NGO Education Survey

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

COMPETITIVE STRATEGY

This course focuses on the process through which strategic decisions are formulated and implemented. The students will be placed in the role of key decision makers and asked to address questions related to the creation or reinforcement of competitive advantage. First we look at the industry analysis and competitive advantage. Then we also look at how strategy differs in global contexts. We conclude by addressing the development of firm-specific capabilities, including the role of knowledge that contributes to a firm’s competitive advantage.

CORPORATE FINANCE I

This course develops tools for deciding which investments a firm should make (capital budgeting and valuation) and how these investments should be financed (financial structure). Half of the course is devoted to evaluating investments and capital budgeting and the second half covers issues related to financing decision and its potential for value creation. We will take the students through DCF approach alongwith understanding and quantifying risks, IPOs. We will use DCF to value securities- equity and debt and examine issues related to optimal capital structure. We will also compare and contrast DCF approaches to valuation - WACC, APV and Flow to Equity.

CORPORATE FINANCE II

DECISION MODELS AND OPTIMISATION

This course introduces and applies advanced modeling techniques to managerial decision problems with the objective of enhancing the decision-making capabilities as well as the spreadsheet knowledge base. The course covers optimization, decision analysis and simulation. The emphasis is on models that are widely used in diverse industries and functional areas, including operations, finance and marketing. These insights help in developing an appreciation for the use of mathematical modeling across a wide spectrum of managerial problems.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND DECISION MAKING

The course centers around real financial statements. This year, we explore two firms in the same industry: Home Depot and Kingfisher. Each class session will provide a detailed examination of the major components of the companies’ income statements, balance sheets, and statements of cash flows. We will explore performance, liquid assets, inventories, fixed assets, intangible assets, long-term obligations, investments, equity, and cash flows. Upon completion, the students should have developed a basic understanding of what financial statements contain and how to use them to assess a company’s profitability and financial position

GLOBAL ECONOMICS

The broader learning objectives of the course are a) Awareness of Global Issues Affecting Business and b) Critical and Integrative Thinking. The outcome will be that the students will be able to identify key relevant global economic factors, and analyze the impact of these global economic factors on businesses also understanding their interactions with domestic macroeconomic policies. They will also be able to recognize key issues in macroeconomic analysis, in particular, how macroeconomic shocks affects businesses; develop a perspective that is supported with relevant information and integrative thinking; and draw and assess conclusions

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS

MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND DECISION MAKING

MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

This course addresses the management challenge of designing and implementing the best combination of marketing actions to carry out a firm's strategy in its target markets. Specifically, this course seeks to develop the students' skills in applying the analytic perspectives, decision tools, and concepts of marketing to decisions involving segmentation, targeting and positioning; product offering; pricing; distribution channels and marketing communications.

MARKETING DECISION MAKING

Upon successful completion of this course, the students will have acquired: Content-related, Cognitive and Application-related learning. This means, they will understand segmentation, target marketing, positioning and basic strategies in developing a marketing mix - product, promotion, pricing, and place. They will identify and analyze marketing problems; develop creative solutions to address them and articulate reasons for choosing various solutions. They will develop skills to make sound assumptions in dealing with uncertainties. They will make effective oral presentations to persuade a target audience. Finally, they will develop a coherent marketing plan for a product and provide sound rationale for chosen strategies.

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

This course addresses the management challenge of designing and implementing the best combination of marketing actions to carry out a firm's strategy in its target markets. Specifically, this course seeks to develop the students' skills in applying the analytic perspectives, decision tools, and concepts of marketing to decisions involving segmentation, targeting and positioning; product offering; pricing; distribution channels and marketing communications.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP

STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS

The objective of this course is to frame business problems in appropriate statistical terms in order use data to make better decisions. The students will learn to make sense of data along with the basics of statistical inference and regression analysis and their hands-on implementation using software. They will develop critical and integrative thinking in order to communicate the results of the analysis clearly in the context of the problem. Finally, the students will learn to unambiguously articulate the conclusions and limitations of the analysis with a clear separation between data and judgment.