MBA IQ Course Syllabus
Module 1: General Management, Leadership, and Strategy
• Understand Scope & Nature of Corporate Strategies
• Understand Importance of Planning & Organizing Skills
• Understand Importance of Directing & Leading Skills
• Understand Importance of Controlling & Measuring Skills
• Understand Importance of Motivating Skills
• Understand Importance of Problem-Solving & Decision-Making Skills
• Understand Importance of Negotiating Skills
• Understand Importance of Communication Skills
• Understand Importance of Conflict Management Skills
• Understand Issues in Organizational Change, Development, & Effectiveness
• Understand How to Measure and Manage Business Performance Results
Module 2: Operations Management
• Understand Strategic Importance of Demand Forecasting
• Understand Production Strategies and Manufacturing Performance Measures
• Understand Production-Related Value Concepts
• Understand Philosophies of Just-in-Time (JIT) and Lean Operations
• Understand Principles and Techniques of Inventory Management
• Understand Principles and Techniques of Supply-Chain and Logistics Management
• Understand Various Planning Systems Applicable to Manufacturing and Distribution Operations
• Understand Various Short-Term Scheduling Systems Used in Production
• Understand Theory of Constraints in Operations
• Understand Principles of Production Economics and Application of Decision Tools
• Understand Principles and Techniques of Equipment Maintenance and System Reliability
• Understand Production Process Flows and Metrics
• Understand the Technology Deployed in Manufacturing and Services Operations
Module 3: Marketing Management
• Understand Components of Marketing Mix
• Understand Expectancy-Value Model in Consumer Markets
• Understand Brand Elements and Calculate Brand Value
• Understand How to Analyze Competitors
• Understand Pricing Strategies and Methods
• Understand Marketing Communications Mix
• Understand New Product Development Process
• Compute Customer Retention Rate
• Compute Lifetime Value of Customers
• Compute Customer Conviction in terms of Net Promoter Score
• Compute Customer Loyalty Score
• Compute Net Marketing Contribution Amount
• Compute Marketing Profitability Metrics
• Compute Market Development Index
• Compute Market Share Index
• Compute Product’s Lifecycle and Economic Cost to a Customer
• Compute Relative Performance. Price, & Customer Value of Product
• Compute a Marketing Channel Intermediary’s Transaction Value
• Understand the Relationships between Price, Profit, and Market Share
• Understand a Marketing Channel’s Performance
• Evaluate the Advertising’s Effectiveness with Customer Response Index
• Conduct Marketing Portfolio Analysis
• Understand How to Develop a Marketing Budget
• Understand the Financial Performance Metrics Related to Marketing
Module 4: Quality and Process Management
• Understand Basic Quality Concepts
• Understand Various Definitions of Quality
• Calculate Cost of Quality
• Calculate Six-Sigma
• Compute Return on Quality Metric
• Understand How to Apply Quality Tools
• Understand How to Apply Statistical Process Control Techniques
• Compute Taguchi’s Quality Loss Function
• Understand the Role of Inspection and Quality at Source
• Understand Process Management Methods and Tools
Module 5: Human Resources Management
• Understand the Human Resources Planning Process
• Understand Relationship between Job Analysis and Job Descriptions
• Understand Recruitment Methods and Alternatives
• Understand the Employee Selection Process
• Understand Employee Selection Tests and their Characteristics
• Understand the Employment Interview Process
• Understand the Pre-Employment Screening Process
• Understand the Employee Training and Development Process
• Understand the Management Development Process
• Understand the Organizational Development Process
• Understand the Career Planning and Development Process
• Understand the Employee Performance Appraisal Process
• Understand Employee Relations Issues
• Compute Human Capital Metrics
Module 6: Accounting
• Understand Basic Concepts of Financial Accounting
• Understand Purpose of Accounting Cycle
• Understand Types and Contents of Financial Statements
• Understand Intermediate Concepts of Financial Accounting
• Understand Advanced Concepts of Financial Accounting
• Understand how to Analyze Financial Statements
• Understand Various Cost Concepts and Cost Behavior
• Understand Principles and Techniques of Operating Budgets
• Understand the Application of Transfer Pricing Methods
• Understand the Application of Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
• Understand the Meaning and Application of Relevant Costs
• Understand Various Costing Systems for Products and Services
• Understand the Meaning and Application of Responsibility Accounting
Module 7: Finance
• Understand the Need for Financial Plans and Controls
• Understand Principles and Techniques of Cash Management
• Understand Techniques of Managing Current Assets
• Understand Various Types of Debt and Equity in a Capital Structure
• Understand Techniques for Evaluating the Cost of Capital
• Understand Principles and Techniques of Capital Budgeting
• Understand Various Types and Risks of Financial Instruments
• Understand Various Types of Valuation Models
• Understand the Nature of Business Mergers and Acquisitions
Module 8: Information Technology
• Understand How to Plan and Manage the IT Function
• Understand How Business Application Systems are Developed and Maintained
• Understand How Business Application Systems are Operated and Improved
• Understand the Need for Contingency Plans to Ensure the Continuity of Business Operations
• Understand How Information Technology Operations are Managed
• Understand the Technology Behind Computer Network Management
• Understand How to Manage the IT Security Function
• Understand How Databases are Designed and Managed
• Understand How Electronic Commerce is Facilitated and Managed
Module 9: Corporate Control, Law, Ethics, and Governance
• Understand the Nature and Types of Corporate Control Systems
• Understand the Nature and Types of Corporate Audits
• Understand the Nature and Types of Corporate Fraud
• Understand the Nature and Types of Corporate Risk
• Understand the Issues in Corporate Law Regarding Agency Problems and Costs
• Understand Scope and Nature of Business Law, Policy, and Ethics, Including Social Responsibility
• Understand the Various Issues in Corporate Governance
Module 10: International Business
• Understand How to Develop and Manage International Business Strategies
• Understand the Various Issues in International Trade and Investment
• Understand the Nature of International Production Economics
• Understand the Nature of International Trade Laws
• Understand the Various Issues in International Financial Systems
• Understand How to Staff and Manage International Operations
• Understand the Various Issues in Conducting International Business in Cross Cultures
Module 11: Project Management
• Define Project Management and Identify Project Success Criteria
• Understand Various Types of Risks in Project Management
• Understand Various Types of Project Structures and Organizations
• Understand Project Management Process, Including Life Cycles
• Understand Various Methods in Project Planning, Estimating, and Controlling, Including Reporting
• Understand Various Methods in Project Scheduling
• Understand Project Management Metrics, Problems, and Governance Mechanisms, Including Project Audits
Module 12: Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics
• Understand Basic Principles and Concepts in Economics
• Understand Basic Principles and Applications of Microeconomics
• Understand Basic Principles and Applications of Macroeconomics
• Understand Basic Principles and Applications of Economic Indicators
• Understand Nature of Economic Business Cycles and Industry Growth Levels
• Understand How to Apply Quantitative Methods to Business
