FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

MHRM ADMISSION TEST SYLLABUS 2024 - 25

SECTION- I (25%)

INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Unit-1- Introduction to Psychology: Concept and Definition, Approaches to Psychology,
Subfield of Psychology (Clinical, Counseling, Educational Developmental, Health
Psychology, Environmental Psychology)
Unit-2- Industrial Psychology: Nature, Definition, Role of an Industrial Psychologist,
Organizational Attitude, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour.
Unit-3- Personality and 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. (2017) 7th Edition.Introduction
to Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill
2. Ciccarelli, S. K., White, J. N., & Ciccarelli, S. K. (2013) 5th Edition. Psychology.
Boston, Mass: Pearson Learning Solutions.
3. Pareek, U., Khanna, S. (2017) 4th Edition. Understanding Organizational Behaviour:
Oxford University Press.
4. Glassman, W. and Hadad, M., (2013) 6th Edition. Approaches to psychology.
Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill.
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 an Indian worker, the contribution of organised
and unorganized labour.

Unit-4- Industrialization: Industrialization, Urbanization, Globalization, Impact, various

issues & problems.

Unit- 5- Mental Health: The Concept of Mental Health, Characteristics, means of

Mental activities that promote mental health.

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. Friedmann 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.
FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT:

Unit-1 Concept of Management: Concept, Nature & Importance. Development of

Management Thought: Contribution of Taylor, Fayol and their principles, 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: Ethics, Values, Norms, Ethics Meaning &
Features of Indian Ethos. Values in the National Education Policy (NEP). Social
Responsibility of Business and Corporate Social Responsibility.
 Bibliography:

1. V.S.P Rao (2022) 2nd Edition, Human Resource Management: Text and Cases, Excel
Books.
2. Weihrich, H. and Koontz,H. (2020) 11th Edition, Essentials of Management, New
Delhi: Tata- McGraw Hill
3. Armstrong, M. (2020) 15th Edition, Armstrong’s handbook of human
resource management practice. Kogan Page
4. Dessler, Gary. (2016) Human Resource Management. 15th ed. Upper SaddleRiver,
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
14. K. Ashwathappa (2017), Human Resource Management, Text and Cases: 10th
edition, Mc, Graw hill Education.
 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, wage structure and components. 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 budgets, Concept of Full Employment, Types of
Unemployment, Types of Competition- Perfect and Imperfect Competition-
Monopoly, Monopolistic, Duopoly and Oligopoly.

Bibliography:

1. Nag A. (2019), Macroeconomics for management studies, 3rd edition,Macmillan

India ltd.
2. Damodaran S. (2010) Managerial economics, second edition, Oxford UniversityPress,
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 Chandand
Sons Educational publisher, New Delhi
6. Kumar H. (2013), Labour Problems and Remedies, Universal Law PublishingCo.
SECTION-II: Quantitative Aptitude, Data interpretation, Datasufficiency/Decision Making,
analytical and logical reasoning. (25%)

Bibliography:

1. Aggarwal, R. (2023). Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examination. SChand

Publishing.
2. Aggarwal, R. (2022). An Advance Approach to Data Interpretation For
Competitive Examinations. Revised edition S Chand Publishing.
3. Aggarwal, R. (2018). A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning. (2nd ed.). SChand
Publishing.
4. Bhardwaj, P. (2015). Analytical & Logical Reasoning For CAT. Arihant
Publications.
5. Sharma, A. (2023). Data Interpretation. (8th ed.). McGraw Hill Education.
6. Thorpe, E., & Thorpe, S. The Pearson Guide to MBA. Pearson Education
(Singapore).
7. Verma, S. (2023). Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT. (13th ed.). Arihant
Publication.

SECTION-III: General and Business Awareness (25%)

Bibliography:

1. Books of General Knowledge,

2. Year books,
3. Competition Success Review,
4. Pratiyogita Darpan.
 SECTION-IV ENGLISH (25%)

Unit-1 Vocabulary: Synonyms And Antonyms, Idioms & Phrases, One Word
Substitutions, Homonyms
Unit -2 Grammar: Active Voice and Passive Voice, Direct Speech& IndirectSpeech.
Unit-3 Grammar: Conjunctions, Prepositions, Tenses, Common Errors
Unit-4 Arrangement of Jumbled Sentences and Paragraph Completion. Unit-5
Reading Comprehension

Bibliography:

1. Bhardwaj, A. P. (2015). 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. (2023). High School English Grammar & Composition.
Revised by N. D. V. Prasada Rao New Delhi: S. Chand Publishing.

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