MBA (1st Semester)


MBA-101 - Organization Structure & Management
MBA-102 - Organizational Behaviour
MBA-103 - Managerial Economics
MBA-104 - Quantitative Techniques
MBA-105 - Basic Financial Accounting
MBA-106 - IT for Managers
MBA-107 - IT Lab
MBA-108 - Communicative English
MBA-109 - Communicative English (Lab)

MBA101: ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE & MANAGEMENT PROCESS  

Module I : Management and Nature of Organization  Introduction: 

Nature, purpose and functions, level and types of Managers,  Managerial Roles, Essential Managerial Skills, Key personal characteristics for Managerial success.  Evolution and various schools to management thoughts. Nature of Organisation- Proprietorship, Partnership,  Cooperatives and Statutory Corporations, Companies Concepts of holding and subsidiary companies, Comparison and Choice of structures, Features of International Organisations and Multi–national Companies.  

Module II : Planning and Decision Making  

Meaning and nature of planning, types of plans, steps in planning  process; Objectives: meaning, setting and managing objectives –  MBO method: concept and process of managing by objectives; Strategies:  definition, levels of strategies, its importance in an Organization;  Policies: meaning, formulation of policies; Programs: meaning, nature;  Planning premises: concept, developing effective planning premises;  Decision making, steps in decision making, approaches to decision  making, types of decisions and various techniques used for decision  making, Nature and process of controlling, Techniques of controlling.

Module III : Organizing:

Organizing as Managerial Function – organization structure, formal and informal organization.Traditional Organization Structures – Functional, Divisional and  Matrix Structure. Directions in organizational Structures – Team  structure, network structure, boundary less structure. Organizing  Trends and Practices – Chain of command, unity of comm and, span of  control, delegation and empowerment, decentralization and use of staff, organizational design and organizational configuration. Leading as a  function of management, Leadership and vision, Leadership traits,  classic Leadership styles, Leaders behaviour – Likert’s four systems,  Managerial Grid. Overlapping role of leader and managers.   


Case analysis compulsory 
Recommended Books:
     
  1. Management Text and Cases, VSP Rao & V. Harikrishna, Excel. 
  2. Management , Robbins, Coulter & Vohra, Pearson. 
  3. Management Principles & Applications, Ricky W. Griffin, Cengage. 
  4. Business Organization & Management, C.R. Basu, TMH 
  5. Business Structure and Processes, Appannaiha et all, HPH. 
  6. Essentials of Management, Koontz and Weihrich, TMH 
  7. Business Organization & Management, M.C. Shukla, S. Chand. 
  8. Principles of Management, Gupta, PHI 
  9. Management Principles, Processes & Practices, Bhat Kumar, Oxford. 
  10. Principles and Practices & Management –L.M Prasad, Sultan Chand. 

MBA102: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR  

Module I: 

Organizational behavior: Introduction, goals, elements, scope and historical development of Organizational Behaviour, fundamental concepts, contributing disciplines to  OB, Models of OB, social systems and organizational culture, international dimensions of organizational behaviour, limitations of Organizational behaviour, the future of  OB  

Module II : 

Individual behaviours: Introduction, foundation of individual behavior: Personality: determinants, personality traits, types, from concepts to skills, theories, instruments  to measure personality, personality attributes influencing OB. Perception:  factors influencing perception, theories, perceptual errors. Emotions:  types of emotions,  determinants, emotional labour, emotional intelligence. Attitudes: sources of attitudes, types of attitudes, cognitive dissonance theory, from concepts to skills, changing  attitudes, work related attitudes. Values: importance of values, sources of our value systems, ¬types of values, loyalty and ethical behavior. Learning: theories of  learning some specific organizational applications. Theories of Motivation.  

Module III: 

Behaviour in the organization: Introduction, Issues between organizations and individuals. Interpersonal behaviour: Conflict in Organizations: nature of conflict, levels of  conflict, conflict management styles. Group dynamics: types of groups, meetings, teamwork, stages of group formation. Employee stress: forms, causes, implications,  approaches to stress management.  


Case analysis compulsory  
Recommended Books: 
  1. Organizational Behaviour, K. Awathappa, HPH. 
  2. Organizational Behaviour, Robbins, Judge, Sanghi, Pearson. 
  3. Organizational Behaviour, VSP Rao, Excel 
  4. Introduction to Organizational Behaviour, Moorhead, Griffin, Cengage. 
  5. Understanding Organizational Behaviour, Parek, Oxford 
  6. Organizational Behaviour, Hitt, Miller, Colella, Wiley 
  7. Behaviour in Organizations, Greenberg, Baron, PHI 
  8. Organizational Behaviour,M Parikh,R Gupta TMH 
  9. Cases in Organizational Behaviour & HRM, Saiyadain Sodhi Joshi, TMH 
  10. Organizational Behavior,Khanka,S.Chand 
  11. Organisational Behaviour, Gupta, joshi, Kalyani 

MBA103: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS 

Module I: 

Introduction & Demand and Production Analysis :  Introduction to Managerial Economics, Use of Economic models in Decision making, Specifications of the model,  Demand Analysis for decision making, Demand Schedule and demand function, Elasticity of Demand, Demand forecasting, Production Analysis, production Function,  One Variable input Production function and two variable Input production function. (Simple numerical problems be solved)   

Module II:

Cost & Pricing Analysis   Various Cost concepts, Cost Functions – Short run Cost Functions and its Empirical Estimation, Long run Cost Function, Economies of  scale and economies of scope. Price and Output decision under perfect Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly. Descriptive pricing approaches:  full cost pricing, product pricing. Pricing strategies : price skimming, penetration pricing and loss leader pricing. (Simple numerical problems be solved)  

Module III: 

Macro Economic Analysis of Managerial Decisions Meaning and Nature of Macro Economics; Circular Flow of income, the concept of GDP, GNP, Concepts of  Consumptions, Savings and Investment. Business Cycles : Consequences and Measures to solve the Problems of Business Cycles, Inflation.  


CASE ANALYSIS COMPULSORY
Recommended Books: 
  1. Managerial Economics, Geetika Ghosh, Roy Choudhury, (2nd Edition)TMH. 
  2. Managerial Economics, Keat, Young, Banarjee, Pearson. 
  3. Managerial Economics, Theory & Applications, D.M. Mithani, HPH. 
  4. Managerial Economics, An Integrative Approach, Mark Hirschey, Cengage. 
  5. Managerial Economics, Salvatre/Srivastava, Oxford. 
  6. Managerial Economics, analysis of managerial decisionmaking, H.L. Ahuja, S. Chand. 
  7. Managerial Economics, D.N. Dwivedi, Vikas. 
  8. Managerial Economics, PLMehta, Sultan Chand and Sons

MBA104: QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES 

Module I 

Introduction to Linear Programming Problems, Formulation of Linear Programming Problems, General statement and assumptions underlying Linear Programming,  Graphical method for solution of LPP. Simplex method for solution of LPP, Solution of maximization and minimization problems, Big-M method, Two phase method, Unbounded and degenerate solution of LPP, Duality in Linear programming. Introduction to transportation problems, North West corner rule, Least cost method, Vogel’s approximation method for obtaining initial feasible solutions, Stepping stone and MODI method to get optimal solution,  Transhipment problem.  

Module II:

Introduction to Assignment problems, Hungarian method to solve assignment problems, Unbalanced assignment problems, Constrained assignment problems.  Introduction to sequencing problem, Solution to sequencing problems, Gantt chart, Johnson’s rule. Introduction to replacement theory, Replacement policy for  equipments which deteriorates gradually and fail suddenly. Introduction to game theory, Game models, Two persons zero sum games and their solution,  solution of 2Xn and mX2 games by graphical approach, Solution of mXn games.  

Module III:

Introduction to decision theory, One stage decision making problem, multi stage decision making problem, utility theory. Introduction to Markov process,  Markov analysis: input and output. Introduction to forecasting problems, Time series models for forecasting. Introduction to simulation, Process of simulation,  Monte Carlo simulation, Simulation of inventory system, simulation of queuing system.  

CASE ANALYSIS COMPULSORY  
Recommended Books: 
  1. Quantitative Techniques in Management, Vohra TMH 
  2. Quantitative Analysis for Management, Rendey, Staiv, Hanna, Badri- Pearson. 
  3. Quantitative Techniques for Managerial Decisions, J.K.Sharma, McMillan  
  4. Quantitative Techniques, K.S.Bhatt, HPH 
  5. An Introduction to Management Science, Anderson, Sweeney, Williams Cengage 
  6. Operation Research, Ravindram, Philips, Solberg Wiley. 
  7. Quantitative Techniques, C.R. Kothari, Vikas. 
  8. Operation Research, Winston, Cengage. 
  9. Operation Research, Tripathy, Kalyani.

MBA105: BASIC FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 

Module  I :  ACCOUNTING:

Importance & scope of accounting, Accounting concepts & conventions, Accounting Standards, IFRS, Accounting equations, Users of accounting statements. 
Preparation of Books of Original Records: Journals, Subsidiary books, Ledgers & Trial balance.   
Preparation of Final Accounts / Statements: Basic adjustments, , Preparation of financial statements.  
Depreciation Fixed Asset Accounting, Inventory valuation. Students should learn application of Tally package. 

Module II : CORPORATE ACCOUNTING 

Accounting of Joint Stock Companies:  Overview of Share Capital and Debentures, Accounting for Issue and forfeiture of Shares,  Issue of Bonus Share. Issue of Debentures,  Financial Statements of Companies: Income Statement and Balance Sheet  in Schedule VI. 

Provisions of the Companies Act:  Affecting preparation of Financial Statements,Creative Accounting, Annual Report,  Presentation and analysisof Audit reports and Directors report. (Students should be exposed to reading of Annual Reports of  Companies both detailed and summarized version)

Module III : FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT 

Funds Flow & Cash Flow Statement: Preparation & Analysis. Financial Statement Analysis. Analysis of Financial Performance of a firm;  Use of Different Tools, Ratio Analysis – Different Types of Ratios.

Recommended Books: 
  1. Financial Accounting for Management, Ambrish Gupta, Pearson 
  2. Financial Accounting for Management, D Khatri, TMH 
  3. Accounting for Management, M.N.Arora, HPH 
  4. Financial and Management Accounting, Satpathy/Sahoo, Vrinda 
  5. Financial Accounting: A Managerial Perspective, R. Narayan Swamy, PHI 
  6. Financial Accounting, Warren, Revee, Cengage 
  7. Basic Financial Accounting for Management, Shah, Oxford 
  8. A New Approach to Financial Accounting, Bal/Sahu/Das, S. Chand 
  9. Financial Accounting, Jain/Narang/Agarwal, Kalyani 
  10. Financial Accounting for Managers, T.P.Ghosh, Taxman. 
  11. A Text Book of Accounting for Management, Maheswari, Vikas

MBA106: IT FOR MANAGERS

Module I:

Role of Computer in modern business and in various functional areas of business and its applications. Concept of Computers: Brief History of computer, Generation and its evolution (now and then), Classification, Characteristics and limitations of computers. Basic computing Architecture, CPU and its components. Components : Software, Hardware, Firmware, Input/output devices, Storage Units (CD, DVD, Hard Disks, Pen drive), Memory types (RAM, ROM, Cache). Operating Systems: Functions, Process Management: Multi programming, Multiprocessing, Multitasking, Multi-threading, Real time OS; Memory Management: virtual memory; User Interface: Shells, GUI, etc; File system. Measuring Computer Performance through Benchmarks.
Evolution of programming language, Classification, Features and selection of programming language. Software – Definition, Relation with Hardware. Software categories System Software (Home edition, Professional edition, Enterprise edition), Application Software: types of application software, Graphics and multimedia concepts, Algorithm Definition and properties.

Module II: Database Management Systems

Concept of files, file management; organization and types of Access, Drawbacks in file based system. Database; types of Database, components of a Database system. DBMS, components of DBMS; DBMS language, Advantage and limitations of Database, Database models, Advanced Database: Distributed, Object oriented Database, Multimedia Database systems, Mobile Databases.

Module III: Basic concepts of Computer Networks, Internet and Security.

Introduction to Networks: LAN, MAN, WAN, Topology, Data Communication, Transmission Media, Network Devices: Hubs, Switches, routers, repeaters. Introduction to Communication Protocol: TCP/IP, OSI model, Communication Connectivity: DSL, Dialup, Broad Band. Internet and its Applications: Evolution of Internet, Basics of working of Internet, Service Providers, Email, Telnet, FTP, WWW. Internet Security: Types of attacks, DOS attacks, Viruses and Worms, Identity Theft, Snooping and Sniffing. Cyber Law and Internet security Legislation.

Recommended Books:
  1. Information Technology for Managers, Sudalaimuthu & Hariharan, HPH
  2. Understanding Computers Today & Tomorrow, D.Monley & CS Parker, Cengage/Thomson
  3. Introduction to Computer Science, ITL Education Solutions Ltd, Pearson
  4. Information Technology, Dr Sushila Madan, Taxmann

MBA107: COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH

Module I Basics of Communication

  1. Communication elements and process
  2. Need of Communication Skills for Managers
  3. Channels, forms and dimensions of communication
  4. Verbal and non-verbal communication
  5. Barriers to communication and how to overcome the barriers
  6. Principles of effective communication
    7 C’s of Communication
    Clarity, Completeness, Coherence Conciseness, Credibility, Correctness, Continuity
  7. Avoidance of Ambiguity, Jargon, Cliches

Module II Language and Communication
  1. Plain English and simple expressions, foreign words and their plain alternatives Indianised and standard English
  2. The importance of communication through English at the present time,
  3. The Sounds of English
  4. Stress and Intonation
  5. The importance of the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and strategies for developing the skills.
    Listening: barriers, strategies for improving listening skills
    Speaking : the characteristics of effective speech : voice quality, rate of speaking, clear articulation, eye contact, use of expressions, and gestures and posture.
    Reading : developing reading skills and strategies, skimming and scanning ; predicting, guessing, inferring ; reading critically, taking notes.
    Writing : the characteristics of effective writing ,clear organization and structuring of ideas, summarizing, clarity of language, stylistic variation .
  6. Biasfree English
  7. Formal and informal language use
Module III: Review of English Grammar
  1. English verbs
  2. Tense and time& Aspect
  3. Modals
  4. Voice
  5. Negation
  6. Interrogation; reported and tag questions
  7. Preposition
  8. Conditionals
  9. Phrasal verbs
  10. Parallel structure
  11. one word substitutes and proverbs
  12. Modifiers
Recommended Books:
  1. An introduction to Professional English and Soft Skills: Das et al, BPUT Text Book. CUP.
  2. Communicative English, Rai & Rai, HPH
  3. Better English Pronunciation, J.D.O.Conuor (Cambridge)
  4. A University Grammer of English , Quirk et al, Pearson
  5. Foundations of Business Communication, Dona J. Young, TMH
  6. Communicative Skills, Leena Sen, PHI
  7. Oxford Writing & Speaking English- Sealy – OUP
  8. Communicative English, Mohapatra, Dash, Kalyani