MBFA-401 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Introduction, Fundamentals of Strategy, Scope and Importance of Strategies, Purpose of Business, Introduction, Overview and importance of Business Policies, Strategic Intent through Vision and Mission Statements, Difference between Goals and Objectives of Business.
Meaning, Need, scope, key features, importance and process of strategic management, Role of Strategists in Decision Making, Strategic Management process.
Concept, environment appraisal, importance of environmental appraisal, Strategic analysis and choice, organizational capability profile, strategic advantage profile, corporate portfolio analysis, SWOT analysis, Porter's Five Forces Model of Competition, BCG Matrix, McKinsey's7sframework,GENine Cell Model, Red–Blue-Purple Ocean strategy, distinctive competitiveness, environmental threat and opportunity profile(ETOP).
Grand strategies, stability strategies, expansion strategies, retrenchment strategies, combination strategies, restructuring of business. Turnaround–divestment and Liquidation strategies. Strategies for competing in globalizing markets.
Issues in implementation, project implementation, procedural implementation, organization structure, matching structure and strategy, behavioral issues, leadership style, functional issues, functional plans and policies, financial, marketing, operations and personnel plans and policies
Strategy Evaluation: Importance, Overview of strategic evaluation, Importance, symptoms of malfunctioning of strategy, operations control and strategic control, technique soft strategic evaluation and control.
Corporate culture, values, power, social responsibilities, ethics, building a capable organization.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
lz Strategicmanagement
lz Strategicmanagement&OperationsResearch
lz Strategicmanagement
lz Corporatestrategy
lz Business policy&strategicManagement
lz Strategicmanagement(Concept/Practice&Cases)
lz BusinessPolicy
-JA pearce,RBRobinson Jr
-SudhirLakhanpal
-Robinson
-AnsoffHI
-Glueck&JaunchLR
-Thomas
-KazmiA
lz StrategicManagementTextandCases -RaoVSP(ExcelBooks)
lz StrategicManagement
lz BusinessPolicy&StrategicManagement
-Kachru(ExcelBooks)
-LomashS.(VikasPub.HouseLtd.)
MBFA- 402 RISK MANAGEMENT & INSURANCE
Concept and classification of Risk, Accept able risk Vs Un acceptable risk, cost of risk, Degree of risk, influencing factors, constraints, monitoring, and evaluation of Risk.
Meaning, Scope &Objective of Risk Management, Risk Management Process, Risk management models, Personal risk management Vs Corporate risk management, Risk Control, Risk avoidance, Classifications, Evaluation and measures of risk reduction.
Meaning of ERM, Source of risk to an Enterprise, Prerequisite for ERM. Integrated risk assessment- Market Risk Management: Importance, Exposure in financial markets, Methods to handle & control Market risk.
Meaning, Sources, Objectives & Classification of Operational Risk, Operational Events-Regulatory issues of Operational Risk Management, Measurement and Stages of Operational Risk Management, Roles of Supervisor, Disclosure Requirement, Insurance & Operational Risk Management.
Definition and Source of financial risk, Need & Importance of Financial Risk Management, Tools for Financial Risk Management-Derivatives-Futures-Swaps-Options, Role of Chief Risk Officer, Integrated Risk Program, Double trigger option. Liquidity Management-Tools for Treasury Risk Management.
Definition, Purpose & need of Insurance, Insurance as risk transfer & risk sharing mechanism, Benefits &Cost of insurance to society, Insurance as contract, Essential elements and Fundamental principles of insurance, Types of insurance business–Life insurance, general insurance–meaning, types and regulatory framework.
Guidelines for Case analysis/presentations:- Students should be given case studies as assignment and asked to present the same in the class for discussions, or seminars may be arranged on current issues related to the subject and marks be given on the basis of students performance.(Cases or Seminars can be given on individual basis or on group basis.)
lz PrinciplesofRiskManagement&Insurance–GeorgeE. Rejda.
lz RiskManagement&Insurance -ScottHarington.
lz RiskManagement&Insurance -C. ArthurWilliams.
lz RiskManagement -IIBF,Macmillan,New Delhi.
lz Financial MarketsandInstitutions -SGurusamy,Thomson
lz InsuranceInstitute ofIndia –IC 30,Practice ofLifeAssurance
lz InsuranceInstitute ofIndia –IC 33,LifeAssurance
lz InsuranceInstitute ofIndia –IC 34,General Insurance
UNIT -I
E – Commerce: Meaning, definition, features, functions of E-Commerce, Scope, Benefits and limitations of E-Commerce – The Internet and India – E-commerce opportunities andchallenges for Industries.
Business Models for E-commerce: The Birth of Portals – E-Business Models – Business- to-Consumer (B2C) – Business-to-Business (B2B) – Consumer-to Consumer (C2C) – Consumer-to-Business (C2B) – Brokerage Model – Value Chain Model – Advertising Model.
UNIT –II
E-marketing – Traditional Marketing Vs.E-Marketing – Impact of E-commerce on markets – Marketing issues in E-Marketing – Online Marketing – E-advertising – Internet Marketing Trends – E-Branding – Marketing Strategies.
E-payment Systems: Digital payment Requirements – Digital Token-based E-payment systems – Benefits to Buyers – Benefits to Sellers – Credit card as E-payment system – Mobile payments – smart card cash payment system – Micropayment system – E- Cash.
UNIT –III
E-Finance: Areas of Financing, E-Banking - Traditional Banking Vs. E-Banking – Operations in E-Banking – E-Trading – Stock Market trading – Importance and advantages of E-Trading.
UNIT –IV
Legal Framework for E-Commerce: E-Commerce Legal Framework – Rights and Obligations in the World of E-commerce – Copyrights – Defamation – Privacy – Contracts – Taxation – Signing a contract Electronically – Domain name and Registration.
UNIT –V
Mobile Commerce: Challenges of E-commerce – Global Mobile E-Commerce – Secure Mobile Commerce – Secured Payments through Mobile – First Mobile Commerce Service.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
MBFA 404 International Finance
Introduction: International Trade, Its Importance, Theories of International Trade- Theory Comparative Costs, Classical Theory, Absolute Advantage, Hecksher-Ohlin Theory, Free Trade V/S Protection-Barriers To Foreign Trade, Tariff And Non-Tariff Barriers.
Balance of Payment : Meaning Of BOP, Components Of BOP, ImportanceOf BOP, Meaning Of Deficit And Surplus, Equilibrium, Disequilibrium And Adjustments, Methods Of Correcting Disequilibrium, Accounting Principles In BOP.
Foreign Exchange Markets: Defining Foreign Exchange Market, Its Structure, Settlement System, Exchange Rate, Participants,Understanding SPOT And Forward Rates, Foreign Exchange Quotations,Premium And Discount In Forward Market, Cross Rates, Inverse Rates And Arbitrage.
Exchange Rate Determination: Determination Under Gold Standard AndPaper Standard, Factors Affecting Exchange Rates, Purchasing Power Parity Theory, Demand And Supply Theory, Equilibrium Rate Of Exchange, Fluctuating V/S Fixed Exchange Rates, Exchange Control,Objectives Of Exchange Control.
Instruments: ADR, GDR, Euro Currencies, International CommercialPapers.
International Financial Institutions: Introduction To IMF, Its Importance,Functions and Significance.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
International financial management; Eun & Resnick; TMH; Latest Edition
International financial management; V V Sharan; PHI EEE; Latest Edition
Multinational financial management; Alan Shapiro; John Wiley Publication; Latest Edition
International financial management; P G Apte; PHI; Latest Edition
MBFA- 405 Working Capital Management
Concept & importance of Working capital management, types of working capital, factors affecting working capital requirements.
Meaning & significance of operating cycle and cash cycle, estimation of working capital requirements,liquidity vs. profitability.
Financing of working capital needs: Commercial banks, Commercial papers, Factoring, Trade credit, Accrued expenses, Deferred income as source for working capital.
Cash Management: Aspects of cash management, Motives for holding cash and marketable
securities.
Cash Planning, Cash budget simulation and cash balance uncertainties, hedging vs. interest rate, future &options. Treasury management, Reasons for Cash flow problems.
Receivable management: Introduction, Objectives of trade credit, credit policies.
Dimensions of receivable management, collections from receivables, role of factoring in receivables management..
REFERENCE BOOKS:
Working Capital Management by Hrishikes Bhattacharya, PHI publication.
Working Capital Management by R.P. Rustagi, Taxman Publication.
Financial Management by Prasanna Chandra, McGraw Publications.
Financial Management by I.M. Pandey, Vikas Publishing House.
MBFA-406 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGERS
UNIT– I:
IntroductiontoStatistics-origin,scope,developmentandbranchesofstatistics,limitationsof statistics, statistics & computers, Applications of Statistics in Business.
Measures of Central Tendency-Mean, Median, Mode, Geometric Mean and Harmonic Mean.
UNIT– II:
Dispersion- Range Quartiledeviation, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation and co-efficient of variation.
Skewness:KarlPearsonco-efficientofskewness,Bowley’sco-efficientofskewness,Kelley’ co-eficient of skewness-Theory and problems. Concept of Kurtosis.
UNIT– III:
Correlation Analysis-Scatter diagram, Positive and Negative correlation, limits for coefficient of Correlation, Karl Pearson’scoefficient of correlation, Spearman’s Rank correlation, concept of Multiple and partial Correlation.
Regression Analysis: Concept, Method of least square fit of a linear regression, lines of regression, Properties of regression coefficients.
UNIT– IV:
ProbabilityTheory: Concepts, additive,multiplicative,conditionalprobabilityrules,Bayer’s Theorem and introduction to probability distribution (Binomial & Poisson distribution)
Time Series Analysis-Components, Models of Time Series–Additive, MultiplicativeandMixed models.
Trend analysis-Free hand curve, Semi averages, moving averages, Least Square methods and Indexnumbers–introduction,Characteristics,typesandusesofindexnumbers,weighted& un- weighted price indexes, Tests of adequacy and consumer price indexes.
UNIT– V:
Hypothesis testing and statistical influence(Introduction to methodology and Types of errors) introduction to sample tests for Univariate and Bivariatean alysis using normal distribution, f- test, and t-test, z-test and chi square test.
Analysis of Variance-One Way and Two Way ANOVA (with and without Interaction)
Statistical Decision Theory: Decision making process, Decisions under Uncertainty and Decisions underRisk.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Statistic for Management Levin RI Quantitative Techniquesin Management N.D.Vohra
(TheMcGraw-Hill)
Statistics for Modern Business Decision Lapin & Lawrance
Business Statistics GuptaSP
Modern ElementaryStatistics Friend JohnI
Fundamentals of Statistics GuptaG & Dasgupta
Quantitative Techniques Chandan JS
Statistics for Business & Economics Chandan JS
Introduction to Statistical Methods GuptaV
Quantitative Techniques CR Kothari
Mathematics forManagement and J.K. Sharma, New Delhi, Computer Applications
MBFA-407 MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT
The major research project shall be compulsory for all students. major research project work shall be allotted to the students at the end of 3rd sem. student will be required to submit the final MRP Report in the hard bound in the number specified by the university .major research project (MRP) will carry maximum of 100 marks out of which 50 marks will be for the report and its contents and 50 marks will be for the presentation/Viva –Voce . A of marks panel of external and internal examiner will jointly award both of these components of marks. The university will appoint the external examiner and the Director/Head of the institute will appoint the internal examiner.
EXAMINATION
MBFA-401 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Introduction, Fundamentals of Strategy, Scope and Importance of Strategies, Purpose of Business, Introduction, Overview and importance of Business Policies, Strategic Intent through Vision and Mission Statements, Difference between Goals and Objectives of Business.
Meaning, Need, scope, key features, importance and process of strategic management, Role of Strategists in Decision Making, Strategic Management process.
Concept, environment appraisal, importance of environmental appraisal, Strategic analysis and choice, organizational capability profile, strategic advantage profile, corporate portfolio analysis, SWOT analysis, Porter's Five Forces Model of Competition, BCG Matrix, McKinsey's7sframework,GENine Cell Model, Red–Blue-Purple Ocean strategy, distinctive competitiveness, environmental threat and opportunity profile(ETOP).
Grand strategies, stability strategies, expansion strategies, retrenchment strategies, combination strategies, restructuring of business. Turnaround–divestment and Liquidation strategies. Strategies for competing in globalizing markets.
Issues in implementation, project implementation, procedural implementation, organization structure, matching structure and strategy, behavioral issues, leadership style, functional issues, functional plans and policies, financial, marketing, operations and personnel plans and policies
Strategy Evaluation: Importance, Overview of strategic evaluation, Importance, symptoms of malfunctioning of strategy, operations control and strategic control, technique soft strategic evaluation and control.
Corporate culture, values, power, social responsibilities, ethics, building a capable organization.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
lz Strategicmanagement
lz Strategicmanagement&OperationsResearch
lz Strategicmanagement
lz Corporatestrategy
lz Business policy&strategicManagement
lz Strategicmanagement(Concept/Practice&Cases)
lz BusinessPolicy
-JA pearce,RBRobinson Jr
-SudhirLakhanpal
-Robinson
-AnsoffHI
-Glueck&JaunchLR
-Thomas
-KazmiA
lz StrategicManagementTextandCases -RaoVSP(ExcelBooks)
lz StrategicManagement
lz BusinessPolicy&StrategicManagement
-Kachru(ExcelBooks)
-LomashS.(VikasPub.HouseLtd.)
MBFA- 402 RISK MANAGEMENT & INSURANCE
Concept and classification of Risk, Accept able risk Vs Un acceptable risk, cost of risk, Degree of risk, influencing factors, constraints, monitoring, and evaluation of Risk.
Meaning, Scope &Objective of Risk Management, Risk Management Process, Risk management models, Personal risk management Vs Corporate risk management, Risk Control, Risk avoidance, Classifications, Evaluation and measures of risk reduction.
Meaning of ERM, Source of risk to an Enterprise, Prerequisite for ERM. Integrated risk assessment- Market Risk Management: Importance, Exposure in financial markets, Methods to handle & control Market risk.
Meaning, Sources, Objectives & Classification of Operational Risk, Operational Events-Regulatory issues of Operational Risk Management, Measurement and Stages of Operational Risk Management, Roles of Supervisor, Disclosure Requirement, Insurance & Operational Risk Management.
Definition and Source of financial risk, Need & Importance of Financial Risk Management, Tools for Financial Risk Management-Derivatives-Futures-Swaps-Options, Role of Chief Risk Officer, Integrated Risk Program, Double trigger option. Liquidity Management-Tools for Treasury Risk Management.
Definition, Purpose & need of Insurance, Insurance as risk transfer & risk sharing mechanism, Benefits &Cost of insurance to society, Insurance as contract, Essential elements and Fundamental principles of insurance, Types of insurance business–Life insurance, general insurance–meaning, types and regulatory framework.
Guidelines for Case analysis/presentations:- Students should be given case studies as assignment and asked to present the same in the class for discussions, or seminars may be arranged on current issues related to the subject and marks be given on the basis of students performance.(Cases or Seminars can be given on individual basis or on group basis.)
lz PrinciplesofRiskManagement&Insurance–GeorgeE. Rejda.
lz RiskManagement&Insurance -ScottHarington.
lz RiskManagement&Insurance -C. ArthurWilliams.
lz RiskManagement -IIBF,Macmillan,New Delhi.
lz Financial MarketsandInstitutions -SGurusamy,Thomson
lz InsuranceInstitute ofIndia –IC 30,Practice ofLifeAssurance
lz InsuranceInstitute ofIndia –IC 33,LifeAssurance
lz InsuranceInstitute ofIndia –IC 34,General Insurance
UNIT -I
E – Commerce: Meaning, definition, features, functions of E-Commerce, Scope, Benefits and limitations of E-Commerce – The Internet and India – E-commerce opportunities andchallenges for Industries.
Business Models for E-commerce: The Birth of Portals – E-Business Models – Business- to-Consumer (B2C) – Business-to-Business (B2B) – Consumer-to Consumer (C2C) – Consumer-to-Business (C2B) – Brokerage Model – Value Chain Model – Advertising Model.
UNIT –II
E-marketing – Traditional Marketing Vs.E-Marketing – Impact of E-commerce on markets – Marketing issues in E-Marketing – Online Marketing – E-advertising – Internet Marketing Trends – E-Branding – Marketing Strategies.
E-payment Systems: Digital payment Requirements – Digital Token-based E-payment systems – Benefits to Buyers – Benefits to Sellers – Credit card as E-payment system – Mobile payments – smart card cash payment system – Micropayment system – E- Cash.
UNIT –III
E-Finance: Areas of Financing, E-Banking - Traditional Banking Vs. E-Banking – Operations in E-Banking – E-Trading – Stock Market trading – Importance and advantages of E-Trading.
UNIT –IV
Legal Framework for E-Commerce: E-Commerce Legal Framework – Rights and Obligations in the World of E-commerce – Copyrights – Defamation – Privacy – Contracts – Taxation – Signing a contract Electronically – Domain name and Registration.
UNIT –V
Mobile Commerce: Challenges of E-commerce – Global Mobile E-Commerce – Secure Mobile Commerce – Secured Payments through Mobile – First Mobile Commerce Service.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
MBFA 404 International Finance
Introduction: International Trade, Its Importance, Theories of International Trade- Theory Comparative Costs, Classical Theory, Absolute Advantage, Hecksher-Ohlin Theory, Free Trade V/S Protection-Barriers To Foreign Trade, Tariff And Non-Tariff Barriers.
Balance of Payment : Meaning Of BOP, Components Of BOP, ImportanceOf BOP, Meaning Of Deficit And Surplus, Equilibrium, Disequilibrium And Adjustments, Methods Of Correcting Disequilibrium, Accounting Principles In BOP.
Foreign Exchange Markets: Defining Foreign Exchange Market, Its Structure, Settlement System, Exchange Rate, Participants,Understanding SPOT And Forward Rates, Foreign Exchange Quotations,Premium And Discount In Forward Market, Cross Rates, Inverse Rates And Arbitrage.
Exchange Rate Determination: Determination Under Gold Standard AndPaper Standard, Factors Affecting Exchange Rates, Purchasing Power Parity Theory, Demand And Supply Theory, Equilibrium Rate Of Exchange, Fluctuating V/S Fixed Exchange Rates, Exchange Control,Objectives Of Exchange Control.
Instruments: ADR, GDR, Euro Currencies, International CommercialPapers.
International Financial Institutions: Introduction To IMF, Its Importance,Functions and Significance.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
International financial management; Eun & Resnick; TMH; Latest Edition
International financial management; V V Sharan; PHI EEE; Latest Edition
Multinational financial management; Alan Shapiro; John Wiley Publication; Latest Edition
International financial management; P G Apte; PHI; Latest Edition
MBFA- 405 Working Capital Management
Concept & importance of Working capital management, types of working capital, factors affecting working capital requirements.
Meaning & significance of operating cycle and cash cycle, estimation of working capital requirements,liquidity vs. profitability.
Financing of working capital needs: Commercial banks, Commercial papers, Factoring, Trade credit, Accrued expenses, Deferred income as source for working capital.
Cash Management: Aspects of cash management, Motives for holding cash and marketable
securities.
Cash Planning, Cash budget simulation and cash balance uncertainties, hedging vs. interest rate, future &options. Treasury management, Reasons for Cash flow problems.
Receivable management: Introduction, Objectives of trade credit, credit policies.
Dimensions of receivable management, collections from receivables, role of factoring in receivables management..
REFERENCE BOOKS:
Working Capital Management by Hrishikes Bhattacharya, PHI publication.
Working Capital Management by R.P. Rustagi, Taxman Publication.
Financial Management by Prasanna Chandra, McGraw Publications.
Financial Management by I.M. Pandey, Vikas Publishing House.
MBFA-406 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGERS
UNIT– I:
IntroductiontoStatistics-origin,scope,developmentandbranchesofstatistics,limitationsof statistics, statistics & computers, Applications of Statistics in Business.
Measures of Central Tendency-Mean, Median, Mode, Geometric Mean and Harmonic Mean.
UNIT– II:
Dispersion- Range Quartiledeviation, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation and co-efficient of variation.
Skewness:KarlPearsonco-efficientofskewness,Bowley’sco-efficientofskewness,Kelley’ co-eficient of skewness-Theory and problems. Concept of Kurtosis.
UNIT– III:
Correlation Analysis-Scatter diagram, Positive and Negative correlation, limits for coefficient of Correlation, Karl Pearson’scoefficient of correlation, Spearman’s Rank correlation, concept of Multiple and partial Correlation.
Regression Analysis: Concept, Method of least square fit of a linear regression, lines of regression, Properties of regression coefficients.
UNIT– IV:
ProbabilityTheory: Concepts, additive,multiplicative,conditionalprobabilityrules,Bayer’s Theorem and introduction to probability distribution (Binomial & Poisson distribution)
Time Series Analysis-Components, Models of Time Series–Additive, MultiplicativeandMixed models.
Trend analysis-Free hand curve, Semi averages, moving averages, Least Square methods and Indexnumbers–introduction,Characteristics,typesandusesofindexnumbers,weighted& un- weighted price indexes, Tests of adequacy and consumer price indexes.
UNIT– V:
Hypothesis testing and statistical influence(Introduction to methodology and Types of errors) introduction to sample tests for Univariate and Bivariatean alysis using normal distribution, f- test, and t-test, z-test and chi square test.
Analysis of Variance-One Way and Two Way ANOVA (with and without Interaction)
Statistical Decision Theory: Decision making process, Decisions under Uncertainty and Decisions underRisk.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Statistic for Management Levin RI Quantitative Techniquesin Management N.D.Vohra
(TheMcGraw-Hill)
Statistics for Modern Business Decision Lapin & Lawrance
Business Statistics GuptaSP
Modern ElementaryStatistics Friend JohnI
Fundamentals of Statistics GuptaG & Dasgupta
Quantitative Techniques Chandan JS
Statistics for Business & Economics Chandan JS
Introduction to Statistical Methods GuptaV
Quantitative Techniques CR Kothari
Mathematics forManagement and J.K. Sharma, New Delhi, Computer Applications
MBFA-407 MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT
The major research project shall be compulsory for all students. major research project work shall be allotted to the students at the end of 3rd sem. student will be required to submit the final MRP Report in the hard bound in the number specified by the university .major research project (MRP) will carry maximum of 100 marks out of which 50 marks will be for the report and its contents and 50 marks will be for the presentation/Viva –Voce . A of marks panel of external and internal examiner will jointly award both of these components of marks. The university will appoint the external examiner and the Director/Head of the institute will appoint the internal examiner.
EXAMINATION