Subjects In MBA First Year

Will you please provide the syllabus of MBA first year of University Of Pune?

The University of Pune is affiliated to UGC, NAAC, AIU .It is a university situated in western India, in the city of Pune.

MBA Syllabus:
SEMESTER-I
Organizational Behavior & Principles & Practices of Management
Management Accounting
Managerial Economics
Statistical & Quantitative Methods
Legal Aspects of Business
Basics of Marketing
Information Technology
Managerial Communication

SEMESTER-II
Marketing Management
Financial Management
Human Resource Management
Manufacturing & Operations Management
Materials & Logistics Management
Management Information Systems
Research Methodology
Economic Environment of
Business & Environmental Management

Semester I
(101) ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR & PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF
MANAGEMENT
SECTION I:- Organizational Behaviour
1. Introduction to Organizational Behaviour: Definition, Importance, Scope,
Fundamental Concepts of OB, Different models of OB - autocratic, custodial,
supportive, collegial and SOBC. (4)

2. Personality & Attitudes: Meaning of personality, attitude - Development of
personality – Attributes of personality- Transactional Analysis – Ego states –
Johari window - Nature and dimensions of attitude – Developing the right attitude
(4)

3. Motivation: Definition, Importance, Motives – Characteristics, Classification of
motives - Primary & Secondary motives. Theories of Motivation - Maslow’s
Theory of need hierarchy - Herzberg's theory. Morale - Definition and relationship
with productivity - Morale Indicators. (4)

4. Group Dynamics and Team building: Concept of Group & Team. Theories of
Group Formation - Formal and Informal Groups. Importance of Team building.
(4)

5. Conflict Management: Definition. Traditional vis-à-vis Modern view of conflict
– Types of conflict – Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Organizational. Constructive
and Destructive conflict. Conflict management. (3)

6. Stress management: Definition, Causes, Managing stress, Stress as a motivator.
Work life balance. (2)

7. Change management: Concept of change, change as a natural process,
Importance & Causes of change – social, economic, technological,
organizational. Learning – unlearning, Concept of learning organizations. (4)

8. Cases studies on above topics

SECTION II: Principles and Practice of Management
1. Basic concepts of management: Definition – Need and Scope – Different schools of
management thought – Behavioural, Scientific, Systems, and
Contingency

2. Contribution of Management Thinkers: Taylor, Fayol, Elton Mayo (4)
3. Functions of Management –
a) Planning – Concept, Nature, Importance, Steps, Limitations, Management by
objectives (2)

b) Organizing - Concept, Nature, Importance, Principles, Centralization,
Decentralization, Organization Structures- Line and Staff Authority, Functional,
Product, Matrix, Geographical, Customer, New Forms of Organization – Virtual,
Organizations as Networks - Types of Network Organizations/Clusters - Self-
Organizing Systems. Organizational Designs for Change and Innovation -
Designing Principles for New Forms of Organizations (3)

c) Staffing - Concept, Nature, Importance, Steps. Concept of knowledge worker. (2)

d) Directing – Concept, Nature, Importance. (1)

e) Controlling - Concept, Nature, Importance, Process of controlling, Control
Techniques. (2)

4. Leadership: Concept, Nature, Importance, Attributes of a leader, developing

leaders across the organization, Leadership Grid. (4)

5. Decision making: Concept, Nature, Importance, and Process. Types of decisions.
Problems in decision making. (4)

6. Case Study: Planning, Decision Making, Leadership. (4)

Books Recommended:-
1. Organizational Behaviour, 9th Ed. - Stephen Robbins
2. Human Behaviour at work - Davis and Newstorm
3. Organizational Behaviour - Uma Sekaran
4. Organizational Behaviour - Fred Luthans
5. Organizational Behaviour - K.Aswathappa
6. Human Behaviour at Work - Keith Davis
7. Organizational Behaviour - Jit S.Chandran
8. Human Relations & Organizational Behaviour - R.S.Dwivedi
9. Organizational Behaviour - McShane
10. Organizational Behaviour - Sharma
11. Essentials of Management – Koontz – TMGH -
12. Principles & Practices of Management - Saxena
13. Principles and Practices of Management - Shejwalkar and Ghanekar
14. Management Concepts & Practices – Hannagan

102-MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Meaning and Definition of Accounting, Parties or Users interested in Accounting,
Branches of Accounting, Meaning and Definition of Management Accounting,
Distinction between Management Accounting and Financial Accounting. Accounting
Concepts and Conventions. (10)

2. Basic Accounting terminologies, Classification of Accounts, Meaning of Journal,
Writing of Journal Entries. (5)

3. Secondary Books of Accounting, Preparation of Trial Balance, Final Accounts of
Sole Traders. (14)

4. Elements of Costs; (10)

(a) Materials Costs: - Materials purchasing, receiving, storing and issuing
including pricing of issues.
(b) Labour Costs and Labour Turnover.
(c) Overheads- Identifying the overheads with cost centre. Allocation,
Apportionment and Absorption – Accounting treatment of Under and Over
Absorption.
(d) Preparation of Cost Sheet, items to be excluded while preparing cost sheet.
5. Managerial Decision Making Techniques like (21)
(a) Marginal costing – Cost volume profit analysis, BEP
(b) Budgetary control, Operating and Financial Budgets, Flexible Budgets.
(c) Standard Costing – Materials Cost and Labour cost variances only.

Books Recommended:-
1. Introduction to Management Accounting - Horngreen and Sundlem
2. Principles of Management Accounting - Manmohan & Goyal
3. Management Accounting - Dr. E.B. Khedkar, Dr. D.B. Bharati and Dr. A. B. Kharpas.
4. Cost and Management Accounting - S.M.Inamdar
5. Management Accounting - Dr. Mahesh Kulkarni
6. Double Entry Book Keeping - T.S.Grewal
7. Principles and Practice of Cost Accounting – Ashish K. Bhattacharya
8. Management Accounting 3rd Ed. - Khan & Jain
9. Theory & Problems in Management & Cost Accounting - Khan & Jain
10. Cost Accounting – Jawaharlal
11. Management Accounting - Dr. A. P. Rao

103-MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Definition, Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics, Managerial
Economics and Microeconomic and Macroeconomics. Managerial Economics
and decision-making. Definitions of basic concepts:
a. Positive and normative approach
b. Optimization
c. Marginal analysis
d. Opportunity Cost.
e. Economic Model.
f. Static and Dynamics. (8)

2. Meaning and Determinants of demand. Demand Function. Law of Demand,
Market Demand, Elasticity of demand. Types of elasticity. Measurement of

elasticity. Significance and uses of the elasticity. Methods of Demand
estimation. Demand forecasting. Forecasting of an established product.
Forecasting of a new product. (8)

3. Production Function. Law of Variable Proportions. Law of supply. Elasticity
of supply. Measurement of elasticity. Significance and uses of the concept of
elasticity. (6)

4. Costs of production. Private costs and Social Costs. Accounting Costs and
Economic costs. Short run and Long Run costs. Economies of scale. Cost
estimation. Methods of cost estimation and cost forecasting. Cost reduction
and cost control. (6)

5. Pricing under various markets including: Perfect Competition, Monopoly,
Monopolistic competition, oligopoly. Cartels. Price discrimination.
Measurement of Monopoly Power. (8)

6. Pricing Strategies and Methods – Cost plus pricing. Marginal cost pricing.
Cyclical pricing. Penetration Pricing. Price Leadership. Price Skimming.
Transfer pricing. (8)

7. Profit Policy: Break Even analysis. Profit Forecasting. (4)

8. Capital Budgeting – steps involved in project evaluation. Concept of time
value of money. Methods of investment Appraisal: Discounted Cash flow. Net
Present Value. Internal Rate of Returns. (8)

9. Need for Government Intervention in Markets. Price Controls. Support Price.
Preventions and Control of Monopolies. System of Dual Price.
(4)

Books Recommended:-
1. Managerial Economics – Analysis, Problems and Cases, P.L. Mehta,
Sultan Chand Sons, New Delhi.
2. Managerial Economics – Varshney and Maheshwari, Sultan Chand and
Sons, New Delhi.
3. Managerial Economics – D. Salvatore, McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
4. Managerial Economics – Pearson and Lewis, Prentice Hall, New Delhi
5. Managerial Economics – G.S. Gupta, T M H, New Delhi.
6. Managerial Economics – Mote, Paul and Gupta, T M H, New Delhi.
7. Managerial Economics –Joel Dean, Prentice Hall, USA.
8. Managerial Economics –H L Ahuja, S Chand & Co. New Delhi.

(104) STATISTICAL & QUANTITATIVE METHODS
1. Arranging data to convey meaning - Tables, Graphs and Frequency Distribution
(6)

2. Measures of Central Tendency – Arithmetic Mean, Median, Mode. Measures
of Dispersion – Range, Quartile, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation, Coefficient
of Variation.
(6)

3. Correlation – Karl Pearson coefficient & Rank correlation – Partial & Multiple
correlation. Simple and Multiple Regression (Linear) – Equation and prediction
(6)

4. Association of Attributes: Yule’s coefficient & Coefficient of colligation.
(6)

5. Probability – Concept, Bayes’ theorem. Probability Distributions - Binomial,
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Poisson and Normal
(6)

6. Linear Programming – Formulation. Graphical solution, Transportation &
Assignment Problems – all methods
(6)

7. Queuing Theory - Single Server ( M/M/I , Infinite, FIFO) and Multi Server
(M/M/C , Infinite, FIFO)
(6)

8. Markov Chains & simulation techniques. Monte Carlo Simulation
(6)

9. Games Theory - 2x2 zero sum game with dominance - Pure Strategy and Mixed
Strategy
(6)

10. Decision Theory - Decision making under risk (EMV criteria) and Decision
making under uncertainty
(6)

Books Recommended:-
1. Statistical and Quantitative Methods – By Ranjit Chitale
2. Statistical Methods - S.P.Gupta
3. Statistics for Management - Levin and Rubin
4. Quantitative Techniques Vol. 1 and 2 - L.C.Jhamb
5. Statistics and Quantitative Techniques - M.G.Dhaygude
6. Quantitative Techniques - N.D.Vohra

(105) LEGAL ASPECTS OF BUSINESS
I. The Contract Act, 1871
1.1 Nature and classification of contracts - Essential elements of a valid contract
1.2 Offer and Acceptance - Consideration - Capacities of Parties
1.3 Provisions relating to free consent, void agreements
1.4 Provisions relating to performance and discharge of contract
1.5 Breach of contract - Meaning and remedies (8)

II. Contract Act, 1872
2.1 Contracts of Indemnity - Meaning, nature - Right of Indemnity Holder and
Indemnifier
2.2 Contracts of Guarantee - Meaning, Nature and Features - Types of Guarantee
- Provisions relating to various types of Guarantee
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2.3 Surety and Co-surety - Rights and Liabilities - Discharge of surety from his
liability
2.4 Agency - Agent and Principal - Creation of Agency - Classification of Agents
- Relationship between Principal and Agent - Agent's authority - Revocation and
Renunciation - Rights, Duties and Liabilities of Agent and Principal - Termination
of Agency (7)

III. Sales of Goods Act, 1930
3.1 Contract for Sale of Goods - Meaning - Essentials of a Contract of Sale -
Formalities of a Contract of ale
3.2 Provisions relating to conditions and Warranties
3.3 Provisions relating to transfer of property or ownership
3.4 Provisions relating to performance of Contract of Sale - Rights of Unpaid
Seller – Rules as to delivery of goods. (6)

IV. The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
4.1 Negotiable Instruments - Meaning, Characteristics, Types, Parties - Holder
and holder in Due Course
4.2 Negotiation and Types of Endorsements
4.3 Dishonour of Negotiable Instrument - Noting and Protest
4.4 Liability of parties on Negotiable Instrument.
(10)

V. The Companies Act, 1956
5.1 Company - Definition, Meaning, Features and Types of companies
5.2 Incorporation of a company - Memorandum of Association, Articles of
Association and Prospectus
5.3 Share Capital (10)

VI. The Consumer Protection Act, 1986
6.1 Definitions of Consumer, Complainant, Goods, Service - Meaning of
Consumer Dispute, Complaint - Unfair Trade Practices - Restrictive Trade
Practices
6.2 Rights of Consumers
6.3 Consumer Disputes Redressal Agencies (6)

VII. The Information Technology Act, 2000
7.1 Digital Signature - Digital Signature Certificate
7.2 Electronic Governance
7.3 Electronic Records
7.4 Certifying Authorities
7.5 Penalty & Adjudication (10)

VIII Patents Act
8.1 Conceptual understanding of patents, copyrights, trademarks and designs. (3)

Books Recommended:-
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1. Business Laws - Balchandani
2. Business Laws - S.D.Geet and M.S.Patil
3. Business Laws - Gulshan Kapoor
4. Business and Commercial Laws - Sen and Mitra
5. An Introduction to Mercantile Laws - N.D.Kapoor
6. Business Laws - N.M.Wechlekar
7. Business Laws - M.D.Mulla
8. Company Law - Avtar Singh
9. Bare Text of the relevant Act

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