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'Developing Managers and Entrepreneurship with Leadership Skills and Global Mindset.'

 

Duration of the Course

The Master in Business Administration (Global Business) Program is an intensive two - year course stretched over six terms of full time study, with every academic year having three terms (trimester). The maximum time allowed to complete the MBA (Global Business) degree is four year from the date of admission into the Program. During the fifth and sixth terms students take up internship and project work in different organizations to gain insights of real business world. After the completion of the program a student is awarded Master of Business Administration (Global Business) by Pokhara University.

Curricular Structure

MBA (Global Business) curriculum is designed to impart both theoretical and practical knowledge in various fields of management relevant to organizations in the context of global market, with particular focus on South Asian environment. The courses help to enhance both the depth and breadth of management capabilities of students by providing them with in-depth knowledge in management and imparting various managerial skills necessary to meet challenges of modern organization globally as decision makers, strategists, and leaders. Lecture, case analysis and discussion, term-paper writing, seminars and project works are the common teaching methods used by the faculty to achieve the objectives of various courses. Throughout the program emphasis is placed on students’ active participation and involvement in learning with the role of a faculty member mostly confined to that of a guide and counselor. 

MBA (Global Business) has five structured levels of courses, Foundations, Management Core, Global Focused Integrative, Functional Specialization, and Elective.

While foundation and management core courses provide a base for and an understanding of core management concepts and analytical tools necessary for decision making in an organization global business focused integrative courses aim to develop manager as a strategist, a synthesizer, and a leader who looks at the organization in totality and is capable of providing direction to it in the global context. Functional specializations courses are designed to provide expertise in specific functional areas of management like human resource, marketing, finance, general management, management information system, small business etc. With a view to provide flexibility in learning, elective courses in contemporary issues like quality management, knowledge management, supply chain management etc are also offered to the students.

A student is required to complete altogether 69 credit hours including a project to get a MBA (Global Business) degree. This includes 19 credit hours in foundation and analytical courses, 20  in core and functional courses, 12 in Global business focused integrative  courses, 8 in the area of concentration, 4 in electives and 3 in Graduate Research project work and 3 in Internship.

Foundation  & Analytical Courses  (19 credit)
The foundation and analytical courses provide the necessary academic background and analytical tools for MBA study and are pre-requisite to advanced core courses.

  • ACC 515  Financial Reporting and Analysis (3)
  • COM 505 Managerial Communication (2)
  • COM 506 Communications Skills Practicum (1)
  • ECO 511  Economic Analysis for Business (3)
  • ECO 512  Macroeconomics and the Global Economy (2)
  • IMS 521   Management Information System (3)
  • STT  501  Business Statistics (3)
  • STT  502  Data Analysis for Decision Modeling  (2)

 

Core and Functional Courses (20 credits)
The core and functional courses provide students with the behavioral skills, analytical tools, and environmental considerations necessary for making decisions in an organization

  • ACC 516  Management Accounting (2)
  • FIN 531    Financial Management (2)
  • MGT 542  Organizational Behavior and Leadership (2)
  • MGT 543  Human Resource Management (2)
  • MGT 546  Operations and Service Management (2)
  • MGT 549  Business Environment Analysis (3)
  • MGT 550  Strategic Management (3)
  • MKT 561  Marketing Management (2)
  • RES  611 Business Research Methodology (2)

 

Global Business Focused Integrative Courses (12 credits)
The integrative courses require students to integrate the skills and knowledge they have acquired in various functional areas of management and apply them in making decisions in the global and regional context.

  • MGT 545 International Business (2)
  • MGT 546 Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2)
  • MGT 557 Global Business Development Plan (1)
  • MGT 651 Seminar in Business and Development in  South and Southeast Asia (1)
  • MGT 653 International Management (2)
  • MGT 655 Cross Cultural Communication and Negotiations (2)
  • MGT 790  Seminar in International Strategic Management (2)    

 

Specialization Courses ( 8 credits)
The courses in the concentration level provide students with an opportunity for in-depth study with particular focus on the global business in one of the areas listed below. They are required to take four courses of two credit hours each from their chosen area. (8 credit)

Finance

  • FIN 610 Global Financial Markets
  • FIN 611 Management of Financial Institutions
  • FIN 620 International Investment Management
  • FIN 621 Financial Engineering and Risk Management
  • FIN 670 Global Financial Management
  • FIN 791 Financial Policy and Strategy
  • FIN 793 Corporate Financial Management

Global Marketing

  • MKT 610 International Marketing research
  • MKT 611 Marketing Communication in Global Business
  • MKT 620 Global culture and Consumer Behavior
  • MKT 630 Services marketing
  • MKT 640 Industrial marketing
  • MKT 651 Global Sales Management
  • MKT 658 Global Brand management
  • MKT 791 Global Marketing Strategy and Implementation

Human Resource

  • MGT 652 Global Organization Development and Change
  • MGT 670 Human Resource Development
  • MGT 672 Compensation Management
  • MGT 674 Employee Relations Management
  • MGT 675 Performance management
  • MGT 676 Seminar in Global Human Resource Management

Information System

  • MSC 623 System analysis and design
  • MSC 625 Decision support system
  • MSC 626 Supply chain and global operations
  • MSC 627 Data –base Management System
  • MSC 628 Business Simulation

 

Electives ( 4 credits )
A student is required to take two courses of two credit hours as electives of which one must be outside his area of specialization. The objective of elective courses is to provide flexibility to the students in selecting course in which they have special interest. He can choose any course from the areas offered above or from the following courses:

  • MSC 622 Quality Management Strategies
  • MGT 625 Innovation and Venture Initiation
  • ECO 640 Econometrics and business forecasting
  •    MGT 656 Knowledge Management
  • FIN 660 Management Control System
  • PRW 670 Independent study

 

RES 612 Graduate Research Project (3)

Towards the end of their study period, students are required to undertake a research assignment and prepare an integrative research report in any area of management as approved by the college/school. Students are required to attend viva-voce examination and give seminar presentation of their report as organized by the college/school. The weights given for viva and the research report will be 25 percent and 75 percent respectively, For evaluation of the research report, the college/school shall appoint internal and external examiners. The external examiner shall be appointed from the list approved by the Office on the Dean.

MGT 548 Internship (3)

Students are required to go for business exposure to assigned organizations for a period of 8 to 10 weeks under the internship program. Students are required to present the Internship Project Report in the prescribed format. Evaluation of the Internship shall be based on the confidential report of the host organization (40 percent) and presentation of the Internship Project Report in a seminar (60 percent).

 

Course Registration:

Students who are admitted in the MBA (Global Business) are required to register courses they are required to study at the beginning of each trimester. Since registration is a very important procedural part of the credit system all students must be present themselves at the college for registration. Registration in absence may be allowed only in rare cases at the discretion of the principal/director. A student’s nominee cannot register for courses but will be allowed to complete other formalities.

 

 
 

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