Tolani Motwane
Institute of Management Studies
Institute of Management Studies
(Recognized by AICTE & Affiliated to GTU)
(1st and Only NBA Accredited MBA Program in GTU)
| Subject | Faculty | Scope | Initiatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Management | TVP | Practical Analysis of the company | Analysis of annual report three years of listed company |
| Consumer Behaviour | AG | Practical Research on CB is missing Practical marketing strategies adopted by the companies to understand consumer behaviour Lack of practical understanding on the concept of Perception, Attitude, Personality, Motivation and Culture |
Student had to prepare questionnaire on different variable of CB and present in the class. Discussion on marketing strategies adopted by the companies to understand Consumer Behaviour were Discuss in the classrooms went deeper into consumer psycology with reference to Universal Human Values and explained practically how Motivation, Personality, Perception, Attitude and Learning occurs. |
| Integrated Marketing Communications | ST | Practical approach was lacking More of theories and lack of Practical approach |
Discussion of topics with advertisement and cases Showing various advertisements and Discussion of topics along with cases |
| Sales and Distribution Management | AS | Lack of Practical Applications of Personal Selling, Distribution Management focused more on conventional methods | Student undertook selling of various four wheeler and twe wheelers. They were also given variour FMCG and cosumer durable product to sell in classroom. Gave students a practical exposure to personal selling by giving them project which involved them working with various retail stores |
| Financial Derivatives | SSK | currency derivatives are missing in course Foreign exchane risk management is not focused Lack of real life exposure |
Discussion in the class along with the case case based discussion held in the class Encouraged students to take NISM certification |
| Compensation Management | PN | Module 4 content was missing in the prescribed book. | Gave notes for module 4. Also invited Ms. Vinati Tahilianey (LLM from GNLU) to explain some of the content regarding compensation law. |
| Digital and Social Media Marketing | ST | Basics of creating social media page and Practical approach was lacking | Discussion of various cases along with practical assignment of creating & handling social media pages Demo sessions on how to create and manage various business pages on different social media platforms.Discussion of various cases along with practical assignment of creating & handling social media pages |
| Product and Brand Management | AG | Lack of Practical New Development process and Brand strategies adopted by the companies. | NPD Process of Brands like Ducati Multistrata, Rolls Royce were discussed. |
| Services Marketing | TVP | Lack of practical aspects | Discussion through cases and practical assignments of visiting service outlets Visiting and interacting with industry for practical insight |
| Performance Management | PN | The content for performance counselling, assessment centre, KPI and KRA were not explained in depth in reference book. | Gave notes regarding the mentioned topics. 5th module project was designed to help students better understand the concept of performance management through practical application. |
| Human Resource Planning & Development | NR | Employee on boarding, 360 degree performance appraisal, leader member exchange theory | Explained them the process of employee on boarding with the help of a case study, shown the video for 360 degree PA and theoretically explained leader member exchange theory with the help of an example |
| Legal Aspects of Business | AS | Only Theoretical Explanation of Company Law and IPR Law. Practical Aspects such as Documentation and Procedures are missing Companies Act, IPR Laws and GST are not very comprehensively covered |
Showed real world documents, forms and proper procedure for filing to the students. Also showed actual MoA and AoA to the students Found out latest cases and gave to students for class discussion, discussed Legal Maxims which are used in day-to-day business, Showed real world documents, forms and proper procedure for filing to the students. Also showed actual MoA and AoA to the students. GST was covered through YouTube vidoes and new ammendments by the government |
| Economics for Manager | NR | MSP, current GDP of India, Farm Bill 2020 Budget 2022 Current GDP of India, Inflation, Recession 2023 |
Shared and explained the MSP report, shown the video of India's GDP, shown the video of farm bill 2020 Discussed the key highlights of budget 2022, February Shared and explained the GDP report, shown the video of India's GDP, discussion regarding the Recession 2023 |
| Organization Behaviour | AS | Case Studies with reference to Indian scenario were missing | Purchased a few cases from Indian Journals and discussed them with the students |
| Business Ethics & Corporate Governance | AG | The Course lacks the connection between Ethics, Values and Morality The Course lacks the connection between Ethics, Values and Morality Lack of practical connection between Ethic and Governance |
Classroom Discussion were based on the difference between Value, Moral and Ethics
Connecting Ethic values and morality through the concepts of UHV Live cases where discussed to gain deeper understanding between ethics and Governance |
| Management Information Systems | TVP | Fundamentals of Management | Classroom Sessions |
| Business Statistics | PN | Use to Statistics in real world was missing. | 5th module was designed to give students better utilization of Excel and to understand the practical approach. |
| Business Analytics | TVP | Hands on visualization. Some of the content was missing in the test book. | Students were exposed and taught visualization tools like Tableau, Excel and Voyant tools. Helped students to identify the missing content. |
| Corporate Finance | SSK | Use of real life cases are missing very less focus on time value of money |
Case based discussions on variuos practicle senarios Discussion on real life caes as well as practice sums to make strong based for practical applicability |
| Marketing Management | AG | Require the understanding of various advertisements and there connected topics Application content was lacking Content for global and ethical issues of marketing is less |
Discussion on Various Advertisements Discussion based on advertisments and cases Case and Discussion on same was provided |
| Human Resource Management | PN | Concept of Job description and Job Specification. Also the laws under HR department were not in depth in prescribed book. | Students were asked to get the job description and job specification filled by an employer, working in any sector. Also invited Ms. VinatiTahilianey (LLM from GNLU) to explain some of the content regarding compensation law. |
| Production & Operations Management | NR | The course lacks ISO series of certifications other than 9000. The book lacked the practical examples of various chapters. | Invited guest speaker Mr. Chandan Raisinghani to explicate the students the ISO series of certifications, Also students got to know various industry specific ISO and other certifications during their company visit for their practical/module 5 project. Also provided them the practice worksheet for the numericals. |
| Entrepreneurship | AS | The entire course focuses majorly on LO1, other LOs are not covered properly Text book had old content of some topics and some of the topics were missing Content of course guide is not covering all LO |
Web resources, video lectures, real world case studies and debates were held during the classes to cover the other LOs. Students were encoureged to visit website to collect relavant indormation and make presentation Different case (Shark tank and video based cases, assignment on different financial institutes at central level was given |
| Security Analysis and Portfolio Management | HL | Course lacks exposure to real time stock market and microsoft excel which can be useful in financial modelling of portfolio lack of interest due to lenghty fundamental analysis |
Taught them advanced excel formulae to construct portfolio. Conducted few session in computer lab to give real time exposure of stock market Video case of Mahindra vs Tata motors was used to help them understand Fundamental Analysis |
| Insurance and Risk Management | HL | The Book recommended did not had practical examples and cases | Invited guest speaker from Industry (Dhruv Daryani & Sudhir Pawar) to orient students of practical cases |
| Change Management and Organization Development | PN / NR | The content Appreciative inquiry model was not found in the prescribed book. The book recommended lacked various models of change and the content for ego states and Johari window was too less to be understood |
Provided notes for the topic mentioned. Did the role play to explain the development process. Explained the various models of change with the examples of real life organisations. Shown them the videos of ego states and Johari window along with examples |
| Human Resource Audit | NR | The book recommended lacked various topics from the course guide. | Provided the notes for the same and we also had an team building activity and role play during the sessions to better understand the topics. |
| Retailing and Franchising | AG / ST | Application of retail strategy was less | Visits to retail outlets and disussion of topics through cases and their visits |
| International Finance | HL | Book had very little content on Letter of Credit Less material on international cash managament |
Invited guest speaker from Industry (Nilesh and Bhavesh) to cover the practical aspects of LOC. Case studies were created by students of Fluctuations in various currencies and its reason Provided additional material for International cash management |
| Banking | HL | Book and Content lacked latest information on banking Less cases in book |
Discussion of latest news in banking in each class by students. Case studies on Fraud and how Banks are managing were done through module v New case for IBC and Self help group was discussed |
| Managerial Accounting | HL | No content Gap found Lack of real world sums in course |
Used live reports from Money control (Welspun) to explain Ratio analysis |
| Research Methodology | AG | Requires understanding on difference between Smapling process | Classroom Discussions on NPTEL Videos by Prof. JK Nayak |
| Change Management and Organisation Development | PN | The content Appreciative inquiry model was not found in the prescribed book. | Provided notes for the topic mentioned. Did the role play to explain the development process |
| Change Management and Organisation Development | NR | The book recommended lacked various models of change and the content for ego states and Johari window was too less to be understood | Explained the various models of change with the examples of real life organisations. Shown them the videos of ego states and Johari window along with examples. |
| Compensation Management | PN | Module 4 content was missing in the prescribed book. | Gave notes for module 4. Also invited Ms. VinatiTahilianey (LLM from GNLU) to explain some of the content regarding compensation law. |
| Export Import Procedure | TVP | None | None |
| Organisation Behaviour | AS | Unethical Practices prevalent in Motivating Individuals, Impact of Org Culture on Individuals & Workplace | Found Web Resources and shared with the students. We had class discussion and debate on these topics using the Web Resources as our point of reference |