Total Marks: 100

I. Management

Introduction to Management

• Defining Organization

• Defining Management

• Management in Organizations

• Four Management Functions

• Management Roles

• Management Skills

• Organizational Internal and External Environment

Planning and Decision-Making

• Management Planning

• Goal Setting

• Decision Making

Strategic Management

• Strategic Management Process

• Strategy Formulation

• Strategy Implementation

Organizational Structure and Design

• Developing Organizational Structure

• Organizational Design

• Designing Adaptive Organizations

Change, Innovation, Leadership and Motivation

• Managing Change

• Managing Innovation

• Leadership

• Motivation

II. Human Resource Management

Introduction to Human Resource Management

• Role of Human Resource Management in Organizational Performance

Functions of HRM

• Functions of Human Resource Management

• Process and Methods of Job Analysis

• Planning and Forecasting Personnel Needs

• Recruitment and Selection

• Training and Development

Performance Management and Appraisal

• Performance Management

• Performance Appraisal

• Methods of Performance Appraisal

• Performance Appraisal Processes

Compensation and Employee Relations

• Establishing Strategic Pay Plans

• Compensation and Benefits

• Ethics, Justice and Fair Treatment in HR Management

• Labor Relations

• Collective Bargaining

III. Financial Management

An Overview of Financial Management

• Introduction and Significance of Financial Markets

• Real Assets and Financial Assets

• Types of Financial Markets

• Role of Capital and Money Markets in Economic Development

• Organizational Goals

• Shareholder Wealth Maximization Perspective

Time Value of Money

• Cost of Money

• Factors Affecting the Cost of Money

• Interest Rate Fundamentals

• Determinants of Market Interest Rates

• Role of Time Value of Money in Finance

• Future Value

• Present Value

• Making Timelines

• Annuities

• Perpetuities

• Mixed Streams of Cash Flows

• Cash Flows With and Without Growth

• Present Value and Future Value of Cash Flow Streams

• Compounding Interest:

  • Discrete Compounding

  • Continuous Compounding

• Loan Amortization

Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statements

• Reading Financial Statements

• Horizontal Analysis

• Vertical Analysis

• Common-Size Analysis

• Ratio Analysis

• Comparative Analysis

• Index Number Trend Analysis

• Forecasting Financials for Future Decision-Making

• Evaluating Credit

• Evaluating Management

• Evaluating Profitability

• Evaluating Risk Using Financial Statements

Risk, Return and Introduction to Pricing

• Measures of Risk and Return

• Investment Return

• Expected Rate of Return

• Standalone Risk

• Standard Deviation

• Coefficient of Variation

• Risk Aversion

• Required Rate of Return

• Portfolio Risk

• Diversifiable Risk

• Market Risk

• Security Market Line

• Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

• Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)

• Discounting Process for Price Determination

• Relevant Risk and Return for Valuation

Cash Flow and Budgeting

• Significance of Budgeting

• Cash Budgets

• Financial Forecasts

• Difference Between Profit and Cash Flow

• Reading and Analyzing the Statement of Cash Flows

Capital Budgeting

• Significance of Capital Budgeting

• Incremental Cash Flows

• Capital Budgeting Decision Rules:

  • Net Present Value (NPV)

  • Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

  • Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR)

  • Return

• Finding Optimal Capital Structure

• Calculating Appropriate Discount Rate

• Capital Rationing

IV. Operations and Supply Chain Management

A. Operations Management

Operations and Productivity

• Operations Management as One of the Three Core Functions in an Organization

• Significance and Contributions of Operations Management

• Future Trends in Operations Management

• Differences Between Goods and Services

Operations Strategy in Global Environment

• Developing Mission and Operations Management Strategies

• Critical Success Factors (CSF)

• Aligning Core Competencies with Critical Success Factors

Process Strategy

• Four Process Strategies

• Process Analysis and Design

• Process Mapping

• Flow Diagrams

• Process Charts

• Service Process Design

• Process Re-engineering

Capacity Planning

• Design Capacity

• Effective Capacity

• Capacity Cushion

• Capacity Considerations

• Managing Demand

• Capacity Planning

• Leading Strategy

• Lagging Strategy

• Single-Product Break-Even Analysis for Capacity Planning

• Multiple-Product Break-Even Analysis for Capacity Planning

Location Strategies

• Factors Affecting Location Decisions

• Methods for Evaluating Location Alternatives

• Factor Rating Method

• Load-Distance Method

• Center of Gravity Method

• Service Location Strategy

Layout Strategies

• Types of Layout

• Layout Design

• Fixed-Position Layout

• Process-Oriented Layout

• Office Layout

• Retail Layout

• Assembly Line Balancing

Inventory Management

• Role of Inventory in Operations

• ABC Analysis

• Record Accuracy

• Cycle Counting

• Inventory Models

• Fixed-Period Systems

• Continuous Review Systems

• Basic Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) Inventory Model

• Safety Stock

• Service Level

B. Supply Chain Management

Introduction to Supply Chain and Logistics Management

• Introduction to Supply Chain Management

• Introduction to Logistics Management

• Meaning of Supply Chain Management

• Meaning of Logistics Management

• Objectives

• Importance

• Examples of Supply Chain Management and Logistics Management

• Decision Phases in Supply Chains

Supply Chain Performance

• Achieving Strategic Fit

• Challenges in Achieving Strategic Fit

• Supply Chain Cost

• Supply Chain Quality

• Supply Chain Lead Time

Supply Chain Drivers

• Facilities as a Driver

• Inventory as a Driver

• Information as a Driver

• Transportation as a Driver

• Sourcing as a Driver

• Pricing as a Driver

Balancing Supply and Demand

• Bullwhip Effect

• Demand Collaboration

• Information Sharing in Supply Chains

• Accurate Response Strategy

Supply Chain Coordination

• Obstacles in Coordination

• Vendor-Managed Inventory

• Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment

• Managerial Levers to Achieve Coordination

Information Technology in Supply Chain Management

• Role of IT in Supply Chain Management

• Customer Relationship Management

• Supplier Relationship Management

• Risk Management in IT

• Supply Chain IT in Practice

V. Marketing

Introduction to Marketing

• Introduction to Marketing

Marketing Strategies and Planning

• Developing Marketing Strategies

• Developing Marketing Plans

Marketing Environment

• Scanning the Marketing Environment

Consumer Markets

• Analyzing Consumer Markets

Market Segmentation

• Market Segmentation

Marketing Information

• Managing Marketing Information

Branding and Product Management

• Branding

• Product Life Cycle

Pricing and Distribution

• Pricing

• Managing Distribution Channels

Marketing Communications

• Integrated Marketing Communications

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