DCS Sem 2 Syllabus

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Syllabus for Master of Business Administration, 1st Semester from academic
Subject Name: Developing Contributory Skills – I (DCS-I) year 2019-20
Subject Code: 4519208
1. Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcome Component Learning Outcome (Learner will be able to)
Business Environment and Domain  Develop critical thinking practice for decision-making.
Knowledge (BEDK)
Critical thinking, Business  Adapt MS Word and MS Excel to enhance work
Analysis, Problem Solving and productivity.
Innovative Solutions (CBPI)
Global Exposure and Cross-  Analyze global management practices through case
Cultural Understanding (GECCU) studies of MNCs and foreign institutions.
Social Responsiveness and Ethics  Justify the appropriateness of business etiquettes
(SRE) specific to any social interaction in business settings.
Effective Communication (EC)  Illustrate listening, speaking and writing skills backed
by creative, critical and lateral thinking.
 Illustrate professional behavior along with norms of
business etiquettes.
Leadership and Teamwork (LT)  Solve a case or a problem situation through creative
and critical thinking in a group.
LO – PO Mapping: Correlation Levels:

1 = Slight (Low); 2 = Moderate (Medium); 3 = Substantial (High), “-“= no correlation
Sub. Code: 4519208 PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9
LO1: Develop critical
thinking practice for 3 - 1 2 - 2 - 2 3
decision-making.
LO2: Adapt MS Word and
MS Excel to enhance work 3 - - 2 2 1 - 1 1
productivity.
LO3: Analyze global
management practices
through case studies of 2 2 1 - 3 2 1 2 2
MNCs and foreign
institutions.
LO4: Justify the
appropriateness of business
etiquettes specific to any 1 2 1 2 - 1 3 1 1
social interaction in business
settings.
LO5: Illustrate listening,
speaking and writing skills
1 - 1 3 - 1 - 2 1
backed by creative, critical
and lateral thinking.
LO6: Illustrate professional
behaviour along with norms 1 - 1 3 - 2 - 2 1
of business etiquettes.
LO7: Solve a case or a
problem situation through
1 2 2 3 1 3 - 1 1
creative and critical thinking
in a group.
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2. Course Duration: The course duration is of 20 sessions of 60 minutes each.

3. Course Contents:
50 Marks
Module No. of
Contents (External
No: Sessions
Evaluation)
Creative and Critical Thinking
 Creative thinking
 Meaning
 Top creative thinking skills
 Ways to develop creative thinking skills
I 07 17
 Critical thinking
 Meaning
 Critical thinking characteristics
 Barriers to critical thinking
o Ways to improve critical thinking
Case Study Learning
 Introduction to Case Study
II  Types of cases 05 12
 Case Elements
 Preparing for case based learning
Business Etiquettes
III 02 05
 Introductions, telephone, e-mail, meetings
MS – Word, MS – Excel
 MS-Word
o Home
 Format Painter, table of content,
font, paragraph, select, find-replace
o Insert
 Cover page, blank page, page break,
comment, header – footer
 Table
 Shapes & symbols
 Hyperlink
 Page number
o Design
IV 07 16
 Document formatting
 Page border and color
 Theme, watermark
o Layout
 Margins, orientation
 Indent, spacing, columns
o References
 Table of content
 Insert footnote and endnote
 Insert citation
 Cross-reference
 MS-Excel
o Home
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 Merge and center, wrap text,

number
 Editing
 Cells
o Insert
 Table, pivot table
 Charts
o Page Layout
 Margins, orientation, size, print area
 Indent, spacing, columns
o Formula
 Auto sum
 Statistical
 Lookup
o Data
 Sort, Filter
o Review
 Protect Sheet
4. Pedagogy:
 ICT enabled Classroom teaching
 Case study
 Interactive class room activities, discussions, games
 Self-assessment tests for creativity and critical thinking
 Computer lab practice
5. Evaluation:
Students shall be evaluated on the following components:
A End –Semester Examination (External Assessment - 50 Marks)
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