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BBA(Hons)Part-III
Semester-VI
Course Objective:
The objective of the course is to provide an introduction to the theory of corporate finance,
financial intermediation and financial markets. The goal is to expose students to existing
work and provide basic tools to do research in the area.
Course Contents:
Course Objective:
Statistical inference is the process of drawing conclusions from data subject to random
variation. This course is intended for students who plan to major in an area of business such
as accounting, finance, marketing or information systems. The primary goal of this course is
to teach students the conceptual foundation of statistical analysis, interpretation of the results
and drawing conclusions.
Course Contents:
o Axioms of probability
o Computing probability
o Principles of counting
Probability
o Conditional probability
o Baye’s rule
Random Variable & Probability Distributions
o Concepts
o Discrete random variable
o Continuous random variable
Introduction to SPSS
Discrete probability distribution
o Applications of distribution
o Cumulative distribution
o Probability mass/density function
Continuous probability distribution
o Normal distribution (including functions on SPSS)
o Application of Normal distribution
o Jointly distributed random variable
Sampling Distribution Theory
Estimation of Parameters
Confidence Intervals
Confidence interval of a mean, difference of means, mean of differences
(paired observations)
Chi-square distribution (including functions on MS Excel)
Confidence interval of variance
Institute of Business Administration, University of Sindh, Jamshoro
Institute Of Business Administration
Allama I.I. Kazi Campus, Jamshoro
University Of Sindh
Phone Numbers: +92-22-9213200, +92-22-9213181-90 Ext. 2009, Web Site:http//cba.usindh.edu.pk/Email:dir_iba@cba.usindh.edu.pk
Case Studies
Suggested Readings:
Statistics for Management by Richard I. Levin
Introduction to Statistics by Ronald Walpole, 3rd edition, published by
Macmillan Publishing Co.
Statistics – concepts & methods by S. Khursheed Alam
Course Objective:
This course exposes students to advanced behavioral science theories and applications in
management. Organizational behavior (OB) is an interdisciplinary field drawing from
numerous disciplines including psychology, sociology, economics, organization theory,
statistics, and many others. After an overview of OB and how to assess the value-added of
"soft" management interventions, topics will include work motivation, work attitudes,
newcomer socialization, "natural" and nominal work teams, leadership, decision making, and
management of change.
Course Contents:
II. Definition
III. Objectives and purposes of investigation
IV. Features of investigation
V. Duties of an investigation
VI. Investigation report
VII. Difference between investigation and auditing
VIII. Audit report and certificate
Chapter#8: Audit Report
I. Definition of audit report
II. Value of audit report
III. Essentials of good audit report
IV. Scope of audit report
V. Signing of the audit report
VI. Contents of audit report
VII. Forms of audit reports
VIII. Audit report and certificate
Chapter#9 Depreciation
I. Definition of depreciation
II. Purposes of providing depreciation
III. Difference between depreciation and amortization
IV. Different methods of depreciation
V. Auditors duty as regards of depreciation
Chapter#10 Audit Techniques
I. Physical checking
II. Recompilation
III. Routine checking
IV. Inquiry
BBA(Hons)Part-III
Elective Courses
Finance Specialization
Course Description:
The aim of this course is to provide knowledge of managing different portfolios, so that
being business students, they may be able to have good investment decision. This course
is more practical rather than theoretical.
Course Goal:
The student should be able to analyse portfolios and select best out of them.
Contents:
Introduction to investment, Risk & portfolio management
Meaning of investment
Characteristics of investment
Objectives of investment
Meaning of risk
Elements of risk
Measurement of risk
Portfolio and its phases
Evolution of portfolio
Role of portfolio management
Economic Analysis:
Economic analysis
Economic fore casting
Forecasting techniques
Share & Bond Valuation:
Concept of PV
Share valuation model
Constant growth model
Multiple growth model
Discount rate
Regression analysis
Bond pricing theorem
Bond risk
Portfolio Analysis:
Expected return of a portfolio
Risk of a portfolio
Reduction of portfolio risk through diversification
Portfolio with more than two securities
Portfolio Selection:
Feasible set of portfolios
Selection of optimal portfolio
Institute of Business Administration, University of Sindh, Jamshoro
Institute Of Business Administration
Allama I.I. Kazi Campus, Jamshoro
University Of Sindh
Phone Numbers: +92-22-9213200, +92-22-9213181-90 Ext. 2009, Web Site:http//cba.usindh.edu.pk/Email:dir_iba@cba.usindh.edu.pk
Course Description:
The aim of the course is to develop understanding of roles & activities of treasury manager &
impact a range of treasury management techniques & tools. The forms is to provide insight
into the techniques of treasury management & explain how they may be used to treasury
manger.
Course Goals:
The students should develop conceptual understanding of roles of treasury manager & should
be able to interpret it with the role of controller & find the key decision areas of treasurer
practically.
Course Contents:
1. Introduction to treasury Manager
2. Sources of Finance 1
3. Sources of Finance 2
4. Capital Structure
5. Divided Policy
6. Working capital Management
7. Management of Interest rate risk
8. Currency risk
9. Exchange risk Relationship
10. Currency Risk management
Recommended Text/Reference Books:
Course Description:
This course is designed to inculcate the current & part thinking on the role of financial
institutions & markets. The course particularly encourages students to examine regulating
structure & concepts in the context of recent & past financial crises.
Course Goal:
Students will be able to build the skills & knowledge needed to gain an understanding of
financial reform processes & their consequences for markets around the world.
Course Contents:
Course Description:
This course aims to develop understanding of Insurance Description, how they manage the
risks associated with their operations, strategy & their control followed by legal principles
within the country it is operating.
Focus of the course is on management of the risks of property & liability Insurance, life &
health Insurance, employee benefits, Social Insurance, factional & financial operations of
insurer, current public policy issues, especial those affecting consumers & framing insurance
industry trends as a whole.
Course Goal:
The students should understand the basic insurance concepts & analyse the risks associated at
the different stages, with the organization & its consumer.
Course Contents:
Course Description:
This course is designed for the business students expecting to deal with business and
professional lives in the future. And to introduce and discuss various risk management
concepts, tools and techniques in the global context.
Course Goal:
The goal of this course is to engage students in active discovery of risk management
principles. Student should be prepared to function in a business environment, developing an
awareness of the challenges, the tools, and the process of designing and implementing a risk
management program.
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BBA(Hons)Part-III
Elective Courses
HRM Specialization
Course Objective:
This course provide optional level & personal , Professional Tactives either Through this
student will capable to make denial fill with origination , capable to survive this course also.
Provide knowledge to know the weaken shout cary inside a person towards origination.
Reference Books:
Contemporary Management by
Human Resource Management by S.S Khanka
Course Description:
Pakistan’s labor laws trace their origination to legislation from India at the time of partition of
the Indo-Pak subcontinent. The laws have evolved through a continuous process of trial to
meet the socio-economic conditions, state of industrial development, population and labor
force explosion, growth of trade unions, level of literacy, Government’s commitment to
development and social welfare. To meet the above named objectives, the government of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan has introduced a number of labor policies, since its
independence to mirror the shifts in governance from martial law to democratic governance.
Course Goals:
Training Interventions
Attitudes Towards Education and training
The Learner and the Organization
Approaches to Training
The Training Function in
Assessing Organizational Training Needs
Training Policy, Plans and
The Field of Training and Development
Foundation of Training and Development
BBA(Hons)Part-III
Elective Courses
Marketing Specialization
Objectives:
After taking this course, students should be able to find and interview for jobs in field sales.
Emphasis is balanced between theory (e.g., motivation), knowing (e.g., the recruiting
process), and skills building (e.g., selling, territory touting, use of technology) to help new
graduates on a first job in field sales.
Personal Selling:
Course Outline:
Course Objective:
The course is aimed at providing the students with an in-depth knowledge and understanding
of services marketing and its significance in the industry. It focuses on the importance of
marketing in services, management of service business, various challenges faced by the
manages of the service organization and strategy development.
Course Plan:
Course Description:
Course Goal:
Student should be able to understand internet users and to identify profitable E-marketing
strategies.
Contents:
Introduction to E-marketing
E-marketing plan
Web site design and Domain Name branding
Segmentation and position
E-marketing mix
Search engine Marketing
Viral marketing and social networking marketing
Customer relationship management.
Course Description:
The course aims to study and analyse different case studies. This course is specially designed
for the business students, that will benefit by analyzing the cases to help develop their
analytical skills to become excellent decision makers.
Course Goal:
Students should be familiar with different cases and their solution so that in future he may be
good decision maker.
Course Contents:
Course Description:
Course Goal:
Students should be able to understand interlinked business concepts and should be able to
discuss the issues.
Contents:
Part A: Foundation
Integrated marketing communication
Corporate image and brand management
Buyer Behavior
Promotion opportunity analysis
Part B: Tools
Traditional Media channels
E-active marketing
Alternative marketing
Course Description:
This course aims to provide retailing concepts & retail formats of retail organization &
customers & focuses on most critical Decisions for a retailer as well as the retail customer
while in buying process.
This course will provide help to the retail managers in the current situation of Developing
countries’ retail industry as a whole.
Course Goal:
The student should be able to analyse Pakistan’s Retail environment & how large retails are
managing their formats & business models.
Course Contents :
Retail Management , Che tan Bajaj, RajnishTuli, Nidhi Srivastara, oxford University
Press.
Course Description:
Course Goal:
The Students should be familiar with different tools they would come across their careers, &
have a thorough understanding of mechanics & procedures to identify customers &
competitors in order to make appropriate segments of their target market, this should enable
them to device appropriate strategies for different segments as a result of structured thinking.
Course Contents:
Product Management, Donald R Lahman & Rus sell S Winer, 4th Edition,
Product Management Systems, Jimmie Browne, John Harhen, James Shirnan, Second
Edition.
BBA(Hons)Part-III
Elective Courses
Management Specialization
Course Description:
This course enable students to understand the broad overview concept nature of O.D from the
course employee/man problem dialog solve the problems with reference to them .
Course Description:
This course is helpful in mitigation of crises impact psychologically. Its adoptability is highly
needed specially to our nation where may natural & man-made calamities take place
extensively. Crises management course is a broad overview of the possible solutions towards
those crises as a result of applied management theories & techniques to motigate its impacts.
Course Goal:
The students will be able to understand the crises, their impacts & their possible techniques &
tools to overcome their drastic impacts.
Course Contents:
Course Description:
Comparative management analyzes the extent to which management principles are applicable
from one country to another. It deals origins of capitalism, describing some of the major
varieties of capitalist systems around the world. It reports on broad linkages between
societies, cultural and ethical systems, and contemporary business management systems and
analyses the similarities and differences of distrinct capitalist management systems around
the world.
Course Goals:
Course Contents:
“The New Economic Strategy for Winning the Capitalist Cold War’, The McGraw
Hill Companies, Latest Edition, by D’Aveni and Richard A.
“Global Comparative Management”. Sage Publications, Latest Edition by Ralph B.
Edfelt.
Course Description:
Course Goals:
Course Contents:
“Educational Management”, Sage Publications, Latest Edition by Tony Bush and Les
Bell.
Course Description:
Course Goal:
Students may derive substantial benefit from environmental amenities and they have strong
economic incentives not to pay for them.
Contents: