AMCAT SYLLABUS FOR MANAGEMENT GRADUATES

Management Graduates SYLLABUS for AMCAT:

 

1)Banking & Financial Services

The module has been designed to check general financial knowledge and its application for a graduate in all subject areas that affect a financial manager’s decisions.
Befitting Job Functions/Profiles: Accounting Managers, Corporate Controllers, Chief Financial Officers, Treasurers and Finance Officers, Cash Managers, Management Consultants.
Number of Questions: 27
Module Duration: 20 min
Detailed Syllabus:
Investment Products
	·         Stocks ·         Bonds ·         Mutual Funds
Banking Products
	·         o Banking ·         Debt
Basic Economics and Taxation
	·         Macro Economics ·         Taxation

 

2)Marketing

The module assesses the candidates for all aspects of marketing ranging from fundamentals, to market research, planning and strategy and principles of economics all of which are closely linked and would be required by a marketing professional. Befitting Job Functions/Profiles: Sales Manager/Executive, Marketing Manager/Executive, etc. Number of Questions: 27 Module Duration: 18 min Detailed Syllabus: General Marketing ·         Marketing planning and strategy ·         Marketing management ·         Principles of economics Brand Planning ·         Brand management ·         Advertising management ·         Consumer behavior ·         Marketing research Sales and Distribution Management ·         Sales management ·         Distribution models ·         Channels management

3)Human Resources(HR)

 

The module tests particular areas of candidate’s strength and identifies whether the candidate is suited for a specialist or a generalist profile in HR.
Befitting Job Functions/Profiles: HR/Recruitment Manager/Executive, Training Manager/Executive, IT Recruiter, Sourcing Executive/Manager, etc.
Number of Questions: 25
Module Duration: 16 min
Detailed Syllabus:
HR Planning and Strategy
	·         Basics of human resource ·         Human resource planning ·         Human resource information system ·         Strategic human resource management
Organizational behavior
	·         Industrial behavior ·         Group behavior ·         Organizational structure and design
Specialist HR Functions
	·         Industrial relations and development ·         Performance management selection ·         Training and development

 

4)Operations

 

The module assesses MBA students on their understanding of basic concepts involved in Operations Management, laying greater emphasis on the practical aspects of operations.
Befitting Job Functions/Profiles: Operations Executive/Manager, Operation Research Associate, Supply Chain Manager, etc.
Number of Questions: 22
Module Duration: 25 min
Detailed Syllabus:
Planning and Development
	·         Capacity and Facility planning ·         Process selection and Project planning ·         Product design and development
Supply Chain Management
	·         Sourcing and purchase management ·         Logistics and warehousing ·         Inventory management ·         Resources planning
Quality Management
	·         Statistical quality control and Control charts ·         Acceptance sampling ·         Operating characteristic curve ·         Quality management, ISO, six sigma

 

 

5)Basic Statistics

 

The module assesses MBA students on their understanding of basic concepts and methods of statistics, laying emphasis on quantitative methods and statistical techniques used to investigate and interpret statistical data in order to arrive at meaningful conclusions.
Befitting Job Functions/Profiles: Business Consultant, Business Analyst/Associate, Research Analyst/Associate, Accountant, etc.
Number of Questions: 20
Module Duration: 30 min
Detailed Syllabus:
Exploratory Analysis
	·         Statistical survey and presentation of data ·         Measures of central tendency ·         Measures of dispersion ·         Skewness ·         Design of experiments, sampling, sampling error, sampling bias
Statistical inference
	·         Formulating null and alternate hypothesis ·         Type I and Type II errors ·         z-test/t-test, p-values ·         Chi-square distribution ·         Confidence intervals ·         Correlation ·         Regression ·         Multivariate analysis
Probability
	·         Basics of probability ·         Probability density function (PDF) ·         Cumulative distribution function (CDF) ·         Standard distributions