The Finance Concentration is designed to provide the M.B.A. graduate with a broad understanding of financial management, financial institutions, and investment strategies. The Finance Concentration includes advanced study and application in economics, quantitative techniques, accounting, financial management, and strategic management, management of financial services and security analysis and portfolio management.

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Level I - Foundation Level

MBA500 - Principles of Management
Manager Factor: Managing an organization or an individual department effectively involves an extensive array of responsibilities. This course helps a manager to learn the fundamental principles involved in handling these responsibilities

MBA501 - Organizational Behavior
Manager Factor: Every organization has its unique culture and milieu. For the smooth functioning of an organization it is very essential for the manager to be in line with the organizational goals and to have satisfied employees. This course provides techniques for a manager to achieve both these goals.

MBA502 - Managerial Economics
Manager Factor: By integrating economic theory with business practice, this course aims at providing a unifying framework for managerial decision-making.

Level II - Intermediate Level

MBA503 - Management Information Systems
Manager Factor: For any organization to exist today, an information system is as much needed as its employees. Therefore every manager needs to be fluent in using information systems not just to perform the routine processes but also to create innovative upgrades that can boost up the profits in the organization. This course aims to provide the manager with a wealth of knowledge in information systems.

MBA504 - Quantitative Techniques
Manager Factor: Precision is the hallmark of every business activity and this course imparts the manager with the statistical and quantitative background needed to adopt precision as a policy of profit and success in any business.

MBA508 - Management Accounting
Manager Factor: Accounting is a tool that managers can use to record valuable information in a logical method and to maximize profits. This course helps the manager get a hands-on experience in managing accounts by providing innumerable illustrations, examples and cases.

Level III - Advanced Level

MBA505 - Strategic Management
Manager Factor: Strategic management sets the tone for managerial decisions and actions that determine the long-term success of any organization. This course provides a manager the eye to view different approaches and methods for achieving and maintaining a company’s strategic position in the competitive global market.

MBA506 - Research Methodology
Manager Factor: Research helps in identifying problems that can crop up in any business and in finding solutions to the existing problems. This course helps the manager to utilize the full potential of research and put it into practice in the operations of a business.

MBA510 - Financial Management
Manager Factor: One financial decision can turn investments into assets and wealth or impending debts. To be able to make those wise but risky decisions, a manager needs to have scrupulous knowledge of various aspects of financial management. As in many professions, experience is not a solution to learn financial management, but formal training is, which this course aims to offer.

Level IV - Specialization Level

MBA513 - Management of Financial Services
Manager Factor: In the business world today, the role of finance manager is not merely maintaining accounts. An organization relies heavily on the decisions of a financial manager. This course lays a platform for students to comprehend the working of financial services and related concepts.

MBA517 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
Manager Factor: Security analysis and Portfolio management are very crucial elements in allocating or re-allocating resources, and in maintaining the strategic and financial position of an organization in the market. This course will help managers to take a step forward in achieving these organizational goals.

MBA520 - Project Management
Manager Factor: A project is an organized set of business tasks and when managed efficiently a project can result in re-inventions, greater profits and efficient use of resources. This course enables a manager to understand the components of efficient project management.

Level V - Capstone Level

MBA523 - Globalization of Business
Manager Factor: The business curve is steadily moving up, towards a worldwide Investment environment and the integration of national capital markets. This calls for every manger to learn the process of identifying prospective international markets, conducting negotiations with and forming supply agreements with vendors of goods and services. This course is a guideline for any manager who wants to go global.

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