Project Management

Paper Code: 
MRM 422
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To give students in depth knowledge of various aspects concerning selection, implementation and evaluation of a project.

12.00

Project: Concept, Definition, Characteristics, Importance and Challenges of a project. Life cycle of a project, Phases of Project Management
Project Formulation: Introduction, sequential stages of Project formulation.
Project Feasibility & Appraisal: Meaning, Scope, Types (Technical &Financial )

12.00

Financial planning & forecasting:- Meaning & nature, factors affecting financial planning , significance & limitation
Sources of finance:- Meaning, External & Internal sources of finance

12.00

Project planning & scheduling: Introduction, Scheduling Techniques (Bar Chart, Network based scheduling-PERT &CPM)
Project Organization: Functional & Matrix Organization

12.00

Social Cost Benefit Analysis: Meaning, Approaches
(UNIDO & L-M approach) and Shadow Pricing.
Market and Demand Analysis: Meaning , Features of the Market, Market Planning, Collection of secondary Information, Conduct of Market survey and Demand Forecasting

12.00

Capital Budgeting- Introduction, Discounted cash flow techniques: Present Value and IIR.
Cost of capital :- Meaning, computation of cost of debt, preference , equity Share capital & Weighted average cost of capital.

Essential Readings: 

• Nagrajan .K Project management New Age International Publishers
• Agarwal, Mishra, “Project Management”, RBD, Jaipur
• Agarwal MR- “Financial Management” Garima Publication, Jaipur

References: 

• Vasant Desai “Project Management” , Himalaya Publishing House.
• Prasanna Chandra “Project Planning, Implimentation & Review” Tata McGrawl-Hill, New Delhi

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