Bangladesh Institute of Management

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA COURSES (2011)

Post graduate diploma courses organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM) provide opportunities to the participants in improving their professional knowledge and skills. At present, the following post graduate diploma courses of one year duration are offered by the Institute :

Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM)

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM)

Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (PGDFM)

Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM)

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science (PGDCS)

Diploma in Social Compliance (DSC)

Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management

The diploma course in Human Resource Management is designed to suit the requirements of labour and social welfare officers, personnel managers and similar officers/executives engaged in Human resource management/ human resources management functions and those desirous to make a career in Human resource management. BIM has been offering this course since 1966-67. In current year, this course is renamed as Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management.

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management

The diploma course in Business Management is designed to suit the requirements of executives engaged in the management of business enterprises. Multidisciplinary in approach, the course is designed to encourage development of knowledge and skills necessary to carry out management functions of enterprises effectively and efficiently. BIM has been offering this course since 2002.

Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management

The diploma course in Financial Management is designed to suit the requirements of managers/executives engaged in the functions and practices of financial management, viz. Finance, Accounts, Audit, MIS, Cost and Budget etc. The course is suitable for those who are desirous to develop career in the field of Financial Management. BIM has been organizing this course since 1994.

Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management

BIM has been offering this diploma course from 1994. The course is designed to suit the requirements of officers/executives engaged in the management of marketing functions such as sales, distribution, advertisement and sales promotion, customer relations, export etc. The programme encourages to develop knowledge and skill necessary to carry out the marketing management functions effectively and efficiently.

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science

The diploma course in Computer Science is designed to suit the requirements of those who wish to develop their career as Computer Professionals. This will help any one to fit in the relatively newer computer related corporate positions, e.g., Systems Analyst, Information Manager, Database Administrator, etc. The programme will also benefit persons occupying traditional functional areas, because they will acquire the necessary know-how to work in computer environment, and thus help in bringing about the desired improvement of their respective organizations. BIM has been offering this course since 1994.

Diploma in Social Compliance

The diploma course in Social Compliance is designed to suit the requirements of social compliance, human resource and welfare officers/managers and all those who wish to make a career in a profession which demands in-depth knowledge on social compliance issues. The course has a focus on compliance needs of the Bangladesh garment industry, the country’s leading export sector, and a strong practical orientation. Apart from class room sessions, participants have to do a one-month internship in a garment factory during which they will learn how to conduct a factory audit and implement measures to correct non-compliances. This internship will allow participants to gain hands-on audit experience at factory level. BIM has been offering this course since 2008.

Curriculum

The course curricula for each diploma has two distinct parts where the following subjects are taught.

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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

PART-I	Marks	PART-II	Marks
1. Personnel Management-I	100	1. Personnel Management-II	100
2. Management	100	2. Industrial Relations	100
3. Labour Economics	100	3. Safety, Health and Welfare	100
4. Organizational Behaviour	100	4. Training and Development	100
5. Statistics	100	5. Labour Laws	100
		6. Internship (Field Work & Term Paper)	100
		7. Viva Voce	100
	500		700

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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

PART-I	Marks	PART-II	Marks
1. Management	100	1. Organizational Behaviour	100
2. Production and Operations Management	100	2. Managerial Economics	100
3. Business Mathematics and Statistics	100	3. Business Law	100
4. Management of Human Resources	100	4. E-Commerce	100
5. Marketing Management	100	5. Business Accounting	100
		6. Internship (Field Work & Term Paper)	100
		7. Viva Voce	100
	500		700

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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

PART-I	Marks	PART-II	Marks
1. Financial Management - I	100	1. Financial Management-II	100
2. Principles of Accounting	100	2. Auditing	100
3. Business Economics and Statistics	100	3. Taxation	100
4. Basic Management	100	4. Principles and Practices of Banking	100
5. Cost and Management Accounting	100	5. Computer Application in Financial Management	100
		6. Internship (Field Work & Term Paper)	100
		7. Viva Voce	100
	500		700

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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MARKETING MANAGEMENT

PART-I	Marks	PART-II	Marks
1. Fundamentals of Marketing	100	1. Marketing Research	100
2. Management	100	2. International Marketing	100
3. Consumer Behaviour	100	3. Strategic Marketing	100
4. Applied Statistics	100	4. Sales Management	100
5. Managerial Economics	100	5. Service Marketing	100
		6. Internship (Field Work & Term Paper)	100
		7. Viva Voce	100
	500		700

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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

PART-I	Marks	PART-II	Marks
1. Computer Fundamentals	100	1. Data Communication & Network	100
2. Data Structures & Algorithm	100	2. Database Management System - II (Software Development)	100
3. Database Management System - 1 (Back end)	100	3. System Analysis & Design	100
4. Programming Language - C	100	4. Operating System (Linux)	100
5. Web Development (Client Side Scripting)	100	5. E-Commerce and Web Development (Server Side)	100
		6. Internship (Field Work & Term Paper)	100
		7. Viva Voce	100
	500		700

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DIPLOMA IN SOCIAL COMPLIANCE

PART-I Theory (Classroom sessions)	Marks	PART-II Internship (practical work in factory)	Marks
1. Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour	100	Initial Factory Audit
2. Social Compliance & International Standards:	100	Remediation Phase
3. Labour Law Part I & Part II	100	Final Audit and Audit Report:	100
4. Industrial Health, Safety and Welfare	100
5. Social Audit and SA 8000	100
	500		100

The classes are conducted in the evening from 18.00 to 21.15 p. m., 3/4 days a week. On successful completion of the first part examination, candidates are allowed to continue the classes for the second part. On completion of Part-II final examination (written), the candidates are required to prepare an internship report in any area of his/her interest under the guidance of a faculty member. Upon completion and submission of the internship report, participants are called for viva-voce which carry 100 marks.

The Tentative Duration of the Course is as Follows :

	Weeks
a. Classes for Part-I Preparatory Leave Examination	15 2 3 20
b. Classes for Part-II Preparatory Leave Examination	15 2 3 20
c. Internship Report d. Others	6 2 8
Total =	==== 48 ====

Admission Criteria

Graduates in any subject (2 years after H.S.C or 4 years after S.S.C) from a recognized university, college or institution are eligible for admission. Persons having diploma in any branch of engineering subsequently having completed AMIE are also eligible to apply.

Interested participants need to apply in the prescribed form along with attested copies of certificates/testimonials, and 2 copies of passport size photographs. Applications should reach the Chairman, Executive Committee of Diploma Courses, BIM, 4, Sobhanbag, Mirpur Road, Dhaka-1207 within the specified time.

Admission forms may be obtained from BIM offices personally or by mail enclosing a Taka six stamp affixed pre-addressed envelope. As seats are limited, applicants may be asked to appear before a Selection Board.

Generally, eighty percent of the seats are filled by the candidates nominated by their employers, while the rest are fresh graduates or equivalent, intending to undertake a career either in Personnel, Industrial, Financial, Marketing Management or Computer Science.

Venue

The Diploma in Personnel Management is offered at Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna Campuses of BIM. Other four diplomas are offered at Dhaka Campus only.

Examination Rules

These rules have been framed to conduct and administer the Post-Graduate Diploma Examinations of the Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM).

The rules are as follows :

1.	General Rules :
(i)	Short title, Commencement and Application : These rules may be called the Examination Rules, 2008 of Post-Graduate Diploma Courses, Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM).
(ii)	These rules shall come into force on the 1st of January, 2008.
(iii)	The examination of all the diploma courses shall be held in two parts; hereinafter be called the first part examination, and the second part examination.
(iv)	The first part and the second part examinations shall be held according to the approved course structure and weightage (marks) shown against each subject/paper and viva-voce.
(v)	While a student shall be considered eligible to sit for the written examination of any subject/paper, having at least 30% attendance of the total classes of that subject/paper, he/she shall be entitled to obtain marks in class attendance only if he/she attends a minimum of 50% of classes for that subject/paper. Attendance will carry 10% of the total marks for each subject/paper. The distribution of marks for attendance shall be as follows :

Attendance (%)	Marks
90%-100%	10
80%-89%	09
70%-79%	08
60%-69%	07
50%-59%	06
below 50%	0

(vi)	Distribution of marks for each subject/paper (except Term Paper and Viva-Voce) shall be as follows :

Attendance	:	10%
Class Test, assignment and assessment	:	20%
Written examination	:	70%
Total	:	100%

(vii)	Matters relating to attendance, class assessment, assignment, class test shall be the responsibility of the respective subject/paper leader.
(viii)	The final examination of each subject/paper (except the Term paper & Viva-Voce) carrying 70% marks shall be of two and a half hours duration.
(ix)	Grading system shall be as follows:

Marks	Grade	Grade point
80 and above	A	4.00
75 to less than 80	B+	3.50
70 to less than 75	B	3.00
65 to less than 70	C+	2.50
60 to less than 65	C	2.00
50 to less than 60	D	1.00
less than 50	F	0.00

As per the above grading system, students shall have to score a GPA of 1.00 to pass in a particular subject/paper but they shall have to score a minimum CGPA of 2.00 to obtain diploma.

(x)	Students shall have to complete the Term Paper on any topic related to the course of diploma prior to viva-voce. They shall be eligible to undertake the Term Paper provided they pass the Part-I examination and appear at all subject/papers of Part II Examination.
(xi)	The Term Paper shall be prepared under supervision of a guide selected by the Diploma Course Authority. Students shall have to fulfil all requirements in respect of the Term preparation
(xii)	The Viva-Voce shall be conducted at the end of the Second Part Written Examination and on submission of the Term Paper.

(xiii)	(a)	Students failing to appear or failing to score qualifying marks in more than 2 (Two) subjects/papers in any part (Part-I or Part-II) of the diploma courses shall be considered failed. In an academic year, students shall have to pass at least in three subjects/papers in Part-I examination to be eligible to attend classes in Part-II of the respective diploma course and shall be allowed to sit for Part-II examination, provided they fulfil the class attendance requirements mentioned in Clause I (v).
	(b)	Students failing in not more than 2 (Two) subjects/papers in each part (Part-I or Part-II) shall be eligible only once to sit for the examination of those subjects/papers along with the students of the respective Part to he held in the following academic year.
	(c)	Students failing in 2 (Two) subjects/papers in Part-I examination shall have to appear at/sit for those subjects/papers along with the students of Part-I of the immediate next academic year. Students failing to score qualifying marks in any one of the said two subjects/papers mentioned above shall be considered failed in the diploma program.
	(d)	Similarly, students failing in 2 (Two) subjects/papers in Part-II examination shall have to appear at/sit for those subjects/papers along with the students of Part-II of the immediate next academic year. Students failing to score qualifying marks in any one of the said two subjects/papers mentioned above shall be considered failed in the diploma program.
	(e)	Students willing to appear at the examinations mentioned in Clause xiii. (b, c & d) above shall be required to submit application in the prescribed form within 10 (Ten) days of the publication of the result along with an 'examination fee' of Tk. 1,200.00 (Taka one thousand two hundred) only for each subject/paper.
	(f)	Students qualifying for the Part-II of the diploma courses, having requisite attendance and qualifying marks in all the subjects/papers of Part-I but do not continue, for any reason, shall be eligible to take readmission in Part-II of the said diploma course in the immediate following academic year on payment of 50% of the prevailing course fees.
	(g)	A student having requisite class attendance but failing to sit for examination in any one or more subjects of either Part-I or Part-II on serious medical ground or for call for national duty, may apply for award of Incomplete or 'I' grade, for such subject/ subjects. In case of an award of Incomplete or 'I' grade the student shall have to sit for the examination in the said subject/ subjects within four weeks from the beginning of the immediate next Part; Provided that the student shall have to provide documentary evidence of reasons for such failure to the complete satisfaction of the concerned authority of BIM. The BIM reserves the right to allow a student to sit for such examination (s) and the decision of BIM is final.
	(h)	The student shall have to pay Tk. 1,500/00 for each subject as examination fees;
	(i)	A student with Incomplete or 'I' grade in one or more subjects and failing in two subjects when he/she sits for the examinations in the said subjects, shall be allowed to sit for the examinations in those subjects with the students of the immediate next batch; However, should a student fail in more than two subjects, the student shall be deemed to have failed in the diploma program.
	(j)	A student awarded an Incomplete or 'I' grade, failing to sit for the examination within the stipulated time, shall be deemed to have failed in the subject/subjects and will be awarded an 'F' grade for the subject/subjects.

2.	Discipline & Conduct of Examination
(a)	Any student, found adopting unfair means or resorting to any activity, not conducive to the proper conduct of the examination, may be punished and/or expelled from the examination of the said subject/paper by the Hall-in-Charge. Any student, so expelled from the examination, shall be considered failed in that subject/paper.
(b)	Any student found adopting unfair means or resorting to any activity not conducive to the proper conduct of the examination, may be expelled from the course if the nature/gravity of the offence is such that the authority considers that such decision is appropriate.

3.	Re-examination Provisions :
i.	An application for re-examination of an answer script will have to be made within 10 (ten) days from the date of the publication of results along with a 're-examination fee' of Tk. 100.00 (Taka one hundred) only for each subject/paper.
ii.	Re-examination shall be limited only to checking of unmarked answers and counting errors, if any.

4.	Re-examination Provisions : The authority can make, amend and, modify these rules from time to time.

5.	Repeal and savings :
i.	The previous rules of the Post-Graduate Diploma Course Examination are hereby repealed.
ii.	Such repeal shall not affect the previous operation of the said rules or anything done or any action taken there under and proceeding under the said rules pending at the commencement of these rules shall be continued and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of those rules.
iii.	The decision of the authority in respect of the examination rules shall be final.

Fees

(a) Bangladeshi Nationals

(i) For the Post Graduate Diploma Courses in Human resource Management, Business Management, Financial Management and Marketing Management the course fee is Tk. 25,000/- (Taka Twenty five thousand) only per participant for the full course, payable at one time.

(ii) For the Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science, the course fee is Tk. 30,000 (Taka Thirty thousand) only per participant payable at one time.

(b) Foreign Nationals

For the foreign nationals, the course fees for the Post Graduate Diploma in Human resource Management, Business Management, Financial Management and Marketing Management is US $ 500 (Five hundred only) while for Computer Science it is US $ 2,000 (Two Thousand) only per participant for the full course, payable at one time.

Tuition fee covers the cost of lecture sessions, use of BIM's computer facilities (when required) local visits to business institutions (if any) and examinations.

Residential Accommodation and Living Expenses

BIM has limited hostel facility, which is ordinarily in great demand. The rooms are usually shared with another candidate and are adequately furnished. All rooms have an attached bathroom. The charges are currently Tk. 2,000 per month per seat payable in advance.

Foreign students may avail single room. The rate is US $ 100 per month. A similar amount may cover expenses for food. This facility is available only at the Dhaka Campus.

Admission Enquiry

Venue Co-ordinators

1. Chittagong Salahuddin Ahmed Deputy Director

2. Khulna Abdus Samad Choowdhury Deputy Director (Addl. charge)

3. Dhaka Md. Shafiqul Islam
Md. Abdul Haque
Md. Habibur Rahman Assistant Co-ordination Officer
Assistant Co-ordination Officer
Assistant Co-ordination Officer (In-charge)

Note : BIM reserves the right to change, modify, alter any or all of the above terms and conditions including syllabus, course fees and hostel charges.

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