Syllabus

The complete module-and-topic map of the book, aligned to the official UGC NET Management (Subject Code 17) syllabus. Click any module to open its overview, or jump straight to a numbered topic.

Ten-Module Syllabus · 96 Topics

IManagement Foundations and Managerial Economics14 topics

Management Process and Functions

1Management — Concept, Process, Theories and Approaches; Roles and Skills 2Functions — Planning, Organising, Staffing, Coordinating and Controlling 3Communication — Types, Process and Barriers 4Decision Making — Concept, Process, Techniques and Tools 5Organisation Structure and Design — Types, Authority, Span of Control

Managerial Economics

6Managerial Economics — Concept and Importance 7Demand Analysis — Utility, Indifference Curve, Elasticity, Forecasting 8Market Structures and Price Determination 9National Income — Concept, Types and Measurement 10Inflation — Concept, Types and Measurement

Ethics and Governance

11Business Ethics and CSR 12Ethical Issues and Dilemma 13Corporate Governance 14Value-Based Organisation

IIOrganisational Behaviour and HRM Foundations11 topics

Foundations of Organisational Behaviour

15Organisational Behaviour — Significance and Theories 16Individual Behaviour — Personality, Perception, Values, Attitude, Learning, Motivation 17Group Behaviour — Team Building, Leadership, Group Dynamics 18Interpersonal Behaviour and Transactional Analysis

Culture, Diversity and Stress

19Organisational Culture and Climate 20Workforce Diversity and Cross-Culture Organisational Behaviour 21Emotions and Stress Management 22Organisational Justice and Whistle Blowing

HRM Foundations

23Human Resource Management — Concept, Perspectives, Influences, Trends 24HR Planning, Recruitment, Selection, Induction, Training and Development 25Job Analysis, Job Evaluation and Compensation Management

IIIStrategic HRM and Industrial Relations11 topics

Strategic HRM and Performance

26Strategic Role of Human Resource Management 27Competency Mapping and Balanced Scorecard 28Career Planning and Development 29Performance Management and Appraisal

Development and Engagement

30Organisation Development, Change and OD Interventions 31Talent Management and Skill Development 32Employee Engagement and Work-Life Balance

Industrial Relations and IHRM

33Industrial Relations — Disputes, Grievances, Labour Welfare, Social Security 34Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining 35International Human Resource Management 36Green HRM

IVAccounting and Financial Management8 topics

Accounting and Cost Analysis

37Accounting Principles, Standards and Financial Statements 38Financial Statement Analysis — Ratio, Funds Flow, Cash Flow, DuPont 39Cost Sheet, Marginal Costing, CVP Analysis 40Standard Costing and Variance Analysis

Financial Management Foundations

41Financial Management — Concept and Functions 42Capital Structure — Theories, Cost of Capital, Sources of Finance 43Budgeting and Budgetary Control — Types, Process, Zero-Based Budgeting 44Leverages and EBIT-EPS Analysis, Financial Break-Even, Indifference Level

VInvestment, Financing and Corporate Finance8 topics

Investment and Returns

45Value and Returns — TVM, Bond and Share Valuation, Risk and Return 46Capital Budgeting and Investment Evaluation 47Dividend — Theories and Determination

Corporate Finance and Markets

48Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring; LBOs; Takeover 49Portfolio Management — CAPM and APT 50Derivatives — Options, Forwards and Futures

Working Capital and International Finance

51Working Capital Management — Cash, Inventory, Receivables, Payables, Factoring 52International Financial Management and Foreign Exchange Market

VIStrategic Management and Marketing Foundations8 topics

Strategic Management

53Strategic Management — Concept, Process, Decisions and Types 54Strategic Analysis — PEST, Porter, Resource-Based View, Value Chain 55Strategy Formulation — SWOT, Corporate Strategy, BCG, GE, Ansoff 56Strategy Implementation — Change Programmes, McKinsey 7S

Marketing Foundations

57Marketing — Concept, Orientation, Customer Value and Satisfaction 58Market Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning 59Product and Pricing Decisions — PLC, NPD, Pricing Strategies 60Place and Promotion Decisions — Channels, VMS, IMC, Advertising

VIIMarketing Management and Emerging Trends8 topics

Consumer, Brand and Supply Chain

61Consumer and Industrial Buying Behaviour 62Brand Management — Equity, Strategy, Extensions, Loyalty 63Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Sales Force; Personal Selling 64Service Marketing — Service Quality, Brands, Strategy

Customer, Retail and Trends

65Customer Relationship Marketing 66Retail Marketing — Recent Trends in India 67Emerging Trends — e-Marketing, Direct, Digital and Green Marketing 68International Marketing — Entry Modes, Mix Planning

VIIIStatistics and Operations Management11 topics

Statistics for Management

69Statistics for Management — Central Tendency, Dispersion, Distributions 70Data Collection and Questionnaire Design 71Sampling — Concept, Process, Techniques 72Hypothesis Testing — t, Z, F, Chi-square 73Correlation and Regression Analysis

Operations Management

74Operations Management — Role and Scope 75Facility Location and Layout 76Enterprise Resource Planning — Modules and Implementation

Scheduling, Quality and Operations Research

77Scheduling, Loading, Sequencing and Monitoring 78Quality Management — TQM, Kaizen, Benchmarking, Six Sigma, ISO 9000 79Operations Research — Transportation, Queuing, Decision Theory, PERT/CPM

IXInternational Business and Information Technology9 topics

International Business and Trade

80International Business in the Globalisation Era; Trade Theories; BoP 81Foreign Direct Investment — Benefits and Costs 82Multilateral Regulation of Trade and Investment — WTO

International Procedures and Institutions

83International Trade Procedures, Documentation and EXIM Policies 84Role of International Financial Institutions — IMF and World Bank

Information Technology and Knowledge Management

85Information Technology — Use of Computers, MIS, DSS 86Artificial Intelligence and Big Data 87Data Warehousing, Data Mining and Knowledge Management 88Managing Technological Change

XEntrepreneurship Development8 topics

Entrepreneurship Foundations

89Entrepreneurship Development — Concept, Types, Theories, Process, Competencies 90Intrapreneurship — Concept and Process 91Women Entrepreneurship and Rural Entrepreneurship 92Innovations in Business — Types, Opportunities, Idea Screening

Small Industries and Institutional Support

93Business Plan and Feasibility Analysis — Technical, Market, Financial 94Micro and Small Scale Industries in India; Government Role 95Sickness in Small Industries — Reasons and Rehabilitation 96Institutional Finance to Small Industries — DFIs, Banks, Microfinance

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