Master of
Management Studies
Welcome to the Master of Management Studies at DSIMS. MMS at DSIMS is a dynamic, comprehensive, and industry-oriented program that emphasizes building future-ready, socially responsible business leaders. The program is meticulously designed to offer a stimulating learning environment, encouraging students to hone their managerial and leadership capabilities across key areas critical to today’s corporate landscape.
The Master of Management Studies (MMS) is a flagship program of DSIMS started in 2010. It is a two- year full time management program affiliated to the University of Mumbai and is approved by the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) and DTE (Directorate of Technical Education).
The course curriculum for MMS has been structured by University of Mumbai. It comprises of four semesters spread over two years. The first and second semester are common for all students, the students can choose any one out of the four customized specializations offered from third semester onwards.
We at DSIMS offers four functional specializations namely:
- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Marketing
- Operations
The pedagogy includes Class room learning, Case study analysis, Simulations, Beyond Classroom Initiatives, leading to development of DSIMS Management graduates as humble yet progressive managers.
MMS Course Structure
Term wise course structure (Academics)
The list of courses/exercises conducted in various terms is given in the following sections.
First Year Core Courses*
| FIRST YEAR – SEMESTER I | ||
|---|---|---|
| CORE PAPERS | Marks | |
| 1.1 | Perspective Management | 100 |
| 1.2 | Financial Accounting | 100 |
| 1.3 | Business Statistics | 100 |
| 1.4 | Operations Management | 100 |
| 1.5 | Managerial Economics | 100 |
| ELECTIVE PAPERS | ||
| 1.6 | Effective and Management Communication | 100 |
| 1.7 | Organizational Behaviour | 100 |
| 1.8 | Negotiation and Selling Skills | 100 |
| FIRST YEAR – SEMESTER II | ||
|---|---|---|
| CORE PAPERS | Marks | |
| 2.1 | Marketing Management | 100 |
| 2.2 | Financial Management | 100 |
| 2.3 | Operations Research | 100 |
| 2.4 | Business Research Methods | 100 |
| 2.5 | Human Resource Management | 100 |
| ELECTIVE PAPERS | ||
| 2.6 | Business Environment | 100 |
| 2.7 | Corporate Social Responsibility (For Non-Finance Students) | 100 |
| 2.8 | Cost and Management Accounting (For Finance Students) | 100 |
| 2.9 | Analysis of Financial Statement (For Finance Students) | 100 |
| 2.10 | Entrepreneurship Management (For Non-Finance Students) | 100 |
Second Year Core Courses*
| SECOND YEAR – SEMESTER III | ||
|---|---|---|
| COMMON SUBJECTS | Marks | |
| 3.0.1 | Strategic Management (University Assessment)* | 100 |
| 3.0.2 | International Business | 100 |
| 3.0.3 | Summer Internship | 100 |
| SECOND YEAR – SEMESTER III (Specializations) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SPECIALIZATION- CORE (Marks-100) | |||
| Finance | Marketing | Human Resources | Operations |
| Financial Markets and Institutions | Sales Management | Training & Development | Supply Chain Management |
| Corporate Valuation and Mergers & Acquisitions | Marketing Strategy | Compensation and Benefits | Operations Analytics |
| Security Analysis and Portfolio Management | Consumer Behaviour | Competency Based HRM and Performance Management | Service Operations Management |
| Financial Regulations | Services Marketing | Labour Laws and Implications on Industrial Relations | Manufacturing Resource Planning & Control |
| Derivatives and Risk Management | Product & Brand Management | HR Planning and Application of Technology in HR | Materials Management |
| ELECTIVES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Students are supposed to choose any One of the following specialization Electives as per their area of specialization) | |||
| Finance | Marketing | Human Resources | Operations |
| Banking and Financial Services Institutions | Retail Management | Personal Growth Laboratory | World Class Manufacturing |
| Investment Banking | Rural Marketing | Global HRM | Business Process Engineering And Benchmarking |
| Wealth Management | Marketing Analytics | Employee Branding and Employer Value Proposition | Technology Management & Manufacturing Strategy |
| Financial Modeling | Digital Marketing | HR Analytics | Strategic Operations Management |
| Strategic Cost Management | Customer Relationship Management | O.S.T.D. | Industrial Engineering Applications & Management |
| Commodities Markets | Marketing Research & Analysis | HR Audit | TQM |
| Mutual Fund | Event Management | Employee Relations, Labour Laws and Alternate Dispute Resolution | International Logistics |
| Financial Modeling | Health Care Marketing | – | Quantitative Models in Operations |
| International Finance | Distribution & SCM | – | Productivity Management |
| Tourism Marketing | |||
| Marketing of Banking & Financial Services | |||
| SECOND YEAR – SEMESTER IV | ||
|---|---|---|
| COMMON SUBJECTS | Marks | |
| 4.0.1 | Project Management (University Assessment)* | 100 |
| 4.0.2 | Final Project | 300 |
| ELECTIVES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Students are supposed to choose any one of the following specialization Electives as per their area of specialization) | |||
| Finance | Marketing | Human Resources | Operations |
| Commercial Banking | Integrated Marketing Communications | OD and Change Management | Operations Applications and Cases |
| Business Analytics | Business to Business Marketing | Strategic HRM | Strategic Sourcing in Supply Management |
| Venture Capital and Private Equity | International Marketing | Management of Corporate Social Responsibility in organizations | Operations Outsourcing & Offshoring |