...have a general understanding of Research Methodology and Statistics as applicable to Business Management and its use and relevance in areas of Management Research. While mathematical material will be covered, the major goal is for the students to develop a set of skills and tools which will be important in their management careers. At the conclusion of the course students should be able to: (1) develop the skills to identify the appropriate statistical techniques for the analysis of data; and (2) learn how to collect, analyze, present and interpret research data. Course Syllabus Group I: Research Methodology: Objectives, Role & Scope in Management Research, Process of Research; Research Designs: Exploratory, Descriptive & Experimental Research Designs and their Applications; Sampling Design: Concepts, types and their applicability; Scaling Techniques including Likert, Thurston, Semantic Differential Scaling techniques, etc. Tools & Techniques of Data Collection: Primary & Secondary; Classification & Tabulation of Data. Group II: Introduction to Statistics, Statistics & Business Research, Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode; Measures of Dispersion, Coefficient of Variance; Skewness & Kurtosis: Concept and Measures; Correlation Analysis: Simple, Partial & Multiple (Elementary); Regression Analysis: Concept & Measures, Linear Regression. Elementary Probability Theory: Concepts, Definitions and Problems. Group III: Probability Distributions:...
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...MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY KOTTAYAM REGULATION 1. COURSE OBJECTIVES The MG University MBA program is designed with the following objectives: 1. To develop young men and women in to professional managers to manage all sectors of the organized economic activity. 2. To equip the youngsters with conceptual and interpersonal skills and social purpose for managerial decision-making and its execution in real situations. 3. To develop and encourage the entrepreneurial capabilities of young generation to make them effective change agents. 4. To meet the demand for trained and professional people in the country at the top level management of business and industrial organizations in the light of the new economic and industrial policy of the country. 2. COURSE DURATION The MBA (Full Time) programme of Mahatma Gandhi University shall be spread in two years duration with 4 Semesters. Each semester shall comprise of a minimum of 16 instructional weeks of 5 days each of 5 hours a day (total contact hours 400). Continuous Internal Evaluation during the course period and University examination at the end of each semester shall be conducted. There shall be a semester break of 15 days each in addition to the usual Onam, Christmas and summer holidays. 3. ELIGIBILTY FOR ADMISSION 1. A pass in any Bachelor’s Degree Examination of Mahatma Gandhi University or an equivalent degree of any other universities duly recognized by M.G.University with not less than 50% marks in the aggregate for all parts of...
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...JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE & TECHNOLOGY KIGALI CAMPUS MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COURSE: GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 2 TOPIC : HUAWEI CASE STUDY PRESENTED BY SILAS KERAGIA MAOSA ADM NO HD33-C010-3897-2013 AN ANALYSIS OF THE GOWTH OF HUAWEI AS ALEADER IN MOBILE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY Introduction Huawei which is currently the second largest telecommunication company in the world was established in 1988 by Mr Ren Zhengfei a former engineer military official in the People’s Liberation Army who used his engineering background to set up one of the leading telecommunications companies in the world today. The company was initially set up as a distributor of phone switched before emerging as a comprehensive telecommunication equipment provider supplying network equipment, broadband devices, handsets and convergence devices. Mr. Zen Ren’s training in engineering and the army experience were key in his designing winning strategy that was unique i.e. design original indigenous technology instead of entering into joint venture with established players to the perceived risk of obtaining old or inferior technology and handing advantage to the joint venture partners . The joint venture mechanism was a common approach of most companies at the time desiring to quickly obtain new technologies and establish new production facilities. However, from his analysis this never gave an entrepreneur a chance to grow outside...
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...UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI : : CHENNAI 600 025 REGULATIONS - 2009 CURRICULUM I TO IV SEMESTERS (FULL TIME) MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) SEMESTER – I |Code No. |Course Title |L |T |P |C | |BA9101 |Statistics for Management |3 |1 |0 |4 | |BA9102 |Economic Analysis for Business |4 |0 |0 |4 | |BA9103 |Total Quality Management |3 |0 |0 |3 | |BA9104 |Organizational Behaviour |3 |0 |0 |3 | |BA9105 |Communication Skills |3 |0 |0 |3 | |BA9106 |Accounting for Management |3 |1 |0 |4 | |BA9107 |Legal Aspects of Business |3 |0 |0 |3 | |BA9108 |Seminar I – Management Concept |0 |0 |2 |1 | | |Total | | | |25...
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...Research Paper Outline Evolution of Multinationals 1. Background or History of Multinationals and how they evolved A. Origin of Multinational businesses B. Internationalization C. Emergence of Modern Multinational business 2. Introduction A. Reasons Why Multinational Expand to overseas markets I. Search for Cheap Raw Materials II. Exploration of new Market Opportunities III. Search for Knowledge that is useful in production IV. Reduce costs of operation 3. Essentials for Successful Internationalization I. Uniqueness of Multinationals II. Multinationals enhance survival of their brands III. Multinationals must establish themselves in markets where costs of production and distribution are raw. IV. Installing patented technology to prevent rivals from producing a Company’s products without permission. V. Maintenance of a Company's Competitive Advantage VI. Enhance quality of goods and services VII. Establishing relationships or alliances to enable sourcing of materials and selling of finished products and services appropriately. VIII. Obtaining superior talent or human resources from the available pool in the target market to oversee its operations. 4. Evolution of Multinationals I. Considering the characteristics of new markets such as wealth and population II. Examining the competitors that are present, infrastructure and political stability of a country III. Monitoring economic performance...
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...CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY For any business offering services or physical product/ goods depends on the availability of customers. No customers no business at all. Both internal and external customers if well satisfied with the product offered including quality and the extent to which their needs are met they will always wish to consume that product, from the same supplier .Banks as it is in any other business enterprises focuses much on retention of its customers and making them royal to their Bank The rapid growing Banking industry and other financial institutions in Tanzania has lead to increased competition in wining customers and hence banks are struggling to retain their customers them .there is increasing evidence of the benefits of service management in service organizations. For example the benefits of maintaining long term relation ship with customers through quality performance and customer satisfaction has lead to marketing strategies to focus on defensive strategies that are based on retaining customers.For these reasons they have focused on relationship marketing to improve retention and customer relationship with service organizations. 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Customer retention the activity that a selling organization undertakes in order to reduce customer defections. various studies has been done to explore the factor tha influence of customer retention . 1.3. Objectives of the study The following...
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...International (EDI) is a leading international awarding body that was formed through the merger of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examinations Board (LCCIEB) and a leading online assessment provider GOAL. EDI now delivers LCCI International Qualifications (LCCI IQ) through a network of over 5000 registered centres in more than 120 countries worldwide. Our range of business-related qualifications are trusted and valued by employers worldwide and recognised by universities and professional bodies. Certificate in Marketing Level 2 Aims The aims of this syllabus are to enable candidates to develop: the marketing concept the fundamental techniques applied to the marketing of products and services. Target Audience and Candidate Progression This qualification is designed to be of benefit to those who are: new to marketing as a business function in the marketing profession and responsible for undertaking marketing activities under supervision. wishing to take the first steps towards a recognised qualification wishing to acquire a foundation in marketing at a tactical level candidates of other business subjects who wish/need to gain a basic insight into the marketing function This qualification is complete in itself. It may also lead to one or more of the Level 3 LCCI IQ qualifications: Certificate in Marketing, Certificate in Advertising, Certificate in Public Relations, Certificate in Selling and Sales Management. Successful candidates who also obtain passes...
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...application, Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following vacant positions: ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1. CENTRE FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE a. DEPARTMENT OF PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES i) Associate Professor Grade XIV AC/01/01/14 2 posts ii) Senior Lecturer Grade XIII AC/02/01/14 3 posts iii) Lecturer Grade XI AC/03/01/14 7 Posts Area of specialization: Political Science; International Relations; Peace Studies; Philosophy; History; Development Studies; Religious Studies, and other relevant Social Sciences. b. DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STUDIES i) Professor Grade XV AC/04/01/14 2 Posts ii) Associate Professor Grade XIV AC/05/01/14 2 Posts iii) Senior Lecturer Grade XIII AC/06/01/14 5 Posts iv) Lecturer Grade XII AC/07/01/14 3 Posts Area of specialization: Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology, Disaster Management, Psychology and Counseling. c. DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT i) Professor Grade XV AC/08/01/14 1 Post ii) Associate Professor Grade XIV AC/09/01/14 1 Post iii) Senior Lecturer Grade XIII AC/10/01/14 3 Posts iv) Lecturer Grade XII AC/11/01/14 6 Posts Area of specialization: Food Security; Risk Reduction and Management; Urban and Rural Development Planning; Environmental Land use Planning; Rural, Urban and Regional Planning; Housing and Infrastructure; Transport Planning Page 1 of 16 and...
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...TRIMESTER III S.No. | Code No. | Title of the Course | 1. | HMPRBA 301 | Strategic Management | 2. | HMPRBA 302 | Entrepreneurship Development | 3. | HMPRBA 303 | Corporate Governance | 4. | HMPRBA 304 | Management of Public & Private Participation | 5. | HMPRBA 305 | Marketing Research | 6. | HMPRBA 306 | Financial Management | 7. | HMPRBA 307 | Operations & Supply Chain Management | 8. | HMPRBA 308 | Innovation Management | 9. | HMPRBA 309 | Current Business Affairs & Soft Skills | 10. | HMPRBA 310 | Minor Project (8 weeks) & Viva - Voce | HMPRBA-301: Strategic Management The objective of this course is to acquaint students with the concepts, methods and tools of strategic management and their application in industry. UNIT I: Strategic Management-Basic process of strategic management; Benefits and limitations of strategic management; Goals and objectives, Business Vision, Mission and Objectives. UNIT II: Environment and Resources Analysis: Environmental Analysis, Industry and Competitive Analysis, the External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix, Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM), Internal Analysis; Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix, Porter’s Five Forces Model, SWOT Analysis and VRIO framework. UNIT III: Strategy Formulation: Porters Value chain - Generic competitive strategies - Portfolio Analysis and its limitation - BCG matrix and GE matrix - Building competitive - advantage for a firm - Strategy versus tactics...
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...starting Excel. These tutorials are designed to work with the OfficeStar examples, which are located in the My Marketing Engineering directory, usually installed in My Documents during software installation. The data required for this case are located in one file in the My Marketing Engineering directory (usually located within My Documents): BlackBerry Pearl (Positioning).xls RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Pearl In September 2006, Research In Motion (RIM) introduced an extension to its best-selling BlackBerry phone, the “BlackBerry Pearl,” with the hope that it could move the original BlackBerry beyond the boardroom and executive suites and into more consumers’ hands. It is the first BlackBerry that comes equipped with the usual features of high-end smartphones, as well as a camera and media playback, yet still provides all the e-mail functions that made Blackberry a hit among executives. Background Research In Motion (RIM) launched the BlackBerry wireless, handheld device in 1999. The BlackBerry heralded the launch of smartphones for business users by supporting push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, Internet faxing, Web browsing, and other wireless information services. BlackBerry made headway in the marketplace by first concentrating on e-mail and capturing the “Boardroom” market segment. Although it included the usual PDA applications (e.g., address book, calendar, to-do lists), as well as telephone capabilities on newer models, the...
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...The adoption of cloud based accounting information system in business I. Introduction Accounting information system is playing an important role in the business operation, and the cloud computing has a great impact on the revolution of accounting information system. This research paper aims to discuss the new trend of cloud based accounting information system in business. The whole text is divided into three parts: First part gives an overview of the cloud computing and accounting information system; second part analyses the benefits and challenges of the accounting information system's move to the cloud; and third part gives the recommendations on key success factors of the adoption. II. Cloud-based accounting information system overview i. Cloud computing According to the definition given by the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), “Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model is composed of five essential characteristics.” The NIST also identified the following five essential characteristics that cloud computing has: (i) “On-demand self-service”. With the time and network stored in the cloud server, cloud computing dramatically reduces consumer’s human interaction with...
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...other area or functions in the organisation. The recommendations made in the Summer Project Report should be in both quantitative (costs and benefits) as well as qualitative terms, as far as possible. It is pertinent to note that the Summer Project Report represents a visible concrete output and would, therefore, have demonstrable potential enabling individuals to pursue further work on the theme by way of Ph.D. programme. It is also the output which may stand as testimony of the student's demonstrated skills and potential in the managerial arena. Topic for Summer Project Report Once the student has come up with a promising idea, he/she should subject it to careful scrutiny to determine whether it meets the following criteria: i) ii) iii) iv) It should sustain student interest and stimulate his/her imagination, so that he/she will bear upon it with his/her full creative abilities. It should be manageable in size scope, keeping in view the...
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...Written Exam: 70 Internal Assessment: 30 Time: 3 Hours Project Economics and Management Paper Code: 3.1 Unit-1 Concepts of projects; project identification; formulation, analysis, risk, planning, design, report and appraisal; location of an enterprise; factory design and layout. Unit-II Understanding financial analysis; ratio analysis; fund flow analysis; breakeven analysis; social cost-benefit analysis; budgeting and planning process. Unit-III Sources of development finance; institutional finance to entrepreneurs; working capital management; incentives and subsidies; policies governing entrepreneurship; role of a consultancy organization. Unit-IV A review of project performance; post evaluation approach; community participation in projects; SWOT analysis; managing risk and exposure. Suggested Readings: 1. 2. 3. 4. Note: 1. 2. Four case studies will be discussed in a paper by the concerned teacher in the class. Instructions for External Examiner: The question paper will have two sections. Section ‘A’ shall comprise eight questions (two questions from each unit). The candidates will be required to attempt four questions (selecting one question from each unit). Section ‘B’ will contain one CASE STUDY which will be compulsory. All five questions will carry equal marks. Chandra, P., Project Planning Analysis, Selection, Implementation and Review, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi. Hedemey, J.W., Control and Management of Capital Projects, John Wiley, New York. Wysocki, R.K., R. Bick...
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...the telecommunication electronics Apple,inc, Xiaomi Inc, OPPO Electronics Corp, HTC Corporation, Samsung. These five electronics company has gone worldwide. The companies produce variety of product. The top five of the products is IPhone6 for Apple, Note 4 for Samsung, Redmi note for Xiaomi, Find7 for Oppo and HTC Desire eye for HTC. Besides the top model phone the companies also produce electronics appliances. Swot analysis Swot analysis is a study that undertaken to know the potential of an organization from the internal that is strengths and weakness and from the outer such as opportunities and threats. 1)Apple Inc. Strengths i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Marketing and advertising capabilities. Powerful product quality Loyal user Creative interface of products. Billion revenues and profit made every year Highly demand of orders Weakness i. ii. iii. iv. v. Expensive Limited product with specific function. No expandable memory. After launching a new product the previous product will be lame. There is high cost in downloading apps or...
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