School of Commerce & Management, Dravidian University, Kuppam

MBA II Semester

201. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Unit-I: Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics: Fundamental economic concepts. Opportunity cost, Discounting principle, Time perspective, Incremental reasoning, Equi-marginal concept. Economics of risk, uncertainty and asymmetric information and market signaling. Role of managerial economics in decision making. Managerial Economics and Econometric models. Demand Analysis: Concepts, Determinants, Types and Law of Demand Engels law Cardinal and ordinal approaches Indifference curve analysis International convergence of tastes Budget line Utility maximization Expenditure minimization Income, price and cross elasticities of demand Relationships between demand, indirect utility and expenditure function Consumer surplus Market supply, Market equilibrium and Non.clearing markets theory. Production and Cost Analysis: Production function Law of variable proportions and returns to scale. Least Cost input combination expansion path Ridge lines. Economics and diseconomics of scale Economics of Scope. Learning Curve. Cobb-Douglas and CES production functions. Types and concepts of costs Cost Control and Reduction. Short-run and Long-run Cost functions. Cost control and Break even Analysis. Market Structures: Price Determination under Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Obligopoly and Monopolistic CompetitionsStrategic behavior of firms: Nash equilibrium Prisoners dilemma Enforcing a cartel Dealing with cheaters the advantage of being first. Price and non.price competition: limit pricing, price retaliation, capacity expansion and market saturation Trigger and Tit for tat. Strategic moves threats, commitments and credibility Entry deterrence. Macro Economics and Business: Nature, Concepts and Measurements of National Income, Determination of National Income, Classical and Keynesian Approaches. Types of Inflation: Demand pull and cost push inflation, Philips curve, Stagflation, Concepts of Economic growth and Development, Harrod Domar growth model, the role of technical progress in economic development.

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Suggested Books 1. D.M. Mithani, 2006, Managerial economics HPH. 2. Keat, 2007 Managerial Economics 4th Edition, Thomson. 3. H.Craig Petersen, W.C. Lewis, SK Jain, 2006, Managerial Economics, Pearson. 4. Besank D, etal, 2005, Economic and Strategy, Wiley.

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Joel Dean, 2005, Managerial Economics, PHI. Thomas Maurice, 2006, Managerial economics, TMH. Suma Damodaran, 2006, Managerial Economics, Oxford University Press. Hirschey, 2006, Economics for Managers, Thomson. (HEAD)

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202. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Unit-I: Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive advantage Responsibilities and Roles HR Departments perform Changing nature of the HRM function Competitive Challenges influencing HRM Meeting competitive challenges through HRM practices HRM and Competency Building HRM and Change Management HR as a Strategic Business Partner The role of HR in providing Sustainable competitive advantage. Human Resource Process: Objectives and Process Job Analysis and Design Acquisition and preparation of HR Selection and placement process Types of interviews Effectiveness of Interviews Socialising, Orienting and Developing Employees. Employee Training Determining Training needs Training approaches Employee Development Job shadowing Employee Development Methods Evaluating Training and Development Effectiveness. Managing Careers: Career Development versus Employee development Career Development Value for the organization and individual Career stages Career Choices and Preferences Holland Vocational Preferences Model The Scheins anchors Myers Briggs Typologies Mentoring and Coaching. Performance Management: An organizational model of Performance Management (PM) Purposes of Performance Management Performance Measures criteria Approaches to measuring performance Performance Appraisal Methods Performance feedback Performance Management and Pay Performance Management for Teams. Contemporary Issues in HRM: Work Life Balance - Diversity Management Talent Management Quality of Work Life Whistle blowing Policy Outsourcing

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Suggested Books: 1. Bohlander, 2006, Human Resource Management, 10th Edition, Thomson. 2. Dessler Gary, 2006, Human Resource Management, 10th Edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall of India. 3. Mondy, 2007, Human Resource Management, 9th Edition, Pearson Education. 4. Wayne F. Cascio 2006, Managing Human Resources, TMH 5. Aswathappa, 2006, Human Resource Management, 4th Edition, TMH 6. Noe A.Raymond, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart and Patrick Wright: Human Resource Management, Tata McGraw Hill.

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Jyothi P and DN Venkatesh 2006, Human Resource Management, Oxford University Press. VSP Rao 2006, Human Resource Management, Text and Cases, Excel Books. (HEAD) 203. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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The Finance function: Nature and Scope. Evolution of finance function The new role in the contemporary scenario Goals of finance function maximizing vs satisfying (School); Profit Vs Wealth Vs Welfare; the agency relationship and costs The new debate on maximizing Vs satisficing. Wealth maximization and Risk-Return trade off (only theory). The Investment Decision: Investment decision process Project generation, project evaluation, project selection and project implementation. - Using Evaluation Techniques Traditional (PBV vs ARR) and DCF methods (NPL Vs IRR). Capital budgeting decision under conditions of risk and uncertainty (Theory & Problems). The financing Decision: Sources of finance a brief survey of financial instruments. The capital structure decision in practice: EBIT-EPS analysis. Cost of capital: The concept Average Vs Marginal cost of Capital. Measurement of cost of capital Component Costs and Weighted Average Cost. The Dividend Decision: Major forms of dividends Cash and Bonus shares. The theoretical backdrop Dividends and valuation; Major theories centered on the works of Gordon, Walter and Lintner (only theory). Current Assets Management: Concepts and characteristics of working capital. Need and Significance of the Working Capital. Factors determining the working capital. Working Capital Flow Cycle - Estimating working capital requirements. Source of Working Capital Finance - Bank norms for working Capital financing (Theory and Problems) Corporate Restructures: Corporate Mergers and acquisitions and take-overs-Types of Mergers Economic rationale for Mergers, motives for mergers, Financial Evaluation of Mergers different approaches for valuation. Corporate Value based management systems Approaches Principles of good corporate Governance (only theory).

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Suggested Books: 1. Richard A Brealey etal., 2007, Principles of Corporate Finance, Tata McGraw Hill. 2. Gitman L.J. 2006, Managerial Finance, 11th Edition, Pearson Education. 3. Vishwanath.S.R.2007, Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition, Response books, Sage Publications. 4. Bruner.R.F.2007, Case Studies in Finance, 5th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi. 5. Prasanna Chandra, 2006, Financial Management theory and practice, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill. 6. I.M. Pandey : Financial Management, Vikas Publishers. (HEAD) 204. MARKETING MANAGEMENT Unit-I: Introduction to Marketing: Needs, Wants, Demands, Products, Exchange, Transactions, Market, Marketing, Production Concept, Product Concept, Sales Concept, Marketing Concept, Societal Marketing Concept, Indian Marketing Environment. Market Segmentation and Targeting : Identification of Market Segments Consumer and Institutional/corporate Clientele Segmenting Consumer Marketing, Segmentation Basis, Selecting Target Markets, Segmentation and Targeting as a basis for Strategy Formulation. Developing and Communicating a Positioning Strategy. Product Management : Product Life Cycle, PLC as a tool for Marketing Strategy, Constituents of a Product, Core Product, Augmented Product, Differentiated Products, Potential Product, Product Line, Product Mix, Product-line decisions, Brand decisions, classification f new products, New product development, Idea Generation, Idea screening, concept testing, business analysis, market testing, commercialization. Pricing Strategy: Objectives of pricing, methods of pricing, selecting the final price, adopting price, initiating the price cuts, imitating price increases, responding to Competitors price changes. Sales and Distribution Management: Advertising and Sales promotion Channel function and flows, channel levels, channel management decisions, types of retailers, trends in retailing, the growth and trends in wholesaling. Sales force and sales agency Advantages and disadvantages.

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1. Rajan Saxena, Marketing Management, 2/e, TMH, 2002. 2. Kerin, Hartley and Rudelius, Marketing The Core, McGraw Hill, Irwin, 2004. 3. Philip Kotler, Marketing Management, 11/e, Pearson publishers, 2003. 4. Lamb, Hair and McDaniel, Marketing 7/e, Thomson Publishers, 2004. 5. V.S. Ramaswamy and S. Namakumari, Marketing Management, 3/e McMillan, 2003. 6. William D.Perreault and Jr.E.Jerome Mc Carthy, Basic marketing 14/e, TMH 2002.

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205. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Unit-I: Introduction to Production Management: Introduction Meaning Nature of Production Production as a System Types of Production Systems - Production as an Organizational Function Brief History of Production and Operations Management - Importance of Production Management Function Objectives of Production management. Scheduling and control of production operations: Production Planning and Control need, objectives, and significance Differences between PP & PC. Control Procedures Loading, sequencing and Scheduling - Plant Location and Plant layout Nature, objectives, and different types of layouts - Location and the factors influencing of location. Maintenance Management Objectives, types of maintenance systems. Quality Management : Factors affecting quality Quality Control objectives and functions of quality control - Types of Control Charts Total Quality Management Bench Marking classification Quality Circles. Materials Management: Objectives and Importance and functions of Materials Management Materials Planning Materials Budgeting Materials Control Material Control Cycle Materials Management Information System (MMIS).

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Stores Management: Stores Management functions of stores, Duties of Storekeeper - Stores Layout Stock Verification Classification and Codification Inventory Control Different Systems of Inventory Control ABC, EOQ and VED.

Suggested Books: 1. Aswathappa, K., Shridhara Bhat, K., Production and Operations Management Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 2009. 2. Chunawalla,S.A., Patel,D.R., Production and Operations Management Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 2008. 3. Chary, Production and Operations Management, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition, 2007. 4. Martand T.Telsang., Production Management, S.Chand Publication, New Delhi - 2008

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206. OPERATIONS RESEARCH Unit-I: Introduction to OR: Meaning and scope of OR, Definition of general LPP, Formulation of LPP, solution of LPP by graphical Method Fundamental theorem of LPP, simplex algorithm Concept of artificial Variables, Big M method and two phase simplex method Concept of duality Dual simplex method. LPP Simplex Method & Transportation Problems: (Maximisation and Minimisation) Degeneracy, Dual: Dual formulation, Solution of dual, Economic interpretation of dual. Mathematical model, IBFS using northwest corner rule, Row and Column Minimum methods, Matrix minimum method (LCM) and Vogels approximation method, Unbalanced TP, Degeneracy, Optimality Test and Managerial applications. Assignment Problem (AP): Mathematical model, Unbalanced AP, Restricted AP, Traveling salesman problem, Managerial applications of AP and TSP. Integer programming problem Introduction, All and Mixed IPP, Gomorys All-I.P.P. method, All I.P.P. Algorithm the Branch and Brand Technique.

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Game Theory: Concepts, saddle point, Dominance, Zero-sum game, two three and more persons games, analytical method of solving two person zero sum games, graphical solutions for (mX2) and 2Xn) games. Sequencing: Introduction Definition Terminology and Notations Principle Assumptions Type I: Problems with n jobs through two machines - Type II: processing n jobs through three machines A,B,C Type III: problems with n jobs and k Machines Type IV: problems with 2 jobs through k machines.

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Suggested Books: 1. N.D.Vohra, 2001, Quantitative Techniques in management, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition. 2. Barry Render, Ralph M. Stair, Jr. and Michael E.Hanna, 2007, Quantitative analysis for management, 9th Edition, Pearson/PHI 3. A.Ravindren, Don T.Phillips and James J.Solberg, 2000, Operations Research Principles and Practice, John Wiley and Sons, 2nd Edition. 4. J.K. Sharma, 2005, Operations Research Theory and Applications, Macmillan. 5. Pannerselvam, R, 2006, Operations Research An introduction, Pearson Education, 7th Edition/Prentice Hall of India. 6. Kanti Swaroop, P.K. Gupta and Man Mohan: Operations Research Sultan Chand.

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207. RESEARCH IN MANAGEMENT Unit-I: Research Process: Importance of Research in Management. Types of Research Factors affecting Selection of a problem Statement of a problem Review of Literature; Elements of Scientific Methods and Objectives Hypothesis, Model Building Identification of variables. Research Methods: Case Method, Survey Method (write primary and secondary data), Participatory observation method, Experimental method (Hypothesis method), Statistical method, Historical Method, Logical Method (Scientific method). Data Source and Management Problems: Sampling Techniques,

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source of secondary data and shortcoming, scaling problems, tools for collection of primary data (Interviews, Questionnaires, Rapid appraisal) Unit-IV: Unit-V: Research Design Types of Design, Experimental Design Factorial Design (one way, two way Latin square designs) Research Reporting: Why reports, Types of report i.e. General, Technical, etc., structure of Report, Style of report, Research paper Preparation and Presentation.

Suggested Books 1. C Ramanaiah & P. Murali Krishna, Research Methodology, Student Helpline Publishing House, Hyderabad, 2010, Rs 244. 2. Donald R.Cooper and Pamela S.Schindler, Business Research methods, TMH, 2003 3. John Adams, at el Research methods, Response books, New Delhi, 2007, Rs.395/4. Michel Jay Polansky, David S. Waller, Designing and Managing a Research Project A Business students Guide, Sage Publications. 5. C.R. Kothari, Research methodology, Wishwa Prakashan, 2003.

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