The MBA (Master in Business Administration) degree Program offered by iLEAD will enable students to emerge as a competent professional in the management world as well as a successful academician in the same discipline who could pursue higher courses like M. Phil or PhD.

Eligibility Requirement
50% marks in graduation (in any discipline) with option for final year students who are yet to appear for their exams may also apply for provisional admission.
Post Graduates in any discipline.
Student has to apply for IMAT (iLead Management Aptitude Test).

A dual specialization program is being introduced to ensure more confidence and add value to a budding professional's employability in a fast-changing management industry.

Specialization offered in Marketing under Karnataka State Open University and ILEAD’s Autonomous Postgraduate Certificate Program (PGPM) in Real Estate Management.”

Syllabus

MBA 101 PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT

Section I
Definition, nature, purpose and scope of management. Functions of a manager, an overview of planning, organizing and controling Is managing a science or art? Ethics in managing and social responsibility of managers

Evolution of management thought. Contributions made by Taylor, Gantt, Gilbreth, Fayol, Weber, Elton Mayo, Chester Bernard, Maslow, Herzberg, Likert and McGergor. Management Science, Operations Research/Mathematical School/ Decision Theory approach. Systems Approach: Key concepts in systems - Closed system versus open system, Subsystems, System Boundary. McKinsey’s 7-S Approach.

Planning: Types of plans, steps in planning, and process of planning. Nature of objectives, setting objectives. Concept and process of Managing by Objectives. Nature and purpose of strategies and policies. Strategic planning process. SWOT analysis, Portfolio matrix, premising and forecasting.

Section II
Decision-Making: Importance and steps in Decision Making; Traditional approaches to decision-making; Decision making under certainty - programmed decisions; Introduction to decision-making under uncertainty, non- programmed decisions; decision tree; groupaided decisions; Brain storming; Creativity - creative problem solving.

Organizing: Concept of organization, process of organizing, bases of departmentation,
Authority & power - concept & distinction. Line & Staff concept; problems of use of staff & ways to avoid line-staff conflict, Delegation - concept of delegation; elements of delegation - authority, responsibility, accountability. Reasons for failure of delegation & how to make delegation effective. Decentralization - concept, reasons for decentralization and types (or methods) of decentralization. Span of Management – concept, early ideas on span of management, factors determining effective span-situational approach.

Section III
Coordination- Concept and importance of coordination; factors which make coordination
difficult; techniques or methods to ensure effective coordination.
Control: Concept, planning-control relationship, process of control -setting objectives,
establishing standards, measuring performance, correcting deviations. Human response to
control. Dimensions or Types of Control - (a) Feed forward control (b) Concurrent Control
(Real Time Information & Control), (c) Feedback Control v) Techniques of Control - Brief
review of Traditional Techniques & Modern Techniques of Control.
Comparative study: Comparative study of main features of Japanese Management and Z-
culture of American Companies

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