1. AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH
MBA (Distance Learning)
Curriculum & Scheme of Examination
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS & BEHAVIOR
Course Code: MBEDL 10101
Course Objective
The objective of the course is to teach managerial skills to aspiring manager or the
trained managers. The emphasis will be on conceptual development of managerial
functions & behavior. . Managers face difficult and exciting challenges today, solid
grounding in management and behavior are, therefore, essential to guide large and
small, profit and non-profit organizations successfully through these turbulent times.
Module I: Nature of Management, Evolution of Management Thought
Concept, Nature Scope and Functions of Management, Levels of Management,
Evolution and Foundations of Management Theories – Classical and Neo-Classical
Theories, Systems Approach to organization, Modern Organization Theory.
Module II: Management Functions
Planning: concepts, objectives, techniques; Organizing – Concepts, delegation,
centralization & decentralization; Staffing- concepts & Characteristics; Directing –
Concepts & Characteristics; Management by objective; Control & Co-ordination
Module III: Individual
Learning, Perception, Personality, Conflict Management, Motivation and Job
Performance, Co-ordination, Communication, Directing and Management Control,
Decision Making.
Module IV: Individual in the Group
Group Processes, Introduction to team, Leadership, Power and Politics,
Module V: Individual in the Organization
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2. Organizational Structure, Organizational Design, Organizational Culture, Delegation
of Authority, Centralization and Decentralization.
Text & References:
Text:
• Human Relations and Organisational Behaviour, Mr. R.S. Dwivedi
• Organisational Behaviour, Mr. Sanjay Srivastav
• Essentials of Management, H. Koontz
• Principles and Practices of Management: Bakshi
• Student Study Material (SSM)
References:
• Barat, N. 1998, Emerging issues in Management, Excel Books, India.
• Greenberg, J. & Baron, R.A. 1993, Behaviors in Organizations, Allyn and Bacon,
Boston.
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3. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & COMPUTERS
Course Code: MBEDL 10105
Course Objective:
This course aims at enabling students to understand basics of computers as a
system & managing information requirements of a business for improved managerial
decision making. It will also equip them to utilize Information Technology (IT) for
designing and developing prototype management information system for an
organization.
Course Contents:
Unit I: Computer Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Computer Architecture, Concept of Software & Languages.
Database Management Systems; Data Communication, Networking; and its Security
Constraints.; Internet & its importance in business applications; Multimedia;
Concepts & characteristics of E Commerce; Electronic data interchange & its
implementation
Unit II: MIS- Meaning & Role
Introduction of MIS: Meaning & Role, organization structures, Business Process,
Systems Approach, Management Levels & MIS
Unit III: Information Management
Decision Making Process: Programmed & Non- Programmed, Strategic & project
Planning for MIS, Models of Decision Making different types of IS: MIS , DSS, ESS.
MIS and the information Concepts
Unit IV: Development of MIS
Handling system complexity; MIS and system concepts; SSAD; Need for system
analysis; Quality in MIS; MIS: The factors of success and failure.
Unit V: Applications of MIS
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4. Enterprise Management System (EMS); EMS and MIS; MIS Service industry; Choice
of IT and MIS; Case Studies- MIS
Text:
• Management Information Systems, O. Brien
• Management Information System, B.G. Gupta
• Peter Norton’s, Introduction to Computers, Tata McGraw-HILL
• Turbon, Potter, Introduction to Computers, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd
• Student Study Material
References:
• Rajaraman, V. 1998, an Introduction to Computers, Prentice Hall of India.
• Nagpal, 1999, Computer fundamentals, Wheeler Publishing, New Delhi.
• Management Information System, W.S Jawadekar, Tata Mc Graw Hill Publication.
• Management Information System, David Kroenke, Tata Mc Graw Hill Publication.
• MIS: - Management Perspective, D.P.Goyal, Macmillan Business Books.
• MIS and Corporate Communications, Raj K. Wadwha, Jimmy Dawar, P.Bhaskara Rao, Kanishka Publishers.
• MIS: - Managing the digital firm, Kenneth C.Landon, Jane P. Landon, Pearson Education.
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5. ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
Objectives:
The Objectives of the course are
♦ To develop an understanding of the importance, language and techniques of
Financial, Cost , Management Accounting and Capital Budgeting.
♦ To develop skills for preparation and analysis of financial statements.
♦ To develop an understanding of cost classification, allocation and how the
costing techniques are useful in the process of managerial decision making
Detailed Course contents:
Module I: Final Accounts
Bank Reconciliation Statement, Financial Statements and their Nature,
Preparation of Manufacturing, Trading and Profit & Loss Account and Balance
Sheet - Matching of Revenue (AS 9) & Expenses, Fixed Assets (AS 10),
Depreciation (AS 6& and other related adjustments
Module II: Company Accounts
Issue of Shares & Debentures and their Redemption, Form and Contents of
Financial Statements with reference to Indian Companies (Schedule VI)
Module III: Financial Statement Analysis
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6. Financial Ratio Analysis, Liquidity, Activity, Capital Structure, Profitability Ratios,
Funds Flow statement and Cash Flow Statement (AS 3)
Module IV: Cost Accounting
Elements of Cost Classification and Allocation, Cost Sheet, Methods of Inventory
Valuation (AS 2)
Module V: Management Accounting
Emergence of Management Accounting, Marginal Costing and Cost Volume Profit
Analysis, Budgeting & Variance Analysis
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
Objectives
To familiarize the students with theoretical concepts of the Economic Analysis so
that they can use these as inputs in managerial decision making process. Emphasis
would be laid on the understanding of key economic variables both at micro and
macro level, which influence the business operations, and strategies of the firm and
the business environment under which they operate both in national and global
perspect.
Detailed Course Contents :
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7. • Nature & Scope of Managerial Economics
• An Analysis of the objectives of business firms and basic principles
• Profit maximisation model sales maximisation models, Marns model of
managerial enterprise
• Williamson's model of managerial discretion
• Demand analysis nature & determinants of demand
• Concept of the elasticity of Demand and its application
• Demand forecasting - Need & Techniques of forecasting
• Production analysis
• Cost concepts
• Cost and output relationship, long run, Short run
• Supply function, elasticity of supply
• Pricing and output decisions
• Models of ougopoustics market
• Specific pricing problems - Fundamental affecting pricing decision
• Investment Analysis Techniques
• Linear Programming
• Games theory & Strategic behaviour
ADL 07 : QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES IN MANAGEMENT
Objectives:
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8. The aim of this course is to develop understanding of various mathematical and statistical
models and optimization techniques used for decisions making in management.
Detailed Course Contents:
Introduction
Application in business & Management, Classification of Data, Diagrammatic & Graphical
Presentation of Data.
Forecasting Techniques
Time Series Analysis- Trend Analysis, Cyclic Analysis, Seasonal Analysis, Irregular
Variations, Correlation and Regression Analysis.
Probability and Testing of Hypothesis
Introduction to Probability Theory, Probability Distributions, Sampling and Sampling
Distribution, Null Hypothesis, T-Test, F-Test, Annova and Non-parametric Tests
Decision Theory
Introduction to Decision Theory, Decision Environments, Decision making under Uncertainty,
Decision Making under Risk, Decision Tree Analysis.
Operations Research
Introduction to Operations Research, Scope and Models, Introduction to Linear
Programming, Formulation of LPP, Solution of LPP – Graphical Method, Simplex
Method, Duality, Dual Simplex Procedure, Transportation Problem, Assignment
Problems.
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