FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK
The Maharaja
Mahar
Sayajirao University of Baroda
MHRM ADMISSION TEST SYLLABUS 2023 - 24
SE CT I ON- I
INDUSTIRAL PSYCHOLO
OLOGY
Unit-1- Introduction to Psychology:
Psychology Concept and Definition, Approaches to Psychology,
Subfields of Psychology (Clinical, Counselling, Educational, Developmental, Health
Psychology, Environmental Psychology)
Unit-2- Industrial Psychology
ogy: Nature, Definition, Role of an Industrial Psychologist,
Organizational Attitude, Organizational Behaviour, Organizational Socialization.
Unit-3- Personality and Stress:
Stress Meaning, Theories of Personality, Common Personality
measurement tools in Organization, Work Stress and Coping
Unit-4- Motivation and Group Behaviour: Definition of Motivation, Theories of Motivation,
Measurement Tools of Motivation; Group Behaviour, Group formation and Development
Unit-5- Leadership: Concept and Definition, Styles of Leadership, Leadership and
Management, Theories of Leadership, Group Dynamics and Leadership.
Bibliography:
1. Morgan, C.T., King, R.A., Weisz, J.R., &Schopler, J.(1986). Introduction to Psychology.
New York: McGrawMcGraw Hill
2. Ciccarelli, S. K., White, J. N., & Ciccarelli, S. K. (2012). Psychology. Boston, Mass:
Pearson Learning Solutions.
3. Pareek, U., Khanna, S.(2012). Understanding Organizational Behaviour: Oxford
University Press
4. Glassman, W. and Hadad, M., (2013). Approaches to psychology. Maidenhead:
McGraw-Hill.
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INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY:
Unit-1- Basics Concepts of Industrial Sociology: Nature, Scope and Importance, Origin and
Development, Industry as a social system, Evolution of Working Class, Changing nature of work, Growth
of unorganized and informal sector .
Unit-2 - Dynamics of Industrial Relations: Corporate Social Responsibility, Inclusion of Women in the
Corporate Sector, Scope of Industrial Sociology in India
Unit-3- The Indian Worker: Features of Indian worker, the contribution of social - Philosophy, family,
caste and community in determining the attitude of workers
Unit-4- Industrialization: Industrialization, Urbanization, Globalization, Impact, various issues &
problems.
Unit- 5- Work & Mental Health: The Concept of Work, Kinds of Work, means of Mental Work,
grievances related to work
Bibliography:
1. Heather Griffiths (2015). Introduction to Sociology, Second Edition, Xan Edu Publishing
Inc.
2. Parker B. Child & K.K, Smit M.A. (1967). The Sociology of Industry. London: Geroge
Allon and Union Ltd.
3.
Preidmann G. (1955), Industrial Society, The Emergence of Human Problems of
Automation, Free Press.
4.
Sheth N.R (1982). Industrial Sociology in India: A book of Readings, Alliad Publishers
Pvt Ltd
5.
Gisbert Pascal (1972) Fundamentals of Industrial sociology, New Delhi: Tata McGraw
Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi.
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FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT:
Unit-1 Concept of Management, Concept, Nature & Importance. Development of
Management Thought: Contribution of Taylor and Fayol and their principles, Modern
Thoughts of Management, Principles of Scientific Management, Management Functions,
SWOT Analysis.
Unit-2. Planning:-Concept, Nature, Importance, Steps in Planning, Types of Planning
Organizing:- Concept, nature, process and significance; Authority and responsibility
relationships; Organization Structures. Types of the organization structures, Centralization and
decentralization, Departmentalization. Staffing: - Concept, Importance, Factors affecting
Staffing,
Unit-3 Human Resource Management: Meaning, Nature & Scope of Human Resource
Management, HR Functions, External & Internal Forces of HR Environment. Selection
Process& Types of Training
Unit-4. Human Resource Development: Concept and Difference between HRM, Personnel
Management & HRD. Communication: - Concept and Importance, Types of Communication,
Formal& Informal, Barrier to Effective Communication.
Unit-5 Business Ethics and CSR: Corporate Governance and Business Ethics Meaning &
Features of Indian Ethos, Principles of Indian Ethos in Management,
Relevance
of Mahabharata and Ramayana in Management. Social Responsibility of Business and
Corporate Social Responsibility.
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Bibliography:
1. V.S.P Rao (2006), Human Resource Management: Text and Cases, Excel Books.
2. Weihrich, H. and Koontz,H. (2010), Essentials of Management, New Delhi: TataMcGraw Hill
3. Armstrong,
M.
(2014),
Armstrong’s
handbook
of
human
resource
managementpractice.KoganPage
4. Dessler, Gary. (2014) Human Resource Management. 14th ed. Upper Saddle
River,NJ:PrenticeHall.
5. K.
Ashawathapa
(2015)
HRM/
Personnel
Practices,New
Delhi:
McGraw Publications
6. Kotler,P.(2015)Principles of Management. New Delhi:Pearson Publishers
7. Rao,S.
(2016)
Management
Theory
and
Practices,
New
Delhi:
Himalaya Publications
8. Bhushan Y.K (2016) Fundamentals of Business Organization and Management, Sultan
Chand, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-9351610618
9. Sherlekar S. A & Sherlekar V. S (2016), Modern Business Organization and
Management, Himalaya Publishing House, ISBN: 978-9352021864
10. C.B.Gupta (2017), Business Organization and Management, Sultan Chand, New Delhi,
ISBN: 978-9351611134
11. K. Ashwathappa (2017), Human Resource Management, Text and Cases: eight edition,
Mc, Graw hill Education, ISBN: 9352605438
12. Sherlekar S. A & Sherlekar V. S (2018), Modern Business Organization and
Management, Himalaya Publishing House, ISBN: 978-9786294414
13. L.M Prasad (2019) Principles and Practices of Management, S Chand Publishing house,
New Delhi, ISBN: 978-9351610502
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LABOUR ECONOMICS & MARKET:
Unit-1. Micro and Macro Economics: Basic concept, Nature and Scope of Micro and Macro
Economics, Labor in Classical and Neoclassical Economics.
Unit-2. Labor Supply & Demand and Hours of Work.: Theories of Labour Supply and
Demand. Hours of work and contingent, Impacts of labour market trends. Factors affecting
labour supply and demand.
Unit- 3 Wage Concept, Determination, Differentials, & Productivity: Types of wages and
benefits, Theories of wage determination, wage structure and components and Types of wage
differentials. Concept of Production, Factors of Production, Economics of large scale and small
scale production.
Unit- 4 Social Security Benefits, Labour Mobility and Migration: Social security schemes
and benefits, Determinants and causes of labour mobility and migration.
Unit-5 Impacts of Budgets and government policies on Labour Markets & competition:
Role of Government in Labor markets. Budget - Meaning and purpose of Government budgets,
Types of budget, Concept of Full Employment, Types of Unemployment, Types of Competition
- Perfect and Imperfect competition-Monopoly, Monopolistic, Duopoly and Oligopoly.
Bibliography:
1. Nag A.(2007), Macro economics for management studies, second edition, Macmillan
India ltd.
2. Damodaran S.(2010) Managerial economics, second edition, Oxford University Press,
3. Vaid K.(1970), Labour welfare in India, Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relation, New
Delhi.
4. Monappa A. & Nambudiri R. (2017), Industrial Relation and Labour Laws, Second
Edition, McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Ltd.
5. Varshney R. & Maheshwari K. (2016), Managerial Economics, Sultan Chand and Sons
Educational publisher , New Delhi
6. Kumar H. (2013), Labour Problems and Remedies, Universal Law Publishing Co.
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SECTION-II– Quantitative Aptitude, Data interpretation, Data sufficiency/Decision Making,
analytical and logical reasoning.
Bibliography:
1. Aggarwal, R. (2017). Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examination. S Chand
Publishing.
2. Aggarwal, R. (2018). An Advance Approach to Data Interpretation For competitive
Examinations. S Chand Publishing.
3. Aggarwal, R. (2018). A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning. (2nd ed.). S Chand
Publishing.
4. Bhardwaj, P. (2015). Analytical & Logical Reasoning For CAT. Arihant Publications.
5. Sharma, A. (2017). Data Interpretation. (5th ed.). McGraw Hill Education.
6. Thorpe, E., & Thorpe, S. The Pearson Guide to MBA. Pearson Education (Singapore).
7. Verma, S. (2017). Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT. (7th ed.). Arihant Publication.
SECTION-III-General and Business Awareness
Bibliography:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Books of General Knowledge,
Year books,
Competition Success Review,
Pratiyogita Darpan.
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SECTTION-IV
ENGLISH
Unit-1Vocabulary: Synonyms And Antonyms, Idioms & Phrases, One Word Substitutions,
Homonyms
Unit - 3 Grammar: Active Voice and Passive Voice, Direct Speech& Indirect Speech.
Unit-2 Grammar : Conjunctions, Prepositions, Tenses, Common Errors
Unit-4 Arrangement of Jumbled Sentences and Paragraph Completion.
Unit-5 Reading Comprehension
Bibliography:
1. Hardwar, A. P. (2013). General English for Competitive Examinations. New Delhi: Pearson
Education India.
2. Sharma, A., & Upadhyay, M. (2011). Verbal Ability And RC For CAT. New Delhi:
TataMcGraw-Hill Education.
3. Singh, R. (2019). Essential English for Competitive Examinations. New Delhi: Disha
Publications.
4.
Thorpe, E., & Thorpe, S. (2012). Objective English. New Delhi: Pearson Education India.
5. Wren, P., & Martin, H. (2019). High School English Grammar & Composition. New Delhi:
S. Chand Publishing.
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