Master of Business Administration(MBA) - Syllabus

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Managing People and Organisations

Segment-1

Managing People Problems, Changing Individual Characteristics, Personality, The "Big Five" Personality Dimensions, The Myers-Briggs® Type Indicator, More Personality Traits, Cognitive Styles, How to Use Knowledge of Cognitive Styles, Perceptual Process and Perceptual Errors, Stereotypes, Attribution Errors, Impact of Attitudes on Relationships, Emotions in the Workplace, The Relationship Between Motivation, Satisfaction and Performance, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards, Managing Consequences of Rewards, Equity Theory, Expectancy Theory, Other Motivational Techniques.

Segment-2

Leveraging Your Style in Group Processes, Stages of Group Development, Balancing Group Goals, Strategies for Creating Effective Groups, What Is Empowerment? Why Use Teams? Team Set-up Team Dysfunction, Effective and Ineffective Teams, Judging Team Success, Organisational Context, Four Factors of Context, Analysing and Solving Team Problems, Solving Team Performance Problems.

Segment-3

Organisational Structure, Generic and Specific Forms of Organisational Design, Contingency Factors in Organisational Design, Groupings, Linkages, Organisational Culture, Components of Culture, National Culture, Two Frameworks for Understanding Culture.

Segment-4

Introduction to Human Resource Management-Concept, scope, history and functions of Human Resource Management, HRM in India- Changing Role of Human Resource in India, Globalisation and Its Impact on HR, The Changing Economic Context- Environmental Turbulence, The Changing Nature of Organisations-Changing Organisational Forms; Managing Interculturally.

Segment-5

Human Resource Planning: Process of Human Resource Planning, Need for Human Resource Planning, HR Forecasting Techniques, Successful Human Resource Planning, Human Resource Information System: Concept of Human Resource Information System Components of Human Resource Information System, Types of Human Resource Information System, Application of HRIS in Human Resource Management, Implementation of Human Resource Information System, Benefits of Human Resource Information System, Impact of Implementation of Human Resource Information System, Job Analysis and Design: Concept of Job Analysis and Design, Process of Job Analysis, Methods of Job Analysis, Job Analysis Information, Concept of Job Design, Recruitment and Selection: Concept of Recruitment, Factors Affecting Recruitment, Sources of Recruitment, Recruitment Policy, Selection, Selection Process, Application Forms, Selection Test, Interviews, Evaluation, Placement, Induction.

Segment-6

What is International HRM: Staffing Approaches; The Role of Managers in IHRM, Dimensions of Culture: Hofstede’s Six Dimensions of Culture; Alternative Dimensions of Culture; Dimensions of Communication; Appropriate HRM Practices, The Expatriate Manager: Expatriate Managers in Organisations; Culture Shock; Minimising Culture Shock; Selection; Repatriation.

 

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Business Communication

Segment-1

Meaning and Process of communication, Barriers to Communication, Classification of Communication.

Segment-2

Types of Communication, Classification of Non-verbal Communication, Classification of Communication Channels, Types of Business Communication, Communication Network in Organisations.

Segment-3

Listening and Types of Listening, Barriers to Listening, Strategies for Effective Listening, Listening in a Business Context, General Principles of Writing, Principles of Business Writing, Developing Oral Business Communication Skills, Reading Skills.

Segment-4

Guidelines for Meetings, Writing Memos, Circulars and Notices, Electronic Media and Shareholder Communication.

Segment-5

Writing Business Letters, Other Forms of External Business Communication.

Segment-6

Writing Business Reports, Resumes and Cover Letters, Group Discussions and Interviews.

 

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Business Statistics

Segment-1

Descriptive Statistics:

Introduction to Data Analysis, Types of Data, Visual Representation of Data, Numerical Representation of Data.

Segment-2

Probability and uncertainty:

Assigning Probabilities to Events, Conditional Probability, Rules of Probability, Probability Trees, Bayes' Rule.

Segment-3

Probability Distributions:

Random Variables, Expected Values and Variance, Binomial Distribution, Normal Distribution, Poisson and Exponential Distributions.

Segment-4

Random Sampling Methods, Sampling Distributions, Confidence Interval for a Mean, Confidence Interval for a Proportion.

Segment-5

Concepts in Hypothesis Testing, Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean and Population Proportion, Testing Differences between Population Means.

Segment-6

Simple Linear Regression – Part I, Simple Linear Regression – Part II, Multiple Regression.

 

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Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis

Segment-1

Financial Report, Users of Financial Information, Conceptual Framework, Regulatory Framework Financial Statements, Footnote Disclosure, Auditing Financial Statements.

Segment-2

Double-Entry Framework, General Journal, General Ledger, Trial Balance.

Segment-3

Accrual Adjustments, Statements, Cash Flow Statement.

Segment-4

Cash, Receivables, Inventory, Long-Lived Assets, Investments and Acquisitions.

Segment-5

Current Liabilities, Non-Current Liabilities, Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, Equity.

Segment-6

Common - Size Analysis, Profitability Analysis, Risk Analysis, Financial Analysis Limitations, Accounting Quality Analysis

 

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Managerial Economics

Segment-1

Meaning and Importance of Managerial Economics, Meaning and Law of Demand, Elasticity of Demand, Demand Forecasting, Methods or Techniques of Demand Forecasting, Statistical Methods of Demand Forecasting, Demand Forecasting for New Products.

Segment-2

Supply and Market Equilibrium, Production Analysis, Cost Analysis.

Segment-3

Objectives of Firms, Revenue Analysis and Pricing Policies, Price Determination under Perfect Competition.

Segment-4

Pricing under Imperfect Competition, Basic Concepts of Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics and Some of its Measures.

Segment-5

Consumption Function, Investment Function, Stabilisation Policies.

Segment-6

Business Cycles, Inflation, Deflation.

 

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Financial Management

Segment-1

Introduction to Financial Management: Meaning and Goals of Financial Management, Finance Functions, Finance Organisation.

Financial Planning Steps and Factors in Financial Planning: Estimating Fund Requirements, Capitalisation: Over-capitalisation (OC) and Under-capitalisation (UC).

Segment-2

Time Value of Money: Time Preference for Money, Future Value and Present Value, Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), Terminal Value of a Time Series, Present Value of an Annuity, Equated Monthly Instalments.

Valuation of Bonds and Shares: Book Value and Intrinsic Value, Valuation of Bonds, Bond Value and Current Yield, Bond Realised Yield, Valuation of Shares.

Segment-3

Cost of Capital: Meaning of Cost of Capital, Cost of Different Sources of Capital: Cost of a Debenture Shareholder Value, Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)

Leverage: Operating Leverage, Financial Leverage, Combined Leverage

Capital Structure: Features of the Ideal Capital Structure, Factors Affecting the Capital Structure, Theories of Capital Structure: Net Income (NI) Approach, Net Operating Income (NOI) Approach.

Segment-4

Capital Budgeting: Importance of Capital Budgeting, The Capital Budgeting Process, Capital Expenditure Evaluation, Net Present Value (NPV) & Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR).

Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting: Types and Sources of Risk in Capital Budgeting, Techniques for Incorporating Risk Certainty Equivalent Factor (CEF) Approach, Probability Distribution Approach, Decision Tree Approach.

Capital Rationing: Meaning and Types of Capital Rationing, Steps in Capital Rationing, Approaches to Capital Rationing, Ranking of Projects.

Segment-5

Working Capital Management: Components of Working Capital, Objectives of Working Capital Management, Operating Cycle, Determinants of Working Capital, Approaches to Working Capital Management, Estimation of Working Capital.

Cash Management: Meaning and Importance of Cash Management, Motives for Holding Cash, Objectives of Cash Management, Cash Planning, Cash Forecasting and Budgeting.

Segment-6

Inventory Management: Role of Inventory in Working Capital, Purposes of Holding Inventory, Costs Associated with Inventories, Inventory Management Techniques, Economic Order Quantity, Reorder Point, Importance of Inventory Management Systems

Receivable Management: Costs Associated with Maintaining Receivables, Credit Policy Variables, Evaluation of Credit Policy, Effects of Changes in Credit Policy

Dividend Decisions:Traditional Approach, Dividend Relevance Model, Gordon Capitalisation Model, Miller and Modigliani Model, Stability of Dividends, Forms of Dividend Payments, Stock Splits.

 

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Marketing Management

Segment-1

Introduction to Marketing Management: Market and Marketing, Core concepts of Marketing, Functions and Importance of Marketing, The Concepts of Product, Production, Societal Marketing, Marketing mix etc.

The Marketing Process: Marketing Mix - 4P’s, additional 3P’s as modern components, Market Planning and Marketing Plan, Market Implementations, and control mechanisms.

Segment-2

Environmental Scanning, Micro / Macro environment analysis, PESTEL Environment analysis, Understanding Marketing Information System (MIS) – Characteristics, Benefits, Types, Components, etc, Marketing Research – Features, Objectives, Process, Importance, Advantages, Limitations, etc.

Segment-3

Introduction to Consumer Behaviour, Types of buying decision behaviour: Henry Assael Model, Consumer buying decision process, Buyer decision process for new products, Buying motives, Buyer behaviour models, Characteristics of business markets, Introduction to Industrial Marketing, situations in Business/Industrial market, Market Segmentation: Concept, Process, Benefits, Requisites, Types of segmentation, etc, target Market Strategies, and Market Positioning.

Segment-4

Levels of products, Classification of products, Classification on the basis of durability and tangibility, Product hierarchy, Product line strategies, Product mix strategies, Packaging and labelling, New Product Development, Product life cycle (PLC), Brand and branding, Advantages and disadvantages of branding, Brand equity, Brand loyalty, Brand awareness, Brand positioning, Brand name selection, Brand sponsorship, Brand Development

Segment-5

Pricing Decisions, Factors affecting Pricing Decisions, Pricing Strategies, Channel Management: Strategies, Logistics Management – Introduction, Concepts, Benefits, Limitations etc, Retail Management – Characteristics, Functions, Types, Wholesaling, Warehousing, etc, Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) – Process, Channels, Customer profiling, Target Market orientation, Budget allocation and control mechanism, etc, Advertising – Introduction, Characteristics, Types, Tools & Techniques, Developing advertisement Program, Fundamentals of sales promotion, Introduction to Public relations.

Segment-6

Personal Selling – Nature, Approaches, Advantages & Disadvantages, Process, etc, Direct Marketing – Introduction, Types, Advantages & limitations, Relationship Marketing Vs. relationship Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) – Introduction, Significance, Strategies, Advantages & Limitations, Continuity marketing, One-to-one marketing or individual marketing, Co-marketing, Managing customer loyalty and development, Strategies to prevent defection and recover lapsed customers, foundations of Sales Management, HR Practices in sales management, Recruiting, Selecting, Training (Methods, Programs, Types, Evaluation), Introduction to Rural marketing, Foundations of Services Marketing, Introduction to  E-Marketing / Online Marketing.

International Marketing – Introduction, Concepts, market entry strategies, Approaches, Product and Production policies, Advertising, sales promotion, Trade fairs & exhibitions, Branding strategies, Pricing strategies, etc.

 

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Strategic Management

Segment-1

Introduction to the Fundamentals of Strategy and Fundamentals of Business, Concepts of Strategic Management, Challenges and Recent Trends in Strategic Management.

Segment-2

Introduction to Strategic Analysis and Strategic Management Model, Environmental Analysis and Scanning, Concepts and Nature of Environment, Organizational Positioning and Strategic Advantage.

Segment-3

IIntroduction to Strategic Management Process, Strategy formulation, Implementation, Evaluation and Techniques of Evaluation, Strategic Control, Process of Strategic Control, Operational Control, Concept of Synergy and Stakeholders’ Expectation Management.

Segment-4

Introduction to Policy, Process and Procedures, Concepts of Policy, Programs, Policy Statement, Corporate Culture and Conceptual Map. Framing Business Policy, Stages, Policy Cycle, Implementation of Policy Change, Challenges of Policy Change, Role of Policy in Strategic Management and Business Policy and Decision Making.

Segment-5

Introduction to Business Plan, Types of Business Plans, Business venture & Business Investment Strategies, Concept of Business Continuity Plan, Process of Developing Business Continuity Plan, Influence of Continuity Plan on Strategic Management and Policy Making, and Contingency Planning, Creativity & Innovation in Business, Creating and Building Creative and Innovative Business Culture, Business Practices Adopted to Promote Creativity and Innovation and Importance, and Challenges of Creativity and Innovation in Business.

Segment-6

Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Ethics and Values, Ethical Conduct and Unethical Conduct, Impact of Ethical Conduct, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Obligations & Social Audit and Corporate Governance. Introduction to Strategic Alliance, Types of Strategic Alliances and Business Decisions & Problems involved in Strategic Alliances, Multinational Corporations (MNC’s), Business Strategies, Benefits, Limitations of MNC’s and Techniques Employed by MNC’s to Manage Markets.

 

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IT for Business

Segment-1

Organisations and Computing: Introduction to Management Information System, Defining Modern Organisations, Brief History of Computing, Role of Internet.

Managing Information System in Organization: Evolution of Information Systems, Organisation and IT Interaction, Challenges to the Manager, Impact of IS on Organisation.

Segment-2

Data and Information: Data and Information, Information as a Resource, Information in Organisational Functions – Part I, Information in Organisational Functions - Part II, Types of Information Technology Types of Information System.

Decision Making & Communication: Decision Making with MIS, Communication in Organizations Case Study, Types of Communication.

Segment-3

Competing with IT: Competitive Environment of Business, IS Competitive Threats, Reducing Competitive Threats, Using MIS to Create a Competitive Business.

IT Strategy: Information Goods, Information Systems for the Value Chain, Role of the CIO.

Business Process Integration with IT: Business Process Integration, Advantages of Business Process Integration, Functional vs Process view, The Case for Enterprise Systems, Introduction to ERP Modules of ERP – I, Modules of ERP – II.

Segment-4

SCM, CRM, and International Systems: Supply Chain Management - Part I, Supply Chain Management - Part II, Evolution and Capabilities of CRM System, Types and facilities of CRM System Challenges of Enterprise Systems Implementations, International Information Systems Introduction and Challenges, International Information Systems Outsourcing and Offshoring.

Electronic Commerce: Introduction to E-Commerce, Doing Business on the Internet, Search Engines Direct Selling, Aggregators and Auctions.

Decision Support Systems: Understanding DSS, Understanding Analytics and BI, Business Intelligence Techniques, Herbert Simon’s Model.

Segment-5

Managing Data Resources: Challenges of Data Management, Features of Database Systems, Fundamentals of Databases, Centralised and Distributed Databases, 2-tier and 3-tier Architecture, Data Warehousing and Mining.

Managing Social Media: Services of the Internet, Technology of the Internet, Twitter, Collaboration and Impact of Social Media, Social Networks in the Enterprise.

Segment-6

Managing IT functions: Challenges of Managing the IT Function, Work Culture and Career Path IT Security, Vendor Management, Vendor Relationship Management.

Ethical Issues: Privacy Issues, Workplace Monitoring Introduction, Workplace Monitoring Types and Role, Types of Power, Power and Awareness, Bittersweet Cookies.

 

Course Name

Business Leadership

Segment-1

Introduction to Leadership, Concepts and Theories of Leadership, Attributes and Characteristics of Leadership, Understanding Leadership in Business, Leadership Vs. Management, Leadership Issues, and Instruments, Leadership in global business.

Segment-2

Situational Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Management of Stress, Change Management, Functions of Leaderships, Styles of Leadership.

Segment-3

Introduction to Team Building, Working in Groups, Group Decision Making, multi-Criteria Decision making and Leadership in Management, Leadership as a tool of Empowerment, Participative Leadership

Segment-4

Introduction to Goal Setting, Concepts of Coaching, Benefits of coaching, Types of Coaching, Coaching Vs Mentoring, Leadership Coaching – Roles, Responsibilities, Process, Evaluation, Advantages and Limitations. Interpersonal Influence, Types of Power, and Preparation for leadership roles.

Segment-5

Impact of Organization Culture on Leadership, Sustaining Organizational Challenges, Gender and Leadership, Gender and Organizational Context, Structure, and Culture, Perception on leadership styles, Gender Differences and Leadership, Gender and Leadership Style.

Segment-6

Motivational aspects, Concept of Work satisfaction, Ethics in Leadership, Ethics and Value based leadership, Study on Women Leaders, Effects of Glass ceiling in Management and Global Business practices.

 

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Research Methodology

Segment-1

Introduction to Research: Meaning of research, Types of research, The process of research, Research applications in social and business sciences, Features of a Good research study.

Research Problem and Formulation of the Research Hypotheses: Defining the Research problem, Problem identification process, Components of the research problem, Formulating the research hypothesis, Types of Research hypothesis, Writing a research proposal, Contents and types of research proposals.

Segment-2

Research Designs: Meaning of Research Designs, Nature and Classification of Research Designs, Exploratory Research Designs, Secondary Resource analysis, Case study Method, Expert opinion survey, Focus group discussions, Descriptive Research Designs, Cross-sectional studies and Longitudinal studies, Experimental Designs, Errors affecting Research Design.

Primary and Secondary Data: Classification of Data, Secondary Data, Uses, Advantages, Disadvantages, Types and sources, Primary Data Collection, Observation method, Focus Group Discussion, Personal Interview method.

Segment-3

Attitude Measurement and Scaling: Types of Measurement Scales, Attitude, Classification of Scales, Single item vs Multiple Item scale, Comparative vs Non-Comparative scales, Measurement Error, Criteria for Good Measurement.

Questionnaire Design: Questionnaire method, Types of Questionnaires, Process of Questionnaire Designing, Advantages and Disadvantages of Questionnaire Method.

Sampling: Sampling concepts- Sample vs Census, Sampling vs Non-Sampling error, Sampling Design, Probability and Non-Probability Sampling design, Determination of Sample size, Sample size for estimating population mean, Determination of sample size for estimating the population proportion.

Segment-4

Data Processing: Data Editing, Field Editing, Centralized in house editing, Coding, Coding Closed ended structured Questions, Coding open ended structured Questions, Classification and Tabulation of Data.

Univariate and Bivariate Analysis of Data: Descriptive vs Inferential Analysis, Descriptive Analysis of Univariate data- Analysis of Nominal scale data with only one possible response, Analysis of Nominal scale data with multiple category responses, Analysis of Ordinal Scaled Questions, Measures of Central Tendency, Measures of Dispersion, Descriptive Analysis of Bivariate data.

Testing of Hypotheses: Concepts in Testing of Hypothesis, Steps in testing of hypothesis, Test Statistic for testing hypothesis about population mean, Tests concerning Means- the case of single population, Tests for Difference between two population means, Tests concerning population proportion- the case of single population, Tests for difference between two population proportions.

Segment-5

Quantitative analysis:

Chi-Square Analysis: Chi square test for the Goodness of Fit, Chi square test for the independence of variables, Chi square test for the equality of more than two population proportions.

Analysis of Variance: Completely randomized design in a one-way ANOVA, Randomized block design in two-way ANOVA, Factorial design.

Qualitative analysis: Analysing Qualitative data

Segment-6

Research Report Writing: Types of research reports – Brief reports and Detailed reports, Report writing: Structure of the research report- Preliminary section, Main report, Interpretations of Results and Suggested Recommendations, Report writing: Formulation rules for writing the report: Guidelines for presenting tabular data, Guidelines for visual Representations.

Ethics in Research: Meaning of Research Ethics, Clients Ethical code, Researchers Ethical code, Ethical Codes related to respondents, Responsibility of ethics in research.

 

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Management Accounting 

Segment-1

Management Accounting versus Financial Accounting: How Do Management Accounting Systems Differ from Financial Accounting Systems.

Cost Concepts: Cost Object, Cost Objects, Developing Cost Categories, Relationship Between Cost Categories and Cost Objects.

Classifying Costs-Traditional and Modern: Classifying Costs Based on their Creation Method, Classifying Costs Based on Financial Reports Requirements, Classifying Costs by their Function, Classifying Costs by ABC Method.

Segment-2

Funds Flow Statements: Preparation of a Funds Flow Statement/ Analysis.

Cash Flow Statements: Format of a Cash Flow Statement, Cash Flow Analysis.

Segment-3

Cost Accounting: Elements of Product Cost, Stock Valuation Methods

Cost Management: Cost Classifications, Costing Terminologies, Evolution of Cost Management, Management Accounting Techniques, Strategic Decisions, Strategic Cost Management 

Segment-4

Marginal Costing & Breakeven Analysis: Important Concepts of Marginal Costing, Definition and Assumptions of Marginal Costing, Cost Identification, Cost Volume Profit (CVP) Analysis & Breakeven Analysis

Decision Making: Product Mix, Cost Related with Decision Making, Decision Involving Alternate Choices 

Segment-5

Budget, Budgeting & Budgetary Control: Definitions, Budgetary Control, Objectives of Budgeting, Objectives of Budgetary Control, Essential Features of Budgetary Control, Budgetary Control Procedures, Cash Budget, Flexible Budget, Zero-based Budgeting (ZBB) 

Segment-6

Standard Costing: Definitions, Standard Costing Process, Differences between Standard Cost and Budgetary Control, Establishment of Standards, Variance Analysis, Problems on Different Types of Variance.

 

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Legal Aspects of Business

Segment-1

Legal Environment: Introduction, Meaning and Nature of Law, Sources of Indian Law. Relationship between Law and Society, Law, and Morality, some basic legal aspects

Laws for Business: Essentials of Law, Branches of Law, Business/Commercial Laws, sources of business law. Alternate dispute resolutions.

Segment-2

Introduction to Contract Law: Introduction to Contract Law; Formation and Kinds of Contracts; Agreement, Offer, and Acceptance; Differentiating agreement with Contract.

Essential Elements of a Valid Contract: Capacity to Contract, Consent and Consideration; Legality of the Object; Exceptions to contract laws.

Segment-3

Performance and Discharge of Contracts: Performance of Contract; Discharge of Contract; Remedies for Breach of Contract; Quasi Contracts; Exceptions to laws of Contract

Special Contracts: Contract of Indemnity and Guarantee - Introduction, Contract of Indemnity, Contract of Guarantee, Kinds of Guarantee, Creditor, Surety.

Contract of Bailment - Introduction, Bailment and its Kinds, Definition of Bailment, Kinds of Bailment, Bailor and Bailee, Termination of Bailment, Finder of Lost Goods.

Contract of Pledge - Pledge or Pawn, Pledge by Non-owners, Pledgor and Pledgee.

Contract of Agency - Agent and Agency, Kinds of Agencies, Classification of Agents,

Duties and Rights of Agents, Principal’s Duties to the Agent and his Liability to Third

Parties, Personal Liability of Agent, Termination of Agency, Power of Attorney.

Segment-4

Law of Partnership and Sale of Goods:  Introduction, Meaning and Nature of Partnerships, Registration of Firms, Partnership Deed, Relations of Partners to One Another, Relations of Partners to Third Parties, Changes in a Firm, Dissolution. Contract of sale, Goods and their classification, meaning of price, Conditions and Warranties, Passing of property in goods, Transfer of title by non-owners, Performance of a contract of sale, Unpaid seller and his rights, Remedies for breach of contract.

Banking; Insurance; and Negotiable Instruments: Introduction, Control and Regulation of Banking, Insurance in India, Regulation of Insurance Sector. Negotiable instruments, Promissory notes, Bills of exchange, Cheques, Negotiation, Presentment, Dishonor, crossing of cheques, Paying banker.

Consumer Protection Laws: Introduction, Definitions, Rights of Consumers, Nature and Scope of Complaints, Remedies Available to Consumers.

Segment-5

Company and Its Characteristics: Introduction, Formation of a Company, Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association, Prospectus.

Management of a Company: Share Capital, kinds of shares, Meeting and Power of the Board, Directors, Appointment of Directors, Removal of Directors, Auditor, Winding up of a company.

Segment-6

Intellectual Property Rights:  Introduction, Legal Aspects of Patents, Filing of Patent Applications, Rights from Patents, Infringement of Patents, Copyright and its Ownership, Infringement of Copyright, Civil Remedies for Infringement. Trademarks, Industrial Designs.

Cyber Laws and FEMA: Information Technology Act, 2000, Electronic Governance, Secure Electronic Records and Digital Signatures, Digital Signature Certificates, Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal, Offences, Limitations of the Information Technology Act, Online Contracts, dealing with Cyber Crimes.

FEMA: Introduction, Definitions, Regulation and Management of Foreign Exchange, Authorized Person, Contravention and Penalties; Adjudication and Appeal; Directorate of Enforcement, Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Specialization

Minor Project

Course Name

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Segment-1

Entrepreneurship - An Overview.

  • Entrerpeneurship and Your Future- Update on Some of the Latest Developments in the Area of New Technology and Entrepreneurial Activity to Reinforce the Point that New Business Development is the Engine of Change in the World
  • Define Entrepreneurship as a Construct
  • How the Notion of Entrepreneurs has Changed Considerably over the Past two Years

Entrepreneurship and Environment

  • Where is Entrepreneurship- How Entrepreneurship has become a Worldwide Phenomenon
  • Dimensions of Entrepreneurship- The Characteristics of the Individual
  • The Structure of the Broad Economic Environment; The Constraints In the Environment; The Strategies that the Organisation Adopts

Segment-2

Resource Based View - Entrepreneurship     

  • A Process Model for Entrepreneurship- Model for Starting a New Business which Demonstrates the Variety of Modes and Paths Available.
  • Types and Attributes of Resources- Language and Concepts of the Resource Based View or RBV of the Organisation
  • Sources of Opportunities and Business Ideas that Originate within the Resources, Capabilities, Experience and Interests of the Individual Entrepreneur or Entrepreneurial Team; RBV and Entrepreneurship

Remote Environment and Creativity

  • Analysing the Remote Environment- Broad Overview of the Remote Environment and its Six Dimensions.
  • Creativity and Idea Generation- The Concepts of Creativity and Proven Creativity Techniques.
  • Peter Drucker's Famous Sources of Innovation in this topic; Competitive Analysis- Porter Model of Competitive Industry Analysis.

Segment-3

Strategies for Business

  • Entrepreneurial Strategies - Choices that Entrepreneurs have when Crafting Strategy; Mode of Entry, The types of Resource Based Strategies Available and the Ways to Protect any Early Advantages the Firm may Acquire
  • Information Rules - Strategic Implications of Being in an Information Based Business or Doing Business on the Internet; Shapero and Varian's Classic Information Rules
  • Venture Strategies and Industry Environments - The type of Industry Environment that a New Venture can Enter Based on Industry Life Cycle Theory and Porter's Model For Competitive Industry Analysis

Evaluating Business Models and Strategies 

  • Business Models and Strategy - Diagnostic tools that the Entrepreneur can Employ to Evaluate the Strategy of the New Venture.
  • Evaluating Strategies and Models - Tests that can be used by the Entrepreneur to Evaluate Business Models and Strategies

Segment-4

Business Plan -Elements and Importance     

  • Rationale for Writing the Business Plan - Reasons why Entrepreneurs and Top Management Teams are Encouraged to Write Business Plans; Multiple Uses of a Business Plan and Infers that Plans Frequently Require Updates and Revisions
  • Elements of the Business Plan - Surveys; Essential Elements of all Good Business Plans

Critical Evaluation of a Business Plan           

  • Critiquing the Business Plan - Basic Ways in Which Outsiders Analyse and Evaluate the Business Plan
  • The Main Objections that Investors Make to Business Plans of Nascent Entrepreneurs
  • Format and Presentation of the Plan - The Format and Presentation Styles for Business Plans

Segment-5

Business needs and its Sources

  • Determining Needs - The Decision Framework that is Required to Determine how much Money is needed to Start the Business; Different Categories of Expenses Reviewed, The Cash Flow Needs of the Firm Presented in a Model
  • Sources of new Business Financing - Different Sources for the new Venture Financing
  • Sources of Financing Range - From Bootstrapping the Operation to Venture Capital and Finally Public Capital Markets
  • NGO Financial Alternatives Available - Matching Investors to the Preferred types of Returns to Secure The Money

New Venture and Regulatory Framework    

  • New Venture Valuation - Tools to do Basic Financial Evaluation
  • Approaching Investors - Advice to Entrepreneurs on how to Approach Investors; Researching how your Venture's Location is Affected by these Differences
  • Structuring the Deal - How Different kinds of Deal Elements and Strategies can be Offered in a Deal Structure; Risk Sharing Approach to new Venture Financing
  • Legal and Tax Issues - Framework to Investigate the Special Country Specific Laws and Tax Regulations Regarding Business Start Ups; The Buying and Selling of a Business, Most Important Uses of Entrepreneurial Negotiation Skills

Segment-6

Organisation Structure            

  • The Top Management Team - Important Considerations for Creating the Top Management Team or the TMT
  • Structure and Strategy - The Organizational Life Cycle; How Organization Structures help the Entrepreneur Implement the Strategy of the Enterprise
  • Building an Enduring Organization - Concepts and Strategies for Founding Organizations; Series of Exercises from Collins and Porras's Famous Book, Built to Last, Which Will Guide Venture Creation

Performance Evaluation of a Business

  • Enhancing and Evaluating Performance - Balanced Scorecard or the BSC, An Important tool for Maintaining and Monitoring the Performance of the Organisation
  • Corporate Venturing, Alliances and Franchising - Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation from a Different Context; Corporate Venturing, Alliances and Franchising

 

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Sustainability

Segment-1
  • Understanding sustainability: Concepts, dimensions, and significance for businesses
  • The business case for sustainability: Environmental, social, and economic benefits
  • Triple-bottom-line approach: Balancing people, planet, and profit
  • Historical context and evolution of sustainability in business

Segment-2
  • Sustainable business models: Circular economy, shared value, and regenerative approaches
  • Integration of sustainability into core business strategies
  • Eco-innovation and green product development
  • Sustainable supply chain management and procurement strategies

Segment-3
  • Defining CSR and its evolution
  • Ethical decision-making in business: Frameworks and considerations
  • Stakeholder engagement and management
  • Reporting and communication of CSR initiatives

Segment-4
  • Environmental challenges and their business implications
  • Energy management and renewable energy adoption
  • Water stewardship and sustainable waste management
  • Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services

Segment-5
  • Social sustainability dimensions: Diversity, equity, inclusion, and human rights
  • Employee well-being and work-life balance
  • Community engagement and social impact initiatives
  • Philanthropy and corporate foundations

Segment-6
  • Key performance indicators (KPIs) for sustainability
  • Sustainability reporting frameworks (GRI, SASB, etc.).
  • Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing
  • Integrating sustainability into financial performance assessment

 

Specialization

Capstone Project