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SYLLABUS FOR M.B.A UTTARAKHAND TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

First Semester (All papers are compulsory)
MBA 101 Principles and Practice of Management 100 marks
MBA 102 Business Environment 100 marks
MBA 103 Quantitative Analysis for Business Applications 100 marks
MBA 104 Financial and Management Accounting 100 marks
MBA 105 Managerial Economics 100 marks
MBA 106 Business Communication 100 marks
MBA 107 Computer Application in Business 100 marks
MBA 108 Seminar and viva – voce (50 marks each) 100 marks
Second Semester (All papers are compulsory)
MBA 201 Financial Management 100 marks
MBA 202 Human Resource Management 100 marks
MBA 203 Organizational Behaviour 100 marks
MBA 204 Production and Operation Management 100 marks
MBA 205 Marketing Management 100 marks
MBA 206 Management Information System 100 marks
MBA 207 Research Methodology 100 marks
MBA 208 Seminar and Vice – voce (50 marks each) 100 marks
(Summer Training for 6 to 8 weeks in corporate world or in Designated Organization shall be
compulsory for all students immediately after Second Semester Examinations)
Third Semester (Two (2) Compulsory papers and Four (4) Optional Papers - Three (3)
papers from one of the Major specialization group and one (1) from the Minor
specialization group besides Summer training Report, Seminar based on Summer Training
Report and Viva – voce)
MBA 301 Strategic Management 100 marks
MBA 302 International Business 100 marks
MBA 303 ) 100 marks
MBA 304 ) Four papers – Three from one major group 100 marks
MBA 305 ) and one from another Minor group 100 marks
MBA 306 ) 100 marks
MBA 307 ) 100 marks
MBA 308 ) 100 marks
MBA 309 ) Summer Training Report and Seminar based on
) Summer Training Report (50 marks each) 100 marks
MBA 310 ) Viva – voce
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Optional Specialization Groups – A, B, C, D, E, and F
Major and Minor Specilization group- Three (3) papers from one of the Major
specialization groups and one (1) paper from another Minor
specialization group
A- Marketing Management Group
MBA 303 – M –1 Consumer Behaviour
MBA 303 – M –2 Marketing Research
MBA 303 – M –3 Marketing of Service
MBA 303 – M –4 Industrial Marketing
MBA 303 – M –5 Rural Marketing
B- Human Resource Management Group
MBA 304 – H - 1 Industrial Relation
MBA 304 – H – 2 Counseling Skills for Managers
MBA 304 – H – 3 Wage and Salary Administration
MBA 304 – H – 4 Social Security & labour Welfare
MBA 304 – H – 5 Industrial Psychology
C- Financial Management Group
MBA 305 – F - 1 Security Analysis and Portfolio management
MBA 305 – F – 2 Financial Institution and Markets
MBA 305 – F – 3 Working Capital Management
MBA 305 – F – 4 Corporate Tax Planning & Tax Management
MBA 305 – F – 5 Management Control System
D- Information Technology Group
MBA 306 – IT - 1 Data Base Management System
MBA 306 – IT– 2Computer Architecture and Operating System
MBA 306 – IT– 3Date Communication Network
MBA 306 – IT– 4Information Technology
MBA 306 – IT– 5Visual Basic
E- International Business Group
MBA 307 – IB - 1 International Marketing Management
MBA 307 – IB– 2 International Business Environment
MBA 307 – IB– 3 International Trade Procedure & Documentation
MBA 307 – IB– 4 International Business law & Taxation
MBA 307 – IB– 5 International Marketing Logistics
F- Coo-perative management Group
MBA 308 – CM - 1 Principles And Practices in Coo-perative
MBA 308 – CM– 2 Enterprise Development
MBA 308 – CM– 3 Micro Finance
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Fourth Semester (Two (2) Compulsory papers- and Three (3)
Optional Papers - Two (2) papers from one of the M ajor
Specialization group and one (1) from the other Minor specialization
Group besides project Report and Viva – voce)
MBA 401 Corporate legal Environment 100 marks
MBA 402 Project Management & Entrepreneurship 100 marks
MBA 403 Project Report (Disser tation) 100 marks
MBA 404 ) 100 marks
MBA 405 ) 100 marks
MBA 406 ) Three papers – Two from one major group 100 marks
MBA 407 ) and one from another Minor Group 100 marks
MBA 408 ) 100 marks
MBA 409 ) 100 marks
MBA 410 ) Vice voce 100 marks
A- Marketing Management Group)
MBA 404 – M –1- Marketing Communication & Advertising 100 marks
MBA 404 – M –2- Sales & Distribution Management 100 marks
MBA 404 –M – 3- Product Management 100 marks
MBA B- Human Resource Management Group
MBA 405 – H – 1 – Labour Laws 100 marks
MBA 405 – H – 2 – Human Resource Planning And Development 100 marks
MBA 405 – H – 3 – Organizational Change & Intervention Strategies 100 marks
C- Financial Management Group
MBA 406 – F – 1 – Cost Accounting 100 marks
MBA 406 – F – 2 – International Financial Management 100 marks
MBA 406 – F – 3 – Management of Financial Service 100 marks
D- Information technology Group
MBA 407 – IT – 1 – Internet Application 100 marks
MBA 407 – IT – 2 – System Analysis and Design 100 marks
MBA 407 – IT – 3 – Strategic management of Information Technology 100 marks
E – International Business Group
MBA 408 – IB – 1 – Multinational Financial Management 100 marks
MBA 408 – IB – 2 – Import/ Export Management 100 marks
MBA 408 – IB – 3 – Financing of Foreign Trade 100 marks
F- Coo-perative management Group
MBA 409 – CM – 1 – Agri. Business Manageme nt 100 marks
MBA 409 – CM – 2 – Rural development 100 marks
MBA 409 – CM – 3 – Enterprise Development 100 marks
MBA 409 – CM – 4 – Micro Finance 100 marks
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1. Pattern of Examination: The maximum marks for each paper, except in case of Project
Report, Training Report, Seminar, Viva - voce, shall be of 100 (one hundred) marks of
which 70 (seventy) marks shall be awarded on the basis of the external Semester
Examination and 30 (Thirty) marks shall be awarded on the basis of Internal
Examination. However, in the matter of Examination papers related to Information
Technology group the External Semester Examination paper shall be of 50 (Fifty) marks
& the Practical Examination shall be of twenty (20) marks. The practical Examination
twenty (20) marks shall be conducted by the External Expert appointed by the University
in similar manner as Viva – voce Expert is appointed. In case of training Report,
Seminar, Viva – voce the maximum marks shall be 50 (Fifty) 100 (One Hundred) as the
case may be and the project (Dissertation shall be of 200 (two Hundred) marks. The
Seminar, training Report, shall be assessed by the Internal Expert appointed by the head
of Department/ Director of the Affiliated Institution for the students of the respective
Department/ Institution. The project report (Dissertation) shall be evaluated by the
External expert appointed by the University. The Viva – voce will be conducted jointly
by an Internal expert nominated by the head of the Department / Director of the Affiliated
Institution in case of their respective students and by an External Expert appointed by the
University with the approval of the Vice- chancellor on the basis of the panel of the
experts submitted by the Head of department. On similar line the Viva – voce Expert
shall be appointed by the University.
Marks for Internal Examination shall be awarded on the basis of the Assignments,
Internal tests and students general performance – class participation in Assignments of 5
(five) marks each for each paper, except in Seminar, Viva – voce, Training Report,
Project Report, shall be required to be completed by each student, out of which the best
one shall be assessed for the Internal Assessment. 3 (Three) Internal tests of 10 (ten)
marks each in each paper, except in Seminar, Viva – voce, Training Report, Project
Report shall be conducted by the Department / Affiliated Institution, out of which the
performance in best 2 (Two) shall be counted for the purpose of the Internal Assessment.
Accordingly there shall be a Maximum of (five) 5 marks for Assignment, 20(twenty)
marks for Internal Test and 5 (five) marks for general performance in class participation
and attendance of the student. These 5 marks in each paper as mentioned above shall be
awarded by the teacher concerned on the basis of the class participation and attendance of
the student.
In so far as the External Semester questions paper is concerned each examination
paper shall be of three hours duration with the maximum marks being 70 (Seventy). The
pattern of Question Paper setting for External Semester Examination is indicated at
Annexure – 1. The duration of the Internal Tests and the modalities of the Tests shall be
decided by the teacher concerned in the respective subjects in consultation with the head
of the Department/ Director of the Affiliated Institution as the case may be. The
maximum marks for Internal Assessment shall be 30 (Thirty) as indicated above.
The Department/ Affiliated Institute shall forwarded the Internal Examination
marks awarded by the teacher/ Internal Expert concerned in the respective paper to the
registrar before start of the External Semester Examination for being incorporated with
the result of the Semester Examination.
2. Presentation of Seminar: Each student shall be required to present a seminar in each
semester, except in the fourth semester where the emphasis is on the Project report,
lasting approximately for one hour divided into 5 minutes for introduction of the topic by
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the chairperson, 35 minutes for presentation of the seminar by the student concerned, 15
minutes for summing up by the chair person. The marks shall be awarded by the Internal
Expert appointed by the Head of the Department/ Director of the Affiliated Institute for
respective students, on the basis of pre determined criteria illustrated at Annexure- II. In
the First Semester, the Student being fresh to the environment and coming from different
academic background, the topic of the Seminar shall be on general subjects of their
choice. In second Semester the seminar shall be on the topics related to Trade, Industry,
Commerce, Corporate world and Corporate Affairs. The seminar in the Third Seme ster
shall be based on the training Report.
3. Summer Training And Project Report: It is compulsory for all the students to attend
and complete 45-60 days training at the end of Second Semester in any trading,
commercial, Industrial, Financial or similar organization to be approved by the
Department/ Affiliated Institution as the case may be for their respective students. On
completion of the training the student shall submit Training Report to the Department/
Affiliated Institution within fifteen days of the completion of the training. In the Fourth
Semester. The students are required to undertake a Project under the supervision of a
Teacher and for that purpose the topic of the project work and time schedule shall be
allotted by the designated teacher concerned to the students under their charge
immediately at the beginning of a third Semester so that the project report shall be in the
form of Dissertation and two copies of the report shall be submitted by the students in the
Department/ Affiliated Institution before conclusion of the Fourth Semester Examination.
The Department/ Affiliated Institution Immediately shall forward one copy of the said
Project Report to the registrar after the students, for getting it evaluated by the External
Expert, have submitted it. The teacher concerned under whose supervision must certify
the Project report and the guidance the Project has been undertaken.
4. Eligibility for Passing the Examination:The Minimum marks for passing the
examination in each of the Semester shall be 50% (Fifty Percent) in aggregate subject to
a minimum of 45 % (Forty Five %) in each paper. Further a student who has secured
minimum marks to pass in each paper as mentioned above but has not secured the
minimum marks to pass in aggregate for the Semester concerned shall be eligible to
reappear in two papers in which he/she secured minimum marks in that semester so as to
improve the aggregate marks in the concerned Semester
5. Provisions regarding Promotion: No student shall be admitted to Second year of the
course unless he/she has passed in at least 12 (Twelve) papers out of Sixteen (16) papers
offered by him /her during the first year of the course (First & Second Semester
Examinations Taken together) In that way a student can be allowed to reappear, in 4
(Four) Examination paper of External Semester Examination in which he/she failed in
respective Semester Examination, during Second year of the course as back paper.
Further the student will be allowed to re-appear in any paper in the respective External
Semester Examination subject to the condition that the total numbers of papers shall be
within the total limit of (four) (4) back papers in a year as mentioned in this Para and
further that total number of attempts for a paper shall not exceed the total span period of
programme of 4 (four) years. Further all students shall have to pass the Degree
programme within the span period of the programme which is four years from the date of
the admission in the programme. In case of those students whose back papers are more
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than 4 (Four) as mentioned above, they shall not be allowed to proceed to Second Year
(Third Semester) unless they pass the First year course (First Semester and Second
Semester) The students who have thus failed shall be Ex–students and shall repeat the
respective Semester. The back paper examination held with the respective regular
Semester Examination. If a student fails to clear the degree programme during the span
period of four years from the date of admission then he or she shall not be eligible to be
readmitted in the MBA degree programme. The Ex-students shall be exempted from
paying Fees and may be exempted from attending the classes. Back papers facilities shall
not be available in Internal Examination.
It is here by clarified that promotion from First Semester to the second Semester
shall be further subject to the condition that at the end of the First Semester , a student
would be promoted provisionally to the Second Semester provided he/she has appeared in
the First Semester Examination and his/her continuation to the second Semester shall be
subject to the condition that on declaration of the result of the First Semester he/she
should not have failed in more than four Examination papers. In case the student fails in
more than four Examination papers, his/her admission to the Second Semester shall stand
cancelled.
Similarly, promotion from Second Semester to the Third Semester shall be subject
to the condition that at the end of the Second Semester, a student would be promoted
provisionally to the Third Semester provided he/she has appeared in the second Semester
Examination and his/her continuation to the Third Semester shall be subject to the
condition that on declaration of the result of the Second Semester Examination he/she
should not have failed in a total of more than four Examination Papers First and Second
Semester Examinations taken together. In case if the student fails in a total of more than
four Examination papers in the First and Second Semester taken together, his/her
admission to the third semester shall stand cancelled.
The promotion to the subsequent Semester shall also be subject to the condition
that at the end of the previous Semester a student would be promoted provisionally to the
subsequent Semester provided that he/she has appeared in the previous Semester
Examination and his/her continuation in the concerned subsequent Semester shall be
subject to the condition that on declaration of the result of the previous Semester
Examination and any back papers that the student may have appeared in, he/she should
not have a cumulative of more than four back papers.
It is further approved that the provisions mentioned in these ordinance are also applicable
to the ongoing students of respective courses.
6.Provisions for Attendance: To constitute a regular course of study a student must
attend at least 75% (seventy five percent) of the lectures in each paper. If the attendance
is short than 75% (seventy five percent) then he or she shall not be eligible to sit in the
respective Semester Examination.
7. Award of Division: A student who obtained 60% (Sixty Percent) or more marks in
aggregate in all the semester taken together shall be awarded First Division, those with
50% (Fifty percent) or more marks less than 60% shall be awarded Second Division. In
case of those students whose aggregate marks are 75% (Seventy five percent) or more
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shall be declared passed with distinction and this fact shall be indicated in the mark sheet
of Final Semester.
8. Medium of Instructions: The medium of Instruction of study and the examinations
shall be English.
9.Admission fees & Other Charges: Admission fee and other charges to be levied from
the students shall be as such decided by the University from time to time.
10. Omnibus Clause: This ordinance and the syllabus shall come into effect from the
academic session 2005-2006with effect from July, 2005. In case of any clarification on
any points mentioned in the ordinances and the syllabus or for any dispute on any points
the decision of the university with the approval of the Vice- Chancellor would be final
and binding on all concerned.
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Annexure - I
Pattern for question Paper Setting-External Semester Examinations:
In the External Examination paper in each subject, except Training Report, Project, Seminar&
Viva voce, the examination paper will carry a maximum of *70 marks normally divide among
the questions and will be for duration of three hours. The question paper will be divide into two
sections. There will be a compulsory short case study or some problem seeking solution under
section A. In section b, there will be four questions all of which have to be attempted. First
question Section B will ask for a short note (to answers any 4 out of 8) Each of the other three
(3) questions will include an alternate choice. A model of the question paper is present below.
Note: All questions have to be attempted.
Section – A
1. Short case study / problem – Case study/ Problem given should not be of more than
five hundred words
Section - B
2. Write short notes (up to fifty words) on any four of the following 3 marks each
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
3. Describe X Y Z .?
OR
Describe A B C .? 14 marks each
4. (Pattern as same in 3) 14 marks each
What is A.B.C.?
OR
What is X.Y.Z.?
5. (Pattern as same in 3) 14 marks each
Explain the U. V .W
OR
Explain R. S. T
(* Incase of the papers related to Information technology Group the question paper will
be of 50 marks consisting of 10 marks each question as above mentioned since in this
group there will be practical examination in each paper of 20 marks.)
Note: Their must be 8 questions in examinations papers as per indicated above and
should be within the syllabus – copy enclosed.
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Annexure – II
Seminar Assessment Sheet
Name of the Student: Chair Person:
Topic of Seminar: Date of Seminar:
Parameter Maximum
marks
Marks
Obtained
Parameter Maximum
marks
Marks
Obtained
Text
Abstract
04 Handling
Queries
Text
Reference
04 Confidence 10
Data Source
(Credibility)
04 Adequacy 10
Data
Analysis
04 Tactics 05
Quality of
Text
04
Presentation
(Appearance)
04 Chair
Person Role
Gesture 04 Opening
Address
02
Audibility
(Clarity)
04 Summarizing 02
Confidence 04 Leading 02
OHP/LCD
Presentation
04 Command 02
Reading
(Extempore)
05 Control 02
Time
Management
05 Conclusion 05
Innovative
Method
05
Slides
Explanation
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Total marks – 100 Marks Obtained:
No. of participants attended the Seminar: Signature of Expert:
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(Where the total Marks are 50 the marks in parameter shall be half)
FIRST SEMESTER PAPERS
(All Papers in First Semester are compulsory)
MBA 101 – Principals and Practice of Management
Objective
The objective is to provide an understanding of basic concepts, principles of management. The
aim is to inculcate the ability to apply multifunctional approach to Organizational objectives.
Course Contents
(i) Nature, Scope and Significance of Management, Evolution and Development of
Management Thought. Process and Functions of Management. Overview of the
Functional Areas of Management.
(ii) Nature, significance and scope of planning, Types of plans, Process and Techniques
of Decision Making, MBO,MBE, Planning Strategies and Policies.
(iii) Nature and Significance of Organizing –Organizations Theories, Organization
Structure, Departmentation, Line and Staff Relationship, Span of Management,
Authority, Accountability, Delegation and Decentralization and Group Functions,
Staffing, Appraisal and Development of Managers, Formal and Informal
Organizations.
(iv) Nature and Scope of Directions, Issues in Managing Human Resources. Motivation-
Concept, Nature, Importance and Theories of Motivation, Leadership Patterns and
Styles.
(v) Concept and Significance of Communicatio n, Process, Types and Techniques of
Communication, Barriers of Communication.
(vi) Nature and Scope of Co-ordination, Principles, Techniques and Barriers to Coordination,
(vii) Management Control- The Elements, Process and Styles of Control, Techniques of
Control.
(viii) Emerging Horizons of Management-Challenges before Future Managers in 21 st
Century.
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MBA102 – Business Environment
Objective
The object is to educate the students on the role of business in modern society. Emphasis is
placed on the significant relationship, which exists between business and the social, legal,
political, economic, financial and fiscal environment in India. Analysis of competitive business
environment with special reference to India.
Course Contents
(i) Concept, Nature and Significance of Economic, Socio-cultural, Political, Legal,
Technological and other Forces Affecting Business Operations and Growth,
Emerging Indian and Global Business Environment. Elementary Exposure to
Financial Markets.
(ii) Social Responsibilities of Business, New Concept of Stakeholders in Business,
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Concept of Corporate
Governance.
(iii) Industrial Policy, Trends in Industrial licensing, Big V/S Small Scale Industry and Its
Prospects.
(iv) New Economic Policy , Privatization, Liberalization Globalization Their Implication
for Indian Business, Impact of Multi National Corporation in Indian Business World,
(v) Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy.
(vi) Role of Policy and Monetary Policy.
(vii) Export-Import Policy, Regulation of Foreign Trade, Export Promotion and Import
Substitution, Emergence of Regional Trade Blocks, EOU’s and EPZ’s
(viii) Institutional and Legal Aspects of business Environment in India, India and WTO ,
Flow of Capital, Acquisition, Mergers, Technical Co-operation, Franchise, Venture
capital
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MBA 103 – Quantitative Analysis for Business Applications
Objectives
The objective is to provide basic knowledge of the concept of quantitative
techniques having their application in the field of Business.
Course Contents
(i) Management and Decision Making, Statistics and Managerial Decision Making,
Functions – Applications of Functions, Some special Functions A.P. and G.P and
their Managerial Applications. Markov chains and their Applications.
(ii) Transportation Problems, Problem Statement, Testing Optimality, Modi Method
and Improving the Solution
(iii) Linear Programming, Basic Concepts, Model formulation, Solution Method,
Duality.
(iv) Theory of Games, Simulation, Basic Concept of PERT and CPM.
(v) Probability, Definition, Basic Concepts, Marginal Joint Conditional Probabilities,
Additive and Multiplicative Rules, Random variables, Probability Distribution,
Concept of Fractal, Mean of Random variables, Properties of Mean, Variance of a
random Variable.
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MBA104 – Financial And Management Accounting
Objectives:
The objective is to provide basic knowledge of the science of Accounting, interpretation
of Financial Statements and to develop an understanding of Accounting Tools, techniques and
Information and their uses in Managerial Decision making.
Course Contents:
(i) Financial Accounting – Meaning, Need, Objectives, Concepts & Conventions.
Branches of Accounting, Internal and External Users of Accounting, Advantages and
Limitations of Financial Accounting, Accounting Standards.
(ii) The Double Entry System – Its meaning and Scope, The Journal, Cash Book, Ledger,
Trail Balance, Trading Account, Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Entries and
Adjustments of different heads in different books and Accounts.
Introduction of Company Accounts.
(iii) Managing Accounting – Meaning, Function, Scope, Utility, Limitation and Tools of
Management Accounting, Analysis of Financial Statements – Ratios, Comparative and
Common size Statements, Cash Flow and Fund Flow Analysis, management Audit and
Financial Reporting.
(iv) Cost Accounting – Nature, Objectives, Significance of Cost Accounting, Classification of
Cost, Costing of Material, labour, and Overheads.
Marginal Costing, and cost volume profit Analysis – Its Significa nce, Uses and
limitations.
(v) Standard Costing – Its Meaning, Uses and Limitations, Determination of Standard Cost,
Variance Analysis – Material, Labour and Overheads.
(vi) Responsibility Accounting – Its Meaning and Significance, Cost, Profit, and Investment
Centers.
Accounting for Price level Changes – Concepts, CPP and CCA methods.
(vii) Budget and Budgetary Control - Its Meaning, Uses and Limitations, Budgeting and Profit
Planning, Different types of Budget and their Preparations, Sales Budget, Purchase
Budget, Production Budget, Cash Budget, Flexible Budget, Master Budget, Zero Based
Budgeting.
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MBA105 – Managerial Economics:
Objectives:
The Objectives is to provide the knowledge of Economics Theories of and their
applications for Managerial Decisions.
Course Contents:
(i) Meaning of Managerial Economics – Scope and its Role in the process of
Decision Making.
(ii) Introduction to the Analysis of Market Mechanism, Theory of Demand,
Interaction of Demand and Supply, Static and Dyna mic Equilibrium, Demand
Analysis and Demand Forecasting, Elasticity of demand, Concepts of Revenue.
(iii) Concepts of Cost – Cost Clarification, Fixed and Variable Cost, Total, Average
and Marginal Cost, Opportunity Cost, Real Cost, Cost out-put Relationship in
Short run and Long run, Cost Analysis in the process of Decision making, Cost
and Optimum size of plant, Cost and Multiple Products.
(iv) Productions And Cost Functions – Law of variable Proportions and Returns to
Scale, Economics of Scale, Input Output Decision, Cost Curves, Break Even
Analysis.
(v) Pricing – Determinants, Price Determination under Perfect Competition,
Monopoly and Imperfect Competitions, Oligopoly, Concept of Selling Cost, Non
Price Competition.
(vi) Profit management – Profit Theory, Measurements of profits, Profit Policies and
Its Objectives, profit planning with Special Reference to Break Even Analysis.
(vii) National Income – Concept and Measurement, GNP & GDP Economic Growth –
Meaning, and Determinants, Phases of Business Cycle.
Inflation – Meaning and cause, Investment Decisions, Capital Budgeting, Public
Investment Decisions, Economics of Risk and Uncertainty.
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MBA 106 – Business Communications:
Objectives:
The objective is to acquaint the students with the knowledge of Communication,
written as well as Oral required in the Corporate world in its Day to day Functioning.
Course Contents:
(i) Business Communication – Its nature, role and Importance in Business World,
Legal Aspects of Business Communication, Power and Techniques of
Negotiations.
(ii) Process of Communication – Barriers and gateways in Business
Communications, Non – Verbal Communication. Techniques of Efficient and
Effective Communication.
(iii) Letter Writing – principles, Structure and Planning of letter writing. Types of
letters in Business Communication, Modern Office Communication techniques.
(iv) Oral Communication – Public Speaking, Body Language, Presentation of
Reports, Presentations of Sales Plans. Leading and Participation in Meeting and
Conferences.
(v) Comprehensions and Précis Writing, Grammar and its uses in Business
Communication.
(vi) Report Writing – Business Reports: Structures, Techniques of Report Writing,
and Styles of Repot Writing.
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MBA 107 – Computer Applications in Business
Objectives:
The objective to acquaint the students with the knowledge and uses of computers and
simple applications of computers in managerial decisions. Also to provide them an orientation
about the increasing role of computers in corporate, business world.
Course Contents:
(i) Concept of Computers – Brief History of Computers, Generation and its Evolution,
Characteristics of Computers, (Hardware, Software) Criteria for using the Computers,
Organizations and Functions of Computers, Advantages and Disadvantages of
Computers, Main Areas of Computers and their Applications.
(ii) Types of Computers – Analog, Digital, Hybrid, General Purpose and Special Purpose
Computers, Micro Computers, Mini – Computers, Main- frame Computer, and Super
Computers.
(iii) Input- Output Devices, Storage Units (Disks, CD-ROM, DVD – ROM and tapes),
Memory Types (Cache, RAM, ROM), Memory Units, (SIMM, DIMM, RIMM).
(iv) Data and Information – Data Definition, Data Processing Systems, Data Type, Numeric,
Alphabetic, Audio, Graphic, and Video and Their Presentation.
(v) Data Processing – Introduction to Data Processing, Computer as a Tool for Data
processing, Data processing Techniques, Data Analysis, Data Input and Outputs, Data
processing Management, EDP Controls and Audits, Data Security.
(vi) Introduction to Lab Work (Operating Systems, MS- DOS, MS Windows, and UNIX, MS
Office ( MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access.
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MBA 108 – Seminar and Viva voce
Seminar - 50 Marks
Objective
The objective of Seminars is to help the students in developing their communication
skills, especially the presentation before the group. Each student is expected to present a seminar
( as Elaborated in the Ordinance) on a topic approved by the Teacher In- charge of the seminars.
In this Semester the student being new to the Environment, the topic of seminar will be on
general topic of the choice of the student. At least one semester for each student is compulsory
during the Semester.
Viva voce - 50 Marks
At the end of Semester Course each student will have to face an interview where he/she
is expected to answer questions relating to the course covered during the Semester and on
questions of relevant topics concerning Industry, Commerce and trade. The Viva – Voce sha ll be
conducted jointly by the Internal Expert and the External Expert. Since the Viva – voce is to be
conducted by the External Expert the Feed back received from the Expert and Suggestions
should be used for enrichment of the student in subsequent Semester.
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SECOND SEMESTER
(All Papers in this Semester are Compulsory)
MBA 201 – Financial Management:
Objective:
The objective is to provide conceptual knowledge of the tools of financial and Analysis
and management and various long term source of finance. It also aims at helping them to develop
skills for making financial decision in practical business situations.
Course Contents:
(i) Introduction – traditional and modern Concept of Finance Function, nature, Scope and
Importance, function and Financial decisions, Financial Environment.
(ii) Financial Planning – Meaning and Steps in Financial Planning, Capitalization – Over and
Under Capitalization, capitalization Theory.
(iii) Leverage – Meaning, Significance and Types.
(iv) Capital Structure and Cost of Capital, Theories of Capital Structure, Designing Optimal
Capital Structure, EBIT, and EPS Analysis.
(v) Working Capital Management – Concepts, Needs and Nature of working Capital,
Methods of determining Working Capital, Requirement, Financing and Control of
Working Capital.
(vi) Management of Earnings, Retained Earnings, and Dividend Policies, Dividend Practice
and Dividend Models.
(vii) Management of long term funds, Source of Long term Finance, Financial Institutions and
Term Lending
(viii) Lease Financing, mergers and Acquisitions.
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MBA 202 – Human Resource Management:
Objectives:
The objective is to develop an understanding of the Management of Human Resource
with reference to various aspects of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations.
Course Contents’
(i) Personnel management- Concept, Nature, Scope, and Importance of Human Factor in
Managing Modern Organizations; Evolution and growth of Personnel Function in
Management: Philosophy of Management of Human Resource Management in India.
(ii) Personnel Department – Organization and Functions: Personnel manager Qualities
and Qualifications; Professionalization of Personnel Management in India.
(iii) Procurement – Job Analysis, Planning for Human Resource Recruitment, Selection
Placement and Induction. Methods of Man power Search.
(iv) Development – Need, Objectives and Methods of Training; Procedure of Training
and its Efficacy. Development of Managers – Principles, Methods, Transfer and
Promotions; Performance Appraisal.
(v) Wage and Salary Administration – Wage policy – Concept, Role and Importance; Job
evaluation; Fringe Benefits, Incentive Compensation Prerequisites and problems in
Indian Context; Personnel Audit and Research.
(vi) The Manager and the Group, Group Dynamics, Morale in work Groups, Discipline
and employee turnover.
(vii) Industrial Relations – Concept and Significance of Industrial Relations.
Human Resource System – Concept, Scope and Mechanism.
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MBA 203 – Organizational Behaviour:
Objectives:
The objective is to develop an understanding of an individual personality motivational as
well their impact on organization. It also aims to develop skills in team building, leadership,
managerial effectiveness and conflict resolution.
Course Contents:
(i) Introduction – Concept, types of Organization, Individual and Organizational
Objectives, Organizational Behaviour, Understanding Indian Social and Cultural
Environment and its Effect on Industrial Behaviour.
(ii) Psychological Process in understanding Behaviour, Understanding Attitudes Values
and formation of Organization Culture. Perception – Nature and Importance,
Perception v/s Sensation Learning – Theories of classical and Operant
Conditioning, Learning principles, Reinforcement – Kinds and Administration.
(iii) Personality – Concept and Theories, Personality in Organization, Personality
Development and its Determinants.
(iv) Directing – Understanding Employees and their needs, Theories of Motivation.
Leadership – Meaning, Importance and Styles, Theories of Leadership,
Communication and Leadership, Purpose of communication. Inter personnel
Behaviour, nature of Inter personnel behaviour, Definition and Characteristics of
Group, Their types, and group Dynamics.
(v) Co-operation and Conflict, Group Cohesiveness Mechanism, Group Co-operation,
Power, Authority and Role, Transactional Analysis, Organizational Conflicts.
(vi) Organizational changes and Organizational Development, Causes of Organizational
changes, Process of Change, Change Resistance, Plant Organizational change,
Concept and techniques of Organizational development, Component and conditions
of Success of organizational development, Intervention – an overview, Kinds of
Applications.
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MBA 204 – Production and Operations Management:
Objective:
The objective is to get the students acquainted with the design aspects of operations
and material management and to develop relevant skill.
Course Contents:
(i) Nature and Scope of Production and operations Management, its relationship with
other Systems in the organization, factors Affecting System and Concept of
Production and Operation management. Facility Location, Types of manufacturing
Systems and layouts, Layout Planning and Analysis.
(ii) Functions of Production and material management, Types of production Systems,
Productivity Variables, and Productivity Measurement, Production Planning and
Control, In Mass Production In Batch production, Job order manufacturing,
Production Selection, Product Design, and Development, Process Selection, facilitate
Location, facility Layout, Capacity Design, Determination of Material required,
Procedure for Purchasing, Stocking and Distribution of Materials.
(iii) Scheduling, Maintenance Management Concepts, Work Study, Method Study, Work
Measurement Work Sampling, Work Environment, Industrial Safety, Material
management.
(iv) An overview of material management, material Planning and Inventory Control,
J I T, Budgeting and Material Planning, Purchase Management, Store Management,
Safety Management.
(v) Quality Assurance, Accepting Sampling, Stastical Process Control, To tal Quality
Management, ISO – 9000. And it’s Importance.
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MBA 205 – Marketing Management:
Objective
The objective is to develop an understanding of the basic concepts of Marketing, its
functions and its relevance for Manager.
Course Contents;
(i) Concept, Nature, Scope and Significance of Marketing Management. Development of
Marketing and Marketing Management, Factions of Marketing Management.
Strategic Marketing Planning, Marketing Mix.
(ii) Marketing Organization, Designing Appropriate Structure and Influencing Factors,
Marketing Environment, Micro and Macro Environment.
(iii) Market Segmentation, Basis of market segmentation and Purpose, Selection of target
Market and Positioning Strategies.
(iv) Consumer Behaviour, Nature and Factors Influencing Consumer behaviour, Decision
Making process, Organizational Buying Behaviour.
(v) Product Management, Concept of Product, Classification of product, Product Life
Cycle, new Product development, Product Positioning, Product Line and Product
Mix, Branding Decisions, Pakaging, and labeling.
(vi) Pricing, factors Affecting Price Determination, Price Policies and Strategies, pricing
Methods.
(vii) Promotional Mix, Elements of Promotional Mix, Communication Process,
Advertising, Personal Selling, Publicity and Public relations, Sales Promotions.
(viii) Distribution Channels, Role and types of Channels, Factors Influencing Channels
decision.
(ix) Rural Marketing in India – Its Growth And Importance.Marketing Control, Control
Operations, Ethical and Legal Aspects of Marketing.
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MBA 206 – Management Information System
Objective
The objective is to provide knowledge about the use of computer for various business
information applications. The capabilities and limitations of computers and Introducing the
student some of the computer programmes forming the part of the management Information
System in corporate World.
Course Contents:
(i) Role of Information and Technology, Business and technology Trends, Definition of
MIS, role of MIS in Decision-making, Number Systems, Computer Languages,
Computer hardware, Computer Software and operating System.
(ii) Systems Approach, object Oriented design, The value and cost of information, Decision
levels, Data capture, Data Quality.
(iii) Database management systems, advantages of Data base approach, Queries, Designing
of Database, Database Administration, Commercial database.
(iv) Computer Communication- LAN, Wan, Internet, Peer- to- Peer network, Client –
server network.
(v) Data system- Organization of System department, Physical facilities of system
requirement Analysis, System Analysis, System design, System Implementation,
System maintenance.
(vi) Introduction to management information System, decision making and Its Process,
need for information and decision making, Its elements, meaning and objectives.
(vii) Structure of management information System, Successful and Comprehensive
Structure, Integration of structure, development of management information System,
various MIS reports, making MIS efficient and Effective, Limitations of management
information System.
(viii) Familiarity with Software packages – MS Office, MS Windows, LAN, UNIX etc.
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MBA 207 – Research Methodology
Objective:
The objective is to acquaint the student with basic concepts on Research Methodology in
Social Sciences so that they could develop adequate understanding of the techniques of data
collection and its analysis for Business decision- making as well as application of suitable
methods and tools for the purpose.
Course Contents:
(i) Nature, Meaning and Scope and Significance of Research Methodology. Problem
formulation and statement of research objectives value and cost of information-
Bayesian decision theory.
(ii) Organization Structure of research, Research process, Research Designs- Exploratory,
Descriptive and Experimental research Designs. Sampling Design, Sampling
Fundamentals, Methods of Data collection- Observational and Survey methods,
Questionnaire Design.
(iii) Measurement and scaling techniques, Motivational research techniques,
Administration of Surveys, Selection of Appropriate statistical Techniques.
(iv) Field work and tabulation of Data, processing and analysis of data, Use of SPSS and
other Statistical Software packages.
(v) Advanced techniques for data Analysis, Analysis of Variance and co variance,
ANOVA, Discriminate Analysis, Factor Analysis, Conjoint Analysis, Multi
dimensional Scaling and Clustering methods, Correlation and Regression Analysis,
Time series Analysis, Measures of trend and seasonal Indices. Research Applications.
(vi) Sampling and Sampling Distributions : Probability and Non – Probability Sampling
Methods, Sampling and Non- Sampling Errors, Sampling theory, Sampling
Distribution, Hypothesis Testing: T, Z and Chi Square (X2) Tests.
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MBA 208 – Seminar And Viva – Voce
Seminar - 50 Marks
The Objective of Seminar is to help the Students in Developing their Communication
Skills, Specially presentation before the Group. Each Student is expected to present a Seminar
(As Elaborated in the Ordinance) On a topic Approved by the Teacher In-charge. In this
Semester The topic of the Seminars will be Qualitative and based on the issues Relevant to the
Corporate World and Business World.
Viva voce - 50 Marks
At the end of Semester Course each student will have to face an interview where he/she
is expected to answer questions relating to the course covered in the Semester and on the
questions related to Corporate World And Business world. The Viva – Voce shall be conducted
jointly by the Internal Expert and the External Expert. After Viva – voce the feed back of the
External experts shall be obtained so as to decide the Modalities of Improvement during Second
year of the course.
Summer training:
Each Student is require to under go 45 – 60 days training in any organization
immediately after completion of the second semester. Training report on the pattern of approved
by the teacher In- charge of training shall be submitted by the student in duplicate to the teacher
in – charge. The student shall have to bear all the expenses on training including traveling and
daily maintenance and the expenses on preparation of the training report. There will be no
vocation after second semester examination and students shall proceed for summer training.