PGDBA study guide
PGDBA · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDBA) is a postgraduate management qualification that sits between a short certificate and a full MBA. It suits working professionals who need structured management training without pausing their careers, career-changers building a business vocabulary from scratch, and graduates who want a recognised credential before or alongside an MBA. The PGDBA study guide has 11 sections and about 3,114 words.
01Principles of Management and Organisational Behaviour
This domain tests classical and behavioural management theory, organisation structure, motivation, group dynamics and leadership - and your ability to apply them to concrete managerial situations. Fayol's 14 principles include division of work, authority with responsibility, unity of command (one boss), unity of direction (one plan per objective), scalar chain and esprit de corps.
291 words, about 1 min02Accounting and Financial Management
This domain tests double-entry accounting, preparation and interpretation of financial statements, ratio analysis and investment appraisal. Accounting equation: Assets = Liabilities + Equity.
295 words, about 1 min03Managerial Economics and Business Environment
This domain tests microeconomic decision tools - demand, elasticity, cost, pricing and market structure - plus the macroeconomic and policy environment in which firms operate. Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative; sunk costs are irrelevant to forward decisions.
300 words, about 2 min04Marketing Management
This domain tests segmentation, targeting and positioning, the marketing mix, product and brand decisions, pricing, channels, communication and measurement. STP: segment by demographic, geographic, psychographic or behavioural bases; evaluate size, growth, profitability, accessibility and fit; target undifferentiated, differentiated, concentrated or micromarketing; position on attributes valued by customers.
266 words, about 1 min05Human Resource Management
This domain tests workforce planning, recruitment and selection, learning and development, performance and reward, employee relations and statutory compliance. HR planning compares demand and supply of labour; gap analysis drives recruit, train, redeploy or retrench decisions.
269 words, about 1 min06Operations and Production Management
This domain tests capacity, forecasting, inventory, quality, process design, scheduling, project planning and supply-chain trade-offs. Capacity: design, effective and actual capacity; utilisation = actual/design; efficiency = actual/effective.
290 words, about 1 min07Business Statistics and Quantitative Methods
This domain tests descriptive statistics, probability, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression and quantitative decision tools. Central tendency: mean sensitive to outliers; median robust; mode most frequent.
283 words, about 1 min08Business Law and Corporate Governance
This domain tests the Indian legal framework for contracts, sale of goods, negotiable instruments and companies, together with corporate-governance standards. Contract (Indian Contract Act, 1872): offer + acceptance + consideration + capacity + free consent + lawful object.
304 words, about 2 min09Strategic Management and Business Policy
This domain tests strategic analysis, choice and implementation - how firms define advantage, select markets and align organisation and control. Strategic intent: vision (future state), mission (purpose), values and goals.
275 words, about 1 min10Business Communication and Information Systems
This domain tests the communication process, business writing and barriers, plus the information systems that support managerial decisions and control. Communication process: sender → encoding → channel → decoding → receiver, with feedback and noise.
261 words, about 1 min11Entrepreneurship and Project Management
This domain tests opportunity recognition, venture design and funding, plus project selection, planning, scheduling and risk control. An opportunity is attractive, durable, timely and anchored in a market need; validate with customer interviews and an MVP.
280 words, about 1 min