DDCE MBA Syllabus

Sir I am a new student in the Utkal University Directorate of Distance & Continuing Education so can you please provide me the MBA syllabus

[Pathak]

The Directorate of Distance & Continuing Education is a constituent institution of the Utkal University established in 1962.


MBA Course Structure

Sl.no Paper Paper Name Credit Marks Distribution Code Point UU.Th UU L/P Int.Th. Int.L/P

Ist Semester

1 Management Concepts and Practices 4 70 -- 30 --
2 Business Regulatory Frame work 4 70 -- 30 --
3 Quantitative Methods for Management 4 70 -- 30 --
4 Business & Economic Environment 4 70 -- 30 --
5 Managerial Communication Skill & Development . 4 70 -- 30 --
6 Financial Accounting 4 70 -- 30 --
7 Organisational Behaviour 4 70 -- 30 --
8 IT in Business 4 40 30 20 10

IInd Semester

9 Human Resources Management 4 70 -- 30 --
10 Marketing Management 4 70 -- 30 --
11 Financial Management 4 70 -- 30 --
12 Production & Operation Management 4 70 -- 30 --
13 Cost & Management Accounting 4 70 -- 30 --
14 Banking & Insurance Mangement 4 70 -- 30 --
15 Management of Change & Strategic Issues 4 70 -- 30 --
16 E- Business 4 70 -- 30 --

III rd Semester

17 Managerial Economics 4 70 -- 30 --
18 International Business 4 70 -- 30 --
19 Corporate & Tax Laws 4 70 -- 30 --
20 Management Information System 4 70 -- 30 --
21 Entrepreneurship Development 4 70 -- 30 --
22 Business Ethics & Corporate Goverance 4 70 -- 30 --
23 Major Specialisation Paper 1 4 70 -- 30 --
24 Minor Specialisation Paper 1 4 70 -- 30 --

IV th Semester

25 Research Methodology 4 70 -- 30 --
26 Business Policy & Strategic Management 4 70 -- 30 --
Major Special Group
27 The Candidates has to opt the next
28 three papers (2,3,4) from the major specialisation
29 group selected in the III Semester.
Minor Special Group
30 The Candidates has to opt the next two
31 papers ( 2,3 ) from the minor specialisation
group selected in the III Semester.
32 M423 Project Report & Viva-voce. 4 70(Preparation) 30(Viva-Voce)

MBA Course Structure Utkal University Directorate of Distance & Continuing Education
2 YEAR MBA COURSE STRUCTURE
1st Semester
1 Management Concepts and Practices
Unit-1 Concept of Management, Functions, Skills of a Manager, Process of Management,
Development of management ( Scientific Management- Taylor, Modern Approach- Fayol, Human
Relations Approach - Mayo)
Unit-2 Planning: Concept, Process, Type, Importance; Decision making: types of Decision, Process
of decision making, Models & Issues.
Unit-3 Principles of Organisation: structure & Types of Organisation; Departmentation,
Decentralisation, Delegation, Span of management. Line & Staff Organisation, Matrix Organisation.
Unit-4 Coordination and Controlling: Principle of Coordination –Process of Coordination, Control –
Tools and Techniques, -MBO.
Unit-5 Contemporary Issues: -Recent Trends and Challenges, -Role of Managers in Changing
environment, -Contemporary Organisational Structure
Trends in Management, Challenges in today’s global environment and competitiveness.
References
1.Essentials of Management – Koontz, O’Donnel & Weihrich (Tata Mc.Graw)
2.Management – Robbins & Coulter (Pearson)
3.Principles of Management – Stoner & Freeman
4.Principles of Management – Chandra Bose (PHI)
2 Business Regulatory Frame Work
Unit-1 Law of contract:Nature of Contract, Classification of Contracts, Offer and Acceptance,
Consideration, Special Contract, Indemnity & Guarantee, Bailment and Pledge.
Unit-2 Sale of Goods Act:Contract of sale, Condition and Warranties, Transfer of Ownership,
Performance of the Contract, Unpaid Seller and his rights
Unit-3 Negotiable instrumentsefinition, Types, Parties to the Negotiable Instrument, Dishonour
and Discharge of Negotiable Instruments.
Unit-4 Consumer Protection Actefinition, Consumer Protection Council, Consumer Dispute
Redressal Agencies, Findings of District Forum and Appeals, Environment Protection Act.
Unit-5 Foreign Exchange Management Act, Information Technology Act.
References
1.Mercantile Law – By N. D. Kapoor
2.Commercial Law – Chawla and Garg
3.Mercantile Law – S.S. Gulsan
4.Business and Corporate Law – Gyna, PPS (S.Chand)
3 Quantitative Methods for Management
Unit -1 Permutation and Combination, Matrices and Determinants, Functions.
Unit-2 Meaning and Classification of Quantitative techniques, Statistics: Meaning, Scope and
Limitations, Collection, Classification, Tabulation and Presentation of Statistical Data,
Characteristics of Frequency Distributions, Measures of Central Tendency, Partition Values,
Measures of Dispersion.
Unit-3 Probability: Concepts, Sample Space, Rules of Probability, Independent Events, Bayes’ Rule,
Random Variable, Simple-Correlation and Regression analysis.
Unit-4 Time Series: Analysis and its Components, Measurement of Secular Trend, Measurement
of Seasonal Variation, Forecasting with Moving Average.
Unit-5 Linear Programming, formulation and Graphical Solution, Transportation problems and
Solutions by North-West Corner rule, Least Cost method and Vogel’s approximation method,
Optimum Solution by MODI method, Assignment Problem and its solution.
References
1.Gupta & Khanna –Quantitative Techniques for Decision Making (Prentice Hall of India)
2.Statistical Methods. S. P. Gupta, (S.Chand & Co.)
3.Mathematics and Statistics, N.K. Nag, (Kalyani Publishers.)
4.Quantitative Techniques, C.R. Kothari, (Vikash)
5. Statistics for Management, Levin & Rubin (Pearson)
4 Business and Economic Environment
Unit – 1 Business Environment & Strategic Management, International Environment, External
Environment, Political & Business Society, Social Responsibility of Business, Consumerism.
Unit – 2 Economic Roles of Government, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Industrial Policy, Privatisation,
Industrial Sickness,
Unit – 3 MRTP Act. Globalisation and Liberalisation, Labour Welfare and Social Security, GATT &
WTO.
Unit – 4 Financial Environment: Financial Institution, RBI, Stock Exchange, Non Banking Financial
Corporation, Capital Market Reform and Development.
Unit – 5 Industrial Development Strategy and Growth under Indian Planning, Commodity Exchange
and its Regulation, Price and Distribution Control, Concentration of Economic Power.
References
1.Francis, Cherunillam : Business Environment and Government (HPH.)
2.Adhikary, M : Economic Environment of Business (Sultan Chand)
3.Agrawal & Diwan : Business Environment (Excel)
4.Daniel: International Business Environment and Operations (Pearson)
5.Michael V.P. : Business Policy and Environment (S.Chand)
5 Managerial Communication Skill and Development.
Unit-1 Introduction to Official Documentation and Business Communication.Basic Concepts of
Business Communication, Principles of Good Writing, Format and Types of Business Letter.
Procedure of Filing and File movements, E-filing.
Unit-2 Managerial Communication (Written)
Official Letters, Memos, Notice, Circular, Letter Relating to Personnel Department,
Correspondence with Banks, E-Mails, Fax, Correspondence With Media, Drafting of
Advertisements, Report Writing.
Unit-3 Business Etiquettes and Executive Manners.
Etiquette in office, Meetings, Seminars and Conferences, How to dress up according to the
occasion, Dress Code, table manners, dining etiquettes, Elevator Etiquettes, Electronics
Etiquettes.
Unit-4 Succeeding in Job Interviews
Writing a C.V. and Cover Letter, JOB INTERVIEWS, Over-coming Common Mistakes in
Interview, Confidence Building.
Unit-5 Group Discussion
Basic Concepts of Group Discussion, Types of Group Discussion, Preparation for Group
Discussion, Process of Group Discussion, Category of Topics in Group Discussion, What is
observed in Group Discussion. Critical Success Factors in Group Discussion, Overcoming
Mistakes in Group Discussion.
Suggested Readings
1.Business Communication Today- Bovee, Thill, Schwatzman, Pearson Education.
2.Business Communication Concepts, Cases and Applications- P.D. Chaturvedi, Mukesh Chaturvedi.
3.Communication for Business- Shirley Taylor, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education.
4.Letitia Baldrige’s New Complete Guide to Executive Manners.
5.Business and Management Chronicle- Jan,2006.
6.KAUL – Business Communication (PHI)
6 Financial Accounting
Unit - 1 Accounting; The Language of Business; Accounting: An Information System; Users of
Accounting information; Branches of Accounting; Financial Accounting; Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles; Accounting Standards; The Accounting Equations; Financial Statements
Unit – 2 Recording Business Transactions: Classification of Accounts; The Double Entry System;
Journal And Ledger; Process of Recording; Cash and Bank; Bank Reconciliation Statement
Unit – 3 Trial Balance; Measuring Business Income: Revenue from sales, Cost of Goods Sold;
Inventory valuation; Fixed Assets; Depreciation, Liabilities & Share holders Equities
Unit – 4 Preparation of Financial Statements: Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow
Statement
Unit – 5 ‘Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statements, Financial Ratios, Corporate Disclosure,
Annual Report.
References
1.Narayanaswamy – Financial Accounting: A managerial perspective (2nd Edn) – PHI.
2.Bhattacharya – Financial Accounting for Business Managers – PHI.
3.Meigs & Meigs :Accounting: The Basic for Business Decisions (McGraw Hill)
4.Bhattacharya & Dearden : Accounting for Management: Text and Cases (Vani)
5.Jawaharlal & Srivastav: Financial Accounting (S.Chand)
6.Ashok Banerjee : Financial Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis(Excel Books)
7 Organisational Behaviour
Unit - 1 The Study of Organizational Behaviour: Focus and Purpose, Nature, Scope and
Development, OB Models and Models of Man.
Unit – 2 Personalityeterminants of Personality, Theories of Personality, Individual Difference,
Matching Personality and Jobs, Personality and Organization, Perception: Meaning, Perceptual
process, perception and O B
Unit – 3 Learning and Behaviour Modification:Learning process, Theories of Learning, Attitude -
Characteristics and Components of Attitude, Attitude and Behaviour, Attitude Formation,
Measurement of Attitude, Attitude and Productivity
Unit – 4 Motivation:Nature of Motivation, Motivation Process, Theories of motivation; Need Priority
Theory, Theory X and Theory Y, Two Factor Theory, E R G Model, Limitations and Criticisms of
Motivation Theories.
Unit – 5 Leadership:Importance, Functions, Style, Theories of Leadership, Types. Communication:
Importance of communication, communication Process, Barriers to Communication, Steps for
improving Communication, Transactional Analysis
References -
1.Stephen P Robbins - Organization Behaviour, (PHI )
2.L M Prasad - Organizational Behaviour, (Sultan Chand)
3.R Aswathappa - Organizational Behaviour, Himalaya Pub House
4.Michael, V.P. : Organisational Behaviour & Managerial Effectiveness (S.Chand)
5.S.S.Khanka-Organisational Behaviour (S.Chand).
8 Information Technology in Business
Unit – 1 Computer Basics: Characteristic of Computer, Classification of Computers, Computer
System as Information Processing, Present Scenario of IT in Banking, Insurance, Hospital
Management, Mobile Computing.
Unit - 2 Hardware & Software: Hardware Options – CPU, Input Devices, Out Put Devices, Storage
Devices, Memory , Communication Devices, Configuration of Hardware Devices and their
Applications, Software, Different types of Software, Programming Language
Unit – 3 Modern Information Technology: Basic Application of LAN, and WAN, Internet, Intranet and
Extranet. Internet Technologies, Communication Technologies, Multimedia.
Unit-4 Introduction to Operating System: Evolution of Operating System, Functions of Operating
System, Definition and Types of Operating System, Practical Application of Windows Operating
System.
Unit-5 (LAB) Working with Text, Menu Commands, Tables, Checking Spelling and Grammar, Mail Merge
etc. Working with Worksheet, Working with Power Point
References
1.Rajaraman – Introduction to information technology by Rajaraman
2.Computer Fundamentals by Pradeep K. Sinha, Priti Sinha BPB Publications.
3.Introduction to Information Technology, ITL Education Solutions Limited, PEARSON
Education.
4.Rajaraman – Fundamentals of Computers by Rajaraman (PHI)
IInd Semester
09 Human Resource Management
Unit-1 Concept, Importance of HRM Emergence of HRM, Feature, Scopes, Relationship with line
function, Role and functions of HR Managers, HRM Practices in India,
Unit – 2 Human Resource Planning, Concept, Need, Method and Techniques, Market and HR
Planning, Recruitment: Concept, Policy and Procedures, Sources, Selections, Concept, Policy,
Types, Procedures, Induction: Concept, Objective.
Unit – 3 Internal Mobility and Evaluation, Promotion: Purpose, types, Methods, Transfer: Concept
Purpose, Types, Separation; Different Schemes and Practices. Performance Appraisal: Concept,
Objective, Method. Practice with cases. Potential Appraisal: Practices with cases.
Unit – 4 Compensation Management: Concept, Objectives Wages & Salary and incentives: Types
and Practices Impact on Motivation.
Unit – 5 Training & Development – Concept, Objective, Types, Methods and practices. Training Need
Assessment & Evaluation Motivational impact, Skill up gradation, Competence building.
Books Recommended:
1.Pattanayak – Human Resource Management. (PHI)
2.Kandula – Human Resource Management in Practice with 300 models, Techniques & Tools (PHI)
3.Personnel Management and Industrial Relations – R.S. Davar: Vikash Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
4.Human Resource Management – Subba Rao: HPH

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