WMBA Program: Spring 2023

Institute of Business Administration (IBA-JU)

Jahangirnagar University
Savar, Dhaka-1342
Bangladesh.

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WMBA Class Routine:Spring 2023
WMBA Program
Institute of Business Administration (IBA-JU)
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342

DAY
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM 4:45 PM - 7:45 PM
(F1) 2:30 PM- 4.30 PM (F2) (F3)
BUS 503 (Sec 1): CGK BUS 501 (Sec 1): MA BUS 504 (Sec 1): ZI
Room # 383 Room # 384 Room # 383

BUS 507 (Sec 1): KA BUS 502 (Sec 1): BA BUS 508 (Sec 1): TA
Room # 382 Room # 407 Room # 382

BUS 509 (Sec 1): MBR BUS 505 (Sec 1): CGK BUS 512 (Sec 1): MMH
Room # 381 Room # 383 Room # 384
FRIDAY

BUS 510 (Sec 1): MNI BUS 506 (Sec 1): MNI BUS 513: BA
Room # 384 Room # 381 Room # 406

FIN 504: RKS BUS 511 (Sec 1): PS FIN512/ QBA 507: SHC
Room # 407 Room # 406 Room # 381

MKT 506: RH MKT 502: MBR HRM 506: AH

Room # 321 Room # 382 Room # 407

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM

(S1) 2:30 PM- 4.00 PM (S2) (S3)
BUS 503 (Sec 2): ZI BUS 501 (Sec 2): MA BUS 501 (Sec 3): MA
Room # 383 Room # 384 Room # 407

BUS 505 (Sec 2): CGK BUS 504 (Sec 2): BA BUS 502 (Sec 2): MMH
Room # 382 Room # 406 Room # 384

BUS 507 (Sec 2): KA BUS 506 (Sec 3): MNI BUS 506 (Sec 2): PS
Room # 381 Room # 321 Room # 381
SATURDAY

BUS 509 (Sec 2): MBR BUS 508 (Sec 2): TA BUS 510 (Sec 2): ZI
Room # 407 Room # 383 Room # 383

BUS 512 (Sec 2): MMH BUS 509 (Sec 3): RH FIN 516: RKS
Room # 384 Room # 382 Room # 406

MKT 528: PS BUS 511 (Sec 2): RKS HRM 501: AH

Room # 406 Room # 407 Room # 382

QBA 509: RH BUS 514: KA

Room # Lab Room # 381

FIN 503: AH
Room # Lab

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Faculty List: Spring 2023
WMBA Program
Sl. Course Title Course Teacher Slot
1 BUS 501 Managerial Communication (Sec.-1) Mr. Moudud Ahmed F2
2 BUS 501 Managerial Communication (Sec.-2) Mr. Moudud Ahmed S2
3 BUS 501 Managerial Communication (Sec.-2) Mr. Moudud Ahmed S3
4 BUS 502 Mathematics for Decision Making (Sec. 1) Mr. Badrul Alam F2
5 BUS 502 Mathematics for Decision Making (Sec. 2) Professor Md. Motaher Hossain PhD S3
6 BUS 503 Statistics for Managers (Sec. 1) Professor Chowdhury Golam Kibria F1
7 BUS 503 Statistics for Managers (Sec. 2) Professor K.M. Zahidul Islam PhD S1
8 BUS 504 Managerial Economics (Sec. 1) Professor K.M. Zahidul Islam PhD F3
9 BUS 504 Managerial Economics (Sec. 2) Mr. Badrul Alam S2
10 BUS 505 Macro Economic Analysis (Sec. 1) Professor Chowdhury Golam Kibria F2
11 BUS 505 Macro Economic Analysis (Sec. 2) Professor Chowdhury Golam Kibria S1
12 BUS 506 Accounting for Decision Making (Sec. 1) Professor Mohammad Nazmul Islam F2
13 BUS 506 Accounting for Decision Making (Sec. 2) Mr. Palash Saha S3
14 BUS 506 Accounting for Decision Making (Sec. 3) Professor Mohammad Nazmul Islam S2
15 BUS 507 Organization and Management (Sec. 1) Professor Kamrul Arefin F1
16 BUS 507 Organization and Management (Sec. 2) Professor Kamrul Arefin S1
17 BUS 508 Peoples Management (Sec. 1) Ms. Tasnima Aziza F3
18 BUS 508 Peoples Management (Sec. 2) Ms. Tasnima Aziza S2
19 BUS 509 Marketing Management (Sec. 1) Mr. Mohammad Baktiar Rana PhD F1
20 BUS 509 Marketing Management (Sec. 2) Mr. Mohammad Baktiar Rana PhD S1
21 BUS 509 Marketing Management (Sec. 3) Professor S. M. Rafiul Huque PhD S2
22 BUS 510 Financial Management (Sec. 1) Professor Mohammad Nazmul Islam F1
23 BUS 510 Financial Management (Sec. 2) Professor K.M. Zahidul Islam PhD S3
24 BUS 511 Management Information System (Sec. 1) Mr. Palash Saha F2
25 BUS 511 Management Information System (Sec. 2) Mr. Ratul Kumar Saha S2
26 BUS 512 Operations Management (Sec. 1) Professor Md. Motaher Hossain PhD F3
27 BUS 512 Operations Management (Sec. 2) Professor Md. Motaher Hossain PhD S1
28 BUS 513 Entrepreneurship Development Mr. Badrul Alam F3
29 BUS 514: Strategic Management Professor Kamrul Arefin S2
30 FIN 503: International Financial management Mr. Alamgir Hossain S2
31 FIN 504: Corporate Financial Management Mr. Ratul Kumar Saha F1
32 FIN 516 Financial Statement Analysis Mr. Ratul Kumar Saha S3
33 FIN512/QBA 507: Project Management Mr. Shish Haider Chowdhury F3
34 HRM 501: Human Resources Planning and Policy Mr. Alamgir Hossain S3
35 HRM 506 Compensation Management Mr. Alamgir Hossain F3
36 MKT 502: Services Marketing Mr. Mohammad Baktiar Rana PhD F2
37 MKT 506: Consumer Behavior Professor S. M. Rafiul Huque PhD F1
38 MKT 528: Brand Management Mr. Palash Saha S1
39 QBA 509: Supply Chain Management Professor S. M. Rafiul Huque PhD S1

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WMBA Program
Institute of Business Administration (IBA-JU)
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342
Trimester Class Plan: Spring 2023 [Tentative]

Week Friday Class Saturday Class

Week 1 February 10 February 11
Week 2 February 17 February 18
Classes of February 24 and 25 will remain off due to Convocation
Week 3 March 3 March 4
Week 4 March 10 March 11
March 17*
[Birthday of Bangabandhu Sheikh
Week 5 March 18
Mujibur Rahman & National
Children's Day]
Week 6 March 24 March 25
Week 7 March 31 April 1
Week 8 April 7 April 8
April 14**
Week 9 April 15
[Bangla New Year]

Eid-UL-Fitr Vacation April 21 April 22

Week 10 April 28 April 29

Week 11 May 5 May 6

Week 12 May 12 May 13

Week 13 (Makeup
May 19 May 20
Class)
May 26 May 27
Week 14
Final Examination Final Examination
June 2 June 3
Week 15
Final Examination Final Examination

 Makeup Class*: For the makeup of the canceled classes dated March 17,2023, there will be online makeup
classes on the Sunday (for slot 1), Monday (for slot 2) and Tuesday (for slot 3) of the same week. All such
makeup classes will be held from 7.30 PM to 10.30 PM.

 Makeup Class**: For the makeup of the canceled classes dated April 14, there will be online makeup classes
on the Sunday (for slot 1), Monday (for slot 2) and Tuesday (for slot 3) on the 1st week after Eid-UL-Fitr
Vacation (between April 30 to May 04, 2023). All such makeup classes will be held from 7.30 PM to 10.30
PM.
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ORDINANCE FOR WMBA PROGRAM
INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (IBA-JU)
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY

1.0 Program:
The Master of Business Administration (Weekend) Program consists of 60 credit hours which can be
completed within two to six years on trimester basis. Each trimester will be of thirteen weeks of duration.
The course-end examination of the courses offered in a trimester will be held at the end of the each trimester.

1.1 Program Objective

This nonresidential MBA Program (weekend) aims at developing up-to-date global entrepreneurs
and managers. Through the delivery of state of art teaching and practical insights this program will
ultimately endeavor to create the business leaders of the future.

2.0 Academic Program:

The MBA Program requires each student to complete a maximum of 20 courses and each of the courses will
carry 3 credit hours. Students with related background may get waiver up to maximum 15 credits hours
depending upon previous academic records. Students may be allowed to take minimum 2 courses (i.e. 6
credit hours) from all the courses offered in a trimester. It is to be noted here that all the courses may not be
offered at every trimester. Minimum number of students should be 10 to have a course offered to them.

Degree requirements:
i) The degree will be awarded after the successful completion of a maximum of 20 courses (60
credit hours). Maximum 5 courses can be waived based on the previous academic records of
the student.
ii) Passing of all the courses individually by getting at least “D” grade and maintaining a
minimum CGPA of 2.5.

3.0 Assessment:
3.1 For the purpose of assessment, 100 marks shall be assigned to each of the three credit hours
course.
3.2 Assessment of a student in a course shall be based on marks obtained in the course end
examination (written) and course work. Marks allotted for course work shall be 60% of the
total marks of each course while marks allocated for the course end examination (written)
shall be 40% of the total marks.
3.3 Course work
Coursework shall consist of written tests, viva-voce, quizzes, participation in class, project
visit, presentation, case studies, discussion, assignments, term papers, etc.
3.4. Course-end examination:
I) Each course-end examination to be held at the end of each trimester and the duration of
the course -end examinations shall be 2 to 2.5 hours for each course.
3.5. Grading system:
The total numerical marks obtained by a student will be converted into letter grades. The
UGC grading system will be followed to evaluate the course performance.

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Table: Grading Structure
Conversion Point Letter Grade Grade Point
80-100 A+ 4.00
75-less than 80 A 3.75
70-less than 75 A- 3.50
65- less than 70 B+ 3.25
60- less than 65 B 3.00
55- less than 60 B- 2.75
50- less than 55 C+ 2.50
45- less than 50 C 2.25
40- less than 45 D 2.00
below 40 F 00

4.0 Qualifying Marks:

If any candidate obtains less than “D” grade in the combined evaluation of course-end examination
and assessment of class work or s/he remains absent in course-end examination, her/his course shall
be treated as incomplete and s/he will get a chance to participate in the next available examination
on that course.

5.0 Withdrawal:
5.1: Withdrawal from course:
Withdrawal from a course may be allowed to a student after approval from the authority
during a trimester. S/he needs to apply for a withdrawal within three weeks from the
beginning of a trimester. As far as course fee is concerned, if the student applies for a
withdrawal within (a) 3 week s/he will get full refund, (b) 5 weeks s/he will get 50% refund.
There would be no refund for withdrawal from the course after 5 weeks.

5.2: Withdrawal from program:

The academic committee may allow withdrawal on valid occasions but a student must
complete the program within a period of 6 academic years from the date of initial
registration. Student can get withdrawal from the program for a period no more than 2 years.
Upon re-entry, the student must complete the required courses of the program remaining in
force. The student can only be accommodated within the course offered for the regular
students.

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Syllabus for the WMBA Program
Institute of Business Administration (IBA-JU)
Jahangirnagar University

OVERVIEW OF WMBA Program

 Class Time: Friday and Saturday
 Duration of each trimester: 4 Months
 Structure of WMBA Program: 13 Basic Courses + 1 Capstone Course + 4 Major Courses +
2 Minor Courses = 20 Courses
 Total Credit Hours: 20x3 = 60 Credit Hours
BASIC AND CAPSTONE COURSES
Basic Courses
BUS 501 Managerial Communication
BUS 502 Mathematics for Decision Making
BUS 503 Statistics for Managers
BUS 504 Managerial Economics
BUS 505 Macro Economic Analysis
BUS 506 Accounting for Decision Making
BUS 507 Organization and Management
BUS 508 Peoples Management
BUS 509 Marketing Management
BUS 510 Financial Management
BUS 511 Management Information System
BUS 512 Operations Management
BUS 513 Entrepreneurship Development
Capstone Course
BUS 514: Strategic Management

MAJOR & MINOR COURSES

FINANCE AND BANKING
Courses
FIN 501: Central Bank and Banking Supervision
FIN 502: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
FIN 503: International Financial Management
FIN 504: Corporate Financial Management
FIN 505: Financial Econometrics
FIN 506: Financial Institutions and Markets
FIN 507: Strategic Banking
FIN 508: Financial Engineering
FIN 509: Insurance Fund Management
FIN 510: Bank Management
FIN 511: E-banking
FIN 512: Project Management
FIN 513: Financial Product Marketing
FIN 514: Fund Management
FIN 515: Real Estate Finance and Investment
FIN 516: Financial Statement Analysis
FIN 517: Working Capital Management
FIN 518: Non Bank Financial Institution
FIN 519: Behavioral Finance
FIN 520: Theory of Finance
FIN 521: Selected Issues in Finance
FIN 522: Seminar on Contemporary issues in Finance and Banking
FIN 523: Research in Banking and Finance

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MARKETING
Courses
MKT 501: Product Design and Pricing Policy
MKT 502: Services Marketing
MKT 503: Industrial Marketing
MKT 504: Promotions Management
MKT 505: Strategic Marketing
MKT 506: Consumer Behavior
MKT 507: Marketing Research
MKT 508: International Marketing
MKT 509: Social Products Marketing
MKT 510: Real Time Marketing
MKT 511: Relationship Marketing
MKT 512: Financial Product Marketing
MKT 513: Marketing Game
MKT 514: Advertising & Sales Promotion
MKT 515: Theories of Marketing
MKT 516: Marketing Channel Management
MKT 517: Sales Management
MKT 518: Product Portfolio Management
MKT 519: Retail Management
MKT 520: Customer Relationship Management
MKT 521: Integrated Marketing Communication
MKT 522: Agro Product Marketing
MKT 523: Rural Marketing
MKT 524: Tourism and Hospitality Management
MKT 525: Agricultural Product Marketing
MKT 526: Global Marketing
MKT 527: Fundamentals of E-Marketing
MKT 528:Brand Management
529: Selected Issues in Marketing
MKT 530: Seminar on Contemporary issues in Marketing
MKT 531: Research in Marketing

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Courses
HRM 501: Human Resource Planning and Policy
HRM 502:
503: Strategic Human
Job Analysis and Resource Management
Performance Management
HRM 504: Training and Development
HRM 505: Career Planning and Development
HRM 506: Compensation Management
HRM 507: Industrial Relations
HRM 508: Employment laws in Bangladesh
HRM 509: Leadership
HRM 510: Conflict Management
HRM 511: Human Resource Information system
HRM 512: Labor Economics
HRM 513: Gender in Management
HRM 514: Managing Workforce Diversity
HRM 515: Selected Issues in Human Resource Management
HRM 516: Global Human Resource Management
HRM 517: Management of Human Resources in Bangladesh
HRM 518: Seminar on Contemporary issues in Human Resource Management
HRM 519: Research in Human Resource Management.

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QUANTITATIVE BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Course
QBA 501: Innovation Management
QBA 502: Quality Management
QBA 503: Modern Manufacturing Systems
QBA 504: Materials Management
QBA 505: Production Economics
QBA 506: Management Science
QBA 507: Project Management
QBA 508: Inventory Management
QBA 509: Supply Chain Management
QBA 510: Production Planning and Control
QBA 511: Seminar on Contemporary issues in Operations Management
QBA 512: Research in Operations Management