
Computation of tax liability of a firm and partners.
(7 Hours)
Module 7:
(10 Hours)
93
Computation of taxable income of a company with special reference to MAT. Corporate

dividend Tax.
Central Excise Act, Customs Act and Central Sales Tax and VAT: objectives and
important provisions of the acts. (Theory only)
1. Understanding the usage of software package while calculating different taxes
2. Preparation of Income tax returns of Individual assesses.
3. Preparation of sales tax returns
4. Studying the online submission of Income tax returns
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Direct Taxes Vinod Singhania and Kapil Singhania, Taxmann Publications
2. Indirect Taxes V S Datey, Taxman Publications.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Students Guide to Income Tax Vinod Singhania, Taxman Publications.
2. Direct Tax Mehrotra, Sahitya Bhavan
3. Students Guide to Income Tax Manoharan T. N, Snow White.
4. How to deal with VAT- Kul Bushan, 1/e, Pearson Education/PHI, 2004.
5. Direct Taxation Meena Goyal, Biztantra publication,
94
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM410
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives
1. To provide an understanding the international economic and financial environment.
2. To explain the foreign exchange rate determination, including the foreign exchange
and derivatives markets.
3. To describe foreign exchange exposure measurement and management.
4. To provide an understanding the financial management aspects of the MNC.
5. To explain the functioning of world financial markets and institutions.
Module 1:
(6
Hours)
International financial Environment- The Importance, rewards & risk of international
finance- Goals of MNC- International Business methods Exposure to international riskInternational Monetary system- Multilateral financial institution
Module 2:
(8
Hours)
International flow of funds and International Monetary system:International Flow of Funds: Balance of Payments (BoP), Fundamentals of BoP, Accounting
components of BOP, Factors affecting International Trade and capital flows, Agencies that
facilitate International flows. BOP, Equilibrium & Disequilibrium. Trade deficits. Capital
account convertibility (problems on BOP)
International Monetary System: Evolution, Gold Standard, Bretton Woods system, the
flexible exchange rate regime, the current exchange rate arrangements, the Economic and
Monetary Union (EMU).
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Foreign Exchange Market: Function and Structure of the Forex markets, Foreign exchange
market participants, Types of transactions and Settlements Dates, Exchange rate quotations,
Nominal, Real and Effective exchange rates, Determination of Exchange rates in Spot
markets. Exchange rates determinations in Forward markets. Exchange rate behaviour-Cross
Rates- -Arbitrage profit in foreign exchange markets, Swift Mechanism. Triangular and
locational arbitrage.
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
International Financial Markets and Instruments: - Foreign Portfolio Investment.
International Bond & Equity market. GDR, ADR, Cross listing of shares Global registered
shares. International Financial Instruments: Foreign Bonds & Eurobonds, Global Bonds.
Floating rate Notes, Zero coupon Bonds, International Money Markets
International Banking services Correspondent Bank, Representative offices, Foreign
Branches. Forward Rate Agreements
95
Module 5:
(8
Hours)
International Parity Relationships & Forecasting Foreign Exchange rate: - Measuring
exchange rate movements-Exchange rate equilibrium Factors effecting foreign exchange
rate- Forecasting foreign exchange rates .Interest Rate Parity, Purchasing Power Parity &
International Fisher effect. Covered Interest Arbitrage
Module 6:
(8
Hours)
Foreign Exchange exposure: - Management of Transaction exposure- Management of
Translation exposure- Management of Economic exposure- Management of political
Exposure- Management of Interest rate exposure.
Module 7:
(10
Hours)
Foreign exchange risk Management: Hedging against foreign exchange exposure
Forward Market- Futures Market- Options Market- Currency Swaps-Interest Rate SwapHedging through currency of invoicing- Hedging through mixed currency invoicing Country
risk analysis.
International Capital Budgeting: Concept, Evaluation of a project, Factors affecting, Risk
Evaluation, Impact on Value, Adjusted Present Value Method
1. Students can study the Balance of Payment statistics of India for the last five year and
present the same in the class.
2. Students can carry out a survey of Exporters and report the foreign exchange risk
management practices adopted by them.
3. Students can study the impact of exchange rate movement on the stock Index.
4. Students can predict exchange rates using technical analysis and find arbitrage
opportunities using newspaper quotes present the same in the class.
5. Students can visit a bank and study the foreign exchange derivatives offered by them.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. International Finance Management - Eun & Resnick, 4/e, Tata McGraw Hill.
2. Multinational Business Finance Eiteman, Moffett and Stonehill, 12/e, Pearson,
2011.
3. International Financial Management - Jeff Madura, Cengage Learning 2008.
4. International Financial Management Vyuptakesh Sharan, 5/e, PHI, 2011.
5. Multinational Financial Management Alan C. Shapiro, 8/e, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.,
2011.
6. International Financial Management Madhu Vij, Excel BOOKS, 2010.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. International Financial Management Siddaiah T, 1/e, Pearson, 2011.
2. International Finance Imad Moosa, 3/e, Tata McGraw Hill, 2011.
3. International Finance Shailaja G, 2/e, University Press, 2011.
4. International Financial Management Apte P. G, 6/e, TMH, 2011.
5. International Finance Maurice Levi, 5/e, Routledge, 2009.
6. International Financial Management Jain, Peyrard & Yadav, Macmillan 2010
7. International Finance Thomas OBrien, Oxford University Press, 2010.
96
97
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM411
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To describe the characteristics of the relevant financial derivative instruments
2. To explain how the instruments covered can be used to implement basic market risk
management strategies, appropriate for corporate applications
3. Explain the use of options and futures contracts for tactical portfolio strategies
purpose
4. To provide an understanding of pricing financial derivatives, including familiarity
with some central techniques, like the binomial model, and the Black-Scholes model
5. To explain the fundamentals of credit risk management and Value at Risk
Module 1:
(4 Hours)
Financial Derivatives - Introduction, economic benefits of derivatives - Types of
financial derivatives - Features of derivatives market - Factors contributing to the growth
of derivatives - functions of derivative markets - Exchange traded versus OTC derivatives
- traders in derivatives markets - Derivatives market in India
Module 2:
(10 Hours)
Futures and forwards - differences-valuation of futures, valuation of long and short
forward contract. Mechanics of buying & selling futures, Margins, Hedging using futures
- specification of futures - Commodity futures, Index futures, interest rate futures arbitrage opportunities.
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Financial Swaps - features and uses of swaps - Mechanics of interest rate swaps
valuation of interest rate swaps currency swaps valuation of currency swaps.
Module 4:
(12 Hours)
Options: Types of options, option pricing, factors affecting option pricing call and put
options on dividend and non-dividend paying stocks put-call parity - mechanics of
options - stock options - options on stock index - options on futures interest rate
options. Concept of exotic option. Hedging & Trading strategies involving options,
valuation of option: basic model, one step binomial model, Black and Scholes Model,
option Greeks. Arbitrage profits in options.
Module 5:
(7 Hours)
Commodity derivatives: commodity futures market-exchanges for commodity futures in
India, Forward Market Commissions and regulation-commodities traded trading and
settlements physical delivery of commodities.
98
Module 6:
(7 Hours)
Interest rate markets - Type of rates, Zero rates, Bond pricing, Determining Zero rates,
Forward rules, Forward rate agreements (FRA), Treasury bond & Treasury note futures,
Interest rate derivatives.
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Credit risk - Bond prices and the probability of default, Historical default experience,
reducing exposure to Credit risk, Credit default swaps, Total return swaps, Credit spread
options, Collateralized debt obligation.
Value at Risk (VAR) - Measure, Historical simulation, Model building approach, linear
approach, Quadratic model, Monte Carlo simulation, stress testing and back testing
1. Students can visit a financial institution dealing in commodity derivatives and
study the products offered by him.
2. Students should individually select various futures or options and watch the
behaviour of these futures and options on a day to day for 15 days to see how
futures and options might help mitigate the risks of investors.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1.
Options Futures & Other Derivatives - John C. Hull, 6/e, Pearson Education.
2.
Options & Futures- Vohra & Bagri, 2/e, TMH
3.
Derivatives- Valuation & Risk Management - Dubofsky & Miller, Oxford
University Press, 2005.
4.
Financial Derivatives- Bishnupriya Mishra and Sathya Swaroop Debashish,
Excel BOOKS,2007
5.
Derivatives and Risk Management, Rajiv Srivastava, Oxford University
Press, 2010
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Risk Management & Insurance Harrington & Niehaus, 2/e, TMH.
2. Risk Management & Derivative Shulz, Cengage Learning.
3. Principles of Risk Management & Insurance George E. Rejda, 11/e,
Pearson Education, 2011.
4. Introduction to Derivatives and Risk Management Don M. Chance, Cenage
Learning, 2008.
5. Introduction to Risk Management & Insurance Mark S. Dorfman, 9/e, Pearson,
2008
6. International Risk & Insurance Skipper, TMH
7. Options & Futures Edwards & Ma, 1/e, McGraw Hill.
8. Derivatives & Financial Innovations Bansal, TMH.
9. Credit Risk Management Andrew Fight, 1/e, Elsevier.
10. Financial Derivatives Kumar S. S. S, PHI, 2007.
11. Risk Management Kotreshwar, HPH.
12. Futures, Options and Swaps Robert W. Kolb, 5/e, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. 2011.
13. Risk Management and Insurance, Treishumann, James S., 12/e, Cengage
Learning.
14. Risk Accounting & Risk Management for Accountants Chorafas D, 1/e,
Elsevier.
99
100
CORPORATE VALUATION
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA FM412
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. Identify the purpose of corporate valuation and to obtain an overview of the basic
corporate valuation process
2. To familiarize the students with the standard techniques of corporate valuation.
3. To develop analytical skills and communication strategies for discussing corporate
valuation.
4. To assess a firms business and competitive strategy and whether it is creating value
for shareholders
Module 1:
(6
Hours)
Corporate valuation-an Overview-Context of valuation-Approaches to Valuation-Features of
the valuation process: Book value approach, Stock and debt approach, discounted cash flow
approach, Relative valuation approach, option valuation approach-Features of the valuation
process-Corporate valuation in practice.
Module 2:
(12
Hours)
Enterprise DCF Model-Analysing historical performance-Estimating the cost of CapitalForecasting performance-Estimating the continuing value-Calculating and interpreting the
results-Other DCF models: Equity DCF Model: Dividend discount model, free cash flow to
Equity (FCFE) model-Adjusted present value model-Economic profit model-Applicability
and Limitations of DCF analysis
Module 3:
(10 Hours)
Relative valuation-Steps involved in Relative valuation-Equity valuation multiples-Enterprise
valuation multiples-Choice of multiple-Best practices using multiples-Assessment of relative
valuation.
Module 4:
(6 Hours)
Other Non DCF Approaches-Book Value approach-Stock and Debt approach-Strategic
approach to valuation-Guidelines for corporate valuation
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Advanced issues in valuation-Valuation of companies of different kinds-valuation in different
contexts-Loose ends of valuation-Valuation of intangible assets: Patents, trademarks,
copyrights and licenses; Franchises; Brands
Module 6:
(7 Hours)
101
Value Based Management- Methods and Key premises of VBM-Marakon approach-Alcar

approach-Mckinsey approach-Stern Stewart approach-BCG approach-Lessons from the
experiences of VBM adopters.
Module 7:
(7 Hours)
Case studies in Valuation-Bharat Hotels company-Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited-Bhoruka
Power Corporation Limited-Valuation in the Merger of ICICI with ICICI Bank-Sasken
Communication Technologies-Valuation of Infosys Brand
Obtain last three years balance sheet of any firm that has debt and equity and find out the
free cash flow to the firm and free cash flow to the equity for the last three years. Also
determine if there is any growth in the cash flows to the firm and to the equity holders. Find
beta of the firm and compute cost of equity and WACC to finally find the value of the firm
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
1. Prasanna Chandra, Corporate Valuation and Value Creation, Tata McGraw Hill,2011
2. Aswath Damodaran, Damodaran on Valuation, 2/e, John Wiley and Sons,2006
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Philip R Daves, Michael C. Ehrhardt, and Ron E. Shrieves, Corporate Valuation: A
Guide for Managers and Investors, Cengage Learning,2003
3. David Frykman, Jakob Tolleryd, Corporate Valuation, Financial Times Prentice
Hall,2003
4. Rawley Thomas, Benton E. Gup, The Valuation Handbook: Valuation Techniques
from Today's Top Practitioners, John Wiley & Sons, 2010
5. Rajiv Srivastava and Anil Misra, Financial Management,2/e, Oxford University
Press,2011
102
Human Resource Management

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR407
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objective:
To provide an understanding of the fundamentals tools of public relations practice and to
provide a multidisciplinary understanding of the emerging trends in the field of public
relations
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
What is Public Relation? Proactive and Reactive Approaches Public Relations Process
Behavoiural Public Relations Model Persuasion Model Two way symmetrical
Communications Model When communications is not enough 20 great truths about
Public Relations
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Theoretical basis for Public Relations Theories of Relationships Systems Theory
situational Theory Theories of Persuasion and Social Influence Social Exchange Theory
Diffusion Theory Social Learning Theory Elaborated Likelihood Theory - Theories of
Mass communication Uses and Gratification Theory Agenda Setting Theory Public
Relations roles Models of Public Relations Approaches to Conflict Resolutions
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Employee communications Role of employee communication concept of Organizational
culture Establishing Communication Policy Organizational change Importance of
employee communication Special employee Communication Situations Media of
Employee communications Objectives of Internal media Starting internal media
controlling internal media- Occasional and Special media
Rules of Effective Employee Relations. Frontline supervisors as the key communicators
Case: Investing in Employees Pays Off (CJSS)
Case: Southwest Airlines Where Fun, LUV, and Profit Go Hand in Hand (CJSS)
Case: Employee Retention: It is the employer who is on probation (LLHT)
Case: Maintaining Employee Relationship in a Tragedy (LLHT)
Kodak Communicates One on - One with All of its Employees (CJSS)
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Community Relations Importance of Public Relations Community Relations Process
Guidelines for Effective Relations Programs -Specific Functions of Public Relations
Criteria for Community relations Activities Corporate Social Responsibility &
Philanthropy-Emerging Challenge of Community Activism
Case: Community Relationships Maintained During Hospital Closing (CJSS)
103
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Media Relations Media Relations Role of Media in Public Relations Social Media
working with the media Media Relations Program Elements Role of Technology in Public
Relations
Case: Fatal Tiger Attack at San Francisco Zoo (LLHT)
Case: Theres a Syringe in My Pepsi Can (CJSS)
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Issues in Public Relations public relations challenges Types of Issues - Target audiencesPublic Service as Preventive Public Relations Special Interests Importance of
Compromise Issue Anticipation Scenario Technique
Case: Take your choice Tobacco or Health (CJSS)
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
Crisis Management Understanding how people typically react to issues Human Nature
Role of communications Types of crises News media influence - Fundamental guidelines
Case: Bhopal A Nightmare for Union Carbide (CJSS
Case: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Disaster management Plan (IS) )
Pedagogy: Lecture+ Case Studies + Seminars. Faculty should bring latest issues concerning
public relations in class discussions.
1. Related cases for each module to be discussed in the classes and presentation can be done
for each case by group of students.
2. Team of students can be made and asked to report the media personalities about the event
held in the college. Different styles of reporting the same event can be discussed in the class
with its possible reactions from the media.
3. Collect the newspaper articles about various messages from organizations through
spokespersons and analyze the effect of each type of delivery and impact on the audience.
4. Conduct a CSR Programme for the college like Blood donation, Eye camps in association
with Lions, Rotary clubs etc and gather the informations about various challenges these
organizations face during such community oriented programmes.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
1. Lattimore, Laskin, Heiman & Toth, Public Relations The Profession and Practice,
third edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2012 (LLHT)
2. Center, Jackson, Smith and Stansbury, Public Relations Practices Managerial Case
Studies and Problems, Seventh Edition, Prentice Hall of India,2008 (CJSS)
3. Iqbal Sachdeva, Public Relations Principles and Practices, Oxford University
Press, 2009 (IS)
104
WORKPLACE ETHICS AND VALUE SYSTEMS

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR408
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To make students understand the meaning of good ethics, doing things right and the
obstacles to making good ethical decisions
2. To enable students to identify and critically assess the principles and values they
personally embrace and use in addressing the ethical issues which arise in their
working lives.
3. To acquaint students with some of the major kinds of ethical problems encountered
while performing work assignments and some possible ways of responding to them.
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Workplace Ethics: Introduction, Needs, Principals, Development of Personal Ethics,
Workplace Ethics for Employees-Ethical behaviour in workplace- Professionalism, Ethical
violations by employees, Employee Attitude and Ethics, Employee Etiquettes. Benefits of
ethics in Workplace- employee commitment, investor loyalty, customer satisfaction, profits
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Conducting Professionalism at Workplace: Unethical Conduct for employees and
employers. Factors leading to Unethical Behaviours. Different unethical behaviours.
Measures to control unethical behaviours. Rewarding ethical behaviour
Module 3:
(10 Hours)
Business Ethics and Corporate Governance: Overview of Business Ethics, Corporate
Governance, Ethical issues in human resource management- The principal of ethical hiring,
Firing, worker safety, whistle blowing, Equality of opportunity, Discrimination, Ethics and
remuneration, Ethics in retrenchment. Ethical Dilemmas at workplace, Ethical issues in
global business, corporate responsibility of employers.
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Workplace Privacy & Ethics: Watching what you say and what you do in the workplace,
Hardware, Software and Spyware, Plagiarism and Computer Crimes, Convenience and Death
of Privacy, Defence of employee privacy rights.
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Teamwork in the Workplace & Ethics: Teams, Elements of team, Stages of team
development, team meetings, team rules, and teams work and professional responsibility,
rules of professional responsibility, ASME code of ethics.
Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Managing Change in Workplace through Ethics: Introduction to Change Management,
Models of change, the Ethics of Managing Change, the role of ethics and responsibilities in
105
leading innovation and change, ethics based model for change management, ethics and risks
of change management
Module 7:
(6 Hours)
Ethics, Discrimination and Harassment at Workplace: Discrimination, sexual harassment,
Creating awareness about workplace harassment, Vishaka Dutta vs. State of Rajasthan
Supreme Court directions. Compulsory workplace guidelines.
1. To solve case studies on Workplace Ethics
2. To visit organizations and find out the problems and causes for unethical behavior at
workplace.
3. To visit organizations and find out the measures adopted to control unethical behavior
of employees.
4. To compare and contrast the various ethical codes of conduct practiced in
organizations.
5. To study the recent cases on breach of workplace privacy.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Ethical Theory and Business, 8th Edition, Tom L. Beauchamp, Norman E. Bowie and
Denis Arnold
2. Business Ethics, 9th Edition, O.C. Ferrell, John Fraedrich, and Linda Ferrell, Cengage
Learning.
3. How technology is compromising Workplace Privacy, Fredrick S Lane 111,
AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn, 2003
4. Ethics in the Workplace, Dean Bredeson, Keith Goree, Cengage Learning, 2011.
5. Ethics in 21st Century, Mary Alice Trent, Oral Roberts University, Longman.
6. Ethics in workplace, Elizabeth P Tierney, Oak tree press
7. Ethics in Workplace: System Perspective, William F Roth, Pearson, 2014.
106
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR409
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. Critically analyse the impact of contemporary issues and global imperatives on
Human Resource concepts, policies and practices in multinational organizations
2. Compare, contrast and explain a variety of strategic approaches to the management of
Human Resources in multinational organizations.
3. Apply concepts and knowledge about the range of Human Resource functions to the
deployment of expatriate employees and expatriate failures on international
assignments.
4. Critically evaluate the effects of different Human Resource and International
Industrial Relations strategies adopted by multinational international organisations
operating in various regions of the world.
Module 1:
(10 Hours)
Introduction to IHRM Definition, The drivers of internationalization of business. The
different setting of International Human Resource Management. Development of IHRM.
Difference between IHRM and Domestic HRM. Models of IHRM-Matching model, Harvard
Model, Contextual Model, 5P Model European Model. SHRM: Evolution of MNEs,
Business strategies, IHRM Strategies, SIHRM. Barriers in effective global HRM. Sociocultural context, Organizational dynamics and IHRM: Role of culture in International HRM,
Country and Regional Cultures, Country Culture versus MNE Culture. Culture and employee
management issues/ impact of Country culture on IHRM.
Module 2:
(7 Hours)
Strategies for International Growth: Exploiting global integration-The logic of global
integration, differentiation, Mastering expatriation, beyond the traditional expatriate model,
the limits of global integration. Becoming locally responsive: The roots of responsiveness,
understanding diversity, responding to diversity, the challenges of localization. Managing
alliances and joint ventures - IHRM and International Alliances, IHRM and International
Joint Ventures.
Module 3:
(10 Hours)
International Workforce planning and staffing: International labour market International
Recruitment function; head-hunters, cross-national advertising, e-recruitment; International
staffing choice, different approaches to multinational staffing decisions, Types of
international assignments, Selection criteria and techniques, use of selection tests, interviews
for international selection, international staffing issues, Successful expatriation, role of an
expatriate, female expatriation, repatriation, re-entry and career issues.
Module 4:
(7 Hours)
Developing Global Mindset: Global Leadership, Cross cultural context and international
assignees, Current scenario in international training and development, training &
107
development of international staff, types of expatriate training, sensitivity training, Career

Development, repatriate training, developing international staff and multinational teams,
knowledge transfer in multinational companies.
Module 5:
(6 Hours)
Performance Management: Performance Management and MNE, Constraints in goal
attainment, performance management cycle, Performance Management of International
Assignees, third and host country employees, issues and challenges in international
performance management, country specific performance management practices.
Module 6:
(10 Hours)
International Compensation and International Employment Laws: International
compensation and international assignees, Forms of compensation, key components of
international compensation, Approaches to international compensation, compensation
practices across the countries, emerging issues in compensation management. Establishment
of labour standards by International Institutions, The global legal and regulatory context of
MNE, The International framework of Ethics and Labour standards, Key issues in
International Industrial Relations, Trade Unions and MNEs, Response of Trade Unions to
MNEs, Non-Union worker representation.
Module 7:
(6 Hours)
International Workforce and International HRIS: Working with multicultural and ethnic
groups, Health and safety and International Assignees, Crisis Management, Global HR
Shared Services, Managing HR in virtual organization, HRIS: Meaning, Role of IT in HR,
Designing of HRIS, Applications of HRIS in Employee Management, Limitation of HRIS.
1. Study the Socio-Political-Economic System in U.S, U.K, Japan and India and prepare
a comparative analysis.
2. Visit an MNE organization and study the HR shared services operations performed.
3. Solve a case study to understand the challenges faced by organizations in evaluating
the performance of international assignees.
4. Study and compare Recruitment, Selection and Training practices in various
countries.
5. Study Indian and US legal aspects involved when deploying an employee on an
International Assignment.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. International Human Resource Management - Monir H. Tayeb, Oxford University
Press, 2005.
2. International Human Resource Management - Peter J. Dowling, Denice E. Welch,
Cengage Learning
3. Human Resource Information Systems: Basics, Applications, and Future
Directions: Basics, Applications, and Future Directions, Michael J. Kavanagh, Mohan
Thite, Richard D. Johnson SAGE, 2011, 2/e
4. International Human Resource Management: Text and Cases By P. L. Rao, Excel
Books, Reprint
5. International Human Resource Management: Policies and Practices By Dennis
Briscoe, Randall Schuler, Ibraiz Tarique, Taylor & Francis, 2012, 4/e
108
ORGANISATION CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR410
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To help the students to gain knowledge about the concepts of change management
and to acquire the skills required to manage any change effectively.
2. To understand the various components and constraints involved in Change
management.
3. To give the knowledge of various tools & techniques for Organization Development
to students.
4. To understand different OD interventions and help students explore the different
approaches and techniques involved in OD.
Module 1:
(8 Hours)
Organizational change- Introduction, nature of change, Internal & External changes, types
of change, Models of change- Lewiss Force field, Systems Model, Action research model,
organizational vision and strategic planning.
Module 2:
(8 Hours)
Resistance to change- reasons for the resistance, overcoming resistance for the change,
change and person and manager, systematic approach to making change- factors for effective
change, skills of leaders in change management, designing the change.
Module 3:
(8 Hours)
Organization development-Introduction, history, evolution of OD, OD interventions:
Definition, factors to be considered, choosing and sequencing, intervention activities,
classification of OD interventions, results of OD, typology of interventions based on target
groups.
Process of Organization Development: Entering into OD relationship, developing a
contract.
Module 4:
(8 Hours)
Diagnosing Organizations- Need for diagnostic models, organization, group, individual
level diagnosis, Collecting and analyzing the diagnostic information, Feeding Back of
diagnostic information, Designing interventions, overview of interventions, evaluating and
Institutionalizing OD Interventions.
Module 5:
(8 Hours)
Human Process Interventions: Human process interventions (individual, group and intergroup human relations): Individual based: coaching, counselling, training, behavioural
modelling, delegating, leading, morale boosting, mentoring, motivation, etc., Group based:
conflict management, dialoguing, group facilitation, group learning, self-directed work teams,
large scale interventions, team building, and virtual teams.
109
Inter-group based: Organization mirroring, third party peacemaking interventions.

Module 6:
(8 Hours)
Techno-structural Interventions: Restructuring Organizations, Employee Involvement,
work Design, Balanced scorecard; business process reengineering; downsizing and
outsourcing; Strategic Interventions: Competitive and Collaborative Strategies,
Organization Transformation.
Module 7:
(8 Hours)
The Future of OD: The changing environment, Fundamental strengths of OD, Implications
of OD for the client, ethical standards in OD, ODs future. OD Consultants role, issues in
consultant-client relationship, Power, Politics & OD, Research on OD.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures, Management Games, Exercises, Assignments, Discussions, Case study, Seminars,
Role Play & Process lab.
Labs:
1. To conduct Force field analysis for MBA department
2. Group activity-Identify the need for OD intervention for your college and call the
director/ principal of your college to the classroom to explore the possibility for OD
intervention.
3. Presentation by students: Identify and explore the possibility for OD intervention in
your college level, group level and individual level.
4. Hold a debate in the classroom about downsizing the workforce.
5. Organization change questionnaire data collection and analyzation.
6. Group Presentation: Health care, FOO, Education, PSU, Retail, Manufacturing
Industries.
7. Design a role play event for students, so that they will play it out to mobilize support
for a change implementation programme.
8. Students are expected to study the changes that have taken place in various industries
over a period of ten years and submit a report.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1.
Theory of Organization Development and Change. Thomas G. Cummings,
Christopher G. Worli, cengage Learning.
2.
Organization Development, behavioral science interventions for Organization
Improvement, Wendell French, Cecil H.Bell, Veena, Jr, Pearson, PHI.
3.
Organization Change and Development, Kavith Singh, Excel BOOKS
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Change & Knowledge Management-R.L. Nandeshwar, Bala Krishna Jayasimha,
Excel BOOKS, 1st Ed.
2. Management of Organizational Change K Harigopal Response BOOKS, 2001
3. Organizational, Design, and Change-Gareth R. Jones, 5th Edition, Pearson Education
110
STRATEGIC TALENT MANAGEMENT

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR411
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives:
1. To make the students realize the challenges of acquisition and retention of talents for
the competitive advantage of the organization.
2. To develop a conceptual understanding of the management of talents in the
competitive environment.
3. To understand how important is to develop and retain the best talents in the industry.
4. To understand the concepts of competency and its usage in evaluating a persons
work
5. To get an idea about different tools in identifying required competencies in a person.
Module 1:
(10 hours)
Basics of Talent Management: Talent- engine of new economy, difference between talents
and knowledge workers, leveraging talent, the talent value chain, elements of talent friendly
organizations, talent management process, Talent Management System - Components and
benefits of Talent Management System; creating TMS, challenges of TMS, Building blocks
of talents management: competencies - performance management, conducting performance
reviews, Appraising executive talent, selecting the right appraisal.
Module 2:
(8 hours)
Talent Planning - Concept, succession management process, Integrating succession planning
and career planning, designing succession planning program, strategic accountability
approach in developing the workforce, balanced scorecard, talent development budget,
contingency plan for talent; building a reservoir of talent, compensation management within
the context of talent management, CEO Succession planning,
Module 3:
(6 hours)
Developing and Retaining Talent - Potential identification and development, coaching for
sustained &desired change, integrating coaching, training and development with talent
management ,employee retention- motivation and engagement, Return on talent; age of
analytics, making outplacement as a part of talent strategy, developing talent management
information system
Module 4:
(6 hours)
Competency mapping: Concepts and definition of competency; types of competencies,
competency based HR systems, competency and performance, 5 level competency model,
developing various competency models, how competencies relate to career development and
organizational goals.
Module 5:
(10 hours)
Methodology of competency mapping : competency model development ,competency
models, people capability maturity model ,developing competency framework , competency
111
profiling , competency mapping tools , use of psychological testing in competency mapping ,

competency based interviewing , assessment of competencies through 360 degree feedback,
BEI, CIT, validation of competencies.
Module 6:
(6 hours)
Measuring Performance: background and approaches to performance assessment,
competency based performance assessment, diagnosing reasons for performance problems,
designing an effective performance management systems, sources of errors in performance
measurement.
Module 7:
(10 hours)
Assessment and Development Centre : concepts , importance and uses of assessments
centre in selecting employees , difference between assessment and development centre,
assessment centre approach to competence building , profile of the assessors, steps in
assessment centre, designing the assessment centre. Assessment techniques at a glance:
Management games , in basket exercises , role plays , written exercises, job simulations ,
individual presentations , psychometric tests , interviews ; documentation in atypical
assessment centre; preparation of assessment centre report.
Teaching Methods:
Lab:
1. Students are expected to conduct a study on how talents are acquired and retained in
various industries and various strategies followed by the respective companies.
2. Discussion on "How to have/ evaluate the performance of the MBA students"
3. Ask the students to find out the best employer surveys conducted during the past one
year and make a presentation.
4. Identify the important positions in your college or any other organization and
ascertain the measures if any taken to develop second line of leadership
5. Ask the students to collect data about the position of principal, director, and other
teachers in your college and prepare a competency dictionary for the said positions
6. Presentation by students about the competency directory profiling of various
positions.
7. Ask the students to role play the behavioural event interview to collect data for
competency mapping for the position of management professor.
8. Presentation by students about the competency directory profiling of various
positions.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. The Talent Management Hand Book - Lance A. Berger & Dorothy R. Berger, Tata
McGraw Hill
2. Competence at work - Lyle M. Spencer, Signe M. Spencer. John Wiley 1993
3. A Handbook of Competency Mapping Seema Sangi, Response BOOKS, 2004
4. Competency mapping, Assessment and Growth - Naik G.P, IIHRM, 2010
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Chowdhary, Subir, The Talent Era, Pearson Education, New Delhi
2. Appraising & Developing Managerial Performance- Rao T. V, Excel BOOKS
112
3. Performance Management - Herman Aguinis, Pearson Education, 2007
113
PERSONAL GROWTH AND INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Subject Code
Practical Component
: 14MBA HR412
: 04
: 56
: 01 Hour / Week
IA Marks
: 50
Exam Hours : 03
Exam Marks : 100
Objectives
1. To identify the student strengths and weaknesses as individual, as a member of a
group/ organisation using personality typing.
2. To enhance ones own self awareness and to understand the concepts of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP), Resilience & Locus of control.
3. Equip him/her with the skill and competence to apply positive psychology principles
in a range of environments to increase individual and collective wellbeing
4. To explore feelings and behaviour using the TA model so as to discover the inner
springs of ones behaviour system.
Module 1:
(10 hours)
Personal: Self awareness, Role, Role efficacy, Role stress, NLP Test, Emotional
Intelligence, Locus of control
Module 2:
(6 hours)
Positive Cognitive States and Processes: Resilience- Developmental and clinical
perspectives; Sources of resilience in children; Sources of resilience in adulthood and later
life; Optimism- How optimism works; variation of optimism and pessimism; Spirituality and
well-being;
Module 3:
(8 hours)
Personal growth: Ego states, types of transactions and time structuring. Life position, scripts
and games, Strokes and Stamps
Module 4:
(8 hours)
Personal effectiveness-I: Understanding our Thinking Process , Managing our Internal
Dialogue , Perceptual Positions for Assertiveness , Managing Conflicts , Creating Rapport ,
Powerful Persuasion Strategies.
Module 5:
(10 hours)
Personal effectiveness-II: Personality theories, Personality Typing using Enneagram ,
Carl Jung\'s theory of personality types and Myers Briggs Type Indicator test (MBTI), Trait
theories- Guilford Peogut, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People , Effective Life and
Time Management , Spiritual Foundations of Personal Effectiveness
Module 6:
(8 hours)
Interpersonal relations and personal growth: Interpersonal needs, motivation and
behaviour- FIRO-B and Johari Window, Defense Mechanism in groups, T-Group, human
process labs
114
Module 7:
(6 hours)
Nurturing Relationships: Meaning of relationship, Changing concepts and roles in
relationships, Relationship with self Self concept, Self acceptance, self esteem, self
confidence, Power of self talk. Relationship with others Cultivating open communication,
Adjustments, compromises, give and take, empathy& Prioritization.
Teaching Methods:
Lab:
1. NLP Workshop for students.
2. MBTI Workshop for students and can test their inner personality.
3. Loco Inventory scale assessment on students and can test their personality traits with
their performance in exams.
4. Presentation by students on Resilience and can also test their resilience level.
5. FIRO-B(interpersonal relationship orientation) assessment on students.
6. Activity on JOHARI window and assessment of students individually and then in
groups.
7. A short trip to spiritual foundations for a talk about personal effectiveness.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1.
Development of Management Skills - Whetten & Cameron, 7/e, PHI.
2.
Human Relations in organizations - Robert N. Lussier, 6/e, McGraw Hill
Education.
3.
Understanding OB - Udai Pareek, Oxford University Press.
4.
Competency Mapping Assessment and Growth - Naik G. P, IIHRM, 2010.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Snyder, C.R. & Lopez, S.J. (2002). Handbook of positive psychology. (eds.). New
York: Oxford University Press.
2. Singh, A. (2013).Behavioral science: Achieving behavioral excellence for success.
New Delhi: Wiley India Pvt. ltd.
3. Theories of Personality- Calvin S Hall, 4/e, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.
4. Seven habits of highly effective people - Stephen R Covey, Pocket BOOKS.
5. Training in interpersonal Skills- Stephen Robbins, Pearson Education.
115
Guidelines for 10 Week Internship / Project work (14MBA) between 3rd

and 4th semester MBA
OBJECTIVE
To expose the students to understand the working of the organization/ company /
industry and take up an in-depth study of an issue / problem in the area of specialization.
STRUCTURE
The project work shall consist of two parts
Part - A - Corporate Exposure Approximately 4 weeks 40% of the marks is
allocated
Part - B - Study of an Issue / Problem Approximately 6 weeks 60% of the marks is
allocated
GENERAL GUIDELINES
1. The project work shall be for a period of 10 weeks immediately after the completion
of 3rd Sem Examinations but before the commencement of the 4th semester classes
2. The Subject code of the project work report shall be 14MBA48 and shall be
compulsory for all the students opting for all specializations.
3. The University shall receive 3 copies of project reports prior to the commencement of
the 4th semester examination. Copies of the project report should be sent to the
concerned Regional Office with an intimation to the Registrar (Evaluation)
4. No two students of an institute shall work on the same problem in the same
organization.
5. The student shall seek the guidance of the internal guide on a continuous basis, and
the guide shall give a certificate to the effect that the candidate has worked
satisfactorily under his/her guidance.
6. On completion of the project work, student shall prepare a report with the following
format.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
The Project report shall be prepared using word processor viz. MS Word with
New Times Roman, 12 font size
All the reports shall be printed in the A4 size 1 margin on all the sides.
The report shall be hard bound facing sheet indicating the title of college and
month & year of admission (spiral binding not permitted)
A certificate by the guide, HOD and Head of the institution indicating the
bonafide performance of the project by the student to be enclosed.
An undertaking by the student to the effect that the work is independently
carried out by him.
The certificate from the organization.
Acknowledgement
Executive Summary
116
PART - A
1. INDUSTRY PROFILE- Broad outline of the industry
2. COMPANY PROFILE
a. Background and inception of the company
b. Nature of the business carried
c. Vision, Mission and Quality Policy
d. Products/ Services Profile
e. Area of Operation Global / National / Regional
f. Ownership Pattern
g. Competitors Information
h. Infrastructural Facilities
i. Achievement/Award if any
j. Work flow model (End to End)
k. Future growth and prospects
3. SWOT analysis
4. Analysis of Financial statement.
5. Learning experience
PART - B
1.
a. General Introduction
Statement of the problem
Objectives of the study
Scope of the Study
Brief review of literature
Hypothesis
Methodology- Tools and techniques used
Limitations of the study
b. Analysis / Design, Interpretation of results, findings, observations and
suggestions which may be divided into chapters.
c. Conclusions and Recommendations.
d. Annexure relevant to the project, such as figures, graphs, photographs etc.,
e. Bibliography
f. Certificate from the company ( freelance projects are exempted)
2. The project report shall not exceed 100 pages (Part A 40 Pages +Part B 60 Pages)
3. The Project work shall be on a topic in the area of specialization specified in the
syllabus and opted by the candidate.
117
Guidelines for Determiation of IA Marks:

SESSIONAL TESTS:
20 MARKS
th
Three tests to be conducted, one each at the end of 4 week, 8th week and at
the end of the term
Maximum Duration: 45 Minutes; Maximum Marks: 20
Questions to cover at-least two modules and mixed;
Questions to be in the same pattern as main exam. i.e., two questions in
3+7+10 OR 5+5+10 OR 5+15 pattern or a combination of these; students to
answer ONE full question
To be answered in blue books only;
Average of BEST TWO to be considered for IA
ASSIGNMENTS:
20 MARKS
Questions from previous main exam, model Question paper drawn by
the faculty, mini-projects, market surveys, field studies, organization
studies, case studies, business plans, practical exercises/problems etc
may be given, preferably before 6th week of the term;
To be submitted by the students at the end of the term for evaluation;
Maximum Duration: 4-6 Weeks; Maximum Marks: 20
To be submitted in blue books only for record purpose;
SEMINARS:
10 MARKS
To be arranged every week as part of the time table;
Minimum duration: 30 minutes for every presentation;
I & II Semester classes - by group of two students; III & IV Semester
classes individual presentations;
Hard copies to be collected for record purpose;
Topics for seminars:
I Semester - Industry Analysis (one specific industry/service
sector for each group)
II Semester Company Analysis (one specific company for
each group)
III Semester Literature Review (one or a set of topics/
articles/cover stories from journals/books etc related to
specialization area to be reviewed by each student)
IV Semester Current Topics (one specific topic for each
individual student, related to likely/proposed project work)
******
118

VTU Syllabus MBA 2014-2015

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

VTU Syllabus MBA 2014-2015

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

VTU Syllabus MBA 2014-2015

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Visvesvaraya Technological University

understand business management concepts and their applications to domestic and

SCHEME OF TEACHING AND EXAMINATION

Teaching hours / week

Finance & Human Resource

Human Resource Specialisation

Finance & Human Resource

5. Management Theory & practice Chandan J. S, Vikas Publishing House.

1. Organizational behaviour, Stephen P Robbins, Timothy A. Judge, Neharika Vohra,

ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERS

Business Cycle Features, Phases, Economic Indicator, Inflation : Types, Measurement ,

ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS

BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY

Assignment Model: Hungarian method Multiple solution problems Maximization case

Motivation Theories and Marketing Strategy - Maslows Hierarchy of Needs, McGuires

Objectives of the course:

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES

ADVANCED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

STRATEGIC CREDIT MANAGEMENT

Human Resources Management

Discipline - Causes of Indiscipline - Maintenance of discipline. Principles of Natural Justice,

Factories Act 1948,

RECRUITMENT & SELECTION

Employee Selection, Lilly M Berry, Thomson Publications

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Students must prepare a comprehensive compensation plan to be offered to a Sales

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

CONFLICT AND NEGOTIATION MANAGEMENT

Survey the conflict resolution techniques adopted by individuals based on individual

INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

Customer Acquisition and Retention: Profile of Consumers Browsing Behaviour Model

STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENT

Measuring & Interpreting brand performance:

Fertilizer industry in India: Marketing of fertilizer industry, classification of fertilizer

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Accounting for amalgamation amalgamation in the nature of merger and amalgamation in

RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE

reinsurance, life insurance, micro insurance, licensing of insurance agents, registration of

Computation of taxable income of a company with special reference to MAT. Corporate

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Value Based Management- Methods and Key premises of VBM-Marakon approach-Alcar

Human Resource Management

WORKPLACE ETHICS AND VALUE SYSTEMS

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

development of international staff, types of expatriate training, sensitivity training, Career

ORGANISATION CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT

Inter-group based: Organization mirroring, third party peacemaking interventions.

STRATEGIC TALENT MANAGEMENT

profiling , competency mapping tools , use of psychological testing in competency mapping ,

3. Performance Management - Herman Aguinis, Pearson Education, 2007

PERSONAL GROWTH AND INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Guidelines for 10 Week Internship / Project work (14MBA) between 3rd

Guidelines for Determiation of IA Marks:

You might also like