Seeking Book Recommendations for Executive MBA Finance and HR Exams – Any Suggestions?

Hello Everybody, I am Veena. Thanks to all of you for giving me your valuable responses. Sir, I need more suggestions from you. In my Executive MBA, Finance has two semesters. In the first, I have four subjects:

1. Principles & Practices of Management
2. Economics
3. Human Resources Management
4. Organizational Behavior

In the second semester:

5. Leadership Skills
6. Finance Management Part 1
7. Finance Management Part 2
8. Finance Management Part 3

From my institute, I got all subject reference books. However, in distance learning, it means you have to study on your own. Can anyone suggest which books I should refer to for my exams in these subjects? If you can provide me with any websites where I can find more study materials or related books, please help me.

Thanks,
Veena

This is one of the problems of distance learning: not having peer support. I suggest that you find out from your institution if they provide any distance support. Also, find out if you can have contact IDs of other students. If they do not, kindly state on CiteHR in which institution you have enrolled. You may find students in a similar situation to yours who will contact you. Then, form a distance learning cohort support group.

Your question is very general to give you any concrete advice.

Regards

Thank you for your reply. However, I would like to mention that my institute informed me that students need to conduct their own study using the reference materials provided. In this case, you will have to manage with the reference books they have provided. If you require any further assistance or guidance, please let me know, and I will be happy to help.

Best regards

With my experience, nobody can refer to a book for any subject without knowing the syllabus. Generally, if one book covers one side of the subject properly, then another book covers some other side (that's why there are so many books in the market). Nowadays, universities themselves refer to the books for the subject. I suggest you get the official syllabus from the university or talk to the right person at the university. Another way I can suggest is that soft copies of books for preview are available on websites such as Google Books, Amazon.com, etc. eBook sites where you can check the index of the book and match it with your syllabus. If it suits your syllabus, you can go ahead with the purchase.

There may not be a prescribed book for these subjects. You have to see the syllabus and refer to the suggested reference books to prepare your notes. Distance learning involves self-learning. If you post the syllabus, I shall make suggestions that may cover the maximum of the topics.

All the best,
Dr. Padma

Thank you, Sir. My institute is Indian Management School & Research Centre, Navi Mumbai. Last time, I mentioned a related subject. Here, I will provide content in the Finance subject:

Contents of Finance Management

1. Financial Management - An Overview
2. Time Value of Money
3. Risk and Return
4. Valuation of Bonds and Shares
5. Cash Flow Statement
6. Financial Statement Analysis
7. Volume Cost Profit Analysis
8. Budgeting and Profit Planning
9. Capital Budgeting I: Principles and Techniques
10. Capital Budgeting II: Additional Aspects
11. Concepts and Measurement of Cost of Capital
12. Analysis of Risk and Uncertainty
13. Working Capital Management - An Overview
14. Management of Cash and Marketable Securities
15. Receivable Management
16. Inventory Management
17. Working Capital Financing
18. Operating Financial and Combined Leverage
19. Capital Structure, Cost of Capital, and Valuation
20. Designing Capital Structure
21. Capital Markets
22. Equity/Ordinary Shares
23. Term Loans, Debentures/Bonds, and Securitization
24. Hybrid Financing/Instruments
25. Lease Financing and Hire-Purchase Finance
26. Venture Capital Financing
27. Option Valuation
28. Derivatives: Managing Financial Risk
29. Corporate Governance
30. Dividend and Valuation
31. Determinants of Dividend Policy
32. Business Valuation
33. Corporate Restructuring
34. Foreign Exchange Markets and Dealings
35. Foreign Exchange Exposure and Risk Management
36. International Financial Management

In other subjects, I have no idea. I shall search and then try to send you the content list.

Thanks,

Veena

Thank you for the information. I suggest that you create another thread titled IIMRT MBA Students' Forum and seek students to respond. As far as identifying the books needed, please search for similar courses on the web. For example, I found one on Principles and Practices of Management at MNGT 1211: Management Principles and Practices.

Please let us know if IIMRT provides as much information about a module as Thomson Rivers University does. I am sure that you will find all the information that you are seeking if you search TRU's website using the right keywords from your subject list.

The most appropriate book that may cover most of the syllabus is Financial Management by IM Pandey. Please check for this in the nearest library for the latest edition.

Regards,
Dr. Padma