book list: books on management optional of ias exam are as follows: organisational design: khandwala madhukar shukla organisational behaviour: luthans and robbins for some portions blanchart is also good. Terry and franklin koontz and donnel koontz and weihrich many of the people prepare for upsc post mba but usually they dont opt for management as their optional subject because of lack of guidance/coaching materials/mock tests in this subject. They join some big coaching center in delhi and splurge a lot of money studying some subjects which coaching centers say are scoring and less risky. In this process,they usually end up wasting a lot of their hard earned money and precious time. Management ,contrary to a popular belief, is not only less risky but also it can be finished with a dedicated study of just 3 months. Mbas are already in advantage vis a vis other competitors if they take management because they have already finished up 60 70% course during their first year of mba. The biggest advantage of management as an optional is that it’s logical as compared to humanity subjects.

You’re either right or wrong, you will never face any potential injustice the likes of which is experienced in sociology, pub ad or geography! if you do well, you’ll surely get decent marks. Introduction and accounting part you can go through once so far they have only asked marginal costing v/s absorption costing budgeting techniques and inventory management. Tip – they will most likely ask about marginal/absorption costing this year they do it every alternate year! the best part about paper 1 is that even in finance they ask pure theory questions like what is npv, irr, capm, leverage etc. It is so basic that even non finance experts like me could cram and answer in the paper. My strength was in hr, ob and marketing with a basic knowledge of other three topics in syllabus. You have a choice in marketing or finance but hr amp ob is a must read for both marketing and financial experts as it makes up for 80 – 90% of section a in paper 1! note – i had hr as one of the specialization so things were little smooth for me in this department! honestly, if you go through previous year question papers you’ll also be able to estimate as to which topics you would like to cover extensively.

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So, if you are good in quant, operations and basic strategic management this paper will easily get you 120+ out of 250! i didn’t specifically prepare mis, intl busness, and govt business relation because half of it is like gs and a basic understanding can get you through. Complete business statistics: aczel−sounderpandian operations management: david collier strategic management: iim class ppts/ mostly ignou notes! mis: laudon and laudon intl business: some local author book/ ignou remember you don’t need to be master of every topic you just need to have a broad area of study. Managerial function: concept and foundations of management, managerial role and functions. Analysis of environmental opportunities and threats, formulation of organisational vision, mission and objectives. Organisational behaviour and design: classical and neoclassical systems, delegation of authority, design of strategic business units. Innovation in organizational design such as networks, knowledge based enterprises systems and processes. Quantitative techniques in decision making: classification of data, averages, dispersion and skewness.

Management control system: basic concepts, understanding strategic behaviour. Responsibility centres, strategic planning, preparation of budgets, zero based budget, analysis and evaluation of performance, control system in service organization. Modern control methods, controlling global enterprises: transfer pricing and management of risk. Business environment: concept and analysis of macro business environment: indian and global.

Shareholder value creation: dividend policy, corporate financial policy and strategy. Understanding and selecting target markets: marketing research, consumer behaviour. Marketing communciation, brand management, personal selling and management of salesforce.

Creating global competitive advantage: analysis, formulation, implementation and control. International business: international business environment: changing composition of trade in goods and services. Evaluation of international trade policies instruments of trade policy, institutions of international business gatt//wto, trims and trips labour conditions and environmental issues, trade in services and agri products, role of imf, world bank, unctad.