WMBA Program: Fall 2023

Institute of Business Administration (IBA-JU)

Jahangirnagar University
Savar, Dhaka-1342
Bangladesh

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 WMBA Class Routine: Fall 2023
WMBA Program
Institute of Business Administration (IBA-JU)
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342

9:45 AM - 12:45 PM 2:15 PM - 5:15 PM 5:20 PM - 8:20 PM

DAY
(F1) (F2) (F3)
BUS 501 (Section 1): MBR BUS 501 (Section 2): SD BUS 504 (Section 1): BA
Room# 382 Room# 381 Room# 406
BUS 502 (Section 1): MMH BUS 503 (Section 1): BA BUS 506 (Section 1): PS
Room# 381 Room# 406 Room# 381
BUS 505 (Section 1): CGK BUS 509 (Section 1): MBR BUS 508 (Section 1): TA
Room# 383 Room# 382 Room# 383
BUS 507 (Section 1): SK BUS 511 (Section 1): RKS BUS 513 (Section 1): SK
FRIDAY

Room# 384 Room# 407 Room# 382

BUS 510 (Section 1): MNI BUS 512 (Section 1): RSJ FIN 503: AH
Room# 407 Room# 383 Room# 384
HRM 506: AH FIN 512/QBA 507: SHC MKT 502: RSJ
Room# 321 Room# 384 Room# 407
MKT 528: PS
Room# 406

9:45 AM - 12:45 PM 1:45 PM - 4:45 PM 4:50 PM - 7:50 PM

(S1) (S2) (S3)
BUS 502 (Section 2): JJ BUS 501 (Section 3): SD BUS 503 (Section 3): KMZI
Room# 406 Room# 383 Room# 384
BUS 503 (Section 2): CGK BUS 506 (Section 2): MA BUS 504 (Section 2): MA
Room# 383 Room# 406 Room# 382
BUS 507 (Section 2): KA BUS 508 (Section 2): TA BUS 505 (Section 2): CGK
SATURDAY

Room# 382 Room# 384 Room# 383

BUS 510 (Section 2): KMZI BUS 513 (Section 2): SFR BUS 509 (Section 2): TF
Room# 384 Room# 407 Room# 381
BUS 512 (Section 2): MMH BUS 514: KA BUS 511 (Section 2): SFR
Room# 381 Room# 381 Room# 407
HRM 501: IA FIN 510: JJ FIN 504: RKS
Room# 321 Room# 321 Room# 406
QBA 509: RH MKT 506: RH
Room# 407 Room# 382

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 Faculty List: Fall 2023
WMBA Program
SI Course Name Faculty Name Slot
1 BUS 501 Managerial Communication (Section 1) Professor Mohammad Baktiar Rana, PhD F1
2 BUS 501 Managerial Communication (Section 2) Ms. Saptarshi Dhar F2
3 BUS 501 Managerial Communication (Section 3) Ms. Saptarshi Dhar S2
4 BUS 502 Mathematics for Decision Making (Section 1) Professor Md. Motaher Hossain, PhD F1
5 BUS 502 Mathematics for Decision Making (Section 2) Professor Jasmine Jaim, PhD S1
6 BUS 503 Statistics for Managers (Section 1) Mr. Badrul Alam F2
7 BUS 503 Statistics for Managers (Section 2) Professor Chowdhury Golam Kibria S1
8 BUS 503 Statistics for Managers (Section 3) Professor K.M. Zahidul Islam, PhD S3
9 BUS 504 Managerial Economics (Section 1) Mr. Badrul Alam F3
10 BUS 504 Managerial Economics (Section 2) Mr. Moudud Ahmed S3
11 BUS 505 Macro Economic Analysis (Section 1) Professor Chowdhury Golam Kibria F1
12 BUS 505 Macro Economic Analysis (Section 2) Professor Chowdhury Golam Kibria S3
13 BUS 506 Accounting for Decision Making (Section 1) Mr. Palash Saha F3
14 BUS 506 Accounting for Decision Making (Section 2) Mr. Moudud Ahmed S2
15 BUS 507 Organization and Management (Section 1) Mr. Shahriar Kabir F1
16 BUS 507 Organization and Management (Section 2) Professor Kamrul Arefin S1
17 BUS 508 Peoples Management (Section 1) Ms. Tasnima Aziza F3
18 BUS 508 Peoples Management (Section 2) Ms. Tasnima Aziza S2
19 BUS 509 Marketing Management (Section 1) Professor Mohammad Baktiar Rana, PhD F2
20 BUS 509 Marketing Management (Section 2) Ms. Tahira Farzana S3
21 BUS 510 Financial Management (Section 1) Professor Mohammad Nazmul Islam F1
22 BUS 510 Financial Management (Section 2) Professor K.M. Zahidul Islam, PhD S1
23 BUS 511 Management Information System (Section 1) Mr. Ratul Kumar Saha F2
24 BUS 511 Management Information System (Section 2) Mr. Sheikh Feroze Rehan, PhD S3
25 BUS 512 Operations Management (Section 1) Mr. Raihan Sharif F2
26 BUS 512 Operations Management (Section 2) Professor Md. Motaher Hossain, PhD S1
27 BUS 513 Entrepreneurship Development (Section 1) Mr. Shahriar Kabir F3
28 BUS 513 Entrepreneurship Development (Section 2) Mr. Sheikh Feroze Rehan, PhD S2
29 BUS 514: Strategic Management Professor Kamrul Arefin S2
30 FIN 503: International Financial Management Mr. Alamgir Hossain F3
31 FIN 504: Corporate Financial Management Mr. Ratul Kumar Saha S3
32 FIN 510: Bank Management Professor Jasmine Jaim, PhD S2
33 FIN 512/ QBA 507: Project Management Mr. Shish Haider Chowdhury F2
34 HRM 501: Human Resources Planning and Policy Professor Ireen Akhter, PhD S1
35 HRM 506: Compensation Management Mr. Alamgir Hossain F1
36 MKT 502: Services Marketing Mr. Raihan Sharif F3
37 MKT 506: Consumer Behavior Professor Sheikh Mohammed Rafiul Huque, PhD S2
38 MKT 528: Brand Management Mr. Palash Saha F1
39 QBA 509 Supply Chain Management Professor Sheikh Mohammed Rafiul Huque, PhD S1

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 WMBA Program
Institute of Business Administration (IBA-JU)
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342
Trimester Class Plan: Fall 2023 (Tentative)

Week Friday Class Saturday Class

Week 1 October 20 October 21

Week 2 October 27* October 28**

Week 3 November 3 November 4

Week 4 November 10 November 11

Week 5 November 17 November 18

Week 6 November 24 November 25

Week 7 December 1 December 2

Week 8 December 8 December 9

Week 9 December 15 December 16**

Week 10 December 22 December 23

Week 11 December 29 December 30

January 5 January 6
Week 12

January 12 January 13
Week 13 Final Examination (F2) Final Examination (S1 & S3)

January 19 January 20
Week 14
Final Examination (F1 & F3) Final Examination (S2)
* For the holidays (October 27 and December 16), there will be online makeup classes on
Sunday (for slot 1), Monday (for slot 2) and Tuesday (for slot 3) of the same week.
** For the holiday on October 28, there will be online makeup classes on Wednesday (for slot
1), Thursday (for slot 2) of the same week and Sunday (for slot 3) of the next week.
*** Faculty members can also take makeup classes as per their convenience after the
consultation with students.

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 ORDINANCE FOR WMBA PROGRAM
INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (IBA-JU)
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY

1.0 Program:
The Master of Business Administration (Weekend) Program consists of 60 credit hours which can be
completed within two to six years on trimester basis. Each trimester will be of thirteen weeks of duration.
The course-end examination of the courses offered in a trimester will be held at the end of the each trimester.

1.1 Program Objective

This nonresidential MBA Program (weekend) aims at developing up-to-date global entrepreneurs
and managers. Through the delivery of state of art teaching and practical insights this program will
ultimately endeavor to create the business leaders of the future.

2.0 Academic Program:

The MBA Program requires each student to complete a maximum of 20 courses and each of the courses will
carry 3 credit hours. Students with related background may get waiver up to maximum 15 credits hours
depending upon previous academic records. Students may be allowed to take minimum 2 courses (i.e. 6
credit hours) from all the courses offered in a trimester. It is to be noted here that all the courses may not be
offered at every trimester. Minimum number of students should be 10 to have a course offered to them.

Degree requirements:
i) The degree will be awarded after the successful completion of a maximum of 20 courses (60
credit hours). Maximum 5 courses can be waived based on the previous academic records of
the student.
ii) Passing of all the courses individually by getting at least “D” grade and maintaining a
minimum CGPA of 2.5.

3.0 Assessment:
3.1 For the purpose of assessment, 100 marks shall be assigned to each of the three credit hours
course.
3.2 Assessment of a student in a course shall be based on marks obtained in the course end
examination (written) and course work. Marks allotted for course work shall be 60% of the
total marks of each course while marks allocated for the course end examination (written)
shall be 40% of the total marks.
3.3 Course work
Coursework shall consist of written tests, viva-voce, quizzes, participation in class, project
visit, presentation, case studies, discussion, assignments, term papers, etc.
3.4. Course-end examination:
I) Each course-end examination to be held at the end of each trimester and the duration of
the course -end examinations shall be 2 to 2.5 hours for each course.
3.5. Grading system:
The total numerical marks obtained by a student will be converted into letter grades. The
UGC grading system will be followed to evaluate the course performance.

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Table: Grading Structure
Conversion Point Letter Grade Grade Point
80-100 A+ 4.00
75-less than 80 A 3.75
70-less than 75 A- 3.50
65- less than 70 B+ 3.25
60- less than 65 B 3.00
55- less than 60 B- 2.75
50- less than 55 C+ 2.50
45- less than 50 C 2.25
40- less than 45 D 2.00
below 40 F 00

4.0 Qualifying Marks:

If any candidate obtains less than “D” grade in the combined evaluation of course-end examination
and assessment of class work or s/he remains absent in course-end examination, her/his course shall
be treated as incomplete and s/he will get a chance to participate in the next available examination
on that course.

5.0 Withdrawal:
5.1: Withdrawal from course:
Withdrawal from a course may be allowed to a student after approval from the authority
during a trimester. S/he needs to apply for a withdrawal within three weeks from the
beginning of a trimester. As far as course fee is concerned, if the student applies for a
withdrawal within (a) 3 week s/he will get full refund, (b) 5 weeks s/he will get 50% refund.
There would be no refund for withdrawal from the course after 5 weeks.

5.2: Withdrawal from program:

The academic committee may allow withdrawal on valid occasions but a student must
complete the program within a period of 6 academic years from the date of initial
registration. Student can get withdrawal from the program for a period no more than 2 years.
Upon re-entry, the student must complete the required courses of the program remaining in
force. The student can only be accommodated within the course offered for the regular
students.

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 Syllabus for the WMBA Program
Institute of Business Administration (IBA-JU)
Jahangirnagar University

OVERVIEW OF WMBA Program

 Class Time: Friday and Saturday
 Duration of each trimester: 4 Months
 Structure of WMBA Program: 13 Basic Courses + 1 Capstone Course + 4 Major Courses +
2 Minor Courses = 20 Courses
 Total Credit Hours: 20x3 = 60 Credit Hours
BASIC AND CAPSTONE COURSES
Basic Courses
BUS 501 Managerial Communication
BUS 502 Mathematics for Decision Making
BUS 503 Statistics for Managers
BUS 504 Managerial Economics
BUS 505 Macro Economic Analysis
BUS 506 Accounting for Decision Making
BUS 507 Organization and Management
BUS 508 Peoples Management
BUS 509 Marketing Management
BUS 510 Financial Management
BUS 511 Management Information System
BUS 512 Operations Management
BUS 513 Entrepreneurship Development
Capstone Course
BUS 514: Strategic Management

MAJOR & MINOR COURSES

FINANCE AND BANKING
Courses
FIN 501: Central Bank and Banking Supervision
FIN 502: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
FIN 503: International Financial Management
FIN 504: Corporate Financial Management
FIN 505: Financial Econometrics
FIN 506: Financial Institutions and Markets
FIN 507: Strategic Banking
FIN 508: Financial Engineering
FIN 509: Insurance Fund Management
FIN 510: Bank Management
FIN 511: E-banking
FIN 512: Project Management
FIN 513: Financial Product Marketing
FIN 514: Fund Management
FIN 515: Real Estate Finance and Investment
FIN 516: Financial Statement Analysis
FIN 517: Working Capital Management
FIN 518: Non Bank Financial Institution
FIN 519: Behavioral Finance
FIN 520: Theory of Finance
FIN 521: Selected Issues in Finance
FIN 522: Seminar on Contemporary issues in Finance and Banking
FIN 523: Research in Banking and Finance

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MARKETING
Courses
MKT 501: Product Design and Pricing Policy
MKT 502: Services Marketing
MKT 503: Industrial Marketing
MKT 504: Promotions Management
MKT 505: Strategic Marketing
MKT 506: Consumer Behavior
MKT 507: Marketing Research
MKT 508: International Marketing
MKT 509: Social Products Marketing
MKT 510: Real Time Marketing
MKT 511: Relationship Marketing
MKT 512: Financial Product Marketing
MKT 513: Marketing Game
MKT 514: Advertising & Sales Promotion
MKT 515: Theories of Marketing
MKT 516: Marketing Channel Management
MKT 517: Sales Management
MKT 518: Product Portfolio Management
MKT 519: Retail Management
MKT 520: Customer Relationship Management
MKT 521: Integrated Marketing Communication
MKT 522: Agro Product Marketing
MKT 523: Rural Marketing
MKT 524: Tourism and Hospitality Management
MKT 525: Agricultural Product Marketing
MKT 526: Global Marketing
MKT 527: Fundamentals of E-Marketing
528:Brand
MKT 529: Management
Selected Issues in Marketing
MKT 530: Seminar on Contemporary issues in Marketing
MKT 531: Research in Marketing

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Courses
HRM 501: Human Resource Planning and Policy
HRM 502:
503: Strategic Human
Job Analysis and Resource Management
Performance Management
HRM 504: Training and Development
HRM 505: Career Planning and Development
HRM 506: Compensation Management
HRM 507: Industrial Relations
HRM 508: Employment laws in Bangladesh
HRM 509: Leadership
HRM 510: Conflict Management
HRM 511: Human Resource Information system
HRM 512: Labor Economics
HRM 513: Gender in Management
HRM 514: Managing Workforce Diversity
HRM 515: Selected Issues in Human Resource Management
HRM 516: Global Human Resource Management
HRM 517: Management of Human Resources in Bangladesh
HRM 518: Seminar on Contemporary issues in Human Resource Management
HRM 519: Research in Human Resource Management.

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QUANTITATIVE BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Course
QBA 501: Innovation Management
QBA 502: Quality Management
QBA 503: Modern Manufacturing Systems
QBA 504: Materials Management
QBA 505: Production Economics
QBA 506: Management Science
QBA 507: Project Management
QBA 508: Inventory Management
QBA 509: Supply Chain Management
QBA 510: Production Planning and Control
QBA 511: Seminar on Contemporary issues in Operations Management
QBA 512: Research in Operations Management