VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI.

Scheme of Teaching, Examinations and Syllabus

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
(Effective from Academic year 2024 - 25)

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 SCHEME OF TEACHING AND EXAMINATION
VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI
Scheme of Teaching and Examinations: 2024- 25
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Outcome Based Education (OBE)
I SEMESTER
Teaching Hours
Examination
/Week

component
Practical

Duration
Sl.

in hours
Theory

Marks

Marks

Marks
Course Course Code Course Title Credits

Total
SEE
CIE
No.

Management and Organizational

1 PCC MBA101 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
Behaviour
2 PCC MBA102 Financial Accounting & Reporting 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
3 PCC MBA103 Economics for Decision Making 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
4 PCC MBA104 Business Statistics 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
5 PCC MBA105 Marketing Management 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
6 PCC MBA106 Managerial Communication 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
TOTAL 24 00 18 300 300 600 24
Note: PCC: Professional Core Course, Practical /Field Work / Assignment are part of contact hours for the faculty and must be
considered in the workload. Four credit courses are designed for 50 hours Teaching – Learning process.
Societal project shall be Mandatory course, the students should identify and study problems faced by the society. The students
must submit a report to the respective guides. This shall be an audit course on lines of ability enhancement courses and shall be
undertaken after the first semester and before commencement of the second semester.
Note:
1. Each Course has a theory component of 04 hrs (04 credits). Practical and real life corporate results/events, cases and
occurrences must be used to demonstrate the concepts in the classroom. The Time-Table allotment for each course should be
04 hrs. Practical component must be embedded in the theory classes and it is mandatory to maintain a record of all tools and
cases used in teaching –learning process.
2. 20% of marks should be allocated for application oriented questions in the SEE Question Paper, based on practical
component.
3. Each course content has indicative case studies which can be dealt in the class by the course instructor. In addition to this the
course instructor may use an extra case from Harvard, Sage business cases/Case Centre.
4. One Industrial Visit per Semester is Mandatory. The Department shall insist on report submission by each student and shall
maintain this as a documentary proof preferably with Geo-tagged photos. The format of the report shall be prescribed by the
department.
5. The Students and course instructor/s should involve either individually or in groups to interact together to enhance the
learning and application skills.
6. Practical component
Students should interact with industry after regular contact hours (small, medium and large) to understand their problems
and study in the form of research/testing/projects and for creative and innovative methods for guidance and to solve the
identified problem.
7. The students shall
(a) Gain confidence in modeling of management systems.
(b) Work on different software/s (tools) to Simulate, analyze and authenticate the output to interpret and conclude.
(c) Involve in case studies and field visits/ field work.
(d) Accustom with the use of standards/codes etc., to narrow the gap between academia and industry.
All activities should lead to enhancement of students’ abilities/skills for employment and/or self-employment opportunity,
management skills, statistical analysis, fiscal expertise, etc.
8. Societal Project (one week) is mandatory for all the students and this has to be carried out after the first semester during
vacation and the report should be submitted by the students should be assessed internally during the second semester and it
is a non credit but mandatory course.

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 VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI
Scheme of Teaching and Examinations: 2024-25
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Outcome Based Education(OBE)
II SEMESTER
Teaching Hours /Week Examination

Total Marks
SEE Marks
Duration in

CIE Marks
Component
Theory
Sl. Cours Course

hours
Practical
Course Title Credits
No e Code

1 PCC MBA201 Human Resources Management 04 00 03 50 50 100 04

2 PCC MBA202 Financial Management 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
3 PCC MBA203 Research Methodology and IPR 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
4 PCC MBA204 Operations Research 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
5 PCC MBA205 Corporate Strategy 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
6 PCC MBA206 Entrepreneurship Development 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
7 SEC MBA287 Societal Project - - - - - - -
TOTAL 24 00 18 300 300 600 24
Note:
PCC: Professional Core Course, SEC: Skill Enhancement Course.
Practical /Field Work / Assignment are part of contact hours for the faculty and must be considered in the workload.
Four credit courses are designed for 50 hours Teaching – Learning process.
Note:
1 Each Course has a theory component of 04 hrs (04credits). Practical and real life corporate results/events, cases and
occurrences must be used to demonstrate the concepts in the classroom. The Time-Table allotment for each course should
be 04 hrs. Practical component must be embedded in the theory classes and it is mandatory to maintain a record of all tools
and cases used in teaching –learning process.
2. 20% of marks should be allocated for application oriented questions in the SEE Question Paper, based on practical
component.
3. Each course content has indicative case studies which can be dealt in the class by the course instructor. In addition to this
the course instructor may use an extra case from Harvard, Sage business cases /Case Centre.
4. One Industrial Visit per Semester is Mandatory. The Department shall insist on report submission by each student and
shall maintain this as a documentary proof preferably with Geo-tagged photos. The format of the report shall be prescribed
by the department.
5. Practical component: Students should interact with industry after regular contact hours or during holidays and vacations
(small, medium and large) to understand their problems and study in the form of research/ testing / projects and for creative
and innovative methods for guidance and to solve the identified problem.
6. Internship-MBAIN387* (four weeks) to be carried out by students after second semester during vacation and the report
should be submitted by the students and is to be assessed internally during the third semester.

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 VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI
Scheme of Teaching and Examinations – 2024 - 25
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Outcome Based Education (OBE)
III SEMESTER (Core Courses and Dual Specialization Courses)
Teaching
Hours
Subject Code Examination
Per
Week
Sl.
Course Credits

Component

SEE Marks
Duration in

CIE Marks
No.

Practical
Theory

Marks
hours

Total
Human Business
Marketing Finance
Resources Analytics

1 PCC* MBA301* MBA301* MBA301* MBA301* 04 00 03 50 50 100 04

2 PCC* MBA302* MBA302* MBA302* MBA302* 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
3 PEC MBAMM313 MBAFM313 MBAHR313 MBABA313 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
4 PEC MBAMM314 MBAFM314 MBAHR314 MBABA314 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
5 PEC MBAMM315 MBAFM315 MBAHR315 MBABA315 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
6 PEC MBAMM316 MBAFM316 MBAHR316 MBABA316 04 00 03 50 50 100 04
7 PCC* MBAIN387* MBAIN387* MBAIN387* MBAIN387* - 08 - 50 50 100 04
Total 24 08 18 350 350 700 28
Note: PCC*: Professional Core Course, PEC: Professional Elective Course.
Practical /Field Work / Assignment are part of contact hours for the faculty and must be considered in the workload.
Four credit courses are designed for 50 hours Teaching – Learning process.
Note:
1. Each Course has a theory component of 04 hrs (04 credits). Practical and real life corporate
results/events, cases and occurrences must be used to demonstrate the concepts in the classroom.
The Time-Table allotment for each course should be 04 hrs. Practical component must be
embedded in the theory classes and it is mandatory to maintain a record of all tools and cases used
in teaching –learning process
2. 20% of marks should be allocated for application oriented questions in the SEE Question Paper,
based on practical component.
3. One Industrial Visit per Semester is Mandatory. The Department shall insist on report submission
by each student and shall maintain this as a documentary proof preferably with Geo-tagged photos.
The format of the report shall be prescribed by the department.
4. In case of Core specialization, the students will be studying 2 core subjects and 4 specialization
subjects in any one stream. Whereas in case of Dual specialization, the students will be studying 2
core subjects and First 2 subjects in any two specializations. For Example 2 core, 2 marketing and
2 HR specialization subjects, etc,.
5. Each course content has indicative case studies which can be dealt in the class by the course
instructor. In addition to this the course instructor may use an extra case from Harvard, Sage
Business Cases/Case Centre.
6. Project Work-MBAPR487 (six weeks) to be carried out by students after third semester and the
report should be submitted by the students during the fourth semester.

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 VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI
Scheme of Teaching and Examinations – 2024-25
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Outcome Based Education (OBE)
III SEMESTER
Core Courses
Subject Title of the Subject Title of the Subject Title of the Subject
Title of the Subject
Code Subject Code Subject Code Subject Code
Logistics & Logistics & Logistics & Logistics &
MBA MBA MBA MBA
Supply Chain Supply Chain Supply Chain Supply Chain
301 301 301 301
Management Management Management Management
MBA International MBA International MBA International MBA International
302 Business 302 Business 302 Business 302 Business
Specialisation Courses
Marketing Finance Human Business Analytics
Professional Elective Professional Elective Professional Elective Professional Elective
Courses Courses Courses Courses
MBA Consumer MBA Strategic Cost MBA Recruitment & MBA Introduction to Python
MM313 Behaviour FM313 Management HR313 Selection BA313 data and Control systems
Investment
Industrial
MBA Sales & Retail MBA Analysis & MBA MBA
Relations & Data Visualization
MM314 Management FM314 Portfolio HR314 BA314
Legislations
Management
Advanced Organizational
MBA Services MBA MBA MBA Business Analytics
Financial Change &
MM315 Marketing FM315 HR315 BA315 and Intelligence
Management Development
Banking & Compensation &
MBA MBA MBA MBA
Rural Marketing Financial Reward Big Data Analytics
MM316 FM316 HR316 BA316
Services Management
MBA MBA MBA MBA
Internship Internship Internship Internship
IN387 IN387 IN387 IN387

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 VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI
Scheme of Teaching and Examinations – 2024 - 25
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Outcome Based Education(OBE)
IV SEMESTER (Core Courses and Dual Specialization)
Teaching
Subject Code Hours Examination
S /Week
l
Cre

SEE Marks
Duration in

CIE Marks
Component
. Course
dits

Theory

Marks
hours
Practical
N Human Business

Total
o Marketing Finance
Resource Analytics

1 PCC* MBA401* MBA401* MBA401* MBA401* 02 02 03 50 50 100 3

2 PCC* MBA402* MBA402* MBA402* MBA402* 02 02 03 50 50 100 3
3 PEC MBAMM413 MBAFM413 MBAHR413 MBABA413 02 02 03 50 50 100 3

4 PEC MBAMM414 MBAFM414 MBAHR414 MBABA414 02 02 03 50 50 100 3

5 PEC MBAMM415 MBAFM415 MBAHR415 MBABA415 02 02 03 50 50 100 3

6 PEC MBAMM416 MBAFM416 MBAHR416 MBABA416 02 02 03 50 50 100 3

7 PCC* MBAPR487* MBAPR487* MBAPR487* MBAPR487* - 12 - 50 50 100 6

Total 12 24 18 350 350 700 24
Note:
PCC*: Professional Core Course, PEC: Professional Elective Course.
Practical /Field Work / Assignment are part of contact hours for the faculty and must be considered in the workload (Practical
component hours must be conducted as regular teaching hours in the respective class rooms only.
Three credit courses are designed for 40 hours Teaching – Learning process.
Note:
1. Each Course has a theory component of 2 hrs and Practical Component of 2 hrs (3credits). The Time-Table
allotment for each course should be 4 hrs.
2. 20% of marks should be allocated for application oriented questions in the SEE Question Paper, based on
practical component.
3. In case of Core specialization, the students will be studying 2 core subjects and 4 specialization subjects in
any one stream. Whereas in case of Dual specialization, the students will be studying 2 core subjects and
First 2 subjects in any two specializations. For Example 2 core, 2 marketing and 2 HR specialization
subjects, etc,.
4. One Industrial Visit per Semester is Mandatory. The Department shall insist on report submission by each
student and shall maintain this as a documentary proof. The format of the report shall be prescribed by the
department.
5. Each course content has indicative case studies which can be dealt in the class by the course instructor. In
addition to this the course instructor may use an extra case from Harvard, Sage Business Cases/Case
Centre.

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 VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI
Scheme of Teaching and Examinations – 2024-25
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Outcome Based Education (OBE)
IV SEMESTER
Core Courses
Subject Title of the Subject Title of the Subject Title of the Subject
Title of the Subject
Code Subject Code Subject Code Subject Code
Emerging Emerging Emerging Emerging
MBA MBA MBA MBA
Technologies Technologies Technologies Technologies
401 401 401 401
for Business for Business for Business for Business
MBA Innovation & MBA Innovation & MBA Innovation & MBA Innovation & Design
402 Design Thinking 402 Design Thinking 402 Design Thinking 402 Thinking
Specialisation Courses
Marketing Finance Business Analytics
Human
Professional Elective Professional Elective Professional Elective
Professional Elective Courses
Courses Courses Courses
Conflict &
MBA Strategic Brand MBA Tax MBA MBA
Negotiation Machine Learning
MM413 Management FM413 Management HR413 BA413
Management
Integrated International
MBA MBA MBA International MBA
Marketing Financial Predictive Analytics
MM414 FM414 HR414 HRM BA414
Communication Management
Digital & Social Risk Personal Growth
MBA MBA MBA MBA
Media Management & & Interpersonal Digital Analytics
MM415 FM415 HR415 BA415
Marketing Insurance Effectiveness
Mergers,
MBA MBA Acquisitions & MBA Strategic Talent MBA
B2B Marketing Strategy Analytics
MM416 FM416 Corporate HR416 Management BA416
Restructuring
MBA MBA MBA MBA
Project Report Project Report Project Report Project Report
PR487* PR487* PR487* PR487*

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PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs):
 MBA is a two-year full-time programme, aimed at nurturing and training young minds
with contemporary skills of management, adept in handling diverse sectors of the
economy.
 The programme intends to inculcate leadership qualities in individuals to strategically
position themselves in all emerging platforms of idea generation, creation of pragmatic
knowledge, skills and competency development.
 The diverse course curriculum enables a high degree of academic flexibility for fostering
innovation and creativity. It instils resilience and adaptability in students for facing the
challenges of the contemporary business world.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES
1. Apply knowledge of management theories and practices to solve business problems.
2. Foster analytical and critical thinking abilities for data based decision making.
3. Ability to develop value-based leadership.
4. Ability to understand, analyse and communicate global, economic, legal and ethical
aspects of business.
5. Ability to lead themselves and others in the achievement of organizational goals
contributing effectively to a team environment.

PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES (PSOs):

The post graduate students of the department shall be able to
PSO1) Comprehend the contemporary features and characteristics of Business Management
Science and its administration
PSO2) Analyse and interpret the dynamic situations for making Business Management strategies
and decisions at the national and global level
PSO3) Handle responsibility with the ethical values for all actions undertaken by them.
PSO4) Adapt and focus on achieving the organisational goal and objectives with complete zeal
and commitment.

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