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        Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management ( PGDBM )      

under Gauhati University (PGCS)

                      

Duration : 1 Yr.                                                                                          Total Marks : 600                                                                            Eligibility : Graduate

 

Paper

 Subject

Total Marks

BM 01      Principles of Management & Organizational Behaviour 100
BM 02      Elements of Personal Management 100
BM 03      Marketing and Sales Management 100
BM 04      Accounting & Finance for Managers 100
BM 05      Economics for Managers 100
BM 06      Production & Materials Management 100

 

 

Detail Syllabi - 

 

BM 01 :

Principles of Management & Organizational Behaviour

Chapter 1:

 

 

Evolution of Management & Organization theory : Scientific Management School, Classical Organization theory, Behavioural School, Management Science School, Systems Approach, Contingency Approach.

 

Chapter 2:

 

Functions of a Manager : Planning, Organizing, Coordinating & Controlling.

 

Chapter 3:

 

 

Motivation, Leadership, Communication: Theories of Motivation, Theories of Leadership, Importance of Communications, Communication Problems, Communication Effectiveness.

 

Chapter 4:

 

 

Individual Processes in Organizations : Perception, Attitudes and Personality, Factors that affect Attitudes and Personality, How they influence people.

 

Chapter 5:

 

Group Processes in Organizations : Group, Group Formation, Group Effectiveness, Group Conflict.

 

Chapter 6:

 

Organization Design, Organization Change and Organization Development.

 

Reference Books:

1. Management by James Stoner RE Freeman and Gilbert D, Prentice Hall 6th Edition.

2. Organizational Behaviour by Stephen Robbins, Prentice Hall

3. Organizational Behaviour by SS Khanka, S. Chand & Co.

 

 

BM 02 :

Elements of Personal Management

Chapter 1:

 

 

Evolution, Role and Status of Human Resource Management in India, Structure and Functions of Human resources Management, Systems View of HRM.

 

Chapter 2:

 

Manpower Planning & Concept, Organization and Practices, Manpower Planning Techniques, Short Term and Long term Planning.

 

Chapter 3:

 

 

Recruitment and Selection, Job Analysis, Description, Job Specification, Selection Process, Test and Interview, Placement and Induction.

 

Chapter 4:

 

Career Planning and Development, Career Counseling, Promotions and Transfers, Retirement and other Separation Process.

 

Chapter 5:

Wages and Salary Administration, Developing a sound Compensation Structure, Regulatory Provisions, Incentives.

Chapter 6:

 

Grievance Handling and Discipline, Developing Grievance Systems, Collective Bargaining, Managing Conflicts.

 

Reference Books :

            1. Arun Monappa & Sayuddain : Personal Management, Tata McGraw Hill.

            2. Pramod Verma : Personal Management in Indian organization, Oxford and IBIA

            3. Edwin B. Flippo : Personal Management, McGraw Hill.

    

 

 

BM 03 :

Marketing and Sales Management

Chapter 1:

 

Marketing Concept: Defining Marketing, Core Marketing Concept, Production Concept, Product Concept, Selling Concept, Marketing Concept and Marketing Mix Concept.

Chapter 2:

Manpower Planning & Concept, Organization and Practices, Manpower Planning Techniques, Short Term and Long term Planning.

Chapter 3:

 

Product Policy: Product and service differentiation, Product concept, Product levels, Product Hierarchy, Product classification, New Product Development Process, Product Life Cycle, Product Adoption & Diffusion Process, Product Mix Decisions, Branding.

Chapter 4:

 

Price Policy: Pricing Objectives, Selecting Pricing Methods, Adapting Price to the market needs, Price wars.

 

Chapter 5:

 

Promotion Policy: Need for Promotion, Promotion Techniques.

 

Chapter 6:

 

Channel & Distribution Policy: Channel Structure, Channel Decisions, Wholesaling, Retailing, Physical distribution decisions, Transport moders available in India with its merits and demerits.

Chapter 7:

 

 

Sales Management: Selling Function, Personnel Selling, Locating Prospects, Building Prospect list, Pre-call Planning, Sales Approach, Customer needs analysis, Sales Presentation, Handling Customer Objections, Closing Sales, Follow-up action, Territory Management, Sales Ethics, Sales Forecasting, Recruitment Training of Sales People, Compensation for Sales People, Evaluating sales force performance.

Reference Books:

                1. Marketing Management by Philip Kotler, 8th Edition, PHI.

                2. Sales Management by Vaswas Das Gupta, PHI.

                3. Selling - Principles & Practices by Fredrick Russel, Frank Beach and Richad Brskirk, McGraw Hill.

   

 

BM 04 :

Accounting and Finance for Managers

Chapter 1:

 

Accounting : The Language of Business, Definition, Scope and Functions of Accounting, Basic Postulates and Conventions, International Accounting Standards

Chapter 2:

 

Accounting Cycle : Debit and Credit, Rules, The Ledger, Journal, Trial balance, Closing and Adjusting Entries, Preparation of Cash Book, Bank Reconciliation Statement.

Chapter 3:

 

Preparation of Final Statement : Trading or Manufacturing Account, Profit and Loss Account, Profit and Loss Appropriation Account, Balance Sheet Preparation, Classification of Assets and Liabilities, Methods of Depreciation, Inventory Valuation.

Chapter 4:

 

Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statements : Preparation of Common Size Statements, Trend Percentages, Ratio Analysis, Classification of Ratios, Interpretation and Limitation of Ratios.

Chapter 5:

Capital Budgeting : Investment Proposals, Traditional Techniques of Project Evaluation, DCF Techniques, Capital Rationing.

Chapter 6:

 

Working Capital Management : Concepts, Determinants, Estimating Working Capital Requirements, Funds Flow Analysis, Preparation of Statement of Sources and Application of Funds.

Reference Books:

            1. Gupta R.L. & M. Radhaswamy : Advanced Accounts Vol. 1., S. Chand & Sons, New Delhi 1985.

            2. Horngreen C.T. : Accounting for Management Control: An introduction, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, NewYork 1983.

            3. Jain S.P. & Narang advanced accounting Kalyani Publishers Ludhiyana 1985.

 

 

 

BM 05 :

Economics for Managers

Chapter 1:

 

Introduction to Managerial Economics, Economics Principles and the Practice of Management, Role and Responsibilities of Managerial Economists.

Chapter 2:

Meaning of Demand, Types of Demand, Determinants of Demand Function, Demand Elastics, Demand Forecasting.

Chapter 3:

Production Functions, Input Output Analysis, Law of Variable Proportions, Return of Scale.

Chapter 4:

Cost Concepts, Cost Function, Long Run and Short Run Cost Output Relationship, Managerial Use of Cost Function.

Chapter 5:

Price and Output Determination under different Market Structures Price Discrimination - Pricing Methods in Practice.

Chapter 6:

National Income, Concept of Measurement, Gross National Product (GNP), Net National Product (NNP), Methods of Measuring National Income.

Chapter 7: Business Cycle, Types of Business Cycles, Phases of Business Cycles, Theories of Business Cycles and Managerial Implications.

Reference Books:      

            1. Dean Joel, Managerial Economics, Prentice Hall of India.

            2. Gupta G.S., Managerial Economics, Tata McGraw Hill.

 

 

 

BM 06 :

Production and Materials Management

Chapter 1:

 

Production Management, Meaning, Scope and Functions, Problems of Production Management, Different types of Production Systems.

Chapter 2:

 

 

Production Planning and Control, Objective and Characteristics of Production Planning, Steps Involved in Production Planning, Meaning and Definition of Production Control, Objectives of Production Control, Techniques of Production Planning and Control.

Chapter 3:

 

Meaning and Importance of Productivity, Measurement of Productivity, Factors affecting Industrial Productivity, Production and Productivity.

Chapter 4:

 

Scheduling, Network Analysis, CPM and PERT, Advantages and Limitation of the two methods, Difference between CPM and PERT.

Chapter 5:

 

Meaning and Definition of Materials Management, Objective of Materials Management, Purchasing Functions, Procedures, Centralised and Decentralised Purchasing, Other Methods of Purchasing, Store Keeping, Organization of Store Keeping.

Chapter 6:

 

Inventory Control and Management, Importance of Inventory Management, Essential of Inventory Control System, Various Inventory Costs, Reorder Point, EOQ, ABC techniques of inventory control.

Chapter 7: Quality Control and Inspection, Advantages of quality control system, Inspection, Different kind of Inspection, Statistical Quality Control, Types of Control Charts.

 

Reference Books:      

            1. Adam and Ebert, Production and Operations Management, Tata McGraw Hill.

            2. Data A.K. Integrated Materials Management, Prentice Hall.

 

 

 

 

Examination and Evaluation System

 

(1) There will be one final examination, at the end of each academic year.

(2) A Candidate for the Examination shall be examined as per syllabi where each written full paper shall be of 3 (three) hours duration.

(a) Each paper shall carry 100 marks. The minimum marks required for passing the examination is 35% in each paper individually and 40% in aggregate to be certified.

(b) A failed student is eligible to appear in a maximum of 2 back papers in the final examination provided,

(i) The student clears minimum 4 papers securing 40% marks aggregate i.e. total of 160 out of 400

(ii) The candidate clears 5 papers securing 40% marks in aggregate i.e. total of 200 out of 500.

(c) A student whoo could not appear or failed in the examination will be alowed to clear the same in the following academic year's examination.

(d) A student will be allowed to clear the final year's examination in maximum of three consecutive chances.

(3) A candidate will be awarded P.G. Diploma in appropriate management stream on passing the final examination. Final results will be worked out by adding up total marks secured in all the papers. Those candidates who secures 40% or more but less than 60% in aggregate will be declared as having passed the examination in Second class and those securing 60% or above will be declared as having passed in the First Class.

 

 

 

Testimonials Required for Admission

        1. Filled up admission form (available in College Campus)

        2. 4 copies of recent passport size photographs signed by the candidate on back side

        3. Attested copy of the HSLC certificate / admit card or any certificate for verification of the date-of-birth.

        4. Attested copies of degree Mark sheets

        5. Attested copy of the G.U Registration Certificate (for the Graduates of G.U only)

           

 

 

Prospectus and Application form can be purchased by paying Rs. 150/- by person or  Rs. 200/- by post in the form of DD in favour of "GEA National College", payable at Guwahati

 

Special Features of 'GEA National College'

 

1. Well researched Course material

2. Regular Classes, 6 days in a week

3. Regular Internet Facility

4. Well equipped Library

5. State of the art Infrastructure

6. Placement assistance to all successful students

7. Separate hostel accommodation for boys and girls

8. Visiting Faculties time to time

9. Special personality development and Spoken English workshops for all students

10. Special batches for working professionals

 

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