RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT (RPR)

1. In the fourth semester, the candidates will have to submit a Research Project Report
on a problem/topic (from the specialization areas) to be assigned by the MBA
department under the supervision of a core faculty member of the department.
2. The Research Project Report will carry 150 marks.
3. The evaluation of the project report will be done by two examiners (external &
internal). The evaluation will consist of (1) an Evaluation of the Project Report (2) a
Presentation and Viva Voce.
4. The evaluation of the Project Report will comprise 50 marks and will be evaluated
by
the internal guide.
5. The evaluation of Viva Voce of Project would comprise 100 marks and would be
evaluated by two examiners (1 external and 1 internal). The average of the marks
awarded by the 2 examiners will be considered for the results. In case the difference
in the marks given by the examiners is 30 or more, the project report will be referred
to a third examiner. In such cases, the average of two closer awards (given by three
examiners) will be considered for the results.
6. The report will contain the objectives and scope of the study. Research
Methodology, use and importance of the study, analysis of data collected, conclusions,
and
recommendations. It will contain relevant charts, diagrams, and a bibliography. A
certificate of the supervisor and the Head of the MBA program certifying the
authenticity of the report shall be attached therewith. The student will submit two
copies of the report to the Head of the MBA program. The number of pages in the
report will be a minimum of 75 or more. The report should be typed on A-4 size paper.
The parameter on which both evaluations (1 & 2) would be carried on would be based
on:

The scheme of evaluation for the Project Report

Criteria & Relevance of Relevance of Interpretation Total (50)

Marks Objectives Research &
with Methodology Analysis (20)
topic (10) (20)
The scheme of evaluation of Viva-voce

SEMESTER IV

S.No Subject Code Subject

1 KMBN 401 Emerging Technology in the Global Business
Environment
2 KMBN OM 03 QUALITY MANAGEMENT
3 KMBN OM 04 PROJECT & SOURCING MANAGEMENT
4 KMBN OM 05 MANAGEMENT OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
5 KMBN IT 03 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
6 KMBN IT 04 CLOUD COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS
7 KMBN IT 05 BUSINESS DATA WAREHOUSING & DATA
MINING
8 KMBN 408 The research project reports and Viva Voice
 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN GLOBAL
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Code: KMBN401
Course Credits:3 Teaching Hours :
36

Unit 1 Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation (6 Hours)

Meaning and Nature of Industry 4.0 and Latest Trends. Realignment in Political,
Economic, Socio-Cultural, Technological Factors that are driving change in
International Business Management, the changing nature of Globalization, The
changing nature of regulatory environment, natural environment, new age ethics.
Overview of Digital Transformation.
Unit 2 Emerging Technologies as Drivers of Global Business (8 Hours)
Artificial Intelligence- Machine Learning, Deep Learning Singularity ‒ Time Lines and
Implication. Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality and Applications.
Block
chain ‒ Concepts and Industrial Applications, Challenges in adopting Block chain.
Additive Manufacturing: Advantages and Disadvantages, new applications of additive
manufacturing, impact of additive manufacturing on supply chain management, mass
customization and the customer experience. Introduction of Neuroscience in Business.
Internet of Things (IoT).
Unit 3 : New Age Economies (8 Hours)
Circular Economy- Concept of Circular Economy, difference between Linear and
Circular
Economy, Role of Circular Economy in Sustainable Business, and Innovation.
Behavioral
Economics- Core Concepts of Behavioral Economics, Nudging and Choice
Architecture, Ethical Concerns of Behavioral Economics. Economic Nationalism -
Nature of Economic Nationalism, Contemporary Cases in Economic Nationalism,
Future of Economic Integration. Sharing Economy ‒ New Business Models,
Characteristics, Difference Between Platforms and Traditional Business Models,
Different Types of Platforms, implications on future of work.
Unit 4 : Changing Natures of Global Politics (6 Hours)
Identity Politics ‒ Issues & Challenges, The Rise of Authoritarianism and what that
means for geo politics, Reviving Democratic Ideals, The Rise of China and its impact
on global trade.
Unit 5 : Social, Cultural and Global Challenges (8 Hours)
Diversity of different generations in the workplace, issue of inter-generational equity.
Migration ‒ Political, Economic and Human Rights Perspective, the Migrant Crisis in
the EU. Climate Change ‒ Political Dimensions of Climate Change, Plight and Issue of
Climate Refugees, Sustainable Development Goals. Rising Inequality: Historical
Context of Inequality and Social Unrest, Global Inequality, Social and Economic
Reforms. Privacy in the Digital World ‒ Complexity of Privacy Issues, Basics of GDPR
(General Data Protection Regulation), Importance of Personal Data, Existential
Threats ‒ Five Types of Risks associated with AI, Need for New Age Ethics.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Code : KMBN OM03
Course Credit : 3 Teaching Hours :
36

UNIT 1(6 Hours)

Quality Concepts ( 8 lectures) : Evolution of Quality Management, Concepts of
Quality, Quality Control v/s Quality assurance, Dimensions of Quality, Principles of
Quality, Deming’s, Juran’s & Crosby’s Quality Philosophy, Quality Cost, Quality
Leadership, Role of Top Management.
UNIT 2 (8 Hours)
Quality Management System (QMS) & Process Quality Improvement: Basics of QMS, 7
QC tools, Regression Control Charts, Process Capability and Analysis, Measurement
System Analysis, Design and Analysis of Experiment (DOE), Acceptance sampling
plan, Different Cost associated with Quality like Assurance cost, Failure cost,
prevention cost, rectification cost, appraisal cost, Process failure mode and effect
analysis (PFMEA), Understanding Service Quality, case studies.
UNIT 3(6 Hours)
Product Quality Improvement: Quality Function Deployment, Robust Design and
Taguchi Method, Design Failure Mode & Effect Analysis, and Product Reliability
Analysis.
UNIT 4 (8 Hours)
Total Quality Management: Meaning of TQM, Elements of Total Quality Management,
Quality Circles, Six Sigma, Six Sigma for Process Improvement, Six Sigma in Product
Development & Design. Benchmarking, Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Taguchi
’s Quality Engineering, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
UNIT 5 (6 Hours)
Quality Standards : ISO-9000 and it concept of Quality management, ISO 14001, ISO
22000, ISO 27001, OHSAS 18001 and QS 9000, Indian Quality standards, Quality
Audit, Quality Awards.

PROJECT AND SOURCING MANAGEMENT

Course Code: KMBN OM04
Total Credit: 3 Teaching Hours:
36

Unit 1 ( 7 Hours)
Sourcing Management: Introduction to Sourcing, Sourcing v/s Procurement,
Purchasing: Purchasing Cycle, 8 R’s of Purchasing, Role of a Purchasing Manager,
Risks associated with the purchasing process and its Mitigation, Concept, and
Applications of Make or Buy Decision: Case Studies
Unit 2 (7 Hours)
Evaluating Suppliers' Efficiency: Vendor Rating, Selection, and Development: Need for
Measuring Supplier Performance, Categorization of Suppliers, Suppliers Evaluation
Methods/ Vendor Rating Methods, Supplier Selection Process, Vendor Rating
process, Factors Affecting the Selection of Optimal Suppliers or Vendor Rating,
Advantages of Vendor/Supplier Rating, Identify and evaluating the international
suppliers. Case Studies
Unit 3 (7 Hours)
Price Determination and Negotiation: Objectives of Pricing, Factors Influencing Pricing,
Types of Pricing Strategies, Negotiation in Sourcing: Meaning of Negotiation,
Examples of Negotiation, Types of Negotiations, The Process of Negotiation, Skills
for Successful Negotiating, and Obstacles to Negotiation. Case Studies
Unit 4(7 Hours)
Introduction of Project: Characteristics of Project, Types of Projects, Project Life
Cycle, Concepts of Deliverables, The Project Management Process, Roles of Project
Team & Project Leader, Fundamental components of Project Cost, Types of Costs:
Direct, Indirect, Recurring, Non-Recurring, Fixed, Variable, Project Financing and
Budgeting: Sources of Finance, Top-down Budgeting, Bottom-up Budgeting, Activity
Based Costing
Unit 5 (8 Hours)
Project Scheduling, Network Analysis & Control: Steps in Project Scheduling and
Network Design, Gantt Chart, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Identifying and
application of the Nodes and Activities, Activity on Arrow (AoA) and Activities on
Node (AoN) methods, Application of PERT and CPM, Planning- Monitoring and
Control Cycle, Tracking through Gantt chart. Earned Value Analysis (EVA): Planned
Value (PV), Earned Value (EV), Cost Variance (CV), Schedule Variance (SV), Cost
Performance Index (CPI), Schedule Performance Index (SPI). Project Termination:
Types of Terminations, Project Termination Process. Case Studies

MANAGEMENT OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

Code: KMBN OM05
Total Credit: 3 Teaching Hours:
36
Unit 1( 6 Hours)
Manufacturing System: Introduction and Components, Importance of Manufacturing
for Technological and Socioeconomic Developments, Production versus Productivity;
Strategic benefit of Plant location & Plant Layouts. Types of manufacturing System:
Job shop. Mass, Batch, Project shop, Continuous process Linked cell system
(Cellular manufacturing system), Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS)
Unit 2(8 Hours)
Manufacturing Support System: Process Planning, Computer Aided Process Planning,
Production planning and Control Systems, Aggregate Planning and Master
Production schedule, Material Requirement Planning, Capacity Planning; Shop Floor
Control: Introduction, Overview of Automatic Identification and Data capture, Bar
Code Technology and Radio Frequency Identification
Unit 3: (8 Hours)
Describe the key components of the entire value chain including supplier,
Relationships between manufacturing cost and customer satisfaction, internal and
external customer relationships, Evaluate the effective use of Lean techniques,
Adopting Continuous Process Improvement (CPI), Just-in-time, Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP, Analyze sustainable and green manufacturing practices.
Unit 4: (6 Hours)
Capacity planning: Analysis of designed capacity, installed capacity, commissioned
capacity, utilized capacity, factors affecting productivity, and capacity expansion
strategies.
Unit 5(8 Hours)
Maintenance System: Maintenance strategies and planning, Maintenance economics:
quantitative analysis, an optimal number of machines, Replacement strategies, and
policies, economic service life, opportunity cost, replacement analysis using specific
period, spares management. Maintenance records
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Code: KMBNIT03 Course Credits: 3 Teaching Hours:
36

Unit-I (8 hrs.)
Introduction: Overview, database system Vs file system, Database system concept
and architecture, data model schema and instances, data independence and
database language and interfaces, data definitions language, DML, Overall Database
Structure. Data modeling using the Entity Relationship Model: ER model concepts,
notation for ER diagram, mapping constraints,
Unit-II (7 hrs.)
Relational data Model and Language: keys, Concepts of Super Key, candidate key,
primary key, Relational data model concepts, integrity constraints, entity integrity,
referential integrity, Keys constraints, Domain constraints, relational algebra,
relational calculus, and tuple and domain calculus.
Unit-III (10 hrs.)
Introduction on SQL: Characteristics of SQL, advantage of SQL. SQL data type and
literals. Types of SQL commands. SQL operators and their procedure. Tables, views
and indexes. Queries and sub queries. Aggregate functions. Insert, update and delete
operations, Joins, Unions, Intersection, Minus, Cursors, Triggers, and Procedures in
SQL/PL SQL Data Base Design & Normalization: Functional dependencies, normal
forms, first, second, third normal forms.

Unit-IV (7 hrs.)
Transaction Processing Concept: Transaction system, Testing of serializability,
serializability of schedules, conflict & view serializable schedule, recoverability,
backup, Recovery from transaction failures, log based recovery, checkpoints,
deadlock handling.
Concurrency control, Locking Techniques for concurrency control, Time stamping
protocols for concurrency control, validation-based protocol, multiple granularity,
Multi version schemes,
Unit-V (6 hrs.)
Recent Trends in Database Management Systems: Centralized and Client-Server
Architectures, Distributed Databases, Object-Oriented Database, Spatial & Temporal
Databases, Decision Support Systems, Data Analysis, Data Mining & Warehousing,
Data Visualization, Mobile Databases, OODB & XML Databases, Multimedia & Web
Databases, Spatial and Geographical Databases, Web and Mobile Databases, Active
Databases

CLOUD COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS

Code: KMBN IT04
Course Credit: 3 Contact Hours: 36
hours

Unit-1 – INTRODUCTION ( 6)
Introduction to Cloud Computing ‒ Definition of Cloud ‒ Evolution of Cloud
Computing – Cloud Models ‒ Cloud Characteristics - Cloud Computing
Characteristics - Essentials - Benefits, Business and IT perspective
Unit-2 – CLOUD TYPES AND SERVICES (8)
Cloud Services Requirements ‒ Cloud and Dynamic Infrastructure - Cloud Adoption
Measured Service - Cloud Models - Public versus Private Clouds ‒ Hybrid Cloud ‒
Community Cloud – Cloud Infrastructure Self Service.
Unit-3 – CLOUD ARCHITECTURE (7)
Cloud Architecture -Layered, NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture, Service
Oriented Architecture ‒ laaS ‒ PaaS ‒ SaaS ‒ Architectural Design Challenges
Unit -4 – CLOUD STORAGE AND OFFERINGS (8)
Cloud Storage ‒ Storage as-a-Service ‒ Advantages of Cloud Storage ‒ Cloud
Storage Providers ‒ S3 in AWS, Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure Cloud Offerings
- Information Storage, Retrieval, Archive and Protection ‒ Cloud Analytics - Testing
under Cloud - Information Security, Software-as-a-Service Security, Security
Governance, Security Standards.
Unit-5 – CLOUD VIRTUALIZATON TECHNOLOGY (7)
Cloud and Virtualization -Basics of Virtualization ‒ Types of Virtualizations
Virtualization Defined - Virtualization Benefits - Server Virtualization - Hypervisor
Management Software, Storage virtualization, Virtual Machine Security, IAM

BUSINESS DATA WAREHOUSING & DATA MINING

Code: KMBN IT05
Course Credit: 3 Contact Hours: 36
hours
Unit 1: (7 hrs)
Data Warehousing: Overview, Definition, Data Warehousing Components, Difference
between Database System and Data Warehouse, Characteristics, Functionality and
Advantages; Metadata: Concepts and classifications; Multi-Dimensional Data Model,
Data Cubes, Stars, Snow Flakes, Fact Constellations, Concept hierarchy, 3 Tier
Architecture, ETL, Data Marting ,Concept Hierarchy , Use of Data warehousing in
Current Industry Scenario, Case Study.
Unit 2: (7 hrs)
Data Visualization and Overall Perspective: Aggregation, Query Facility, OLAP function
and Tools. OLAP Servers, ROLAP, MOLAP, HOLAP, Data Mining interface, Security,
Backup and Recovery, Tuning Data Warehouse, Testing Data Warehouse.
Warehousing applications and Recent Trends: Types of Warehousing Applications,
Web Mining, Spatial Mining and Temporal Mining.
Unit 3: (7 hrs)
Data Mining: Overview, Motivation, Definition & Functionalities, difference between
data mining and Data Processing, KDD process, Form of Data Preprocessing, Data
Cleaning. : Missing Values, Noisy Data, Binning, Clustering, Regression, Computer
and Human inspection, Inconsistent Data, Data Integration and Transformation. Data
Reduction:-Data Cube Aggregation, Dimensionality reduction, Data Compression.
Applications of Data Mining in today’s world.
Unit 4: (8 hrs)
Data Mining Techniques: Data Generalization, Analytical Characterization, Analysis of
attribute relevance, Mining Class comparisons, Statistical measures in large
Databases, Statistical-Based Algorithms, Distance-Based Algorithms, Association
rules: Introduction, Large Item sets, Basic Algorithms, Apriori Analysis, Generating
Filtering Rules, Target Marketing, Risk Management, Customer profiling,.
Unit 5: (7 hrs)
Classification: Definition Decision Tree-Based Algorithms, Clustering: Introduction,
Similarity and Distance Measures, Hierarchical and Partitioned Algorithms.
Hierarchical Clustering- CURE and Chameleon. Parallel and Distributed Algorithms,
Neural Network approach, Business , Data mining Case study, Applications of Data
Mining, Introduction of data mining tools like WEKA, ORANGE , SAS, KNIME etc