Management Optional

Concept and foundations of management

Evolution of management thoughts

Managerial functions

• Planning

• Organizing

• Controlling

Decision making

Role of manager

Managerial skills

Entrepreneurship

Management of innovation

Managing in a global environment

Flexible systems management

Social responsibility and managerial ethics

Process and customer orientation

Managerial processes on direct and indirect value chain

Conceptual model of organization behaviour

The individual processes

• Personality

• Values and attitude

• Perception

• Motivation

• Learning and reinforcement

• Work stress and stress management

The dynamics of organization behaviour

• Power and politics

• Conflict and negotiation

• Leadership process and styles

• Communication

The organizational processes

• Decision making

• Job design

Classical, neoclassical and contingency approaches to organizational design

Organizational theory and design

• Organizational culture

• Managing cultural diversity

• Learning organization

Organizational change and development

Knowledge based enterprise

• Systems and processes

Networked and virtual organizations

HR challenges

HRM functions

The future challenges of HRM

Strategic management of human resources

Human resource planning

Job analysis

Job evaluation

Recruitment and selection

Training and development

Promotion and transfer

Performance management

Compensation management and benefits

Employee morale and productivity

Management of organizational climate and industrial relations

Human resources accounting and audit

Human resource information system

International human resource management

Financial accounting

• Concept, importance and scope

• Generally accepted accounting principles

• Preparation of financial statements with special reference to analysis of a balance sheet

• Measurement of business income

• Inventory valuation and depreciation

• Financial statement analysis

• Fund flow analysis

• The statement of cash flows

Management accounting

• Concept, need, importance and scope

Cost accounting

• Records and processes

• Cost ledger and control accounts

• Reconciliation and integration between financial and cost accounts

Overhead cost and control

Job and process costing

Budget and budgetary control

Performance budgeting

Zero-base budgeting

Relevant costing and costing for decision-making

Standard costing and variance analysis

Marginal costing and absorption costing

Goal of finance function

Concepts of value and return

Valuation of bonds and shares

Management of working capital

• Estimation and financing

Management of cash, receivables, inventory and current liabilities

Cost of capital

Capital budgeting

Financial and operating leverage

Design of capital structure

• Theories and practices

Shareholder value creation

• Dividend policy

• Corporate financial policy and strategy

• Management of corporate distress and restructuring strategy

Capital and money markets

• Institutions and instruments

Leasing, hire purchase and venture capital

Regulation of capital market

Risk and return

• Portfolio theory

CAPM

APT

Financial derivatives

• Option

• Futures

• Swap

Recent reforms in financial sector

Concept, evolution and scope

Marketing strategy formulation and components of marketing plan

Segmenting and targeting the market

Positioning and differentiating the market offering

Analyzing competition

Analyzing consumer markets

Industrial buyer behaviour

Market research

Product strategy

Pricing strategies

Designing and managing marketing channels

Integrated marketing communications

Building customer satisfaction, value and retention

Services and non-profit marketing

Ethics in marketing

Consumer protection

Internet marketing

Retail management

Customer relationship management

Concept of holistic marketing

Descriptive statistics

• Tabular, graphical and numerical methods

Introduction to probability

Discrete and continuous probability distributions

Inferential statistics

• Sampling distributions

Central limit theorem

Hypothesis testing for differences between means and proportions

Inference about population variances

Chi-square and ANOVA

Simple correlation and regression

Time series and forecasting

Decision theory

Index numbers

Linear programming

• Problem formulation

• Simplex method and graphical solution

• Sensitivity analysis

Fundamentals of operations management

Organizing for production

Aggregate production planning

Capacity planning

Plant design

• Process planning

• Plant size and scale of operations

Management of facilities

Line balancing

Equipment replacement and maintenance

Production control

Supply chain management

• Vendor evaluation and audit

Quality management

Statistical process control

Six Sigma

Flexibility and agility in manufacturing systems

World class manufacturing

Project management concepts

R&D management

Management of service operations

Role and importance of materials management

Value analysis

Make or buy decision

Inventory control

MRP

Waste management

Conceptual foundations of information systems

Information theory

Information resource management

Types of information systems

Systems development

• Overview of systems and design

• System development management life-cycle

• Designing for online and distributed environments

• Implementation and control of project

Trends in information technology

Managing data resources

• Organising data

DSS and RDBMS

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Expert systems

e-Business architecture

e-Governance

Information systems planning

Flexibility in information systems

User involvement

Evaluation of information systems

State participation in business

Interaction between Government, Business and different Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India

Government's policy with regard to Small Scale Industries

Government clearances for establishing a new enterprise

Public Distribution System

Government control over price and distribution

Consumer Protection Act (CPA) and the role of voluntary organizations in protecting consumers' rights

New Industrial Policy of the Government

• Liberalization

• Deregulation

• Privatisation

Indian planning system

Government policy concerning development of backward areas/regions

The responsibilities of the business as well as the Government to protect the environment

Corporate Governance

Cyber Laws

Business policy as a field of study

Nature and scope of strategic management

Strategic intent, vision, objectives and policies

Process of strategic planning and implementation

Environmental analysis and internal analysis

SWOT analysis

Tools and techniques for strategic analysis

• Impact matrix

• The experience curve

• BCG matrix

• GEC mode

• Industry analysis

• Concept of value chain

Strategic profile of a firm

Framework for analysing competition

Competitive advantage of a firm

Generic competitive strategies

Growth strategies

• Expansion

• Integration

• Diversification

Concept of core competence

Strategic flexibility

Reinventing strategy

Strategy and structure

Chief Executive and Board

Turnaround management

Management of strategic change

Strategic alliances

Mergers and Acquisitions

Strategy and corporate evolution in the Indian context

International business environment

• Changing composition of trade in goods and services

India's foreign trade

• Policy and trends

Financing of international trade

Regional economic cooperation

FTAs

Internationalisation of service firms

International production

Operation management in international companies

International taxation

Global competitiveness and technological developments

Global e-business

Designing global organisational structure and control

Multicultural management

Global business strategy

Global marketing strategies

Export management

Export-import procedures

Joint ventures

Foreign investment

• Foreign direct investment

• Foreign portfolio investment

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Foreign exchange risk exposure management

World financial markets and international banking

External debt management

Country risk analysis