Banking and Finance

Course Code	Course	Number of Credits	Description/Course Objective
SM82.01	Microeconomics of Competitiveness	3	This course will enable participants to explain the he determinants of firms’ competitiveness, internal as well as external, in a globalize world, Game theory approaches to competing and cooperating in business, and Understanding individual behavior and incentives in teams.
SM82.02	Financial Regulation and Supervision	3	The objective of this course is to equip the students with knowledge of the global community’s concern for financial system regulation and measures taken in achieving that objective together with the importance of governance in financial institutions to strengthen the system’s stability.
SM82.03	Financial Management	3	This course examines the role and importance of bank financial management to the modern bank. The course discusses the various trends shaping banking markets, such as institutionalisation, securitisation, globalisation and concentration.
SM82.04	Strategic Management and Leadership	3	Good strategy-making and good strategy-execution are the key ingredients of company success and the most reliable signs of good management. This course is designed to help managers gain an understanding of the theory and practice in the field of strategic management and leadership. The goal is to give you a thorough understanding of the analytical techniques and tools necessary to identify and formulate strategies successfully, and what skills you need as a leader to implement them. Specifically, the course will focus on two main areas: (i) Strategy Management, including: industry and competitive analysis; strategy formulation; and strategy implementation; (ii) leadership, including: types and styles of leadership; delegation, communication; team building; and conflict resolution.
SM82.05	International Finance	3	This course will enable participants to: (1) Understand the role of money in a modern economy (2) Understand the interaction between financial markets and the real economy (3) Understand the structure and functioning of the international monetary system and of foreign exchange markets (4) Be familiar with the most important concepts of international economics (5) Be familiar with special issues and problems arising from financial crisis
SM82.06	Banking	3	This course will enable participants to: (1) Understand securities markets and the role of trading and brokerage. (2) Know and understand the products, transactions, and business strategies of commercial banks, retail banks, investment banks, and corporate banking. (3) Understand the business of mutual funds (4) Be aware of the importance and mechanisms of cash and liquidity management. (5) Be aware of strategic and marketing issues in banking (6) Be able to apply strategic and marketing concepts to the banking industry
SM82.07	Risk Management	3	The participants at the end of the course must be able to: (1) Identify and distinguish various kinds of risks (2) Effectively handle a comprehensive risk management issue using relevant tools and techniques. (3) Analyse and implement a risk management practice for a bank / institution (4) Comfortably handle the various instruments used in risk mitigation (5) Manage risk through hedging and Asset and Liability Management (ALM).
SM82.08	Information Management and Knowledge Management	3	Information Management and Knowledge Management are a key to business success across a variety of industries. Banks have become increasingly aware of the importance of their intellectual capital, like any other asset, to improve their competitive advantage. The challenge they face is to determine within a vast sea of information what is "valuable" for them and share the right information with the right people who need it. Although technology can support KM initiatives, it should not begin there. Successful Knowledge Management (KM) must betied to the strategic objectives of the bank, directly linked to what people know, their competency, intuition, ideas, and motivations and focus on how their knowledge can support banking objectives. Professionals seeking to build a career in banking need to understand concepts in these areas and also develop an understanding of project management, as financiers of projects.
SM82.09	Growth and Development	3	This course will enable participants to: (1) Develop the analytical skills to understand theoretical developments in modern economic growth theory. (2) Develop the ability to match theory with empirical evidence via the interpretation of econometric studies on the experience of economic growth and development across countries. (3) Develop the ability to highlight the implications of theoretical and empirical research for policy design.
SM82.9001	Selected Topic: Monetary Policy	3	Monetary policy is an integral part of Macroeconomics. Its impact is felt on all macroeconomic aggregates. We will begin with a preliminary discussion of how monetary policy impacts key macroeconomic variables and, thereby, the business environment in an economy. We will then develop a simple macroeconomic model to understand the role and effectiveness of monetary policy under alternative states of economy. Next, we talk about the money supply process followed by a detailed discussion of conduct of monetary policy against conflicting goals. We will study ECB, Bangladesh Bank and RMA Bhutan’s monetary policies. Finally, we will introduce you to the need for financial stability as an explicit monetary policy objective. While the course will cover all aspects of monetary policy; the focus will be on South Asia.
SM82.9002	Selected Topic: Foundation of Economics	3	The objective of this course is to provide conceptual and analytical skills to students who are interested in microeconomic and macroeconomic management. For Microeconomic, economic theory and tools of analysis of decision science to examine how an organization can achieve its aims or objectives most efficiently are introduced. Understanding both economic theory – in terms of both demand and supply-side analysis – and economic tools/techniques is essential for a firm/manager to make the best operating and planning decisions. Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole that attempts to answer the key following questions: why have some countries experienced rapid growth in income? Why do some countries have high rates of inflation? Why do some countries experience recessions and depression? Which instruments should policymakers use to ensure macroeconomic stability?. Understanding macroeconomics is crucial for policymakers since changes in macro policy have a great deal to the overall economy. Misunderstanding macroeconomic linkages and impacts of such policy could lead the economy into recession.
SM82.9003	Selected Topic: Research Methods	3	This course thought as an introduction into research and research methodology. It examines the process of research in business and management. As a solid foundation for conducting management research, students will learn a structured approach to the research process, including defining the research problem, objectives and question(s), conducting a literature review and the building of a conceptual model. The course is divided into seven inter-related components. The first part will provide a practical input towards conceptual clarifications, theory and philosophy which, alongside the research process. The second part focuses on the most important research aspects, namely defining research problem, objectives and questions. In the third part, students learn about the use of literature to also develop a conceptual framework which will lead the research strategy. The fourth part introduces different types of data and date collection and will critically discuss quality aspects involved. Data collection, analyses and related quality criteria will be discussed in the fifth part. Research writing and ethical aspects are taken up in the sixth and seventh part.
SM82.9004	Selected Topic: Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation	2	This course is intended to expose the participants to Financial Statement Analysis in a strategic context.
SM82.9005	Selected Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance	2	This course will introduce MBA students to current challenges and opportunities facing managers and companies in areas of corporate responsibility and ethical governance. Students will learn codes of best conduct, comprised of standards and guidelines governing the behavior of business organisations. Through case studies students will analyze and evaluate contemporary developments in corporate responsibility with respect to environmental protection, community development, employee welfare and good corporate governance. At the end of this course students are expected to have developed analytical skills in understanding and applying concepts of good governance and socially responsible behavior in organisations in a way that balances social and business needs.
SM82.9006	Selected Topic: Advanced Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation	3	This course is intended to expose the participants to Financial Statement Analysis in a strategic context.
SM82.9007	Selected Topic: Business Statistics and Basic Econometrics	3	The ability to make intelligent decisions based on data and information is critical. This course teaches the fundamental analytical and statistical tools to enable such analysis and decision-making. Students are taught how to describe and analyze business data. This entails hands-on computer exercises on real data sets, both in class and in assignment. Furthermore, model-building, analysis, and effective communication of recommendations are taught, using examples from a variety of business contexts such as finance, marketing, operations, and strategic management.
SM82.9008	Selected Topic: Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation	3	This course is intended to expose the participants to Financial Statement Analysis in a strategic context.