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MBA · Semester 4

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  1. 1
    Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकात

    Enquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.

  2. 2
    Semester 4 — subject classesसेमेस्टर 4 — विषयवार कक्षाएँ

    Every theory subject of the term, unit by unit, with notes, numericals and doubt classes.

    Business Ethics & Corporate Social ResponsibilityEntrepreneurship DevelopmentFinancial DerivativesInternational Financial ManagementBehavioural Finance
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    Labs, practicals & project workलैब, प्रैक्टिकल और प्रोजेक्ट

    Experiments / jobs / project work as in the syllabus, with practical file and viva preparation.

    Research Project
  4. 4
    Unit tests & mid-termयूनिट टेस्ट और मिड-टर्म

    A test after every unit and a mid-term in the university / board pattern.

  5. 5
    Semester 4 mock testमॉक टेस्ट

    A full mock test of all subjects before the exam, with analysis.

  6. 6
    Semester 4 exam (university / board)सेमेस्टर / वार्षिक परीक्षा

    Previous papers, important questions and full revision.

  7. 7
    Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्ट

    Take the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.

सिलेबस · पाठ्यक्रम

6 subjects · 30 chapters · 147 topics

Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Introduction to Business Ethics 5 टॉपिक
  1. Meaning, nature and need of business ethics
  2. Values, morals and ethics
  3. Myths about business ethics
  4. Ethical dilemmas and ethical decision making
  5. Indian ethos and values in management; Gandhian trusteeship
02Unit 2: Ethical Theories & Functional Ethics 6 टॉपिक
  1. Utilitarianism (Bentham, Mill)
  2. Deontology (Kant)
  3. Virtue ethics and justice theory (Rawls)
  4. Ethics in marketing: advertising, pricing
  5. Ethics in finance: insider trading, accounting fraud
  6. Ethics in HR and at the workplace; whistle blowing
03Unit 3: Corporate Governance 6 टॉपिक
  1. Meaning and principles of corporate governance
  2. Agency theory and stakeholder theory
  3. Board of directors and independent directors
  4. Committees: Cadbury, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Narayana Murthy, Uday Kotak
  5. SEBI LODR Regulations 2015
  6. Corporate governance failures: Satyam case
04Unit 4: Corporate Social Responsibility 6 टॉपिक
  1. Concept and evolution of CSR
  2. Carroll's pyramid of CSR
  3. Triple bottom line and sustainability
  4. CSR under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013
  5. Schedule VII activities and CSR committee
  6. CSR reporting and BRSR
05Unit 5: Environment, Sustainability & Cases 5 टॉपिक
  1. Business and environment: sustainable development
  2. ESG and green business practices
  3. Consumer protection and fair trade practices
  4. Case studies: Tata, Infosys, ITC e-Choupal
  5. Code of ethics and ethics programmes in organisations
Entrepreneurship Development5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Entrepreneur & Entrepreneurship 6 टॉपिक
  1. Meaning, characteristics and functions of an entrepreneur
  2. Entrepreneur vs manager; intrapreneur
  3. Types of entrepreneurs (Danhof classification)
  4. Theories: Schumpeter's innovation theory, McClelland's need for achievement
  5. Women and rural entrepreneurship
  6. Entrepreneurial process
02Unit 2: Idea Generation & Opportunity Assessment 5 टॉपिक
  1. Sources of business ideas
  2. Creativity and innovation
  3. Opportunity identification and screening
  4. Design thinking and lean start-up: MVP
  5. Business model canvas
03Unit 3: Business Plan & Project Report 5 टॉपिक
  1. Meaning and components of a business plan
  2. Market feasibility
  3. Technical feasibility
  4. Financial feasibility: cost of project, means of finance, break-even
  5. Project appraisal and reasons for failure of plans
04Unit 4: Financing the Venture 5 टॉपिक
  1. Bootstrapping and family funds
  2. Angel investors and venture capital
  3. Seed funding, crowdfunding
  4. Bank loans and MUDRA loans
  5. Stages of start-up funding
05Unit 5: Institutional Support & MSMEs 6 टॉपिक
  1. MSME: definition and importance
  2. Support institutions: SIDBI, NSIC, DIC, EDII, KVIC
  3. Startup India, Stand-Up India, PMEGP
  4. Udyam registration
  5. Incubators and accelerators
  6. Sickness in small units
Financial Derivatives5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Introduction to Derivatives 4 टॉपिक
  1. Meaning and types of derivatives
  2. Participants: hedgers, speculators, arbitrageurs
  3. Exchange-traded and OTC derivatives
  4. Evolution of derivatives market in India; SEBI regulation
02Unit 2: Forwards & Futures 5 टॉपिक
  1. Forward contracts: features and limitations
  2. Futures contracts: standardisation, margins, mark-to-market
  3. Pricing: cost of carry model
  4. Basis and convergence
  5. Index, stock and commodity futures
03Unit 3: Options 5 टॉपिक
  1. Call and put options; option buyer and writer
  2. Intrinsic value, time value and moneyness
  3. Payoff of long and short positions
  4. Option strategies: covered call, protective put, spreads, straddle, strangle
  5. Put-call parity
04Unit 4: Option Pricing 4 टॉपिक
  1. Factors affecting option prices
  2. Binomial option pricing model
  3. Black-Scholes model
  4. Option Greeks: delta, gamma, theta, vega, rho
05Unit 5: Swaps & Risk Management 5 टॉपिक
  1. Interest rate swaps
  2. Currency swaps
  3. Hedging with futures: hedge ratio and beta hedging
  4. Credit derivatives basics
  5. Risk management using derivatives
International Financial Management5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: International Monetary System 5 टॉपिक
  1. Scope of international financial management
  2. Gold standard, Bretton Woods and floating rate system
  3. IMF and World Bank
  4. Balance of payments: current and capital account
  5. Exchange rate regimes; rupee convertibility
02Unit 2: Foreign Exchange Market 5 टॉपिक
  1. Structure and participants of the forex market
  2. Spot and forward markets
  3. Direct and indirect quotes; bid-ask spread
  4. Cross rates
  5. Forward premium and discount
03Unit 3: Exchange Rate Theories 4 टॉपिक
  1. Purchasing power parity: absolute and relative
  2. Interest rate parity and covered interest arbitrage
  3. International Fisher effect
  4. Forecasting exchange rates
04Unit 4: Foreign Exchange Exposure & Hedging 5 टॉपिक
  1. Transaction, translation and economic exposure
  2. Hedging with forwards and futures
  3. Money market hedge
  4. Currency options and swaps
  5. Internal hedging: netting, leading and lagging
05Unit 5: International Investment & Financing 5 टॉपिक
  1. Foreign direct and portfolio investment
  2. International capital budgeting
  3. ADR, GDR and foreign currency convertible bonds
  4. External commercial borrowings
  5. Euro and foreign bonds; international cost of capital
Behavioural Finance5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Introduction to Behavioural Finance 4 टॉपिक
  1. Traditional finance: rational investor and efficient markets
  2. Meaning and scope of behavioural finance
  3. Bounded rationality (Herbert Simon)
  4. Expected utility theory and its limits
02Unit 2: Prospect Theory & Mental Accounting 4 टॉपिक
  1. Prospect theory (Kahneman and Tversky)
  2. Value function and loss aversion
  3. Framing effect
  4. Mental accounting (Richard Thaler)
03Unit 3: Heuristics & Cognitive Biases 6 टॉपिक
  1. Representativeness
  2. Availability
  3. Anchoring and adjustment
  4. Overconfidence and illusion of control
  5. Confirmation and hindsight bias
  6. Familiarity and home bias
04Unit 4: Emotional & Social Biases 5 टॉपिक
  1. Herding behaviour
  2. Regret aversion
  3. Disposition effect
  4. Endowment effect and status quo bias
  5. Self-control bias
05Unit 5: Market Anomalies & Applications 6 टॉपिक
  1. Calendar anomalies: January and weekend effects
  2. Momentum and reversal
  3. Bubbles and crashes
  4. Limits to arbitrage and noise traders
  5. Nudges and behavioural corporate finance
  6. Debiasing investors
Research Project5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Milestone 1: Topic Selection 3 टॉपिक
  1. Choosing a topic in the specialisation
  2. Checking the availability of data and respondents
  3. Discussion and approval by the faculty guide
02Milestone 2: Literature Review & Synopsis 5 टॉपिक
  1. Searching journals, reports and theses (Google Scholar, Shodhganga)
  2. Summarising at least 15-20 studies and finding the research gap
  3. Objectives and hypotheses
  4. Research design, sampling and tools
  5. Synopsis submission and approval
03Milestone 3: Data Collection & Analysis 5 टॉपिक
  1. Questionnaire design and pilot test
  2. Collecting responses / financial data
  3. Reliability test (Cronbach's alpha)
  4. Analysis: descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, chi-square, correlation, regression
  5. Interpreting results and testing hypotheses
04Milestone 4: Dissertation Writing 4 टॉपिक
  1. Chapter plan: introduction, review, methodology, analysis, findings, conclusion
  2. Limitations and scope for future research
  3. APA referencing and plagiarism check
  4. Binding and submission
05Milestone 5: Presentation & Viva 3 टॉपिक
  1. Preparing the presentation
  2. Mock viva on methodology and results
  3. Final viva-voce

About this course

आप यह कर पाएँगे

  • Complete Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Entrepreneurship Development syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Financial Derivatives syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete International Financial Management syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Behavioural Finance syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Research Project syllabus with regular tests

यह किसके लिए है

  • MBA students of Semester 4 (AKTU) - Finance, Human Resource, Marketing specialisations
  • Students preparing for AKTU exams and roles in compliance, governance and CSR

आपको क्या चाहिए

  • MBA Semesters 1-3 completed or in progress
  • Interest in corporate news and case studies
Online tests & result Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre. Student login →

सवाल

Which syllabus is followed?

The AKTU (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow) MBA syllabus of Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility (Semester 4). If your own university's syllabus differs, the centre follows your university syllabus and units.

Is CSR calculation asked in the exam?

Yes, simple computation of the 2% CSR obligation and eligibility under Section 135 is practised, along with theory and cases.

How will I be tested?

Unit-wise MCQ tests and a final paper at semester level, plus practice on short and long answer questions from previous university papers.

Can I develop my own business plan in the course?

Yes. You prepare a short business plan for your own idea and get feedback from the trainer.

Do I need to trade to learn this subject?

No. All concepts are taught with worked examples and pay-off tables; no real trading is required.

Are forex calculations covered?

Yes. Quotes, cross rates, forward premium, parity conditions and hedging are solved step by step as asked in the AKTU paper.

Is this subject mostly theory?

It is concept-based, but every bias is explained with real investor and market examples and short case questions.

How is the research project different from the summer internship project?

The summer project is based on training in an organisation; the research project is an independent study with hypotheses and statistical testing done in the final semester.

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