Master of Business Administration In Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences ( Bangalore University )

Duration : 2 years (4 Semesters)

MBA was set up in the year 1998 with the broad objective to impart professional education & training in various aspects of modern management and provide them with opportunities to develop conceptual & analytical skills and foster attitudes essential for their development into competent and effective managers.
MBA program at AIMS provides the perfect learning ambience for budding management professionals with the help of well qualified and experienced faculty, internships and projects with the industry, industrial tours, overseas study tours, opportunities in research and consultancy projects undertaken by the institution, exposure to guest speakers from the industry, participation in seminars, workshops and other events, intensive training in soft skills and so on.

Eligibility

• A graduate degree under 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 pattern under any discipline securing at least 50% marks in aggregate from a recognized university
  
• Honors degree under 10+2+4 pattern from a recognized university under UGC Act having at least 50% marks in aggregate including languages
  
• Candidates who have passed bachelors / masters degree through correspondence / Open University system from this university or from any other university recognized by law are exempted from 10+2 pattern. The duration of the degree programme must be 3 + 2 years
  
• Candidates who pass bachelor / master degree in any university system in single sitting pattern are not eligible
  
• In case of SC / ST / Category I candidates, there is a relaxation of 5% in the aggregate of marks obtained
  
• Admission criteria is based on the valid score of MBA PGCET / CAT / MAT / ATMA or any state approved admission test

Programme Highlights

How the curriculum would help the students : To impart knowledge, skills, attitudes and competence among the prospective managers; to offer Multi, Inter and Cross Disciplinary modular programmes in Management with IT enabled teaching learning process to produce market driven managers; and to develop a strong intellectual and ethical human capital base with a focus on industry and services sector.


Modern teaching methods practiced and use of ICT in teaching – learning. In addition to traditional black board method of teaching we have been using the following new teaching methodologies :

• Case Study : Case Study analysis teaching methodology is a simulated effort to study about a problem of a company / companies, for which different solutions are enumerated, discussed and analyzed by students and shared with other students and finally evaluated by faculty on the best analysis and grades awarded accordingly.
  
• Debate : Debate is initiated in the class room in order to facilitate students to help develop skills in Public Speaking and motivate students in defending contest on the subjects /topics on which the discussions are initiated .Debate also helps build confidence in students on innovation and openness in the knowledge sharing.
  
• Group Discussions : Group discussions are initiated in a class rooms on topics of interest and current issues related to business and society. Group discussions inculcates group behavior and helps students to share knowledge, skills ,best practices , Team building and Leadership skills which are essential skills required for Corporate and Business.
  
• Management Games : Management Games helps students to learn philosophy, principles, and decision making skills by fun. Any learning process is successful when students enjoy learning rather than think learning is painful. Management games facilitates students in involve voluntarily in actives of business practices.
  
• Outbound Training : Outbound training is included in the curriculum in order to enhance overall Personality Development of Students in building Life skills in students. Out bound program helps students undertake field activity and build those skills which are very essential for corporate survival needs like managing events, sales, Public relations and managing changes and stress thro, practical training in Leadership, self development, confidence building and develop stamina and stress on the job requirement when students join companies after completion of the Degree.
  
• Presentation : Knowledge assimilated is best assessed when students are able to express and exhibit the talent when presented in the right form and as required by companies and corporate. Hence presentation skills give student to rehearse the knowledge, lessons learnt in the classroom. Students are assessed by individual and Group presentation and give feedback and trained on the gaps to present themselves the best way he / she can be assessed.
  
• Quiz (Subject) : Quiz one teaching method that helps test students ability to grasp subject. Generally faculty conduct quiz at the end of completion of chapter.
  
• Real-time Projects : Students are sent on real time projects of their own interest. Real time projects help students acquire skills, by involving the live project. This also help student strengthen the skills they helps in getting right job.
  
• Role Play : Role plays helps student put himself / herself in the shoes of the decisions maker in the given situation and takes decision on his/her own. It helps improving students' decision making ability.
  

All the above-mentioned activities would enable the student to :

• Build strong conceptual understanding of management theory
  
• Provide practical orientation to management theory
  
• Conduct professional competency building activities
  
• Imbibe entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial skills in students
  
• Provide global orientation
  
• Sensitize students towards ethical and social issues arising out of business and society interface
  
• Highlight industry-institute interface

Course Content
Course Modules

Revised syllabus (with effect from 2007-2008)

I Semester – Basic Subjects 1.1   Managerial Communication 1.2   Accounting for Managers 1.3   Organization Behavior 1.4   Managerial Economics 1.5   BUMASTICS 1.6   Information Technology for Business 1.7   Business Perspectives	II Semester – Core Subjects 2.1   Research Methodology & Technical Writing 2.2   Financial Management 2.3   Production and Operations Management 2.4   Human Resource Management 2.5   Marketing Management 2.6   Quantitative Methods & Operations Research 2.7   Legal Aspects of Business
III Semester – Core Subjects and Specializations 3.1   Entrepreneurship Development 3.2   Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3.3   Electives 1 from specialisation 3.4   Electives 2 from specialisation 3.5   Electives 3 from specialisation 3.6   Electives 4 from specialisation 3.7   Electives 5 from specialisation Internship Report and Viva-Voce	IV Semester – Core Subjects and Specializations 4.1   Strategic Management 4.2   International Business 4.3   Electives 1 from specialisation 4.4   Electives 2 from specialisation 4.5   Electives 3 from specialisation 4.6   Electives 4 from specialisation 4.7   Electives 5 from specialisation Dissertation Dissertation Viva-Voce

ELECTIVES TO BE OFFERED IN III AND IV SEMESTERS
A stream of electives will be offered. These will be developed and updated from time to time. To qualify for a specialization in a stream, a student will have to take a minimum of 5 elective courses in a stream to qualify for a specialization area. This will facilitate students to specialize in more than one stream of specialization. A student, however, can choose such combinations which will help him / her to have dual specialization depending on the courses offered in the specialization scheme. A student who fails to choose at least five papers in one of the electives shall not be eligible for any specialization.  At present the following are the few specializations offered :

• Agri-Business management
• Bank Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Human Resource Management
• Information Technology
• Insurance & Risk Management
• International business
• Management of NGO's & NPO's
• Manufacturing management
• Marketing
• Services Management
• Event & Media Management
• Rural Management 

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FINANCE ELECTIVE PAPERS
Paper	III Semester		Paper	IV Semester
F1	Investment Analysis & Management		F4	International Financial Management
F2	Financial Markets & Intermediaries		F5	Strategic Financial Management
F3	Tax Compliances & Management		F6	Project Analysis and Implementation
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES
H1	Human Resources Acquisition And Development		H4	Labour Legislation and Welfare
H2	Employee Relationship Management		H5	Knowledge Management and Learning Organization
H3	Performance and Compensation Management		H6	International Human Resources Management
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
S1	Software Engineering Management		S4	E – Commerce Technology and Management
S2	Software Design & Project Management		S5	System Analysis & Design
S3	Database Management System		S6	Enterprise Resource Planning and Business Process Re-engineering
MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT
P1	Supply Chain Management		P4	Advanced Operations Research
P2	Productivity Techniques And Total		P5	World Class Manufacturing Strategy and Practices
P3	Quality Management & Technology Management		P6	Project Management
MARKETING ELECTIVE PAPERS
M1	Business Marketing		M4	Rural and Agricultural Marketing
M2	Services Marketing		M5	Retailing Management
M3	Sales And Marketing Channel Management		M6	Advertising and Integrated Brand Management