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MBA(Corporate Finance)
SYLLABUS I to IV
SEMESTER
ADMISSION BATCH 2019-2021
JSS MAHAVIDYAPEETHA
JSS Science and Technology University
JSS Centre for Management Studies,
JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysore – 570 006
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The Need Assessment:
A deliberation was undertaken to review the course structure of MBA-Corporate Finance
considering the inputs from the faculty handling the courses. The need was felt in order to
strengthen the course.
The process:
Considered the input from industry experts, faculty and students
Identification of the requirements of MBA - Corporate Finance.
Considered the course structure and contents of other comparable courses to identify the niche.
What they will be good at?
Enables them in long term and short term financing decision of the
business
To evaluate investment decisions to maximize the value of the firm
Tools and techniques to absorb jobs in valuation, asset management, issue management,
credit rating and analyst positions
Objective of the program
To enable the students to build a career in corporate finance.
VISION:
Be a preferred Management education institution dedicated to nurture management education,
research and professional excellence for the betterment of the society
MISSION
We enhance the social capital through education, research, consultancy in the area of
management.
Consciously collaborating with institutions, industry, government and society
Foster an environment of learning, enquiry and connectedness among concepts and
disciplines
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Program Objectives POs:
Identification of graduate attributes:
POs Attributes Details
PO1 Management
Knowledge Representation of knowledge through explaining concepts,
PO2 Problem analysis Analyze complex data, understanding the financial implications of
managerial decision-making.
PO3 Decision making Choosing best alternative
Think critically and make decisions based on complex information
PO4
Integrating
functional
knowledge
Implementation, Optimization, Validation and Testing,
Demonstration, Illustration, Identifying Complexity
PO5 Environment and
Sustainability Maximize resources for the benefit of organizations and society
PO6 Ethics and
Governance Know and understand organizations and their stakeholders
PO7 Individual and
Team Work
Lead themselves and others in the achievement of organizational
goals, contributing effectively to a team environment.
PO8 Communication Motivation, Confidence Building, Coordination, Conflict
Management, Strategy Formulation, Goal Specification
PO9 Adaptability Operate effectively in cross-cultural settings, understanding the
nature of globalization
PO10
Enhancing
Career and
Life-long
Learning
Self-Motivation, Learning Environment, Manage Uncertainty,
Communication across Culture
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Program Educational Objectives (PEO):
PEO1: To impart knowledge, skill and attitude that develops competent managers and
entrepreneurs
PEO2: To sensitize on the global, ethical, economic and socio-political contexts of business
PEO3: To integrate knowledge from different domains that promote sustainable decision making
Program Specific Objectives (PSO):
PSO1: Will be able to know organization process, structure, methods and functions
PSO2: Will be able to plan, organize, implement and control in respective managerial positions
PSO3: Create an internal environment to engage positively with the external environment
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COURSE STRUCTURE
I Semester
Sl/No Course Code Course Name L P T Total
1 MBACF101
Foundations of Management & Organizational
Behavior 4 0 0 4
2 MBACF102 Financial Accounting for Managers 4 0 0 4
3 MBACF103 Business Economics 3 0 0 3
4 MBACF104 Business Statistics - I 3 0 0 3
5 MBACF105 Marketing Management 3 0 0 3
6 MBACF106 Operations Management 3 0 0 3
7 MBACF107 Business Communications 3 0 0 3
8 MBACF1LB1 Excel lab for Finance 0 2 0 2
9 MBACF1IV1 Industrial Visits / Technical Seminar 0 1 0 1
Total I Semester Credits 23 3 0 26
II Semester
Sl/No Course Code Course Name L P T Total
1 MBACF201 Corporate Finance - I 4 0 0 4
2 MBACF202 Management Accounting & Control System 4 0 0 4
3 MBACF203 Human Resource Management 3 0 0 3
4 MBACF204 Business Statistics II 3 0 0 3
5 MBACF205 Economics for Finance 3 0 0 3
6 MBACF206 Financial Markets 3 0 0 3
7 MBACF2SE1 Indian Ethos and Values 0 1 0 1
8 MBACF2WS1 Corporate Law 0 1 0 1
9 MBACF2WS2 Financial Research Methods 0 2 0 2
10 MBACF2LB1 SPSS/R lab 0 2 0 2
Total II Semester Credits 20 6 0 26
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III Semester
Sl/No Course Code Course Name L P T Total
1 MBACF301 Corporate Finance - II 3 0 0 3
2 MBACF302 Project planning and Management 4 0 0 4
3 MBACF303 Corporate and Financial Restructuring 3 0 0 3
4 MBACF304 Investment Analysis and Portfolio
Management 4 0 0 4
5 MBACF305 Financial Services 3 0 0 3
6 MBACF306 Business Ethics and Corporate Governance 3 0 0 3
7 MBACF3WS1 Entrepreneurship Workshop 0 2 0 2
8 MBACF3LB1 Interpersonal Lab 0 1 0 1
9 MBACF3PW1 Internship / Mini Project 0 2 0 2
10 MBACF3PT1 Placement Training 0 1 0 1
Total III Semester Credits 20 6 0 26
IV Semester
Sl/No Course Code Course Name L P T Total
1 MBACF401 Strategic Management 4 0 0 4
2 MBACF402 Corporate Taxation 4 0 0 4
3 MBACF403 International Business & Finance 4 0 0 4
4 MBACF404 Derivatives 4 0 0 4
5 MBACF4WS1 Auditing and assurance 0 1 0 1
6 MBACF4WS2 Trade finance 0 1 0 1
7 MBACF4PW1 Dissertation 0 3 0 3
8 MBACF4PT1 Placement Training 0 1 0 1
Total IV Semester Credits 16 6 0 22
L P T Total
79 21 0 100
Total Program Credits 100
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I Semester
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Course Objectives:
To understand fundamental concepts and principles of management, including the basic
roles, skills, and functions of management
To gain familiarity with interactions between the environment, technology, human
resources, and organizations for achieving high desired performance;
The basic concepts and theories underlying individual behavior besides developing better
insights into one’s own self and implications on the organizational behavior
Individual behavior in groups, dynamics of groups and team building besides developing a
better awareness of how they can be better facilitators for building effective teams as leaders
themselves
Module 1: Management theory and practice (7 Hours)
Nature, purpose and functions; evolution of management thoughts; Mintzberg’s interpersonal,
informational and decisional roles; Management theories-scientific management and work of F.W
Taylor, administrative management and Fayol; Max Weber’s ideal bureaucracy; the Hawthorne
studies; McGregor’s Theory X and Y; and Systems approach, Contributions to Management
thought - Peter F Ducker; Levels of management; current trends in management.
Module 2: Planning and Organizing (7 Hours
Nature; Types; Steps; Process; Objectives; MBO; Strategies; Policies; Planning premises;
Decision making under-certainty, uncertainty, risk; Techniques that enhance quality in decision
making; Search for alternatives -Evaluation of alternatives- Selection of an alternative;
Programmed and non-programmed decisions. Nature of organizing and entrepreneuring - formal
and informal organizations- Structure and departmentation - line, line and staff, functional,
divisional and matrix; span of control-decentralization-delegation of authority - the art of
delegation -Power and responsibility
Module 3: Staffing (7 Hours)
Overview of all staffing functions; systems approach to human resource management
Nature Area: General Management Semester – I
Course Code
MBACF101
Course Name:
Foundations of Management &
Organizational Behavior
Credit Distribution
L-4 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 4: Leading and Controlling (7 Hours)
Leader centered Approaches; Trait, Behavior, Power focus; Follower centered approaches –self –
leadership, Leadership substitutes focus, Interactive approaches- situational, empowerment, and
transformational leadership. Process of control for diverse organizations; Setting standard for
performance; Measuring actual performance; Responding to deviations.
Module 5: Introduction to Organizational Behavior & Foundations of individual behavior
(8 Hours)
Understanding Organizational Behavior (OB), Features of OB, Disciplines that contribute to the
field of OB, Challenges and opportunities for OB, developing an OB model: An overview, the
dependable variables, independent variables, contingency OB model, learning about organizational
behavior. The importance of interpersonal skills, Complementing Intuition with Systematic Study.
Ability: Intellectual ability, Physical ability, Biographical Characteristics: Age, gender, race, other
characteristics: tenure, and gender identity, learning: theories, Shaping: A Managerial Tool,
Behavioral Modification.
Module 6: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction (7 Hours)
Attitudes: The ABC Model, Attitude formation, Major Job attitudes, Job satisfaction: measuring
job satisfaction, causes of job satisfaction, the impact of satisfied and dissatisfied employees on the
workplace, Cognitive dissonance theory
Module 7: Personality and Values (7 Hours)
Personality: Factors that shape personality, The Myers – Briggs Type Indicator, The Big Five
Personality Model, and other personality traits relevant to OB, Application of personality theory
in organizations; Values: Importance of values, terminal versus instrumental values, generational
values, linking an individual’s personality and values to the workplace: Person – job fit, Person _
organization fit Global implications.
Module 8: Perception and Individual decision making (7 Hours)
Perception: factors influencing perception; Perceptual Process, Person Perception: attribution
theory, frequently used shortcuts in judging others, specific application of shortcuts in
organization, the link between perception and individual decision making: Decision making in
organizations; Influences on decision making and organizational constraints; ethics in decision
making.
Module 9: Motivation (7 Hours)
Early theories of motivation: Hierarchy of Needs Theory, Theory X and Theory Y, two factors
Theory, McClelland’s Theory of Needs, Contemporary theories of Motivation: Cognitive
evaluation theory, Goal Setting Theory, Self-Efficacy Theory, Reinforcement Theory, Equity
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Theory, Expectancy Theory, from concepts to Application, motivating by Job design: The Job
Characteristics Model; Employee Involvement; using rewards to motivate employees.
Recommended Books:
Management –Challenges for tomorrow’s leaders-Pamela S. Lewis; Stephen H.Good ; Patricia
M.Fanc, 4th edition
Management- Stoner, Freeman, Gilbert
Management Principles and guidelines –Duening; Ivancevich
Jon L.Pierce& Donald G. Gardner with Dunham.2006 Management & Organizational
Behavior –An Integrated Perspective.
Heinz Weihrich& Harold Koontz 2006 11Th edition Management – A Global Perspective
Stephen P Robbins & Timothy A Judge; Organizational Behavior; Prentice- Hall Inc, Upper
Saddle River, New Jersey; 13th Edition.
Organizational Behavior, Human Behavior at Work – John W. Newstrom, Keith Davis, TATA
Mc GRAW-HILL, 11th Edition.
Behavior in Organizations – Jerald Greenberg, Robert A. Baron – 8th Edition
Michael Butler and Edward Rose – Introduction to Organizational Behavior – Jaico
Publications
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Course Objectives:
To understand the concepts of accounting concepts, conventions and process.
To enable preparation of financial statements.
To analyze and interpret financial statements.
Module 1: Basics of Accounting (8 Hours)
Accounting Conventions and Concepts - Accounting Principles - Accounting disclosures, GAAP
and Users of Accounting. Introduction to IFRS.
Module 2: Basics accounting mechanics (8 Hours)
Capital vs. Revenue Expenditure, Journal – Ledgers – Cash books -- Trial Balance – Income
statement – Balance Sheet- (Students are required to understand the flow in recording transactions.
Case studies should be adopted as teaching methodology), Accounting Equation.
Module 3: Revenue recognition and measurement (As per Accounting Standard 9)
(8 Hours)
Introduction- Recognition of revenue in the course of ordinary activities of an enterprise; Inventory
valuation (As per Accounting Standard 2) Historic cost and market price valuation concepts
(LIFO, FIFO and Weighted averages) - Implications of changes in method of valuation of
Inventory; Depreciation Accounting (As per Accounting Standard 6): Accounting for depreciation
and depreciation methods- straight line and WDV method. Disposal of depreciable assets -
Implications of changes in method of depreciation.
Module 4: Exposure to reading income statements of companies and firms ( 8 Hours)
Profit and loss related concepts – reporting methods (vertical and horizontal), Measuring Income,
Adjustment process, various heads in income statements, evaluating incomes and expenses to
measure performances (Cost effectiveness – various cost component as a percent of sales).
Nature Area: General Management Semester – I
Course Code
MBACF102
Course Name:
Financial Accounting for
Managers
Credit Distribution
L-4 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 5: Preparation and Presentation of Balance sheet of companies (8 Hours)
Balance sheet related concepts – Reporting of Assets of liabilities under Companies Act –
Auditors’ Report. Common-size Financial Statement – Concept of Window dressing.
Module 6: Analytical review of Financial Statements (8 Hours)
Profitability Statements - COGS, EBDIT, EBIT, Operating profit/loss, PBT, PAT; Ratio Analysis-
An Introduction- Measurement of Overall Performance of a Firm/companies – Profitability Ratios-
GP, Ratio, NP Ratio, P/E ratio, ROCE, RONW, EPS, DPS; Liquidity Ratios- Current ratio, Acid
Test Ratio, Quick Ratio; Turnover Ratio- Debtors Turnover, Creditors Turnover, Stock Turnover;
Solvency, Ratios- Debt Equity Ratio, Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Fixed Assets to Net worth;
Uses of Ratios for Internal Management; An Introduction to Financial Gearing-Effect of Financial
Leverage and Spread;
Module 7: Fund Flow and Cash Flow Statements (8 Hours)
Fund flow statement - Determining the sources and uses of working capital. Preparation of Cash
Flow Statement (as per AS-3); Presentation of Cash Flow Statement; Operating, Activities;
Investing Activities; Financing Activities; Foreign Currency Cash Flows; and Analysis-¨;
Accounting Standard on Cash Flow Statement. Difference between Fund Flow and Cash Flow
Statements.
Module 8: Accounts of non-trading organizations (8 Hours)
Accounts of non-trading organizations - receipts and payments account, Income and expenditure
account, balance sheet
Recommended Books:
1. R. Narayanaswamy; Financial accounting a managerial perspective; PHI; 3rd Edition.
2. S.K. Bhattacharyya and John Dearden; Accounting for Management text and cases; Vikas
publishing house.
3. N. Ramachandran& Ram Kumar Kakani - Financial Accounting for Management-TMH
Publications
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Course Objectives:
To enable the students to understand the basics of micro as well as macroeconomics.
To learn to employ economic concepts and logic for obtaining optimal decisions to
business problems.
To develop analytical skills through application of the concepts to the business decisions.
To build sound foundation for the different streams of disciplines that the students will be
exposed during the course period.
Module 1: Introduction to Economics (8 Hours)
Micro economic analysis – Scarcity and choice – Trade Offs – Prices and Markets – Theories and
Models – Managerial Applications of Micro Economic Theory – Managerial Decision Making –
Theory of the Firm - Goals of Microeconomic policy: Efficiency and Equity – Managerial
Economics and Economic Theory – Maximizing the value of firm
Marginal Analysis for Optimal Decisions - Objective Function –Constrained and unconstrained
optimization – Optimal level of activity – Marginal Benefit and Marginal Cost
Module 2: Market Equilibrium (8 Hours)
Demand analysis: Concept of demand, different demand Concepts-Determinants of demand
change in quantity demanded and change in demand-elasticity of demand and, measurement –
Demand forecasting.
Supply Analysis: Concept of Supply-Determinants of Supply-Change in quantity supplied and
change in supply-elasticity of supply-market equilibrium and government intervention.
Short run Vs Long run Elasticity – Demand and Supply
The seller’s view: Total Revenues, Average Revenues, Marginal Revenues – Relationship between
Elasticity of demand, Price (AR), TR and MR Applications of the elasticity concepts.
Nature Area: General Management Semester – I
Course Code
MBACF103
Course Name:
Business Economics
Credit Distribution
L-3 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 3: Theory of Production (8 Hours)
Production Decision of a Firm – Technology of Production - Production function-laws of
production relating to short-run and long run- Production with a single variable input: TP, AP, MP
– Profit maximization and input choice – Two variable inputs: Production Isoquants - Marginal
Rate of Substitution and Elasticity of substitution – Expansion path and returns to scale
Production with two outputs – Economies of scope - Production Transformation Curves –
Economies and diseconomies of scope – the degree of economies of scope
Module 4: Cost of Production analysis (8 Hours)
Measuring Cost – Economic Vs Accounting costs-opportunity cost – sunk cost – Fixed cost Vs
variable cost - Fixed Cost Vs sunk cost – Marginal and Variable Cost – Four important decision
pit falls
Cost in the Short Run – Determinants of short-run cost – shapes of the cost curves - Cost in the
Long Run – user cost of capital – cost-minimizing input choice – Isocost Line – choosing inputs –
cost minimization with varying output levels – Expansion path and Long run costs
Long Run Vs Short Run Cost curves – inflexibility of short run production – Long Run and Short
Run average cost curves – Long Run and Short Run Marginal cost curves – Returns to scale,
Economies and Diseconomies of scale – relationship between Long Run and Short Run Cost
Dynamic changes in costs – Learning Curve - Graphing the learning curves – learning Curves
economies of scale
Module 5: Market structure &Managerial Decision (8 Hours)
Managerial Decisions in Competitive Markets - Characteristics of Perfect Competition – Demand
curve facing the firm – Profit maximization in the short run – shut down price - Profit maximization
in the Long run
Managerial Decisions with market power - Monopoly – characteristics – Determinants of market
power – Profit maximization under Monopoly; output and pricing decisions – short run profit
maximization and loss minimization under monopoly- Long run profit maximization under
monopoly – Price Discrimination- Social costs and benefits of monopoly – monopoly regulation
Managerial Decisions under Monopolistic Competition - characteristics – short run equilibrium –
Long run equilibrium – Excess capacity under monopolistic competition - Monopolistic
competition and Advertisement
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Managerial Decisions under Oligopoly– Oligopoly –Features – Kinked Demand Curve - Price
Leadership – Cartels - Game Theory– Concepts; Prisoner’s Dilemma, Nash Equilibrium – First
Mover Advantage Vs Second Mover Advantage – Pricing practices facilitating cooperation -
Strategic Decision Making in Oligopoly Markets
Module6: Pricing Practices (8 Hours)
Pricing Rules –of thumb – Mark up pricing and Profit maximization –MR, MC, and Profit
maximization -Two Part Pricing – Multiple Product Pricing – Transfer Pricing - Managerial
Implications
Reference Books:
1. Thomas, Christopher R & S Maurice, Charles; Managerial Economics – Concepts and
Applications
2. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2008.
3. Hershey, Mark; Managerial Economics- An Integrative Approach Cengage Learning India
Pvt. Ltd., Publications2009
4. Maddala, G S & Miller, Ellen; Micro Economics – Theory & Applications, Tata McGraw
Hill Publications
5. Dominick Salvatore; Managerial Economics, Oxford University Press
6. Mankiw, Gregory; Principles of Economics, Thomson South-Western
7. Pindyck & Rubin Feld, Microeconomics, Pearson 5th edition
8. G. S. Gupta, Managerial Economics, Tata McGraw Hill Latest Edition
9. Dwivedi, Managerial Economics, Vikas Pub., House Pvt., Ltd., 2002
10. Das, Satya P, Micro Economics for Business, Sage Publishers, 2007
11. Mulhearn, Chris, Howard R Vane, Economics for business, James Eden , New York,
Palgrave ,2011
12. W Bruce Allen, Managerial economics theory application and cases, Viva Books, New
Delhi,2010
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Course Objectives:
Develop and refine decision-making skills by basing decision upon the outcome of
statistical tests.
Determine and analyze the appropriate type of statistical problem solving techniques to
business situations.
Interpret the results of statistical tests to draw conclusion / decision.
Understand the reasoning/basis behind each statistical test.
Shall be able to manually solve selected problems.
Module 1: Introduction (4 Hours)
Definition of Statistics – Importance and Scope of Statistics – Functions of Statistics - Statistical
Investigation - Limitations of Statistics. Distrust of Statistics. Descriptive Statists – Tabular &
graphical presentation–Statistical Data: Primary and Secondary data – Sources of Data – Types of
Classification of data - Frequency Distribution: Discrete or Ungrouped Frequency Distribution,
Grouped Frequency Distribution, Continuous Frequency Distribution. – Diagrammatic and
Graphic Representation; Frequency Polygon, Cumulative Frequency Curves or Ogives –
Advantages and Limitations of Diagrams and Graphs. Tabulation: - Types of Tables- Construction
of one way and two way tables.
Module 2: Descriptive Statistics (8 Hours)
Numerical Measure: Measures of Location- the Weighted and working with Grouped Data-
Measures of Variability - Measures of Distribution shape- Relative Location and detecting outliers
-Exploratory Data Analysis
Module 3: Introduction to Probability (8 Hours)
Basic definition Events, Sample space and probabilities, Basic rules of probability, Conditional
probability, independence of Events, Combinatorial concepts, laws of total Probability – Bayes’
theory, Joint probability table. Expectancy theory and problems.
Module 4: Probability distribution (8 Hours)
Nature Area: General Management Semester - I
Course Code
MBACF104
Course Name:
BUSINESS STATISTICS - I
Credit Distribution
L-3 P -0 T -0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Random Variable -Discrete Probability Distributions -Expected Value and Variance -Binomial
Probability Distribution-Poisson Probability Distribution. Continuous probability distribution -
Normal Probability Distribution - Normal Approximation of Binomial Probabilities -.
Module 5: Correlation and Simple Linear Regression (8 Hours)
Correlation – concept, types, measures of correlations – Karl Pearson and Spearman’s correlation
coefficient- Simple Linear Regression Model-Least Squares Method-Coefficient of
Determination-Model Assumptions.
Module 6: Samples and Sampling (4 Hours)
The Associates of Sampling, Problem-Simple Random Sampling -Points Estimation-Introduction
to Sampling Distributions-Sampling Distribution of mean - Sampling Distribution of Proposition-
Properties of point Estimators - Other Sampling Methods.
Module 7: Population and Sample Mean (4 Hours)
Known-Population mean: Unknown-Determining the sample Size-Population Proportion.
Module 8: Index Number and Time series (6 Hours)
Introduction – components and decomposition of time –Analysis of trends, moving average,
weighted moving average, Exponential smoothing, Exponential smoothing with trends,
Measurement of errors, Monitoring and Controlling forecasting models.
Recommended Books:
1. J.K.Sharma, Business Statistics, Pearson Education, Third, 2010.
2. Statistics for Management, Levin and Rubin
3. Fundamentals of Statistics, S. C. Gupta, Himalaya Publishing House, 7/e,
4. Aczel and Sounderpandian Complete Business Statistics 6/e, , Tata-McGraw Hill, 2006
5. Anderson, Sweeney, William, Statistics for Business and Economics”, Thomson
Publishing, 9/e, 2007
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Course Objectives:
To induct marketing theory and concepts to what marketers do in "the real world”
To analyze how in a customer driven economy companies embrace and act profitably
Importance of attracting, retaining customers & measure outcome of marketing activity
Module 1: Introduction (6 Hours)
Introduction Concept, nature, scope and importance of marketing; Marketing concept and its
evolution; Marketing mix; Strategic marketing planning – an overview. Market Analysis and
Selection: Marketing environment – macro and micro components and their impact on marketing
decisions; Market segmentation and positioning; Buyer behavior: consumer versus organizational
buyers; Consumer decision making process
Module 2: Product Decisions (6 Hours)
Concept of a product; Classification of products; Major product decisions; Product line and
product mix; Branding; Packaging and labeling; Product life cycle – strategic implications; New
product development and consumer adoption process. Pricing Decisions: Factors affecting price
determination; Pricing policies and strategies; Discounts and rebates
Module 3: Distribution Channels and Physical Distribution Decisions (6 Hours)
Nature, functions, and types of distribution channels; Distribution channel intermediaries; Channel
management decisions; Retailing and wholesaling. Promotion Decisions: Communication
Process; Promotion mix – advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, publicity and public
relations; Determining advertising budget; Copy designing and testing; Media selection;
Advertising effectiveness; Sales promotion – tools and techniques.
Module 4: Marketing Research (6 Hours)
Meaning and scope of marketing research; Marketing research process. Marketing Organization
and Control: Organizing and controlling marketing operations. Issues and Developments in
Marketing: Social, ethical and legal aspects of marketing; Marketing of services; International
marketing; Green marketing; Cyber marketing; Relationship marketing and other developments of
marketing.
Nature Area: General Management Semester - I
Course Code
MBACF105
Course Name:
Marketing Management
Credit Distribution
L-3 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 5: Services Marketing (6 Hours)
Introduction, concept and evolution of services marketing, meaning of service marketing, myths
encountered in services, need for service marketing, and growth in Services Marketing. Services
Marketing Mix and Gaps Model Introduction, 7Ps of service marketing, service gaps framework,
perceived service quality, models of service marketing, service marketing in different sectors
Module 6: Service Design and Service Delivery (6 Hours)
Introduction, Service delivery process, service encounters and Moments of Truth, employee role
in service delivery, service employee- criteria, importance and emotional approach, role of service
provider, intermediaries involved in Service Process and Service Delivery
Module 7: Consumer Behavior in Services Marketing (6 Hours)
Introduction, Customer Expectations in Services, Service Costs Experienced by Consumer, the
Role of customer in Service Delivery, Conflict Handling in Services, Customer Responses in
Services, Concept of Customer Delight, Service Development and Quality Improvement,
consumer defined service standards
Module 8: Customer Relationship Management (6 Hours)
Introduction, Meaning and Definition of CRM, Importance of CRM, Concept and Growth of
Relationship Marketing, Scope of Relationship Marketing, concept of Lifetime Customer and
Customer Loyalty, Benefits and difficulties of CRM
Recommended Books:
1. Marketing Management, 13th edition, 2009, Pearson, Kotler, Kevin Keller, Koshy, Jha
2. Principles of Marketing 13th edition, 2010, Pearson, Kotler, Armstrong, Agnihotri,
Haque
3. Marketing Management 4th Edition, Rajan Saxena, McGraw-Hill Publication
4. Marketing Matrices, 2nd edition, Pearson, Farris, Bendle, Pfeifer, Rubinstein
5. Marketing Management, 4th edition, V.S.Ramaswamy Mac Millan Publishers
6. Digital marketing: The essential guide to New Media and Digital Marketing, Kent
Wartime, Ian Fenwick, Wiley
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Course Objectives:
Explain the strategic role of operations management and its competitive advantage.
Explain the relationships between the operations function and other functional areas of a
business Such as marketing, finance, and information systems and how they can work
together to achieve the business strategy.
Explain approaches to designing and improving processes.
Students will use relevant tools and techniques to solve operations management problems.
Module 1: Introduction to operations management (6 Hours)
Foundations to operations management: Principles of Production / operations Management.
Operations strategy, Systems perspective of operations management, decisions of OM, Functions/
Scope of OM, Competition dimensions of OM, Different production systems, Product-process
matrix, service-process matrix, productivity, types, techniques to enhance productivity.
Module 2: Introduction and Break even analysis (7 Hours)
Break even analysis - Break even analysis in terms of physical units, sales value, and percentage
of full capacity. Break even for Multi Product situations, Capacity expansion decisions, Product
add or drop decisions, Make or Buy decisions, Equipment Selection decisions, Production process
selection decisions, Managerial uses of breakeven analysis, Limitations of Breakeven analysis.
Note: The module will cover both theory and numerical problems with emphasis on decision
making for competitive advantage.
Module 3: Forecasting (7 Hours)
Forecasting as a planning tool, forecasting time horizon, short and long range forecasting, sources
of data, types of forecasting, qualitative forecasting techniques, quantitative forecasting models -
Linear regression, moving average, weighted moving average, Exponential smoothing,
Exponential smoothing with trends, Measurement of errors, Monitoring and Controlling
forecasting models. Note: The module will cover both theory and numerical problems
Nature Area: General Management Semester – I
Course Code
MBACF106
Course Name:
Operations Management
Credit Distribution
L-3 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 4: Facility Planning (7 Hours)
Facilities location decisions, factors affecting facility location decisions and their relative
importance for different types of facilities, Facility location models, Facility layout planning:
Layout and its objectives for manufacturing operations, warehouse operations, service operations,
and office operations., principles, types of plant layouts – product layout, process layout, fixed
position layout, cellular manufacturing layouts, hybrid layouts, Factors influencing layout
changes, Facilities utilities – lighting, ventilation, air conditioning, noise control, sanitation,
Materials handling - objectives, principles, types. Note: The module will cover theory focusing on
safety, psychological factors, and productivity.
Module 5: Employee Productivity (7 Hours)
Productivity and work study, Productivity and the standard of living, Productivity and the
organization, productivity, variables affecting labour productivity, work content and time, Work
Study and related working conditions and human factors, Method Study , Introduction to Method
Study, Data collection, recording, examining, and improving work, Material flow and material
handling study, Worker flow study, Worker area study, Work Measurement, Introduction to Work
Measurement, Work sampling study, Time study and setting standards, Numerical problems on
productivity measurement, time study and work standards
Module 6: Capacity Planning (7 Hours)
Concept and overview of aggregation, Demand and capacity options and strategies in production
and services, capacity and value, financial impact of capacity decisions, aggregate planning types
and procedure, capacity requirement planning, concepts of yields(productivity) and its impact on
capacity; Capacity requirement planning, Materials requirement planning, Planning hierarchies in
operations, aggregate planning, purpose, necessity and importance of aggregate planning,
Managerial importance of aggregate plans, alternatives for managing demand and supply, capacity
augmentation strategies. Matching demand and capacity, demand chase aggregate planning, level
production aggregate planning, capacity planning and steps, Resource requirements planning
system, material requirement planning, objectives of MRP, elements of MRP, BOM, benefits of
MRP, Capacity requirement planning and strategies. Job shop scheduling n jobs on 1 machine, n
jobs on 2 machines. Numerical problems on job shop scheduling – Line Balancing theory –
numerical problems on line balancing.
Module 7: Materials Management (7 Hours)
Role of Materials Management- materials and profitability, Purchase functions, Procurement
procedures including bid systems, Vendor selection and development, Vendor rating, Concepts of
lead time, EOQ, DDLT problems, purchaser functions, Inventory Management: Concepts of
inventory, types, Classification, selective inventory management, Inventory controlling techniques
ABC VED, and FSN.
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Reference Books:
1. B. Mahadevan, Operations Management Theory and Practice, Pearson education,
Second impression 2007
2. William J. Stevenson Operations Management, 8th 2005.
3. Prof. K. Ashwathappa, K Sridhar Bhat, Production and Operations Management –
Himalaya Publications
4. Upendra kachru, Production and Operations Management, Text and cases, first, excel
Books.
5. Byron J Finch Operations Now, Tata Mc Grawhill, 3rd, 2008
6. Norman Gaither & Greg Fraizer, Operations Management, Thomson Southwestern
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Course Objectives:
To acquaint students with comprehensive inputs for writing, formatting and transmitting
business documents.
To sensitize students with the basic principles, goals and issues critical successful business
communication.
To highlight the use of technology in business communication to achieve a competitive
advantage.
Module 1: Basics of Communication (4 Hours)
Process of communication, components of communication, factors of communication, types of
communication, barriers to communication
Module 2: Introduction to the Writing Process (6 Hours)
Formats of letter writing, Basics of Business Writing – 3 x 3 : Writing Process: Pre-writing,
Writing and Revising; Pre- writing: Analyze –Anticipate –Adapt , Organizing And Writing
Business Messages – Researching Data and Gathering Ideas, Organizing Data , Composing the
First Draft, Revising, Proofreading; Evaluating Business Message
Module 3: Business Correspondence (12 Hours)
Routine Letters and Goodwill Messages: Direct and Indirect Pattern, Types of Routine Letters -
Request Letters, Reply Letters, Recommendation Letter, Claims and Adjustment Letters,
Complaint letters, sales letters, Kinds of Memos – Procedure and Information Memos, Request
and Reply Memos, Confirmation Memos. Employment Communication – Preparing Resumes;
Types of Resumes – Chronological, Functional and Combination; Application Letters – AIDA
Approach; Reference Request Letter; Job Inquiry Letter; Resume Follow up Letter; Interview
Follow Up Letter; Rejection Letter; Interviewing for Employment.
Module 4: Oral, Non Verbal Communication, Negotiation skills (6 Hours)
Oral communication skills and effectiveness principles, applications of conversational control,
nonverbal communication, characteristics, classification, advantages, nature of negotiation, need
Nature Area: General Management Semester
Course Code
MBACF107
Course Name:
Business Communication
Credit Distribution
L-3 P - 0 T- 0
CIE 100
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to negotiate, factors affecting negotiation, negotiation process, negotiation strategies, business
etiquette, communication across culture
Module 5: Listening Skills (4 Hours)
Purpose of listening, cognitive process of listening, barriers to listening, overcoming listening
barriers.
Module 6: Presentation Skills (4 Hours)
Presentation, elements of presentation, designing of presentation, audio visuals: types, use,
placement, tables, graphs, figures.
Module 7: Meetings (4 Hours)
Meeting – Preparing for Meeting: Purpose, Participants, Location, Agenda – Conducting: Time,
Procedure, Participation, Closure and Follow-up – Minutes of the Meeting - Using Groupware to
Facilitate Meeting: Videoconferencing and Teleconferencing, Email Meetings, Electronic
Meetings.
Module 8: Writing for the Web (8 Hours)
Social networking sites – Blogs - Business forums; Technology- enabled communication: Tools
for Constructing, presenting, transmitting and collaborating messages.
Recommended Books:
1. Business Communication Process and Product, Mary Ellen Guffy, 3rd Edition, Thomson
South Western.
2. Business Communication – Connecting in a Digital World, Lesikar, Flately, Rentz, Lentz,
Pande,13th Edition, McGraw Hill.
3. Technical Communication, Raman Sharma, Oxford
4. The creative Writing, John Singleton and Mary Luckhurst, Mac Millan
5. Basic Business Communication-Skills for Empowering The Internet Generation,
Lesikar,Flatley, 9th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill.
6. Business Communication- Concepts, Cases and Application, P D Chaturvedi and
Chaturvedi, Pearson Education
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Course Objective:
Give students an in-depth understanding of why Excel is essential components in business.
Introduce the fundamentals of computing devices and reinforce computer vocabulary,
particularly with respect to personal and professional use of computer hardware and
software.
Provide hands-on use of Microsoft Office applications Word, Excel, Access and
PowerPoint. Completion of the assignments will result in MS Office applications
knowledge and skills.
Introduction to Basic Application of Excel -
Getting Comfortable with Excel
The Basics of Data
Managing Workgroups Structure
Creating Formulas
The Basics of Functions
What Is a Name
Making Data Look Good
A Picture Is Worth More Than a Thousand Words
The Simplicity of Tables
Managing the Excel Environment
Preparing the Files for Distribution
Advance Application of Excel -
Advanced Calculations
Subtotals and Outlines
PivotTables
Adapting Charts for Complex Data
Advanced Data Tools
Auditing Calculated Values
Performing a What-If Analysis
Macros VBA and Security
Nature Area: General Management Semester – I
Course Code
MBACF1LB1
Course Name:
Excel Lab for Finance
Credit Distribution
L-0 P-2 T-0
CIE 100
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Course Objective:
To visit industries and get familiarized with the functioning of an organization.
Focus of Visit:
Understanding organization structure
Type of organization
Functional departments
Products / Service
Evaluation Methodology:
Individual report to be prepared and submitted for evaluation and award of marks.
Technical Seminar:
Students would be assigned topics on current issues. A detailed report would have to be
submitted and presented.
Nature Area: General Management Semester – I
Course Code
MBACF1IV1
Course Name:
Industrial Visits / Technical
Seminar
Credit Distribution
L-0 P-1 T-0
CIE 100
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Course Objectives:
To introduce the functions of finance management
To imbibe basic concepts which enable the financial decision making
To analyse capital structure decisions
To analyse investment decisions
Module 1: Financial Goals of the Firm (6 Hours)
Financial Management – Introduction to finance, objectives of financial management – Firm Value
and equity value– profit maximization and wealth maximization - Changing role of finance
managers - Organization of finance function.
Agency model; problem and agency cost – Stockholders and Managers; bondholders and society
- Disciplining management through corporate governance - Sustainability model.
Module 2: Time Value of Money (10 Hours)
Present and future value of single payments, annuities, annuities due, and perpetuities - Growth in
annuities and perpetuities - Compound interest and continuous compounding - Annual percentage
rates and effective annual rates - Mathematics of loans: Discount, Interest only, Full and partial
amortization
Module 3: Risk & Return (10 Hours)
Concepts of Risk and Return – Diversifiable and Non-Diversifiable risk - Risk & return of single
asset, risk and Return of a portfolio, Measurement of market risk for single asset and portfolio.
Module 4: Capital Budgeting (10 Hours)
Investment Rules: Capital budgeting methods and their limitations - Comparing projects with
varying lives with varying cash flows - Capital budgeting decision rules.
Module 5: Financing Decision (10 Hours)
Sources of long term funds Cost of capital – basic concepts. Cost of debenture capital, cost of
preferential capital, cost of term loans, cost of equity capital (Dividend discounting and CAPM
Nature Area: General Management Semester - II
Course Code
MBACF201
Course Name:
Corporate Finance - I
Credit Distribution
L-4 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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model). Cost of retained earnings. Determination of Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
and Marginal cost of capital.
Module 6: Capital Structure (10 Hours)
Capital structure decisions – Overview of financing choices –The financing process; internal and
external financing - Operational and financial leverage - Business risk and its effect on the use of
financial leverage - Determination of the optimal capital structure - Modigliani and Miller
Propositions I and II - Theories for determining optimal capital structure - Static theory - Signaling
theory - Pecking order theory - Other factors affecting capital structure - Corporate finance in
practice –Planning the capital structure: EBIT and EPS analysis. ROI & ROE analysis. Capital
structure policy (No capital structure theories to be covered)
Module 7: Dividend policy (8 Hours)
Dividend policy – factors affecting the dividend policy - dividend policies- stable dividend, stable
payout. Theories of dividend policy: relevance and irrelevance dividend decision. Walter’s and
Gordon’s model, Modigliani and Miller approach. Dividend policies – stable dividend, stable
payout and growth. Bonus shares and stock split corporate dividend behavior. Legal and
procedural aspects of dividends Corporate Dividend Distribution Tax- empirical evidence of
dividend policy. Analyzing cash returned to the stockholders - cash flow approach and comparable
firm approach
Recommended Books:
1. Prasanna Chandra; Financial Management Theory and Practice; Tata McGraw Hill; 7th Edition
2. I.M. Pandey – Financial Management (Vikas), 9/e,
3. Brigham & Houston – Fundamentals of Financial Management, Thomson Cengage Learning,
1/e,
4. M.Y. Khan & P.K. Jain – Financial Management (TMH), 5/e
5. Damodaran, Corporate Finance – John wiley& Co., 2/e, 2004
6. Vanhorne, Financial Management & Policy, Pearson / PHI, 11/e, 2002.
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Course Objectives:
The perspective of the subject is to understand the financial statements and what drives the
performance.
Effect of costs on performance and various ratios
Application of cost concepts for managerial decisions
Module 1: Management Control Systems (8 Hours)
Basic concepts, goals, and strategic key variables in management control systems. Management
by objectives. Management Control - Operational Control – Task Control. Concept of cost centers,
profit centers and investment centers. Cost units- classification of costs- cost analysis for
management decision making - Preparation of cost sheet
Module 2: Determinants of Product costing (8 Hours)
Determining product costs: cost elements for product Costing -Material control and costing, labor
costs
Module 3: Product costing (8 Hours)
Accounting for overheads –Factory overheads principles of allocation and absorption -
Administrative overheads – selling and distribution overhead
Module 4: Costing methods (8 Hours)
Mechanics of ascertaining product costs under job order costing and process costing (Does not
include Equivalent production, by products).
Module 5: Cost Analysis for planning control and decision making (8 Hours)
Concept of Marginal (variable) costing. Comparison between variable costs and fixed costs, -
advantage of variable costing. Decisions involving alternative choices: cost analysis for decision
making like discontinuing a product, accepting a special order, make or buy, Sell or Process
further, Product Mix
Nature Area: General Management Semester - II
Course Code
MBACF202
Course Name:
Management Accounting and
Control System
Credit Distribution
L-4 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 6: Cost- Volume – Profit Analysis (8 Hours)
Cost-volume – profit (CVP): Profit planning- behavior of expenses in relation to volume- CVP
model- sensitivity analysis of CVP Model for changes in underlying parameters- assumptions of
the CVP Model- Utility of the Model in Management Decision Making.
Module 7: Budgeting and budgetary control (8 Hours)
Budgeting as a tool of management control-steps in budget preparation- Functional budget
problems on sales - production - material- Cash budget, Flexible budgets.
Module 8: Standard Costing (8 Hours)
Comparison with Budgetary control, analysis of variance – simple problems on material, labor and
overhead variance.
Recommended Books:
1. Charles T Horngren –Introduction to Management Accounting - Pearson/PHI
2. P C Tulsian – Practical Costing- Vikas Publishers
3. Jawaharlal -Cost Accounting – TMH
4. Robert N Anthony & Vijay Govindrajan –Management Control system-(TMH)
5. Khan & Jain- Cost Accounting-(TMH)
6. Bhattacharya –Cost Accounting: Principles and Practice - PHI
7. Cost Accounting – M.N Arora – Vikas Publishers
8. P. Saravanavel-Management Control System- (HPH)
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Course Objectives:
Managers recognize the need to tap into the skills and knowledge of their increasingly
skilled and knowledgeable employees if they are going to be successful. This raises the
central question - how do they do this? This question, in various forms, has been at the
Centre of management thought.
The economy and the rise of the knowledge worker, simply highlights the importance for
organizations to address this question.
Human Resource Management, both as an academic discipline and as a professional
practice, is concerned with exploring the various dimensions of this question.
Module 1: Introduction to Managing Human Resource (6 Hours)
Nature and scope, features, functions, objectives, policies, procedures and Programs, practices,
Line and staff responsibility, Roles and Responsibilities of managers.
Module 2: HR Planning & Acquisition (6 Hours)
Human Resource Planning, Objectives, integration of strategic planning and HRP, benefits of
HRP, factors affecting HRP, process, problems of HRP, Job design, Need, Approaches, Options,
Process, Job Description, Job analysis process, benefits of job analysis. Recruitment - Objectives,
Recruitment Policy – formulation, responsibilities, Policy design, factors influencing policy,
Recruitment Process in detail, their importance and implications, Selection Process.
Module 3: Training and Development (6 Hours)
Need, Forms and types, Training need analysis, Delivery Methodology, Evaluation. Capacity
building.
Module 4: Performance Appraisal and Management (6 Hours)
Purpose, objectives, appraisers and different methods of appraisal, Potential Appraisals,
limitations and problems of performance appraisal, Post Appraisal Analysis, 360-degree appraisal.
Nature Area: General Management Semester – II
Course Code
MBACF203
Course Name:
Human Resource Management
Credit Distribution
L-3 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 5: Compensation & Benefits Administration (6 Hours)
Compensation Management: need for sound salary administration, factors affecting wages/ salary
levels, job evaluation, wage salary survey, salary structure, salary fixation, incentives, bonus
concepts, ESOPs, pay for performance, Benefits administration, employee welfare and working
conditions-statutory and voluntary measures.
Module 6 Career Planning & Development (6 Hours)
Career – Stages in career Planning and Career development – Process.
Module 7: Employee Separations, Downsizing & Outplacement (6 Hours)
Employee separation, types, costs of employee separation, benefits of employee separation,
managing early retirements, managing layoffs, outplacement goals and services
Module 8: HR Accounting, Records, Audit, Research and Information (6 Hours)
Human Resource accounting, HR Records, HR Audit– Objectives, Needs, Process. HR
Information System
Recommended Books:
1. Essentials of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, Himalaya
Publication - SubbaRao –3rd Revised ,
2. Internal Audit – Roy Chowdhary Subject Title Human Resource Management
3. Human Resource Management, Principles & Practice – Aquinas, Vikas Publication,
4. Managing Human Resources - Wayne F Cascio, TATA McGRAW-HILL- 7th , , 10th
Chapter
5. Managing Human Resource - Luis R. Gomez-Mejia – Fourth , , Pearson Publication, 6th
Chapter
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Course Objectives:
To provide a formal quantitative approach to problem solving;
To give an intuition for managerial situations where a quantitative approach is appropriate;
To introduce some widely used quantitative models;
Description of the linear programming model, decision theory, etc.;
Module 1: Statistical Inferences (10 Hours)
Statistical Inferences about means & proportions with two samples - Inferences about the
difference between two populations means when standard deviations known - Inferences about the
difference between two populations means when standard deviations unknown. Inferences about
the difference between two population means with matched samples - Inferences about the
difference between two population proportions. Inferences about population variance - Inferences
about two population variances, Chi test, ANOVA, one way & two way.
Module 2: Decision theory (8 Hours)
Decision theory – decision under uncertainty- Maxmin & Minmax, decision under Risk- Expected
Value, decision tree problems.
Module 3: Introduction to OR (10 Hours)
Applications, Shortcomings, Models, Methodology, LP Model formulation, solution to LP model
by graphical methods - Duality in linear programming.
Module 4: Theory of Games (10 Hours)
Terminology; Two person zero sum game; Solution to games: Saddle point, dominance rule, Value
of the game, mixed strategy, Graphical method of solving a game – (2 x n) and (m x 2) games.
Module 5: Queuing Models (6Hours)
Introduction; Characteristics of Queuing models, Models for Arrival and Service Times; Single
Poisson arrival with Exponential Service Rate; Applications of Queuing models.
Nature Area: General Management Semester – II
Course Code
MBACF204
Course Name:
Business Statistics - II
Credit Distribution
L- 3 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 6: Simulation of Management Systems (6 Hours)
Terminology, Process of Simulation, Monte Carlo Method, Waiting Line Simulation Method,
Inventory Management Simulation, Marketing Management Simulation, Financial Management
Simulation.
Recommended Books:
1. J.K. Sharma, “Operations Research”, McMillan India
2. N. D. Vohra, “Quantitative Techniques in Management”, Tata McGraw Hill
Publications, 3/e, 4th reprint 2007
3. S. D. Sharma, “Operations Research”, KedarNath and Ram Nath & Co. Ltd.
4. Gupta and Khanna, Quantitative Techniques for Decision Making, PHI Publication,
2005
5. Natarajan, Balasubramani, Tamilarasi, “Operations Research”, Pearson Education, 1/e,
2002
6. C. R. Kothari, “Quantitative Techniques”, Vikas Publishing House, 3/e, 2004
7. Terry Lucey, Quantitative Techniques, Thomson Learning, 6/e, 2004
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Course Objectives:
This MBA course in Macroeconomics is designed to provide students with a unified
framework to understand the functioning of the economy and also enable the students to
analyze macroeconomic issues such as growth, productivity, business cycles, inflation,
money, interest rates, monetary and fiscal policy, banking and financial crises.
The course is a mixture of macro theory and real-world applications to help the students to
develop analytical models that stress the microeconomic underpinnings of aggregate
outcomes.
Module1: Circular Flow of Income (6 Hours)
National Income Circular Flow of Income -Simple Equilibrium without Government Intervention
– Economy with Government Intervention - Three Sector Model; Equilibrium in an Economy with
Government Intervention - Four Sector Model Factors Affecting the Size of a Nation’s Income –
Approaches to Measure National Income - Measures of Aggregate Income - Difficulties in
Measuring National Income - The Uses of National Income Statistics.
Module 2: Aggregate Demand –Aggregate Supply Model (6 Hours)
Law of Supply and Demand - Basic of Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand (AS-AD)–Sticky
prices and their Macro economic consequences- Components of Aggregate Demand and Aggregate
Supply – Factors affecting the Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply – Long-run and short-run
Aggregate Supply - Keynesian Income Determination models: Two Sector, Three Sector and Four
Sector – Multiplier Principle
Module 3: Inflation (6 Hours)
Inflation – Concept, Types of Inflation –Philips Curve - Expansionary and Contractionary
Measures - Economic and Social Cost of inflation Measures
Nature Area: General Management Semester– II
Course Code
MBACF205
Course Name:
Economics for Finance
Credit Distribution
L-3 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 4: Fiscal Policy (6 Hours
Fiscal Policy: concept, objectives, constituents - Concepts of Deficit: Budget Deficit, Fiscal Deficit,
Revenue Deficit, Primary Deficit - Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth - India’s budgetary policy,
Tax policy and sources of revenue
Module 5: Monetary Policy (6 Hours)
Money and Monetary Policy: Concept, Functions, Money Supply Process Monetary Policy:
Concept, Objectives - Instruments of Monetary Policy - Challenges for the Central Bank Monetary
Policy in a globalized economy – Coordination between Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy
Module6: Business Cycles (6 Hours)
Business Cycles – concept, features, phases – direction& timing of economic variables - Counter
cyclical policies. Macroeconomics in a Global Business Environment
Module 7: Trade Theories (6 Hours)
Theory of Comparative Advantage: Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem - New Trade Theory - Terms of
Trade - Commercial Policy: Free Trade and Protection. Balance of Payments. Trade in services
–Global sourcing – Balance of Payments: concept and structure – Trade and BOP of India –
Balance of payment Deficit and Measures
Module 8: Economic Integration (6 Hours)
Economic Integration: Concept and forms/levels – World Trade Organization Optimal Currency
Area; Globalization; Alter globalization; Economy in Transition; Emerging Economy - World
Trade Organization: objectives & functions – latest round of trade negotiations
Recommended Books:
1. Paul Samuelson: Economics, Tata-McGraw-Hill edition, Tenth print 2008, (for Modules 1-7)
2. Abel, Bernanke and Croushore [ABC], “Macroeconomics,” Addison-Wesley, 7th Edition,
2010
3. S.K Misra and V.K.Puri Economic Environment of Business-, Himalaya publishing house,
latest editon)
4. William boyes and Michael Melvin Principles of Economics, Indian Edition, Cengage
Learning, 2003
5. Gregory Mankiw Macro Economics Worth Publishers, 6th edition 2009
6. Robert H Frank and Ben S Bernanke Principles of Economics Tata McGraw- Hill
7. O’ Sullivan et all Macro Economics – Principles, Applications and Tools Dorling Kindersky
(India) Pvt.ltd., (Pearson Education), New Delhi, 2012
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Course Objectives:
To understand different markets and instruments
Regulatory frameworks of markets
Design and apply instruments
Module 1: Indian Financial System (6 Hours)
Financial System- functions- Financial markets – primary and secondary markets – major players
and instruments in secondary market - Functioning of stock exchanges, trading and settlement
procedures at NSE & BSE.
Impact of various Policies on Financial Markets - Credit Policy of RBI - Fed Policy - Inflation
Index, CPI, WPI, etc.
Module 2: Issue Management (7 Hours)
Merchant Banking- SEBI guidelines for merchant bankers – Issue Management – Equity issues –
Rights issues – Debenture issues – Book building – Private Placements – Pre & Post issues
activities – Raising capital from International markets: ADRs, GDRs, IDRs, and ECB etc.
Module 3: Capital Market (7 Hours)
Capital Market Primary - New Issue Market - Domestic and Global – types of issues - Private
Placement, QIP, - Disinvestment Capital Market – Secondary Market- Stock Market Operations -
Indian Debt Market
Module 4: Money Market (7 Hours)
Structure – Organized and Un-Organized Market, Call Money Market, Bills market, Market for
Government Securities., Money market Instruments: Treasury Bills, Repurchase Agreements /
Reverse Repo, Commercial bills, Commercial Papers, Certificate of Deposit. The role of merchant
banker in money market
Module 5: Commodity Market (7 Hours)
What are Commodity Markets - Role of Commodity Markets - Commodity Market in India -
Application of Derivative in Commodities - Global Commodities Exchanges
Nature Area: General Management Semester– II
Course Code
MBACF206
Course Name:
Financial Markets
Credit Distribution
L-3 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 6: Other Instruments / Services (7 Hours)
Credit card – Bill discounting – Factoring – Forfeiting – Reverse mortgage service – Bridge
Finance. Angel Financing-Venture Capital and Private equity
Module 7: Global Financial Markets (7 Hours)
Introduction to Global Financial Market - Role of Financial Market in Economic Development of
a country - Stakeholders in Financial Market (Domestic and Global) - Indian Financial Market
Scenario Equity issues in global market – ADR, GDR, EDRs – Debt issues in global markets
Recommended Books:
1. Financial Markets Institutions and Financial Services by Taxman
2. Merchant Banking and Financial Services by Dr.S Guruswamy
3. Financial Markets and Institutions by Dr.S Guruswamy
4. Capital Markets by Dr.S Guruswamy, TMH publication
5. Indian Financial System by H R Machiraju- Vikas Publishing House
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Course Objectives:
To understand ethical dimension of business- Indian values and ethos
Ability to apply principles and theories for business decisions
Module 1
Over view of Ethics; Understanding ethics, Why ethics, Ethical values, myths and ambiguity,
ethical codes
Module 2
Managing Ethical Dilemma; Characteristics of ethical dilemma, ethical decision making, ethical
reasoning, characteristics of ethical dilemmas; the dilemma resolution process; ethical dilemmas
in different business areas finance, marketing HRM and international business.
Module 3
Ethical Culture in Organization; Overview, Org Ethics Development System (OEDS),
Organization culture, Developing codes of Ethics and conduct, Ethical and value based leadership
Module 4
Indian Ethos in Management; Basic principles, Indian approaches towards management, Role of
scriptures in understanding ethics, Indian wisdom
Module 5
Ethical Principles in Business; Theories of Ethics, Absolutism verses Relativism, Teleological
approach, the Deontological approach, Koholberg’s six stages of moral development (CMD);
Nature Area: General Management Semester – II
Course Code
MBACF2SE1
Course Name:
Indian Ethos and Values
Credit Distribution
L-0 P-1 T-0
CIE 100
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Course Objectives:
To provide knowledge of the legal environment in which a consumer and businesses
operates.
To provide the student with knowledge of legal principles.
COMMERCIAL LAWS
1. Indian Contract Act, 1872
(a) Essential elements of a contract, offer and acceptance
(b) Void and voidable agreements
(c) Consideration
(d) Legality of object
(e) e-contracts
(f) Constraints to enforce contractual obligations
(g) Quasi-contracts, contingent contracts, termination or discharge of contracts
(h) Special contracts: Indemnity and Guarantee; Bailment and Pledge; Laws of Agency
2. Sale of Goods Act, 1930
(a) Definition
(b) Transfer of ownership
(c) Conditions and Warranties
(d) Performance of the Contract of Sale
(e) Rights of Unpaid Vendor
(f) Auction Sales
3. Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
(a) Definition and features of NI
(b) Crossing, Endorsement and Material Alteration
(c) Acceptance, Assignment and Negotiation
(d) Rights and liabilities of Parties
(e) Dishonor of a Negotiable Instrument.
INDUSTRIAL LAWS
(a) Factories Act, 1948
Nature Area: General Management Semester - II
Course Code
MBACF2WS1
Course Name:
Corporate Law
Credit Distribution
L-0 P-1 T-0
CIE 100
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(b) Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
(c) Employees Provident Fund Act, 1952
(d) Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
(e) Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
(f) Minimum Wages Act, 1948
(g) Payment of Wages Act, 1936
CORPORATE LAW
(a) The Companies Act, 2013
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Course Objectives:
To develop an understanding of research
To develop an ability critically appraise managerial phenomenon
Ability to identify, understand and convert managerial problem into research question
To design and apply relevant research designs to address the research question
Data analysis, interpretation and writing research proposals.
Workshop
Note: The idea of the workshop is not to teach through the content of the course but enable students
understand the reasoning behind different research paradigms, designs and methods and learn by
doing scaled down research projects using various methods and experience the process of complete
cycle of research starting from problem definition through design, data collection and analysis and
reporting.
Evaluation:
Evaluation is done on the basis of both individual and group work, the description is as below
Group Work:
Projects: Submission and presentation
Individual Evaluation:
1. Exercises
2. Tests on Conceptual Understanding
3. Viva on the Projects done
Readings:
Any research methodology book prescribed by the faculty and lecture notes
Module 1: Research Foundations
Introduction to Business Research- purpose of research, Research Ethics and Integrity - An
Introduction to Financial Research and managerial implications- Alternative approaches to
research within the social sciences in general and finance in particular.
Nature Area: General Management Semester - II
Course Code
MBACF2WS2
Course Name:
Financial Research Methods
Credit Distribution
L-0 P-2 T-0
CIE 100
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Module 2: Research Process
Literature Review and Critical Reading, Generating Research Ideas, Structure of Research,
Deduction & Induction, Research design - Introduction to Design, Types of Designs, Data sources
and collection,
Types of Relationships, Variables, Hypotheses, Types of Data, Unit of Analysis, Two Research
Fallacies
Module 3: Research design
Qualitative Research - Introduction to Qualitative Research, Study Designs and Methods -
Analysis and Interpretation of Qualitative Data - Critical Appraisal of Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research- Introduction to Quantitative Research, Study Designs and Methods -
Analysis and Interpretation of Quantitative Data - Critical Appraisal of Quantitative Research
Sampling, collecting data: primary data and secondary data, data collection methods - data
harvesting, interviews, questionnaires, participant observation - Steps in the survey and data
analysis process - Choosing the Sampling Design - Developing the Questionnaire - Collection of
demographic data - Question format: structured verses unstructured -Composing open-ended and
categorical structured questions
Module 4: Research Areas in Finance
Introduction to research areas and approaches in Finance and its relevance
Behavioral finance
Market models
Event studies
Regression models
Research in accounting
Module 5: Data Analysis
Choice of appropriate data analysis method - Software Packages for quantitative and qualitative
methods and their implementation - Qualitative Data Analysis - Descriptive Quantitative Analysis
- Correlation and Regression - Advanced Statistical Analysis - Tests of Measurement and Quality
Module 6: Report Generation
Writing up a research proposal and research project
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Course Objectives:
The specific topics covered in this course include data description, statistical inference,
hypothesis testing, analysis of association and variance, an introduction to regression
analysis, and a basic understanding of computer-based statistical software.
Students will learn how statistics can help them to answer questions about the social world
and enhance their ability to think through problems.
Module 1:
Introduction, Basics, Starting SPSS, Navigating, Data Editor, SPSS Viewer, getting your data in
Opening an Excel file, manually entering data, opening an existing SPSS file, Saving your work
Module 2:
Cutting and pasting, Exporting, Describing data, Frequency distributions, Parametric vs. Non-
parametric statistics, Normality, Homogeneity of Variance,
Module 3:
Frequency Distributions and Descriptive Statistics, Graphing, Z-Scores, T-Tests, ANOVA,
Correlation and Regression, Data Analysis, Analyzing Frequencies: Chi-square, Comparing two
groups
Module 4:
T-tests, Paired T-tests, comparing two groups – Non-parametric, two independent groups: Mann-
Whitney U, Paired groups: Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, Testing associations between continuous
variables, Correlation.
Module 5:
Parametric: Pearson correlation coefficient, Nonparametric: Spearman's rho, Getting Started with
SPSS, Describing Data I, Describing Data II
Nature Area: General Management Semester
Course Code
MBACF2LB1
Course Name:
SPSS/R Lab
Credit Distribution
L-0 P-2 T-0
CIE 100
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Module 6
A First Look at Some Sociological Data, Exploring Relationships, Regression, more on
Relationships, A First Look at Experimental Design, Central Limit Theorem, Building Confidence
in Confidence Intervals
Module 7
Concepts in Hypothesis Testing, Two Group Inference, Population Means, comparing two
Population Means, Comparing Multiple, Groups – Parametric, One-Way Analysis of Variance
(ANOVA), and Additional Topics: Post-hoc tests (Multiple comparison test)
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III Semester
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Course Objectives:
The understand the working capital financing and constituents of working capital
management
To analyze different sources of funding
To assess and evaluate financial health
Estimating financial requirements
Module 1: Introduction to Working Capital Policy (6 Hours)
Factors influencing working capital requirements. Current asset policy and current asset finance
policy. Working capital financing: Short term financing of working capital, long term financing
of working capital. Working capital leverages.
Module 2: Working Capital Estimation (6 Hours)
Determination of operating cycle and cash cycle. Estimation of working capital requirements of a
firm. Determination of level of current assets. Sources for financing working capital.
Module 3: Credit Management (6 Hours)
Receivables, Credit management through credit policy variables, marginal analysis, Credit
evaluation: Numerical credit scoring and discriminate analysis. Control of accounts receivables,
Factoring.
Module 4: Cash and Liquidity Management (6 Hours)
Forecasting cash flows– Cash budgets, long-term cash forecasting, monitoring collections and
receivables, optimal cash balances – Baumol model, Miller - Orr model & stone model. Strategies
for managing surplus fund
Module 5: Inventory Management (6 Hours)
Determinations of inventory control levels: ordering, reordering, danger level. EOQ model. Pricing
of raw material. Monitoring and control of inventories, ABC Analysis
Nature Area: Finance Semester - III
Course Code
MBACF301
Course Name:
Corporate Finance - II
Credit Distribution
L-3 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 6: Financial Reports (6 Hours)
Understanding the structure of financial reports and financial statements – Asset mix of the
business- asset measurement and Valuation- Financing mix of liabilities and equities. Measuring
earning and profitability. Accounting measures of risk- Analyzing real time statements
Module 7: Intangible Asset companies (6 Hours)
Financial management in intangible – intensive companies. Characteristics of intangibles,
implications for financial managements, Types and approaches to valuations of intangible assets
Module 8: Corporate financial modeling (6 Hours)
Effect of inflation on; Asset value, firm value, returns, Financial planning – Basis of financial
planning, sales forecast method, pro-forma P & L account method, pro-forma balance sheet
method, determination of External Financing Requirement (EFR).
Recommended Books:
1. Prasanna Chandra; Financial Management Theory and Practice; Tata McGraw Hill; 7th
Edition
2. M.Y. Khan & P.K. Jain – Financial Management, (TMH), 5/e, 2004
3. Ashwath Damodaran – Corporate Finance-Theory and Practice – John Wiley & Sons
4. I.M. Pandey – Financial Management (Vikas), 9/e, 2005
5. Brigham & Earnhardt, Financial Management – Theory & Practice, Thomson Learning,
10/e – 2004
6. Ross, Wester field & Jaffe, Corporate Finance– TMH – 7/e, 2005
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Course Objectives:
To Introduce students to the concept of project concept and idea formulation;
To equip the students with evaluation techniques.
To enable and enhance the understanding of students on project management and appraisal.
To enable students to take decision under project uncertainty conditions.
Module 1: Project planning (6 Hours)
Planning & Analysis Overview: Phases of capital budgeting. Resource Allocation Framework:
Key criteria for allocation of resource. Generation and screening of project ideas
Module 2: Project Analysis (6 Hours)
Market and demand analysis - Technical analysis – Environment analysis. (Environmental
appraisal of projects: types and dimensions of a project – meaning and scope of environment –
Environment – Environmental resources values – environmental impact assessment and
environmental impact statement).
Module 3: Financial estimates (10 Hours)
Financial Estimates and Projections-Estimation of cost of project and means of financing –
estimates of sales and production – cost of production – working capital requirement and its
financing – estimates of working results – breakeven points – projected cash flow statement –
projected balance sheet.
Module 4: Project cash flows (10 Hours)
Basic principles of measurement of cash flows – components of the cash flow streams – viewing
a project from different points of view – definition of cash flows by financial institutions and
planning commission – biases in cash flow estimation. Appraisal criteria: Net Present Value –
benefit cost ratio – internal rate of returns urgency – payback period – accounting rate of returns –
investment appraisal.
Nature Area: Finance Semester III
Course Code
MBACF302
Course Name:
Project Planning and Management
Credit Distribution
L-4 P-0 T-0
CIE 50
SEE 50
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Module 5: Project Risk Analysis (10 Hours)
Simple estimation of risk – sensitivity analysis – scenario analysis – Monte Carlo simulation –
decision tree analysis, decision tree and real option – option to abandon – option to continue and
option to extend – selection of project – risk analysis in practice;
Module 6: Special decision situations (10 Hours)
Choice between mutually exclusive projects of unequal life – optimal timing decision –
determination of economic life – inter-relationships between investment and financing aspects –
inflation and capital budgeting
Module 7: Projects constraints (6 Hours)
Multiple projects and constraints: Constraints – methods of ranking – mathematical programming
approach – linear programming model – integer linear programming model – goal programming
model.
Module 8: Project Implementation (6 Hours)
Project planning