HR Super Specialization Subjects

SUPER SPECIALISATION – INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

EXIM DOCUMENTATION AND PROCEDURES

 

COURSE DURATION: 2 HRS PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDITS: 2

 

1. EXIM DOCUMENTS: OVERVIEW (2 HRS)

• Need and importance of documents
• Nature and characteristic features of export import documents

 

2. LANGUAGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE (2 HRS)

• Trade terms; need for standardization
• INCO TERMS: Significance and explanation
• Variations of INCOTERMS

 

3. EXPORT PAYMENT TERMS AND DOCUMENTARY CREDIT (3 HRS)

• Advance payment
• Open account
• Documentary collection
• Documentary credit
• Consignment sale

 

4. CLEARING AND FORWARDING (2 HRS)

• Clearing of cargo for export & import: Step by step approach
• Functions and services provided by C & F agents

 

5. EXPORT FINANCE AND PAYMENTS (3 HRS)

• Payments terms: Instrument and methods of financing, including documentary credits and collection
• Uniform customs and practices (UCP)
• Finance: Facilities, incentives, and procedure for pre and post shipments finance

 

6. NEGOTIATION OF DOCUMENTS WITH BANKS (1 HR)

• Terms and condition & procedures followed by banks

 

7. MARINE INSURANCE (2 HRS)

• Nature of transit risk
• Contract for cargo insurance
• Perils and losses
• Types of policies
• Procedures and documentation for claiming losses

 

8. CENTRAL EXCISE RULES (2 HRS)

• Role of excise department in exports
• Procedure and documentary requirement

 

9. EXPORT CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT (2 HRS)

• Export credit insurance: Concept and importance
• Role of ECGC

 

10. PROCESSING OF AN EXPORT ORDER (1 HR)

• Step by step approach to processing

 

BASIC TEXTS

• Nabhi’s – How to Export (Nabhi Publication: Latest Edition)
• Handbook of Import – Export Procedures (by) Govt. of India (Latest Edition)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

INDIA’s FOREIGN TRADE AND POLICY

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. FOREIGN TRADE TRENDS (2 HRS)

• Overall trends since Independence
• Commodity composition of India’s exports and imports: Changing trends and present structure
• Destination of India’s exports; sources of India’s imports
• Invisibles in India’s trade

 

2. THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (1 HR)

• Trends in India’s current account deficits
• Trends in the capital flows and the foreign exchange reserves
• India’s external debt

 

3. EXCHANGE RATE POLICY (1 HR)

• Exchange rate – fixed and flexible
• Devaluation: Meaning, need, effect
• Management of exchange rate
• Rupee convertibility: Current and capital account convertibility

(Note: If the student have already studied this topic as a part of such courses as FOREX MANAGEMENT, then it can be skipped)

 

4. TRADE POLICY (2 HRS)

• Import controls and liberalization policies
• Export promotion: Policies and institutional structure

 

5. NEW TRADE REGIME POST 1991 (2 HR)

• Important development like decanalisation, rationalization of tariffs
• Set ups like EOUs, EPZs, SEZs, etc
• Financial incentives to promote exports
• Latest EXIM policy

 

6. GOVT. POLICY TOWARDS FOREIGN CAPITAL (2 HRS)

• Policies for FDI and FII
• Foreign collaboration and MNCs

 

BASIC TEXT

• Indian Foreign Trade (by) Raj Aggrawal (Excel Books)

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – OPERATIONS & SCM

OUTSOURCING AND IT BASED BUSINESSES

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. BASICS OF OUTSOURCING (3HRS)

• Definition, Level, and modes of out sourcing .Reasons for outsourcing Benefits and pitfalls.
• Competitive strategy and outsourcing. Outsourcing agreements. Strategic outsourcing. Trends in outsourcing. Criteria   for   vendor selection
• Risks involved and managing risks in the global economy
• Trends in outsourcing

 

2. BUSINESS PROCESS AND IT OUTSOURCING  (4 HRS)

• Evolution, constitution, models and types. BPO services and best practices, drivers and inhibitors.
• BPO domains: HR, Financial services, HealthCare, Transportation , Telecommunication , Call centers
• Indian BPO industry
• Emerging BPO domains: Entertainment, media and publishing

 

3. OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING (3 HRS)

• Definition ,types - Production /services/ innovation, need for outsourcing  benefits, concerns, Risks
• Business models, best practices,
• Strategy creation and execution

 

BASIC TEXTS

• Offshore Outsourcing (by) Marcia Robinson and Ravi Kalakota
• Business Process Outsourcing (by) Sarika and Kulkarni,  (Jaico Publishing House - 2005)
• What’s this India business? (by) Paul Davis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – OPERATIONS & SCM

SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. UNDERSTANDING SERVICES (2 HRS)

• Role of service in an economy
• Nature of services
• Service strategy

     

2. DESIGNING THE SERVICE ENTERPRISE (5 HRS)

• New Service Development
• Service encounter
• Service Quality
• Service facility location
• Supporting facility

 

3. MANAGING SERVICE OPERATIONS (3 HRS)

• Managing supply and demand
• Managing service supply relation ships
• Managing facilitating goods
• Managing Projects    

 

BASIC TEXTS

• Service Management: Operations, Strategy and Information Technology (by) James A Fitzsimmons and Mona J Fitzsimmons, 5^th edition MC Graw Hill 2005
• Successful Service Operations Management (by) Metters King - Metters Pullman and Walton, 2006 Thomas learning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – OPERATIONS & SCM

REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND PRICING

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. INTRODUCTION TO REVENUE MANAGEMENT (1 HR)

• Concept of pricing and revenue optimization
• Factors driving the RPO boom
• RPO and multi pricing in the airline industry

 

2. REVIEW OF PRICE THEORY (1 HR)

• Price discrimination and consumer surplus
• Differential pricing: Meaning; ways to implement
• Market segmentation with differential pricing

 

3. VALUE BASED PRICING (1 HR)

• Concept of value and value based pricing
• Methods to estimate perceived benefits, perceived willingness to pay for them, and value

 

4. PRICING – CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION (1 HR)

• Marginal principles of pricing
• Supply constraint and contribution analysis

 

5. NONLINEAR PRICING (1 HR)

• Linear vs. nonlinear pricing: Concept
• Methods to undertake nonlinear pricing

 

6. DYNAMIC PRICING (1 HR)

• Change in environment and price adjustments
• Price based price optimization techniques

 

7. BUNDLING (1 HR)

• Bundling of offer and pricing the bundle

 

8. MARKET DOWN MANAGEMENT (1 HR)

• Promotion (temporary price reduction) vs. markdowns (permanent price reduction)
• Demand forecasts and markdown pricing

 

9. AUCTIONS (1 HR)

• Auction mechanism and bidding strategies

 

10. IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES (1 HR)

• Industry level demand and supply and possibility of implementation
• Implementing pricing strategy in practice

 

BASIC TEXTS

• Pricing and Revenue optimization (by) Philips (Stanford University Press)
• Marketing Models (by) Kotler, Lilien, and Moorthy (Prentice Hall Inc)
• Revenue Management and Pricing (by) I. Yeoman (International Thomson Business Press)

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – IT & MIS

FINANCIAL VALUATION OF TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. INTRODUCTION TO FVTB (2 HRS)

• Overview: Costs and benefits of investment in technology; valuation of such investments
• Planning and aligning of investment in technology with the business strategy

 

2. TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS (2 HRS)

• IT project investments and real options pricing
• Lifetime value of customers of technology businesses

 

3. TECHNOLOGY, CUSTOMER LOYALTY, AND VALUATION (1 HR)

• Valuing project archive

 

4. BALANCED SCORECARD AND IT (3 HRS)

• Use of BSC as a strategic management system
• Building of IT organization BSC
• Strategy focused IT organization
• Getting IT right

 

5. STRATEGIC EVALUATION OF IT UPGRADES (2 HRS)

• Industry modernization and IT upgrades: Strategic routemap and justification
• Business impact of IT upgrades

 

BASIC TEXT

• Advanced Corporate Finance: Policies and strategies (by) Ogden, Jen, and Connor (Prentice Hall)

 

Very important: This course actually has to be taught using cases from Harvard Business School. The faculty perhaps already knows about them. In case any assistance is needed, you may consult IIPM, Delhi (Dean – Academics office) which will provide you with a listing of such cases.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – IT & MIS

TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC CONSULTING

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. INTRODUCTION: (1 HR)

• What is technology
• Contribution of technology to business performance: Economic analysis
• Technological and performance enhancement

 

2. TECHNOLOGY AND VALUE CHAIN (2 HRS)

• Concept of value chain and contribution of technology: Technology & competitive advantage
• Technology and value chain optimization

 

3. TECHNOLOGY SELECTION (2 HRS)

• Technology scanning: Searching for window of opportunity
• Matching internal and external competencies
• Evaluation of risk vs. potential for success
• Short term vs. long term considerations

 

4. TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (2 HRS)

• Methodologies of technological assessment
• Problem issues in TA
• Organization and management of TA

 

5. ENTREPRENEURSHIP & TECHNOLOGY (2 HRS)

• Web based entrepreneurship
• Websites and their potential in conducting business

 

6. SOCIAL PRODUCTION (1 HR)

• The world of proprietary and public softwares (e.g. Linux and windows)
• Advantages and disadvantages of social software

 

BASIC TEXTS

• New Business Paradigm: Global, Virtual, and Flexible (by) Sushil, K. Momaya, and O. P. Sharma (Thomson Learning)
• Getting to Transformation (by) Randiv Mehta (Macmillan) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – IT & MIS

MOBILE POLICY AND M - COMMERCE

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. INTRODUCTION (2 HRS)

• Concept of commerce, e-commerce, and commerce through mobile screens
• Scope of m – commerce in India vis – a- vis. Other modes
• Obstacles in the path of m – commerce in India

 

2. MOBILE COMMUNICATION (2 HRS)

• Managerial perspective of mobile communication and mobile internet
• Business models and m – commerce today; m – commerce value chain

 

3. MOBILE COMMERCE IN INDIA (2 HRS)

• Mobile ways in India; mobile industry
• Relevance and potential of mobile industry in urban and rural India

 

4. MOBILE INDUSTRY: POLICIES AND REGULATIONS (2 HRS)

• Regulatory issues of m – commerce
• Regulatory model of m – commerce: Stakeholders’ perspective

 

5. SYSTEMS DYNAMICS (2 HRS)

• The eco – system of m – commerce: Casual loops and impact of policies and regulation
• Mobile commerce: Present and future in India
• Wireless spectrum auctions
• Mobile security and payments 

 

BASIC TEXT

• M – Commerce: Technologies, Services, and Business Models (by) Norman Sadeh (Wiley)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – ENTREPRENEURSHIP

NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP = INNOVATION (3 HRS)

• Principles and context of new product development and innovation
• Entrepreneurial role, task, and personality
• Entrepreneurship as a style of management
• Entrepreneur as an innovator: models of innovation

 

2. OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS (2 HRS)

• The strategic window of opportunity: Scanning, positioning, and analysing

 

3. NEW BUSINESS CONCEPTS AND DEVELOPMENT (5 HRS)

• Need for new product development
• Internet as a research tool
• Idea generation and creativity
• Iterative design cycles
• Business needs and constraints analysis
• Litmus test of customer and market needs for the proposed product
• New product development process
• Creative and systematic development of alternative product concepts
• Final selection of optimum product concept

 

BASIC TEXTS

• Generating Breakthrough New Product Ideas: Feeding the Innovation Funnel (by) Robert G. Cooper and Scott J. Edgett (Product Development Institute, 2007)
• Entrepreneurship: New Venture Creation (by) David H. Holt (PHI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – ENTREPRENEURSHIP

INVESTING IN PRIVATE EQUITY

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. PRIVATE EQUITY: OVERVIEW (1 HR)

• Introduction to the concept of private equity
• Private equity as an asset class: Comparative assessment w.r.t other assets
• Private equity in India: Emergence and growing significance

 

2. BUSINESS PROPOSALS AND PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT (4 HRS)

• Evaluations of business
• Valuation of business proposal
• Understanding J Curve and compound return
• Upper quartile figures
• Median, average, and pooled returns
• Multiples

- Distributed over paid in

- Paid in to committed capital

- Residual value to paid in

• Valuation and fees

 

3. PRIVATE EQUITY MANAGEMENT (2 HRS)

• Raising of private equity, domestically and internationally
• Structuring of private equity
• Management of private equity

 

4. EXIT STRATEGY (1 HR)

• Existing the invested areas

 

5. SPECIAL TOPICS: (2 HRS)

• Investor’s relations
• Private equity and hedge funds
• Private equity and public policy
• Buyouts

 

BASIC TEXTS

• Private Equity as an Asset class (by) Guy Fraser Sampson (Wiley: 2008)
• Venture Capital and Private Equity – A case Book (by) Josh Learner (Wiley)

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – ENTREPRENEURSHIP

MICRO FINANCE

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. ISSUES AND CHALLENGES (3 HRS)

• Concept and principles of microfinance
• Microfinance and the poor
• Microfinance: Commercial vs. noncommercial provision; rise of commercial sources
• Defaults
• Constraints of the microfinance industry

 

2. MICROFINANCE INDUSTRY (4 HRS)

• Social performance management
• Investing in microfinance
• Market research for microfinance
• Managing microfinance industry
• Evaluating microfinance industry
• Public policy and microfinance industry

 

3. EMERGING AREAS (4 HRS)

• Delinquency management
• Microfinance institutions and microinsurance: Regulations
• Information sharing in competitive market
• Micro leasing
• Securitization of microfinance assets
• Micro loan portfolio accounting issues

 

BASIC TEXTS

• Microfinance in India (by) K. G. Karmarkar (Sage)
• Microfinance (by) Daniel Lazar & Malabika Deo (Allied)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY

GENDER & LEADERSHIP

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 1

 

1. GENDER INTELLEGENCE: MEN VS. WOMEN (1 HR)

• Gender/brain spectrum
• Equal but different intelligence
• Scientific process: Practice of leadership in the context of gender differences

 

2. MALE AND FEMALE BRAINS (1 HR)

• Primary areas of brain difference
• Aping by women of men: Is it possible and/or desirable?
• Gender stress and tensions in the workplace

 

3. LEADERSHIP AND GENDER DIFFERENCES (1 HR)

• Manifestation of brain differences in leadership
• Core leadership difference: Approaches to being incharge
• Balanced leadership
• Leading differently

 

4. NEGOTIATIONS (1 HR)

• Science of gender and negotiation
• Balanced leadership and negotiation process

 

5. MEETINGS (1 HR)

• Gender balanced management skills for improving meeting outcomes

 

6. COMMUNICATION (1 HR)

• Verbal communication
• Non verbal communication
• Communication differences in sales

 

7. CONFLICT RESOLUTION (1 HR)

• Balanced leadership and conflict resolution
• Sexual harassment at workplace

 

8. RETAINING, MOTIVATING, AND WORKING WITH TALENT (1 HR)

• Balanced leadership and the bottomline
• Needs and wants of women at the workplace
• Obstacles in the way of meeting women’s needs

 

9. WOMEN ON TOP (1 HR)

• Empowerment of women
• Women supervisors for men
• Women & Glass ceiling

 

10. MENTORING AND COACHING (1 HR)

·         Importance of mentoring and coaching in gender science

·         Focus areas in mentoring and coaching – for men and women

·         Mentoring women

·         Supervision of women by men

 

BASIC TEXTS

• Gender Power, Leadership, and Governance (by) Georgia Duerst Lathi & Rita Mae Kelly (University of Michigan)
• Leadership and the Sexes (by) Michael Gurian & Barbara Annis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER SPECIALISATION – LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY

GREAT LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES AND VISIONING

 

COURSE DURATION: 2 HRS PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDITS: 2

 

1. THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP (1 HR)

• Meaning
• Impact on organizational performance
• Roles
• Framework for understanding leadership
• Skill development in leadership
• Followership

 

2. TRAITS, MOTIVES, AND CHARACTERSTICS (1 HR)

• Personality traits of effective leaders
• Leadership motives
• Cognitive factors and leadership
• Influence of heredity and environment
• Strengths and limitations of traits approach

 

3. CHARISMATIC AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP (1 HR)

• Meaning of charisma
• Types of charismatic leaders
• Characteristics of charismatic leaders
• The vision component of charismatic leadership
• The communication style
• The development of charism
• Transformational leadership
• Concerns about charismatic leadership

 

4. LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS, ATTITUDES, AND STYLES (2 HRS)

• Classic dimension of consideration and initiating structure
• Task related attitudes and behaviour
• Relationship oriented attitudes and behaviours
• 360 degree feedback for fine tuning a leadership approach
• Leadership styles

 

5. CONTIGENCY AND SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP (2 HRS)

• Situational influences on effective leadership behaviour
• Fiedler’s contingency theory of leadership effectiveness
• The path-goal theory of leadership effectiveness
• Situational leadership II
• Normative decision model
• Cognitive resource theory: intelligence, experience, and stress
• Contingency leadership in the executive suite
• Leadership during a crisis 

 

6. POWER, POLITICS, AND LEADERSHIP (2 HRS)

• Sources and types of power
• Tactics for becoming an empowering leader
• Factors in organizational politics
• Political tactics and strategies
• Control over dysfunctional politics

 

7. LEADERSHIP INFLUENCE (2 HRS)

• Power and influence
• Influence tactics
• Relative effectiveness and sequencing of influence tactics
• Implicit leadership theories and leadership influence

 

8. TEAMS AND LEADERSHIP (1 HR)

• Team vs. solo leadership
• Leader’s role in team based organizations
• Fostering teamwork
• Leader – member exchange model

 

9. MOTIVATION AND COACHING (2 HRS)

• Expectancy theory and motivational skills
• Goal theory
• Recognition and pride for motivation
• Coaching as a leadership philosophy
• Coaching skills and techniques
• Executive coaching and leadership effectiveness

 

10. CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, AND LEADERSHIP (2 HRS)

• Steps in creative process
• Characteristics of creative leaders
• Overcoming traditional thinking
• Organizational methods to enhance creative problem solving
• Climate for creative thinking
• Leadership practices for innovation

 

11. COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION (1 HR)

• Inspirational and powerful communication
• Supportive communication
• Cross cultural communication barriers
• Resolution of conflict through negotiation

 

12. LEADERSHIP ETHICS (1 HR)

• Centrality of ethics to leadership
• Different perspectives on leadership
• Principles of ethical leadership

 

13. CROSSCULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP (1 HR)

• Advantages of managing for diversity
• Cultural factors and leadership
• Cultural sensitivity, intelligence, and global leadership skills
• Leadership initiatives for achieving cultural diversity
• Multicultural organizations

 

14. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSION (1 HR)

• Development through self awareness and self discipline
• Development through education, experience, and mentoring
• Leadership development programs
• Evolution of leadership development efforts
• Leadership succession

 

BASIC TEXTS

• Leadership in Organizations (by) Gary Yuki
• Leadership – Theory and Practice (by) Peter G. North house

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR STUDENT OF H.R OPTING FOR SUPER SPECIALISATION IN FINANCE

PROJECT APPRAISAL

 

COURSE DURATION: 2 HRS PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDITS: 2

 

1. MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS (2 HRS)

• Definition of a project; need for project management; project life style
• Types of project
• Project selection and criteria of choice; project selection models

 

2. IDEATION STAGE (2 HRS)

• Idea generation, environment scanning, corporate appraisal, and profit potential
• Porter model
• Scouting for project ideas and their preliminary screening
• Project rating based on various criteria

 

3. MARKET AND DEMAND ANALYSIS (1 HR)

• Market appraisal through secondary information
• Market surveys
• Demand forecasting

 

4. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS (4 HRS)

• Manufacturing process/technology
• Project mix, plant capacity, location, and site
• Machinery & equipment, civil works
• Environmental considerations
• Project charts and layouts

 

5. PROJECT COSTING AND FINANCE (6 HRS)

• Cost of project
• Sources of finance
• Production and sales estimates; cost of production
• Working capital requirement and sources
• Estimates of working results, including profitability projections
• Cash flow projections and projected balance sheet
• Capital structure
• Menu of financing, including equity capital, preference capital, internal accruals, term loans, debentures, working capital advance, venture capital, etc.

 

6. PROJECT SELECTION (5 HRS)

• The time value of money
• Investment criteria
• Overall cost of capital
• Risk analysis: Measurement of risk; sensitivity analysis; simulation; decision tree

 

BASIC TEXT

• Project – Planning, Analysis, Financing, Implementation, and Review (by) Prasanna Chandra (TMH) 

FOR STUDENT OF H.R OPTING FOR SUPER SPECIALISATION IN FINANCE

BASICS OF MERGER AND ACQUISITION

 

COURSE DURATION: 1 HR PER WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS

COURSE CREDIT: 2

 

1. FORMS OF BUSINESS ALLIANCES (4 HRS)

• Strategic choice of type of business alliance
• Merger and acquisition and take-over
• Introduction to restructuring problems; types of mergers; reasons for M & A; vertical, horizontal, conglomerate, concentric mergers.
• History of mergers – the first to the fourth wave and causes thereof.
• The strategic Process – Theories of mergers and tender offering – financial synergy and managerial synergy.

 

2. JOINT VENTURE AND ALLIANCES (4 HRS)

• Leveraged buyout
• Share repurchase.
• Takeover defences
• International take over and restructuring
• The M & A process
• Implementation and management guides for mergers & acquisitions.

 

3. LEGAL ASPECTS OF M&A (2 HRS)

• Legal aspects of mergers/amalgamation and acquisition; provisions of companies Act; SEBI regulation; takeover code; schemes of amalgamation; court approvals

 

BASIC TEXTS

• Mergers, Acquisition & Corporate Restructuring (by) Caughan (John Wiley)
• Creating Value from M&A (by) Sudi Sudersanam (Pearson)