Elements- the Programs

Masters in Management Studies (MMS )
This is a two year full-time program in management offered by BVIMSR under the direction of University of Mumbai.

The curriculum and the training methodologies have been designed to cater to the need for dynamic, competent professionals to deal with complex business situations.

During the first year of the programme, the students are exposed to various functional areas of management. In the second year, they opt for one of the functional specializations offered by he institute viz., Finance, HR, Marketing and Systems. This ensures that the students are well acquainted with one management discipline while possessing a general perspective of the other disciplines. After the completion of the first year, the students are required to undertake industry projects for two months to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical learning.

In addition to this BVIMSR offers:

Executive Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
Founded in 2004, eighteen months, part-time course, catering to the needs of working professionals.

Semester I
1.  Perspective Management
2.  Financial Management
3.  Managerial Economics
4.  Operations Management
5.  Organisational Behavior
6.  Business Mathematics
7.  Information Technology for Management
8.  Communication Skills
9.  Marketing Management
10  to 13  Electives 1 & Electives 2

Electives (Students need to opt. 2 electives)

10 Selling & Negotiation Skills
11 High Performance Leadership
12 Indian Ethos in Management
13 Corporate Social Responsibility projects

Note:- All subjects/papers for semester I will be internally assessed by the Institute.

Semester II
1  Legal & Tax aspect of Business
2  Cost & Management Accounting
3  Economics Environment of Business
4  Operations Research
5  Human Resources Management
6  Research Methodology & Fundamentals of MR
7  MIS
8  Financial Management
9  Market Application & Practices
10  to 13  Electives 1 & Electives 2

Electives (Students need to opt. 2 electives)

10 Decision Science
11 Managerial Process Skills
12 Analysis of Financial Statement
13 Foreign Language (German, French, Spanish)

Note: All subjects/papers for semester II will be internally assessed by the Institute.

Semester III
(A) Core Papers
Subject/Paper

1 International Business
2 Strategic Management
3 Summer Internship Report

(B) Specialization Subjects
Subject/Paper
1.MARKETING

1 Marketing Strategy
2 Integrated Market Communications
3A Consumer Buying Behavior
3B Market Research Applications
4A Sales Management & Sales Promotion
4B Distribution & Supply Chain Management
5A Product & Brand Management
5B Marketing Finance

MARKETING ELECTIVES: (Students need to choose elective for 300 Marks)

6 International Marketing
7 Retail Management
8 B2B Marketing & CRM
9 Rural Marketing
10 Marketing of nonprofit Organizations
11 Quantitative Models in Marketing
12 Marketing Audit

2. FINANCE:
1 Advanced Financial Management
2 Corporate Law
3 Financial Markets and Institutions
4 International Finance
5 Mergers, Acquisitions and corporate Restructuring

FINANCE ELECTIVES: (Students need to choose elective for 300 Marks)

6 Portfolio Management and Security Analysis
7 Strategic Cost Management
8 Fiscal policy & Corporate tax Planning
9 Banking & Insurance
10 Derivatives & Risk Management
11 Wealth Management
12 Quantitative Models in Finance
13 Corporate Valuation
14 Marketing Finance
15 Fixed Income

3.HUMAN RESOURCES
1. Organizational Theories and Structure Design
2. Training & Development
3. Introduction to Industrial Relation & Labor Welfare
4 Competency and Performance Management
5 Human Resource Planning & Human Resource Audit

HUMAN RESOURCES ELECTIVES: (Students need to choose elective for 300 Marks)
6 Labor Legislation
7 Compensation & Benefits
8 Organisation Development
9 Quantitative Techniques in HR
10 Building a Learning Organisation
11 Stress Management.

4 OPERATIONS
1 Operations Planning and Control (OPC)
2 Logistics & supply Chain Management
3 Materials Management
4 Technology Management including Manufacturing Strategy
5 Business process Re-engineering & Benchmarking

OPERATIONS ELECTIVES: (Students need to choose elective for 300 Marks)
6 Quantitative Techniques in Operations
7 World Class Manufacturing Practices
8 Advanced Supply Chain Management
9 Materials Handling & Transportation
10 New Product Development & Concurrent Engineering
11 Industrial Engineering Applications & Management.

5.INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

1. Software Engineering
2. Technology Platforms
3. Enterprise Applications
4. Networking & Communication
5. Data Base Management Systems

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVES: (Students need to choose elective for 300 Marks)

6 Managing Technology Business
7 IT Governance and Compliances
8 E-Commerce
9 IT Quality Management
10 Information Security & Audit
11 Software Architecture

Additional Inputs

Besides the regular curriculum, the students are given additional specialized inputs in the areas of Marketing, Finance, HR, Systems & Operations which equips them with necessary skills in handling new business situations