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MASTER OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (MBM)

Programme Specializations

The MBM Programme includes the following areas of specialization:

  1. Accounting (ACC)


  2. Finance and Banking (FAB)


  3. Marketing (MKT)


  4. Risk and Insurance Management (RIM)


  5. Human Resource Management (HRM)


  6. International Business (IBM)


  7. Management Information System (MIS)


  8. Operations Management (OPM)


  9. Strategic Management (STM)


  10. Entrepreneurship (EPS)
Basic Course Requirements

There will be core courses that will be compulsory to all specializations and elective courses for each specialization.

Core Courses
Course Code Course Title Units
STM 800 Foundation and Practice of Management 3
ACC 800 Financial Accounting 3
MKT 800 Marketing Management 3
HRM 800 Introduction to Human Resource Management 3
FAB 800 Financial Management 3
MIS 800 Information Systems Management 3
STM 801 Foundation practice of Strategic Management 3
OPM 800 Quantitative Methods of Management  
EPS 800 Entrepreneurship: Content and Context 
IBM 800 Managerial Economics 3
MIS 801 Computer Applications in Management 2
MBM 899 Research Methodology 2


Elective Courses (for each Specilaization)

a) Accounting
Course Code Course Title Units
ACC 801(E) Management Accounting 2
ACC 802(E) Auditing Principles & Practices 2
ACC 803(E) Advanced Financial Accounting 2
ACC 804(E) Accounting Seminar 2
ACC 805(E) Public Sector Accounting 2
ACC 806(E) Taxation 2

b) Finance and Banking
Course Code Course Title Units
FAB 801(E) Monetary Management 2
FAB 802(E) Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management 2
FAB 803(E) Advanced Financial Management 2
FAB 804(E) Financial Management Seminar 2
FAB 805(E) Corporate Finance 2
FAB 806(E) Management of Financial Institutions and Capital Markets 2

c) Human Resource Management
Course Code Course Title Units
HRM 801(E) Human Resource Development 2
HRM 802(E) Leadership and Organizational Behaviour 2
HRM 803(E) Compensation, Work Management and Work Study 2
HRM 804(E) Human Resource Management Seminar 2
HRM 805(E) Employment Relations 2
HRM 806(E) Public Relations 2

d) International Business Management
Course Code Course Title Units
IBM 802(E) International Organizations and Cultural Change 2
IBM 803(E) International Marketing 2
IBM 804(E) International Finance 2
IBM 805(E) International Business Management Seminar 2
IBM 806(E) International Accounting 2

e) Marketing
Course Code Course Title Units
MKT 801(E) Strategic Marketing 2
MKT 802(E) Distribution Channel Management 2
MKT 803(E) Marketing Research and Information 2
MKT 804(E) Marketing Seminar 2
MKT 805(E) Consumer Behavior 2
MKT 806(E)  Sales Management 2
MKT 807(E)  Marketing Service 2
MKT 808(E) Marketing Communications 2

f) Management Information Systems
Course Code Course Title Units
MIS 802(E) Database Management 2
MIS 803(E) Distributed Information Systems 2
MIS 804(E) Advanced Information Systems Management 2
MIS 805(E) Management Information System Seminar 2
MIS 806(E) Decision Support System 2

g) Operations Management
Course Code Course Title Units
OPM 801(E) Operations Research 2
OPM 803(E) Production Management 2
OPM 804 (E) Project Management 2
OPM 805(E) Multivariate Statistics 2
OPM 806 (E) Operations Management Seminar 2

h) Strategic Management
Course Code Course Title Units
STM 802(E) Issues in Strategic Management 2
STM 803(E) Global strategic Management 2
STM 804(E) Management of Strategic Change 2
STM 805(E) Strategic Management Seminar 2
STM 806(E) Business Strategic Behaviors 2
STM 807(E) Strategy Analysis; Tools and Techniques 2
STM 808(E) Public Policies towards Business Strategies 2

i) Entrepreneurship
Course Code Course Title Units
EPS 801 (E) Entrepreneurial Strategies 2
EPS 802 (E) Methodologies in Entrepreneurship 2
EPS 803 (E) Entrepreneurship and Business Cultures 2
EPS 804 (E) Entrepreneurship Seminar 2
EPS 805 (E) Entrepreneurship Economics 2
EPS 806 (E) Micro-Enterprise Financing 2
EPS 807 (E) Entrepreneurship and SBM 2

i) Risk and Insurance Management
Course Code Course Title Units
RIM 800(E) Personal Insurance 2
RIM 802(E) Group Insurance and Pension Schemes 2
RIM 803 (E) Insurance Law 2
RIM 804 (E) Insurance Seminar 2
RIM 805 (E) Actuarial Science 2

Course Distribution

First Year

Semester I

Course Code Course Title Units
STM 800 Foundation and Practice of Management 3
ACC 800 Financial Accounting 3
MKT 800 Marketing Management 3
HRM 800 Introduction to Human Resource Management 3
IBM 800 Managerial Economics  3
OPM 800 Quantitative Methods of Management   3
MBM 899 Research Methodology 2

Semester II

Course Code Course Title Units
FAB 800 Financial Management 3
MIS 800 Information Systems Management 3
STM 801 Foundation and practice Strategic Management 3
EPS 800 Entrepreneurship: Content and Context 3
  Elective I 2
  Elective II 2
  Research Proposal 2

Second Year

Semester III

Course Code Course Title Units
  Research 6

Semester IV

Course Code Course Title Units
MIS 801 Computer Applications in Management 3
  Elective (IV) 2
  Elective (IV) 2
  Elective IV 2

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