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July 4, 2020

IAS - Civil Services Examination - Management Subject - June Study Materials



Refer:  Online MBA Management Theory Handbook




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First Week  1 to 5 June 2015





Industrial Engineering


Industrial Engineering assists managers in achieving the second important performance dimension of management - Efficiency. Effectiveness is the first dimension. Industrial engineering has its primary focus engineering activities, processes and organizations. The principles and practices developed in this subject have application in non-engineering areas. Managers have to be aware of basics of industrial engineering and recent developments. Even service sector organizations have engineering activities like construction and maintenance of buildings, operation and maintenance of transport facilities, information technology operations etc.

Detailed Presentation on Industrial Engineering PrinciplesPresented by Narayana Rao at IISE 2017 Annual Conference at Pittsburgh on 23 May 2017.

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Industrial Engineering Introduction
Industrial engineering Principles, Methods Tools and Techniques


Functions and Focus Areas of Industrial Engineering
Pioneering Efforts of Taylor, Gilbreth and Emerson

Motion Study - Human Effort Engineering
Ergonomics - Introduction


Industrial Engineering Data and Measurements
Work Measurement


Methods Efficiency Engineering
Product Design Efficiency Engineering

2 week - 8 to 12 June

Plant Layout - Efficiency
Value Engineering - Introduction

Statistical Quality Control – Industrial Engineering
Inspection Methods Efficiency Engineering


Operations Research - An Efficiency Improvement Tool for Industrial Engineers
Engineering Economics is an Efficiency Improvement Tool for Industrial Engineers

Industrial Engineering and Scientific Management in Japan
Shigeo Shingo - The Japanese Industrial Engineer


System Engineering Process and Its Management
Systems Improvement Process


3rd Week  15 to 19 June

Systems Installation - Installing Proposed Methods
Productivity, Safety, Comfort, and Operator Health Management



Organizing for Industrial Engineering: Historical Evolution of Thinking
Current Research in IE



Managing Change in Improvement Projects - Comfort Zone to Comfort Zone
Supply Chain Cost Reduction


Total Improvement Management
Total Industrial Engineering - H. Yamashina

Opportunities or Areas for Innovation
Market Development for New Products, Processes and System


4 Week - 22 to 26 June 


Organizing for Innovation
Research and Development Management
http://www.wzl.rwth-aachen.de/en/080d8d8c949a1ac0c1256f190035d886/pm_i_eng_v2.pdf


Economics - Revision

Introduction to Economics - Basic Economic Concepts and Theories
Elements of Supply and Demand - Review Notes

Theory of Aggregate Supply and Demand
Business Cycles

Macroeconomic Objectives
Money and Monetary Policy

Fiscal and Debt Policies of the Government
Theory Demand, Supply and Equilibrium in Market







June Month Birthdays - Management Scholars and Professors

To July - Management Knowledge Revision



Industrial Engineers support Engineers and Managers in Efficiency Improvement of Products, Processes and Systems


One Year MBA Knowledge Revision Plan







January  - February  - March  - April  - May   -   June

July  - August     - September  - October  - November  - December

Updated 28 May 2019, 4 June 2017, 26 May 2016


IAS - Civil Services Examination - Management Subject - May Study Materials


Refer:  Online MBA Management Theory Handbook





First Week  1 May to 5 May


Cost Information for Pricing Decisions
Cost Behavior Analysis and Relevant Costs

Costing for Strategic Profitability Analysis
Cost Information for Customer Profitability Analysis

Costing for Spoilage, Rework and Scrap
Costing for Quality, Time and the Theory of Constraints

Costing for Inventory Management, JIT and Backflush
Cost Information and Analysis for Capital Budgeting

Cost Information for Management Control and Performance Control
Cost Information for Transfer Pricing

Second Week 8 May to 12 May


Managerial Accounting or Management Accounting - Review Notes
Relevant Information and Decision Making - Marketing Decisions

Relevant Information and Decision Making - Production
Relevant Information and Decision Making - HR

The Master Budget - Accounting Information
Flexible Budgets and Variance Analysis - Review Notes

Responsibility Accounting for Management Control
Accounting Information for Management Control in Divisionalized Companies

Capital Budgeting - Accounting and Cost Information


Revision of Organizational Behavior

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Introduction to Organizational Behavior

Third Week   15 May to 19 May

Environmental context: Information Technology and Globalization
Environmental context: Diversity and Ethics

Organizational Context: Design and Culture
Organizational Context:: Reward Systems

Perception and Attribution
Personality and Attitudes

Motivational Needs and Processes
Positive Psychology Approach to OB


Communication
Decision Making

Fourth Week  22 May to 26 May


Stress and Conflict
Power and Politics

Groups and Teams
Managing Performance through Job Design and Goal Setting


Principles of Industrial Engineering Presented by Professor K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao (Author of this blog) on 23 May 2017 at the Annual Conference of Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers in Pittsburgh, USA.  Industrial Engineering is a management subject or discipline with Engineering as the foundation. Its primary application area is engineering systems. It augmented application area is any system.  INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING IS SYSTEM EFFICIENCY ENGINEERING AND HUMAN EFFORT ENGINEERING (Definition by Narayana Rao - Published in Udyog Pragati, Jounral of NITIE in 2006)
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Behavioral Performance Management
Effective Leadership Process


Great Leaders: Styles, Activities, and Skills
Principles of Innovation

Innovation - Strategic Issues and Methodology
Idea Generation in Organizations


29 May
Financial - Cost and Management Accounting - Subject Update Articles



To June - Management Knowledge Revision


Industrial Engineers support Engineers and Managers in Efficiency Improvement of Products, Processes and Systems


May Month - Birthdays of Management Scholars and Business and Industry Magnates and Accomplished Professionals - Biographies


1
2
3 - Sidney S. Alexander (1916)
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5 - Jerry A. Hausman (1946)
6 - Sigmund Freud (1856), Kenneth Blanchard (1939)
7
8 - Benjamin Graham (1894)  [Graham - Rao Method]
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10 - Daniel Bell (1919), William James Reddin (1930),  Ikujiro Nonaka (1935)
11 - Morris Llewellyn Cooke (1872)
12 - Thomas H. Carroll II (1914)
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14 - William R. Spriegel (1893), Mark Zuckerberg (1984) [Zuckerberg - Narayana Rao Reading Challenge 2015]
15 - Paul Samuelson (1915)
16 - Edward T. Hall (1914), Merton Miller (1923), Robert Butler Wilson Jr. (1937),  Catherine Tucker (1977)
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19 - Harold Koontz (1908) Biography: http://mtrrp.blogspot.com/2014/05/prof-dr-harold-koontz-biography-and.html
20 - Henry Gantt (1861), Edwin C. Nevis (1926)
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23 - Michael Porter (1947)
24 - Lilian Gilbreth (1878),
25 - Paul Cootner (1930)
26
27 - Philip Kotler (1931)
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One Year MBA Knowledge Revision Plan

January  - February  - March  - April  - May   -   June

July  - August     - September  - October  - November  - December

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Updated  29 May 2019,  26 May 2017



IAS - Civil Services Examination - Management Subject - April Study Materials


Refer:  Online MBA Management Theory Handbook
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1 April to 5 April 2016


Material Requirements Planning - Review Notes
Operations Scheduling - Review Notes


Financial Analysis - Review Notes
Operations Technology - Review Notes

Supply Chain Management

 3rd April 2016


Understanding the Supply Chain
Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit

Supply Chain Drivers and Obstacles - Review Notes
Designing the Distribution Network in a Supply Chain


Facility Decisions: Network Design in the Supply Chain
Network Design in an Uncertain Environment

2nd Week

8 April to 12 April 2016


Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain
Aggregate Planning in the Supply Chain - Review Notes

Planning Supply and Demand in the Supply Chain
Managing Economies of Scale in the Supply Chain

Managing Uncertainty in the Supply Chain: Safety Inventory
Determining Optimal Level of Product Availability

Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain
Transportation in the Supply Chain - Chopra and Meindl

Pricing and Revenue Management in the Supply Chain
Coordination in the Supply Chain - Review Notes

3rd Week

15 April to 19 April 


Information Technology and the Supply Chain
e-business and the Supply Chain


Financial Accounting


Accounting: The Language of Business
Recording Transactions - Review Notes

Accrual Accounting  - Revision
Measuring Income to Assess Performance and Balance Sheet - Review Notes

Detailed Accounting Procedures

Accounting for Sales - Review Notes
Inventories and Cost of Goods Sold - Review Notes

Long-Lived Assets and Depreciation - Review Notes
Liabilities and Interest - Review Notes

4th Week

22 April to 26 April 2016



Statement of Cash Flows - Review Notes
Financial Statement Analysis - Review Notes

Cost Accounting

23 April 2016
Role of Costing and Cost Accounting in the Organizations
Introduction to Cost Terms - Review Notes

Traditional Cost Objectives and Their Utility
Job Costing - Review Notes


Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Budgeting
Process Costing - Review Notes



29 April


Supply Chain Management - Subject Update

Operations Management - Subject Update 2016
Supply Chain Management - Subject Update 2016




To May - Management Knowledge Revision


Industrial Engineers support Engineers and Managers in Efficiency Improvement of Products, Processes and Systems


One Year MBA Knowledge Revision Plan


January  - February  - March  - April  - May   -   June

July  - August     - September  - October  - November  - December



Included in the A to Z Blogging Challenge Posts

Birthdays of Management Scholars and Executives in April


1 - Prof Maike Andresen (1971) - Chair for HRM
      https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bwl-pm/chair/prof-dr-maike-andresen/
2 - Jan Jantsch (1960)
3 - Mark Albion (1951)
4 - Charles Buxton Going (1863)  - Principles of Industrial Engineering - Book in 1911
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6 - Armand V. Feigenbaum (1920) - Total Quality Control
      Clayton Christensen (1952) - Disruptive innovations
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10 - Joseph Pulitzer (1847), Perry Sink Marshall (1969)
11 - Charles Eugene Bedaux (1886) - Check?  26 October 1886 (according to Wikipedia)
12 - Elwood S. Buffa (1923)  - Modern Production Management, Operations Management
13 - W. Charles Redding (1914), -
        Michael Hammer (1948) - Business Process Reengineering
14-  Eric Brynjolfsson (1962)
15 - Glen L. Urban (1940)
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17 - J.P. Morgan (1837)
18 - Frederick Herzberg (1923),   Hygiene factors - Motivation factors model
       Bengt R. Holmstrom (1949),
       Niall Ferguson (1964),
       Robert Allen Phillips (1968)

19- James J. Heckman (Economics Nobel Prize Winner, 1944), James B. Orlin (1953),
      Peter Bowman Scott-Morgan (1958)
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21- Max Weber (1864)  http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/638565/Max-Weber
      Alan Cerf
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27
28
29 - Dan Ariely (1967)
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January  - February  - March  - April  - May   -   June

July  - August     - September  - October  - November  - December



Included in the A to Z Blogging Challenge Posts

















IAS - Civil Services Examination - Management Subject - March Study Materials


Refer:  Online MBA Management Theory Handbook

Sharpen the Saw - The Mental Dimension - Stephen Covey's Explanation

Read, Write, Think, Plan
http://nraomtr.blogspot.com/2015/03/sharpen-saw-mental-dimension-stephen.html


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Henry Fayol

The Engineering Manager who provided the modern description of Industrial Management.
Planning - Organizing - Commanding - Coordinating - Control



















Picture Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Fayol

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March 1st week  (1 March  to 5 March)

Analyzing Competitors
Strategy of Market Leader



Marketing Strategies for Challenger Firms 
Competitive Strategies for Followers and Nichers



Managing Product Lines and Brands
Marketing Strategy for New Industry Products




Marketing Management for Service Firms
Pricing Strategy and Tactics 


Marketing Channel Management – Important Issues
Managing Wholesaling and Retailing Network



March 2nd week ( 8 to 12)



Marketing Communication: Channels and Promotion Tools
Advertising



Sales Promotion 
Marketing Public Relations


Sales Process and Sales Training
Direct Marketing




Online Marketing
Marketing and New Product Development



International and Global Marketing
Sales Force Management


March 3 week  (15 to 19)

Developing Enterprisewide or Company Wide Marketing Orientation
Management of Marketing Department and Function

Operations Management  Revision Starts (16 March)


Introduction to the Field of Operations Management
Operations Strategy and Competitiveness - Review Notes

Optimizing the Use of Resources with Linear Programming

29 March
Subject Update: Principles of Management

30 March
Subject Update: Marketing Management

To April - Management Knowledge Revision


Industrial Engineers support Engineers and Managers in Efficiency Improvement of Products, Processes and Systems




One Year MBA Knowledge Revision Plan

January  - February  - March  - April  - May   -   June

July  - August     - September  - October  - November  - December


March - Birthdays - Management Scholars


1
2
3 - Lyndall Urwick (1891)
4
5 - Edgar Schein (1928),  Stuart Anspach Umpleby (1944)
6 - Raymond Gilmartin (1941
7
8 - Warren Bennis (1925), Nirmalya Kumar (1960)
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10 - Kenneth R. French (1954)
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12
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14 - T.V. Rao (1946)
15 - Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1943)
16 - Ferdinando Pennarola (1963)
17
18 - Water A. Shewart (1891)
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20 -  Frederick Taylor (1856), Kim B. Clark (1949),  Marshall Goldsmith (1949)
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24 - Martin Shubik (1926)
25 - David Meerman Scott (1961)
26 - Larry Page (1973)  http://www.biography.com/people/larry-page-12103347
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29 - Sam Walton (1918)
30 - Arthur White (1924),   Dr. Arno Antlitz (1970)


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Updated 3 March 2017,  25 March 2016












IAS - Civil Services Examination - Management Subject - February Study Materials


Refer:  Online MBA Management Theory Handbook
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Frank Gilbreth
Picture Source:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Bunker_Gilbreth_Sr_1868-1924.jpg
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Febuary 1st Week  1 - 5 ,

The Nature of Organizing - Review Notes
Departmentation in Organizations - Review Notes



Line-Staff Authority and Decentralization - Review Notes
Effective Organizing and Organizational Culture - Review Notes



Summary - Principles - Organizing
Human Resource Management and Selection




Performance Appraisal and Career Strategy
Manager and Organization Development



Summary - Principles - Staffing
Resourcing; A Function of Management


February 2nd week,  8 to 12


Human Factors and Motivation
Leadership - Koontz and O'Donnell - Review Notes






Supervision - Introduction - Public Administration Point of View
Committes and Group Decision Making - Review Notes




Communication - Koontz and O'Donnell - Review Notes
Summary of Principles - Directing - Leading



The System and Process of Controlling - Review Notes
Control Techniques and Information Technology




Productivity Control
Overall Control and Preventive Control - Review Notes

February 3rd Week  (15 - 19)


Summary - Principles of Controlling
Global and Comparative Management



Organizing - Global Management Issues - Review Notes
Staffing - Global Management Issues



Leading - Global Management Challenges
Controlling - Global Management Challenges - Review Notes



Management and Entrepreneurship: Science, Theory and Practice
Managerial Skills



Principles of Management - List
Principles of Management - Subject Update Articles Recent Years


February 4th Week  (22 to 26)

Marketing Management Revision Articles

The Marketing Concept Kotler
Marketing Strategy - Marketing Process - Kotler's Description



Scanning of Environment for Marketing Ideas and Decisions
Marketing Strategy - Differentiating and Positioning the Market Offering



Management of Marketing Department and Function
Marketing Research and Market Demand Forecasting


Consumer Behavior
Analysis of Consumer Markets


Organizational Buying Processes and Buying Behavior
Market Segmentation and Selection of Target Segments




To March - Management Knowledge Revision



Industrial Engineers support Engineers and Managers in Efficiency Improvement of Products, Processes and Systems




One Year MBA Knowledge Revision Plan

January  - February  - March  - April  - May   -   June

July  - August     - September  - October  - November  - December

























India - IAS - Civil Services Examination - Management Subject - January Study Materials



Refer: Online MBA Management Theory Handbook


 Management News
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Development of Management Subject. Theory of Management developed over a long a period of time with periodic quantum jumps in thinking.
Scientific Management/Shop Management - F.W. Taylor Introduction

Principles of Industrial Engineering - Taylor - Narayana Rao - Derived from Principles of Scientific Management by F.W. Taylor

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Taylor - Narayana Rao Principles of Industrial Engineering



Industrial Management and General Management - Henri Fayol
Importance of Human Relations in Management - Elton Mayo and Rothelisberger (Insights from Psychology)


Organization as a Social Group (Insights of Sociologists)
Mathematical Models and Their Optimization


Control of Variation in Inputs and Outputs (Insights from Statistics)
Systems Approach in Management


Business Conceptualization (Insights from Economics, Engineering Economics, Managerial Economics, Industrial Economics)
Peter Drucker - Business Organization - Economic Function - Social Responsibility


Global and Comparative Management
Management: Definition and Process



Process and Functions of Management -


The Nature and Purpose of Planning - Review Notes
Objectives and Goals - Review Notes


Strategies, Policies, and Planning Premises - Review Notes
Business Firm and Society - The External Environment, Social Responsibility and Ethics - Review Notes


Decision Making - Review Notes  -
Summary - Principles of Planning


Study Consistently - Every Day for 5 to 6 Hours

AIR 2018 - Rank 5
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One Year MBA Knowledge Revision Plan


Month                 Subjects


January      (Principles of Management)
February    (P.of M & Marketing Management ) 
March        (Mktg. Mgmt. & Operations Management)
April          (Supply Chain Management and Financial & Cost Accounting)

May          (Management Accounting & Organizational Behavior)
June          (Innovation, Industrial Engineering and Economics)
July           (Economics, Engineering Economics, & Managerial Ethics)
August      (Statistics, Quality and Six Sigma, OR & BRM)

September (HRM, Mentoring, Training, Project Management, Maintenance, Energy & Environment Management)
October     (Information Technology and Management Information Systems, Warehousing and Transport)
November (Strategic Management & Financial Management)
December (Business Laws, Negotiation, Taxes and Government Relations)



Industrial Engineers support Engineers and Managers in Efficiency Improvement of Products, Processes and Systems


Industrial Engineering - January Knowledge Revision



India - IAS - IFS - IPS Civil Services Examination - Management Subject - Syllabus and Study Materials


Refer:  Online MBA Management Theory Handbook



MANAGEMENT - UPSC Civil Services Syllabus



The  candidate  should  make  a  study  of  the  concept  of  development  of  Management  as  science  and art  drawing  upon  the  contributions  of  leading  thinkers  of  management  and  apply  the  concepts  to  the real  life  of  government  and  business  decision-making  keeping  in  view  the  changes  in  the  strategic  and operative environment.

Previous Years Question Papers


PAPER  I

1.  Managerial Function and Process  :
Concept and foundations of management, Evolution of  Management Thoughts; Managerial
Functions—Planning,  Organizing,  Controlling;  Decision-making;  Role  of  Manager,  Managerial  skills;  Entrepreneurship;  Management  of  innovation;  Managing  in  a  global  environment,  Flexible  Systems

Management;  Social  responsibility  and  managerial  ethics;  Process  and  customer  orientation;
Managerial processes on direct and indirect value  chain.

Managerial Function and Process - Notes

2.  Organisational Behaviour and Design  :

Conceptual model of organization behaviour; The individual processes—personality, values
and  attitude,  perception,  motivation,  learning  and  reinforcement,  work  stress  and  stress
management;  The  dynamics  of  Organization  behaviour—power  and  politics,  conflict  and
negotiation,  leadership  process  and  styles,  communication;  The  Organizational  Processes—
decision-making,  job  design;  Classical,  Neoclassical  and  Contingency  approaches  to
organizational  design;  Organizational  theory  and  design—Organizational  culture,  managing
cultural  diversity,  learning  Organization;  Organizational  change  and  development;  Knowledge
Based Enterprise—systems and processes; Networked and virtual organizations.

Organizational Behavior  Notes

3.  Human Resource Management  :

HR  challenges;  HRM  functions;  The  future  challenges  of  HRM;  Strategic  Management  of
human  resources;  Human  resource  planning;  Job  analysis;  Job  evaluation,  Recruitment  and
selection;  Training  and  development;  Promotion  and  transfer;  Performance  management;
Compensation management and bnenefits; Employee morale and productivity; Management of
Organizational climate and Industrial relations; Human resources accounting and audit; Human
resource information system; International human resource management.

Human Resource Management Articles with Links

4.  Accounting for Managers :

Financial  accounting—concept,  importance  and  scope,  generally  accepted  accounting
principles,  preparation  of  financial  statements  with  special  reference  to  analysis  of  a  balance  sheet  and measurment of business income, inventory valuation and depreciation,  financial statement analysis, fund flow analysis, the statement of cash flows; Management accounting concept, need,
imporance and scope; Cost accounting—records and processes, cost ledger and control accounts,
reconciliation  and  integration  bwtween  financial  and  cost  accounts;  Overhead  cost  and  control,  Job and  process  costing,  Budget  and  budgetary  control,  Performance  budgeting,  Zero-base  budgeting, relevant  costing  and  costing  for  decision-making,  standard  costing  and  variance  analysis,  marginal costing and absorption costing.

Financial, Cost and Management Accounting - Notes


5.  Financial Management :

Goal  of  Finance  Function.  Concepts  of  value  and  return.  Valuation  of  bonds  and  Shares;
Management  of  working  capital  :  Estimation  and  Financing;  Management  of  cash,  receivables, inventory  and  current  liabilities;  Cost  of  capital  ;  Capital  budgeting;  Financial  and  operating
leverage;  Design  of  capital  structure:  theories  and  practices;  Shareholder  value  creation:  dividend policy,  corporate  financial  policy  and  strategy,  management  of  corporate  distress  and  restructuring strategy; Capital and money markets: institutions and instruments; Leasing hire purchase and venture  capital;  Regulation  of  capital  market;  Risk  and  return:  portfolio  theory;  CAPM;  APT; Financial derivatives:  option, futures,  swap;  Recent  reforms  in  financial sector.

Financial Management - Notes

6.  Marketing Management :

Concept, evolution and scope; Marketing strategy formulation and components of marketing
plan; Segmenting and targeting the market;  Positioning and differentiating the market offering;
Analyzing  competition;  Analyzing  consumer  markets;  Industrial  buyer  behaviour;  Market  research;

Product  strategy;  Pricing  strategies;  Designing  and  managing  Marketing  channels;  Integrated
marketing  communications;  Building  customer  staisfaction,  Value  and  retention;  Services  and
non-profit  marketing;  Ethics  in  marketing;  Consumer  protection;  Internet  marketing;  Retail
management; Customer relationship  management; Concept  of  holistic  marketing.


Marketing Management - Notes

PAPER-II

1.  Quantitative Techniques in Decision-making  :

Descriptive  statistics—tabular,  graphical  and  numerical  methods,  introduction  to  probability,
discrete  and  continuous  probability  distributions,  inferential  statistics-sampling  distributions,
central  limit  theorem,  hypothesis  testing  for  differences  between  means  and  proportions,
inference about population variances, Chisquare and  ANOVA, simple correlation and regression,
time  series  and  forecasting,  decision  theory,  index  numbers;  Linear  programming—problem
formulation,  simplex method  and  graphical solution,  sensitivity analysis.

2.  Production and Operations Management  :

Fundamentals of operations management; Organizing for production; Aggregate production
planning, capacity planning, plant design: process planning, plant size and scale of operations,
Management of facilities; Line balancing;  Equipment replacement and maintenance; Production
control;  Supply,  chain  management—vendor  evaluation  and  audit;  Quality  management;  Statistical process  control,  Six  Sigma;  Flexibility  and  agility  in  manufacturing  systems;  World  class manufaturing;  Project  management  concepts,  R&D  management,  Management  of  service
operations; Role and importance of materials management, value analysis, make or buy decision;
Inventory control, MRP; Waste  management.

3.  Management Information System  :

Conceptual foundations of information systems; Information theory; Information resource
management; Types of information Systems; Systems Development—Overview of Systems and
Design;  System  Development  management  life-cycle,  Designing  online  and  distributed
environments;  Implementation  and  control  of  project;  Trends  in  information  technology;
Managing  data  resources—Organising  data.  DSS  and  RDBMS;  Enterprise  Resource  Planning
(ERP),  Expert  systems,  e-Business  architecture,  e-Governance;  Information  systems  planning,
Flexibility in information systems; User involvement; Evaluation of information systems.

4.  Government Business Interface  :

State  participation  in  business,  Interaction  between  Government,  Business  and  different
Chambers  of Commerce and Industry in India;  Government’s  ploicy with regard  to Small Scale
Industries; Government clearances for establishing a new enterprise; Public Distribution System;
Government control over price and distribution; Consumer Protection Act  (CPA) and The Role of
Voluntary  Organizations  in  protecting  consumers’  rights;  New  Industrial  Policy  of  the  Government  : liberalization,  deregulation  and  privatisation;  Indian  planning  system;  Government  policy concerning development of Backward areas/regions; The Responsibilities of the business as well as  the  Government  to  protect the  environment;  Corporate  Governance;  Cyber  Laws.

5.  Strategic Cost Management  :
Business  policy  as  a  field  of  study;  Nature  and  scope  of  strategic  management,  Strategic  intent, vision, objectives and policies; Process  of strategic planning and  implementa-tion;  Environmental analysis  and  internal  analysis;  SWOT  analysis;  Tools  and  techniques  for  strategic  analysis—Impact matrix: The experience curve, BCG matrix, GEC mode, Industry analysis, Concept of value chain; Strategic profile of a firm; Framework for analysing competition; Competitive advantage  of a firm; Generic  competitive  strategies;  Growth  strategies—expansion,  integration  and  diversification; Concept of  core competence, Strategic flexibility; Reinventing  strategy; Strategy and structure; chief  Executive and Board; turnaround management; Management of strategic change; Strategic alliances,  Mergers  and  Acquisitions;  Strategy  and  corporate  evolution  in  the  Indian  context.

6.  International Business :

International Business Environment : Changing composition of trade in goods and services;
India’s  Foreign  Trade:  Policy  and  trends;  Financing  of  International  trade;  Regional  Economic
Cooperation;  FTAs;  Internationalisation  of  service  firms;  International  production;  Operation
Management  in  International  companies;  International  Taxation;  Global  competitiveness  and
technological  developments;  Global  E-Business;  Designing  global  organisational  structure  and
control;  Multicultural  management;  Global  business  strategy;  Global  marketing  strategies;  Export Management; Export-Import procedures; Joint Ventures; Foreign Investment: Foreign direct
investment  and  foreign  portfolio  investment;  Cross -border  Mergers  and  Acquisitions;  Foreign
Exchange  Risk  Exposure  Management;  World  Financial  Markets  and  International  Banking;
External Debt Management; Country Risk Analysis.

UPSC Civil Services Examination - Management Subject Notes

Refer:  Online MBA Management Theory Handbook

UPSC Civil Services Examination - Management Subject Notes

Paper - I

Section - I .  Managerial Function
Concept and Foundations of Management
Planning
Organizing
Controlling
Decision Making
Role of Manager
Managerial Skills
Entrepreneurship
Management of Innovation
Managing in a Global Environment
Evolution of Management Thoughts
Flexible Systems Management
Process and customer orientation
Social responsibility and managerial ethics


Section - II.  Organisational Behaviour and Design


Work Stress and Stress Management
Networked and virtual organizations
Conceptual model of organization behaviour
Organizational theory and design - organizational culture
Organizational theory and design: Learning organization
Learning and reinforcement
Organizational Processes - decision making
Leadership Process and Styles
The Individual Process Personality
The individual processes - Perception
The individual processes Motivation
The dynamics of organization behaviour: Job design
The dynamics of organization behavior: Communication
Organisational Behaviour and Design: conflict and negotiation
Organizational theory and design: Managing cultural diversity
Organizational theory and design: organizational change and development
The individual processes: Values and attitude
Classical, Neoclassical and Contingency approaches to organizational design
The individual processes: Power and politics


Section - III. Human Resource Management

The future challenges of HRM
Job Analysis
Human Resource Planning
Job Evaluation
Recruitment and Selection
Training
Promotion and Transfer
HR Challenges
Performance Management
Employee Morale and Productivity
Compensation Management and Benefits
Human Resources Accounting and Audit
International Human Resource Management
Human resource information system
Management of organizational climate and Industrial relations
HRM Function


Section - IV.  Accounting for Managers

Zero-Base Budgeting
Performance budgeting
Fund flow analysis
Management accounting: concept, need, importance and scope
The statement of cash flows
Job and process costing
Standard costing and variance analysis
Financial statement analysis
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Relevant costing and costing for decision-making
Reconciliation and Integration between financial and cost accounts
Overhead cost and control
Cost accounting - cost ledger and control accounts
Inventory valuation and depreciation
Preparing the Financial Statements
Budget and budgetary control
Marginal costing and absorption costing
Cost Accounting
Financial Accounting


Section - V .  Financial Management

Capital budgeting
Financial and operating leverage
Management of cash, receivables, inventory and current liabilities
Cost of capital
Working Capital Management
Recent reforms in financial sector
Shareholder value creation
Design of capital structure: theories and practices
Regulation of capital market
Capital and money markets
Dividend policy
Financial derivatives: option, futures, swap
Leasing, hire purchase and venture capital
Management of corporate distress and restructuring strategy
Valuation of bonds and shares
Corporate Financial policies and Strategy

Section - VI.  Marketing Management


Product Strategy
Ethics in Marketing
Integrated Marketing Communications
Retail Management
Concept of Holistic Marketing
Internet marketing
Positioning and Differentiating the Market offering
Pricing strategies
Segmenting and Targeting the Market
Concept, evolution and scope of Marketing Management
Market Research
Marketing strategy formulation and components of marketing plan
Building customer satisfaction
Designing and managing Marketing channels
Services and non-profit marketing
Industrial buyer behaviour
Analysing consumer markets
Value and retention
Analysing Your Competition


Paper - II


Section - I > Quantitative Techniques in Decision Making
Descriptive statistics- tabular, graphical and numerical methods
Inferential statistics
Chi-square and ANOVA
Introduction to probability, discrete and continuous probability distributions
Index numbers
Simple correlation and regression
Central limit theorem
Sampling distributions
Decision theory
Linear programming – problem formulation, simplex method and graphical solution, sensitivity analysis
Time series and forecasting
Hypothesis testing for differences between means and proportions


Section - II > Production and Operations Management

Fundamentals of Operations Management
Materials Management
Capacity Planning
Aggregate Production Planning
Statistical Process Control
Inventory control
World class manufacturing
E-Governance
Line Balancing
Value analysis
Six Sigma
Quality management
Management of facilities
R&D management
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Material Requirement Planning
Production control
Make or buy decision
Waste Management
Project management concepts
Supply chain management
Flexibility and agility in manufacturing systems
Management of service operations
Equipment replacement and maintenance
Vendor evaluation and audit


Section - III.  Management Information System

E-business Architecture
Information systems planning
Information resource management
DSS and RDBMS
Types of information system
Evaluation of information systems
Expert systems
Conceptual Foundations of Information Systems
Enterprise Resource Planning
Information theory
Systems development - Overview of systems and design, System development management life-cycle
User involvement
Trends in Information Technology
Flexibility in information systems
Designing for online and distributed environments


Section - IV .  Government Business Interface

Consumer Protection
Cyber Laws
Public Distribution System
Government Policies for Development and Promotion of Small-Scale Industries in India
New Industrial Policy of the Government: liberalization, deregulation and privatisation
Government control over price and distribution
Corporate governance

Section - V > Strategic Management

Process of strategic planning and implementation
SWOT Analysis
Strategic Management: Business policy as a field of study
Nature and scope of strategic management
Concept of value chain
BCG matrix
Tools and techniques for strategic analysis: The experience curve
Tools and techniques for strategic analysis: GEC mode
Tools and techniques for strategic analysis: Impact matrix
Concept of core competence
Growth strategies – expansion, integration and diversification
Generic competitive strategies
Strategic flexibility
Management of strategic change
Environmental analysis and internal analysis
Industry analysis
Strategic profile of a firm
Competitive advantage of a firm
Strategic Alliance
Mergers and acquisitions
Turnaround management


Section - VI.  International Business
International Business Environment
India's Foreign Trade: Policy and Trends
International Taxation
Export Management
Internationalization of Service Firms
Global e-Business
Global business strategy
Global marketing strategies
Regional Economic Cooperation
Multicultural management
Joint Ventures
External Debt Management
Foreign Investment: Foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment
Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions
Country Risk Analysis
Financing of International trade
Foreign Exchange Risk Exposure Management
FTAs
Export- Import procedures
World Financial Markets and International Banking
International production
Operation Management in International companies
Global competitiveness and technological developments
Design of Organization Structure and Control



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