Management Program Guide

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1 International Center for Academics College of Distance Education and Online Studies Partner Institution 9602 Program Guide Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: , GPO Box # 8973, NPC 841, Kathmandu, Nepal

2 Program on Offer from School of Master of Business Administration (MBA) MBA (Banking And Finance) Diploma in (DIM) Post-Graduate Diploma in (PGDIM) Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource (PGDHRM) Post-Graduate Diploma in Financial (PGDFM) Post-Graduate Diploma in Operations (PGDOM) Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing (PGDMM Learner can choose their specialization to get Post Graduate Diploma Master of Business Administration (MBA) The MBA Program consists of 21 courses in all. These comprise of all the courses in PGDIM (Eleven s) i.e. MS-1 to MS-11 Five courses from any one of the specialization streams. Compulsory s (MS-91, MS-95) and one elective course (MS-92/93/94/96/97) Project (MS-100) equivalent to 2 courses. Comprises of four degrees (DIM, PGDIM, Post Graduate Diploma in specialization and finally an MBA degree. Learners would be allowed to register maximum four courses in a semester to enable them to register/re-register proper combination of 21 courses for the award of MBA/MBA(B&F) Degree in five semesters. However, course(s) once registered must be successfully completed within four semesters, failing which s/he would need to revalidate the registration of such course(s) by paying the requisite fee within the maximum duration of eight years. The validity of a course registered after 7th year of the initial admission to the Program would be reduced appropriately, so that the prescribed maximum duration of eight years would remain unchanged. [email protected] web site: 2

3 The MBA program is divided into semesters as below: MS-1 MS-2 MS-4 MS-9 1 st Semester Functions and Behavior of Human Resources Accounting and Finance for Managers Managerial Economics MS-6 MS-7 MS-8 MS-10 2 nd Semester Marketing for Managers Information Systems for Managers Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications Organizational Design, Development and Change MS-3 MS-5 MS-11 MS-95 3 rd Semester Economic and Social Environment of Machines and Materials Strategic Research Methodology for Decisions 4 th Semester MS-100 Project Work + Other from Specialization Area and Integrative s (Depending upon fixed Session) 5 th Semester Remaining Subjects from Specialization Area and Integrative s (Depending upon fixed Session) [email protected] web site: 3

4 Specialization streams: MS-21 MS-22 P.G. Diploma in Human Resource (Any 5) Offer on Jan Session Social Processes and Behavioral Issues Human Resource Development MS-25 MS-26 MS-23 Human Resource Planning MS-27 Offer on July Session Managing Change in Organizations Organizational Dynamics Wage and Salary Administration MS-24 Employment Relations MS-28 Labor Laws Academic counseling sessions will be provided only for MS-21, MS-22, MS-23, MS-25 and MS-26 from HRM. MS-41 MS-42 MS-43 P.G. Diploma in Financial (Any 5) Offer on Jan Session Working Capital Capital Investment and Financing Decisions Control Systems MS-44 MS-45 MS-46 Offer on July Session Security Analysis and Portfolio International Financial management of Financial Services Academic counseling sessions will be provided only for MS-42, MS-43, MS-44, MS-45, and MS- 46 from Financial. P.G. Diploma in Operations (Any 5) Offer on Jan Session MS-51 Operations Research MS-55 Offer on July Session Logistics and Supply Chain MS-52 Project MS-56 Materials MS-53 Production/Operational MS-57 Maintenance MS-54 of Information of R & D and MS-58 Systems Innovation Only consultancy classes will be provided for Operations. [email protected] web site: 4

5 P.G. Diploma in Marketing (Any 5) Offer on Jan Session Offer on July Session MS-61 Consumer Behavior MS-66 Marketing Research MS-62 Sales MS-68 Marketing Communication and Advertising MS-63 Product MS-611 Rural Marketing MS-64 International Marketing MS-612 Retail MS-65 Marketing of Services Academic counseling sessions will be provided only for MS 61, MS-62, MS-63, MS-66 and MS-68 from Marketing Integrative s Structure: The Integrative s consist of two compulsory and five elective courses, (out of which the student is required to do one) and a project, which is equivalent to two courses. This makes a total of five courses. Compulsory s: Advanced Strategic (MS-91) Elective s (Choose any one): MS-92 MS-93 Offer on January Session Elective s (Choose any one): of Public Enterprises of New and Small Enterprises MS-94 MS-96 MS-97 Offer on July Session Technology Total Quality International Business Academic Counseling Session will be provided only for MS-97 from Integrative courses. [email protected] web site: 5

6 For Banking & Finance: The semester breakdown will apply as above to Banking & Finance learners till 4 th Semester and after that following will be applicable to the learners of Banking & Finance: MS-423 MS-424 MS-425 Offer on January Session Marketing of Financial Services International Banking Electronic Banking and IT in Banks. Specialization s (Any 5) MS-44 MS-45 MS-46 MS-422 Offer on July Session Security Analysis and Portfolio International Financial of Financial Services Bank Financial Academic counseling sessions will be provided only for MS-44, MS-45 & MS-46 from Banking and Finance. For MS-423 & MS-424 only Consultancy Class will be provided. Integrative s (All compulsory): MS-95 Research Methodology MS-494 Risk in Banks (Completed through Consultancy Class) MS-495 Ethics and Corporate Government in Banks (Completed through Consultancy Class) MS-100 Project (equivalent to two courses) All the above courses are of 6 credits each (except MS-100 which is of 12 credits). Each credit amounts to 30 hours of study comprising all learning activities. Thus, a student is expected to put in 180 hours of study for each of the above courses (360 hours for MS-100). Grading: Letter grade system is used for grading continuous and term-end examination components. These letter grades are awarded as below: Assignment: Term End Exam: Point Grade Range Letter grade Point Grade Range Letter grade 1.35 up to 1.5 A 3.15 up to 3.5 A 1.05 below 1.35 B 2.45 below 3.15 B 0.75 below 1.05 C 1.75 below 2.45 C 0.45 below 0.75 D 1.05 below 1.75 D Below 0.45 E Below 1.05 E [email protected] web site: 6

7 Final Grade Calculation: Summation of Point Grade and then the total is looked upon the grade range to see the Letter Grade. S N Letter Grade Qualitative Level Percentage Equivalent Point Grade Point Grade Range 1 A Excellent 80% and Above till B Very Good 60% to 79.9% but below C Good 50% to 59.9% but below D Satisfactory 40% to 49.9% but below E Unsatisfactory Failing 1 Below 1.5 For successfully qualifying a course, a student will have to obtain at least D Grade in both continuous and term-end examination. However, the overall average should be at least C grade for the successful completion of a course. Program Duration S N Program 1 Diploma In 2 Post Graduate Diploma in 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Specialization 4 MBA/MBA (B & F) Minimum Duration (Years) Maximum Duration (Years) courses Number of s including 5 courses from DIM courses including 11 from PGDIM courses including 16 courses of Post graduate degree in specialization [email protected] web site: 7

8 Credit System The University follows the Credit System for most of its programmers. Each credit amounts to 30 hours of study comprising all learning activities. Thus, a six credit course involves 180 hours. All management courses are six credit courses except the project course which is equivalent to 12 credits. This helps the student to understand the academic effort one has to put in, in order to successfully complete a course. Completion of an academic program (Degree, Diploma or Certificate) requires successful clearing of both, the assignments and the term-end examination of each course in a program. Result Interpretation Minimum of D grade needs to be obtained in both TEE and Assignment and an overall C grade is required to pass a particular course. Make-up exam in case both assignment and TEE has D grades could be done either by re-submission of assignment or by re appearing in the TEE to obtain at least an overall of C grade in the course. Examination Support The students, who are not satisfied with the marks/grades awarded to them in the Term-end Examination, may do the following:- 1. Apply for re-evaluation by paying the prescribed fee 2. Apply to obtain the photocopy of answer sheet by paying the prescribed fee For any of the above process form should be filled before 31st March for result of December term-end examination and 30th September for result of June term-end examination or within one month from the date of declaration of results by following either of the ways. Learners can direct an to [email protected] in case of any discrepancy or call at office hour. [email protected] web site: 8

9 Program Validity The Program is tailored to meet the demand of working group of learners with a huge flexibility i.e. course could be completed in maximum of 8 years. Validity Individual subjects validity is for 2 years i.e. once a subject is registered in a semester learner is eligible to sit for examination in four consecutive times and successfully complete the program. If learner fails to complete the program then course should be revalidated via re-registration. Term End Exam (TEE): TEE is held twice a year in the month of June and December. TEE comprises of 70% of total grades, with a minimum individual passing grade of D in TEE. To appear in TEE candidate should ensure course validity else the result appears as incomplete. Deadlines for filling TEE are available on the operation calendar which can be downloaded from ICA website. Assignment Assignment comprises of 30% of total grades and has to be submitted within the deadline provided in the operation calendar. There is a specified format of assignment that should be followed and responses of the assignment should not replicate any of the contents directly copied from course blocks, individual fellow learners. While using online resource and library resource there should be citations in the end in a proper citation format giving due credit to the owner of the resources. Learner need to retain the assignment acknowledgement slip provided by the library. The issued acknowledgement slip is mandatory for collecting the evaluated assignments. Learners are responsible to maintain a copy of assignment for their reference with themselves when the assignments are sent to the University for evaluation as in such cases the hard copies of the assignments will not be returned by the University. [email protected] web site: 9

10 Assignments are uploaded in the website and learners have to submit the current assignment with question paper attached and follow the format which is available on the ICA website itself. Assignment can be accessed from In some cases where some courses are offered at only certain sessions, in that case new assignments may not be available hence students are allowed to do the last available assignment by taking the approval of Program Coordinator. Assignment Format can be downloaded from Students Project Work (MS-100) Learners need to complete MS-100 to finally get awarded with an MBA degree which is to be completed in two steps:- Submission and approval of Project Proposal Submission of Approved Project Report In order to get started with the MS-100 Project Work, a learner needs to obtain a supervisor under whose guidance the project work will be conducted. A supervisor can be obtained by sending an to [email protected] specifying the name of learner, enrollment no and area of specialization. The appointed supervisor will be valid for duration of 6 months after which the learners will have to re-validate the appointment documents with an application and paying applicable fees. A learner themselves can choose a supervisor for the guide if the potential supervisor has met the credentials as specified in the MS-100 guideline; however the learner has to take permission of the Program Coordinator before commencing their project in cases when a learner chooses their own supervisor. Project Proposal University Standards Proposal is a brief description of the project being undertaken which should include a proper standard format proposal with standard format headings, subheading title and citation. It should include CV duly [email protected] web site: 10

11 signed by the counselor and proforma. Submitted proposal to the centre is forwarded to the University for Evaluation. Learners are advised to prepare the final report during the period when their proposal is under evaluation so that the learners can submit their report within the deadline as mentioned in the operation calendar. Learners are requested to follow MS-100 guideline provided to you by the study centre or the same can be downloaded from the ICA website. The guide for the project work can be accessed from: Project Submission Deadlines There is a flexibility of submission of proposal through-out the year but to ensure the result to be published on time learners are suggested to submit project report/project proposal as per the deadline mentioned in the operation calendar. Proposal approval from the university takes a minimum of three months time and learners are also responsible to maintain a copy of proposal with oneself for reference. Project Report Project report should be consistent with the topic chosen and also be as per the MS-100 guideline. Learners need to submit the project report within the deadline mentioned in the operation calendar, in case the deadline is missed out, the evaluation of the report is automatically transferred to the next semester i.e. the learner has to wait for the TEE result of the next semester. Learner is eligible to submit final report only after the approval of the proposal from the university. Note: It is advised to learners to choose the research topic based on the area of specialization. [email protected] web site: 11

12 Whom to Contact Program Coordinator: For management program including academic counseling related matters. [email protected] Skype ID : managementprogramcoordinator Contact : , Ext: 114 Assistant Center Coordinator: [email protected] Skype ID : icaaccor Contact : , Ext: 107 SRSD Coordinator: For logistic and other student support related matters: [email protected] Skype ID : srsd.coordinator Contact : , Ext: 105 Officer Registration: For registration and support related matters: [email protected] Skype ID : icasupport1 Contact : , Ext: 119 Officer Support: For grievance and any kind of discrepancy related matter: [email protected] Skype ID : grievance.ica Contact : , Ext: 120 Library Section: Collection of Study Materials, Video Materials, References books, Collection & Submission of Assignments, Projects, etc: [email protected] Skype ID : library255 Contact : , Ext: [email protected] web site: 12