Online MBA syllabus : Latest Updated Syllabus for syllabus

Course Title

Core Topics

Assessment Components

Management Principles & Organizational Behavior

• Leadership theories and practices
• Organization structure and design
• Team dynamics and management
• Change management
• Motivation and performance

• Class participation
• Case studies
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam
• Group projects

Managerial Economics

• Supply and demand analysis
• Market structures
• Pricing strategies
• Economic forecasting
• Decision-making under uncertainty

• Problem sets
• Economic analysis projects
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam
• Market analysis reports

Financial Accounting

• Financial statements analysis
• Balance sheets
• Income statements
• Cash flow analysis
• Accounting principles
• Financial reporting standards

• Practice problems
• Financial statement analysis
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam
• Company analysis project

Business Statistics & Analytics

• Descriptive statistics
• Probability theory
• Data analysis
• Statistical inference
• Business forecasting methods

• Weekly assignments
• Data analysis projects
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam
• Statistical reports

Marketing Management

• Marketing mix (4Ps)
• Consumer behavior
• Market research
• Marketing strategy
• Market segmentation and targeting
• Foundations of Digital marketing

• Marketing Plan
• Case analysis
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam
• Group presentations

Computer Applications for Business

• MS Office Suite (Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Database Management Systems
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) basics
• Business Intelligence tools
• Fundamentals of Cloud Computing
• Basics of Cybersecurity
• Business process automation

• Practical lab assignments
• Software proficiency tests
• Business application projects
• Data analysis using Excel
• Database design project
• Final practical exam

Course Title

Core Topics

Assessment Components

Operations Management

• Process analysis and design
• Quality management
• Supply chain management
• Inventory management
• Project management
• Service operations
• Lean and Six Sigma concepts

• Process improvement project
• Case studies
• Supply chain simulation
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam
• Group projects

Financial Management

• Time value of money
• Capital budgeting
• Risk and return analysis
• Working capital management
• Cost of capital
• Capital structure decisions
• Dividend policy

• Financial analysis projects
• Investment decisions case studies
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam
• Company valuation project

Legal and Business Environment

• Contract law
• Company law
• Employment laws
• Consumer protection
• Intellectual property rights
• Environmental regulations
• Corporate governance
• Business ethics and CSR

• Case law analysis
• Legal compliance audit
• Policy analysis
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam
• Group presentations

Research Methodology

• Research design types
• Data collection methods
• Sampling techniques
• Qualitative research methods
• Quantitative analysis
• Statistical tools (SPSS/R)
• Research report writing
• Research ethics

• Research proposal
• Literature review
• Data analysis project
• Methodology presentation
• Final research paper
• Research defense

Human Resource Management

• HR planning and recruitment
• Training and development
• Performance management
• Compensation and benefits
• Employee relations
• HR analytics
• Labor laws

• HR policy design
• Case analysis
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam
• HR audit project

Strategic Management

• Strategic analysis tools
• Competitive strategy
• Corporate strategy
• Strategy implementation
• Strategic control
• Innovation management
• Digital transformation

• Strategic analysis report
• Case competitions
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam
• Business strategy project

Unit

Topics

Paper: Financial Management

1

• Financial Management Financial goals
• Finance Functions – Investment, Financing and Dividend Decisions
• Cost of Capital
• Significance of Cost of Capital
• Calculation of Cost of Debt Cost of Preference Capital
• Cost of Equity Capital (CAPM Model and Gordon’s Model) and Cost of Retained Earnings
• Combined Cost of Capital (weighted/Overall)

2

• Capital Budgeting
• Nature of Investment Decisions
• Investment Evaluation criteria
• Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Profitability Index (PI), Payback Period, Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
• NPV and IRR comparison

3

• Operating and Financial Leverage
• Measurement of Leverages Effects of Operating and Financial Leverage on Profit Analyzing Alternate Financial Plans
• Combined Financial and Operating Leverage
• Capital Structure Theories
• Traditional approach
• M.M. Hypotheses without Taxes and with Taxes
• Net Income Approach (NI)
• Net Operating Income Approach (NOI)
• Determining capital structure in practice

4

• Dividend Policies
• Issues in Dividend Decisions
• Relevance Theory
• Walter's Model
• Gordon's Model
• Irrelevance Theory
• M-M hypothesis
• Dividend Policy in Practice
• Forms of Dividends
• Stability in Dividend Policy
• Corporate Dividend Behaviour 

5

• Management of Working Capital
• Significance and types of Working Capital
• Calculating Operating Cycle Period and Estimation of Working Capital Requirements
• Financing of Working Capital and Norms of Bank Finance
• Sources of Working capital
• Factoring services
• Various committee reports on Bank Finance
• Dimensions of Working Capital Management

Paper: Marketing Management

1

• Introduction to Marketing and Marketing Management
• Marketing Concepts - Marketing
• Process 
• Marketing mix
• Marketing environment
• Consumer Markets and buying behaviour
• Market segmentation, targeting and positioning

2

• Product Decisions 
• Concept of a Product
• Product mix decisions
• Brand Decision
• New Product Development
• Sources of New Product Idea
• Steps in Product Development
• Product Life Cycle Strategies
• Stages in Product Life Cycle

3

• Price Decisions
• Pricing objectives
• Pricing policies and constraints
• Different pricing Method
• New product pricing
• Product Mix pricing strategies
• Price adjustment strategy

4

• Channel Decision
• Nature of Marketing Channels
• Types of Channel flows
• Channel Functions
• Functions of Distribution Channel
• Structure and Design of Marketing Channels
• Channel cooperation, conflict and competition
• Retailers and wholesalers

5

• Promotion Decision
• Promotion mix
• Advertising Decision
• Advertising objectives
• Advertising and Sales Promotion
• Developing Advertising Programme
• Role of Media in
• Advertising
• Advertisement effectiveness
• Salesforce Decision

Paper: Human Resource Management

1

• Human Resources Management
• Context and Concept of People Management in a Systems
• Perspective
• Organisation and Functions of the HR and Personnel Department
• HR Structure and Strategy
• Role of Government and Personnel Environment including MNCs

2

• Recruitment and Selection
• Human Resource Information System [HRIS]
• Manpower Planning
• Selection
• Induction & Orientation
• Performance and Potential Appraisal
• Coaching and Mentoring
• HRM issues and practices 

3

• Human Resources Development
• Training and Development Methods
• Design & Evaluation of T&D Programmes
• Career Development
• Promotions and Transfers
• Personnel Empowerment including Delegation
• Retirement and Other Separation Processes

4

• Financial Compensation
• Productivity and Morale
• Principal Compensation Issues & Management
• Job Evaluation 
• Productivity, Employee Morale and Motivation
• Stress Management
• Quality of Work Life

5

• Building Relationships
• Facilitating Legislative Framework
• Trade Unions
• Managing Conflicts
• Disciplinary Process
• Collective Bargaining
• Workers Participation in Management
• Concept, Mechanisms and Experiences

Paper: Operations Research and Management

1

• Introduction to Operations Management
• Process Planning
• Plant Location
• Plant Layout
• Introduction to Production Planning

2

• Stages of Development of Operations Research
• Applications of Operations Research
• Limitations of Operations Research
• Introduction to Linear Programming- Graphical Method, Simplex Method, Duality

3

• Transportation Problem
• Assignment Problem
• Inventory Control
• Introduction to Inventory Management
• Basic Deterministic Models: Purchase Models
• Manufacturing Models with and Without Shortages

4

• Shortest Path Problem
• Minimum Spanning Tree Problem
• CPM/PERT
• Crashing of a Project Network

5

• Game Theory- Two Person Zero-sum Games
• Graphical Solution of (2 x n) and (m x 2)
• Games
• LP Approach to Game Theory
• Goal programming - Formulations
• Introduction to
• Queuing Theory
• Basic Waiting Line Models: (M/M/1 ):(GD/a/a), (M/M/C):GD/a/a)

Paper: Banking and Indian Financial System

1

• Banking Systems
• Functions
• Types of Banking 
• Central Banking
• Structure of Banking
• System- Rural Financing
• Banker and Customer Relationship
• Deposit Mobilization
• Loans and Advances
• Assets and Liabilities Management
• Secured Advances
• Endorsement and Crossing of Cheques
• Payment of Cheques
• Collection of Cheques

2

• Central Banking System
• Nature of CBS
• Organization and Management
• Functions of CBS 
• Methods of Credit Controls
• Objects of Monetary Policy
• Autonomy of Central Bank Systems
• Indian Money Market
• Indian Capital Market
• New Issue Market 
• Banking Legislation in India

3

• Industrial and Agricultural Banking System
• All Indian Development Banks
• Investment Institutions
• State Level Institutions
• Specialized Financial Institutions
• International Finance Institutions: IBRD, IFC, IDA, NABARD, NHB
• Micro Financing Institutions

4

Financial systems

Overview of Indian Financial System

Savings and Financial Intermediation 

Financial Markets

Listing Regulations

Primary Markets

Secondary Markets

Mutual Funds

Indian Fiscal Systems

5

Foreign Investments

Foreign Capital

Foreign Collaboration

Foreign Direct Investment

Foreign Institutional Investors

Offshore Country Funds

Overseas Venture Capital Investments 

International Capital Market

Unit

Topics

Paper: Global Financial Management

1

• Globalisation
• Implications of Globalisation
• Goals of International Financial Management
• Scope of International Finance
• International Monetary System: Bimetallism, Gold Standard, Bretton Woods System, Floating Exchange Rate Regime, European Monetary System, IMF, WTO, GATT

2

• Balance of Payments
• The Current Account
• The Capital Account 
• Balance of Payments in the World
• Balance of Payments Account of India 

3

• International Financial Markets
• Sources of International Funds
• Multilateral Development Banks –
• International Banks
• Security Markets Instruments of International Financial Markets
• International Equities
• GDRs
• ADRs
• International Money
• Market and Bond Market Instruments
• Euro Bonds
• Repos
• Euro Commercial Paper
• Medium Term Notes
• Floating Rate Notes
• Loan Syndicates
• Euro Deposits
• Euro Issues in India

4

• Currency Risk and Exposure
• Types of Currency Risk
• Management of Currency Risk
• Concept and Measurement of Transaction Exposure
• Techniques of Transaction Exposure Management 
• Translation Exposure  Methods
• Exchange Risk Management
• Operating Exposure: Measuring and managing Operating Exposure

5

• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
• Forms of FDIs
• FDI in World
• Purpose of overseas investment
• Benefits to the Host Countries
• Effects of FDI
• Political Risk

Paper: International Trade And Finance

1

• International Trade
• Benefits
• Basis of International Trade
• Foreign Trade and Economic Growth
• Balance of Trade
• Balance of Payment
• Current Trends in India
• Barriers to International Trade
• Indian EXIM Policy

2

• Export and Import Finance: Special Need for Finance in International Trade
• INCO Terms (FOB, CIF, etc.,) 
• Payment Terms
• Letters of Credit
• Pre Shipment and Post Shipment Finance 
• Fortfaiting
• Deferred Payment Terms
• EXIM Bank
• ECGC and its schemes
• Import Licensing
• Financing methods for import of Capital goods

3

• Foreign Exchange Markets
• Spot Prices and Forward Prices
• Factors influencing Exchange rates
• The effects of Exchange rates on Foreign Trade
• Tools for hedging against Exchange rate variations
• Forward, Futures and Currency options
• FEMA
• Determination of Foreign Exchange rate and Forecasting
• Law of one price
• PPP theory
• Interest Rate Parity
• Exchange rate Forecasting

4

• Export Trade Documents: Financial Documents
• Bill of Exchange
• Commercial Documents: Proforma, Commercial, Consular, Customs, Legalized Invoice, Certificate of Origin Certificate
• Value, Packing List, Weight Certificate, Certificate of Analysis and Quality, Certificate of Inspection,
• Health certificate
• Transport Documents - Bill of Lading, Airway Bill, Postal Receipt, Multimodal Transport Document
• Risk Covering Document: Insurance Policy, Insurance Cover Note
• Official
• Document: Export Declaration Forms, GR Form, PP From, COD Form, Softer Forms, Export Certification, GSPS
• UPCDC Norms

5

• Export Promotion Schemes
• Government Organizations Promoting Exports
• Export Incentives: Duty Exemption, IT Concession, Marketing Assistance – EPCG, DEPB; Advance License
• Other efforts I Export Promotion – EPZ – EQU – SEZ and Export House

Paper: Security Market Operations

1

• Security Markets
• Legal Environment: SEBI Act, 1992, Securities Contract Regulation Act 1956, Companies Act 1956, RBI rules and guidelines for Fll's

2

• Security Markets
• Primary market - its role and functions - Methods of selling securities in the primary market
• New financial instruments – New Issues – SEBI guidelines for public issues
• Pricing of issue
• Promoters' contribution
• Appointment and role of merchant bankers, underwriters, brokers, registrars and managers, bankers etc
• Underwriting of issues
• Allotment of shares
• Procedures for new issues
• e-trading

3

• Secondary Market – Role, importance
• Organization of stock exchanges
• Listing of securities in stock exchanges
• Trading mechanism
• Screen based system
• Insider trading
• Internet based trading

4

• Depository: Role and need
• The Depositories Act, 1996, SEBI (Depositories and Participants Regulation) 1996
• SEBI (Custodian of Securities) Regulation 1996
• National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL)
• Depository participant