The MBA program at Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, Pune has been tailor-made for learners desirous of acquiring a clear advantage in terms of knowledge and skills for their growth and development.
A rigorous curriculum interspersed with cutting-edge pedagogy facilitates the development of a broader perspective and an enhanced confidence level in participants. This formalizes their knowledge of overcoming real-world business challenges through a deeper understanding of general and specialization subjects which helps them fine-tune their leadership acumen along with technical and behavioral skills. Armed with the know-how of critical thinking and the insight of questioning business assumptions, the participants are ready to take the next step in their careers by the end of this program.
Our Program delivers conceptual and practical inputs with the fine blending of traditional and new-age teaching andragogy. Besides classroom teaching, the blended learning approach covers the following:
- Course assignments, Case Studies, etc.
- Projects, Reports and Dissertation
- Workshops, Panel Discussion, Webinars, Seminars, etc.
- Interaction with Industry Experts
- Multiple Internships.
- Virtual Labs
- Field based and Community based Learning
Apart from the above, learning support is also provided through LMS, wherein, the Students are provided access to E-Content, E-Learning, Access to Digital Library.
Program Objectives:
- To foster teamwork and leadership in the business environment.
- To develop and enhance business and organizational skills that is applicable to a wide range of organizations.
- To present and enhance skills in the use of information technologies to assist in the management of organizations.
- To enhance the business communication skills of the participants.
- To help students pursue management positions in the corporate world.
Program Outcomes:
After completion of the program, the student should be able to:
- Finding and applying different sources of information such as public statistics, annual reports, customer and market data as well as research data.
- Choosing relevant models and methods for use in the organization’s internal strategy work, including planning, facilitating, implementing, and evaluating strategy processes.
- Making analytical use of theoretical models and tools in work on practical issues in his / her respective organization.
- Presenting and discussing professional issues and analyses with employees, fellow managers, and other parties he/she cooperates with.
Skill Development:
During the course, the students are assigned tasks to learn different management courses by analyzing case studies, and problem statements, and participating in group discussions and presentations. The continuous assessment helps the students in self-evaluation and self-development, mentored by expert faculty with both academic excellence and industry exposure. The course curriculum is framed with the inputs of experts from the industry to include all current issues in the different industries for the students to gain complete specialized managerial skills and their utilization. This enables the students to enhance their employability and supports them to become an entrepreneur. The industry experts are invited to deliver experience-sharing lectures and panel discussions for the benefit of our students.
Teaching Learning Procedure:
The innovative teaching-learning offers executive MBA students a chance to build a remarkable career and gain relevant experience related to the domain where they are working. Students are given experiential learning situations to work on and imparted on-the-job training during the study period. They are facilitated by the Industry Mentors and the Faculty Mentors for their reports, submissions, recommendations, and end-of-term project reports.
The students are also provided the learning opportunities in the following:
- Synchronous and Asynchronous learning integration-aligning to their job role.
- Continuous Teaching-Learning support through the Symbiosis Leaning Platform
- On-site and On-Campus teaching-learning opportunity
Eligibility:
- Graduate in any discipline from a recognized University
- Two Years Post-Graduation Diploma in Management approved by AICTE in the case of lateral entry.
Program Duration:
- Two Years for MBA
- One Year for MBA Lateral entry
| Semester | Course Code | Course Name |
| 1 | MBA1001 | Management Fundamentals |
| 1 | MBA1002 | Organizational Behaviour |
| 1 | MBA1003 | Business Economics |
| 1 | MBA1004 | Basics of Marketing |
| 1 | MBA1005 | Managerial Accounting |
| 1 | MBA1006 | Legal Aspects of Business |
| 1 | Internship/Apprenticeship II | |
| 2 | MBA2001 | Financial Management |
| 2 | MBA2002 | Human Resource Management |
| 2 | MBA2003 | Operations & Supply Chain Management |
| 2 | MBA2004 | Information Systems for Managers |
| 2 | MBA2005 | Business Research Methodology |
| 2 | MBA2006 | Startup and New Venture |
| 2 | Internship/Apprenticeship II | |
| 3 | MBA3001 | Strategic Management |
| 3 | MBA3002 | Business Ethics |
| 3 | Elective I | |
| 3 | Elective II | |
| 3 | Elective III | |
| 3 | Elective IV | |
| 3 | Internship/Apprenticeship II | |
| 4 | MBA4001 | International Business Management |
| 4 | MBA4002 | Management Control Systems |
| 4 | Elective I | |
| 4 | Elective II | |
| 4 | Elective III | |
| 4 | MBA4015 | Project |
| 4 | Internship/Apprenticeship II |
Specializations Courses:
| Elective | Course Code | Marketing | Course Code | Finance | Course Code | HR | Course Code | Health Care Management | |
| Sem III | Elective I | MBA3103 | Consumer Buying Behaviour | MBA3107 | Direct Taxation | MBA3111 | Labour & Social Security Laws | MBA3115 | Health Care and Hospital Environment |
| Sem III | Elective II | MBA3104 | Services Marketing | MBA3108 | International Finance | MBA3112 | Compensation Management | MBA3116 | Health Care Economics |
| Sem III | Elective III | MBA3105 | Integrated Marketing Communications | MBA3109 | Financial Laws | MBA3113 | Employment Relations | MBA3117 | Information Technology for Hospitals |
| Sem III | Elective IV | MBA3106 | Product & Brand Management | MBA3110 | Risk Management | MBA3114 | Strategic Human Resource Management | MBA3118 | Hospital Operations Management |
| Sem IV | Elective I | MBA4103 | Digital Marketing | MBA4106 | Behavioural Finance | MBA4109 | Human Resource Information System | MBA4112 | Hospital Management Control Systems |
| Sem IV | Elective II | MBA4104 | Marketing of Financial Services | MBA4107 | Banking Operations | MBA4110 | Recruitment and Selection | MBA4113 | Healthcare Insurance and Risk Management |
| Sem IV | Elective III | MBA4105 | Business to Business Marketing | MBA4108 | Corporate Finance | MBA4111 | Emerging Trends in HR | MBA4114 | Legal and Ethical Issues for Hospitals |
Evaluation Procedure:
- The Evaluation Scheme includes Formative Evaluation and Summative Evaluation
- The questions formulated are based on the program/course objectives.
- The questions are designed to test students’ knowledge, and comprehension through factual and textual questions, application/analysis/synthesis/evaluation (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) based questions.
- The student’s views, opinions, power of expression, clarity of thought, application of knowledge, and analytical ability.
Formative Evaluation– The students have to submit Assignments for all the courses. As a compulsory academic component of the curriculum, students are required to submit assessments in the form of Internal Assignments. The Formative Evaluation implemented is as follows: Assessment in the form of Unit Tests, Quizzes, or Examinations, course wise of 30 marks with 50% passing.
Summative Evaluation– The students attend the exams at the end of the semester. These exams are taken course-wise separately. Summative evaluations are of 70 marks with 50% passing.
Project Report– A student has to submit a project report as per the program requirement.
