RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

KOTA

REVISED SCHEME & SYLLABUS

OF

FIRST YEAR

MBA

(EFFECTIVE FROM THE SESSION: 2020-21)

 MBA
WITH DUAL SPECIALIZATION

IN

MARKETING

HUMAN RESOURCE

FINANCE

OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

BUSINESS ANALYTICS

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 SCHEME OF MBA PROGRAM
1. The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is 4 semesters program. The Program structure and credits for MBA
have been taken as per AICTE guidelines and model Scheme based on the stakeholders needs and general structure of
the program.
2. Minimum number of classroom contact teaching credits for MBA is 96 credits and field work/ internship of 06
credits, thus the minimum number of credits for award of MBA course is 102 credits. Out of 96 credits, 54 credits are
allotted for core courses and rest 42 credits for electives including laboratory work.

3. The following shall be the scheme for teaching and examination of MBA Course for academic session 2020-21. The
teaching scheme is given in terms of number of sessions for a course/lab work. Each session is of 90 minutes. There will
be 5 days teaching in a week.
FIRST SEMESTER MBA TEACHING SCHEME
No of Sessions
Course Paper
SN Paper Title Per Per Credits Internal External Total
Type Code
Semester Week
1 PCC M-101 Fundamentals of Management 24 2 3 30 70 100
2 PCC M-102 Managerial Economics 24 2 3 30 70 100
3 PCC M-103 Operations Management-I 24 2 3 30 70 100
4 PCC M-104 Marketing Management 24 2 3 30 70 100
5 PCC M-105 Information Technology for Managers 24 2 3 30 70 100
6 PCC M-106 Organizational Behavior 24 2 3 30 70 100
7 PCC M-107 Cost and Management Accounting 24 2 3 30 70 100
8 PCC M-108 Business Statistics and Analytics for 24 2 3 30 70 100
Decision Making
9 MCC MCC AUDIT COURSE 12 1 0 30 70 100*
10 REW M-109 Seminar on Contemporary Issues 24 2 1 60 40 100
11 PCC M-110 Data Analytics Lab. 24 2 1 60 40 100
12 PCC M-111 Business Communication Lab. 24 2 1 60 40 100
13 SODECA Social Outreach, Discipline & Extra - - 100 100
Curriculum Activities
Total for I Semester 276 23 27 420 780 1200
*Note: Marks of audit course will not be considered for credit purpose
SECOND SEMESTER MBA TEACHING SCHEME
No of Sessions Internal/ External/
Course Paper
SN Paper Title Per Per Credits Minimum Minimum Total
Type Code
Semester Week Marks Marks
1 PCC M-201 Legal and Business Environment 24 2 3 30 70 100
2 PCC M-202 Corporate Strategy 24 2 3 30 70 100
3 PCC M-203 Quantitative Techniques 24 2 3 30 70 100
4 PCC M-204 Financial Management 24 2 3 30 70 100
5 PCC M-205 Human Resource Management 24 2 3 30 70 100
6 PCC M-206 Marketing Research 24 2 3 30 70 100
7 PCC M-207 Operations Management- II 24 2 3 30 70 100
8 PCC M-208 New Enterprise and Innovation 24 2 3 30 70 100
Management
9 MCC AUDIT COURSE 12 1 0 30 70 100*
10 REW M-209 Mini-Project 24 2 1 60 40 100
11 PCC M-210 Business Ethics Lab. 24 2 1 60 40 100
12 PCC M-211 Managérial Computing Lab. 24 2 1 60 40 100
13 SODECA Social Outreach, Discipline & Extra - - 100 100
Curriculum Activities
Total for II Semester 276 23 27 420 780 1200
*Note: Marks of audit course will not be considered for credit purpose

4. The first year of the MBA Program provides the incoming students, a thorough grounding in the basic and functional
disciplines and courses are delivered with managerial focus. The first-year courses in the core curriculum are common to
all students, and are aimed at providing contextual understanding, conceptual knowledge, analytical skills, tools and
techniques, social, cultural, and environmental sensitivity. This will enable them to enter any stream of management
when they embark upon a career, regardless of the choice of specialization they make in the second year.

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5. All first-year courses are compulsory. The duration of external examination for each paper would be 3 hours. The
minimum passing marks in each course will be 40% in each individual component of internal and external separately.
A student must obtain 50% marks in aggregate in individual course for qualifying and to obtain pass grade.

6. Laboratory Work:
6.1 M-109/M-110/M-210/M-211: There shall be regular assessment of students in which internal assessment would
be done by the concerned teachers taking the lab. A batch of 60 students is to be divided into 4 groups of 15
students per group for conducting lab classes. Each group is assigned a teacher for conducting the lab and
assessment of the students will be done by the teacher out of 60 marks. The assessment of 40 marks shall be
done by the external examiner appointed by the Head of the department in consultation with Director/Principal of
the college.
6.2 The sessional examination for M-109/M-110/M-210/M-211 shall be conducted at the end of semester before
theory examinations and schedule shall be notified in the MBA timetable by the RTU.

7. The evaluation of academic performance is based on internal assessment of the following components The
distribution of internal assessment marks will be:

SN COMPONENT MARKS
1 Term Test (Minimum two tests for each course) 10
2 Assignments/ Quiz/Case analysis 05
3 Project Work/ Term Paper 10
4 Class Participation and attendance 05
TOTAL 30

8. A systematic record for the award of internal assessment marks shall be maintained in the department signed by the
faculty member concerned and counter signed by the Head of the Department. This type of assessment shall be done
for all the four semesters.

9. Seminar on Contemporary issues (M-109)

9.1 In first semester, the students are required to take seminar on contemporary issues. The faculty members will
assign contemporary issues concerning with Indian Corporate sector like, merger & acquisition, current
economic issues, global interface, stock market developments, new HR initiatives, recent trends in marketing
trends etc, to the students.

9.2 The students will prepare seminar under guidance of faculty members allotted by the Director/ Principal /Head of
Department of the institute. There will be regular internal assessment and regular classroom interactions as per
the number of sessions allotted to it.

9.3 The student will submit written report of seminar work, prepared individually and shall make an oral presentation
before a panel consisting of internal and external examiner (Preferably from Industry) appointed by
Director/Principal/HOD. The assessment of 40 marks shall be done by the external examiner appointed by the
Head of the department in consultation with Director/Principal of the college.
9.4 The average number of pages in the report shall be 40 and should be typed by student himself. The format of
the report is to be provided to students by the institute.

10. Mini-Project (M-209)

10.1 The Student should be able to identify the issues and challenge of the industry and is able to prepare report on
the application of emerging technologies in the selected industry.

10.2 In second semester, the students are required to take one industry as per his/her interest, for analysis and
prepare a project report. Preference should be given on the application of emerging technologies in the selected
industry.

10.3 The students will prepare project report under guidance of faculty members allotted by the Director/ Principal
/Head of Department of the institute. There will be regular internal assessment and regular classroom
interactions as per the number of sessions allotted to it.

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 10.4 The student will submit written report of project work, prepared individually, and shall make an oral presentation
before a panel consisting of internal and external examiner (Preferably from Industry) appointed by
Director/Principal/HOD. The assessment of 40 marks shall be done by the external examiner appointed by the
Head of the department in consultation with Director/Principal of the college.

10.5 The average number of pages in the report shall be 40 and should be typed by student himself. The format of the
report is to be provided to students by the institute.

11. Summer Training Work/Internship

11.1 Summer Training Project offers an opportunity to put learning into practice and it also serves as an important
experiential channel for students to move towards finalizing their preferences on various specializations.

11.2 At the end of the second semester examination, it is mandatory for every student of MBA to undergo on-the-
job practical training in any manufacturing, service or financial organization. The training will be of 6 to 8
weeks duration. The college/institute will facilitate this compulsory training for students.

11.3 During the training, the student is expected to learn about the organization and analyze and suggest solutions
to a live problem. The objective is to equip the students with the knowledge of actual functioning of an
organization and problems faced by them for exploring feasible solutions.

11.4 During the course of training, the organization (where the student is undergoing training) may assign a
problem/project to the student.

11.5 The student, after the completion of training will submit a report to the College/Institute which will form part of
the third semester examination. The report must be submitted by the end of September 30. The report (based
on training and the problem/project studied) prepared by the student will be known as Summer Training
Report. It should reflect in depth study of an organization where the student undergoes training.

11.6 One comprehensive chapter must be included about the organization where the student has undergone
training. This should deal with brief history of the organization, its structure, performance products/services
and problem faced. This chapter will form part 1 of the report. Part 2 of the report will contain the study of
problem undertaken during training. The average size of report ordinarily will be of minimum 100 pages in
standard font size (12) and double spacing. Two neatly typed (one sided only) and soft bound copies of the
report will be submitted to the College/Institute. The report will be typed on A-4 size paper.

11.7 The report will have three certificates, one by the Head of the Department, another by the Faculty guide and
third one from reporting officer of the organization where the student has undergone training. These three
certificates should be attached in the beginning of the report.

11.8 The Summer Training Project Report carry 200 marks and will be evaluated by two examiners (external and
internal). The evaluation will consist of (1) Project Report evaluation (2) Project Presentation and Viva Voce.
The Project Report evaluation will comprise of 120 sessional marks and would be evaluated by internal
project guide. The Presentation and Viva Voce would comprise of 80 marks and would be evaluated by two
examiners (1 external and 1 internal).

11.9 The external examiner will be appointed by University from the panel proposed by BOS and approved by
DEAN/HVC, RTU. The concerned institute will bear the travelling, remuneration, DA and other
incidental expenditure of external examiner with recourse to RTU.

11.10 Only such person will evaluate the project report who has minimum three years of experience of teaching
MBA classes in a College/University.

11.11 The parameters on which external evaluation would be carried out are as under:

Project Report External Evaluation: Evaluation Criteria

SN Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Good Excellent Score
4 8 12 16
1 Understanding of Objectives with topic
2 Understanding of Reliance of topic

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 3 Interpretation & Analysis
4 Presentation
5 Query handling

11.12 It is mandatory that the student will make presentation in the presence of teachers and students. The student is
expected to answer to the queries and questions raised in such a meeting.

11.13 The student shall prepare the Summer Training Report as per the format given in the Summer Training Manual
as prescribed by the University

11.14 The students will also be required to submit a completed feedback form from these summer organizations.

12 The specialization once selected in third semester would continue in fourth semester also. The university shall offer
following specialization in various functional areas:

A. Financial Management
B. Marketing Management
C. Human Resource Management
D. Operations and Supply Chain Management
E. Information Systems
F. Business Analytics

13 The credits of SODECA may be kept over and above the minimum number of credits for award of MBA course.

14 Audit Courses: In addition to the core and elective courses, students can take one audit course in each semester
covering subjects of developing desired attitude among the learners. The enrolment in a such a course will permit a
student to attend the without being evaluated for credit. These courses will be termed as MBA Common Courses.

MBA Common Courses (Audit Courses):

SN Course Title
1 English for Research Paper Writing
2 Disaster Management
3 Sanskrit for Technical Knowledge
4 Value Education
5 Constitution of India
6 Pedagogy Studies
7 Stress Management by Yoga
8 Personality Development through Life Enlightenment Skills
9 Indian Ethos and Business Ethics

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 RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
KOTA

DETAILED SYLLABUS
OF
FIRST YEAR

MBA
WITH DUAL SPECIALIZATION
IN
MARKETING, HUMAN RESOURCE,
FINANCE, OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN,
INFORMATION SYSTEMS, BUSINESS ANALYTICS

EFFECTIVE FROM THE SESSION: 2020-21

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M-101: FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................... 9
M-102:MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS ......................................................................................................... 9
M-103: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - I ............................................................................................... 10
M-104: MARKETING MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................... 11
M-105: IT FOR MANAGERS ................................................................................................................... 13
M-106: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ................................................................................................ 13
M-107: COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING ................................................................................ 15
M-108: BUSINESS STATISTICS AND ANALYTICS FOR DECISION MAKING .............................................. 15
M-109: SEMINAR ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES .................................................................................... 16
M-110: DATA ANALYTICS LAB. .............................................................................................................. 17
M-111: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION LAB. ........................................................................................... 17
M-201: LEGAL AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................... 18
M-202: CORPORATE STRATEGY ............................................................................................................ 19
M-203: QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES ................................................................................................... 20
M-204: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT....................................................................................................... 21
M-205: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................ 22
M-206: MARKETING RESEARCH ............................................................................................................ 23
M-207: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT II ................................................................................................ 24
M-208: NEW ENTERPRISE AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT ............................................................. 25
M-209: MINI-PROJECT .......................................................................................................................... 26
M-210: BUSINESS ETHICS LAB. .............................................................................................................. 26
M-211: MANAGÉRIAL COMPUTING LAB ............................................................................................... 27
SOCIAL OUTREACH, DISCIPLINE & EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (SODECA) .................................... 28
Audit course: ENGLISH FOR RESEARCH PAPER WRITING ...................................................................... 29
Audit course:: DISASTER MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................. 29
AUDIT COURSE: SANSKRIT FOR TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE .................................................................... 30
Audit course: VALUE EDUCATION ......................................................................................................... 30
Audit course: CONSTITUTION OF INDIA ............................................................................................... 31
Audit course: PEDAGOGY STUDIES ....................................................................................................... 31

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 M-101: FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT
OBJECTIVES 1. To familiarize students with the basic concepts, principles, and practices of management.
2. To gain an understanding of the historical development of management theories and the implications for
the management of any organization.
3. To help students identify and imbibe the key competencies needed to be an effective manager and
resolve any management problem when presented
LEARNING 1. Understand the history and concepts related to Business Management.
OUTCOMES: 2. Demonstrate the roles, skills, and functions of management.
3. Apply knowledge of Principles and Practices of Management to diagnose and solve organizational problems
and develop optimal managerial decisions.
4. Learn from the management practices of Business leaders, the art of management.
SECTION-A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Basic Concepts of Management: Management an Overview- Concept, Functions, Scope and 4
Significance of Management, Managerial Roles, Managerial Skills, Schools of Management Thought:
Classical Perspective- Scientific Management, Administrative Management, Bureaucratic Management;
Behavioral Perspective; Systems and Contingency Approach for understanding organizations.
II Contribution of Management Thinkers: Kautilya, Peter Drucker, C.K. Prahlad and Herbert Simon. 3
III Fundamentals of Planning: Essentials of Planning, Objectives, Strategies, Policies; Decision making. 3
IV Fundamentals of Organizing: Organizing - Nature and purpose, Departmentation, Span of Management, 3
Line and Staff authority, Centralization and Decentralization.
V Staffing: Human resource Management and Selection, Selection Process, Techniques of Selection-Tests 2
and Interviews.
VI Directing and Leading: Effective Directing, Supervision, Leadership- Concept, Styles and Theories- Trait 3
Theory, Behavioral Theories, Contingency Theories.
VII Controlling and Coordinating: Control- Concept, Types and Process, Techniques of Controlling. 2
Coordination- Concept, Importance, Principles and Techniques of Coordination.
VIII Management Practices of: Dhirubhai Ambani, Narayan Murthy, Azim Premji, Ratan Tata, Steve Jobs, Bill 4
Gates.
SECTION B
At least one Case study/Problem from each UNIT
Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT:
• Studying organizational structures of any 10 companies and classifying them into different types of organizations which are
studied above and justifying why such structures are chosen by those organizations.
• Preparing the leadership profiles of any 5 business leaders and studying their leadership qualities.
• Conducting Role plays on each function of Management.
• Preparing presentations on management practices of business leaders.
• Assigning group tasks to be accomplished in stipulated time.
Note: Faculty can either identify the organizations / leaders or students can be allowed to choose the same.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1 Weihrich, Heinz and Koontz, Harold. Management A Global and Entrepreneurial Perspective. McGraw Hill.
2 Koontz. Essentials for Management: An International Perspective. Tata McGraw-Hill.
3 Robbins, Stephen P., Decenzo, David, A. Essentials of Management. Pearson Education.
4 Bhat. Management: Principles, Processes and Practices. Oxford University Press.
5 PC Tripathi and PN Reddy, “Principles of Management”, Tata McGraw-Hill, Fifth Edition.
6 Drucker, Peter. The Practices of Management. Allied Publishers.
7 James AF Stoner, R. Edward Freeman, Daniel R. Gilbert, “Management”, Prentice Hall International.
LIST OF JOURNALS / PERIODICALS / MAGAZINES / NEWSPAPERS
1. Harvard Business Review
2. Vikalpa: The Journal of Decision Makers, Journal of IIM, Ahmedabad
3. SANKALPA: Journal of Management & Research
4. Business India / Business Today / Business World/Effective Executive

M-102:MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
OBJECTIVES 1. To develop analytical skills related to economic theories in business contexts.
2. To analyze the demand and supply conditions and assess the position of a company.
3. To design competitive strategies according to the natures of products and the structures of the markets.
4. To formulate and apply the right economic tools for business decision-making.
LEARNING 1. Assess critically the main determinants of demand and supply of the firm.
OUTCOMES: 2. Apply the tools of economic theory to explain optimal production and pricing decisions by the firm in
each market structure.
3. Appraise emerging issues in economics at the national and international levels.

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 4. Analyze mechanism by which the total amount of resources possessed by a firmware allocated among
alternative uses.
SECTION A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Introduction to Managerial Economics: Managerial Economics: Meaning, Nature, Scope, & 3
Significance. Relationship of Managerial Economics with Statistics.
II Fundamental Concepts: Opportunity Costs, Incremental Principle, Time perspective, Discounting and 3
Equi-Marginal principles. Theory of the Firm: Firm and Industry.
III Demand and Supply Analysis: Theory and Law of Demand, Individual and Market Demand, 3
Determinants of Demand, Concept of Elasticity of Demand, Types of elasticity of demand, Uses of
elasticity of demand for Managerial decision making, Measurement of elasticity of demand. Concept of
Demand Forecasting, Methods – Qualitative and Quantitative (basic concepts only).
Supply – Law of Supply, Its determinants and Elasticity of supply.
IV Cost Analysis and Pricing Approach: Cost - Concept and Types of Costs, Short Run Cost Analysis 4
- Fixed, Variable, Total, Average and Marginal Cost Curves. Long Run Cost Analysis - Economies and
Diseconomies of Scale, Factors affecting cost at Micro-level. Full cost pricing, Product line pricing,
Product lifecycle pricing. Pricing Strategies: Price Skimming, Penetration Pricing, Differential Pricing,
Promotional Pricing, etc.
V Production and Utility analysis: Concepts, production function with one variable input - Law of 4
Variable Proportions. Production function with two variable inputs and Laws of returns to scale.
Consumer behavior and Surplus. Marginal Utility Analysis, Economies of scale.
VI Market structure and pricing practices: Perfect Competition: Features, Pricing under perfect 2
competition. Monopoly: Features, Pricing under monopoly. Price Discrimination. Monopolistic
Competition: Features, Pricing under monopolistic competition, Product differentiation. Oligopoly:
Features, Kinked demand Curve, Cartels, Price leadership.
VII Concepts of National Income, Index Number and Business Cycle: National Income- Concept, 3
GNP,NNP,GDP,PCI Methods and difficulties in Measurement of National Income.
Review of index Number- Meaning, Importance and Limitations.
Meaning and Features of Business Cycles, Phases of Business Cycles
VIII Profits: Determinants of Short-term & Long-term profits. Classification - Measurement of Profit. 2
Break Even Analysis - Meaning, Assumptions, Determination of BEA, Limitations, Uses of BEA in
Managerial decisions.
SECTION B
At Least one Case Study from each UNIT. Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT
• Assessing the Impact of Social Media on the demand of a product/Services.
• Mini project may be given to students to assess the long-term and short-term cost incurred for producing goods/services
• Considering an industry and analyzing its features, and pricing strategies implemented by any two rivalry firms.
• Considering an industry and critically analyzing the impactof COVID 19 on business cycle
• Preparing a project proposal for a new business venture to understand the BEP using real time data.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. D.N.Dwivedi, Managerial Economics, Vikas Publishing House, Eighth Edition.
2. D. M. Mithani, Managerial Economics - Theory and Application, Himalaya Publishing House, Eighth Edition.
3. Damodaran. Managerial Economics. Oxford University Press, second Edition.
4. Keat/ Banerjee, Managerial Economics: Economic Tools for Today’s Decision Makers, Pearson Education, Seventh
Edition.
5. Petersen, H. Craig., Lewis and Jain. Managerial Economics. Pearson Education, Fourth Edition.
6. Geetika, PiyaliGhosh, Purba Roy Chowdhury, Managerial Economics, McGraw-Hill Education, Third Edition.
7. Gillespie, Business Economics, Oxford University Press, Second Edition.
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS
1. Margin- The Journal of Applied Economic Research
2. South Asia Economic Journal
3. Global Journal of Emerging Market Economics
4. Asian Journal of Management Cases
5. Economic Times Newspaper

M-103: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - I

OBJECTIVES 1. To acquire a set of skills and tools to improve Productivity to get competitive advantage through operations.
2. To comprehend planning, creation and management of resource capabilities used by a business to make
services or products.
3. To analyze service operations system and its relationship with all other functions and activities in the
organization.
LEARNING 1. Understand the different process technologies
OUTCOMES: 2. Identify similarities and differences between products and services and basic manufacturing process.
3. Acquire the knowledge of Demand Forecasting and its techniques

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 4. Understand the importance of stores management and different techniques of inventory control.
SECTION-A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Operations Management: Introduction, Scope of Operations Management, Operations Management and 2
Decision Making, Historical Evolution of Operations Management, Key Issues for Today’s Business
Operations. Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity, Mission and Strategies, Operations Strategy,
Implications of Organization Strategy for Operations Management , Productivity and its improvement
II Demand Management and Forecasting; Need, objectives, Approaches to Forecasting, Qualitative and, 4
Quantitative Methods, Forecasts Based on Time-Series Data, Associative Forecasting Techniques, Other
Techniques: Focus Forecasting,
Web-Based Forecasting-Collaborative planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR). Accuracy and
monitoring the forecast.
III Product and Service Design: Introduction, Reasons for Product/ Service Design or Redesign. Idea 2
Generation, Design Considerations, Strategies of Product or Service Life Stages, Degree of Standardization,
Designing for Mass Customization, Phases in Product Design and Development, Designing for Production.
Service Design: Overview.
IV Capacity Planning: Introduction to capacity, Capacity Strategy, Defining and Measuring Capacity, 2
determinants of effective capacity, developing capacity strategies, and evaluating alternatives. Cost-Volume
analysis
V Facilities Planning: Strategic Facilities Planning, Process Selection: Process Types, Product-Process 3
matrix, Facility Location: Need for location decisions, Strategic Importance and Objectives. Factors
affecting location, General Procedure for Making Location Decisions, qualitative and quantitative
techniques of location analysis.
VI Facilities Layout: Product, Process, Fixed Position, and Cellular layouts, Service Layout, Designing 3
Product Layouts: Line Balancing, Designing Process Layouts, Systematic Layout planning, Materials
Handling
VII Planning levels: long range, Intermediate range and Short-range planning, Aggregate planning: Objective, 4
Strategies, and techniques of aggregate planning. Master scheduling; Bill of materials, MRP; inputs
processing and outputs, and overview of MRPII , use of MRP to assist in planning capacity requirements,
Introduction to ERP
VIII Inventory Control: The Nature and Importance of Inventories, Functions and Objectives, Inventory Costs, 4
Inventory Ordering Policies, Economic Order Quantity Models, Basic Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
Model, Economic Production Quantity (EPQ), Quantity Discounts, Reorder Point Ordering, Shortages and
Service Levels, Fixed-Order-Interval Model, Single-Period Model, Continuous Stocking Levels, Discrete
Stocking Levels, Selective Inventory control techniques.
SECTION B
At least one Case Study from each UNIT. Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT
• Visit any industrial unit and understand the processes performed in the unit.
• Use the theoretical knowledge to understand the operations.
• Prepare a report on how the above concepts used in selected industrial unit under the guidance of your subject teacher.
• Practical Assignment on calculating EOQ of a manufacturing company
• Collect data for identifying forecasting techniques of five national brands
• Student Groups may carry out a project work by visiting industrial unit/plant to demonstrate the application of principles of
operations and submit written report/make presentation using infographics/Video.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1 Chase, R. B. et al., Operations and Supply Management, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2010.
2 Blanchard, David., Supply Chain Management Best Practices, NY, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
3 Stevenson. Operations Management with Student DVD (SIE). Tata McGraw-Hill.
4 Russell & Taylor, III. Operations Management. Prentice Hall of India.
5 Nair. Production and Operations Management. Tata McGraw-Hill.
6 Govil, M., and Proth, J., Supply Chain Design and Management, Academic Press, 2001.
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS
1. International Journal of Supply and Operations Management (IJSOM)
2. Operations and Supply Chain Management:(OSCM)
3. Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management (JOSCM)
4. International Journal of Operations & Production Management(IJOPM )
5. International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)

M-104: MARKETING MANAGEMENT

OBJECTIVES 1. To learn various dimensions of Marketing Management, Concepts and Applications.
2. To understand analytical perspectives, management decision tools for Planning, designing & implementing
marketing strategy.
3. To have right understanding of consumer motivation and expectations.
LEARNING 1. Develop strong conceptual knowledge in the functional area of marketing management.
OUTCOMES: 2. Analyze consumer markets, identify market segments, targets and craft the brand positioning.

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 3. Apply analytical skills in developing right marketing strategies and plans.
4. Devise effective product, pricing, promotion and placing strategies after environmental scanning for creating
long-term loyalty relationships.
SECTION-A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Introduction: Concept and Scope of Marketing, Philosophies of Marketing Management, Elements of
Marketing - Needs, Wants, Demands, Customer, Markets and Marketers; Marketing Vs. Selling, Marketing
– Mix, The Modern Components of the Mix- The Additional 3Ps, Holistic Marketing Concept. Co-Creation 3
and Customer Engagement concept.
II Marketing Environment & Marketing Strategy: Marketing Environment: Internal and External, Factors 3
Affecting Marketing Environment, Functions of Marketing Management, Strategic Marketing Planning,
Managing and controlling marketing program
III Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning: The STP process, Concept of Market Segmentation, 3
Benefits of Market Segmentation, Requisites of Effective Market Segmentation, Process of Market
Segmentation, Bases for Segmenting Consumer Markets, Targeting strategies, Positioning concept and
strategies.
IV Consumer buying behavior: Introduction, Characteristics, Types of Buying Decision Behavior, Factors 3
influencing Consumer Buying Behavior, Buying Decision Process, Buying Motives, Buyer Behavior
Models
V Product Management-Brand and Branding Strategy: Key concepts, Levels of Products, Classification 3
of Products, Product Hierarchy, Product Line Strategies, Product Mix Strategies, Packaging and Labeling,
New Product Development process, Product Life Cycle (PLC) – Stages and strategies, concept of a brand,
brand elements and types
VI Pricing and Channel Decisions : Pricing Objectives, Policies, Methods of Setting Price, Pricing 3
Strategies, Distribution Channel Management, Member channel functions, Factors Affecting Channels of
Distribution, Distribution channels design strategy, Introduction to logistics management, Current Trends
in Wholesaling and Retailing. B2B, B2C
VII Integrated Marketing Communication: Role of Marketing communications mix, Marketing 3
Communications Tools- Advertising, Sales Promotion, Personal Selling, Public Relations, Direct
Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Communications Planning,
VIII Evaluating Marketing Performance and Recent Trends in Marketing: Marketing Strategy 3
Implementation and Tools of measuring marketing performance- annual plan control, profitability control,
efficiency control and strategic control., Introduction to importance of Data Analytics in Marketing
Strategies, Customer Relationship Marketing, Digital Marketing, Sustainable marketing, Rural Marketing.
Introduction to Global Marketing, Incoterms and its types
SECTION B
At Least one Case Study from each UNIT. Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT
1. Students should choose three companies- FMCG, Consumer Durable and Service Company and study their marketing-mix
variables, customer retention strategies and innovative marketing strategies for enhancing customer engagement with the
company brands.
2. Students are expected to visit and explore website of three of their preferred brands to identify the Segment & Target customer,
Positioning strategy and effectiveness of their marketing strategies in making them popular.
3. Using smartphone or any other recording device students are expected to make a short video (12-15 mins duration) covering
marketing-mix strategy (Product, Price, Place, Promotion) of a recently launched new product.
4. Students have to visit a Retail store targeting young people (for example Cafe Coffee Day, Benetton, Shoppers Stop, Adidas,
etc). and make observations and assessment on the following:
(a) Target market and strategic location of the store
(b) Length and breadth of the store’s product assortments
(c) Internal and external atmospherics of the retail store (Lighting, décor, music, colour, spaces etc.)
(d) Services offered by the store(limited service or full service)
(e) Role of Personal Selling in the store
5. Selecting one television advertisement and one print advertisement students will describe the television and print advertisements
in their assignment and answer the following questions:
(a) Objective of both advertisements and the highlighted USP
(b) Type of appeals (rational, emotional, moral) and execution-styles used in the advertisements
(c) Target customer and media selection decision.
(d) As creative and media planner for these brands what would be their suggestions regarding creative strategy, selection of
media type, vehicle, timing etc.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Kotler, P. T., & Armstrong, G. (2017). Principles of Marketing, Global Edition.
2. Chernev Alexander (2019) Strategic Marketing Management - The Framework, Cerebellum Press.
3. Dr .G. Bhuvaneshwari, Dr .S. Ramachandran (2018). Marketing Management, Airwalk Publications.
4. V S Ramaswamy (2017).Marketing Management: A Strategic Decision Making Approach, McGraw Hill Education
5. Michael J Etzel, Bruce J Walker, William J Stanton, Ajay Pandit, (2017). Marketing, 14e, McGraw Hill Education.
6. David A. Aaker& Amp; Damien McLoughlin; (2017). Strategic Market Management; John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pvt. Ltd.
7. Baines, P., Fill, C., & Page, K. (2013). Essentials of marketing. Oxford University Press.

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LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS
1. Journal of Marketing (USA)
2. International Marketing Review
3. International Journal of Online Marketing
4. Indian Journal of Marketing,
5. Marketing Master Mind, Etc.

M-105: IT FOR MANAGERS

OBJECTIVES 1. To acquire fundamental knowledge essential to manage Information technology functions successfully
within an organization.
2. To define Information System from both a Technical and Business perspective.
3. To understand knowledge representations methods and IT Techniques as strategic tools to make business
more competitive.
LEARNING 1. Apply frameworks and management principles to cope up with challenges inherent in rapidly advancing
OUTCOMES: technology.
2. Design, plan, analyze, budget and propose technical requirement that impact the performance of business
process to create a competitive edge.
3. Apply knowledge and evaluate the role of Information Technology in supporting various levels of Business
strategy.
4. Access and interpret the relationship between Organizations, Information Systems and Business
Processes.
SECTION A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Business value of telecommunication networks: The basics of doing business on the Internet- the 4
Internet revolution - the business value of Internet, Intranet and Extranet. Introduction to Web page
Design. Creating Web Pages using HTML. Introduction to Cloud Computing.
II Information Systems (IS): Concept of Data and Information, Kinds of Information Systems (IS); 3
Elementary study of: Operations Support System (OSS), Transaction Processing
System(TPS),Process Control System(PCS), Management Information System(MIS), Decision
Support System(DSS). Artificial Intelligence (AI), Neural Networks, Expert Systems (ES).
III Developing MIS Systems: System Development Life Cycle, Investigation Phase, Prototyping, 4
Feasibility Analysis, System Analysis(DFD and ER Diagram), System Design, Implementing Business
Systems, Testing, Documenting, Training and Maintenance.
IV Data Organization issues, Exposure to Database Management System and SQL, Fundamentals of 3
Data Warehouse and Data Mining for Decision Support
V e-Business and e-Commerce: E-Business systems: e-Business models - Enterprise e-Business 3
systems -E-Commerce systems – essential-Commerce processes - electronic payment processes - e-
commerce application trends - Web store requirements, m-commerce.
VI IT application in business: Functional business systems - cross-functional enterprise systems - 4
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) - Customer relationship management (CRM) and Supply chain
management (SCM).
VII Management challenges: Security and Ethical Challenges of IT, Ethical Responsibility - Business 3
Ethics, Technology Ethics; Cyber Crime and Privacy Issues.
SECTION B
At least One Case study/ Lab session for each UNIT. Questions will be inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT
• Students should see actual/virtual assembling of a computer system.
• Considering an organization of repute study, the Management Information system of the organization.
• Develop MIS for small business application
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Kumar, K. And Rajkumar, S. Computer Applications in Business. Tata McGraw-Hill.
2. Lucas.Information Technology for Management. Tata McGraw-Hill.
3. David Cyganski, John A. Orr, Richard F. Vaz, Information Technology: Inside and outside, Pearson.
4. Laudon K C and Laudon J P., Rajanish Dass., Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firms, Pearson.
5. Stair, Ralph. M. Reynolds, George. Reynolds, George. W., Principles of Information System. Cengage Learning.
6. Murdick, Ross &Claggett. Information Systems for Modern Management Prentice Hall of India.
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS
1. CIS Communications, Computer Society of India.
2. MIS Quaterly, University of Minnesota.
3. Journal of Management Information System (Taylor & Francis Online)
4. Journal of Information System & e-Business management (Scimago Journal)
5. IGI Global (International Journal of E-Business Research)

M-106: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

OBJECTIVES 1. To facilitate the development of a perspective to diagnose & effectively deal with the issues of human
behavior in organizations.

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 2. To enhance understanding of the dynamics of interaction and integration between the individual and the
organization.
3. To explore the organization system in totality to capture the full complexity of organizational behavior.
LEARNING 1. Analyze the behavior of individuals and groups in organizations in terms of the key factors that influence
OUTCOMES: organization behavior.
2. Critically evaluate the potential effects of important developments in the external environment on
organizational behavior.
3. Analyze organizational behavioral issues in the context of organizational behavior theories, models, and
concepts.
4. Manage conflict in organizational context and deal with stress.
SECTION A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Concept of Organizational Behavior: Models of Organizational Behavior, Emerging issues in 2
organizational behavior, International OB: An Introduction to Individual & Interpersonal Behavior in Global
Perspectives.
II Perception and Attribution: Concept, Nature, Process, Importance. Management and behavioral 3
Applications of Perception, Attribution theory.
III Attitude: Concept, and Importance, Attitude Measurement. Attitudes and Workforce Diversity. 2
IV Personality and Learning: Concept, Nature, Determinants of Personality, Freuds psychoanalytical theory 3
of personality. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator model of personality, The Big five model of personality,
traits of personality, Concept and Theories of Learning
V Motivation: Definition, Nature and Importance, Basic Content & Process Theories of Motivation-,Maslow’s 4
Hierarchy of Needs Theory, Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory, Alderfer’s ERG Theory, Mc Clelland’s
Achievement Motivation Theory, Cognitive and Behavioral theories- Expectancy, Equity, Goal-Setting
theories.
VI Group Dynamics: Transactional Analysis, Group Dynamics: Concept, Definition, Stages of Group 3
Development, Group Cohesiveness, Types of Groups, Group Decision Making,
VII Organizational Power, Culture and Change: Power: Concept, Sources of Power, Distinction between 4
Power, Authority and Influence, Approaches to Power. Organization Culture: Concept, Characteristics &
Importance of Culture. Organizational Change: Concept, process and managing change.
VIII Conflict and Stress Management: Conflict: Concept, Sources, Types of Conflict, approaches to conflict, 3
Levels of conflict: Intra, Individual, Interpersonal, and Intergroup, Conflict management techniques. Stress:
Understanding Stress Management and Its Consequences, Causes of Stress, Managing Stress
SECTION B
At Least one Case Study from each UNIT. Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT
• Preparing the leadership profiles of any 5 business leaders and studying their behaviours with respects to the trait,
behavioural and contingency theories studied.
• Identifying any five job profiles and listing the various types’ abilities required for those jobs and also the personality
traits/attributes required for the jobs identified.
• Students will be divided into groups of four to five members. The group’s task will be to use concepts from the course to
identify, analyze, and develop a plan for resolving a key problem that an organization is facing. The goal of this assignment
is to analyze and apply OB concepts in a real organization.
• The key elements of motivation are intensity, direction and persistence. Based on these elements various motivation theory
have been proposed. Compare the application of different motivational theories within the identified local organization to study
using interviews, observations, and/or surveys.
• Based on learning of the concept of perception, conduct a study among managers in an organization to find out the impact of
perceptual errors on perceptual interpretation.
• Study the various sources of stress across different levels in an organization. Identify individual and organizational strategies
adopted to cope with stress. Suggest changes that could be brought into handle the stress more effectively in the organization.
• Stress Management: Workshop on Stress Management and importance of Yoga and Meditation for mental health
BOOKS RECOMMENDED
1. Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge, Neharika Vohra, Organization Behavior, Pearson Education, 18th Edition, 2019.
2. Ashwathappa, K., Organizational Behavior, Himalaya Publication, 12th Edition 2019.
3. Fiona M. Wilson, Organizational Behavior and Work, Oxford University Press, 5th Edition, 2018.
4. Robbins & Judge, Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 14th edition, Pearson Education 2017.
5. Shashi K. Gupta, Rosy Joshi, Organisational Behavior,10th Edition, Kalyani Publication, 2017.
6. Suja Nair, Organisational Behavior-Text & Cases, Himalaya Publication, 2017.
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS
1. Harvard Business Review, Harvard University.
2. Vikalpa, The Journal of decision maker, Sage publication.
3. Journal for Organisation Behaviour, Wiley online library.
4. Research in organization behavior, Elsevier.
5. Organisation Behaviour & Human resource magazine, Brock university library.

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 M-107: COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
OBJECTIVES 1. To inculcate an ability of preparing the financial statements of a business organization.
2. To develop the ability of performing analysis and deriving the interpretation from financial statements
using different techniques of financial statement analysis.
3. To develop an orientation towards standards of accounting practices accepted and adopted at
international level under IFRS.
LEARNING 1. Understand and describe management accounting.
OUTCOMES: 2. Critically analyze and provide recommendations to improve the business operations using
accounting techniques.
3. Identify problems associated with relying on financial accounting information for internal decision
making.
4. Apply managerial accounting and its objectives in a way that demonstrates a clear understanding of
ethical responsibilities.
SECTION A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Introduction to Accounting: Need and Types of Accounting, Users of Accounting, concepts and 2
conventions of Accounting, Accounting Equations.
II Elementary Preparation of Books of Accounts: Journals, ledgers and trial balance. Final Accounts, 5
Trading, Profit Loss account without adjustments, Balance Sheets
III Financial Statements preparation, analysis and Interpretation: Income statement, Comparative, 5
common size statements, Analysis techniques- Ratio Analysis, Cash flow Statement analysis as per AS3
and Fund flow statement analysis
IV Cost Accounting -An Introduction: Concept, classification and Elements of Cost, Cost Sheet, Basics of 3
Marginal costing
V Standard Costing: Introduction, Material Variances only 3
Budgetary Control – Concept, Types and Formats with basic calculations
VI Accounting Standards and Introduction to IFRS: IFRS and proposed changes in Indian Accounting 2
Standards.
VII Emerging issues in Financial Accounting : Introduction to Human Resource Accounting, 2
Responsibility Accounting and Basic concept of GST
VIII Valuation: Valuation of goodwill, Inventory Management (LIFO, FIFO and HIFO methods) 2
SECTION B
At least One Case Study from each module. 50% of the Questions will be Numerical & Cases/Inferences based.
PRACTICAL COMPONENT:
• Study published financial statements of any three NSE listed companies and draw inferences and interpret the results.
• Prepare journals, ledgers and trial balance of any two companies of your choice.
• Prepare the statement of changes in the financial position of any two firms and comment.
• Study and report on any three companies following Responsibility Accounting.
• Do a ratio analysis of any two BSE listed companies and interpret results.
Books Recommended:
1 Anthony, Hawkins & Merchant, Accounting: Text and Cases, Tata McGraw Hill Education, 2010.
2 M Y Khan& P K Jain, Managerial Accounting, Tata McGraw Hill Publication,6th Edition, 2017.
3 Narayanaswamy R., Financial Accounting: A Managerial Perspective, PHI, 6th Edition, 2017.
4 Ravi M Kishore, Advanced Cost Accounting & Cost Systems, Taxmann’s Publication,6th Edition 2016 .
5 Vijay Kumar, Accounting for Management, McGraw Hill Publication,4th Edition, 2010.
6 Anthony, Hawkins, Merchant, Accounting: Text and Cases, Tata McGraw Hill Publication,12th Edition 2015.
7 Ramachandran & Kakani, Financial Accounting for Management, Tata McGraw Hill, 4th Edition, 2016.
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/ARTICLES:
1. Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting.
2. Journal of Management Accounting Research.
3. Accounting and Business Research.
4. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal.
5. Accounting Horizons.

M-108: BUSINESS STATISTICS AND ANALYTICS FOR DECISION MAKING

OBJECTIVES 1. To familiarize with basic mathematical and statistical techniques and their applications in managerial
decision making.
2. To develop understanding for managerial implications of the mathematical techniques.
3. To understand significance of measures of central tendency, symmetrical and asymmetrical distribution,
patterns.
LEARNING 1. Use of matrices for solving business problems.
OUTCOMES: 2. Statistically analyze business data using various tools.
3. Apply distribution techniques in business context.
4. Carry out basic Investment Analysis

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 SECTION A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Matrices and Determinants: Definition of a matrix, types of matrices, algebra of matrices, Transpose, 2
Adjoint, Inverse of a matrix.
II Business Applications using Matrices: Solving linear equations by using matrices, Input-Output 3
analysis. Application of matrices for solution to simple business and economic problems.
III Descriptive Statistics: Measures of central tendency and dispersion and their implications, Mean, Mode, 3
Median, Variance and standard deviation and Coefficient of Variation, Z Score, Exploratory data analysis,
Box and Whisker Plot
IV Correlation: Covariance and coefficient of correlation. Visual explorations using software like Microsoft 3
Excel/MINITAB etc.
V Regression: Types of Regression models, determination of simple linear regression equation using least 3
square method, coefficient of determination, Overview of Partial and Multiple regressions.
VI Index Numbers: Meaning, Types of index numbers, uses of index numbers, Construction of Price, 3
Quantity and Volume indices: Fixed base and Chain base methods. Fisher ideal index number. Ration
and Proportion.
VII Probability: Basic probability concepts, conditional probability, marginal probability, and its uses in 4
business decision making; Bayes’ theorem and its applications. Probability Distributions: Concept and
application of Binomial, Poisson, Exponential and Normal distributions
VIII Investment Analysis: Interest: simple, compound, nominal and effective rate of interest. time value of 3
money, discounting. Annuity, amortization and sinking funds. Breakeven Analysis.
SECTION B
Note: 50% of the Questions will be Numerical & Cases/Inferences based.
PRACTICAL COMPONENT:
• Identifying a business problem and solving it using matrices & determinants.
• Illustrate practical usage of Index Numbers
• Analyzing relationship between different probability distributions
• Understanding managerial implications of correlation & regression
• Conducting investment analysis of five individual investors
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1 Doane. Applied Statistics in Business and Economics. Tata McGraw-Hill.
2 Aczel. Complete Business Statistics, Tata McGraw-Hill.
3 Gupta, S.P. Statistical Methods. Sultan Chand & Sons.
4 John C. Lee., Business and Financial Statistics Using Minitab 12 and Microsoft Excel 97. World Scientific Publisher
5 Sharma, J.K.., Business Mathematics, Theory and Application, Ane Books India.
6 Francis Andre, Ben Mousley,Business Mathematics and Statistics (2014), Cengage Learning
7 C. R. Kothari, Quantitative Techniques, Vikas Publishing House, 2009.
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/ARTICLES:
1. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences: Mathematical Sciences
2. Journal of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society
3. Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society
4. Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics
5. Journal of Applied Statistics

M-109: SEMINAR ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

1. In first semester, the students are required to take seminar on contemporary issues. The faculty members will assign
contemporary issues concerning with Indian Corporate sector like, merger & acquisition, current economic issues,
global interface, stock market developments, new HR initiatives, recent trends in marketing trends etc, to the
students.
2. The students will prepare seminar under guidance of faculty members allotted by the Director/ Principal /Head of
Department of the institute. There will be regular internal assessment and regular classroom interactions as per the
number of sessions allotted to it.
3. The student will submit written report of seminar work, prepared individually, and shall make an oral presentation
before a panel consisting of internal and external examiner (Preferably from Industry) appointed by
Director/Principal/HOD. The assessment of 40 marks shall be done by the external examiner appointed by the
Head of the department in consultation with Director/Principal of the college. University shall not appoint any
examiners for M-109.
4. The average number of pages in the report shall be 40 and should be typed by student himself. The format of the
report is to be provided to students by the institute.

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 M-110: DATA ANALYTICS LAB.
OBJECTIVES To equip the students with an understanding of the, tools like MSEXCEL/Solver, LINGO /SYSTAT
/R/SAS/MINITAB/Design Expert etc to facilitate managerial decision making.
LEARNING Use software’s like MSEXCEL/Solver, LINGO /SYSTAT /R/SAS/MINITAB/Design Expert for taking
OUTCOMES: managerial decisions.

SN DETAILS OF LAB WORK

1 To use the following basic features of MSECXEL using the given dataset: Essential shortcuts, Paste Special (Value,
Transpose), Absolute & Relative referencing. Data Analytics using Excel: Sort & Filter, SUBTOTAL, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS,
Pivot Table for multivariable analysis, Computations, Sum, Max, Min, Average, Count.
2 To use the following advanced features of MSECXEL using the given dataset: Generating multiple reports, VLOOKUP,
HLOOKUP, IF, Nested IFs, AND, OR etc. Data Cleaning and MIS reporting: LEFT, RIGHT, MID, UPPER, PROPER, LOWER,
TRIM, Find & Replace, Go To Etc. MIS reporting: Automatic row-wise Subtotal, Conditional Formatting, File Password Select
Dashboard Techniques, Grouping, Hide-Unhide Columns & Rows etc
3 To develop tables and charts for categorical and numerical data: Bar Chart, PIE Chart, Pareto Diagram, Steam and Leaf
display, Frequency distribution, Histogram, Scatter plot and Time Series plots for the given dataset.
4 To compute the numerical descriptive statistics, covariance and coefficient of correlation for the given raw data and to construct
Box and Whisker plot
5 Data Execution: Data Exporting, Data Validation, Data Analysis, V-Lookup, Data Segregation, creating a Pivot Table, working
with Pivot Charts, Advance Statistical Functions
6 To construct contingency table, compute conditional, marginal probability and use Bayes theorem for the given data and
interpret results
7 To construct the distribution plot for discrete distribution and continuous distribution probability distributions and infer results.
8 To compare the characteristics of data with theoretical properties of Normal distribution and to construct the normal probability
plot
9 To carry out break even analysis using Excel’s Goal Seek feature for the given problem.
10 Case Study on Demand Forecasting
11 To compute PV, NPV, XNPV, EMI, term of loan, IRR and infer the result for the given data set.
Note: The above list is suggestive. Experiments/case studies may be added relevant to the theory courses taught in the
semester
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Stephen L. Nelson, Elizabeth C. Nelson “Microsoft Excel Data Analysis For Dummies, 2018 , Wiely
2. MacInnes, J. (2016), “An Introduction to Secondary Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics”, Sage Publishing.
3. Maheshwari, A. (2017), “Data Analytics”, McGraw Hill Education.
4. Manohar Hansa Lysander, “Data Analysis and Business Modelling Using Microsoft Excel Paperback – 1”, January 2016, PHI
5. Mize Edward, " Data Analytics: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Data Analytics", 2019, Venture Ink

M-111: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION LAB.

OBJECTIVES 1. To understand the fundamentals and importance of communication for managers.
2. To prepare students to acquire necessary communication skills required for better effective performance.
3. To enhance soft skills that are important to achieve goals.
LEARNING 1. Learning key principles of effective business communication and business etiquette.
OUTCOMES: 2. Effectively solving problems and making good decisions
3. Developing and delivering business presentations
4. Collaborating in business with team and cross-functional teams
SN DETAILS OF LAB WORK
1 Introduction: Business Communication-Process, Barriers to Communication, the Importance of Communication at
Workplace, Applying 7 C’s of communication.
Practice: Describing about personal life and work life, one way and two-way communication and understand the various
communication barriers, noise, filters. Select a text-based data (e.g., a newspaper article, a story, etc.) and analyze the
effectiveness of 7 C’s of communication.
2 Oral Communication: Paralanguage - appropriate use of Voice, tone, pauses and vocabulary. Elevator Speech. Practice:
creating an outline for a short (30 to 90 second) Elevator Speech to introduce yourself
3 Written Communication: Introduction, need, significance and practice of:
a) Cover Letters/Business letters
b) Preparation of CV/Resume,
c) Email writing and etiquette,
d) Social Media writing
e) Write your own one-page resume, Cover Letters/Business letters etc.
4 Written Communication: need, significance and practice of:
a) Memo
b) Circulars
c) Press Release
5 Communication Media Etiquette: Telephone, Mobile, E-mail, social settings etc.
a) To practice etiquette using communication media by using Role Plays
b) To discuss do and don’ts while interacting on communication media.

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 6 Group Discussion: Practicing Mock Group Discussions, types of GD’s, Applying leadership skills in a GD. Goal Setting.
Conduction of Group Discussion on any topic.
7 Art of Presentation:
a) To discuss the various elements of effective presentation, Designing Content, Use of creative ideas and interesting
audio-visual aids, impressive grooming as per occasion – appearance, posture and gestures, Handling Stage fear and
anxiety, Practicing delivery of presentation.
b) Practice: Initial Planning, Preparation and Handling questions. To make effective use of Power Point Presentation
demonstrating the use of animation, effects, hyperlinks, and productivity tools etc., Each student is required to give
presentation of 5 minutes (this can be spread throughout the semester) and to be evaluated by the faculty
8 Teamwork:
a) Discuss the elements of teamwork, stages of team formation, essential building block of effective teams
b) To perform the given exercise on team building.
9 Employability Skills:
a) Account creation on various social Media Platforms for employability and Networking,
b) Getting ready for interview: First Impression and Clothing styles; Practicing Mock interviews, types of interviews,
creating first right impression while approaching interview panel, analyzing interview questions (FAQ)
10 Business Etiquette and Success Abilities: Business and social etiquette, Guidelines for a meeting, a workshop or a
conference and common mistakes, Time Management Skills, Art of giving and receiving feedback, Identifying and mapping
success habits from successful people.
a) To demonstrate conduction of Online Meetings / Video conferencing with the help of Google Meet, WebEx, Microsoft
Teams etc. in the class.
b) To conduct a mock meeting of students in the class identifying an issue of their concern. The students should prepare
notice, agenda, and minutes of the meeting.
11 Case Analysis and Presentation: A suitable case is to be selected and administered in the class sticking to all the
guidelines of case administering and analysis.
12 Group Activity: Form Student groups and ask them to write a persuasive letter and proposal for an innovative product or
service. Circulate the work from each group among all other groups and ask them to evaluate the letter and proposal in line
with possible responses to a letter (pleased, displeased, neither pleased nor displeased but interested, not interested)
Note: The above list is suggestive.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Murphy, Effective Business Communication, 7th edition, Tata McGraw-Hill.
2. Sethi, Anjanee, and Bhavana Adhikari. Fundamentals of Communication, McGraw-Hill Education, 2013
3. Kaul, Asha, Effective Business communication, Prentice Hall of India.
4. Chaturvedi, P. D. and MukeshChaturvedi, Business Communication: Concepts, Cases and Applications, Pearson Education.
5. Ludlow, Ron & F. Panton, The Essence of Effective Communication, Prentice Hall of India.
6. Sally Chew. Business Etiquette: An Essential Guide for Executives. Times Books, 1992
7. Thill, John & C. V. Bovee, Excellence in Business Communication, McGraw Hill.

M-201: LEGAL AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

OBJECTIVES 1. To have practical knowledge of legal issues to become more informed, sensitive and effective business
leaders.
2. To understand various micro and macro environmental forces that affect business decision making.
3. To comprehend emerging trends in business environment. Also, to understand the government policies and
current issues in Indian perspective.
LEARNING 1. Realize the importance of creating general legal boundaries that define the regulation of business.
OUTCOMES: 2. Evaluating the role of law in an economic, political and social context.
3. Analyze the interaction between External and Internal forces of business environment.
4. Assess the changing business environment of India.
SECTION A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Legal Aspect of Business: Introduction to Business Laws- Business Management and Jurisprudence;
1
structure of the Indian Legal Systems: sources of Law; Manager and Legal System.
II Law of Contract: Meaning of Contract; Essentials of a Valid Contract; Nature and Performance of
Contract; Termination and Discharge of Contract.
Contract of Indemnity and Guarantee- Definition and Concept Basic Essentials of a valid contract of
Indemnity and Guarantee, Difference between contract of guarantee and contract of indemnity, Contract
5
of Bailment: Definition and essentials. Rights and Duties of bailer and bailee and Law of Agency:
Definition, Kinds of agents, Rights and Duties of agent and principal only.
Elements of Law relating to Sale of Goods: Essentials of a Contract of Sale; Sale Distinguished from
Agreement to Sell & Doctrine of Caveat Emptor.
III Law relating to Business Organizations:
Partnership Act, 1932: Partnership and its essentials, Rights and Duties of Partners, Types of Partners,
Registration of Firms, and Modes of Dissolution of firms.
3
Elements of Company Law 2013: Meaning and Nature of Company, Incorporation of a Company, Concept
of Memorandum of Association, Article of Association , Concept of Board of Directors, Company Meetings
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 IV Protecting the property of Business: Introduction to Copyright, Trademark, Secret, Geographical
Indications, and Legislation for Anti-competitive and Unfair Trade Practices.
3
Alternate Dispute resolutions: Introduction to Arbitration or Conciliation.
Introduction to Consumer Protection Act 2019: Formation & Working of Consumer redressal agencies.
V Business Environment: Nature, Concept and Significance, Types of environment: economic and non-
economic environment and their interaction, Environment scanning and its process, Interaction between
3
internal and external environments, Emergence of Market Driven Economies, Essential of competitive
economies, emerging sectors of Indian economy.
VI Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG): Introduction of Liberalization, Privatization and
Globalization (LPG) Assessment of LPG in India with respect to Financial, Automobile and FMCG. Current
industrialization trends and industrial policy. 3
Agriculture and Business Role of Agriculture in Economic Development, Dependence of Business on
Agriculture, Business opportunities in the rural sector.
VII Economic and Monetary Policies of India: Emergence of Micro, Small and Medium (MSME) enterprises
and Role of Institutions Micro, Small and Medium enterprises in India, Role of SIDBI and other institutions.
Public sector reforms and performance; public-private partnership
3
Monetary policy, Fiscal policy, current inflationary position and their impact on business environment.
Stock exchange, Commodity exchanges in India, the role of SEBI, IRDA, Pension, and Board of Financial
Supervision. Trends in service sector growth; Role of RBI and various Banking reforms and challenges
VIII Globalization trends and challenges: Foreign Trade and Global Trends - Foreign Trade Policy, Balance
of payment and Balance of Trade, Exchange rate and competitiveness, foreign capital flows and foreign 3
collaboration, FDI in India. India’s competitiveness in the world economy.
SECTION B
At least one Case Study from each UNIT Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT
• Students to collect prospectus, memorandum of association and articles of association of any two companies and present,.
• Students should select real life cases from Government and/or Corporate world, study the same and make presentation.
• Prepare an assignment on different business laws as applicable to managerial functions.
• Students should be divided in groups to select a firm from an industry and prepare report on various micro and macro
environmental factors affecting the firm.
• Monitoring trends of FDI in a particular industry in India for five years and preparing a report.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Kapoor G.K., Suri A. P. Corporate Laws, Taxmann Publications, Third Edition.
2. Ghosh ,B.N., Business Environment, Oxford University Press, First Edition.
3. Veena Keshav Pailwar, Business Environment, First Edition
4. Justin Paul, Business Environment Text & Cases, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., Fourth Edition.
5. Francis Cherunillam, Business Environment-Text and Cases, Himalaya Publishing House, Twelfth Edition.
6. A Comparative Study of Companies Act 2013 with Rules and Companies Act 1956 with Rules (2014)
7. Corporate Laws, The Companies Act 2013, Lexis-Nexis
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS
1. Company Law Journal
2. International Journal of Information Processing and Management
3. Journal of Strategy and Management
4. Business Standard Newspaper
5. Business World Magazine

M-202: CORPORATE STRATEGY

OBJECTIVES 1. To evaluate major concepts and techniques of strategic management.
2. To have an overview of issues relevant to corporate and business strategy.
3. To develop strategic decision-making skills.
LEARNING 1. Develop understanding of the key dimensions of strategic management.
OUTCOMES: 2. Apply diagnostic and practical skills to analyze and evaluate a range of business situations.
3. Develop skills in generating alternative solutions to complex problem areas in various business settings,
4. Demonstrate understanding of the concept of competitive advantage and its sources.
SECTION-A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I INTRODUCTION OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMNT: Strategic Management: introduction, nature & scope, 3
need, strategic decision making. Strategic Intent through Vision and Mission Statements, Core
Competencies of Business. Need for explicit mission, Components of mission statement, Formulation of
mission & objectives and their specificity. Goals and Objectives of Business.
II Environmental Scanning: Component of environmental scanning-SWOT analysis, Scanning of Socio 3
economic, Technological, Political environment, Techniques for environmental analysis. Industry analysis:
Porter’s approach, Environmental threat & opportunity profile.
III Internal Environment Scanning: Factors of internal analysis; Marketing & distribution. R&D & 3
engineering, Production & operations, Finance & accounting, Corporate resources & personal factors,
Analyzing strengths & weaknesses of enterprise (SWOT). Value chain analysis,

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 IV Strategy Formulation- Business Strategy: Generic Business Strategies, Tactics for Business Strategies, 4
Business strategies for different Industry Condition, Tools and Techniques for Strategic Analysis: Porter’s
Five forces Model of competition. SWOT analysis, McKinsey’s 7’s framework; GE-9 Cell Model, Bostan’s
Consultancy Model. Components of Competitor Analysis, Strategic Plan.
V Strategy Formulation- Corporate Strategy : Grand Strategies –Stability, growth, retrenchment & 4
combination strategies- Modernization, Diversification, Integration, Merger, Take-over and Joint Venture
strategies, Turnaround – divestment and Liquidation strategies.
VI Strategy Implementation: Nature of Strategic Implementation; Barriers to strategy implementation, 4
Interrelationship of formulation and implementation Resource Allocation, Factors affecting resource
allocation, Values, Ethics and strategy, Social Responsibilities and Strategic Management.
Corporate Governance – Introduction & meaning, different stakeholders, ownership & management,
governing board, governance issues, governance & strategic implementation.
VII Evaluation and Control: An Overview and Nature of strategic evaluation and Control, Importance of 2
Strategic Evaluation, Barriers in Evaluation, Strategic Control, Operational Control, Techniques of strategic
evaluation and control.
VIII International Strategy: Opportunities and Challenges of operating internationally, strategy in a global context, 1
Multinational Corporation.
SECTION B
At least one Case study / Problem from each module. Questions will be case / inferences / application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT:
• Analyzing Mission and Vision statements of any five companies and comparing them.
• Applying concept of Michael Porter’s five forces model to any one industry (Retail/Infrastructure/FMCG/Insurance etc)
• Study of International strategies of any two companies.
• Preparing Environmental Profile of any two companies.
• Preparing presentation on corporate strategy of any one company of choice.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED
1. J. D. Hungerand T.L. Wheelen, Strategic Management and Business Policy, Pearson Education,N. Delhi.
2. Azhar Kazmi, Business Policy & Strategic Management, Tata McGraw Hill.
3. Thompson & Strickland, Strategic Management-Concepts and Cases; Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. New Delhi
4. Garth Saloner, Andrea Shepard and Joel Podolny : Strategic Management, John Wiley & Sons.
5. John A . Pearce & R . B . Robinson, Strategic Management ,Strategy Formulation and Implementation, AIBT Publishers &
Distributors, New Delhi
6. Ramaswamy and Namakumari, Strategic Planning Formulation of Corporate Strategy, MacMillan India Ltd. New Delhi
7. Budhiraja S Band Athreya MB,Casesin Strategic Management, Tata Mc Graw-Hill
LIST OF JOURNALS / PERIODICALS / MAGAZINES / NEWSPAPERS
1. Harvard Business Review
2. Vikalpa–A Journal for Decision Makers, IIM Ahmedabad
3. IIMB Management Review (IMR).
4. SANKAL PA: Journal of Management & Research(ISBN:22311904)
5. Business Standard/Economic Times/Financial Times/ Management Review

M-203: QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES

OBJECTIVES 1. To give an exposure to operations research techniques to support business decisions.
2. To understand simulation and its application in decision making
LEARNING 1. Apply quantitative tools in managerial decision making.
OUTCOMES: 2. Apply decision theory for business decisions.
3. Effectively use simulation tool in relevant application areas.
SECTION-A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Introduction to Quantitative Approaches to decision making, Classification of models, general method of 2
solving quantitative models, Quantitative models in practice
II Linear Programming: Structure of LP model, Assumption, Advantages, Limitations, General Structure of 4
LPP, Model Formulation, of LP model, graphical method, simplex method. Application to production,
marketing, agriculture etc., Introduction to Duality.
III Transportation and Assignment models: Transportation problem, General structure of transportation 4
problem, methods of finding initial basic feasible solution (NWCM, LCM & VAM), test for optimality (MODI
Method), degeneracy, Assignment problems, Introduction, General structure, Hungarian method of solution,
variations of assignment problems: minimization, maximization, unbalanced cases and restrictions
IV Decision Theory: Decision-making under uncertainty- Maximin, Maximax, Laplace and Hurwicz criteria; 3
decision-making under Risk- Expected Value (EMV, EOL,EVPI), decision tree analysis
V Game Theory: Theory of games- formulation of game models, Two person Zero sum games & their solution, 3
2 x N and M x 2 games, pure strategies with saddle point, rule of dominance, solution methods for games
without saddle point: Mixed strategies (Algebraic, Arithmetic, Graphical method only), Limitations of game
theory.
VI Replacement Theory: Replacement Problems: Replacement of items that deteriorate with time; 2
Replacement of items that fail completely; staffing problem.

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 VII Queuing Theory: Characteristics of Single Server Queueing model, Application of Poisson and Exponential 3
distribution in estimating arrival rate and service rate; Applications of Queue model for better service to the
customers. (No derivation, only application aspects)
VIII Simulation: Simulation, process of simulation, types of simulation, steps in simulation process, Monte Carlo 3
simulation, application in queuing, inventory, finance, marketing and HR areas, Advantages & Disadvantages.
SECTION B
At least one Case Study from each unit. Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENTs:
• Solving and analyzing theoretical problems
• Application of problems by using excel
• Application of Techniques for real life problems
• Conducting data analysis using TORA and MS-Project
• Solving a real business problem using quantitative technique
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Frederick S. Hillier, Gerald J. Lieberman, Introduction to Operations Research - 9/e, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2011.
2. Sharma S. D, Operations Research: Theory, Methods and Applications, Kedar Nath, Ram Nath& Co.
3. Vohra N. D, Operations Research - 4/e, TMH, 2010
4. Taha H. A, Operations Research: An Introduction - 9/e, PHI
5. Gupta, P. K., and Hira, D. S., Operations Research, S. Chand & Company
6. Ravindran, A., et al., Operations Research, John Wiley & Sons.
7. Kapoor, V. K., Operation Research: Quantitative Techniques for Management, Sultan Chand, 2011
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/ARTICLES:
1. International Journal of Operations Research
2. Operations Research Perspectives-Journal-Elsevier
3. Journal of the Operational Research Society
4. Journal of Operations Management
5. International Journal of Production Research

M-204: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

OBJECTIVES 1. To understand the financial aspects of managerial decisions.
2. To develop skills to determine capital structure and other financial policies.
3. To develop managerial skills in areas related to investment, financing, and dividend policy decisions.
LEARNING 1. Apply financial management concepts and tools to the financing decisions and dividend decisions.
OUTCOMES: 2. Appraise risk profile of firms; specifically, estimate the costs of capital, including debt and equity capital
using financial data.
3. Apply concepts and tools to the decisions faced by a manager in investment decisions.
4. Select and apply techniques in assessing and managing working capital
SECTION-A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Financial Management: Introduction to financial management, objectives of financial management. 2
Changing role of finance managers in contemporary business environment. Interface of Financial
Management with other functional areas.
II Sources of Financing: Shares, Equity Shares, Preference Shares Debentures, Term loans. 2
III Time value of Money: Future value of single cash flow & annuity, present value of single cash flow, annuity 2
& perpetuity. Capital recovery & loan amortization.
IV Investment Decisions: Investment evaluation techniques-Net present value, Internal rate of return, 4
Modified internal rate of return, Profitability index, Payback period, Discounted payback period, Average
Rate of Return Method Estimation of cash flow for new project, replacement projects
V Cost of Capital: Cost of capital - basic concepts. Cost of term debenture capital, cost of preference capital, 4
cost of equity share capital. Cost of retained earnings. Determination of Weighted average cost of capital
(WACC)
VI Financial Decisions: Working Capital Management: Working capital determinants, 4
Current Assets financing policy. Determination of operating cycle. Estimation of working capital
requirements of a firm: Operating Cycle Method and Net Assets Method. Leverage: Operating Leverage,
Financial Leverage and Total Leverage.
VII Capital Structure: Theory and Policy- Net Income Approach, Modigillani – Miller Approach, Modern 3
Theories, Optimal Capital Structure, EBIT- EBT Analysis, Financial Break- Even.
VIII Dividend Policy Decisions: Dividend Policy-Factors affecting the dividend policy - Dividend policies- 3
stable dividend, stable payout. Dividend Theories: Walter, Gordon and MM Approach.
SECTION B
At least one Case/Problems from each unit/ Questions will be case/inferences/application based.
Note: 50% of the questions will be numerical.
PRACTICAL COMPONENT:
• Study the sources of finance of any five BSE listed companies & calculate the proportions of their sources of finance.
• Calculate future value of annuity of any five fixed deposits schemes offered by Banks/NBFCs.
• Calculate working capital requirement of any two firms using operating cycle method and net assets method.

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 • Evaluate investment decisions of any two firms using NPV and payback period method.
• Study dividend policy of any three growth firms for past five years and comment.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Pearson Hunt, Charles Marvin Williams, Gordon Donaldson Basic Business Finance: A Text. R. D. Irwin.
2. Hampton, John. J. Financial Decision Making: Concepts, Problems, and Cases. Prentice-Hall International.
3. Prasanna, Chandra.Financial Management. Tata McGraw-Hill.
4. Pandey, I.M. Financial Management.Vikas Publishing House.
5. James, C. Van, Horne. Wachowicz,John. M. Fundamentals of Financial Management. Prentice Hall of India.
6. Khan, M. Y., & Jain, P. K. (2017). Financial Management: Text and Cases. 7th edition.
7. S. B., Hirt, G. A., & Short, J. D. (2000). Foundations of Financial Management. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/ARTICLES:
1. Journal of Finance.
2. The Review of Financial Studies.
3. Journal of Financial Economics
4. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
5. Journal of Banking and Finance

M-205: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

OBJECTIVES 1. To acquire basic knowledge of Human Resource Management and develop insight into the managerial skills
required to effectively manage people in an organization.
2. To comprehend various facts of managing people and to create an understanding of the various policies and
practices of human resource management.
3. To understand significance of career and succession planning.
LEARNING 1. Develop understanding of the basic concepts, functions and processes of human resource management.
OUTCOMES: 2. Ability to apply knowledge of human resource planning and implement techniques of job design.
3. Design HRM processes such as Recruitment/Selection/Training/Performance appraisals/Reward Systems etc.
4. Develop competency to recruit, train, and appraise the performance of employees and handle employee
issues.
SECTION-A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Introduction: Human Resource Management- Meaning and significance, Major functions of HRM, HR as 2
a factor of Competitive advantage, Line and Staff responsibility of HR Managers, HR Competencies.
II Human Resource Planning and Job Analysis: HR Planning: Meaning, Significance and Process of 3
Human Resource Planning. Job Analysis: Meaning, Importance, Process of Job Analysis. Job Design- Job
Enlargement, Job Enrichment, Job Rotation.
III Recruitment and Selection: Recruitment: Meaning, Significance and Sources of Recruitment, Cost- 3
Benefit Analysis; Selection: Meaning, Significance and Process, Techniques-Tests and Interviews.
IV Training and Development: Meaning and Significance of Training and Development, Process, Training 3
Needs Analysis, Methods of Training- On the Job Methods and Off the Job Methods.
V Compensation Management: Job Evaluation: Concept & Methods of Job Evaluation, Types of 3
Compensation: Direct and Indirect, Salary/Wage Fixation, Allowances, Incentives, Bonus, ESOPs, and
Fringe Benefits, Emerging Statutory aspects of Compensation & Benefits.
VI Performance Appraisal: Meaning and Significance of Performance Appraisal, Methods of Performance 3
Appraisal, Limitations and Problems. Potential Appraisal.
VII Industrial Relations: Dynamics of Industrial Relations, Discipline and Domestic Enquiry, Grievance 4
Management, Collective Bargaining, Legal aspects of Employee Relations with reference to Trade Union
Act, Industrial Disputes and Settlement Machinery.
VIII Career and Succession Planning: Career Planning: Meaning, Significance and Process of Career 3
Planning, Stages of Career Development, Career Anchors. Succession Planning: Meaning, Significance
and Process of Succession Planning.
SECTION B
At least one Case study/Problem from each module. Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT:
• Expose students to simulated recruitment exercises- Job profile, personal profile, advertisements, etc. and also standard
selection tests followed in various sectors.
• Give a job analysis case and ask the students to prepare job description and job specification.
• Give a case and ask the students to prepare the recruitment advertisement for a news paper.
• Ask the students to prepare an appointment letter for the post of office manager of a company known to you.
• Give a performance goal setting case and ask the students to perform dyadic role playing.
Books Recommended:
1. Byars, L & Rue, L. Human Resource Management. McGraw Hill.
2. Aswathappa, K. Human Resource Management. Tata McGraw-Hill.
3. Dessler, Varkkey. Human Resource Management. Pearson.
4. Jyothi. Human Resource Management. Oxford University Press.
5. Mondy, R. Human Resource Management. Prentice Hall.
6. Steve Fleetwood, Anthony Hesketh, Explaining the Performance of Human Resource Management, Cambridge University Press.

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7. Michael Armstrong, Human Resources Management Practice, Kogan Page, 10th edition.
LIST OF JOURNALS / PERIODICALS / MAGAZINES / NEWSPAPERS
1. Human Capital
2. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations
3. HRM Review
4. Human Resource Management Journal
5. Indian Journal of Training and Development

M-206: MARKETING RESEARCH

OBJECTIVES 1. To understand the concept and process of Market Research in business environment.
2. To develop the analytical abilities and market research skills.
3. To effectively report research findings.
LEARNING 1. Explain research process, and its implementation in functional areas of Business.
OUTCOMES: 2. Apply research design in Qualitative and Quantitative context.
3. Elaborate Exploratory Research Design, Descriptive Research Designs and Experimental Design.
4. Collect field data, formulate appropriate Hypothesis cad carry out Hypothesis Testing.
5. Elaborate Concept of Measurement and Levels of measurement.
SECTION-A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Introduction: Meaning, Objectives and significance of marketing research, types of marketing research 3
problems, Emerging issues in research.
Marketing Research Process: Steps Involved in Research Process. Research Design: Various
Methods of Research Design
II Collection of Data: Concept of Sample, Sample Size and Sampling Procedure, Various Types of 4
Sampling Techniques, Determination and Selection of Sample Member, Types of Data: Primary and
Secondary, Various Methods of Collection and Data, Preparation of Questionnaire and Schedule, Types
of Questions, Sequencing of Questions, Check Questions, Length of Questionnaire, Precautions in
Preparation of Questionnaire and Collection of Data.
III Data Analysis and Scaling Techniques 4
Coding, Editing and Tabulation of Data, Various Kinds of Charts and Diagrams Used in Data Analysis:
Bar and Pie Diagrams and their Significance, Use of software like SPSS etc., in Data Analysis, Non-
parametric & Parametric tests. Measurement Scales, Sources of Error in Measurement scales, Meaning
and Classification of Scaling, Attitude Scaling Techniques.
IV Estimation Theory and Hypothesis Testing: Sampling theory; Formulation of Hypotheses; Application 5
of Z-test, t-test, F-test and Chi-Square test.
V Techniques of association of Attributes & Testing : Application and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). 3
Nonparametric tests: Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Kolmogorov Smirnov Test.
VI Applications of Marketing Research – Customer attitude and satisfaction research, brand equity, 3
advertising effectiveness, copy testing, readership and viewership survey etc.
VII Research Report Preparation: Types and Layout of Research Report, Significance of Report writing, 1
Process of report writing, Mechanics of writing a research report, Precautions in Preparing the Research
Report. Plagiarism, Paraphrasing & Citation.
VIII Bibliography and Referencing: Significance of Bibliography & Referencing, APA style of referencing 1
SECTION B
At least one Case and Problems from each module. Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT:
• Identifying the Problem
• Preparing the Research Proposal
• Designing the Data Collection Instrument
• Conducting Pilot Survey, Final survey, Analyzing the Data using Software’s like SPSS, Minitab, IBM Analytics, etc
• Preparing the Research Report.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Cooper, Donald. Schindler, R. and Pamela, S. Business Research Methods. McGraw-Hill.
2. Bryman.Business Research Methods.Oxford University Press.
3. Naval Bajpai, Marketing Research:An Indian perspective, Pearson India, 2017
4. Aaker, Kumar & Day: Marketing Research, John Wiley & Sons, 1998
5. Malhotra, N.K, Dash S. (2010), “Marketing Research: An Applied Orientation”, (6th Ed.), Pearson Education, India.
6. Zikmund, W.G. and Babin, B. J. (2016), “Essence of Marketing Research”, (11th Ed.), Cengage Learning.
7. Beri, G.C. (2013), “Marketing Research”, (5th Ed.), Tata McGraw Hill.
8. Green, P. E., Tull, D. S. and Albaum, G., “Research for Marketing Decisions”, Prentice Hall of India
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS
1. International Journal of Research in Marketing, Elsevier
2. International Journal of Social Research Methodology
3. Organizational Research Methods: Sage Journals
4. Journal of Marketing Research
5. International Marketing Review

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 M-207: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT II
OBJECTIVES 1. To understand the ways and means of making processes or operating systems easier and efficient to use.
2. To comprehend students with the concept of supply chain and logistics management and its significance in
business operations.
3. To increase understanding of the problems and opportunities faced by the operations manager in
operations.
LEARNING 1. Apply Work study techniques in operations.
OUTCOMES: 2. Use continuous improvement techniques for process improvement.
3. Explain different operations processes, and identify different types of process product matrix
4. Prepare a service blueprint for given service providing organization
5. Explain the importance, scope & functions of and issues & integrated framework in Supply Chain
SECTION-A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Work Study: Motion and Time Study, Problem solving process, Work Method Design, Process analysis, 3
Work measurement: Time Study, Rating, Allowances, Stopwatch time study, predetermined time standards,
standard data, Work sampling.
II Quality Management: The Dimensions of Quality, Evolution, Quality Gurus, Inspection, Quality Control, 3
Quality Assurance, Quality Cost. Quality Awards, Certification: Introduction to ISO 9000, 14000 and
24700. Total Quality Management, QC Tools
III Process Quality Improvement: Statistical Process Control (SPC), Variability, Control Charts for 4
Attributes and Variables, Process capability analysis. Acceptance sampling, Six sigma for process
Improvement
Introduction to Product Quality Improvement: Quality Function Deployment, Robust Design and Taguchi
Method
IV Production Control, Shop-Floor Control, Scheduling Operations, Scheduling in High-Volume Systems, 3
Intermediate-Volume Systems and Low-Volume Systems. Loading: Order Release. Loading and
Assignment: Gantt Charts, Infinite and finite loading, Sequencing , priority rules, sequencing jobs through
two work centers, scheduling services
V JIT and Lean Operations: Toyota approach, Goals and building blocks of lean systems, 3
Value stream mapping. Transitioning to a lean system, Lean services,
VI Introduction to Maintenance Management: Importance of Maintenance, Types of Maintenance, 1
Breakdown, Preventive, Predictive Maintenance and Total Productive Maintenance
VII Supply Chain Management: Introduction to supply chain and SCM, Trends in Supply Chain Management, 3
Global Supply Chains, ERP and Supply Chain Management, Management Responsibilities: Strategic,
tactical, and Operational. E-Business, Supplier management, Inventory Management: bull whip effect,
vendor managed inventory, Creating an Effective Supply Chain
VIII Project Management : Introduction, Project Life Cycle, Behavioral Aspects, The Nature of Projects, Key 4
Decisions in Project Management, The Project Manager, Certification, Work Breakdown Structure,
Planning and Scheduling with Gantt Charts, PERT and CPM, The Network Diagram, Network
Conventions, Computation of Critical Path, Time–Cost Trade-Offs: Crashing, Resource smoothing and
levelling. Introduction to Project Management Software.
SECTION B
At least one Case Study from each module is to be discussed. Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT:
1. Visit any industrial unit and understand the processes performed in the unit.
2. Use the theoretical knowledge to understand the operations.
3. Prepare a report on how the above concepts used in selected industrial unit under the guidance of your subject teacher.
4. Study of Lean Operations of two Indian Companies.
5. Managerial Implications of Work Study
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1 Chase, R. B. et al., Operations and Supply Management, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2010.
2 Blanchard, David., Supply Chain Management Best Practices, NY, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
3 Stevenson, Operations Management with Student DVD (SIE). Tata McGraw-Hill.
4 Russell & Taylor, III. Operations Management. Prentice Hall of India.
5 Nair, .Production and Operations Management. Tata McGraw-Hill.
6 Govil M., and Proth, J., Supply Chain Design and Management, Academic Press, 2001.
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS
1. International Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Resilience
2. Journal of Operations Management (JOM)
3. Journal of Production Research & Management (JoPRM)
4. International Journal of Production Management and Engineering
5. American Journal of Operations Management and Information Systems (AJOMIS)

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 M-208: NEW ENTERPRISE AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
OBJECTIVES 1. To develop the expertise required for creating and starting a new venture.
2. To design creative strategies for pursuing, exploiting and further developing new business opportunities.
3. To analyze issues associated with securing and managing financial resources in new and established
organizations.
LEARNING 1. Understand the key concepts underpinning entrepreneurship and its application.
OUTCOMES: 2. Enhance the abilities to critically analyze situations and constructing viable solutions to entrepreneurial
problems.
3. Conceptualize and implement concepts of innovation and the issues for facilitating innovation within the
organizations.
4. Realize the importance of personal attributes that enable best use of entrepreneurial opportunities.
SECTION A
UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS
I Introduction to Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship and enterprise: Concept, role in economic 3
development. Entrepreneurial competencies: awareness, assessment, and development.
Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial mind. Entrepreneur– meaning, importance, traits, types.
Entrepreneurial environment – Global Entrepreneurship Environment and Business climate in India.
II Starting the Venture: Generating business idea – sources of new ideas, methods of generating ideas, 3
creative problem solving, opportunity recognition; environmental scanning, competitor, and industry
analysis; feasibility study – market feasibility, technical/operational feasibility, financial feasibility.
III New Venture creation: Minimum Viable Product development and testing, Preparation of Business Plan 3
and its importance. Requisites of a good business plan.
IV Functional plans: Marketing plan: Marketing research for the new venture, steps in preparing 4
marketing plan, contingency planning; organizational plan: form of ownership, designing organization
structure, Financial plan: Preparing Financial plan for new venture—Need and significance of cash
budget, working capital, Performa income statement, Performa cash flow, Performa balance sheet,
break even analysis.
V Sources of finance: Sources of external finance, short term as well as long term, Debt or equity 3
financing, commercial banks, Angel Investors, venture capital; financial institutions supporting
entrepreneurs;
VI Entrepreneurship Development and Government: Role of Central Government and State 4
Government in promoting Entrepreneurship,
Statutory obligation in starting a unit (general like Income Tax, VAT, CST or GST, Service tax, excise
and customs, labour laws, etc.) Start up strategies. Dealing with outside agencies like consultant,
contractors, etc. Key marketing issue of new venture. Starting a franchising business. Starting an e-
commerce venture. Buying a running business.
Introduction to various incentives, subsidies and grants, Export Oriented Units, Fiscal and Tax
concessions available. Development of women Entrepreneurs. Institutes supporting entrepreneurs -
SIDBI, NABARD, KVIC, NBMSME. Start Up India, Make in India
VII Legal issues: intellectual property rights patents, trademarks, copy rights, trade secrets, licensing, 2
franchising. Cause of failure of new ventures and strategies to deal with, Growth strategies for a new
enterprise.
VIII Innovation Management: Innovation management an introduction, Types of Innovations organizational 2
setups that facilitate innovations, Incubators and Accelerators- Role in facilitating entrepreneurship.
SECTION B
At least one Case Study from each UNIT. Questions will be case/inferences/application based
PRACTICAL COMPONENT
• Prepare a feasibility report/business plan and make presentation in the class.
• Prepare an assignment on at least three leading entrepreneurs
• Visit a franchisee and prepare a report and/or make presentation in the class
• Prepare an assignment on Intellectual Property Rights granted to Indian firms in any specific industry.
• Conducting survey for SME owners to understand the challenges that are faced by them in setting up their business.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Rajeev Roy, Entrepreneurship, Oxford University Press, Second Edition.
2. Vasanth Desai, Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Development and Management, Himalaya Publishing House, First Edition.
3. Hisrich, Robert D., Michael Peters and Dean Shephered, Entrepreneurship, Tata McGraw Hill, Eleventh Edition.
4. Charantimath, Poornima, Entrepreneurship Development and Small Business Enterprises, Pearson Education.
5. Kumar Arya, “Entrepreneurship: Creating and Leading an Entrepreneurial Organization”, Pearson Education, First
Edition.
6. Harvard Business Review Entrepreneur's Handbook (HBR Handbooks)
7. B. Janakiram, M. Rizwana, Entrepreneurship Development: Text & Cases, First Edition.
LIST OF JOURNALS/PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS
1. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies (JEIEE)
2. Journal of Small Business Management
3. Journal of Business Venturing
4. The Economic Times Newspaper

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 5. Business World Magazine

M-209: MINI-PROJECT
1. The objective is that a student should be able to identify the issues and challenge of the industry and is able to
prepare report on the application of emerging technologies in the selected industry.
2. In second semester, the students are required to take one industry as per his/her interest, for analysis and preparing
a project report. Preference should be given on the application of emerging technologies in the selected industry. It
may consist of Financial Services, Data Science, Social Entrepreneurship, or any other suitable area of interest.
3. The students will prepare seminar under guidance of faculty members allotted by the Director/ Principal /Head of
Department of the institute. There will be regular internal assessment and regular classroom interactions as per the
number of sessions allotted to it.
4. The student will submit written report of seminar work, prepared individually and shall make an oral presentation
before a panel consisting of internal and external examiner (Preferably from Industry) appointed by
Director/Principal/HOD. The assessment of 40 marks shall be done by the external examiner appointed by the
Head of the department in consultation with Director/Principal of the college. University shall not appoint any
examiners for M-209.
5. The average number of pages in the report shall be 40 and should be typed by student himself. The format of the
report is to be provided to students by the institute.

M-210: BUSINESS ETHICS LAB.

OBJECTIVES: 1. To comprehend Indian Ethos and values
2. To understand ethical problems and issues in various corporate situations.
3. To participate in case discussions of ethical issues that are grounded in strategic business settings.
LEARNING 1. Imbibe concept of ethical issues in corporate governance and adhere to ethical codes.
OUTCOMES: 2. Develop knowledge of various CSR for implementing professional life.
3. Use their ethical imaginations in resolving dilemmas and enhancing business decision-making.
4. Appreciate the relevance of personal values in the business/workplace setting.
SN DETAILS OF LAB WORK
1 Introduction Business Ethics: Discussion on theories of Ethics.
• Case: Rajanna’s Ethical Dilemma
• Case: The Rise and fall of Vijay Mallya
• Case; Business Ethics and Governance Issues at HP: The pretexting Controversy
2 Discussion on relevance of Indian ethos in organization, Indian Management thought Vs Western Management thought,
Theory of GUNAS (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas), Doctrine of Karma. Discussion on:
• Management lessons from Ramayana
• Leadership and Management lessons from Chanakya Nitti
• Corporate Lessons from Mahabharat
• Management Lessons from Bhagavad Gita.
• Presentation on implication of Indian Ethos in Business organizations.
3 Ethical Leadership: Case Study/Discussion with focus on Ethical leadership,
• Case: The CEO of Starbucks and the Practice of Ethical Leadership
• Case: Case on Executive Integrity
• Ethical Leadership Story of Naranmurthy, Infosys
• Ethical Leadership Story of Ratan Tata and India’s Tata Group
• Ethical Issues in Snap’s IPO: Evaluating Leadership Character
• Role play on Ethical Leadership behaviour
4 Corporate Social Responsibility: Legal Perspectives, Economic Perspectives, Ethical Perspectives.
• Case: Managing for Stakeholders
• Case: Corporate Social Responsibility in an Indian Public Sector Organization: A Case Study of NTPC
• Field work on Corporate Social Responsibility
5 Discussion/ Case Study on Corporate Social Responsibility:
• Case: CSR-Amul
• Case: Havells India Ltd.
• Case: Coca-Cola India: Is It an Eco-friendly Company?
• CSR activity of BPCL Ltd.
• CSR Activities of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
• CSR activities of ITC Ltd.
6 Ethical Issues in Business Area: Discussion on Ethical Issues in business arena of Finance, Marketing, IT etc.
• Case: Facebook and our Fake News Problem
• Case: Targeting a Broken Heart
• Case: The Debacle and Revival of Nestlé India’s Maggi

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 • Case: Chaos at Uber: The New CEO's Challenge
• Case: Volkswagen Emission Cheating Scandal: Matthias Muller’s Big Challenge.
• Case: Instagram and the Ethics of Privacy
• Group Discussion on Ethical Issue (Case reading and discussion on Accounting Scandal of Satyam Ltd.and SAHARA
India Fiasco)
7 Ethical Dilemma’s: Divide the class into small groups of 4-6 students. Give them exercise on ethical dilemma’s and ask
each group to do brainstorming and arrive at the possible solutions. They may be present in the class to discuss various
perspectives.
8 Corporate Governance: Significance of Corporate Governance in business
• Case: Corporate Governance at Unilever
• Case: Corporate Governance at Infosys
• Assignment on studying Indian Corporate Governance framework
Note: The above list is suggestive. Case studies may be added

CASE REFERENCES:
1. https://www.etcases.com 10. https://www.etcases.com
2. https://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies 11. https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/internet-ethics
3. https://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies 12. https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/internet-ethics
4. https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/internet-ethics 13. https://www.etcases.com
5. https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/internet-ethics 14. https://icmrindia.org/casestudies
6. https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/internet-ethics 15. https://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies
7. https://www.etcases.com 16. https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/business-ethics
8. https://distpub.com/product/aid14863-case-study-amul-corporate-social- 17. https://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies
responsibility 18. https://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies
9. theinvestorsbook.com
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Zabihollah Rezaee &Timothy Fogarty, Business Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Organizational Ethics Wiley ,2019
2. Richard A. Spinello, Business Ethics: Contemporary Issues and Cases, SAGE Publications, Inc; 2019
3. Joseph Des Jardins, An Introduction to Business Ethics, McGraw-Hill Education; 2019
4. Denis Collins Business Ethics-Best Practices for Designing and Managing Ethical Organizations, SAGE Publications, Inc. 2018
5. Archie B. Carroll , Jill Brown, Ann K. Buchholtz, Business & Society: Ethics, Sustainability & Stakeholder Management Cengage
Learning, 2017
6. Christine Mallin, Corporate Governance, Oxford University Press, 5th Edition, 2015
7. Shitangsu K. Chakraborty, Samir R. Chatterjee, Applied Ethics in Management: Towards New Perspectives, Springer Science &
Business Media, 2012

M-211: MANAGÉRIAL COMPUTING LAB

OBJECTIVES 1. To understand relevant applications software related to various courses taught in the semester such as QT,
FM, HRM, MM, OM etc.
2. To use the application software packages like MS Excel/ SPSS/ MINITAB/ SYSTAT/R/ SAS/ Statgraphics/
TORA etc.
3. Make optimal business decisions by integrating the concepts of economics, mathematics and statistics.
LEARNING 1. Use appropriate computational tools to solve managerial problems using Software
OUTCOMES: 2. Apply the Quantitative Techniques to real life business situations.
3. Use appropriate strategies and tools to analyze data.
SN DETAILS OF LAB WORK
1 To determine the optimal solution using LPP Technique for problems/case study related to the following with the help of Excel
Solver:
• Product Mix/Diet/Blending Problems
• Production applications
• Marketing Applications
• Financial Applications
2 To determine the optimal solution using Excel Solver for the problems/case study related to
• Transportation
• Assignment
3 Using the given survey data, construct the 95% confidence interval estimate of population characteristics for each variable
and draw conclusions
4 Case study on correlation and regression analysis
5 Case study on application of Chi Square test to business situation
6 Case Study on discriminant analysis in marketing
7 Case Study on logistic regression for classification and prediction
8 Case study on Factor analysis for data reduction/ cluster analysis for market segmentation
9 To use p-value approach to hypothesis testing to test a mean or proportion: One sample test
10 To use hypothesis testing for comparing between difference between means, proportions, and variances of two populations
11 To carry out One-way ANOVA and Two-way ANOVA
12 To carry out Nonparametric test on the given data and infer results
Note: The above list is suggestive. Experiments/case studies may be added relevant to the theory courses taught in the semester

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BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Understanding Educational Statistics Using Microsoft Excel and SPSS, Martin Lee Abott , Wiley 2011
2. Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel (5th Edition)David M. Levine David F. Stephan Timothy C. Krehbiel Mark L.
Berenson, Prentice Hall
3. Statistics for Management, 7th edition, Levin & Rubin, Pearson Education Publication
4. Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers , 6th edition, D. C. Montgomery and G. C. Runger, John Wiley & Sons.
5. Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies Joseph Schmuller, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2013
6. Business Data Analysis Using Excel, David Whigham ,OUP 2007

SOCIAL OUTREACH, DISCIPLINE & EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (SODECA)

(FOR SEMESTER- I & II MBA)
OBJECTIVES:
• To appreciate the importance and values of social life prevailing in Village.
• To understand the value of Social Work.
• To Understand the Significance of Discipline in student’s Life through involving student in plantation, waste management, no
plastic campaign, electricity, and water saving activities.
• To understand the value of extra co-curricular activities.

The following various activities are categorized as SODECA:

A. Games and Sports / Field Based Activities: Sports Activities or any other field related activity.
B. Cultural/ Literary Activities: Activities under the banner of Student Body, Celebration of recognized National Days/ Birth
Anniversary of great personalities, Hostel Day/ Annual Day/ Fresher’s Day or any other related activity.
C. Academic/Technical/ Professional Development Activities: Attending workshops, seminars, FDPs for reasonable
duration/numbers. Attending/ paper presentation in conferences.
D. Social Outreach / Personality Development Based Activities: Contribution towards social up-gradation based activities,
Activities by social organization like, Art of Living, Yoga etc., Blood donation, Awareness programs, personality development
programs, activities under different clubs (if not covered under above heads) like, photography etc., NGO activities, Plantation/
cleanliness activities etc.
Involve student in plantation, waste management, no plastic campaign, electricity/Water saving activities and ask written
suggestion from each student individually.
E. Anandam Program Activities:
The students are expected to perform the following activates:
Do at least one act of individual service each day
Record this act of service in a dedicated Register/Personal Diary (PD)
Participate in a sharing and presentation on the group service in the discussion session held once a month

Awarding Marks:
Effective contribution and active participation may be judged for awarding the marks. Additionally, following levels may be defined
in each components A, B, C, D & E:

Component B Level wise Marks

Level-1 Level-2 Level-3 Level-4
A. Games and Sports / Field Based Activities - - 50 60
B. Cultural/ Literary Activities 30 40 50 60
C. Academic/Technical/ Professional Development Activities 30 40 50 60

D. Social Outreach / Personality Development Based Activities 30 40 50 60

E. Anandam Program Activities 30 40 50 60
Maximum Marks 100

Level-1: i. Active Participation in activities at College/City Level

ii. Do at least one act of individual service each day in category E
Level-2: i. Active participation in multiple activities at Level-1
ii. Participation at State level
iii. Getting award/ recognition at District/State Level
iv. Record this act of service in a dedicated Register/Personal Diary in category E
Level-3: i. Active participation in multiple activities at Level-2
ii. Participation at National level
iii. Getting award/ recognition at National Level
iv. Participate in a sharing and presentation on the group service in the discussion session held once a month in
category E
Level-4: i. Active participation in multiple activities at Level-3
ii. Participation at International level
iii. Getting award/ recognition at International Level
iv. Providing technical solutions for the social problems

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 AUDIT COURSE: ENGLISH FOR RESEARCH PAPER WRITING
Course objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Understand that how to improve your writing skills and level of readability
2. Learn about what to write in each section
3. Understand the skills needed when writing a Title
4. Ensure the good quality of paper at very first-time submission

UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS

I Planning and Preparation, Word Order, Breaking up long sentences, Structuring 2
Paragraphs and Sentences, Being Concise and Removing Redundancy, Avoiding
Ambiguity and Vagueness
II Clarifying Who Did What, Highlighting Your Findings, Hedging and Criticising, 2
Paraphrasing and Plagiarism, Sections of a Paper, Abstracts. Introduction
III Review of the Literature, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, The Final Check. 2
IV key skills are needed when writing a Title, key skills are needed when writing an Abstract, 2
key skills are needed when writing an Introduction, skills needed when writing a Review of
the Literature,
V skills are needed when writing the Methods, skills needed when writing the Results, 2
skills are needed when writing the Discussion, skills are needed when writing the
Conclusions
VI useful phrases, how to ensure paper is as good as it could possibly be the first- time 2
submission
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Goldbort R (2006) Writing for Science, Yale University Press (available on Google Books)
2. Day R (2006) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Cambridge University Press
3. Highman N (1998), Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, SIAM. Highman’sbook .
4. Adrian Wallwork , English for Writing Research Papers, Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London, 2011

AUDIT COURSE:: DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Course Objectives: -Students will be able to:
1. learn to demonstrate a critical understanding of key concepts in disaster risk reduction and humanitarian
response.
2. critically evaluate disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response policy and practice from multiple
perspectives.
3. develop an understanding of standards of humanitarian response and practical relevance in specific types
of disasters and conflict situations.

UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS

I Introduction 2
Disaster: Definition, Factors And Significance; Difference Between Hazard And
Disaster; Natural And Manmade Disasters: Difference, Nature, Types And Magnitude.
II Repercussions Of Disasters And Hazards: Economic Damage, Loss Of Human And 2
Animal Life, Destruction Of Ecosystem.
Natural Disasters: Earthquakes, Volcanisms, Cyclones, Tsunamis, Floods, Droughts And
Famines, Landslides And Avalanches, Man-made disaster: Nuclear Reactor Meltdown,
Industrial Accidents, Oil Slicks And Spills, Outbreaks Of Disease And Epidemics, War
And Conflicts.
III Disaster Prone Areas In India 2
Study Of Seismic Zones; Areas Prone To Floods And Droughts, Landslides And
Avalanches; Areas Prone To Cyclonic And Coastal Hazards With Special Reference To
Tsunami; Post-Disaster Diseases And Epidemics
IV Disaster Preparedness And Management 2
Preparedness: Monitoring Of Phenomena Triggering A Disaster Or Hazard; Evaluation Of
Risk: Application Of Remote Sensing, Data From Meteorological And Other Agencies,
Media Reports: Governmental And Community Preparedness.
V Risk Assessment 2

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 Disaster Risk: Concept And Elements, Disaster Risk Reduction, Global And National
Disaster Risk Situation. Techniques Of Risk Assessment, Global Co-Operation In Risk
Assessment And Warning, People’s Participation In Risk Assessment. Strategies for
Survival.
VI Disaster Mitigation 2
Meaning, Concept And Strategies Of Disaster Mitigation, Emerging Trends In Mitigation.
Structural Mitigation And Non-Structural Mitigation, Programs Of Disaster Mitigation In
India.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. R. Nishith, Singh AK, “Disaster Management in India: Perspectives, issues and strategies “’New Royal book Company.
2. Sahni, PardeepEt.Al. (Eds.),” Disaster Mitigation Experiences And Reflections”, Prentice Hall Of India, New Delhi.
3. Goel S. L. , Disaster Administration And Management Text And Case Studies” ,Deep &Deep Publication Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi.

AUDIT COURSE: SANSKRIT FOR TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Course Objectives
1. To get a working knowledge in illustrious Sanskrit, the scientific language in the world
2. Learning of Sanskrit to improve brain functioning
3. Learning of Sanskrit to develop the logic in mathematics, science & other subjects enhancing the memory power
4. The engineering scholars equipped with Sanskrit will be able to explore the huge
knowledge from ancient literature

UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS

I Alphabets in Sanskrit, Past/Present/Future Tense, 4
Simple Sentences
II Order, Introduction of roots 4
Technical information about Sanskrit Literature
III Technical concepts of Engineering-Electrical, Mechanical, Architecture, Mathematics 4
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Abhyaspustakam” – Dr.Vishwas, Samskrita-Bharti Publication, New Delhi
2. “Teach Yourself Sanskrit” Prathama Deeksha-VempatiKutumbshastri, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthanam, New Delhi
Publication
3. “India’s Glorious Scientific Tradition” Suresh Soni, Ocean books (P) Ltd., New Delhi.
Course Outcomes: Students will be able to
1. Understanding basic Sanskrit language
2. Ancient Sanskrit literature about science & technology can be understood
3. Being a logical language will help to develop logic in students

AUDIT COURSE: VALUE EDUCATION

Course Objectives
1. Understand value of education and self- development
2. Imbibe good values in students
3. Let the should know about the importance of character

UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS

I Values and self-development –Social values and individual attitudes. Work ethics, Indian 2
vision of humanism. Moral and non- moral valuation. Standards and principles.
Value judgements
II Importance of cultivation of values. Sense of duty. Devotion, Self-reliance. Confidence, 3
Concentration. Truthfulness, Cleanliness. Honesty, Humanity. Power of faith, National y.
Patriotism. Love for nature ,Discipline
III Personality and Behavior Development - Soul and Scientific attitude. Positive Thinking. 4
Integrity and discipline. Punctuality, Love and Kindness. Avoid fault Thinking. Free from
anger, Dignity of labour. Universal brotherhood and religious tolerance. True friendship.
Happiness Vs suffering, love for truth. Aware of self-destructive habits. Association and
Cooperation. Doing best for saving nature
IV Character and Competence –Holy books vs Blind faith. Self-management and Good health. 3
Science of reincarnation. Equality, Nonviolence ,Humility, Role of Women. All religions and
same message. Mind your Mind, Self-control. Honesty, Studying effectively
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

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 1. Chakroborty, S.K. “Values and Ethics for organizations Theory and practice”, Oxford University Press, New Delhi

Course outcomes: Students will be able to

1. Knowledge of self-development
2. Learn the importance of Human values
3. Developing the overall personality

AUDIT COURSE: CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

Course Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Understand the premises informing the twin themes of liberty and freedom from a civil rights perspective.
2. To address the growth of Indian opinion regarding modern Indian intellectuals’ constitutional role and entitlement
to civil and economic rights as well as the emergence of nationhood in the early years of Indian nationalism.
3. To address the role of socialism in India after the commencement of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 and its
impact on the initial drafting of the Indian Constitution.

UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS

I History of Making of the Indian Constitution: History Drafting Committee, ( Composition & 1
Working)
II Philosophy of the Indian Constitution: Preamble Salient Features 2
III Contours of Constitutional Rights & Duties: Fundamental Rights, Right to Equality, Right 3
to Freedom, Right against Exploitation, Right to Freedom of Religion,Cultural and
Educational Rights, Right to Constitutional Remedies, Directive Principles of State Policy
Fundamental Duties.
IV Organs of Governance: Parliament, Composition, Qualifications and Disqualifications, 2
Powers and Functions, Executive, President, Governor, Council of Ministers, Judiciary,
Appointment and Transfer of Judges, Qualifications, Powers and Functions
V Local Administration: District’s Administration head: Role and Importance, Municipalities: 2
Introduction, Mayor and role of Elected Representative, CEO of Municipal Corporation.
Pachayati raj: Introduction, PRI: ZilaPachayat. Elected officials and their roles, CEO
ZilaPachayat: Position and role. Block level: Organizational Hierarchy (Different
departments), Village level: Role of Elected and Appointed officials,
Importance of grass root democracy
VI Election Commission: Election Commission: Role and Functioning. Chief Election 2
Commissioner and Election Commissioners. State Election Commission: Role and
Functioning. Institute and Bodies for the welfare of SC/ST/OBC and women.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. The Constitution of India, 1950 (Bare Act), Government Publication.
2. Dr. S. N. Busi, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar framing of Indian Constitution, 1st Edition, 2015.
3. M. P. Jain, Indian Constitution Law, 7th Edn., Lexis Nexis, 2014.
4. D.D. Basu, Introduction to the Constitution of India, Lexis Nexis, 2015.

Course Outcomes: Students will be able to:

1. Discuss the growth of the demand for civil rights in India for the bulk of Indians before the arrival of
Gandhi in Indian politics.
2. Discuss the intellectual origins of the framework of argument that informed the conceptualization of social
reforms leading to revolution in India.
3. Discuss the circumstances surrounding the foundation of the Congress Socialist Party [CSP] under the
leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru and the eventual failure of the proposal of direct elections through adult
suffrage in the Indian Constitution.
4. Discuss the passage of the Hindu Code Bill of 1956.

AUDIT COURSE: PEDAGOGY STUDIES

Course Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Review existing evidence on the review topic to inform programme design and policy making
undertaken by the DfID, other agencies and researchers.
2. Identify critical evidence gaps to guide the development.

UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS

I Introduction and Methodology:

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 • Aims and rationale, Policy background, Conceptual framework and terminology
• Theories of learning, Curriculum, Teacher education.
3
• Conceptual framework, Research questions.
• Overview of methodology and Searching.
II Thematic overview: Pedagogical practices are being used by teachers in formal and
informal classrooms in developing countries. Curriculum, Teacher education. 1
III Evidence on the effectiveness of pedagogical practices, Methodology for the in depth stage: 2
quality assessment of included studies.
IV How can teacher education (curriculum and practicum) and the school curriculum 3
and guidance materials best support effective pedagogy?
• Theory of change.
• Strength and nature of the body of evidence for effective pedagogical
practices.
• Pedagogic theory and pedagogical approaches.
• Teachers’ attitudes and beliefs and Pedagogic strategies.
V Professional development: alignment with classroom practices and follow- up support,
Peer support, Support from the head teacher and the community. Curriculum and
assessment, Barriers to learning: limited resources and large class sizes 3
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Ackers J, Hardman F (2001) Classroom interaction in Kenyan primary schools, Compare, 31 (2): 245-261.
2. Agrawal M (2004) Curricular reform in schools: The importance of evaluation, Journal of Curriculum Studies,
36 (3): 361-379.
3. Akyeampong K (2003) Teacher training in Ghana - does it count? Multi-site teacher education research project
(MUSTER) country report 1. London: DFID.
4. Akyeampong K, Lussier K, Pryor J, Westbrook J (2013) Improving teaching and learning of basic maths and
reading in Africa: Does teacher preparation count? International Journal Educational Development, 33 (3): 272–282.
5. Alexander RJ (2001) Culture and pedagogy: International comparisons in primary education. Oxford and Boston:
Blackwell.

Course Outcomes: Students will be able to understand:

1. What pedagogical practices are being used by teachers in formal and informal classrooms in developing countries?
2. What is the evidence on the effectiveness of these pedagogical practices, in what conditions, and with what population of
learners?
3. How can teacher education (curriculum and practicum) and the school curriculum and guidance materials best support
effective pedagogy?

AUDIT COURSE: STRESS MANAGEMENT BY YOGA

Course Objectives
1. To achieve overall health of body and mind
2. To overcome stress

UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS

I Definitions of Eight parts of yog. ( Ashtanga ) 4
II Yam and Niyam. Do`s and Don’t’s in life. 4
Ahinsa, satya, astheya, bramhacharya and aparigraha
Shaucha, santosh, tapa, swadhyay, ishwarpranidhan
III Asan and Pranayam 4
Various yog poses and their benefits for mind & body
Regularization of breathing techniques and its effects-Types of pranayam
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. ‘Yogic Asanas for Group Tarining-Part-I” :Janardan Swami Yogabhyasi Mandal, Nagpur
2. “Rajayoga or conquering the Internal Nature” by Swami Vivekananda, AdvaitaAshrama (Publication
Department), Kolkata

Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
1. Develop healthy mind in a healthy body thus improving social health also
2. Improve efficiency

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 AUDIT COURSE: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LIFE ENLIGHTENMENT
SKILLS
Course Objectives
1. To learn to achieve the highest goal happily
2. To become a person with stable mind, pleasing personality and determination
3. To awaken wisdom in students

UNIT COURSE DESCRIPTION SESSIONS

I Neetisatakam-Holistic development of personality 4
• Verses- 19,20,21,22 (wisdom); Verses- 29,31,32 (pride & heroism); Verses-
26,28,63,65 (virtue); Verses- 52,53,59 (dont’s); Verses- 71,73,75,78 (do’s)
II Approach to day to day work and duties. 4
• Shrimad BhagwadGeeta: Chapter 2-Verses 41, 47,48; Chapter 3-Verses 13, 21, 27,
35; Chapter 6-Verses 5,13,17, 23, 35; Chapter 18-Verses 45, 46, 48.
III Statements of basic knowledge. 4
• Shrimad BhagwadGeeta: Chapter2-Verses 56, 62, 68 ; Chapter 12 -Verses 13, 14,
15, 16,17, 18
• Personality of Role model. Shrimad BhagwadGeeta: Chapter2-Verses 17, Chapter 3-
Verses 36,37,42, Chapter 4-Verses 18, 38,39; Chapter18 – Verses 37,38,63
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. “Srimad Bhagavad Gita” by Swami SwarupanandaAdvaita Ashram (Publication Department), Kolkata
2. Bhartrihari’s Three Satakam (Niti-sringar-vairagya) by P.Gopinath, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthanam, New Delh
Course Outcomes: Students will be able to
1. Study of Shrimad-Bhagwad-Geeta will help the student in developing his personality and achieve the highest
goal in life
2. The person who has studied Geeta will lead the nation and mankind to peace and prosperity
3. Study of Neetishatakam will help in developing versatile personality of students

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