Master in Business Administration (Global Business) at Pokhara University, Master in Business Administration (Global Business) Colleges in Nepal

Master In Business Administration (Global Business)

Affiliated to: Pokhara University

About Course

Course Title : Master In Business Administration (Global Business)
Category/Level : Masters
Course Duration (months) : 24 months
Cost Range (NPR) : NA
Affiliated to : Pokhara University

Course Description:

With the increasing trend of globalization and emergence of various international and regional organizations like WTO, SAFTA, BIMSTECK etc. and the economic activities nations around the world integrating and unifying rapidly managers and business community in Nepal can no longer remain complacent and placid of this trend. Although the contents of managerial functions are same and mangers have the same responsibilities and functions – leading, negotiating, motivating, decision-making etc, the context has changed. Managers have to think and act in a different, more complex environment. To be effective they must have global mindset so that they can meet the global challenges by working locally and help their organizations achieve high performance.

Objectives of MBA (Global Business)

South Asia is emerging as one of the important hubs for world trade, investment and technology generation and transfers. The process of integration of economic activities and unification of national economies of the nations of South Asia is expected to open up many opportunities for trade and investment and develop competitive edge of these nations in the global market making the role of business people, entrepreneurs and managers challenging. To deal with this challenge calls forth sound visionary leadership and highly innovative entrepreneurship from the business community and management professionals that is imbibed with a thorough understanding of the global and regional emergent environments.

MBA (Global Business) is designed with the objective of preparing managers who are well-conversant not only with the latest managerial concepts, tools and techniques but also with the global and regional trends in business so that they can take up the challenges of leading and managing their organizations by building competitive edge in the global and regional context. The program deals with social, economic, political and cultural issues that affect the way business is conducted around the world. The traditional, general MBA programs deals more with decision-making tools and functional areas and provides little exposure to global trend and management practices. Such MBA graduates tend to be too general and lack confidence to operate in the global environment.

The principal objective of MBA (Global Business) is to prepare managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs with solid foundation of latest management principles, tools and techniques for pursuing their careers in the constantly changing global and regional environment. It specific objectives are:

To provide sound knowledge of management principles and techniques along with their applications to make decisions and solve problems,
To provide the students an understanding of global and regional business environment so that they can guide in determining strategies of their organizations, and lead and manage confidently in the global context,
To make the students more creative, innovative and entrepreneurial in managing their organizations and building competitive edge in the global context.

Admission info

Eligibility:

Anyone having a bachelor degree or equivalent with 15 years of formal education (12 years of schooling and three years of graduation) in any discipline with minimum 45 percent of the aggregate marks or 2.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average in undergraduate level can apply for admission to MBA (Global Business). Admission to the program is based on academic promise of applicants as indicated by their academic records, statement of objectives, recommendations, scores on entrance test and performance in the personal interview and group discussions.

Syllabus

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).