Teaching – Learning Process

TEACHING PEDAGOGYA host of teaching and learning techniques are used to impart knowledge and skills to students in the University. A mix of lecture, case analysis, simulation games, role plays, seminars, group discussions and field work is used to groom conceptual, analytical and decision making skills of the students in order to prepare them to face the challenges of the complex environment. The students have to write a project report in one of the trimesters in post-graduate courses which exposes them to in depth knowledge of their interest area and the cases we refer are:

  • Darden School of Business
    • Accounting and Control Business Case Studies
      1. Toddler Treasures, Inc.
      2. Breeden Security, Inc. (A)
      3. Breeden Security, Inc. (B)
      4. Physicians for You, LLC: Estimating Asset-Related Expenses. J&L Railroad: The Board Meeting.
      5. Treasury management in Vanson corp.
    • Entrepreneurial Strategy Business Case Studies
      1. Danaher-The Making of a Conglomerate
      2. Sustainability and Innovation: Frameworks, Concepts, and Tools for Product and Strategy Redesign.
      3. Better World Books
      4. Global Medical Imaging, LLC
      5. Enchanting Travels.
      6. Eyebobs Eyewear, Inc.
    • Finance and Capital Budgeting
      1. Target Corporation
      2. Victoria Chemicals PLC (B): The Merseyside and Rotterdam Projects
      3. Diamond Chemicals PLC (B): Merseyside And Rotterdam Projects
      4. Worldwide Paper Company
      5. Euroland Foods S.A.
      6. The Jacobs Division 2003
    • Marketing
      1. Marketing and Ethics
      2. SVEDKA Vodka (A)
      3. SVEDKA Vodka (B)
      4. Hass Shoes
      5. Sunnyside Fields
      6. The Doors and Dave Matthews Band: Bands, Brands, and the Changing Music Industry
    • Quantitative Analysis Business Case Studies
      1. Introduction to Analytical Probability Distributions
      2. Toward a Single European Sky
      3. Intrinergy: Carbon Offsets (A)
      4. Intrinergy: Carbon Offsets (B)
      5. Probability Assessment Exercise Global
      6. Unity Airways: Chris Watson (B)
  • Richard IVEY School of Business
    • HRM
      1. Namaste Solar
      2. Scarborough YMCA: Getting Back on Track
      3. Adcock Ingram: Decisions and Motives That Steer Acquisitions
      4. Host Europe: Advancing CSR and Sustainability in a Medium-sized IT Company
      5. Tata: Leadership With Trust
      6. Challenges of Growth at Protegra.
      7. Good Intentions Gone Awry at the National Kidney Foundation
      8. Launch of Durra: Women in Islamic Banking
      9. A New Executive Director
      10. Hydro One Inc.: CEO Compensation
    • HR (Employee Training & Development)
      1. Training & Development at RVA: A Non Profit Organization
      2. IONS Consulting: The MP 2 Training Program
      3. CARNEGIE INDUSTRIAL: The Leadership Development Centre
    • Measuring Human Resource management
      1. HR as Transformation Partner in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
      2. Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd: Clinical Scorecard
    • Marketing-Sales Management
      1. Global Source Healthcare: Allocating Sales Resources
    • International Emerging Markets
      1. Nora-Sakari: A Proposed JV in Malaysia (Revised)
      2. Larson in Nigeria (Revised)
      3. Huxley Maquiladora
      4. Kashiwa Tubing Ltd.
      5. Note on Human Rights Violations in Chile
      6. Hazelton International Limited
      7. Botswana Uniform Agency (PTY) (A)
      8. Botswana Uniform Agency (PTY) (B)
      9. Huwai Corp compete in Europe
      10. Toyota growth in America
    • Management Science & MIS
      1. Google in China (B)
      2. Yumcha.com.au
      3. Host Europe: Advancing CSR and Sustainability in a Medium-sized IT Company
      4. Unimicron Technology Corporation
      5. Mustang Music (A)
      6. Mustang Music (B)
      7. Challenges of Growth at Protegra
      8. Mobile Language Learning: Praxis Makes Perfect in China
      9. Note on Logistic Regression
      10. Taiwan Taxi’s iCall System: Realizing the Value of GPS-Dispatch Systems
  • Harvard Business School
      • Organisational Behaviour
        1. Google and the Government of China: A Case Study in Cross-Cultural Negotiations
        2. ABC Sales and Service Division: A Case Study of Personal and Organizational Transformation.
        3. The business case for commitment to diversity
        4. Innovation in Government: The United States Department of Defense – Two Cases
        5. Can American Management Concepts Work in Russia?: A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study
        6. National Cultures and Work-Related Values, The Hofstede Study
        7. Zidane’s Last Red Card
        8. Managing Ethics and Legal Compliance: What Works and What Hurts
        9. Action Planning and Implementation: A Manager’s Checklist
        10. Pfizer: Letter from the Chairman (A)
      • Strategy
        1. Google and the Government of China: A Case Study in Cross-Cultural Negotiations
        2. Satellite Radio: An Industry Case Study
        3. Epodia: Demise of the HBS Case-Writing Monopoly?
        4. Innovation in Government: The United States Department of Defence – Two Cases
        5. Why Study Emerging Markets
        6. Obesity and McLawsuits
        7. Sustainable Development at Shell (A)
        8. Pfizer: Letter from the Chairman (A)
        9. Design Strategy at Samsung Electronics: Becoming a Top-Tier Company
        10. GE Money Bank: The M-Budget Card Initiative
      • Operations
        1. Lessons learned from renewable electricity marketing attempts: A case study
        2. Reverse Logistics Program Design: A Company Study
        3. What Can a Mosquito Do to an Elephant? (C)
        4. Auditor Liability in Canada (A)
        5. Managing Inventories: Fundamentals.
        6. Airflow Aircraft (Abridged)
        7. VIRGINIA-Class Submarine: Two for Four in 2012 (B)
        8. VIRGINIA-Class Submarine: Two for Four in 2012 (A)
        9. Intuit
        10. NTT DoCoMo (TM): Value Innovation at DoCoMo
      • HR (Employee Training & Development)
        1. A Blue Print for Success: Spend more on Training
        2. Offering Training where it is Valued Most
        3. Developing the Talent you have: Strategies for Training & Development
      • International Business
        1. Vietnam: Market Entry Decisions
        2. L’Oreal: Global Brand, Local Knowledge
        3. Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors
        4. Dozier industries
        5. Walt Disney Company’s Yen Financing
      • Finance
        1. Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Competitive Exposures
        2. Alex Sharpe’s Portfolio
        3. Motiwal Oswal Financial services ltd: An IPO in India
        4. A tale of two hedge funds.
        5. US treasury auction.
      • Business Statistics
        1. The Use and Misuse of Statistics
        2. statistical Quality Control for Process Development
      • Measuring Human Resource management
        1. Balance Scorecard : Measuring the contribution of Human Capital
        2. Ending the CEO Succession Crisis
        3. The Changing Nature of Human Resource: A Model for Multiple Roles
        4. HR as a Strategic Partner: The Measurement Challenge
      • Consumer Behavior
        1. Himalaya Herbal Toothpaste: Category and Brand Involvement in an Emerging Market
        2. Microsoft Windows: The Launch of Windows 7

    We also develop in-house cases by our faculty members and case writing experts and take nominal price of Rs 750/- for them.

Unique aspects of Pedagogy:1. Cases from Harvard, Darden Ivey & IIMS are used in courses.2. There is a provision of 25% weightage to fieldwork project work in every paper to assimilate learning.3. Few papers are taught in workshop style where faculties from IIM, IIFT, FMS, IIITM etc, come and enhance the skill set of students.
Few of the workshops conducted are below:a. Data Analyticsb. Marketing Engineeringc. E- Viewsd. Competency Mappinge. Merger and Acquisitionf. Derivatives Market4. Students have to write a dissertation in fourth and sixth semester which helps them to revisit their knowledge and enhance their analytical & diagnostic skills.5. Whole teaching- learning process is designed on the premise of continuous learning juxtapose to examination oriented learning. Choice based credit system is used to implement the same.6. Trimester system at MBA level makes the whole course very rigorous and outcome oriented.7. More than 10 CEO’s visit every year campus that enhances practical exposure of students.