KHULNA UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DISCIPLINE ORDINANCE FOR MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) (Session: 2012-13, Effective from MBA-2012 Batch) Globalization of business has enhanced the importance of business education tremendously in the world vis-à-vis in Bangladesh. As such, both developed and developing countries are giving continued serious attention towards the introduction and further development of this type of education. Khulna University in particular in Bangladesh has employed its best efforts towards this end since the inception of its academic programs in 1991. Business Administration Discipline has started its BBA program in 1991 (first in Bangladesh). Thenceforward, almost 11 years have been over. Now the Business Administration Discipline has gained a foothold to introduce highly demanded MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. On this background the ordinance for MBA program has been prepared. 1: DEGREE OFFERED: Master of Business Administration degree will be conferred by Khulna University to a candidate subject to the fulfillment of the rules and regulations as described hereunder and other relevant rules and regulations formulated by the competent authorities of this University. Business Administration Discipline will offer MBA program, which will lead to the degree of Master of Business Administration. 2: ADMISSION: 2.1.1. For admission to the MBA program, a candidate must have: (i) a BBA degree from this university OR (i) a four/five years bachelor degree from any university, and (ii) at least 8 (eight) points calculated on the basis outlined in section 2.1.3 OR (i) a bachelor degree and a master degree which altogether are equivalent to 4/5 years bachelor degree, and (ii) at least 8 (eight) points calculated on the basis outlined in section 2.1.3 2.1.2. A candidate must not have a third division or a GPA less than 2.00 in more than one occasion. 2.1.3. The points for eligibility to seek admission into the MBA program will be calculated on the following basis: Certificate/Examination Division/Class and Points 1st Division/Class 2nd Division/Class 3rd Division/Class S.S.C. or Equivalent GPA* 3.50 and above 2.00 to below 3.50 1.00 to below 2.00 Point 3 2 1 G.C.E. O Level GPA 3.00 and above 2.00 to below 3.00 1.00 to below 2.00 3 2 1 H.S.C. or Equivalent GPA* 3.50 and above 2.00 to below 3.50 1.00 to below 2.00 Point 3 2 1 G.C.E. E Level GPA 2.50 and above 1.50 to below 2.50 1.00 to below 1.50 Point 3 2 1 Bachelor Degree (2 years) CGPA 3.50 and above 2.00 to below 3.50 1.00 to below 2.00 Point 3 2 1 Bachelor Degree (3 years) CGPA 3.50 and above 2.00 to below 3.50 1.00 to below 2.00 Point 4 3 2 Bachelor Degree (4/5years) CGPA 3.50 and above 2.00 to below 3.50 1.00 to below 2.00 Point 6 5 3 Master Degree CGPA 3.50 and above 2.00 to below 3.50 1.00 to below 2.00 Point 2 2 1 * GPAs for S.S.C. or equivalent and H.S.C. or equivalent are calculated on a 5-point scale. Other GPAs are calculated on 4-point scale. 2.1.4. If a candidate is provided with both original and converted results of any certificate/degree examination, the original results will be considered for the minimum point s calculation. 2.1.5. An in-service candidate, if selected for admission, must obtain necessary clearance and, if needed, certificate of leave of absence or deputation from the office of the candidate s employer. Page 1 of 8
2.2 The Eligibility Committee shall assess the eligibility of the candidates. This committee will be consisted of five members including the Dean of the School, the Head of the Discipline, three senior most teachers of the Discipline except the Dean and the Head. In case, same individual holds both the position of the Dean and the Head, another teacher (in order of seniority) of the Discipline will be the fifth member of this committee. The Dean will act as the Chair of the Committee. 2.3 The Postgraduate Admission Committee will be consisted of five (05) members including the Dean of the School, the Head of the Discipline and two Professors by rotation in order of seniority (having postgraduate degree and no dependent applicant) and in the absence of professors-two associate professors of the Discipline except the Dean and the Head by rotation in order of seniority (having postgraduate degree and no dependent applicant). In case, same individual holds both the position of the Dean and the Head, another teacher (in order of seniority) of the Discipline will be member of this committee. The BOAS will nominate the fifth member. The Head of the Discipline will act as the Chairman of the Postgraduate Admission Committee. 2.4 The maximum number of candidates to be admitted into the MBA program in a particular academic year shall be decided by the MBA Admission Committee on the basis of the availability of teaching and infrastructure facilities in the Discipline and shall be approved by the Academic Council. 2.5 The Postgraduate Admission Committee will frame the rules and procedures of admission subject to the approval of the Academic Council. 2.6 The Vice Chancellor/Pro Vice Chancellor on the recommendation of the Postgraduate Admission Committee shall approve the candidates for admission to MBA program. 3. DURATION: 3.1The normal duration of the MBA program will be two academic years. But there will be provision for exemption for the candidates having required background mentioned in section 5.1. The Eligibility Committee shall decide about exemption before registration process of first term starts. 3.2 Number and Schedule of term in an academic year: There will be two Terms (Term I and Term II) in an Academic year. The schedule of a Term will be as follows: Classes 13 weeks Mid-term test (Within 6 TH and 8 TH week) 01 week Preparatory Leave 02 weeks Term Final Exam. 03 weeks Preparation of Results 02 weeks 4. COURSE PATTERN AND CREDIT STRUCTURE: The MBA Program will consist of a set of theoretical courses and Sessional/laboratory/field work/tutorial/thesis/project/internship etc. 4.1 Course designation and numbering system: Each course is designated by two to four letter words identifying the Discipline that offers it, followed by a four-digit number with the following criteria: a) The first digit will indicate the year in which the students normally take the course. b) The second digit will indicate the term in which the students normally take the course. c) The third digit will be reserved for the use of Discipline for such things as to identify different areas within a Discipline. d) The last digit will usually be odd for theoretical courses and even for Sessional/laboratory/ tutorial/field work etc. Page 2 of 8
4.2 Assignment of credits: a. For theoretical courses: One lecture hour per week per term will be equivalent to one credit b. For laboratory work/field work/tutorial/seminar/project report/review paper (commonly designated as sessional). One class/contact hour per week per term will be equivalent to half credit. 5. TYPES OF COURSES: There will be three types of courses in the MBA curriculum: 5.1 Foundation courses: These are core and basic courses that help developing a foundation for enhancing business knowledge. If not subject to exemption, every student will have to take all foundation courses. The criteria for granting exemption for a particular foundation course are as follows: (a) Students having Bachelor degree in Business Administration or in other related subjects can apply for exemption at the beginning of the 1 ST semester in the following courses: BA-5101; Business Communication, BA-5103: Management And Organization, BA-5105: Accounting for Business, BA- 5107: Business Economics and BA-5201: Marketing Management. (b) Students must have at least B+ (grade point 3.25) in the grading system of Khulna University or equivalent grade in the related subjects in their bachelor degree program. (c) Students seeking exemption must apply to the Eligibility Committee who will take final decision about granting exemption. The head of the discipline will be the Chairman and four other teachers of the discipline in order of their seniority will be the members of the committee. (d) A student can be exempted up to maximum 5 (Five) courses. 5.2 Required courses: A number of courses will be designated as required courses, which will build upon the foundation courses. These courses are mandatory for the degree and a student has to complete all the designated required courses. A student will not be allowed to register any required course unless he/she completes the foundation course of that required course (as indicated by Pre in the list of required courses) or gets exemption for that foundation course. 5.3 Optional Courses: Apart from the foundation and required courses, students will have to complete a number of courses to satisfy the minimum credits requirement mentioned in Section 14. These are optional in that students will have some choice to choose the required number of optional courses from the optional courses offered. Optional courses will be distributed under different major areas and the Discipline will develop the details of major areas and concerned courses under each area. A student taking at least four optional courses (equivalent to 12 credit hours) from a particular major area will be given the recognition of major area of study in his/her transcript. 6 COURSE OFFERING AND INSTRUCTION: The courses to be offered in a particular term will be decided and announced by the respective Discipline and published in the Course Catalog along with a tentative Term Schedule before the end of the previous term. One teacher known as Course Teacher will usually conduct a course. The Course Teacher is responsible for maintaining the expected standard of the course and assessing students performance. 7. ADVISING STUDENTS: The concerned Head of the discipline will appoint student advisor for each batch. He/she will guide the students for their all sorts of academic related affairs. 8. COURSE REGISTRATION: Students must register for each course in which they will participate before the commencement of each term. Each student will fill up Course Registration Form and it has to be submitted to the Registrar s Office after completing proper formalities. The credit limit for a student is from a minimum of 12 to a maximum of 21 credit hours per term. This rule can be relaxed up to 3 credits as lower limit if it is the last term for that student or he/she is exempted for any course in that term. However, the lower limit can also be relaxed up to 3 if the number of courses required by a student is not available in that term. 8.1 Late Registration: Late registration, subject to a penalty of Tk.100 per course, will be accepted within the first two weeks of classes. Late registration after this date will not be accepted. Page 3 of 8
8.2 Course Adjustment: A student will have limited options to add or drop courses from his/her registration list within the first two weeks of classes. This can be done with the consent of concerned course teacher(s) and student advisor with the approval of the Head of the Discipline. 8.3 Withdrawal from a Course: If a student is unable to continue a course, he/she may withdraw from that course latest by the end of the fourth week of classes, provided that minimum credit hours require is maintained. This withdrawal has to be done by duly completing the course Adjustment Form and submitted to the Registrar s office through the Head of the concerned Discipline. 8.4 Withdrawal from a Term: If any student is unable to complete the Term Final Examination due to serious illness or serious accident, he/she may apply to the Head of the concerned Discipline for total withdrawal from the term within a week after the end of the Term Final Examination. However, he/she may choose not to withdraw any sessional course if the grade obtained in such a course is D or above. A medical certificate from the Chief Medical Officer of the University must support the application. The Academic Council will take the decision about such an application. 9. THESIS: Students will have to undertake and pass 4 credit hour thesis for achieving MBA degree. Students will choose the area of study in consultation with his/her supervisor who will be appointed by the Head of the Discipline. Thesis report of a student will be evaluated by the concerned supervisor and another external member appointed by the Head of Discipline. To obtain passing grade thesis, a student has to satisfy his/her defense board. The defense board will consist of the concerned supervisor, the external member and the Head of Discipline/any other Faculty appointed by the Head of the discipline as chairman of the defense board. 10. GRADING SYSTEM: The total performance of a student in a theory course is based on a scheme of continuous assessment made through (attendance, a set of quizzes, class tests, class participation, homework/assignments) a mind-term examination and a Term Final Examination. A letter grade with a specified number of grade points is awarded in each course completed by a student. The completed courses and credits therewith and obtained GPA in courses are the measurements of a student s academic performance. 10.1 Grading Scale: The letter grades that a student may earn depending on the percentage of marks obtained in a course and their corresponding meaning and grade points are shown in the table below: 10.2 Evaluation of MBA students: Mark Obtained Letter Credit Grade Point 80% and above A+ 4.00 75% to below 80% A 3.75 70% to below 75% A- 3.50 65% to below 70% B+ 3.25 60% to below 65% B 3.00 55% to below 60% B- 2.75 50% to below 55% C+ 2.50 45% to below 50% C 2.25 40% to below 45% D 2.00 Less than 40% F 0.00 Exemption Ex The evaluation scheme aims to assess knowledge and skills of the students in analyzing business situations (cases, incidents, features, articles etc.), presenting the analyses in written and oral forms, making contribution in class-room discussions, working together in groups and precisely producing written answers in a given time frame. Thus the performance of MBA students in a course will be evaluated as under: One Mid-term Test 20% Continuous Assessment (Class tests/assignments/quiz/case analysis/etc.) 30% Class Attendance 10% Term Final Exam. 40% Total 100% Page 4 of 8
There will be four weeks for Examinations - one is for mid-term and the other three are for final Examination. The Head of discipline will announce these weeks. The course teacher will evaluate all tests, examinations, term papers and class performance of a student. The teacher is required to submit all continuous evaluation (with base scripts, papers, documents) to the Head of the respective Discipline. Duration of a course final examination will be two (2) to three (3) hours and a single examiner (the concerned course teacher) will evaluate it. The controller of exam will organize and conduct the final exam. MBA Examination Committee (consisted of four teachers and concerned Discipline Head as chair) shall prepare and send the results of term final exam to the Controller (provisional) within two weeks of the last examination subject to the approval of the Academic Committee of which all teachers of the Discipline are members. The Controller of Examination will take necessary steps to publish the results. 11. EARNING CREDITS: The courses in which a student has obtained D or a higher grade will be counted as credits earned by him/her. Obtained F grade in any course will not be counted towards earned credits and, consequently, will not be counted for GPA calculation, but it will stay on the Grade Sheet. Obtaining an F grade in any foundation (if not exempted) or required or optional course(s) in any term will require students to repeat the course(s) as a fresh course(s). Students will not be allowed to repeat the course(s) more than once. However, in case of optional course(s) student may choose to take a substitute course from the same area (if available). 12. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: To obtain the MBA degree, a student of the program will be required to: (i) Complete/Earn 58 credits including exemption, if any (ii) Complete all required foundation courses (if he/she is not exempted) (iii) Complete/pass all compulsory, optional courses and Master Thesis (iv) Obtain a minimum CGPA of 2.50 (v) Complete MBA program in a maximum of five consecutive academic years, including the year of first admission into the program. 13. APPLICATION FOR AWARD OF DEGREE: A student who has fulfilled all the academic requirements for MBA Degree will have to apply to the Controller of Examinations through his/her Head of the Discipline for graduation. Provisional Degree will be awarded on completion of Degree requirements. The Syndicate will confirm such provisional degrees on the recommendation of the Academic Council. MBA Course Curriculum 1: MBA COURSE STRUCTURE: A student has to complete 58 credits to obtain MBA degree that includes 14 core courses (foundation and required) and 4 courses from some major areas such as Finance, Marketing, HRM, International Business, Business Information Systems and Development Management (details are mentioned below). A student will obtain major in any of the above-mentioned major areas by doing 4 courses (equivalent to 12 credit hours) from one of those areas. To obtain the degree a student must also complete thesis program of 4 credit hours. 2. COURSE SUMMARY: Course Category & Internship Number of Contact Credit Hours Courses Hours Foundation 07 21 21 Core Required 07 21 21 Major 04 12 12 Thesis 04 Total 58 3. LIST OF FOUNDATION COURSES: Serial Course Credit No Code Course Title Hours 01 BA - 5101 Business Communication 03 Page 5 of 8
02 BA - 5103 Management and Organization 03 03 BA - 5105 Accounting for Business 03 04 BA - 5107 Business Economics 03 05 BA - 5109 Applied Business Statistics 03 06 BA - 5201 Marketing Management 03 07 BA - 5203 Financial Management 03 4. LIST OF REQUIRED COURSES: Serial No Course Code Course Title 01 BA - 5205 Human Resource Management 03 02 BA - 5207 Quantitative Business Analysis 03 03 BA - 5209 Production and Operations Management 03 04 BA - 5301 Business Information System 03 05 BA - 5303 International Business 03 06 BA - 5305 Business Research Methodology 03 07 BA - 5401 Strategic Management 03 5. AREA OF CONCENTRATION (MAJOR AREAS): 5.1 Finance (All the courses are of 03 credit hours): Credit Hours FIN 5401 FIN 5403 FIN 5405 FIN 5407 FIN 5409 FIN 5411 FIN 5413 FIN 5415 FIN 5417 FIN 5419 Public Finance and Strategy Capital Budgeting International Finance Financial Institutions and Markets Investment and Portfolio Management Corporate Finance Materials Management Project Planning and Management Working Capital Management Financial Analysis and Control 5.2 Marketing (All the courses are of 03 credit hours): MKT 5401 MKT 5403 MKT 5405 MKT 5407 MKT 5409 MKT 5411 MKT 5413 MKT 5415 MKT 5417 MKT 5419 MKT 5421 MKT 5423 Marketing Research Database Marketing International Marketing Services Marketing Tourism and Hotel Management Social Marketing Advertising and Sales Promotion Marketing Strategy and Planning Consumer Behavior Selling and Salesmanship Pricing Strategy Relationship Marketing 5.3 Human Resource Management (All the courses are of 03 credit hours): HRM 5401 HRM 5403 HRM 5405 HRM 5407 HRM 5409 HRM 5411 HRM 5413 HRM 5415 HRM 5417 Manpower Planning and Human Resource Policy Total Quality Management Industrial Relations Legal Issues in Business Leadership and Executive Behavior Industrial Sociology Administrative Planning and Control Organizational Development Management Training and Development Page 6 of 8
HRM 5419 HRM 5421 Performance Appraisal and Compensation Management Organization and Conflict Management 5.4 International Business (All the courses are of 03 credit hours): IB 5401 IB 5403 IB 5405 IB 5407 IB 5409 IB 5411 IB 5413 IB 5415 Fundamentals of International Business Management Management of Technology International Technology Transfer Management of Innovation International Joint Venture and Negotiations Cross Cultural Management Technology Strategy International Supply Chain Management 5.5 Business Information Systems (All the courses are of 03 credit hours): BIS 5401 BIS 5403 BIS 5405 BIS 5407 BIS 5409 BIS 5411 BIS 5413 BIS 5415 BIS 5417 BIS 5419 BIS 5421 Operations Research for Management Data Base Management E-Commerce Systems Analysis and Design Managerial Information System Computer Programming Computerized Procurement, Inventory and Strategic Control Strategic Supply Management IT Strategy Business Process Re-engineering Information System Application 5.6 Development Management (All the courses are of 03 credit hours): DM 5401 DM 5403 DM 5405 DM 5407 DM 5409 DM 5411 DM 5413 DM 5415 DM 5417 DM 5419 DM 5421 DM 5423 Development Planning Socioeconomic Study of Bangladesh Industrial Development Planning Real Estate and Public Utility Management Project Management and Implementation Management of Micro Credit Organizations Micro Credit and Micro Insurance Programs in Bangladesh Development and Policy Economics Governance and Markets Small Business Management Entrepreneurship Development Entrepreneurship Process and Principles 5.7 COURSE SEQUENCE: Year 1 Term 1 Course No Name of Course Contact Hour Credit Hour BA - 5101 Business Communication 03 03 BA - 5103 Management and Organization 03 03 BA - 5105 Accounting for Business 03 03 BA - 5107 Business Economics 03 03 BA - 5109 Applied Business Statistics 03 03 Total 15 15 Page 7 of 8
Year 1 Term II Course No Name of Course Contact Hour Credit Hour BA - 5201 Marketing Management 03 03 BA - 5203 Financial Management 03 03 BA - 5205 Human Resource Management 03 03 BA - 5207 Quantitative Business Analysis 03 03 BA - 5209 Production and Operations Management 03 03 Total 15 15 Year 2 Term I Course No Name of Course Contact Hour Credit Hour BA - 5301 Business Information System 03 03 BA - 5303 International Business 03 03 BA - 5305 Business Research Methodology 03 03 Optional 1 03 03 Optional 2 03 03 Total 15 15 Year 2 Term II Course No Name of Course Contact Hour Credit Hour BA 5401 Strategic Management 03 03 BA 5403 Optional 3 03 03 BA 5405 Optional 4 03 03 BA - 5407 Master s Thesis (Pre BA 5305) 04 04 Total 13 13 6. MASTER S THESIS: Students will complete their Master s Thesis in the last term along with three other courses. However, students who got exemptions and completed all the courses (54 credit hours) except the Thesis program will be allowed to carry out the Master s Thesis (4 credit hours) in a separate term. Page 8 of 8