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4. The First Semester examination and subsequent examination shall be open to a regular
student who –
(a) has been on the rolls of the Department, during concerned semester
(b) has attended not less than 75% of lectures in each Paper, Seminars, Case
discussion, Field Trips, etc. This requirement shall be fulfilled separately for each
course of study (to be counted upto the last day when the classes break up for the
preparatory holidays, viz., one week before the commencement of examination).
A deficiency up to the 10% may be condoned by the Chairperson of the
Department to his satisfaction.
The Chairperson can give additional condonation of absence not exceeding 11 days in a
Semester and that for (iv) below it shall not exceed 2 days, on account of :-
(i) participation in Inter-University, University or Inter-Collgiate Sports
Tournaments/Youth Festivals/University Level Debates, National and International
Tournaments, with the previous sanction of the Chairperson
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(ii) attendance of the N.C.C Camps or University Educational Excursions or other extra
– curricular activities certified by the Chairperson.
(iii) attendance at Mountaineering course:-
(a) by N.C.C. students;
(b) by students sent by the Youth and Cultural Affairs Department;
(iv) voluntary donation of blood certified by a Government Doctor of Gazetted rank or
University Medical Officer.
(v) attendance at the extension lecture (s) organized by the Department of
Management
Explanation:
For the purpose of counting of the last date when the classes shall break up for the
preparatory holidays, first day of the commencement of any semester examination will apply to
all semester examinations and all semester classes will have the preparatory holidays from the
same date i.e., one week before the date on which the first examination of any Semester
commences.
(c) has obtained pass marks in the Internal Assessment of the paper (s) for which he
is a candidate.
Provided that a candidate who has not attended the requisite percentage of lectures or has
not obtained pass marks in the Internal Assessment for any paper (s) will be eligible to take
examination in the remaining papers.
5. A candidate who has appeared and failed in one or more paper (s) of the First Semester
shall be allowed to study for and appear in the Second Semester. He shall, however, be
allowed promotion to the Third Semester Examination provisionally only if he earns
exemption in at least 50% papers of both the First and Second Semester Examinations
taken together. The same procedure will be followed in each subsequent year.
Such a candidate will be allowed to re-appear for the remaining paper(s) of the First
Semester, along with the Third Semester and for the Paper (s) of the Second Semester
along with the Fourth Semester Examination and so on simultaneously when held. While
re-appearing in the Examination the candidate shall be exempted from re-appearing in the
paper(s), Seminar, Dissertation/Project Report, Training Report, Viva-Voce in which he
has obtained pass marks including the marks for internal Assessment.
8. The medium of instruction and examination shall be English. However, students are free
either to answer in English or Hindi.
9. Candidates shall be examined according to the scheme of examination and syllabus as
approved by the Academic Council from time to time. A candidate who fails in an
examination, or, having been eligible fails to appear in an examination, shall unless
approved otherwise by the Academic Council, take the examination according to the
syllabus prescribed for regular students appearing for that examination.
10. To pass in each semester examination, a candidate must obtain at least:
(i) 40% marks in each written paper;
(ii) 40% marks in the sessional/practical work (Project, Seminar, internal assessment
test, etc.);
(iii) 40% marks in the Viva-voce examination, where prescribed; and
(iv) 50% marks in the aggregate of each semester Examination.
11. Each Written paper for the respective semester Examination shall be set and evaluation of
the answer-book shall be done as per the University rules.
12. The assessment of sessional/Practical work (Project, Seminar, Internal Assessment tests,
etc.) shall be made by the subject teacher teaching the paper. The guidelines for this
purpose will be decided by the Staff Council, Department of Management.
13. There shall be 70 marks for Theory examination and 30% marks for Internal assessment
for each paper out of 100 marks.
13.2 A candidate who has not obtained pass marks in the Internal Assessment for any
paper(s) will not be allowed to take examination in the said paper(s) in the
relevant semester unless he qualifies the Internal Assessment requirement in the
relevant paper(s) in Odd and Even Semester, as the case may be.
Provided that a candidate for the Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Degree must pass all the examinations, i.e. semester, I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX
and X within seven years of his admission to the First Year class of the course
failing which he will be deemed to be unfit for the course and shall not be allowed
to appear as a regular student or as an ex-student unless has been otherwise
allowed by the Academic Council of the University.
13.3 The candidate admitted to the course shall not be allowed to pursue any other
course (expect certificate course in any Indian or foreign language or computer
application being conducted by this University on part-time basis in the evening
with prior permission of the Chairperson, Department of Management otherwise
his candidature for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) course will be
cancelled.
14. A Candidate who has appeared and failed or having been eligible but did not appear in
the I, III, V, VII and IX Semester examination shall be promoted from I to II, III to IV, V
to VI, VII to VIII and IX to X Semester respectively subject to the provision of Clause
14.2.
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14.2 A candidate who has failed in Semester I and II or III and IV or V and VI or VII
and VIII shall be promoted to the III, V, VII and IX Semester, as the case may be,
only if he has got exemption in paper(s) mentioned.
From I year (Semesters I & II) 50% to II year If he has cleared at least 50% papers of Semester I
(Semesters V) & II
From II year (Semesters III & IV) to III year If he has cleared at least 50% papers of Semester I
(Semesters V) & II and at least 50% papers of Semesters III&IV
From III year (Semesters V & VI) to IV year If he has cleared all the papers of Semester I & II
(Semesters VII) and has cleared at least 50% papers of Semesters
III&IV and at least 50% papers of Semesters V&VI
From IV year (Semesters VII & VIII) to V If he has cleared all the papers of Semester I, II, III
year (Semesters IX) and IV and cleared at least 50% papers of
Semesters V&VI and at least 50% papers of
Semesters VII&VIII
14.3 Every student of semester II, IV, VI and VIII who is entitled to be promoted to
Semester III, V, VII and IX respectively, shall submit an application on the
prescribed form for fresh admission to Semester III, V, VII and IX on or before the
dates (s) notified by the Chairperson, Department of Management. Admission may be
refused by the Chairperson of the Department for reason to be recorded in writing.
14.4 The candidates whose result is declared late for no fault of theirs, may be allowed to
attend the classes of the next higher semester provisionally at their own risk and
responsibility, subject to their passing the concerned semester examination/earning
exemption in the requisite number of papers as provided in Clauses 13 and 14.
15. The Controller of Examinations shall publish the result and issue Detailed-Marks-cards
as soon as possible after the declaration of the result of the Examination.
16. Every candidate for Five-Year integrated MBA degree shall be required to undergo 4
weeks practical (on-the-job) training after each Semester except last Semester in an
Industrial, Commercial, Co-operative Institution whether in Private, Public, Co-operative,
Joint Sectors approved by the chairperson, Department of Management.
17. After 4 weeks on-the-job training every candidate shall be required to prepare a term
paper and give a presentation in the next semester (except the last semester) to be
evaluated by a panel of three experts including Manager (s) from the industry to be
appointed by the Chairperson of the Department.
18. The successful candidates after passing Semester I, II, III, IV, V and VI examinations of
the Five Year Course will be awarded a Graduate Degree of B.B.A.
(a) The candidates who pass the examination at the first attempt and with
minimum duration of the course after obtaining 75% or more marks of the
total aggregate shall be declared to have passed with ‘Distinction’.
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Scheme of Examination
Semester-I
Semester-II
Semester-III
Semester-IV
Semester-V
Semester-VI
Semester-VII
mba 861 : Strategic Management
mba 862 : Economic Aspect of Indian Constitution
mba 863 : Term Paper Presentation
OPTIONAL PAPERS:
The Student are required to opt for 4 theory and a Practical-cum-Viva-Voce papers in all
from one functional area Viz., Marketing, Finance and Human Resources. First 3 Theory Papers
in each functional areas are compulsory besides practical-cum-Viva-Voce.
MARKETING:
mba 864 : Consumer Behaviour
mba 865 : Sales and Distribution Management
mba 866 : International Marketing Management
mba 868 : Working Capital Management
OR
mba 873 : Industrial Psychology
FINANCE
mba 868 : Working Capital Management
mba 869 : Foreign Exchange Management
mba 870 : Security Analysis and Investment
mba 871 : Practical-cum-Viva-Voce based on paper mba-868, mba-869 & mba-870
mba 864 : Consumer Behaviour
OR
mba 873 : Industrial Psychology
HUMAN RESOURCES
mba 872 : Industrial Relation
mba 873 : Industrial Psychology
mba 874 : Managing Interpersonal
mba 875 : Practical-cum-Viva-Voce based on paper mba-872, mba-873 & mba-874
mba 868 : Working Capital Management
OR
mba 864 : Consumer Behavior
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Semester-VIII
OPTIONAL PAPERS
The Student are required to opt for 4 theory and a Practical-cum-Viva-Voce papers in all
from one functional area Viz., Marketing, Finance and Human Resources. First 3 Theory Papers
in each functional areas are compulsory:
MARKETING
mba 885 : Strategic Marketing Management
mba 886 : Advertising Management
mba 887 : Industrial Marketing
mba 888 : Practical-cum-Viva-Voce based on paper mba-885, mba-886 & mba-887
mba 890 : Indian Financial System
OR
mba 895 : International Human Resource Management
FINANCE
mba 889 : Multinational Financial Management
mba 890 : Indian Financial System
mba 891 : Portfolio Management
mba 892 : Practical-cum-Viva-Voce based on paper mba-889, mba-890 & mba-891
mba 895 : International Human Resource Management
OR
mba 887 : Industrial Marketing
HUMAN RESOURCE
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit. There may be a case problem (may or may
not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Suggested Readings :
1. B.P. Singh and A.K. Singh : Modern Management, Excel Book, N. Delhi.
Suggested Readings :
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit. There may be a case problem (may or may
not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit. There may be a case problem (may or may
not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Unit-II : Accounting process : journal and ledger leading to preparation of trial balance
including rectification of errors. Bank Reconciliation Statement. Subsidiary
Books.
Suggested Readings :
Course Objective: To familiarise the students with basic concepts and theories of sociology.
Unit-II : Social structure and processes – social structure: meaning, elements and types;
Social institutions and their functions, Social process: co-operation, conflict,
competition and assimilation.
Unit-IV : Social change and institution : meaning, types and factors in social change;
Social problems : meaning, causes and remedies. Social institution : family,
religion and marriage; Social stratification in India.
Suggested Readings :
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit. There may be a case problem (may or may
not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: The objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the basics of
the computers and their uses.
Unit-II : Data Representation : Number Systems (Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal) and
their inter conversions; Binary Arithmetic; Internal data representation;
Organization of memories; Representation of number (Fixed point and
Floating point); Representation of Alphanumeric character codes.
Unit-III : Data Storage : Primary storage; addressing and capacity; types of secondary
storage - magnetic tapes, disks, organisation methods (sequential and direct);
floppy disk optical disk; CD-ROM.
Suggested Readings :
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit. There may be a case problem (may or may
not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: To acquaint the students with the statistical techniques and their
applications to business problems.
Unit-II : Collection of Data - Types of data, Methods of data collection, Interview and
questionnaire. Sources of data collection.
Suggested Readings :
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit. There may be a case problem (may or may
not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: To familiarise the students with a broad based knowledge of mathematics
with focus on business application.
Unit-I : Theory of Sets : Meaning, elements, types, presentation and equality of sets;
Union, intersection, compliment and difference of sets. Venn diagram;
Cartesian product of two sets, Application of set theory.
Suggested Readings:
1. Sancheti, D.C. and : Business Mathematics, Sultan Chand &
Kappor V.K. Sons, New Delhi.
2. Zameerudin, Quazi : Business Mathematics, Vikas Publishing
Khanna, V.K. and House, New Delhi
Bambri, S.K.
3. Reddy, R. Jaya Prakash : A Text book of Business Mathematics,
and Reddy, Y. Mallikarjuna Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi.
4. Mongia : Mathematics for Business and
Economics.
5. Raghavachari : Mathematics for Management.
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Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit. There may be a case problem (may or may
not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: To give an exposure to the students of some of the major commercial laws
affecting the business.
Unit-I : Meaning of Law, its significance and relevance to modern civil society. Indian
Contract Act, 1872 : Meaning and essentials of a valid contract, performance
of contract, termination of contract.
Unit-II : Contracts of indemnity and guarantee, bailment and pledge. Law of agency.
Unit-III : Sale of Goods Act, 1930 : Essentials of a contract of sale, Condition and
warranties; Transfer of title by non-owners; Performance of the contract of
sale. Unpaid seller - his rights.
Unit-IV : Elements of Company Law : Nature and meaning of company; Promotion and
incorporation of a company: Memorandum of Association, Articles of
Association; Board of Directors.
Unit-V : Indian Partnership Act, 1932 : Meaning and Nature of Partnership Types of
partnership; Partnership deed, rights and duties of partners.
Suggested Readings :
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit. There may be a case problem (may or may
not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: To introduce basic concepts, analytical tools and theories of business
economics.
Unit-IV : Pricing under different types of market structures i.e. perfect, monopoly,
monopolistic and oligopoly; Introduction to capital and investment decisions;
Methods of evaluating various investment decisions.
Suggested Readings :
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit. There may be a case problem (may or may
not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Unit-I Introduction to Database System, Concepts, Advantages, Disadvantages, Types,
Architecture of Database System. Schema, Subschema, Components of Database
System.
Unit-II Roles of Database Administrator, Entity, Attributes, E-R Diagram, Entity-
Relationship (One-To-One, One-To-Many, Many-To-Many).
Unit-III Data Models: Hierarchical, Network, Relational.
Unit-IV Functional Dependency, Transitive Dependency, Multi valued Dependency,
Normalization.
Unit-V Database Security, Concurrency.
Suggested Reading:
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit. There may be a case problem (may or may
not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
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Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit.
Unit-I: Environment management – Meaning, nature and scope. Ecological systems and
environmental systems. Components of the Eco-system.
Unit-II: Man and ecosystem and environmental systems. Conservation and Management.
Unit-V: Major provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Environment Audit.
Suggested Readings:
Unit-II: Cost Units and cost centers. Methods of costing : job, contract, batch, process, unit,
operating and multiple. Types of costing : uniform costing, marginal costing
historical costing. Analysis and classification of cost. Cost sheet and its preparation.
Item, excluded from cost books
Unit-III: Materials control : meaning, need for control, purchasing and function of purchase
department. Purchase procedure. Stores control: maximum level, minimum level,
safety level, EOQ, Material records, stores ledger, perpetual inventory, continuous
stock taking.
Unit-IV: Labour cost, system of wage payment, time wage system and piece rate system.
Premium and bonus plans.
Suggested Readings:
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit.
Course Objective: The main objective of this course is to apprise the students of Economic
Policies of Government of India and to help them understand the
parameters of Indian Macro Economic Environment.
Unit-III: Small Scale Industries : Meaning, Role and Problems, Role of Public Sector
Enterprises in Indian Economy, Concepts of Liberalisation, Privatisation,
Globalisation and Disinvestment.
Unit-IV: India's International Trade, Exports & Imports, Balance of Payment, EXIM
Policy, Inflation in India.
Unit-V : India and World Economy, Role of WTO, IMF & World Bank, Trends of
National Income & Per Capita Income in India, Relative Importance of
Agriculture, Industry & Service Sector.
Suggested Readings:
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit.
Course Objective: The objective of this paper is to acquaint the students with major provisions
of the Company Law, 1956.
Unit-I: Evolution of Company Law in India. Company : Meaning, Salient Features, Forms of
Company. Difference between a company and partnership.
Unit-III: Memorandum of Association : Meaning, contents and its alteration. Doctrine of Ultra
vires. Articles of Association : Meaning, contents, and its alteration. Principle of
Constructive Notice.
Unit-IV: Prospectus and its contents. Liability for mis-statement. Shares and Share Capital.
Members and Shareholders.
Suggested Readings:
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to familiarise the students with the basic
functions and processes of Marketing.
Unit-II: Product-Meaning, Levels, Product Mix, New Product Development, Product Life
Cycle, Branding & Packaging.
Suggested Readings:
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit.
Unit-II: Meaning, Characteristics and need for financial planning in business concerns, factors
to be considered in drafting a financial plan. Meaning of capitalisation and theories of
capitalisation. Over-capitalisation and under-capitalisation.
Unit-III: Sources of Long-term, Medium term and short-term finance, capital structure,
objectives of capital structure and characteristics of an optimal capital structure.
Unit-V: Definition and Importance of capital budgeting, Methods for evaluating the capital
investment proposals, time value of money.
Suggested Reading:
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit.
Unit-II: Meaning of budget and budgetary control, objectives of budgeting, Types of budgets
for effective control, Meaning & Functions of cash budget.
Unit-III: Nature and Importance of C-V-P Analysis, Break-even Analysis, Significance and
limitations of Break even Analysis.
Unit-IV: Concept of Marginal Costing. Distinction between marginal costing and standard
costing, Advantages and Disadvantages of marginal costing.
Suggested Readings:
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit.
Course Objective: The basic objective of this course is to familiarise the students one of the
important functional areas of Management i.e. production.
Unit-I: Production - Definition, nature, scope and importance, production as a functional area
of management, Types - job, batch and flow production, continuous and intermittent
production.
Unit-II: Plant Location and Layout - Need, Meaning and types of plant location and layout.
Unit-III: Production Forecasting - Concept, importance and methods. Production Planning and
Control.
Unit-IV: Method Study - Concept, application, procedure. Relevance of forms, charts and
reports in method study.
Unit-V: Time Study - Concept, application, procedure, determination of standard, actual and
normal time, performance rating, work sampling.
Suggested Readings:
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit.
Course Objective : The objective of the Course to acquaint the students with Information
Systems Management.
Unit-III: Systems Analysis and Design, Role of System Analyst, Types of System
Suggested Readings:
Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt Five
questions in all, selecting one from each unit.
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to familiarise the students with the basic
functions and processes of Human Resource Management.
Unit-II: Recruitment : Process, Sources, Methods and Techniques; Selection: Process, Tests,
Interview; Placement.
Unit-III: Training: Process, Principles, Methods, Types; Training need assessment and process
evaluation; Development: nature, process, methods, techniques and evaluation.
Unit-IV: Compensation Management : wages, salaries, incentives, fringe benefits, bonus; Job
Evaluation; Performance Appraisal; Grievance Handling.
Unit-V: HRD : Concept, Benefits; Career Planning and Development; counseling; Industrial
Relations: Concept, Trade Unionism; workers participation in management.
Suggested Readings:
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: the objective of this course is to acquaint the students with concepts of
purchasing and Material Management issues form managerial.
Unit-I: Purchasing – Concept, significance & role Purchasing Cycle – it’s significance,
purchasing as a profession.
Unit-II Type of Purchasing – role of purchase department. Purchasing Department in
relation with other functional departments – Marketing, Finance, HRM
Unit-III Material Management-concept, aims & scope. Organization of Material Function.
Environmental factors affecting material functions. Material cycle. Economics of
Material Management. Material planning-a brief introduction.
Unit-IV Procurement decision – Make-buy, lease. Vendor analysis-identification,
Negotiations, purchasing, difficulty in maintaining relations, vendor rating.
Material handling & transportation.
Unit-V Value analysis – concept of value, techniques and applications. Measuring
material management performance. Recent trends in material management. Future
of material management Standardization and simplification task.
Suggested Reading:
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with concept of
operational research as applicable in business management and business applications of
quantitative techniques.
Unit-I Probability: various definitions, events and their types, addition and multiplication
rules and their applications, statement of Bayes Theorem and its applications.
Probability Distributions: Binominal, Poisson and Normal distributions; their
characteristics and applications.
Unit-II Sampling: Definition, Need, Significance and Methods of Sampling. Test of
Significance: Meaning and various related concepts, large and small sample test
as based on – Z tests, T-tests, F tests and X 2 (Chi-Square) tests. Correlation &
Regression analysis upto two variables only.
Unit-III Operations Research : Definition, Meaning, Nature, Significance, Characteristic
and Methodology of Operations Research. Linear Programming: Meaning,
Assumptions, Problem formulation and various concepts related to Linear
Programming, Graphical & Simplex methods for solving L.P. problems
(elementary problems only).
Unit-IV Transportation problem with elementary applications. PERT/CPM; assignment
problem; decision theory: decision making under certainty, risk and uncertainty
Unit-V Inventory Management: Introduction, Types of Inventories, Inventory decisions,
inventory Management System, Meaning of Safety stock. Simple numerical
problems on inventory. Replacement Theory: Meaning, determination of optimal
replacement period determination of minimum coverage cost, and replacement of
items, simple application.
Suggested Reading:
1. Bierman & Bonini : Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions; Illinois :
Richard D. Irwin Inc.
2. Hien, L. W. : Quantitative Approach to Management Decisions, Prentice
Hall, New Jersey
3. N.D. Vohra : Quantitative Techniques in Management. Tata McGraw
Hill Publising Company Ltd., New Delhi
4. Richard I. Levin : Statistics for Management
5. S.C. Gupta : Fundamentals of Statistics
6. Sharma, S.C., Shenoy : Quantitative Techniques for Managerial
G.V. and Srivastava Decision-Making; New Delhi, 1985
U.K.
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with concepts of
entrepreneurship, focus areas in the development of entrepreneur.
Unit-I Entrepreneurship – meaning and significance, relationship between
entrepreneurship development and economic development, characteristics,
qualities and prerequisites of an entrepreneur, role of entrepreneurship in India.
Unit-II Economic social and psychological need for entrepreneurship, problems
associated with entrepreneurship in India, role of innovation and creativity in
entrepreneurship.
Unit-III Role of Government, promotional agencies and institutions in entrepreneurship
development, incentive and various financial schemes available for entrepreneurs.
Unit-IV New venture development-methods and procedures. New venture life cycle,
environmental factors affecting a new ventures, overcoming hurdles in new
venture development.
Unit-V Feasibility study – firm location analysis, market potential and demand analysis,
cost and working capital analysis, profit and tax planning.
Suggested Reading:
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with concepts and
basics of research methodology.
Unit-I Research – meaning, nature, scope in business. Research process, identification of
problem, formulation of hypothesis, inference process, scientific methods of
research. Recent trends in usage of research in Indian corporate sector.
Unit-II Research design-nature, significance, types. Ethical issues in research, research
agencies.
Unit-III Source of data collection- nature and types, sampling techniques nature and types
brief introduction to scaling and measurement techniques.
Unit-IV A brief introduction to factor analysis, conjoint analysis, cluster analysis and
multidimensional scaling.
Unit-V Analysis and interpretation- editing, coding and tabulation of data. Business
research reports-format, criterion for judgment of good research report.
Suggested Reading:
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with concepts of
services marketing, focus areas in the services marketing.
Unit-I Services – meaning, types, characteristics. Difference between physical goods and
services. Reasons for growth of services sector. Marketing of services-conceptual
framework.
Unit-II Environment for marketing of Services, Marketing mix in services. Designing
service marketing strategy.
Unit-III Services consumer behaviour, segmenting, targeting and positioning (STP) –
approach in service sector.
Unit-IV Service quality, customer satisfaction and relationship marketing, internal and
external service marketing, international and global strategies in services
management.
Unit-V Selected application of services marketing- Financial, Tourism, Consultancy &
marketing research services.
Suggested Reading:
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with concepts of
international business, focus areas in the international trade and globalisation trends.
Unit-I Conceptual framework of international business, nature; importance; growth of
international business. Modes of international Business. Theories of international
trade-absolute and comparative cost theory, Leintoff paradox.
Unit-II Forces of globalisation – need, ways to enter in international business.
Environmental factors in international business- cultural, political, legal and
economic.
Unit-III Institutions in international business: rationale for Govt. intervention. Forms of
trade control, impact of WTO, Economic Integrations (NAFTA, EEC,
Commodity agreements). Internationalization process.
Unit-IV Multinational enterprise: meaning, types of MNE’s , impact of MNE’s,
International strategies- Geographical, collaborative & control strategy.
Unit-V Human Resource Management : Concept, international development of
managers, HRM in the internationalization process.
Suggested Reading : -
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with concepts of
project management in managerial perspective.
Unit-I Concepts of Project Management : Concept of a Project; categories of Projects;
Project Life Cycle Phases; Project Management; Concepts; Tools and Techniques
for Project Management; The Project Manager; Basic Education for a Project
Manager; Roles and Responsibilities of Project Manager; Project Manager as a
Profession; summary.
Unit-II Establishing the Project: Scope, Time, Cost and Performance Goals; Feasibility
Report; Financing Arrangements ; Preparation of Cost Estimates; Finalization of
project Implementation Schedule; Evaluation of the project profitability;
Appointing a Project Manager; fixing the Zero Date; Summary.
Unit-III Organizing Human Resources and Contracting : Delegation; Project Manager’s
Authority; Project Organization; Accountability in Project Execution of
Contractors; Team Building; Summary.
Unit-IV Organizing Systems and Procedures for Project Implementation; Working of
Systems; Design of Systems; Project Work System Design; Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS); Project Execution Plan (PEP); Project Procedure Manual;
Project Control System; Planning, Scheduling and Monitoring; Monitoring
Contracts; Project Diary; summary.
Unit-V Project Direction, coordination and control : Project Direction; communication in
a Project; Project Coordination; Project Control; Scope/Progress Control
Performance Control; Schedule Control; Cost Control ; Summary.
Suggested Reading:
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with marketing
communication aspects
Unit-I Communication – meaning, process, significance in organization. Integrated
marketing communication, marketing communication mix, nature of different
marketing communication tools, organizing and managing marketing
communication.
Unit-II Advertising as a tool of marketing communication, definition objectives and
functions of advertising, social economic and legal aspects of advertising.
Advertising agency vs. advertising department.
Unit-III A detail study of 5 M’s of advertising – mission, money, message, media &
measuring advertising effectiveness. Different components of five M’s
Unit-IV Sales promotion and personal selling as tools of marketing communication, types
of sales promotion, strategic issues in designing sales promotion program,
personal selling process. Strategic issues in designing personal selling program.
Unit-V Direct marketing and public relations as tools of marketing communication,
modern tools of direct marketing, developing integrated direct marketing
program, different activities of public relations department. Planning and
managing public relations.
Suggested Reading :
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with concepts of
documentation related to exports and basic procedures
Unit-I Export promotion- meaning and significance, institutional infrastructure for
export promotion in India, legal environment for export business, India’s export
trade and current trends, problems faced by Indian exporters.
Unit-II Key documents used in exports-commercial invoice, GE form, letter of credit, bill
of exchange, shipping bill, bill of lading etc. common problem in documentation.
Unit-III Processing of an export order- a detail study of different stages, different parties
and acts involved in processing of an export order.
Unit-IV Export finance- pre-shipment and post shipment finance, different financing
facilities available for exporters, role of EXIM bank in export financing.
Unit-V Quality control and pre-shipment inspection, management of risk in export
marketing.
Suggested Reading:
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with concepts of total
quality management, Managerial perspective TQM in business organizations.
Unit-I Introduction: Concepts of quality, total quality and total quality management.
Evolution of Quality Management. Designing Organization for quality. Quality
Policy and Cost of quality.
Unit-II Contribution of TQM Gurus: WE Deming, Joseph M. Juran, Philip Crosby,
Armand V. Feigenbaum and Kaoru Ishikawa.
Unit-III Quality planning: Understanding customers and their needs. Quality of Purchased
Materials : Determination and Description. Value Analysis.
Unit-IV Statistical Quality Control: Meaning and Need Control Charts: procedure and
Types: X chart R-Chart o-chart, C-Chart, p-Chart (Fraction Defective).
Advantages and Disadvantages of Statistical Process Control.
Unit-V Quality Teams, Quality Audit, ISO 9000, Business Process Reengineering, JIT.
Suggested Reading:
1. Juran, J.M. and Gryna, Frank M : Quality Planning and Analysis Tata
McGraw Hill, New Delhi
2. Besterfield, Dale H, et at : Total Quality Management, Pearson
Education, New Delhi
3. Sharma, D.D. : Total Quality Management, Sultan Chand &
Sons, New Delhi
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with aspect of HRD as
applicable in Business enterprise.
Unit-I Introduction to HRD : definition, aims and activities of HRD. The strategy of
HRD, contribution of HRD in India
Unit-II Training and Development: definition and significance of training and
development. Training needs and objectives, Nature of management development.
Methods and techniques of management development. Evaluation of training and
development.
Unit-III Performance management: the nature and significance of performance
management. The process of performance management. 360 degree feedback.
Monitoring and evaluating performance management. Performance
appraisal/management in India.
Unit-IV Career management and counselling : definition and aims of career management
the process of career management. Indian perspective on career development. The
meaning and role of counselling. Forms of counselling. Indian perspective on
counselling.
Unit-V Organization development (OD) and empowerment: definition and objectives of
OD. Pre-requisites to OD, Steps in OD, Meaning and significance of
empowerment. Pre-requisites to empowerment. Process of empowerment.
Empowerment programs in India.
Suggested Reading:
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: The main objective of the course is to acquaint the students with various
issues pertaining to strategic thinking and management.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: Strategic Management- Meaning, Historical Development, Nature, Scope,
Significance. Strategic Management Model, Strategic Intent-Vision, Mission, and
objectives.
Unit-II: External Environmental Appraisal- Meaning, Significance and Forces.
Environmental Scanning – Process and Techniques. Corporate Appraisal-
Meaning, Process, Significance & Techniques.
Unit-III: Strategic Alternatives and Choices: Stability Strategy, Growth
Strategy,
Retrenchment Strategy and Combination Strategy. Strategic Choices Models-
BCG Matrix, GE- Model Strategic Alliances.
Unit-IV: Strategic Implementation : Relationship between Formulation and
Implementation. Strategic Implementation Process, Issues in Strategic
Implementation – Management and others issues.
Unit-: Functional Strategies- An overview: Strategic Evaluation and Control- Process
and Methods. Corporate Social Responsibility.
Suggested Readings:
1. H. Igor Ansoff Corporate Strategy, McGraw Hill, New York.
2. William Glueck Strategic, Formulation and Management Action,
McGraw Hill, New York (Ist edn.)
3. Azhar Kazmi Business Policy and Strategic Management, Tata
McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
4. R.M. Srivastava Management Policy and Strategic Management,
Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
5. Gerry Johnson and Kevan Exploring Corporate Strategy Text and Cases, Scholes
Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
6. McCarthy Daniel J. Business Policy and Strategy, A.I.T.B.S.,
New Delhi.
7. Ghosh PK Business Policy, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi.
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Note: There will be five units in all. The Number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Course Objectives
The basic objective of this course is to make the students to understand the major
provisions of the Indian Constitution which effect the business & Indian Economy.
Recommended books :
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to impart the knowledge to students
regarding consumer’s behaviour and its implications for marketers.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: Meaning, nature, scope and Historical Development of Consumer Behaviour.
Consumer Behaviour as a discipline, Framework for Consumer Decision-Making
Process, Importance of study of Consumer Behaviour for marketers.
Unit-II: Psychological factors affecting Consumer Behaviour and their implication for
marketer’s. Perception, Motivation, Learning, Personality and Self- Concept.
Unit-III: Cultural, Social and economic factors affecting Consumer Behaviour. Consumer
Attitude formation and change.
Unit-IV: Group, Family and Life Style influences on Consumer behaviour.
Unit-V: Diffusion of Innovation, Adaptation process, and opinion Leadership.
Suggested Reading:
1. Scheffman L.G. & Kanuk, L.L. Consumer Behaviour, PHI, New Delhi.
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to make students understand the issues and
intricacies of sales and distribution function in business.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: The field of Sales Management, The Nature and role of the sales manager’s Job.
Sales Organisation Purpose, Principles and Structure.
Unit-III: Controlling the Selling Efforts: The Sales Budget and budgeting procedure, quota
setting and administering, sales control and cost analysis.
Suggested Readings:
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to orient the students to the problems of
international business dealing from the modern marketing point of view. Efforts will be
made to deal with those aspects of marketing, which are unique to international business
dealings.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: International Marketing; Definitions, Meaning, Nature and Scope of International
Marketing, Reasons and Motivations underlying International Business, basic
Modes of Entry, Process of International Marketing, domestic marketing versus
International Marketing. Benefits of International Marketing.
Unit-II: International Marketing Environment: Cultural Environment, Political Legal
Environment and Economic Environment for International Marketing.
Unit-III: International Market Selection and Segmentation; Factors, Influencing,
International Market Selection and Segmentation, Process of Market Selection,
Selection Strategies. International Marketing Planning and Control: Developing
an International Marketing Plan, Issues and Framework for International Market
Planning, International Marketing Control and Control Sequence.
Unit-IV: International Marketing Mix; International Product Policy and Planning in the
International Product Mix. Branding Labeling, Packaging and Organisation of
Product Warranties and Services. International Pricing Policy; Pricing Strategy.
The Process of Price Setting, Pricing Decisions, Information for Pricing
Decisions.
Unit-V: International Advertising; International Advertising Strategy, Elements of
Advertising Strategy, Media Strategy. International Distribution Management:
International Distribution Policy, Selecting Distribution Channels.
Suggested Readings:
1. Vern Terpstra & International Marketing, South Western Publishing.
Ravi Sarathy
2. R.L. Varshney and International Marketing: An Indian Perspective, Sultan
B. Bhattacharyya Chand & Sons, New Delhi.
3. Sak Onkvisit and International Marketing: Analysis and Strategy,
John Shaw Pearson Education, New Delhi.
4. Warren, J. Keegan Global Marketing Management, Pearson Education,
New Delhi.
5. Philp R. Cateora & International Marketing, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
John L. Graham Ltd., New Delhi.
6. Kirpalani V.H International Marketing, Pearson Education, New
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Delhi.
7. P.K. Vasudeva International Marketing Marketing, Excel Books, New
Delhi.
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with the problems
of working capital management.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: The concept of Working Capital; Nature of Asset growth, Patterns of Financing, a
decision process, Risk versus Return in Current Asset Management, Towards an
Optimal Policy, Analysis of Working Capital of a concern.
Unit-II: Management of Cash and Marketable securities: Motives for holding Marketable
Securities, Choice of Securities, Alternative Strategies. Issues in Management of
Cash, Cash Budgeting Methods and Models.
Unit-III: Management of Receivables: Nature of Receivables, Cost of Maintaining
Receivables, factors affecting size of receivables, Policies for managing accounts
receivables, Determination of Credit Policy and Credit Standards. Credit
Evaluation of Customers.
Unit-IV: Management of Inventories; Meaning, Types, Classification, Techniques and
Tools, Costs associated with inventory.
Unit-V: Financing Current Assets: Controlling Liquidity, Role of Liquidity in Financial
Management, Measurement and Determinants of Liquidity, Management of
Current Liabilities. Sources of Working Capital, Pattern of Working Capital
Management in India with special reference to Government Policies.
Suggested Readings:
1. Hampton J. John Financial Decision Making Concepts, Problems
and Cases.
2. Brigham, Gugene F. Fundamentals of Financial Management, Harcourt
Asia Pvt. Ltd., Singapore.
3. Wright Financial Management.
4. Block and Hurt Foundations of Financial Management.
5. K.M. Upadhayaya Financial Management.
6. I.M. panday Financial Management, Vikas Publishing House,
New Delhi.
7. Prasana Chandra Financial Management, T.M.H., New Delhi.
8. Bhalla VK Working Capital Management, Himalaya
Publishing House, New Delhi.
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective The objective of this course is to provide the basic knowledge about the
foreign exchange dealing including exchange rate determination and exchange risk
management.
Course Outlines
Suggested Readings:
1. P. Balachandran Foreign Exchange –A Manual for Managers.
2. H.P. Bhardwaj Foreign Exchange Hand Book .
3. D. Bhorali and S. International Financial Institution and Monetary
Sikidar Management.
4. B.K. Chaudhry Financing of Foreign Trade and Foreign
Exchange.
5. Alan C. Shapir Multinational Financial Management, P.H.I., New
Delhi.
6. Henning, Pigott & Scott International Financial Management.
7. Keith Pilbeam International Finance, MacMillan India Ltd., New
Delhi.
8. Apte P.G. International Financial Management, TMH, New
Delhi.
9. Chatterjee, A.K. Principle of Foreign Exchange.
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: To help in understanding basic IR concepts and techniques for managing
it effectively.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: Nature of Industrial Relations (IR)- Old and new versions, Dunlop model and its
relevance for India. Key issues and emerging trends in IR. Patterns of IR in India.
The role of state in IR.
Unit-II: The Role of Employers Organisation in IR- Background and role of Council of
Indian Employers (CIE) in IR, Technological Change- impact, implications and
management.
Unit-III: Trade Unionism- History, Characteristics and Role . Measures to strengthen Trade
Unions and their Recognition issue. Role and relevance of Trade Unions during
post- liberalization period in India. Emerging Trends and Leadership in Trade
Unionism.
Unit-IV: Industrial Unrest-Forms, Causes and Management. Machinery for Prevention and
Settlement of Dispute, Ethical Approach to IR- Code of Discipline and Gandhian
Trusteeship System.
Unit-V: Collective Bargaining- Concept and Process. Collective Bargaining in India.
Workers Participation in Management meaning, Objective, Pre-requisites and
Forms. The Indian schemes of Workers Participation. Participation Through
Quality Circles.
Suggested Readings:
1. Armstrong, M.A. Handbook of Personnel Management Practice,
Kogan Page Ltd, London.
2. Joseph, J. Strategic Industrial Relations Management,
Global Business Press, Delhi.
3. Sharma, G.S. Trade Union Freedoms in India, Deep &
Deep Publication, Delhi.
4. Mishra, S.N. Labour and Industrial Laws, , Central
Law Publications 1997, Delhi.
5. Monappa, A. Industrial Relations, Tata McGraw Hill Pub., New
Delhi.
6. Monappa, A. Industrial Relations, New Delhi, Tata McSloan,
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10. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations (Different/latest issues), New Delhi, International
Practices in Industrial Relations.
Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources. Bhatia. S.K. :Deep
& Deep Pub. Pvt. Ltd.
11. Sen, R. Industrial Relations in India, Shifting Paradigms. McMillan, New Delhi.
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Note: There will be Five units in all. The number of question to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem (which may
or may be not compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and will be in
addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: To familiarize the students with the applications of principles and Techniques
of psychology to industrial problems.
Course Outlines
Suggested Readings:
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: The purpose of this course is to make the students understand. The
intricacies of interpersonal and group processes and help the Students to
examine and develop process facilitation skills mainly through laboratory
and other experience based methods of learning.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: Group: Nature & Meaning; Learning Social Behaviour, Group Norms and
Behaviour, Pro-social Behaviour, factors affecting co-operation.
Unit-II: Interpersonal Influence Processes; Conformity, Obedience, Grouping, Social
facilitation , Social Loafing, Group Cohesiveness & Performance, Group Moral
and Performance.
Unit-III: Interpersonal Communication in Organisations; Communication networks in
Organisations, Formal Channels of Information In-group and Informal
Communication Network. Group decision-making. Errors in group decision-
making.
Unit-IV: Interpersonal Awareness and Feedback Processes; Person Perceptions, Impression
Management, Factors affecting person perception, Attributions; Kelley’s Model
of Attribution, Weiner’s Model of Attribution. Feedback Process; Functions of
feedback; Sources and Process of Feedback-Degree feedback.
Unit-V: Competition in Organisation: Consequences of Intergroup Competition, Reducing
Negative Consequences of Intergroup Competition. Conflict Nature, causes of
Conflict; Effects of Conflict. Managing Interpersonal and Intergroup Conflict,
Effective Conflict Management Techniques; Bargaining Third Party Intervention,
Introduction of Super Ordinate Goals.
Suggested Readings:
1. Bennis, W.G. Essay in Interpersonal Dynamics. USA Dorsey Press,
1979.
2. Kolb, D; etc. Organisational Behaviour, An Experimental Approach,
1991; Prentice Hall.
3. Mainiero, L.A.& Developing Management Skills in Organizational
Tomley, C.L. Behaviour, Prentice Hall of India, 1995.
4. Greenberg & Baron Social Psychology, Prentice Hall, 1998.
5. Baron R.A.& Social Psychology, Prentice Hall, 1998.
Byrne, O.
6. Kretner & Kinicki Organizational Behaviour, McGraw Hill International Ed.
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective
To familiarise the students with the basic concepts, theories and techniques in the
fields of organisational design and group dynamics.
Course Outlines
mba-882: E-Commerce
Max. Marks: 100
External: 70
Internal: 30
Time: 3 Hours.
Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective: The objective of the course is to acquaint the students with the use of E-
Commerce in competing markets.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: Introduction to E-Commerce: Definition-Forces Fueling E-Commerce- Industry
framework – types – Internet Service Providers – Internet access providers –
Internet Vs. Online Services; WWW: Concepts - Technology- Applications –
Electronic Payment Systems: Electronic Payment Technology- Digital Cash –
Electronic Check- On – line Credit Card.
Unit-II Electronic Commerce and Banking: Changing dynamics in the Banking Industry-
Home banking Implementation approaches – Open Vs. Closed model-
Management issues in online Banking. Electronic Commerce and Retailing –
changing retail Industry dynamics – online retailing – Management challenges.
Unit-III Electronic Commerce and online publishing: Online publishing Strategies –
Approaches – advertising and online publishing – Digital copyrights and
Electronic publishing; Intranets and Supply Chain Management: Supply Chain
Management- Managing retail supply chains – supply chain application software-
Internet and customer asset Management – customer asset management basics.
Unit –IV
Unit-V Intranets and Corporate Finance: Financial Systems – Financial Intranets –
Software modules in Financial Information System – Transaction Accounting
Payment Management – Treasury and Cash Management – Human Resource
Management Systems – size – structure of Financial Software Markets – The
Corporate Digital Library – Intelligent Agents.
Suggested Readings:
1. Cady, D.H. and part Megregor: The Internet, BPB Pub., New Delhi.
2. Carpenter: Phil e Brands, HBS Press, Bosten, 2000.
3. Keen, Peter and Mark McDonald the E-Process Edge, Delhi, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2000.
4. Mann, Catherine, L.: Global Electronic Commerce Institute for International Economics,
Washington, DC, 2000.
5. Oberi, Sundeep e. Security and you, Delhi Tata McGraw, Hill, 2001.
6. Rich, Jason r. “ Starting E-Commerce Business” IDG Books, Delhi, 2000.
7. Samantha Surety: “E-business with Net Commerce Addison Wesley, Singapore, 2001.
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Course Objective The Objective of this course is to make the students aware of the major
aspects of the planning and controlling of marketing operations, to execute marketing
planning & control within a strategic context and to give recognition to the problem of
implementation and how these problems can be overcome.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: Business Strategy: The Concept and trends in its management- Strategic
Marketing Management- Historical perspective, characteristics. Strategic
Marketing Management: An overview- External analysis, Internal Analysis,
Strategy Identification and selection.]
Unit-II: External Analysis: Customer analysis; Competitor analysis, Market analysis. Key
success factors, Bases of competition. Environment Analysis Forecasting Trends
and Event.
Unit-III: Internal Analysis: Self Analysis- Shareholder Value Analysis, Financial
performance, Determinates of Strategic option Portfolio Analysis-BCG Growth
share Matrix, Market Attractiveness Business position Matrix Risk Matrix.
Unit-IV: Alternative Business Strategies: Sustainable competitive Advantage-(SCA) Role
of Synergy, Strategic vision versus strategic opportunism, Diversification
strategies. Generic strategies, Premptive Moves and Global strategies.
Unit-V: Implementation and planning process: Implementation of strategy - conceptual
Framework, Structure, System, People, Culture. Formal planning system :
Process Forms and Pitfalls.
Suggested Readings:
Course Objective: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with the role of
advertising in the overall marketing effort. It also aims at helping the students to learn the
concepts and skill involved in developing and testing effective advertising programme.
Course Outlines:
Consumers.
6. Boyd and Newman Advertising: Selected Reading.
7. Lucas and Briff Measuring Advertising Effectiveness.
8. Wheatly, J.J. Measuring Advertising.
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective The increasing importance of marketing function calls for special attention
to different specialized areas. Industrial marketing has assumed increased importance due
to rapid economic development and industrialization in the country. The main objective
of this course is to appraise the students of the nature and problems of industrial
marketing in India.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: The Industrial Marketing Systems : Participants. Distribution Channels. The
Relationship: Contract of sale, Franchise Agreements, Loyalty, Confidence and
Reciprocity. The Industrial Marketing Concept: the philosophical and the
functional dimension.
Unit-II: The demand for Industrial goods: Market level and product types, the Industrial
Customer: Buyer motives, Buyer temperament & Buyer characteristics.
Purchasing Systems: Recognition of Need, Sorting and Appraising Alternatives.
Selecting the alternatives, Order Placement, Invoice Handling, Receipt &
Inspection.
Unit-III: Value & Vendor Analysis: Value Analysis, Vendor Analysis, Market
Identification: The Search Process, The Evaluation process.
Unit-IV: Marketing Strategy: The Channel and Price Component; Formulating Channel
Strategy, Channel Logistics, Pricing Decisions and Pricing Policies.
Unit-V: Marketing Control: Strategic goals, Identifying market opportunity. Goals based
on Sales Forecasts. Performance Standards and Instruments of Control: Short
Term Goals, the Market Budget. The Process of Control.
Suggested Reading:
1. Alexander, Cross and Industrial Marketing.
Hill Richard D. Irwin D.B.T. Taraporewala & Sons, AITBS Pub.,
New Delhi.
2. Raymod Corey Industrial Marketing.
3. Dodge; M.R. Industrial Marketing.
4. Risely Modern Industrial Marketing.
5. Chisnall Effective Industrial Marketing.
6. Vinson, D.E. et al. The Environment of Industrial Marketing.
7. Reeder (Robert R.) Industrial Marketing, PHI, New Delhi.
8. Havaldar (Krishan K.) Industrial Marketing, TMH, New Delhi.
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Course Objective: The basic aim of this course is to acquaint the students with the overall
view of Indian Financial System and its functioning.
Course Outlines
Unit-I: Financial system: concept, nature, structure process, and economic development.
Financial market: nature, functions and classifications, Indian Financial System
An overview, features, structure and recent development.
Unit-II: Financial intermediaries: Functions, classification and role in an economy.
Lending policies and operations of certain development banks; IDBI, IFCI, ICICI
and IRBI.
Unit-III: Investment Institutions: Objectives and functions, type of investment trusts, Major
Mutual funds in India, Mutual fund schemes, Investment policies of mutual funds,
SEBI guidelines, investment polices and operations of LIC and GIC.
Unit-IV: Concept, nature, features, size and structure of new issue market. Methods of
location of new capital issue Euro Issue; SEBI guidelines.
Unit-V: Stock Market: Introduction, features; structure, mechanics of security trading,
listing of security at a stock-exchange, National stock exchange, over-the counter
exchange of India, SEBI guidelines. Depository system and dematerialisation.
Suggested Readings:
Course Contents
Unit-I: Introduction- Meaning, need, risk & determination of a portfolio; Markowitz
portfolio theory, Sharpe Single index model.
Unit-II: Optimal portfolio: selection & problems; Efficient Frontier; Meaning &
construction and investors utility; Efficient frontier (i) risk- free and (ii) risky
lending and borrowing, leveraged portfolio; market portfolio;
Unit-III: Capital market line; CAPM; security market line; characteristic line; APT.
Unit-IV: Portfolio Revision- meaning, need and constraints; formula plan; constant-dollar
value plan, constant ratio plan. Portfolio performance evaluation, risk adjusted
performance measures.
Unit-V: Case Study
Suggested Readings:
1. Pandian: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Vikas Publishing House, New
Delhi.
2. Fisher, Donald E. and Jordan, Ronald J. : Security Analysis and Portfolio Management,
PHI of India, New Delhi.
3. Sharpe, William F. etc: Investment, PHI of India 1997, New Delhi.
4. Francis, JC. Investment Analysis and Management
5. Kevin: Portfolio Management, Practice Hall of India, New Delhi.
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mba-892 Practical Cum Viva-Voce on base on Paper No. mba-889, mba-890 & mba-
891
Note: There will be five units in all. The Number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
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Note: There will be five units in all. The Number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be compulsory); it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28
marks and will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Outlines
Suggested Readings:
1. Armstrong M. : A Handbook of Human Resources Management
Practice. Kogan Page, :U.K.
2. Armstorng Michel & : Reward Management: A Hand- Book of Salary
Marlis Helln Administration Kogen Page, 1984.
3. Bergess, Lernard R. : Wage & Salary Administration, London Charless
E- Merril, 1984.
4. Miction, Rock. : Handbook of Wage & Salary Administration,
1984.
5. Sud, D.C. : Incentives Industry, Tata- McGarw Hill.
6. Venkata Ratan & B.K. : Personal Management & Human Resopurce, Tata
Shrivastava McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
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Note: There will be five units in all. The number of questions to be set will be ten, in a manner
that there are two questions from each unit. The students will be required to attempt five
questions in all, selecting one question from each unit. There may be a case problem
(which may or may not be ) ; it will be in lieu of two questions carrying 28 marks and
will be in addition to ten questions.
Course Objective
The course aims at providing students good understanding of such labour laws as have
major bearing on the Industrial Relations in India.
Course Outlines
Each of the five laws is to be studied with reference to its objectives, Major Provisions
and the Working:
Unit-1 Labour legislation:
Meaning, Need, Importance, and Fundamental Principles and Constitutional
framework in India.
Unit-II The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
Unit-III Trade Union Act- 1923 and Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act,
1946; The Maternity Benefits Act, 1961.
Unit-IV The Factories Act, 1948.
Unit-V The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 and The Employee’s State Insurance
Act, 1948.
Suggested Readings:
1. Kapoor, N.D. : Industrial Laws, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi.
2. Malik, P.K. : Industrial Law, Eastern Book Co, Lucknow.
- Unioversals Labour Law Reference, Universal Law Publishing Co., Delhi.
- Mishra S.N. & S.K. Mishra S.K. – An Introduction to Labour & Industrial Laws,
Central Law Publications, Allahabad.
- PillaiK.M. – Labour & Industrial Laws, Allahabad Law Agency, Faridabad.
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Unit-V: Human Resource Management: Culture and Organization life; Cross Cultural
difference and management implications; Hostage’s Study; Cross cultural
imperatives and Work goals. Global Leadership and multicultural teams.
Suggested Readings:
1. Gary Des Slel Human Resource Management, Pearson Education Pvt.
Ltd., Delhi.
-Venkata Ratnam G.S. & Personnel Management & Human Resource, Tata McGraw
B.K. Srivastava Hill, New Delhi.
-www.ilo.org.
-www. expressot people.com