INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
DAVV, INDORE

Syllabus

MBA (MS) 5 Years Integrated Course

Istto VIthSemester

Batch 2018 -2023

 Semester - I

Code Subjects
IM-101 Principles and Practices of Management
IM-102 Financial Accounting
IM-102B Interpersonal & Organisational Behavior
IM-103 Business Mathematics-I
IM-104B Fundamentals of Computer and Web
Technology
IM-106D LanguageProficiency-I (English)
 IM-101Principles and Practices of Management

Course Objectives
Objectives of this course are to help the students gain understanding of the functions and
responsibilities of the manager, provide them tools and techniques to be used in the performance
of managerial job, and enable them to analyze and understand the environment of the
organization.

Course Contents
1. Concept of Management: Functions and Responsibilities of Managers, Fayol's Principles of
Management, Management Thought; the Classical School, the Human Relations School,
Systems theory, Contingency Management, Developing Excellent Managers.
2. Planning: Nature and Purpose of Planning, the Planning Process, Principles of Planning,
Types of Planning, Advantages and Limitations of Planning.
3. Concept and Nature of Objectives: Types of Objectives, Importance of Objectives, Setting
objectives, Management by Objectives (MBO) Benefits and weaknesses of MBO.
4. Strategies and Policies: Concept of Corporate Strategy, formulation of Strategy, Types of
Strategies, Types of Policies, Principles of formulation of Policies, Decision Making Process,
individual Decision Making Models.
5. Organizing: Nature and Purpose of Organizing, Bases of Departmentation, Span of
Management, Determinants of Span of Management, Line and Staff Relationship, Line-Staff
Conflict, Bases of Delegation, Kinds of Delegation, Delegation and Decentralization,
Methods of Decentralization.
6. Controlling: Concept and Process of Control, Control Techniques, Human Aspects of
Control, Control as a feedback system, Feedforward Control, Preventive Control, Profit and
Loss Control, Control through Return on investment, the Use of Computer for Controlling
and Decision Making, the Challenges created by IT as a Control Tool.
7. Case studies: one case in each unit.

Books
1. Harold Koontz, O’Donnell and HeinzWeihrich, “Essentials of Management”, New Delhi,
Tata McGraw Hill, 1992.
2. R. D. Agrawal, “Organization and Management”, New Delhi, Tata McGraw Hill, 1995.

Suggested Readings
1. Harold Koontz, HeinzWeihrich, “Management: A Global Perspective”, New Delhi,
McGraw Hill, 10th Ed., 1994.
2. Robert Krietner, “Management”, Houghton Miffin Co., 7th Ed., 1999.
 IM-102Financial Accounting

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Objective of the subject is to acquaint students with concepts of

accounting and help them acquire the ability to develop and use the accounting data as an aid to
decision making.
Course Contents:
1. FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: Meaning and definition of
accounting, Need and functions of accounting, users of accounting information,
importance and limitations of accounting, Relationship of accounting with other
disciplines, Accounting Principles- Concepts and Conventions, An introduction to
Accounting Standards and US GAAPs
2. DOUBLE ENTRY SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING-I: Concept and definition, accounting
cycle, Process of accounting, various steps in DES a/c, Journal, Concept and importance,
types of A/Cs, rules of accounting, process of journalizing, Numerical problem.
3. DOUBLE ENTRY SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING-II: Ledger, Concept and definition,
process of ledger posting, the concept of trial balance and its preparation, Numerical
problem.
4. DOUBLE ENTRY SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING-III: Concept of final A/Cs, their need
and necessity, preparation of final A/Cs without adjustments, adjustments in final A/Cs,
need and necessity, final A/C with adjustment, Numerical problem.
5. An Introduction to Subsidiary Books, Cash Book and its types, Preparation of various
types of Cash Books.
6. Bank Reconciliation Statement: Concept, Causes and Need, Reconciliation Process,
Numerical Problems.
7. Depreciation Accounting: Concepts and Numerical

Books:-
1. Principles of Accounting by R.L. Gupta & V.K. Gupta, S. Chand Publication
2. Principles of Accounting by T.S. Grewal,
3. Financial Accounting by S.N. Maheshwari, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
 IM-102B Interpersonaland Organisational Behaviour
Course Objectives
Objective of this course is to help students to understand human Behaviour in organizations so
that they improve their managerial effectiveness.

Course Contents
1. Introduction:
a) Organization: Concept, Features, Types and Significance;
b) Organizational Behaviour: Concept and Features; Organisational Behaviour
Models: Autocratic, Custodial and Supportive.

2. Individual Behaviour in Organisation:

a) Personality: Meaning and Determinants. Personality and Behaviour.
b) Perception: Meaning and Factors Affecting Perception, Application of Perception
in Organisational Behaviour.
c) Attitude: Meaning and Features; Factors Affecting Attitude Formation.
d) Values: Meaning, Types and Sources.

3. Motivating Behaviour
a) Motivation: Meaning and Theories of Motivation – Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy
Theory, Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory and McGregor’s Theory X and Y.
b) Learning: Concept, theory and application.

4. Group Behaviour in Organisation:

a) Group: Concept, Reasons of Group Formation, Types of Groups, Theories of
Group Formation: Propinquity Theory and Homan’s Interaction Theory, Group
Cohesiveness.
b) Work-Team: Meaning and Types of Teams.
c) Leadership: Concept and Importance; Styles of Leadership; Leadership Theories:
Charismatic and Behavioural.

5. Organisational Conflicts:
Concept, Stages of Conflicts, Issues involved in Conflicts, Classes of Conflicts, Modes of
Handling Conflicts.

6. Organisational Change:
Concept and Nature; Forces of Change, Resistance to Change, Management of Change.

7. Case studies: Minimum one case based on each unit.

Books
1. Fred Luthans: Organisational Behaviour
2. W. L. French and C. L. Bell: Organisational Development: Behavioral Science
Interventionsfor Organisation Improvement
3. H. Schein: Organisational Psychology
4. R. Kreitno, R. A. Kinioki: Organisational Behaviour
5. S. P. Robbins: Organisational Behaviour
6. H. J. Arnold & D. C. Fieldman: Organisational Behaviour
7. K. Davis: Human Behaviour at Work: Organisational Development
8. U. S. Sekaran: Organisation Behaviour: Text and Practice
 IM-103Business Mathematics-I

Course objective: To acquaint the students with basic mathematical tools used in
management.

Course Contents:
1. SET -Set theory, types of sets, applications, set theorems (De-morgains law)

2. Simple Interest and Compound Interest -Introduction and its business applications,

calculation of amount, principle, rate of interest.

3. Profit, Discount -Appreciation and depreciation, loss, percentage, profit maximization in

economics.

4. Determinants -Types, application, determinant arithmetic minor, cofactor, Cramer’s rule

5. Matrix - Solution of linear equation by irreverse method, I/O analysis, Rank & order of

matrix, types of matrices, matrix arithmetic and algebra.

6. Differentiation –I -Limits, continuity, elementary theorems of differentiation, types of

derivatives.

7. Differentiation –II -Maxima, minima, partial differentiation, elementary calculus and its

application in business, economics and finance.

Text Readings :
1. R. Jayprakash Reddy and Y. Mallikarynna Reddy, “A Text book of Business
Mathematics”, New Delhi, Ashish Publishing House, 2002
2. K. B. Dutta, “Matrix and Linear Algebra”, New Delhi, Printice Hall of India 1999.
 IM-104B Fundamentals of Computer and Web Technology

Course Objectives:
The objective of this course is to introduce the students to the basic concepts of computer.
Special emphasis is on helping students to acquire a high degree of proficiency in Windows
based applications along with fundamentals of web technology and multimediain various
functional areas of management.

Course Contents:
UNIT 1:Introduction to computer: Definition/characteristics of computers, advantage and
limitation/elements/classification of computer, computer architecture- block diagram, computer
language, number system, Memory and types. Operating System and its types.

UNIT 2 : MS Word and MS Excel : MS Word application window – Toolbars – Creating,

Saving and closing a document. Different types of Tab. Creating and Editing data in worksheet,
charts and graphs, formulas and its application in Ms excel.

UNIT 3 :MS Power Point and MS Access :MS Power point window – Menus and Tool bars.
Creating presentations through Auto content wizard, Templates, animations, Slide Master.
Introduction of MS Access, Data, Information, Database, File, Record, Fields. Features and
advantages of MS Access. Application of MS Access using Tables, Forms, Queries and Reports.

UNIT 4: Internet and Network: Networking and its types (LAN, WAN, MAN topologies) ,
Internet and its features, services and protocol, browsers, www, DNS, websites, search engines.

UNIT 5: HTML: Scripting in HTML- Classification of Tags - Use of Padded Tags - Use of
unpadded tags - Formatting Tags - Meaning of Forms - Uses of Forms -Creation of Tables -
Meaning of Frames - Creation of Frames - Graphics in HTML - Web Designing Principles and
Issues.

UNIT 6: Introduction to computer graphics and multimedia: Introduction, advantages and

applications of computer graphics, Types of graphics(Bitmap& Vector graphics), types of
packages of making and animating computer graphics. Introduction, multimedia in
entertainment, multimedia in software training, multimedia in education training, stream of
multimedia.

UNIT 7: Dynamic webpage through HTML:Advanced HTML Authoring: Using frames.

Cascading Style sheets.. Working with active content. Design and Development of different
types of WebPage(student entry form, sales invoice, library etc.)

Recommended Books:

1. Information technology by Sushila Madan, Taxmann Allied Services (P) Ltd.

2. Information Technology for management by Ramesh Behl, Tata Mc Graw Hill Education
Pvt. Ltd.
3. Fundamentals of Information Technology. (Text Book) by Alexis and Mathews Leon,
Vikas Publication
4. Multimedia systems by John F Koegel Buford, Pearson publication.
5. Multimedia Communications (Application, networks, protocols and standards) by Fred
Halsall, Pearson publication.
6. Computer Graphics by Donald Hearn and M. Pauling Baker, Pearson publication.
 IM-106DLanguage Proficiency-I (ENGLISH)

Course objective:
This course will help student in enhancing their ability to communicate in written mode, training
students in extended writing in different formats, helping students to recognize the need for
reference work.

Course contents:

1. Vocabulary Building: -Antonyms, synonyms, prefixes, suffixes, article prepositions,

tenses, worksheets, reading practice, hearing.
2. Defining and describing: -Difference between defining and describing from the
language point of view, Student will define simple day-to-day things, places, persons,
devices, tools etc. and also describe them (Students will be given home assignments in
vocabulary/definitions & descriptions. They will collect and paste in their journal
minimum 2 sample passage of style/ register and analyze them)
3. Writing different types of paragraph: -Structure of para- topic sentence, elaboration,
explanation, illustrations etc., para of comparison, contrast, argumentative para, and
descriptive para.
4. Scrape book: -Concept, usefulness and relevance, students will prepare a scrap book on
a topic of their interest with the help of the teacher.
5. Writing script for comparing a program: -Various functions of the college, festivals
and other public functions.
6. Reading and review:-Reading and review of 10 short stories (motivational, inspiring,
problem solving, leadership etc. to be provided by the faculty in the beginning of the
session)
7. Grammar& Vocabulary - Parts of Speech- Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition,
Pronoun, Conjunctions, Interjections, Determiners, Articles, Phrasal Verbs, Subject &
Verb Agreement, Tenses, New Words (Compound words, Eponyms, Pejorative words,
Loaning), Punctuations, Antonyms & Synonyms, Prefixes & Suffixes

Suggestions for Faculty:

The teacher will prepare a need-based list of words and students will be encouraged to add to it.
The teacher will help students acquire language through language games, quiz, pair/group
activities and creating situations in the classroom so as to enable them to collect and use
appropriate words, proverbs, phrasal verbs etc. accordingly. Teacher will encourage students to
listen to/ watch various programs on TV/radio to observe the role of the anchor/compare and
make them talk about her/his language skills.

Books:
 N.Krishnaswamy, Modern English ( Macmillan, India)
 Bhaskaran and Horsburgh, Strengthen Your English (OUP)
 Kane Thomas, The New Oxford Guide to Writing (OUP)
 Tikoo and Shashikumar, Writing with a purpose (OUP)