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L.N. MISHRA INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE,
PATNA
SYLLABUR FOR MASTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
(MHRM) PROGRAMME
(REVISED FROM JULY 2006
Website : http://lnmipat.ac.in E-mail : [email protected]
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE AND MARKES ALLOTTED TO VARIOUS PAPERS PAPER NO.
SUBJECTS SEMESTER- I (Compulsory Papers)
FULL MARKES IN THE PAPER WRITTEN EXAMINATION
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
TOTAL
MH 06/1/1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 80 80 100 MH 06/1/2 MENAGEMENT ECONOMIC 80 80 100 MH 06/1/3 BUSINESS STATISTICS 80 80 100 MH 06/1/4 MUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 80 80 100 MH 06/1/5 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR 80 80 100 MH 06/1/6 COMMUNICATION SKILLS 80 80 100 MH 06/1/7 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 80 80 100
SEMESTER – II (Compulsory Papers) MH 06/11/1 LABOUR ECONOMICS 80 80 100 MH 06/11/2 INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS 80 80 100
MH 06/11/3 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 80 80 100 MH 06/11/4 LABOUR LAWS 80 80 100 MH 06/11/5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY/ S.R.M. 80 80 100 MH 06/11/6 MANAGERIAL ECOMMUNICATION 80 80 100 MH 06/11/7 MANPOWER PLANNING 80 80 100
SEMESTER – III (Compulsory Papers) MH 06/111/1 COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT 80 80 100 MH 06/111/2 BUSINESS LAW 80 80 100 MH 06/111/3 AN INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING
AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 80 80 100
MH 06/111/4 DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 80 80 100 MH 06/111/5 SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATIONS 80 80 100 MH 06/111/6 HUMAN RESOURCE MANGEMENT (II) 80 80 100 MH 06/111/7 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 80 80 100
SEMESTER-1
PAPER NO. SUBJECT MH 06/1/1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT MH 06/1/2 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS MH 06/1/3 BUSINESS STATISTICS MH 06/1/4 MUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1) MH 06/1/5 ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR MH 06/1/6 COMMUNICATION SKILLS MH 06/1/6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION: The concept of ‘system’- open & closed system; Organisation as a
system; Management- a Science; Managing – an art; Managers- functions, roles and skills;
Nature of Coordination; Evolution of Management theory; Organisation culture-
Organisational paradigm; Evvironment- Management interface; Social responsibility-
Ethics; Management Functions and Organisational Performance; Forms of Organisation.
MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING: Decision and decision making process; Rationality
and intuition; Decision making styles; Types of Decisions; Decision making conditions;
Decision making in groups; Organisational decision making; Decision making- the essence
of Management
PLANNING: Definition, purpose; Types of plans; Approaches to objective setting-
Traditional, M.B.O; Steps in planning; Approaches to planning; Principles of commitment,
flexibility and Navigational change; Planning Techniques- Assessing the Environment-
Environmental scanning, Analyzing Macro-, and Micro- environmental forces; Forecasting,
Benchmarking, Scenario Planning Assessing, organization capability- Resource audit
Competence analysis- Core and Distinctive competences; SWOT analysis- EFAS, IFAS
and SFAS. Allocating Resources- Budgeting, Scheduling, Breakeven analysis, Linear
Programming.
ORGANISING: Narute and logic of organizing; Entrepreneuring and Intrapreneuring;
Reengineering; Organisational structure- Determinants; Organisational design- Mechanistic
and Organic; Responsibility; Organisational levels; Differentiation, Integration, Division of
labour, Work specialization; Authority and Responsibility; Organisational levels, Span of
Management; Delegation, Centralisation and Decentralisation; Formalisation; Department
and Departmentation- Sases; Authority relationships- Line, Staff and Functional; Team-
based structure; Autonomous internal units; Boundaryless organization; Learning
organization
CONTROLLING: Definition; Approaches to control; Importance of control; Control
Process; Controlling and other Managerial functions; Managerial decisions in controlling;
Classification- based on who exercises control, based on occurrence- time of events(s);
Characteristics of effective control system; Situational factors affecting controls;
Workplace privacy; Employee theft, Workplace violence; Controlling organizational
performance- Meaning, Asset management, Organization knowledge, Productivity,
Organisational effectiveness, Tools for controlling Organizational Performance-
Management audits, Budgetary controls, Financial controls, Information controls, Balanced
Scorecard, Bench- making; Symptoms of an out of control organisation; Management
myopia; Common problems in performance measurement and reporting.
Suggested Books:
1. Management- Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter (7th Edn.); Pearson Eduction. 2. Management: Competing in the New Era- Thomas S. Batement & Scott. A
Snell ( 5th Edn.): Tata Mc Graw Hill. 3. Principles & Practice of Management; L>M> Prasad; S. Chand & Sons. 4. Management- J.A.F. Stoner, R.E. Freeman, D.R. Gilbeart Jr; Pearson Education. 5. Management: A Global Perspective- Heinz Weithrich & Harold Koontz ( 11th
Edn.): Tata McGraw Hill
6. Principles of Management- Govindarajan & Natarajan; PHI
7. Fundamental of Industrial Organisation and Management- Bishwambhar Jha; Novelty & Company.
8. Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy- Wheelen, Hunger &
Rangarajan; Pearson Educations.
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
PAPER No.: MH 06/1/2
INRODUCTION : Definition, Scope, Importance; Difference between Managerial
Economics & Economics; Micro- & Macro- Economics; Fundamental Principles of
Managerial Economics; Functions & Responsibilities of Managerial Economist.
DEMAND ANALYSIS: Nature of demand; Determinants, distinctions, Price-quality
relations, Demand curves.
ELASTICITY OF DEMAND: Prince, Income, Cross & Advertising elasticity and their
roles in Business decision.
DEMAND FORECASTING: Survey methods, Statistical methods (Regression method)
& Life cycle method, Delphi method.
PRODUCTION ANALYSIS: Traditional, Modern and Empirical Approaches (Cobb-
Douglas function) & their uses.
SUPPLY ANALYSIS: Meaning, Law, Elasticity and Determinants of Supply.
COST ANALYSIS: Cost-output relationship under short run and long run, The Learning
Curve, Economics of Scale, Supply Chain Management, Cost Control and Cost Reduction.
THEORY OF PRICING & ITS USE: Market; Price determination under different market
conditions.
PROFIT PLANNING AND CONTROL: Determination of Profit; Theories of Profit;
Profit Standard and Maximization of Profit.
FACTOR MARKET AND PRICING: Wages & Interest Analyses and their uses in
Managerial Decisions.
NATIONAL ENCOME AND BUSINESS CYCLE:
(a) National Dividend/Income Analysis- Methods of Calculation, Problems in
Calculation of National Income; Uses of National Income Data.
(b) Business Cycle- Concept, Phases; Modern theories of Business Cycle; Measures
to Prevent the ill-effects of Business Cycles.
Suggested Books:
1. Managerial Economics : Petersen and Jain; Pearson Education
2. Managerial Economics : P.L. Mehta; Sultan Chand
3. Managerial Economics : Joel Dean
4. Managerial Economics : Varshney & Maheswari
5. Managerial Economics : Pylee Sankarnarayanam
6. Managerial Economics : G.S. Gupta
7. Modern Micro Economics : A. Koutsoyiannis; Macmillan
8. Economic Theory and : W.J. Baumol; Prentice Hall
Operations Analysis
9. Managerial Economics : Maheshwari; PHI
10. Managerial Economics : Petersen & Lewis
11. Managerial Economics : Manas Panday, K.M. Pandey: Novelty & Co.
BUSINESS STATISTIC
PAPER NO.: MH 06/1/13
INTRODUCTION: Nature, Cope, Limitations of Business Statistics.
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION: Definition, raw data, array, grouped frequency
distribution; Graphical presentation of a frequency distribution.
MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY: Arithmetic mean, median, partition values,
mode.
MEASURES OF DISPERIION: Range, interquartile range, mean deviation, standard
deviation, variance, coefficient of variation, moments, skewness and kurtosis.
CORRELATION: Positive, negative, weak, strong, perfect, linear and non-linear
correlation, simple and partial correlation, Methods of calculating Coefficient of
Correlation, Rank correlation, Repeated Ranks.
REGRESSION: Meaning, coefficients of regression, lines of regression (upto two
variables) and their uses.
SETS: Definition; Basic set operations; Venn diagram; Permutation & combination.
PROBABILITY: Element of Probability; Total and compound theorems (without proof)
and their applications; Tree diagrams, conditional probability; Baye’s Theorem (without
proof) and its applications.
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION: Concept probability; distribution; Binomial, Pascal’s
triangle, Poission and Norman distributions, Standard normal curve.
TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE: General procedure for testing hypothesis; Type/error and
Type II error, level of significance, critical region, one tailed and two tailed tests, Student’s
tests x2 test.
Suggested Books:
1. Business Statistics- J.K. Sharma; Pearson Education
2. Business Statistics- Gupta & Gupta
3. Fundamentals of Statistics- S.C. Gupta
4. Statistics- D.N. Elhance.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT – (I)
Paper No.: MH 06/1/4
HRM: Meaning, Personnel Management and Human Resource Management, Evolution of
HRM, Nature of HRM, objectives of HRM, Scope of HRM, why study HRM? Tasks and
Challenges of HR managers.
ENVIRONMENT OF HRM: External forces, internal forces, Environment Scanning.
HRM FUNCTIONS:
A. HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING: A brief introduction regarding Nature,
objectives, Scope, Need and Importance (Details be studied in Semester-II). Job
Analysis, Job Description, Job specification.
B. RECRUITMENT & SELECTION: Definition, Deference between
Recruitment and Selection; Recruitment; Sources and methods; Selection Steps,
Recruitment and Selection Policy, Present Scenario.
C. INDUCTION, TRANSFER, PROMOTION: Purpose and Contents of
Induction Programme concept of Promotion, Basis of Promotion, Upgradation,
Types of promotion and Transfer Policy.
D. CAREER DEVELOPMENT: Career Planning; advantages & limitations,
Process, Essentials of Sources in career.
E. PERSONNEL RESEARCH AND AUDIT: Meaning, objective, scope &
importance of personnel audit.
F. TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT: The concept, Significance,
Components, Essential of Success in TQM
Suggested Books:
1. Dynamics of Personnel Administration/ Management of Human Resource- M.N.
Rudrabsvraj.
2. Human Resource Management- Beardwell, Ian & Holden, Len
3. Essentials of HRM & IRs- P.S. Rao
4. Managing Human Resources- Arun Monappa
5. Personnel Management/HRM- T.N. Chhabra
6. HRM/ Personnel Management- Aswathappa
7. Principles of Personal Management- P.B. Philip
ORGANISATION BEHAVIOR (O.B)
PAPER NO. MH 06/1/5
INTRODUCTION – Nature and Scope of O.B. Key Elements of O.B. Need for studying O.B.
EVOLUTION OF O.B.- Organization Theory- Scientific Management- Hawthorne
Experiments. The Changing workforce- Importance of Globalization- Information
Technology and O.B.
GROUP: Types of Group- Group Role- Inter-Group Conflicts- Theories of Group
Formation- Group Cohesiveness and Productivity- Group Decision Making- Team
Building SWOT Analysis.
ORGANIZATION DEVELOP[MENT (O.D.)- Definition- Objectives and
Characteristics- Organizational climate- Organizational Culture- Types and Functions of
Culture- Learning Culture- Transactional Analysis.
HUMAN FACTOR IN ORGANIZATION – The Individual and Individual Differences-
Conformists and Non-conformists- Human Behaviour and its causation- Learning-
Determinants- Learning Theories- Making Learning Effective- Perception and its
application in O.B. Factors Affecting perception- How to improve Perception; Concept of
Personality, Determinants- Types- Theories- Personality Development- How personality
influences O.B. Measuring Aptitude, Intelligence and Personality- Vocational Guidance
and Personnel Selection; Stress and Tension, Managing Stress through Counseling;
Components of Attitude; Attitude development, Attitude change and Behavior change.
LEADERSHIP – Meaning- Functions- Theories- Styles of leadership- Leadership
Effectiveness.
MOTIVATION- Meaning- Types- Conflict of Motives- Resolving Conflict, Theories of
Motivation- Measuring Motive and Morale and Increasing Productivity.
Suggested Books:
1. Organisational Behavior – Stephen P. Robbins & Sanghi, Pearson
Education.
2. Organisational Behavior- S.L. McShane & Marry.
3. Organisational Behavior- F. Luthans.
4. Organisation Behavior- K. Davis.
5. Human Relations & Organisational Behavior- Dwivedi.
6. Psychological Dimensions of Organisation Behavior- B.M. Staw.
7. Organisational Behaviour: 1- Essential Theories of Motivation and
Leadership- Miner, PHI
8. Organisational Behaviour: 2- Essential Theories of Process and
Structure- Miner, PHI
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
PAPER NO.: MH 06/1/6
INTRODUCTION: Definition and Process of Communication; Channels; Types,
Importance of, and Problems in Communication; Making Communication Effective; Skills
required for effective Communication.
INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR: Tense; Prepositions and their uses; Verbs; Precis Writing;
Question Tags; Transformation; Correction of Sentences.
Vowel and Consonant Sounds; Speech mechanism; Phonetic Symbols; Vocabulary;
Intonation; Intensive drilling.
Developing conversational skills through given situation; Public speaking; Listening.
Suggested Books:
1. Business Communication – Asha Kaul
2. Basic Managerial Skills for All – E.H. McGrath S.J. (P.H.I.)
3. A Handbook of English Pronunciation for Indian Students – Bala Subramanian
4. Remedial Grammar – F.T. Wood.
5. Practical Approach to Communicative English Grammar- Leach, Pearson
Education.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (I.T.)
PAPER No.: MH 06/1/7
INTRODUCTION: Information system, Organisation, Management and strategy.
MANAGING HARDWARE ASSETS: The Computer system, The CPU and Primary
storage; Secondary storage, Input and Output devices; Types of Computers; Data
Communication and Computer Networking – LAN, WAN, Network topologies, Media,
types of Data Communication, Identifying Hardware Requirements.
MANAGING SOFTWARE : What is Software? Data and Data processing, Major Types
of Software, O.S. and its functions and types of O.S. Multiprogramming. Virtual storage.
Time sharing and Multiprocessing, Compilers and Interpreters; Graphical User Interface
(GUI) {MS-Office – MS WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, ACCESS} (A Practical
Approach), Multimedia.
SPECIAL TOPICS: CASE TOOLS, INTERNET, INTRANET, E-Commerce, Searching
for information on the Web.
Suggested Books:
1. Introduction to Information Technology- ITLESL: Pearson Education
2. Computer Fundamentals – V. Rajaraman
3. Fundamentals of Information Technology- Deepak Bhanrihoke Excel
4. Introduction to Information Technology- E. Turban, R.E. Potter; John Wiley& Sons
5. Fundamentals of Information Technology- A. Leon & M. Leon; Vikas
6. Introduction to Information Technology- Rajaraman; PHI
7. Information Technology: Principles and Application- Ray & Acharya; PHI
SEMESTER-II
PAPER NO. SUBJECT
MH 06/11/2 LABOUR ECONOMICS
MH 06/11/3 AN INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS
MH 06/11/4 LABOUR LAWS
MH 06/11/5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY/S.R.M.
MH 06/11/6 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
MH 06/11/7 MANPOWER PLANNING
LABOUR ECONOMICS
PAPER NO.: MH O6/11/1
INTRTODUCTION: Meaning and concept of labour. Nature and scope of Labour
Economics
PROBLEMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT: Concept, types and causes of unemployment,
Special employment programmes of the Government of India e.g. Jawahar Rojgar Yojana;
Employment Assurance Scheme; Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana; Nehru Rajgar Yojana.
THEORIES OF WAGES: Subsistence theory; Exploitation theory; Marginal productivity
theory; Collective Barganining theory, including their assumption and limitations.
WAGE DIFFERENTIAL: Concept, Importance, cause; Types of wage differentials-
occupational or skill differentials; Inter-industry differentials; Regional or Geographical
differentials-differences between urban and rural areas, wage differentials based on sex.
LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY: The concept of productivity and its significance.; factors
influencing industrial productivity., difficulties in managing labour productivity, steps to
increase productivity, productivity movement in India, National Productivity Council.
PROBLEMS OF RURAL/AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN INDIA: Meaning, kinds,
characteristics, problems of agriculture labour. Suggestions to improve the conditions of
agriculture labour.
WOMEN ANED CHILD LABOUR: Employment of Women; Extent of employment of
Women, trends and patterns, problem facing women labour, Legislative measures for the
welfare of women worker. Employment of children- Extent: Recent trends, evils, causes.
Legislative Protection to children and young worker, Rehabilitation programme of child
labour.
Suggested Books:
1. Verma, P : Labour Economics & Industrial Relations
2. Bhagoliwal, T.N. : Economics of Labour & Industrial Relations
3. Tyagi, B.P. : Labour Economics & Social Welfare
4. Saxena, R.C. : Labour Problems & Social Welfare
5. Chhabra, T.N. : Human Resource Management
AN INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 7 TRADE UNIONISM
PAPER NO.: 06/11/2
ECONOMY AND THE LABOUR FORCE IN INDIA: The Indian Economy, Labour
force in India: Structure, Composition & Trends, Key issues & Critical Challenges.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (1.Rs.) IN COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORK:
Industrialization strategy and 1. Rs., Globalization & Industrial Relations, Case Study.
TRADE UNIONS (T.Us.): Introduction, Theories of T.U. movement, Trade Unions in
India, T.U. and Economic Development. The T.U. Act, 1926. Union Recognition
Agreement. The Problem of free rider, Non-union firms.
T.U. STRUCTURE: Models of National T.U. movements, International Trade Union
Federations, Trade Union Structures at the National Level, Managerial Trade Unions,
Women in Trade Unions, Multiple Unions, T.U. unity and T.U. mergers, Future directions.
MANAGEMENT OF T.U. IN INDIA: T.U. Constitution, T.U. functions, Internal &
External Challenges, Leadership and Organizational issues.
APPROACHES TO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Introduction, Meaning and scope, the
System framework, Theoretical Perspectives- Unitary, pluralist, radical & trusteeship; Rule
making and 1.Rs., Basic concepts and values, Substance of a Sound 1, Rs. System.
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: Meaning, Causes, Methods of Prevention & Settlement;
Collective bargaining, Mediation, Conciliation, Arbitration & Adjudication; The Industrial
Disputes Act, 1947: Authorities/ Machineries for the settlement of disputes, Lay off,
Retrenchment, Strike, Code of discipline.
WORKERS’ PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT: Meaning, Need, Controversies,
The Indian Scene, Causes of failure.
EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES: Approaches to the Grievance Machinery, Nature of
Grievance, Causes of Grievances, The Grievance Procedure.
DISCIPLINE: Meaning, features, aims & objective; Forms & Acts of discipline, Causes of
Indiscipline/misconduct, Principles of Maintenance of discipline, Procedures, Penalties,
The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act., 1945.
Suggested Books:
1. Industrial Relations & Labour Legislations- P.R.N. Sinha
2. Industrial Relations- A. Monappa; Tata McGraw Hill
3. Industrial Relations in India- Ratna Sen; McMillan
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
PAPER NO.: MH 06/11/3
INTRODUCTION: Salient features. Environmental factors, Role of Government,
Judiciary, Legislature; Societal, Labour, Demographic Technological, Economic &
Environmental factors and their impact on Business Organisation.
PLANNING IN INDIA: Economic Planning, Planning Models, FIVE-YEAR Plans &
their achievements & failures, Unemployment, Human Development.
INDUSTRIAL POLICY: Government’s role in Public Sector Enterprises, Small Scale
Sector, Industrial Licensing, CCI, Company Law, Labour Law, Trade Policy, International
Trade, WTO, TRIPS & TRIMS, Industrial Sickness & Exit Policy.
LIBERALISATION, PRIVATISATION & GLOBALISATION (LPG): Private Sector,
MNCs, WTO, Role of IMF & World Bank, FIIs, FDI.
MONITORY POLICY: Fiscal/Budgetary Policy, Deficit Financing, Role of Banks,
Financial Institutions, IDBI, IFCI, FERA & FEMA.
MONEY MARKET: Stock Exchange, NSE, BSE, Derivative Market, Futures and
options, Venture Capital Market.
TAXATION: Director and Indirect Taxes, VAT, MODVAT, CENVAT.
GROWTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE: Power, Transport (Road, Railways, Aviation):
Communication.
AGRICULTURE: Policy, Growth in Five-Year Plans, Land Reforms, Green Revolution,
Agro-Industries, Declining Contribution in GDP.
GROWTH OF SERVICE SECTOR: Its Contribution to Nation’s Wealth; IT, BPO,
KPO.
BUSINESS & SOCIETY: Ethics in Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate
Governance, Environmental Management, Sustainable development.
Suggested Books:
1. Business Environment- Shaik; Pearson Education
2. Government in Business- S.S. Khera
3. Economic Environment in Business- S. Mukherjee
4. Essential of Business Environment- K. Aswathappa
5. Macro-environmental Analysis for Stretegic Management- Fahey and Narayan
6. Indian Development Policy Imperatives- G.L. Ketkar & V.V.B. Rao
7. India’s Economic Crisis- B. Jalan
8. Indian Economy- I. Dhingra
LABOUR LAWS
PAPER NO.- MH 06/11/4
(Perquisites: Knowledge of the Constitution of India, I.L.O and N.C.L.)
INTRODUCTION: Labour laws- origin, objectives, needs, Process of enactment, types.
LABOUR LEGISLATIONS: Objective, scope, Administration and main provisions,
important laws.
1. The Factories Act, 1948
2. The Shopes & Establishment Act
3. The Mines Act. 1952
4. The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
5. The Plantation Labour Act, 1951
6. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition), Act, 1970
7. The Sales Promotion Employees Act
8. The Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation, Act,) 1986
LABOUR ADMINSTRATION: An Introduction
Suggested Books:
1. Labour Laws- P. Agrawal
2. Labour Laws- Drolia
3. Industrial Relations & Labour Legislations- P.R.N. Sinha
4. Bare Acts.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
PAPER NO.: MH 06/115
INTRODUCTION: Scientific approach to research; Social research and Social survey;
Meaning of research, Difference between science and social science; Characteristics of
Scientific Method; Selection of the Research Problem; Framing Hypothesis; Steps in Social
Research; Qualities of a good Research.
RESEARCH METHOD: Case study- Importance of Case- study, Experimental Method-
Types of Experiments, Statistical Method- Functions of Statistics; Process of Statistical
Research; Importance of Statistical Method in Social Research; Limitations of Statistical
Method; Action Research and its importance.
RESEARCH DESIGN: Meaning and purpose of Research Design, Components of
Research Design, Research design as a variance control technique- Maximization of
experimental variance, Minimization of error variance and Control of Extraneous variance.
RESEARCH TOOLS: Observation method- Kinds of observation and its importance and
limitations, Interview method- Purpose, Kind, Preparation of an Interview Guide,
Techniques, Importance and Limitations of Interview, Schedule method- Features and
Types, Construction of a Schedule- content, Types of Questions, Defective Questions,
Merits and Demerits of schedule; Questionnaire- How questionnaire differs from a
schedule, Purpose, Types and Forms, Characteristics of a good questionnaire; Factors
affecting response; Advantages and Disadvantages of a questionnaire; Editing and coding,;
Pilot study and Pre-testing; Sociometry method- merits and Limitations- Sociogram;
Attitude- Measuring Scales.
DATA COLLECTION: Sources and importance of primary data, Basic methods of
primary data collection; Secondary data-sources, Published and unpublished sources,
national sources and their publications, Importance of secondary data, Security of
secondary data, Documentary Sources- Kinds of Documents.
SAMPLING TECHNNIQUES: Population defined, Types of Population, Sampling
method, Probability and Non-Probability Sampling Methods, Size of a Sample, Problem of
a Representative Sample, Merits and Demerits of Sampling Method, Universe, Source- list,
Sampling and Non-Sampling errors.
CLASSIFICATION AND TABULATION: Functions of classification, Rules, Bases for
classification, tabulation- Parts of a table, Formal of a blank table, Types of table,
Examples of Classification and Tabulation.
DIAGRAMS AND GRAPHS: Types of diagram- dimensional diagrams, Pictogram,
Cartogram; Graphs-types of graph, Graphs of frequency series, Graphs of time series,
Histogram, Frequency polygon, Ogives, Band graph and Range graph; Difference between
Diagram and Graph, Construction of Diagrams and Graphs.
LINEAR PROGRAMMING: Definition, Applications in various fields of management,
Graphical method, Simplex method.
COMPUTER AND RESEARCH
Suggested Books:
1. Methods of Social Survey and Research : S.R. Bajpai,
2. Methods in Social Research : Goode & Hatt
3. Scientific Social Survey and Research : P.V. Young
4. Research Methodology : C.R. Kothari
MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
PAPER NO.: HM 06/11/6
MAKING BUSINESS COMMINICATION EFFECTIVE: Characteristics of effective
communication; Audience analysis; Designing message and style of communication;
Language comprehension.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION : Guidelines for business writing; Writing Letters and
Memo; Report Writing; Speech writing; Preparation of minutes of meetings; Writing Job
application;, CV and Executive summary of documents; Legal documentation and related
aspects of business communication.
ORAL COMMUNICATION: Presentation skill; Negotiation skill; Group discussion and
personality test (Interview): Team Presentation.
FEEDBACK IN COMMINICATION: Meaning & Nature; Feedback- a 2-way process;
Types; Feedback in oral and written communication; Effects of feedback; Improving
feedback; Developing feedback skills.
BEHAVIOURAL COMMINICATION: Behavioural aspects of communication with
reference to Transaction Analysis (TA).
SPECIAL ISSUES AND BUSINESS COMMINICATION: Strategies to maintain public
relations through communication; Projecting corporate image and culture.
RECENT TRENDS IN COMMINICATION TECHNOLOGIES: Visual
Communication; Kinds of Visual Aid; Audio Systems; Audio-Visual Communication,
Electronic Media- Computer, E-mail, Video- conferencing, Mobile & Cellular Phones,
Multimedia.
Suggested Books:
1. Effective Business Communication : H.A. Murphy and H.W. Hild evandt;
Mc-Graw Hill
2. Lesiker;s Basic Business Communication: R.V. Leaikar and J.D. Prettitl: TMH
3. Business Communication : K.K. Sinha; Galgotia Pub. Co.
4. Essentials of Effective Communication: V.R. Patri & N. Patri; Green Span
5. Body Language : H. Vewis; Response Books
6. Business Communication Today : C.L. Bov’ee & J.V. Thill; Pearson
Education
7. Effective Business Communication : Y. Paul; S. Chand
8. Business Communication : Abha Kaul
9. Business Communication : M. Raman and P. Singh; Oxford
10. Business Communication Concepts : P.D. Chaturvedi & M. Chaturvedi;
Cases and Applications Pearson Education
11. Basic Managerial Skills for All : E.H. McGrath, S.J.; PHI
MANPOWER PLANNING
PAPER NO.: MH 06/11/7
INTROCUTION : Meaning and significance of Manpower Planning. Objective of
manpower planning at micro- and macro-levels. Systems approach to manpower planning;
Practical steps to introduce manpower planning at the enterprise level; Manpower Planning
in India; effects of Globalisation.
INTERNAL SYSTEM FLOWS OF MANPOWER : Orgnisation as a matrix of jobs;
Actuarial, renewal, stationary and Markov models, Education-training-employment-
development cycle.
EXTERNAL SUPPLY OF MANPOWER : Identification and evaluation of external
sources.
DEMAND FORECASTING : Calculation of the various losses likely to occur during the
forecast period; Empirical methods-actuarial method, cohort analysis, survival curves,
normal wastage curves, census analysis; Retention profile; Demand forecasting techniques
for new manpower requirement.
FORMULATION OF MANPOWER PLAN FOR:
(i) a running enterprise with no major expansion plans
(ii) a running enterprise with major plans for expansion, modernization,
diversification, etc.
(iii) a new enterprise about to be set up.
MACRO-LEVEL MANPOWER PLANNING : Progress in India and abroad, Various
approaches to macro-level manpower planning – their merits and demerits; Methods
available for global forecasting.
THE PROCESS OF RECRUITMENT : Recruitment needs; Locating sources of
manpower; Closed shop and union shop, Promotion vs direct recruitment and talent
spotting.
CASE STUDIES
Suggested Books:
1. Manpower Planning Selection, Training and Development – D.V. Agrawala
2. Personnel Administration – Sikula
3. Personnel Management and Industrial Relations – Dale Yoder
4. Human Resource & Personnel Management – K. Aswathappa; Tata McGraw
Hill
5. How to Improve Trainers Effectiveness – S. Balachandaran
6. Training for Development – R.P Lynton & U. Pareek
7. Human Resource Planning – J. Brahman ( University Press ).
SEMESTER – III
PAPER NO. SUBJECT
MH 06/111/1 COMP0ENSATION MANAGEMENT
MH 06/111/2 BUSINESS LAW
MH 06/111/3 AN INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING
AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
MH 06/111/4 DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MH 06/111/5 SOCIAL SECURITY LAGISLATIONS
MH 06/111/6 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (II)
MH 06/111/7 TRAINING 7 DEVELOPMENT
COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT PAPER No.: MH 06/III/1 INTRODUCTION : Meaning, purpose and objectives of Wage and Salary Administration; Difference between wage and salary; Sound wage and salary structure, Characteristics of an ideal wage system; Factors affecting wages or wages criteria. LABOUR MARKET : Types & Characteristics of Labour market and their effects of employment and wages. GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION OF WAGES : Objective, Principles, Concept of minimum wages, fair wages & living wages; Methods of wage regulation in India. COMPANY WAGE POLICY : Concept, objective and principle of Company Wage Policy, Principles of company wage plan, Consideration in favour of a high or low wage policy, Concept of economic wage. JOB EVALUATION : Meaning, objectives and principles of job evaluation; job evaluation vs. Job analysis; Advantages and weaknesses of Job evaluation; Methods of job evaluation. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX : Concept of consumer price index, Construction index numbers and their use for wage and dearness allowance. DEARNESS ALLOWANCE : Concept of dearness allowance, Dearness allowance payment systems, Principle of neutralization of rise in prices, Consideration of paying capacity and extent of inflation. BONUS : Evolution of the concept, Computation of bonus under The Payment of Bonus Act 1965; Place of bonus in wage incentives. WAGE INCENTIVES : Relevance in the Indian context, Types of wage incentive and its plans; Preconditions of wage incentives, Maintenance of continued effectiveness of incentives. WAGE LEGISLATIONS : The Payment of Wages Act, 1936, The Minimum Wages Act, 1948, The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976. MANAGERIAL COMPENSATION : Management of compensation system, Designing the compensation package; Labour and growth plans of the organization.
FRINGE BEBEFITS : Definition, importance, objectives and kinds of fringe benefits; Fringe benefits in India. Suggested Books: 1. Understanding Wage System – A.M. Sharma. 2. Handbook of Wages and Salary Administration – Rock. 3. Productivity, Wages and Industrial Relations – G. Suri. 4. Industrial Management – J.K. Jain. 5. Labour Problems and social Welfare – R.C. Saxena. 6. Industrial Relations & Labour Legislations : Dr. PRN Singh
BUSINESS LAW PAPER No.: MH 06/III/2 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA : Preamble; Fundamental Right; Fundamental Duties; Directive Principles of State Policy. INDIAN CONTRACT ACT, 1872 : Definitions; Communication, acceptance and revocation of proposals; Contracts-voidable contracts and viod agreements, contingent contracts; Performance of contracts; Certain relations resembling those created by contracts; The consequences of breach of contract; Agency. INDIAN PARTNERSHIP ACT, 1932 : Nature of partnership; Relation among partners; Implied authority; Holding out; Minor as a partner, Reconstitution of partnership firm; Dissolution of firm; Registration of firm. SALE OF GOODS ACT, 1930 : Sale and agreement to sell; Conditions and warranties; Transferor passing of property; Transfer of risk Transfer of titles; Rights of unpaid seller against goods. THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 : Definitions and Meanings; Holding and subsidiary companies; Act to override memorandum, articles, etc; Board of company law administration; Incorporation of company and matters incidental thereto; Prospectus and allotment, other matters relating to issue of Shares and debentures; Shares capital and debenture; Management and administration-general provision, directors, managing agents, secretaries, managers, etc; Prevention of oppression and mismanagement; Winding up-modes of winding up by the court, voluntary winding up, winding up subject to supervision of court. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT, 1881 : Meaning; Promissory note; Bill of exchange; Cheque, crossing of cheque; Holder and holder in due course; negotiation and assignment; Endorsement; Liabilities of parties; Dishonour of cheque under section 138 of The N.I. Act, Noting and protest. THE COMPETITION ACT, 2000 : Extent and commencement; Definitions; Prohibition of Anti-competitive agreements, Abuse of dominant position, Combinations and their Regulation; Competition Commission – Composition, Chairperson, Other Members; Duties, Powers and Functions of Commission; Penalties. CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 1986 : Salient feature: Consumer; Rights of consumer; Rights of consumer; Redressal agencies and their functioning; Relief available. THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986 : Definitions; Prevention and control of pollution; Rules relating to Environment. Hazardous Wastes. Manufacture, Storage and Import of hazardous Chemicals Administration of the EPA; Sanctions in the EPA; Water Cess.
THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 : Introduction, Objects & Reasons; Commencement & Extent; Definitions; Advantages of IT; Protection; Digital Signature Legitimacy & Use; Issuance, Suspension and Revocation of DSCs; CRAT; Liabilities of network Service Providers; Punishment; Inapplicability. THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 : Commencement, Extent; meaning of Information and Right to Information; meaning and obligations of Public Authority, PIOs and their duties; Exemptions from disclosures, Partial disclosure, Agencies excluded from disclosure; Request for Information – Application Procedure, Time limit to get Information, Fee, Ground for Rejection; Central and State Information Commission – Their Constitution , Powers and Functions, Chief Information Commissioner, Information Commissioners; Role of Central/State Governments, Power to make rule and deal with difficulties. Suggested Books : 1. Concerned Bare Acts.
2. Mercantile Law – M.C. Shukla
3. Business Law – M.S. Pandit & S. Pandit.
4. Mercantile Law – V.K. Batra & V.K. Kalra
5. Mercantile Law – M.C. Kuchhal.
AN INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PAPER No.: MH 06/III/3 SECTION - A MARKETING MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVE : The purpose of this course is to introduce participants with concepts, strategies and the issue in volved in the exchange of product and services between the firms and the markets. COURSE CONTENT : Concept, nature and scope; Role and tasl; Relationships between marketing and other functional units within an organization; Consumer behaviour; Market Reserch and its importance in an organization; Elements of marketing mix; Product Management; developing new products; product testing and launching Product Life Cycle; Branding and Packaging; Sales Forecasting; Formulation sales plans; Distribution Management; Channel mix; Advertising and Sales Promotion; Sales cost-profit analysis; Pricing policies and practices; Pricing techniques; Sales Organisation; Selection, training and coordination of sales force; Salesmen remuneration; marketing Audit and sales control. Suggested Books : 1. Marketing Management – Philip Kotler & Kevin L. Keller; (12th edn) Pearson
Education.
2. Marketing Management : Planning Implementation & Control – Global Perspective,
Indian Context – V.S. Ramaswamy & S. Namakumari; (3rd edn) Mac Millan.
3. Marketing – M.J. Etzel, B.J. Walker & W.J. Stanton; (13Th Edn) Tata McGraw Hill.
4. Introduction to Marketing; Theory and Practice – Adrian Palmer; Oxford (Indian Ed.)
5. Marketing; Real People, Real Choices – M.R. Solomon & E.W. Stuart; Pearson
Education.
6. Principles of Marketing – Kotler & Armstrong; PHI
SECTION – B FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVE : The purpose of this course is to introduce to the students with the general framework of financial decision making in a business unit. COURSE CONTENT : Aims and objectives of Financial decision making; Profit Maximisation vs. Wealth Maximisation, Role and responsibilities of the Finance Manager; Tools of Financial Analysis Liquidity, Profitability and Solvency; Funds Flow Analysis, Operating and Financial Leverage; Investment and Capital Structure Decisions; Methods of Capital budgeting, Cost of different source of raising capital, Weighted Average Cost of Capital, Optimum Capital Structure; Management of Working Capital, Determination of working capital requirement of a firm, Management of cash, Accounts receivable, Inventory; Accounts Payable, Effect of Inflation on Working Capital Management; Instruments of Long-term finance; lending vs. borrowing; Internal Financing and Dividend Policy. Suggested Books: 1. Financial Management – I. M. Pandey
2. Financial Management – Khan and Jain
3. Financial Management – P. Chandra
4. Financial Decision Making – J.J. Hampton
5. Financial Management and Policy – J.C. VanHorne
6. Corporate Finance; Theory and Practice – S. R. Vishwanath
7. Essential of Financial Management – E. W. Walker
8. Financial Accounting for Business Managers – Bhattacharya; PHI
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DBMS) PAPER No.: MH 06/III/4 INTRODUCTION : Architecture of DBMS, Database Design – Conceptual design with E-R model, Relationa model, Codds twelve commandments, Advantages of using DBMS. SQL AND QUERY OPTIMISATION : Introduction, Creating and modifying relations using SQL, Integrity constraints over relations, Views, Data independence, Security, Destroying / Altering tables/views, From of a basic SQL query – Union, Intersection rested queries, Aggregate operators, Comparisons using NULL values, Logical connectives, AND OR and NOT. FILE ORGANISATION AND INDEXES : Sorted files, Heap files, Hashed files, ISAM, VSAM, Types of indexes – Primary, Secondary, Clustered, B-tree, B+-tree. NORMALISATION : Definition and Types of Normalisation upto 4NF. TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT, SECURITY AND CONTROL : An overview; Role of a DBA, Concurrency Control, Cash recovery. DISTRIBUTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM : Introduction. Suggested Books: 1. Databased Management System – C.J. Date.
2. Database Management System – R. Ramakrishanan; McGraw Hill.
3. Database System: Concepts, Design and Applications – Singh; Pearson Education.
4. Databased Management System – A. Silber Schatz, H.F. Korth and S. Sudarshan.
SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATIONS PAPER No.: MH 06/III/5 (Prerequisite : Constitution of India, ILO, NCL) SOCIAL SECURITY : The Concept, Scope, Components, Social Security system in Indian Industries. IMPORTANT SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATIONS : Purpose, Scope,
Administration authorities & Main Provisions.
1. The Workmens' Compensation Act, 1923
2. The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
3. The Employees' Provident Fund (and Misc. Provisions) Act, 1952
4. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 Suggested Books: 1. Industrial Relations & Labour Legislation – Dr. P.R.N. Singh
2. Labour Laws – Drolia
3. Text Books as Prescribed by concerned faculty member.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-II
PAPER No.: MH 06/III/6 HUMAN RESOURCE : Introduction, Historical evoluation, towards a more integrated HR Functions, the Concept of an involved employee, HR issues. CORPORATE & HR STRATEGY : The changing environment, effect of the Governments liberalization programme; Strategic environment, linkage between corporate strategy & HRM strategy; HR Instrument: Benchmarket Environment, Frequent Innovations; HR issues: Employment – Employability, Careers, HR Diversity. HRM & DIVERSITY ISSUES : SC & ST, OBC, Sons of the Soil, Ex-Defance personnel, The Physically Disabled, Displaced persons, Gender issues, Contracts – Temporary, casual: Child Labour, The Effect of Linguistic Reorganization of the State, HR issues. HR CHANGE MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE WORKERS AND KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATIONS : Knowledge workers, Knowledge organizations, Becoming Knowledge oriented. HRM & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS : The Indian Scene: The Indian Scene & Concept, Trade Union response, Contradictions. Suggested Books: 1. Managing Human Resources – Arun Monappa; MacMillan India Ltd.
2. IRs in India : Ratan Sen; MacMillan India Ltd.
3. Global Benchmarking for competitive Edge – Univ. Press.
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT PAPER No.: MH 06/III/7 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT : Nature of Training & Development, inputs in Training & Development, Skills, Education, Development, Ethics, Attitudinal Changes, Decision making and problem solving skills; Training & Development as Source of Competitive Advantage. THE TRAINING PROCESS : Needs Assessment, Issues in needs assessment, Consequences of absence of Training Needs Assessment, Deriving Instructional Objectives; Designing Training & Development; Implementation of the Training Programme; Training of Trainers; EVALUATION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME : Methods, Impediments to effective training, How to make training effective? CASE STUDIES Suggested Books: 1. Manpower Planning : Selection, Training and Development – D.V. Aggarwala.
2. Personnel Administration – Sikula.
3. Personnel Management and Industrial Relations – Dale Yoder.
4. Human Resource & Personnel Management – K. Aswathppa; Tata McGraw Hill.
5. How to Improve Trainers Effectiveness – S. Balachandaran.
6. Training for Development – R.P. Lynton & U. Pareek.
PAPER No. SUBJECT MH 06/IV/1 NEGOTIATIONS
MH 06/IV/2 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
MH 06/IV/3 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
MH 06/IV/4 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL & COUNSELLING
MH 06/IV/5 AN INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
MH 06/IV/6 ELECTIVE : Only one Subject to be taught in a batch out of he following four :
(i) MANAGEMENT ETHICS (ii) INDUSTRIAL JURISPRUDENCE (iii) STRESS MANAGEMENT (iv) SELECT HRM MODEL
MH 06/IV/7 PROJECT AND VIVA-VOCE
NEGOTIATIONS PAPER No.: MH 06/IV/1 INTRODUCTION : Origin of the term: Modern view; Nature; Scope; Characteristics; Need and Importance; Functions; Prerequisites: BARGAINING APPROACH, TECHNIQUES, STRATEGIES, TACTICS OF XOLLECTIVE BARGAINING : Bargaining approaches; Types; Techniques; Stralegies; Tactics of bargainging. Major clauses / content & coverage, advantages & disadvantage. Essential conditions for the success of collective bargaining. The Structure of Collective Bargaining; Criteria for determining the appropriate bargaining unit, factors determining the structure. THEORIES OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING : Marketing theory; Governmental theory and Managerial theory. Levels of Collective Bargaining : Types of Bargaining Levels – Single employer – one plant; Single employer many plants; Many employers-many plants in the same Industry; Plant level, local level, Regional level, Industrial level, economy level and Industrial regional local level bargaining. Collective Agreement : Introduction, Nature, long-term agreement and Industrial peace, statutes on duration of collective agreement Types, functions, scope and contents of collective agreements. Workers Education : Concept; Importance; Workers' Education Scheme-aims and objectives, An assessment of the scheme. Collective Bargaining in India : Origin and growth; Present position; Nature of collective bargaining; Legal frame-work; Collective agreements; Unfair labour Practices; Obstacles in the way of collective bargaining in India, Suggestions for effective collective bargainging. Recommendations of NCL
Suggested Books: 1. Contemporary Collective Bargaining – Davey, W. Harold
2. Collective Bargaining and the Indian Scene – B.K. Tandon
3. Collective Bargaining – Flanders, Allamed
4. The Structure of Collective Bargaining – Weber, R. Amold
5. Collective Bargaining – Chamberlin & Kulse
6. Collective Bargaining – B.R. Shukla
7. Collective Bargaining – B.R. Patill
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS)
PAPER No.: MH 06/IV/2
ORGANIZATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM : What is an Information system ?,
Types of system, System Analysis, Design, Development methodologies, tools, Major
types of Information systems, Development models – Waterfall model, Prototyping and
RAD.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM: MIS–its functions, Components,
Characteristics and reasons for its success and failure.
MERGERS DECISION MAKING AND MIS
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS) : Types of Decision, Type of DSS, its
Components, Functions, Application and GDSS.
STRATEGIC AND PROJECT PLANNIONG FOR MIS
IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE OF MIS
FUNCTIONAL AREAAS OF MIS : Marketing and Sales Information System,
Manufacturing and Production Information System, Human Resource Information System,
Finance and Accounting Information System.
Suggested Books:
1. Management Information System – K.C. Laudon & Laudon.
2. Management Information System – R.G. Murdick, J.E. Rose and J.R. Claggtt.
3. Management Information System – sadgopan; PHI
4. Management Information System – A concise Study – Kelkar; PHI
STRATECGIC MANAGEMENT PAPER No.: MH 06/IV/3 [Note : In this paper out of 07 questions 01 question carrying 32 marks will be a case study which will be compulsory. Out of the remaining 06 questions a students will be required to answer any 03 each carrying 16 marks.] INTRODUCTION : Basic concepts – Mission & Vision, Goal, Objective, Strategic intent;
Strategy – Meaning, Types; Strategic Plan, Strategic Management as a system; Strategy
development in practice – Patterns; Influence of organizational culture and organizational
politics; Externally imposed strategy; Configurations of strategy development processes.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS : PESTEL Framework, Industry and Competitive
Environment, Economic features of and Competitive forces in an Industry; Industry's
driving forces and their impact on industry environment; Strategic group maps; Assessing
key rivals' strengths and weaknesses; Anticipating their likely strategy; Key Factors for
Future Competitive Success; Identifying Opportunities in the Industry Environment.
ANALYSING ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITY : Evaluation current strategy;
Identifying resource strengths and resource weaknesses; Value – chain Analysis and
competences; Bases for competitive advantage; Benchmarking.
STRATEGY FORMULATION IN SINGLE BUSINESS ORGANISATION :
Competitive strategy choices – First-mover vs Late-mover, Offensive and Defensive
Strategies; Strategic Alliances; Merger and Acquisition Strategies; Outsourcing Strategies;
Integration strategies; User of Internet; Strategies for Emerging, Turbulent, Maturing,
Declining and Fragmented Industries; Sustaining rapid company growth; Strategies for
Industry Leaders, Runners-up, Weak and crisis-ridden firms; Subjective Factors in
Strategic choice.
STRATEGY FORMULATION IN MULTI-BUSINESS ORGANISATION : Generic
Corporate Strategies; The Portfolio Approach – BCG Matrix, GE Matrix, Life Cycle –
Competitive Strength Matrix; The Synergy Approach – Capitalising on Core
Competencies; Corporate Parenting and Patching; Corporate level considerations; Criteria
for strategy evaluation.
STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION : Developing effective functional Strategies;
Structuring the Organisation – Organisational Life Cycle, Resource Allocation; Strategic
Leadership – Managing Change, Organisational Culture, Empowerment.
STRATEGIC EVALUATION AND CONTROL : Strategic Drift – Concept and
explanation; Basic control process; Types of Controls; Measures of Corporate and
Divisional Performance; Balanced Score Card; Strategic Information System, Problems in
Measuring Performance; Guidelines for Proper Control.
Suggested Books : 1. Crafting and Executing Strategy; The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts &
Casse – A A Thompson Jr., A. J. Strickland III, J.E. Gamble; TMH
2. Exploring Corporate Strategy – G. Johnson & K. Scholes
3. Business Policy & Strategic Management – Azhar Kazmi
4. Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy – T.L. Wheelen, J.D. Hunger,
K.Rangarajan Pearson Education.
5. Strategic Management: Formulation, Implementation & Control – J.A. Pearce II and
R.B.Robinson Jr.; TMH.
6. Business Policy & Strategic Management: Control & Applications – Gupta. Gollakota
& Srinivasan; PHI
7. Strategic Management: Concepts & Cases – Darvid;
8. Strategic Management : Text and Cases V.S.P. Rao and V. Hari Krishna; Excel Books.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL & CONSELLING
PAPER No.: MH 06/IV/4
INTRODUCTION : Meaning, Objective and Competitive Advantages; Improving
performance, Correct decisions, Ensuring legal compliance, Minimizing Job Dissatisonal &
Turnover, Consistency between Organisational strategy and Behaviour; Organisational
strategy and Performance appraisal; Performance appraisal and Job evaluation.
APPRAISAL PROCESS : Objective, Establishing job expectations, Designing appraisal programme; Formal & Informal Appraisal; Whose performance should be rated? Who are Raters? PROBLEMS OF APPRAISAL : Leniency or Severity, Central tendency, Halo Error, Rater Effect, Primacy & Recency Effects, Perceputual set, Performance Dimension Order, Spillover Effect, Status Effect, Factors that help improved accuracy. What should be rated? Timing of evaluation. METHODS OF APPRAISAL : Traditional and Modern Methods, Rating scales, Checklist Forced Choice Method, Forced Distribution Method, Critical-Incident Method, Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales, Field Review Method, Performance Tests & Observations, Confidential Records, Essay Method, Co0st Accounting Method, Comparative Evaluation Approaches, Ranking Method, Paired-Comparison Method. FUTURE ORIENTED APPRAISALS : MBO, Psychological Appraisals, Assessment Centres. 3600 Feedbacks APPRAISING THE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE INTERVIEW USE OF APPRAISAL DATA. MONITORING OF APPRAISAL SYSTEM : Challenges of Performance Appraisal, Legal Issues associated with Performance Appraisal. OTHER TECHNIQUES : Self-Appraisal, Peer Appraisal, Multiple Appraisal. PERFORMANCE COUNSELLING : Steps in Counselling, Essentials for an effective counseling system. Suggested Books:
1. HRM in Practice 300 Models, Technique & Tools – S.R. Kandula; Prentice Hall of
India.
2. HRM and Personnel Management: Text & Cases – K. Aswathappa; McGraw Hill.
3. Strategic HRM : Text & Case – K. Prasad: Macmillan India Ltd.
4. Designing & Managing HR Systems – U. Pareek & V. J. Rao.
AN INTRODUCTION TO PROCUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PAPER No.: MH 06/IV/5 OBJECTIVE : This course is designed to introduce the basic management decisions with
respect to production function and the effective utlisation of materials in manufacturing
and services organizations.
COURSE CONTENT : Nature and scope; Production process; analysis and planning;
Production scheduling techniques; Plant location and layout; Plant maintenance; methods
and Procedures in Production Department; Methods Improvement and work simplification;
analysis and Engineering; Waste and Scrap disposal and surplus management;
Standardisation; Simplification and Variety reduction; Stores Management; Stores layout
and Location system; Strong equipment and storage methods; Stock verification.
Suggested Books :
1. Modern Production/Operations Management – E. S. Buffa and R.K. Sarin; John
Wiley & Sons
2. Production and Operations Management: Concepts, Methods, and Behavior – E.E.
Adam, Jr. and R.J. Ebert; Prentice Hall of India.
3. Purchasing & Materials Management : Text and Cases – D. W. Dobler, L. Lee Jr. &
D. N. Burt; Tata McGraw Hill.
4. Production and Operations Managements – A. Muhlemann, J. Oakland and K.
Locker.
5. Production and Operations Managements – S. N. Chary ; Tata McGraw Hill (2005)
6. Production and Operations Managements – B.S. Gorl ; Pragati prakashan (2004)
7. Production and Operations Managements – panneerselvam ; PHI
ELECTIVE
MANAGEMENT ETHICS
PAPER No.: MH 06/IV/6E INTRODUCTION : Values – Meaning, Classification; Some ethical values; Examples of Ethical Problems in Management; Socio-economic values – Economist/Materialist Tradition, Humanist/Materialist Tradition, Humanist Approach; Cultural values – Difference between Western and Indian Cultures; Culture and Ethical Values; Why Should Management Decision be Ethical ? ETHICAL MANAGEMENT : Ethical Issues at Workplace, managerial Dilemma, Value- based Management; Ethical Decisions – Characteristics of Ethical Problems in Management, Framework for Ethical Thinking, Determinants of Ethical Decisions; Normative Frameworks-Personal benefit, Social benefit, neutralization, Categorical Imperatives, Duty Principle of justice, Principle of Lawfulness; Characteristics of Good Decision; Partiality and Care; Moral, Immoral and Amoral Managers. ORGANISATIONAL ETHICS : Individuals in Organisations, Organisational Culture, Types of Organisations, Ethics Stances of Organisations , Corporate Ethics, Need for Corporate Code of Ethics; Formulation and Implementation of Code of Ethics; Some Approaches to Managing Organisation's Ethical Conduct – Non-Issue, Damage control, Compliance and Ethical culture approaches. BUSINESS ETHICS : Ethics in business, The Indian context; Ethical Concerns and the environmental facts; Ethical issues in Advertising, Take-over and Merger; Ethical stances of Business Organisations. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE : Meaning of and issues in Corporate Governance, Good Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance Code, Corporate Governance and Investment. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY : Concept and rationale, Corporate Social Responsibility Antagonists, Views; Social Responsiveness; Environmental Concerns. Suggested Books:
1. Ethical Management: Text & Cases in Business Ethics & Corporate Social
Responsibility Antagonists, Views; Social Responsiveness; Environmental
Concerns.
2. Business Ethics : Concept and Cases – M.G. Velasquez; Pearson Education.
3. Ethical Choices in Business – R.C. Sekha : Response Books.
4. The Ethics of Management – LaRue Tone Hosmer; Universal Books Stall.
5. Ethics in Public Management – Frederickson & Ghrer; PHI.
6. Ethics in Management and Indian Ethos – Bishwanath Ghosh; Vikas.
ELECTIVE
INDUSTRIAL JURISPRUDENCE
PAPER No.: MH 06/IV/6E INTRODUCTION : Relationship between law & Social interest ; reasons; Specialized functional study of concepts. HISTORICAL SETTING : Guide, Industrial revolution, Reformation, status to contract, Relationship of employer and employee, Glimpse of world history (England Continental Europe & Asia, USA, Soviet Union), I.L.O. and Declaration of Human Rights. Modernizing influence, Industry in ancient India. Labour in ancient India (Slavery, Wages, Regulation of I. Rs. Punishment to Labourers, Punishment to employers, Leave rules, Bonus; Apprenticeship for Vocational traning, Guides. RELATIONSHIP OF LABOUR & THE LAW : Secondary position of labour laws; Conflict of interest & Law, Positive contribution of Labour Law, Concept of Labour Law. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES (Concept of Contract) DISTINCTIVE FEATURE (Concept of property, Wages, Bonus) CONCEPT OF RETRENCHMENT & BACK WAGES SOCIAL JUSTICE NATURAL JUSTICE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS & LABOUR COURTS – As judicial functionaries REPRESENTATION OF PROFESSIONAL LAWYERS BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS & LABOUR COURTS THE PRESENT SCENARIO : Welfare State vs Globalisation. Suggested Books: 1. As Suggested by the concerned Faculty member(s)
ELECTIVE
STRESS MANAGEMENT
PAPER No.: MH 06/IV/6E INTRODUCTION : Meaning, Definition, Nature, Mechanism, Classification of
Stress, Stressors, Sources of Stress at work, " Job Stress", Traits and Attitude,
Personality Type and stress, profiles of Type A and Type B Personalities, Type A, Type
B self-test.
Consequence and manifestations of stress, Psychological Symptoms, Behaviorial
Symptoms, Abnormal Reactions to stress.
How to overcome stress? Coping strategies for stress, Individual Level Techniques for
copying with stress, Organisational Level Techniques for Copying with stress.
Effective Stress Management Executive Stress Management Stress & Yoga. Suggested Books: 1. Human Relation in Management – Samuel Deep (Glencose Pub. Co. , 1978)
2. Understanding Executive Stress – Corper & Marshal; MacMillan, 1978
3. The Stress of Life – H. Selye; McGraw Hill, N.Y., 1976
4. Stress without Distress – H. Seyle; J.B. Lippincot Co.
5. Organisational Behaviour – Dr. Anjali Ghanekar; Everest Pub. House, Pune
6. Conguer Your Stress – C. L. & S. Palmer
7. Organisational Stress – K. Harigopal
HRM MODELS PAPERS No.: MH 06/IV/6E INTRODUCTION : Model for Business – HRM Alignment
Model for Linking HRM Practices with organizational Stages
Skill set for HRM Professional in Organisational Change
Purposive Behaviourism Model
Motive- Based Model of OCB (Organisation Citizenship Behavior)
Peter's Principle
Pymalion Effect
Cipolla's Model – Laws of Stupidity
Model of Bounded Relationally
Art of Living Model
Five step Model for Action Learning. Suggested Books: 1. Human Resource Management in Practice (Models Techniques)- Srinivas R.
kandula; Prentice Hall of India.
2. The Gold and Garbage in Management Theories and Perception – James Law (univ.
Press, Olio, 1980)
3. Developing organizations for Tomorrow – Singh, Gupta, Ahmad (Sage,2001)
PROJECT REPORT AND VIVA-VOCE
PAPER No.: MH 06/IV/7
An the end of fourth semester, each student shall have to carryout a project with and
organization. The Project shall have to be officially assigned or approved by the
organization and carried out under the supervision of its representative. Members of the
faculty of the Institute will also be available for guidance. Duration of the Project shall be
08 weeks. Each student shall have to submit 03 copies of the Project Report to a pre-
specified member of the faculty. A viva-voce will, then, be conducted on the project study
done buy the students. The written part of the project study (Project Report) shall carry 50
marks and viva-voce shall carry 50 marks.
