MBA FULL TIME - PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

AFFILIATION

The two- year full time programme in Master of Business Administration (MBA) shall be governed by the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007.

 

THE PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
The Master of Business Administration Programme is divided into two years.  Each year consists of 2 semesters.

 

PART I: FIRST YEAR

The schedule of First Year Part I examination shall comprise of two semesters: Semester I and Semester II.  At the end of the second semester, students will be required to undergo summer training, based on which the student has to submit a report.  The schedule of papers during the first year of the programme shall be as follows:

 

Semester - 1
MBAFT‑6101        Organizational Behaviour
MBAFT‑6102        Quantitative Methods
MBAFT‑6103        Managerial Economics
MBAFT‑6104        Financial Accounting
MBAFT‑6105        Marketing Management
MBAFT‑6106        Human Resource Management
MBAFT-6107        Business Communication
MBAFT‑6108        Information Technology Management

 

Semester‑ 2
MBAFT‑6201        Organization Effectiveness and Change
MBAFT‑6202        Management Science
MBAFT‑6203        Economic Environment of Business
MBAFT‑6204        Financial Management
MBAFT‑6205        Management Accounting
MBAFT‑6206        Production and Operations Management
MBAFT‑6207        Marketing Research
MBAFT‑6208        Management of Information System
 Summer Training

At the completion of the first two semesters of the first year and before the commencement of the third semester in the second year,the student is required to undergo summer training in an organisation.  A report based on the summer training shall be submitted within four weeks from the commencement of the third semester.

 

PART II: SECOND YEAR

Admission to Part II Second Year of the programme shall be open to only those students who have cleared successfully at least twelve papers out of the sixteen papers offered during First Year of the programme compris­ing of 1st and 2nd Semesters taken together.  However, each student would have to clear the remaining papers while studying in Second Year (Part II).

The schedule of Second Year (Part II) Examination shall comprise of two semesters: Semester 3 and Semester 4.  The schedule of papers during Second Year of the programme shall be as follows:

Semester - 3

During Semester 3 of Part II of the programme, in addition to the three compulsory papers, a student shall have to choose five elective courses from the list of optional papers announced at the beginning of Semester 3.

MBAFT-6301        Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility
MBAFT-6302        Strategic Analysis
MBAFT-6303        Legal Environment of Business

In addition a student is required to choose 5 electives

Semester - 4

MBAFT-6401        Project Study
MBAFT-6402        Strategic Management
MBAFT-6403        International Business Environment

In addition, a student is required to choose 5 electives

 

LIST OF ELECTIVE COURSES
AREA -1: FINANCE

MBAFT-7101              Quantitative Analysis of Financial Decisions

MBAFT-7102              Security Analysis and Investment Management
MBAFT-7103              Portfolio Management
MBAFT-7104              International Financial Management
MBAFT-7105              Management of Financial Services
MBAFT-7106              Management Control System
MBAFT-7107              Corporate Taxation
MBAFT-7108              Financial Derivatives
MBAFT-7109              Project Planning, Analysis and Management
MBAFT-7110              Risk Management
MBAFT-7111              Fixed Income Securities
MBAFT-7112              Corporate Governance
MBAFT-7113              Financial Reporting

 

AREA - 2: MARKETING

MBAFT-7201              Consumer Behaviour
MBAFT-7202              Advertising Management
MBAFT-7203              Competitive Marketing
MBAFT-7204              Business Marketing
MBAFT-7205              Sales Force Management
MBAFT-7206              Service Marketing
MBAFT-7207              Sales Promotion Management
MBAFT-7208              Brand Management
MBAFT-7209              Internet Marketing
MBAFT-7210              Retailing Management
MBAFT-7211              Marketing Channel
MBAFT-7212              Analytical Marketing
MBAFT-7213              Advanced Research Techniques in Marketing

 

AREA - 3: OB & HRM

MBAFT-7301              Management of Industrial Relations
MBAFT-7302              Human Resource Planning and Development
MBAFT-7303              Manpower Development for Technological Change
MBAFT-7304              Cross Cultural and Global Management
MBAFT-7305              Performance Management
MBAFT-7306              Training and Development

 

MBAFT-7307              Managing Interpersonal and Group Processes

MBAFT-7308              Managing Diversity
MBAFT-7309              Counselling Skills for Managers
MBAFT-7310              Human Resource Development: Strategies and Systems
MBAFT-7311              Leadership, Power & Politics

MBAFT-7312              Negotiation, Persuasion and Social Influence Skills

MBAFT-7313              Personal Power & Leadership through Asian Values
MBAFT-7314              Compensation Management

 

AREA - 4: PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 

MBAFT-7401             Advanced Operations Management
MBAFT-7402             Operations Strategy
MBAFT-7403             Total Quality Management
MBAFT-7404             Operations Research
MBAFT-7405             Environment and Safety Management
MBAFT-7406              Modelling in Supply Chain Management
MBAFT-7407              Decision Models and Optimization
MBAFT-7408              Quantitative Analysis of Risk and Uncertainty
MBAFT-7409              Production Planning and Control
MBAFT-7410              Supply Chain Management
MBAFT-7411              Technology, Innovation and New Product Management

 

AREA - 5: ENTREPRENEURSHIP

MBAFT-7501                        Entrepreneurial Management
MBAFT-7502                        Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation
MBAFT-7503                        Social Entrepreneurship
MBAFT-7504                        Family Business and Entrepreneurship
MBAFT-7505                        Financing the Entrepreneurial Business
MBAFT-7506                        Managing the Growing Business

 

AREA - 6: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

MBAFT-7601                        Managing E-Business
MBAFT-7602                        Business Process Re-Engineering
MBAFT-7603                        System Analysis and Design
MBAFT-7604                        Strategic Management of Information Technology
MBAFT-7605                        Database Management Systems
MBAFT-7606                        Knowledge Management
MBAFT-7607                        Managing IT-Enabled Services
MBAFT-7608                        Network Operations, Management & Security
MBAFT-7609                        Business Intelligence

 

AREA - 7: SERVICES MANAGEMENT

MBAFT-7701                        Management of NGOs
MBAFT-7702                        Tourism Marketing
MBAFT-7703                        Transportation Management
MBAFT-7704                        Hospitality Marketing
MBAFT-7705                        Hospitality Operations Management
MBAFT-7706                        Civil Aviation Management
MBAFT-7707                        Airport Management
MBAFT-7708                        Service Operations Management
MBAFT-7709                        Total Service Quality Management

 

AREA - 8: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES*

MBAFT-7801
MBAFT-7802
MBAFT-7803

* Before the beginning of an academic year a maximum number of three courses on contemporary issues may be announced by faculty members as optional courses to be offered during the coming academic year under intimation to the University.

Note: Students will receive an input of 45 (class) contact hours in each paper.  In addition, students are also required to undertake a variety of practical assignments and group work under the supervision of the faculty in every paper.

 

SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS

  • English shall be the medium of instruction and examination. 
  • Written Examinations shall be conducted at the end of each

Semester as per the Academic Calendar notified in advance

  • Each course will carry 100 marks of which 50 marks shall be reserved for internal assessment and the remaining 50 marks for written examination to be held at the end of each semester. 
  • The duration of written examination for each paper shall be three hours.

4.1 The internal assessment marks shall be based on factors such as:

  •  
    • Participation in case studies/ discussion, seminars and group activities;
  •  
    • Class tests, quizzes and mid-term tests;
    • Submission of written assignments, term papers and viva-voce
    • Class attendance.
    • The weightage given to each of these factors shall be decided and announced at the beginning of the semester by the individual teacher responsible for the paper, and the marks obtained shall be made open to the students and also shown separately in the mark sheet.

4.2 The scheme of evaluation of paper MBAFT-6401: Project Study shall
      be as follows:
(a)   The Project Study shall commence from the third semester and report
       shall be submitted towards the end of the fourth semester.
(b)   The written part of the Project Study shall account for 50 marks and  
        the viva-voce to be conducted by a duly constituted examination board  
        for 50 marks.

PASS PERCENTAGE

The minimum marks for passing the examination for each semes­ter shall be 45% in aggregate and a minimum of 40% marks in the semester-end examination in each paper.

However, a candidate who has secured the minimum marks to pass in each paper but has not secured the minimum marks to pass in aggregate or has secured the minimum marks in aggregate but has not secured the minimum marks in the semester-end examination in any paper/s, may reappear in that/ those paper/s in the concerned semester in order to be able to secure the minimum marks prescribed to pass the semester any time during the Span Period of the programme.

 

PROMOTION CRITERIA
To be eligible for promotion to the Second Year (Part II) of the programme, a student must clear successfully at least 12 papers out of the 16 papers offered during the first year of the programme. However, he/ she will have to clear the remaining papers while studying in Part-II of the programme.

Eligibility for promotion to the Second Year of the programme will be contingent on the student successfully completing summer training.

DIVISION CRITERIA

The degree shall be awarded to the successful students on the basis of the combined results of Part-I and Part-II in the first year and second year examinations as follows:

  • Candidates securing 60% and above  : First Division
  • Candidates securing above 50% but less than 60%   : Second Division
  • All others : Third Division
RE-EXAMINATION

A candidate who has secured the minimum marks to pass in each paper but has not secured the minimum marks to pass in aggregate or has secured the minimum marks in aggregate but has not secured the minimum marks in the semester-end examination in any paper/s, may take re-examination in that/ those paper/s in order to be able to secure the minimum marks prescribed to pass the semester any time during the span period of the programme.

A student shall be allowed to re‑appear in any paper in any semester.  However, the total number of attempts in a Paper shall not exceed four during the span period of the pro­gramme

Special Provision: However, a special chance will be given to students who fail in Semester-4, Part II, to reappear in a maximum of two papers of Part II in the month of August/September immediately after the declaration of Final Semester results so as to enable them to clear the remaining papers of Semester-4 before joining their respective jobs.

 

SPAN PERIOD
The span period of the programme is four years from the date of registration in the programme.

A student to be eligible for award of degree has to clear all the papers offered during the two year programme within the span period.

ATTENDANCE

No candidate shall be considered to have pursued a regular course of study unless he/she is certified by the Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi to have attend­ed 75% of the total number of class room sessions conducted in each semester during his/her course of study. Any student not complying with this requirement shall not be allowed to appear in the semester examinations.  However, the Dean may condone the required percentage of attendance by not more than 10 percent during a semester.

A student not allowed to appear in the preceding semester examinations due to shortage of attendance, may appear in the papers of the preceding semester along with the papers of the current semester after making up the shortfall in the attendance. No remedial/ special classes shall be arranged by the Faculty for the purpose of making up the attendance shortfall.