Lovely Professional University,Punjab

Format For Instruction Plan [for Courses with Labs

Course No MGT718

Cours Title SEMINAR ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN FINANCE

Course Planner 11567 :: Sukhwinder Kaur

Lectures Tutorial Practical Credits 0 0 4 2

Text Book: Other Specific Book: 1 Alnear Bhimani, 'Contemporary Issues in Management Accounting' , Oxford University Press (FM Books) 2 Moyer, McGuigan, Kretlov, 'Contemporary Financial Management' , South-Western Cleanage Learning 3 Fischer, E. Donald, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Pearson Publishing 4 Harrington, Risk Management and insurance, Tata Mc Graw Hill 5 Hrishikes Bhattacharya, Working Capital Management Prentice Hall Publishing 6 Shapiro, Alan, Multinational Financial Management, Wiley Publication 7 Stulz, Rene M, Risk Management and Derivatives, Thomson Publication 8 Pandey, I.M, Financial Management,Vikas Publication 9 HR BOOKS 10 Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, 'Contemporary Issues in Management and Organization Behavior 11 D.D. Prentice and P.R.J. Holland, 'Contemporary Issues in Corporate Governanace' , Oxford University Press

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12 Schermerhorn, Organizational Behaviour, Wiley Publication 13 Dessler, Gary, Human Resource Management, Pearson/ Prentice Hall 14 Aswathappa, K, International Human Resource Management, Tata Mc Graw Hill 15 Dr Janakiram, B, Training and Development, Biztantra 16 Schuler Randall S, Strategic Human Resource Management, Blackwell Publishing 17 IT BOOKS 18 Jaiswal, Mahadeo, Management Information System, Oxford University 19 Turban, Efrain, Information Technology for Management, Wiley Publication 20 MARKETING BOOKS 21 Elizabeth Parsons & Pauline Maclaran, 'Contemporary Issues in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour' , Elrevier Ltd. 22 Mark Tadajewski & Douglas Brownlie, 'Critical Marketing: Contemporary Issues in Marketing' , Wiley 2008 23 Boone Kurtz & Mackenza Snow, 'Contemporary Marketing' , Nelson Education Ltd 24 Kotler, Philip; Keller, Kevin, Marketing Environment, Pearson/Prentice Hall 25 Cateora, Philip R, International Marketing, Tata Mc Graw Hill 26 Parry, Mark, Strategic Marketing Management, Tata Mc Graw Hill 27 Krishnamoorthy, R, Introduction to Rural Marketing, Himalaya Publishing House 28 Parameswaran, M.G, Building Brand Value, Tata Mc Graw Hill 2 Approved for Spring Session 2011-12

29 Brandley, Nigel, Marketing Research, Oxford University 30 Lovelock, Christopher, Services Marketing, Pearson /Prentice Publication 31 Levy, Michael, Retailing Management, Tata Mc Graw Hill 32 Marketing Mastermind- An IUP publication

Other Reading Sr No Jouranls atricles as compulsary readings (specific articles, Complete reference) 33 ICFAI Journal of MBA Review 34 ICFAI Journal of Brand Management 35 ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behaviour 36 ICFAI Journal of Human Resource Management Review 37 ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance 38 Vikalpa- Journal of Decision Makers 39 Foreign Trade Review 40 Indian Journal of Industrial Relations 41 Indian Management 42 Fortune 43 Indian Journal of Training and Development 44 Vision 45 Decision By IIM 46 Indian Journal of Marketing 47 IIMB Management Review 48 Advances in developing Human Resources 49 Marketing Master Mind 50 Finance India 51 Chartered Financial Analyst

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52 Human Capital 53 Harvard Business Review 54 India Today 55 Data Quest 56 Business Today 57 Outlook Money 58 Money Today 59 Competition Success Review (Journals and Magazines) 60 Pratiyogita Darpan 61 Outlook Business 62 4 Ps Business and Marketing 63 Business India 64 Business World 65 Business Economy 66 MARKETING TOPICS 67 Potential impact of Internet & related technologies on marketing practices 68 Morph Marketing 69 De- Marketing 70 Fashion Marketing 71 Critical Marketing 72 Social Media Marketing 73 Social Marketing: A tool of promotion for Marketers 74 Retro Marketing 75 Green Marketing 76 Creativity and Innovation 77 Corporate governance Voluntary v/s regulatory 78 Globalization and its discontents 79 Tourism Marketing 80 Affiliate Marketing 81 Holistic Marketing 4 Approved for Spring Session 2011-12

82 Viral marketing 83 Effective Public Relations 84 Trade Fairs: How they are important in increasing trade 85 Corporate Social Responsibility: Marketing aspects 86 Branding Unbound: The future of Adverising, sales and the brand experience in the wireless age 87 Psychology and marketing 88 Internal marketing 89 Customer service strategies and customer care issues. 90 Developing emotional connect with brands. 91 Grass Root Marketing 92 Ambush Marketing 93 Cause Related Marketing 94 Issue & challenges in rural advertising and promotions in India 95 Marketing to teenagers: 21st century teenagers, how they are defining their marketing landscape 96 Surrogate advertisement in India: a never ending Dilemma 97 Understand the changing role of marketing in the modern organization 98 Understand the nature and importance of globalization and the process of global marketing 99 Importance of Marketing for Small and medium sized enterprises. 100 Diversity of marketing applications in the fields of social and not-for-profit marketing. 101 Understand marketing trends and developments in customer relationship management (CRM) 102 Appreciate the growing importance of Value Based Marketing and the Shareholder Value Principle 103 Appreciate the growing importance of Value Based Marketing and the Shareholder Value Principle 104 Appreciate the increased importance of marketing logistics (Physical distribution management 105 FINANCE TOPICS 106 Integrated Cost Management 107 Cross- Border Merger & Acquisitions 108 South East Asian Crisis: Lessons for India 109 Portfolio Management 110 Financial Derivatives: An International Perspective 111 Global Trends in Foreign Investments 5 Approved for Spring Session 2011-12

112 Regional Economic Integration 113 International Accounting Standards 114 Hedge Funds 115 Forensic Accounting Practices 116 Leverage Diversity 117 Reengineering & Restructuring 118 Mortgage Crisis 119 Operations and Development of FIIs in India 120 Operations and Development of FDIs in India 121 Inventory Management in Indian Context 122 Efficient Capital Market: CAPM 123 Stock Market Regulations- SEBI 124 Managerial Accounting 125 Commodity Trading 126 Innovative Insurance Products: Agriculture Insurance, Industrial Insurance, Shop Insurance 127 Valuation of Financial Assets 128 Money Market Instruments 129 Mutual Funds 130 NPAs of Banks 131 Foreign Currency Derivatives 132 Employee Stock Option 133 HR TOPICS 134 Talent Retention Strategies 135 Grooming employers for work assignments abroad 136 Motivation across cultures 137 Role of Exit Interviews 138 Contemporary recruitment and selection techniques 139 Succession Planning 140 Future of HR Managers 141 Stress Management at Workplace 6 Approved for Spring Session 2011-12

142 MBWA (Management by Walking around) 143 Employee Empowerment 144 Retention Management 145 Organizational Culture and Environment 146 Human Capital Management 147 SDWT( Self Directed Work Teams) 148 Group dynamics and Teamwork in Organizations 149 Leadership Challenges in Current Scenario 150 Bench Size in HR management and its importance 151 Reverse Mentoring 152 Managing Workplace Negativity 153 Power of Positive Criticism 154 Motivation 155 Culture Clash: In context of globalization 156 Emotional Quotient (EQ) 157 Employer Branding: Tool to attract employees from different countries 158 Emotional Intelligence Among Managers 159 Whistle Blowing 160 IT TOPICS 161 Business Intelligence Systems 162 E- governance 163 Information Technology Strategy and Management 164 Internet and Web Technologies 165 ERP: Issues and Challenges 166 Network Management 167 Ethical hacking and network defence 168 Effect of Economic Slowdown on Indian IT Sector 169 GENERAL MANAGEMENT 170 Virtual Management 171 Professionalism and Managerial Ethics 7 Approved for Spring Session 2011-12

172 Talent Management/ Poaching 173 Women as Managers 174 Knowledge Process Outsourcing 175 Head Hunting 176 Competency Mapping 177 Corporate Governance 178 Business Ethics and Management 179 Interim Management 180 Management Information System 181 Basel I & II norms in Banking System Relevant Websites Sr. No. (Web adress) (only if relevant to the courses) 182 www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm? id=IJCHM 183 www.cmr-journal.org/. 184 www.sagepub.com 185 http://managementhelp.org/topics.htm 186 www.hr-guide.com 187 http://proquest.umi.com/login 188 http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/ 189 http://www.businessandeconomy.org/10112011/default.asp Salient Features Emerald International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality On Journal for Contemporary Management Research SAGE Journal for Sociology, Cultural Studies, Qualitative Research It is a complete integrated online library on the management books. Provides guidance on all the HR components. Great Database for various management topics (username and password is available with the faculty member) Relevant Information about Management Topics Contains articles related to finance and indian economy

190 http://www.4psbusinessandmarketing.com/03112011/default.a contains articles to marketing sp 191 http://www.thesundayindian.com/ 192 http://thehumanfactor.in/01102011/default.asp 193 EBSCO database contains articles related to politics, sports and Indian Economy contains articles related to HR Contains various journals and research papers related to various fileds in management like finance, HR, marketing etc.

Details of homework and case studies

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Homework No.

Objective

Topic of the Homework

Nature of homework (group/individuals/field work Individual

Evaluation Mode

Allottment / submission Week 6/6

Quiz 3

To check students Faculty should design a quiz on conyemporary issues in finance knowledge about so as to check knowlde of students as per guidelines issued by current affairs DAA regarding the same. To make students Faculty should design a quiz on conyemporary issues in finance aware about so as to check knowlde of students as per guidelines issued by various current DAA regarding the same. events

no. of questions should be designed as per DAA guidelines Faculty should design a quiz on conyemporary issues in finance so as to check knowlde of students as per guidelines issued by DAA regarding the same. quiz should be prepared as per guidelines issued by DAA as per DAA guidelines minimum quiestion should be set so as to judge the understanding of students quiz should be prepared as per guidelines issued by DAA so as to check understading of students

Quiz 4

Individual

8/8

Quiz 5

To make students Faculty should design a quiz on conyemporary issues in finance aware about so as to check knowlde of students as per guidelines issued by various DAA regarding the same. comtemprary issues in finance to test knowledge of students about contemporary issues in finance Faculty should design a quiz on conyemporary issues in finance on the basis of presentations/ topics covered in class so as to check knowlde of students as per guidelines issued by DAA regarding the same.

Individual

10 / 10

Quiz 1

Individual

2/2

Quiz 2

to check knowledge of students

Faculty should design a quiz on contemporary issues in finance as per presentations/ topics covered in class so as to check knowlde of students as per guidelines issued by DAA regarding the same.

Individual

4/4

Scheme for CA:out of 100*

Component Quiz Frequency 4 Total :9 Out Of 5 Each Marks Total Marks 10 10 40 40 Approved for Spring Session 2011-12

* In ENG courses wherever the total exceeds 100, consider x best out of y components of CA, as explained in teacher's guide available on the UMS List of suggested topics for term paper[at least 15] (Student to spend about 15 hrs on any one specified term paper) Sr. No. Topic 1 1.Financial Startegies for coping Global crises 2.New Banking Regulation Act 3. Financial Inclusion 4. Shadow Banking 5. Risk management 6. Reforms in capital markets in india 7.Financial frauds 8. Corporate Governance 9.Changing Role of CFO 10. Micro Finance 11.Environmental Accounting 12.Value Based Management 13. Corporate Restructuring 14.International Financial Reporting Standard 15.Basel Norms 16.Enterpreneurial Finance 17.Financial Derivates 18.Effedtive Treasury Management 19. Foreign Currency Market In India 20. NPA Management 21. Gold ETF 22. Limited Liability Parternship 23. Impact Of Recession 24. Securitization 25. Credit Rating Agencies 26. New Financial Instruments 27. Pension Reforms 28. Direct Tax Code

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2 Guidelines for the course of Seminar 1.Start Up of Presentations 1st Week: i) Give Introduction about the course, marks split ii) Faculty will give a presentation of his/her own choice, iii) Topic allocation to students as per their specialization. iv) Give the schedule of chairperson and reporteur for each presentation v) Students should pay attention to the topics discussed before and after MTEs, since Quiz will be conducted on the basis of the discussion heldin the class. 2nd Week: Presentation of 1st 4 students without Written Report. These 4 students can submit the report in the 3rd week with the rest of the students. The students giving the presentation in the latter weeks are also required to submit the report prior to their presentations that is in the 3rd week.Continue with the presentations for latter weeks. In all, there will be three rounds of the presentation along with the report submission. For the second and subsequent rounds of the presentation, the students will be required to submit the report a week prior to the start of presentations.The students will berequired to submit three reports each carrying 15 marks. The presentation for the same will also carry 15 marks each. The marks will then be prorated out of55 marks. The evaluation of Written Report and Presentation will account for marks secured in End Term Practicals hence it has not been shown in the CA components 3. Quiz ( 80 marks) There will be four quizes each of 20 marks, with each given a weightage of 10 marks out of which three best will considered for the CA purpose. Each Quiz will consist of 20 marks and questions of quiz will be based on Presentations held in the class and current affairs.

*Each experiment of the lab will be evaluated using following relative scheme:
Component WR Presentation % of Marks 40 60

List of experiments :Lecture Number Lecture Topic Pedagogical Tools Or Equipment Planned lab Manual Not Applicable Not Applicable

presentation 1 Overview of the course,guidelines for written report and presentation presentation 2 Presentation 1 by faculty member on own choice topic, Identification of the emerging issues and allocation of topics presentation 3 Presentation 2 by faculty member on own choice topic, Giving schedule of presentations, identification of chairpersons and reporteurs. presentation 4 Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance presentation 5 Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance presentation 6 Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance presentation 7 Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation

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presentation 8 Quiz 1 presentation 9 Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance presentation 10 presentation 11 presentation 12 presentation 13 presentation 14 presentation 15 presentation 16 presentation 17 presentation 18 presentation 19 presentation 20 presentation 21 presentation 22 presentation 23 presentation 24 presentation 25 presentation 26 presentation 27 Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Quiz 2 Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Quiz 3 Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Individual presentation on contemporary issues in finance Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation Interactive discussion/presentation

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Mid Term
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Spill Over
presentation 53 presentation 54 Group Discussion on any contemporaray issue in finance Group Discussion on any contemporaray issue in finance Not Applicable Not Applicable

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