PROGRAM : MMS

Semester
Title of the Subject / course
Course Code
Credits

:
:
:
:

I
Perspective Management
For Office use
1
Duration in Hrs

: 40

Learning Objectives
1 To explain the relationships between organizational mission, goals, and objectives
2 To comprehend the significance and necessity of managing stakeholders
To conceptualize how internal and external environment shape organizations and their
3 responses
To develop critical thinking skills in identifying ethical, global, and diversity issues in
4 planning, organizing, controlling and leading functions of management
5 To Understand organizational design and structural issues
To understand that citizenship involves taking conscious steps for societal advancement
6 at individual level and organizational level
Prerequisites if any
Connections with
Subjects in the current or
Future courses
Module
Sr.
No.

Content

Activity

Fundamentals for personal

and organisational success

Lecture, interaction,
discussion.

Fundamentals of personal
leadership

Management: Science,
Theory and Practice The
Evolution of Management
Functions of Management
2
Nature and purpose of
Planning
Objectives, Strategies,
Policies and Planning

Learning outcomes

The student will be able to look at

Examining success
multiple perspectives that impact
stories through
business and life.
videos of industry
pioneers followed by
discussion

Self-study,
Discussion, Quiz

To
demonstrate
empirical
understanding
of
various
organizational
processes
and
behaviors and the theories
associated with them

Premises Decision
making Global Planning
Managing your career and
understanding
organisational dynamics:
- Leadership functions and
corresponding skills
required
- Choosing the right
positions
- Special dilemmas of early
career
3

Discussion

- Landing stretch
assignments

The student will be able to

demonstrate leadership behaviours
which will be three pronged:
leading self, leading others and
leading for change and impact.

- Building a network of
relationships
- Challenges faced by the
minority
- Developing ethical
judgment
- Assessing your career

Managing in adversities /
Management of crisis

Case Study

Social Responsibility, Ethics

and Sustainable
Development

Discussion, Case
study, Group work,
Movie, Student
Presentation,
Debate on MBA
Oath

Mind control and spiritual

Quotient

Literature Reading,
Discussion

The Student will learn ways of

staying positive and having a
healthy mind

Role and Responsibilities

of a Manager, Effective
and Ineffective Managerial

Caselets, role plays

and discussions

To understand the roles and

functions of managers at various
(entry, middle and the top) levels

The Student will explore different

approaches and their consequences
during crisis management

To understand the role of managers

and citizens in society

styles

Difference between
management and
leadership, Understanding
Level 5 Leadership

Literature reading
and Discussion

Strategic Management
Definition, classes of
decisions, levels of
decision, Strategy, Role of
different Strategists,
Relevance of Strategic
Management and its
benefits, Strategic
Management in India

Discussion, Student
Presentations, Case
study

Change Management

Discussion, Movies,
Case study

Total Quality Management

Discussion, Quiz

10
11

The student will understand the

behavior, skills and mindset of a
manager and of a leader.

The Student will understand various

concepts and examples related to
Strategic Management

The Student will learn about the

various steps to be followed to
bring about change
The Student will understand the
concepts and examples of TQM

Reference books
1
2
3
4
5
6

The Leader Within DreaZigarmi, Michael OConnor, Ken Blenchard, Carl

Edeburn
The Action-Centred Leadership John Adair
Good to Great Jim Collins
Leadership Rudolph Guliani
The Mind and its Control Swami Budhananda
Management a competency building approach HeilReigel / Jackson/ Slocum

Text books
1
2
3
4

Principles and Practices of Management by DrKiranNerkar and Dr Vilas Chopde

Principles of Management Davar
Essentials of Management Koontz &Weihrich
Strategic Management V S P Rao& V Hari Krishna

Assessment
Internal
Semester end

40%
60%

PROGRAM : MMS
Semester
Title of the Subject / course
Course Code
Credits

: I
: Effective and Management Communication
: For Office use
:
Duration in Hrs
: 1.5x26=39hrs

Learning Objectives
1
2
3
4

In all social behavior, communication is essential in building and maintaining human

relationships.
In business, communication is essential for the smooth and efficient conduct of day-today transactions/activities.
In recent years the importance of communication has greatly increased as a result of the
growing complexity of businesses, as also the impact of rapid industrialization,
globalization and the advent of modern technologies.
English being globally the language of Management, those with good communication
skills in English enjoy a distinct advantage in their work and careers.

Prerequisites if any
Connections with
Subjects in the current or
Future courses

Decent working knowledge of the English language ( including

Grammar) is a must, keeping in mind that most
business/management transactions in India and internationally are
conducted in the English language.
English is globally the most widely spoken language and it is the
accepted language of the business world. It is the medium of
instruction for this course, hence it impacts every subject and
future courses.

Module
Sr.
Content
No.
1 Introduction and Theory of
Communication: nature, function &
scope; The 7 Cs of communication

Activity
2 sessions
(3 hrs)

The communication Process:

classification , components and models
of communication;
Problems in communication (Filters)

2 sessions
(3 hrs)

Channels of communication: Formal

v/s Informal, Upward, Downward,
Horizontal, Grapevine;
Barriers to communication.
Verbal and Non-verbal
communication: Listening, Kinesics,
Paralanguage, Proxemics

2 sessions
(3 hrs)

2 sessions
(3 hrs)

Learning outcomes
Historical background and the
development of
communication;
Importance and role of
communication in everyday
life
Mechanics behind the
communication process,
difficulties experienced in
communication

Different types of
communication, impedance
due to extraneous factors
called barriers
Important non-verbal
parameters in communication

7
8

9
10

12

13

Essentials of effective verbal

communication: Voice modulation,
Tone, Pitch,Knowledge and self
confidence
Meetings: Types; purpose.
Group Discussions: Dos and Donts;
Committees: Types, Advantages and
disadvantages, effectiveness.
Public Speaking: Preparation, Attire,
Posture and Delivery techniques
Written communication: Business
letters, Types, Essentials, Format,
common errors.
e-mail: format, language and courtesy,
common errors.
Report Writing: Types of Reports,
requirements, format
Communication and Culture:
Intercultural sensitivities, Business
etiquette when dealing with people
from different nationalities.
Impact of modern Technology on
Business Communication: the
paperless office, use of modern devices
Cases, sample communications and
exercises, audio-visual presentations

2 sessions (3
hrs)

How to make your

communication effective and
attractive

2 sessions (3
hrs)

Communication in groups,
guidelines to improve
performance/effectiveness in
group interactions
How to become a convincing
and forceful public speaker
Ways to achieve impressive
and meaningful written
communication

2 sessions (3
hrs)
2 sessions (3
hrs)

2 sessions (3
hrs)
4 sessions (6
hrs)

Correct and effective Reportwriting techniques

Understanding cultural
diversity and Business
etiquette with foreign clients

2 sessions (3
hrs)

Methods of effective audiovisual communication

2 sessions (3
hrs)

Experiential learning through

audio-visual means

Reference books
Doctor & Doctor, Business Communication, Sheth Publishers.
1
Raman & Singh, Business Communication, Oxford University Press.
2
Madhukar R. K., Business Communication, Vikas Publishing House
3
McKay, Davis and Fanning, Communication Skills, B. Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd, New
Delhi.
4
Text books
1
Singh Nirmal, Business Communication: Principles, Methods & Techniques, Deep &
Deep Publications, Delhi.
2
Krishna Mohan &MeeraBanerji, Developing Communication Skills, MacMillan.
MurpMurphy,
3
Hildebrandt & Thomas, Effective Business Communications, McGraw Hill.
4
Taylor & Chandra, Communication for Business: A Practical Approach, Pearson
5

Mukherjee HorySankar, Business Communication: Connecting at Work, Oxford

University Press, 2013.

Assessment
Internal
Semester end

40%
60%

PROGRAM: MMS
Semester
Title of the Subject / course
Course Code
Credits

: I
: Financial Accounting 100 Marks
:
: 4
Duration in Hrs.

: 40

Learning Objective
1
2

To understand the basic concepts and fundamentals used in financial accounting.

To learn all the intricacies of corporate financial statements.

Prerequisites if any
Connections with
Subjects in the current or
Future courses

This subject will provide basic knowledge of accounting which will be useful
and required for the subjects in the area of finance in the upcoming terms

Module
Sr.
No.

Content

Activity

Learning outcomes

Introduction to Accounting
Lecture and
Meaning and necessity of accounting
discussion
Accounting cycle
An overview of Financial Statements
Income Statement and Balance Sheet
Introduction and meaning of GAAP, IFRS Theoretical
and Ind AS
discussion
Important Accounting Standards
and
Concepts used in accounting
explanation
Concepts related to Income Statement and
Balance Sheet
Accounting Equation and its relation to
accounting mechanics
Theoretical
Accounting mechanics and process
discussion
leading to preparation of Trial Balance and
and
Financial Statements
exercises
Preparation of Financial Statements with Theoretical
Adjustment - T form and vertical form of discussion
financial statements
and
Detailed discussion and understanding of
problem
various items in Schedule III
solving
Preparation
of
Corporate
Financial
Statements and Notes to Accounts
Revenue recognition and measurement
Theoretical
Capital and revenue items
discussion
Treatment of R & D expenses
and
Preproduction cost
exercises
Deferred revenue expenditure etc.
Page 1 of 2

Sr.
No.

10
11

Content

Activity

Learning outcomes

Theoretical
discussion
Fixed Assets and Depreciation Accounting
and
problem
solving
Theoretical
discussion
Evaluation and accounting of Inventory
and
problem
solving
Problems
and
Fund Flow Statement
exercises
Cash Flow Statement
with
theoretical
discussion
Corporate Financial Reporting Reading of Assignment
Annual Report, Presentation and analysis of discussion
audit reports and directors report. (Students
should be exposed to reading of Annual
Reports of companies both detailed and
summarized version)
Theoretical
Inflation Accounting
discussion
Theoretical
Ethical Issues in accounting
discussion

TextBooks
1
2
3

Financial Accounting for Management Dinesh D Harsolekar

Financial Accounting Text and Cases Dearden and Bhattacharyya
Accounting- Text and Cases Robert Anthony, david Hawkins and Kenneth Merchant

ReferenceBooks
1
2
3

Financial Accounting - Reporting & Analysis Stice and Diamond

Full Text of Indian Accounting standard Taxmann Publication

Financial Accounting for Managers T.P. Ghosh

Financial Accounting R. Narayanaswamy

5
6
Assessment
Internal
Semester end

40%
60%
Page 2 of 2

PROGRAM : MMS
Semester
Title of the Subject / course
Course Code
Credits

: I
: BUSINESS STATISTICS
: For Office use
:
Duration in Hrs

: 3 X 13 (39)

Learning Objectives
1 Introduce the statistical methods of analysis for business decisions
To learn the role of probabilistic concepts such as independence, conditional
2 probability, expectation, probability model
To learn topics relate to model formulation, estimation of model parameters, hypothesis
3 testing and simple and multiple regression
4 To develop skills that are needed to deal with numerical information
Prerequisites if any
Connections with
Subjects in the current or
Future courses
Module
Sr.
No.
1

Content
Introduction of Statistics
Data Representation

Descriptive Statistics

Activity
Lecture
Secondary data
collection and
representing the data
through pie and bar
charts
through Case Study

Theory of probability
4

7, 8

Lecture
Sampling and sampling
Distributions

Correlation ( Bivariate,
Multiple , Partial )
Business Forecasting using
Regression (Linear
Regression )

Learning outcomes
Introduce the statistical methods
of analysis for business decisions
Analyze the charts and make the
business decisions
Application of descriptive
statistics to real world
To learn the role of probabilistic
concepts such as independence,
conditional probability,
expectation, probability model

Lecture

Application of sampling in
research and real life situation

Lecture and SPSS

To understand strength between

the two and more variables

Secondary data
collection and
representing the data
through pie and bar

Using the secondary data and to

understand how to forecast for the
future

charts
9

Analysis of Variance
(ONE Way and two way
ANOVA)

Nonparametric
Distributions (t and Chi10,11
square)
Class Test , MCQ and
12,13 Numerical problems

Using excel and

SPSS

Relevance of variation to business

and measures to control the same

Lecture

Application of sampling,
distribution for small sample size

Test , Power Point

Reference books
Statistics a fresh approach D.H.Sanders
1
Statistics concepts & applications H.C.Schefler
2
Practical Business Statistics Andrew F. Siegel
3
Basic Statistics for Business & Economics Mason, Marehas
4
An Introduction to statistical methods C. B. Gupta &Vyay Gupta (Vikas)
5
R.S. Bhardway: Business Statistics(Excel Books)
6
Sharma : Business Statistics (Pearson)
7
Beri: Statistics for Management (TMH)
8
Business Statistics Dr S.K Khandelwal International Book House Ltd
9
Business Statistics An Applied Orientation P.K Vishwanathan Pearson
Publications
10
Text books
1
2
3

Statistics for Management Richard L Levin

Statistics for Business with Computer
Minieka&Z.D.Kurzeja
Statitics for managers using Excel by Stephan and Levine

Assessment
Internal
Semester end

40%
60%

applications

Edward

Program : MMS
Semester
Course
Name

Course Code

For office use

Credits

Duration

40 hrs

Management Information System

Learning Objectives
To understand the basic concept data and information , Framework / structure and role of
1 Information and Information Systems for business

2 Determining Information Needs for an individual &Organizationfor decision making process.

3

To understand the requirement & analysis of MIS across the functions of the Management
and Sectorsof the industry and business

To emphasis the Information System Development Process and Security/Privacy of

4 MIS
Prerequisites if any
Connections with
Subjects in the
current or Future courses

Need &understanding of Management Information System

Will connect conceptual framework to Determining
Information Needs for an Organization/Individual managers
for decision making process

Module
1

Content
Basic Information concepts and
definitions
Framework and role of
Information and Information
Systems(IS) in an organization,
system concept
Characteristics of Information
and Organization with respect
toorganization form, structure ,
philosophy, hierarchy etc
Types of Information System
(IS)Transaction Processing System
for Operational Control,
Management Information
System for
Management Control, Decision
Support System and , Executive
Information Systems for
Strategic
Management,Knowledge Base
Information System (Artificial
Intelligent/ Expert System)

Activity

Lecture

Lecture & cases

3

Determining Information Needs

Lecture

Learning outcomes

for an
Organization/IndividualManager,
Overview of use of data and
Information , analysis of
information, Value of
information for decision making
and decision making processes
etc
MIS across the functions of the
Management and Sectorsi.e
Marketing Information Systems
Manufacturing Information
Systems
Human Resource Information
Systems
Financial Information Systems
Information System Required
across the Sectors.
Strategic roles of IS
Use of Information for Customer
Bonding and Business Alliance
Breaking Business Barriers
Business Processes
Reengineering
Improving Business Quality
Creating Virtual Company
Using Internet Strategically
Building Knowledge and
Creating Company Challenges
of
Strategic of IS Enterprise
wide systems and E- Business
Applications for business &
competitive advantages
Managing information systems
Enterprise Management
Information Resource
Management
Technology Management
IS planning methodologies
Critical Success factors
Business Systems Planning
Computer Aided Planning Tools.
Information System
Development and Security
Information System
development Process and
Models
Sensitize students to the need
for information security,
Concepts such as confidentiality,
Integrity and Availability, Types
of threats and risk, overview of
some of the manual,procedural
and automated controls in real

Lecture and cases

life IT environments.Computer
Crime Privacy Issues
8

Case Studies and Presentations

Reference books

1.

OBrien, James A Management Information Systems, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi,

2.

Marvin Gore, Elements of Systems Analysis & Design, ,Galgota Publications.

3.

MIS a Conceptual Framework by Davis and Olson

4.

Analysis and Design of Information Systems by James Senn

5.

Case Studies : Case on ABC Industrial Gases Author : Prof PradeepPendse

6.

Jessup &Valacich: Information Systems Today (Prentice Hall India)

7.

Management Information Systems M.Jaiswal&M.Mittal Oxford Publications.

Text books

1
2

Management
Information SystemManaging the Digital
Firm
Principal of Information
System

Assessment
Internal
Semester
end

40%
60%

by Laudon and Laudon

by Ralph M. Stair and Georg Raynold

Program : MMS
Semester
Course Name
Course Code
Credits
Duration

I
Operations Management
For office use
4
40-45 hrs

Learning Objectives
1 To expose a student of Management to operations principles.
2 To understand basic operating principles in product and service industry
To be able to apply different analytical techniques of operations Management in different
3 industry sectors like hotel,hospital,mall,BPO,Airlines,manufacturing,consulting etc.
Prerequisites if any
Connections with Subjects in
the current or Future
courses
Module
Content
Introduction to
Operations
Management,
applications in product
and service industry,
use of competitive
1 advantage
Process analysis in
2 Industry
3 Facility location
4 Facility layout
Inventory
Management,EOQ,ABC
analysis, Discount
5 policy
Capacity and
introduction to
6 aggregate planning

Exposure to MS-excel
Manufacturing Resources planning and control,Quantitative models
in Operations,Operations analytics,Operations applications and cases

Activity

Learning outcomes

Lecture,examples

Understand the basic concepts and learn

how to apply the same.

Lectures, cases
Lecture, examples
Lecture, examples

Lecture,
examples,cases
Lecture,
examples,cases
Lecture,
examples,cases

7 Basics of MRP
Sequencing techniques
8
Lecture, examples,
Introduction to CPM & lecture,examples,cases
9 PERT
Workstudy and
10 method study
lecture,examples
11 QC and SQC
lecture,examples
12 ISO systems, Value engineering and analysis lecture
13 & 14 Cases and presentation

Reference books
1 S N Chary
2 Chunawalla& Patel
3 Chase & Jacob
Text books
1 S N Chary
2KanishkaBedi
3
Assessment
Internal
Semester end

Production and Operations Management

Production and Operations Management
Operations Management for competitive advantage

Theory & Problems in Production & Operations Management

Production & Operations Management

40% or 25%
60% or 75%

PROGRAM : MMS
Semester
Title of the Subject / course
Course Code
Credits

: I
: Organizational Behaviour
: For Office use
:
Duration in Hrs

: 40 hrs

Learning Objectives

To provide students understanding how and why people behave in organizations

1 as they do, either as individuals or in groups and how their behaviours affect
their performance and performance of the organization as a whole.
to provide understanding how to effectively modify their behaviour through
motivation and leadership for enhanced performance. And also to provide
2 understanding about related concepts such as Org. Structure, Design and
Culture.
To help students to understand human behaviour in organizations and equip
3 them to enhance their performance as well as performance of the people
reporting to them.
4
Prerequisites if any
Connections with
Subjects in the current or
Future courses
Module

Sr.
Content
No.
1 Introduction to OB
Personality: Meaning and
2
Determinants of Personality
3 Perception, Attitude and Value

Lecture
Lecture

Motivation Concepts : Motives

Lecture

Group Behaviour and Group

Dynamics
Organisational Design: Structure, size,
technology
Leadership: Concepts and skills of
leadership
Organisation Development

Lecture

4
5
6
7
8
9

Understanding of the Concept of

Defence Mechanism; Types of
Defence Mechanism; Role of

Activity

Learning outcomes

Lecture

Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Video & Role
Play

Enhanced
understanding of the
behavior of

DefenceMechanism in Personality,
Perception & Attitude; Significance &
Relevance of Defence Mechanism for
Interpersonal Relations and Group
Dynamics
10

superiors,peers and
subordinates especially
in problem situations
and the ways to deal
with them more
effectively.

Case Studies and Presentations

Reference books
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Understanding Organizational Behavior UdaiPareek

Organizational Behavior Stephen Robbins
Organizational Behavior Fred Luthans
Organizational Behavior L. M. Prasad (Sultan Chand)
OrganisationalBehaviour Dipak Kumar Bhattacharya Oxford Publications
OrganisationalBehaviour Dr Chandra sekhar Dash International Book
House Ltd
OrganisationalBehaviour Meera Shankar International Book House Ltd
Management &OrganisationalBehaviour Laurie Mullins Pearson
Publications
OrganisationalBehaviour, Structure, Process Gibson McGraw Hill
Publications
OrganisationalBehaviour McShane McGraw Hill Publications

Text books
1
2
3
Assessment
Internal
Semester end

40%
60%

PROGRAM : MMS
Semester
Title of the Subject /
course
Course Code

:
:

I
Managerial Economics

For Office use

Credits

Duration in Hrs

39

Learning Objectives

1
2
3

To enable the students to understand both the theory and practice of Managerial
Economics,
to ensure that the students are in a position to appreciate the finer nuances of the
subject, and,
to help the students in applying the knowledge so acquired in policy planning and
managerial decision making.

Prerequisites if any

Connections with
Subjects in the current or
Future courses

Nil
1) This would be a pre-requisite to the second semester paper on
Business Environment, which mainly deals with macroeconomic
issues, and,
2) both Managerial Economics and Business Environment
papers also constitute the base for studying Stategic
Management, which is a University paper in the third semester.

Module
Sr.
No
.
1

3
4

Content
The meaning, scope and
methods of Managerial
Economics
Economic concepts
relevant to business:
Scarcity, choice &
production possibilty
curve
Supply and demand
Production, distribution,
consumption
Risk and uncertainty
Costs, price, competition,
monopoly, profit
Optimisation, margin &
average, elasticty
-- Do - Denand analysis &
business forecating

Activity

Learning outcomes

Lecture

The students should be able to

decipher, analyse and apply the
theory and practice of Managerial
Economics

Lecture

-- Do --

-- Do --

-- Do --

-- Do --

-- Do --

Market structures &

factors influencing
demand
Demand analysis for
various products and
situations
Autonomous industry
demand and firm demand
Cost & production
analysis
Cost concepts, short run
& long run
Cost - output relationship
Costs of multiple
products, economies and
dis-economies of scale &
production functions
Breakeven analysis
Market analysis

Lecture and a case

study

-- Do --

Lecture and a case

study

-- Do --

-- Do --

-- Do --

-- Do --

-- Do --

-- Do --

-- Do --

Lecture

-- Do --

Market failures and their

remedies
6

Competitive situations,
monopoly & oligopoly
Concentration of
economic power and it's
measures

-- Do - Pricing decisions,
policies and practices
Price and output
decisions under perfect &.
Imperfect competition

8
Pricing methods
Product line pricing
Specific pricing
problems
9
10

-- Do - Profit management
Role of profits in a

market economy
Nature and measurement
of profit, profit policies
The hypothesis of profit
maximisation and it's
alternatives
Demand for capital
Supply of capital
11

Capital Rationing

Lecture

-- Do --

Lecture

-- Do --

Capital Budgeting
Appraising the
profitabilty of a project
Business or trade cycles
and business policies
12

Economic indicators
Input - Output analysis

13

Presentations by students

-- Do --

N B:- (1) While each lecture wouldbe of 3 hours, the slot for presentations at serial no 13 may be
provided with 4 hours.
Reference books
Economics by Paul Samuelson and Richard Nordhaus : Indian Adaptation, 19th
1
Edition
2
Managerial Economics by Milton Spencer and Louis Siegelman
3
Managerial Economics: Concepts and Cases by Mote, Paul and Gupta
Text books
1
2
3

Managerial Economics in a Global Economy by Dominick Salvatore

Managerial Economics by Suma Damodaran
Microeconomics for Business by Satya P Das
Assessment

Internal
Semester end

40%, consisting of 2 tests (20 %), presentations (10 %) and attendance and
class participation (10 %)
60%, comprising of a 3 hour end -semester examination