UPSC Management Optional Coaching for 2023 and 2024
Are you targeting the UPSC Civil Services exam with Management Optional in 2023 or 2024? Keep reading this page to understand, how we will make you put up a great score like 300-325 in Management optional. (please watch this video to understand our overall approach for Management optional)
The complete course has 5 Components:
Number 1: Coaching classes for around 350 hours to cover 100% syllabus
We will teach you in video classes for around 350 hours and cover the Entire syllabus of Management optional (watch a few video classes in the middle of this page to assess style & quality of teaching)
Number 2: Numerical classes for 25 identified topics
Will conduct video special classes for around 25 identified topics, from which numericals are asked like CPM-PERT, Aggregate Planning, Capital Budgeting, Accounting, Hypothesis Testing, Decision tree, Probability Distributions etc.
Number 3: Printed Booklets
We will send you printed booklets to cover the entire syllabus (look at sample booklets in the middle of this page to assess the quality of content)
Number 4: Detailed Solution of every PYQ from 2000 to 2022
We will send you printed booklets with solutions to every question with a detailed explanation, which has been ever asked in Management optional from year 2000 to 2022 exams. (look at sample PYQ in the middle of this page)
Number 5: Mock Papers and Answer writing
Six Full-length practice mock tests, followed by evaluation and answer writing practice by experts. (Check out the quality of (i) Question paper (ii) Answer booklet and (iii) Model answers, given in the middle of this page). You also have the option of enrolling for only the Test Series (check video on Test Series on the bottom of this page).
Difference between Live classes and Recorded videos
When you join us, you gain access to complete course through recorded video classes, at once. Additionally, you will have 3-4 live classes each week, lasting 2 hours each, where we delve into specific topics. Over the course of approximately 10 months, starting every October, we cover the entire syllabus during these live classes. This means to cover every keyword of the syllabus, you have two options:
(i) you can study it independently using the video classes, or
(ii) you can wait for our live class on that specific keyword.
If you encounter any difficulties while studying on your own through the videos, simply reach out to us, and we will arrange a session with our faculty to address your doubts.
If you follow the above ‘5 points’ approach with us, you can depend COMPLETELY on us for the confidence of 100% coverage. We will make to confident to face any possible question in the actual UPSC exam. Our promise is that the Management optional is our responsibility (You can worry about GS papers).
If interested, you may enroll now by paying fees using the Green button.
If you want to set up a call with one of the faculty members for Management Optional, do let us know.
If you are confused, about whether you should choose Management subject as optional for UPSC, watch this video.
Do you want to discuss anything about Management Optional ?
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1. Study Material
Printed Books-
12 printed Books covering 100% syllabus of Management Optional
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12 printed Booklets with detailed solutions of PYQS from 2000 to 2022
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2. Test Series
Mock tests and evaluation-
6 Full-length mock tests in printed format couriered at home
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Model answers of all tests in printed format
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Evaluation followed by one-on-one session with teacher on answer writing
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3. Coaching Classes
Books + Mocks + Coaching Classes-
Everything under option 1 and option 2
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350 hours of live coaching classes
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Recorded videos of all classes
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FAQs- Must Read before you enroll
Recorded Videos: You will get another email about access to Recorded Videos within 1 working day, if you are enrolled for coaching classes,
Please note that all communication is sent through emails only. Therefore, it is important to keep reading all our emails carefully. If any doubt, immediately write us at contact@humanperitus.com
The batch for Management Optional starts from 01 October. We cover 80% of the syllabus till April of next year. Then you get a break of 2 months for Prelims and we cover the remaining 20% syllabus in after the Prelims.
But you do not have to wait for October to start your preparation. We have a rolling batch system. You can join the ongoing batch any point in time and start attending classes. For classes already held, you get recorded videos of all classes. Then we enroll you again in the next batch starting next October.
In other words, we are enrolling you for 2 consecutive batches. This has been done to give you flexibility of starting preparation anytime without having to wait for the next batch to start.
There will be 6-8 classes per week, each being of 2 hours. The classes will be either at 11 AM, or 3 PM, or at 7 PM at night.
You will get a weekly schedule via email every Friday, with a schedule for the classes for the next week. For illustration, it will be like:
Monday 7 PM- HRM Class,
Tuesday 3 PM- Operations Management ,
Wednesday– No class,
Thursday 11 AM- International Business class and so on …..
If you miss any class, don’t worry. You will get recorded videos of all Live Classes, which you can watch any time.
Check out some of Recorded Videos given on this page to assess the style and quality of teaching.
The following are the steps for the Mock Test Series conducted by Human Peritus:
- You will receive 6 full-length tests in printed format via courier. Each test will contain two papers (Paper-I and Paper-II), resulting in a total of 12 papers.
- For each paper, you will receive three things: (i) Question Paper (ii) Answer Writing Sheet as per UPSC format (iii) Model Answers with detailed solutions.
- Before attempting any test, ensure that you have at least two graph papers and four distribution tables (standard normal, F test, t test, and Chi Square). You can download them from here and take a printout. Download Graph Papers and Distribution Tables.
- Once written, you can send your test to us for evaluation via email as a scanned PDF or by courier. Our teachers will evaluate and send you the marks and comments via email or courier. Although you have both options (PDF or courier), we advise sending it via courier.
- You can send as many tests as you want and as many times as you want. Our maximum turnaround time will be 10 days.
- Once you receive your evaluated test, analyze your performance and review the model answers to understand where you can improve.
- Additionally, for a given test, we will conduct one-on-one online sessions with our teachers. During these sessions, we will discuss:
- Answer writing
- Selecting 5 questions out of 8
- Identifying subjects/topics areas where you need improvement
- How to represent the same answer with better diagrams or better examples.
- There will be 4 one-on-one sessions with each student, discussing any two tests of your choice (four papers).
- Please note that the purpose of these one-on-one sessions is not to “teach,” but to maximize your score based on your current knowledge. For “teaching,” we will politely ask you to join coaching classes.
- Check out this video to understand the complete process of test series.
Live Coaching Classes: You can attend the coaching classes as many times as you wish for 2 years from the date of payment. The classes can be attended on any device, be it mobile, desktop, laptop or tab.
Recorded Videos of Classes: You have access to recorded videos of coaching classes for 2 years from the date of payment. These videos can be accessed via a web browser (on any computer/laptop) or any mobile app (available on both Android and iOS). You can watch the recorded videos on two devices, one mobile/tab and one desktop/laptop. However, both devices cannot be mobile or laptop.
The fee mentioned on the website is final and it includes GST, courier charges and everything else. Beyond it, there are no discounts.
We offer an attractive refund option, but it is applicable only for the coaching classes. There is no provision for a refund for the Study Material or Test Series.
If you are dissatisfied with our coaching classes even after attending them for 10 days (from the date of enrolment), you can cancel your enrolment. We will refund your coaching fees, keeping only Rs. 2000 with us. If you have purchased the Study Material, its cost (Rs. 12800) will also be deducted.
After the initial 10 days, no refunds will be issued. We advise you to watch multiple recorded videos of previous classes that are available on the middle of this page. The quality and teaching style of the recorded videos will remain consistent, as shown on this page.
Any attempt of illegal circulation of content will lead to immediate termination of access to all resources and the fees will not be refunded,
And any attempt to sell Human Peritus content on social media/internet will invite police complaint and subsequent FIR under various provisions of law given below:
- Section63 of Copyright Act 1957 (knowingly infringes or abets the infringement of the copyright)
- Section420 (cheating by the way of false representation) under sections 403, 406, 408, 420, 471 and 120-B of Indian Penal Code 1860 for dishonest and illegal misappropriation of money, criminal breach of trust, cheating, fraud and criminal conspiracy to commit fraud
- Section29, 103 and 104 of Trade Marks Act 1999 (infringement and penalty)
- Section1(2) read with Section 75 of the Information Technology Act 2000.
If you are enrolled in Live Classes (Option 3), you can discuss directly with teacher, during the class.
If you are enrolled for Option 1 or Option 2, you can email your doubts at contact@humanperitus.com. Then that email is assigned to subject matter expert in our team and you will receive clarification over email/call within 1-2 days.
Check out a few samples of Printed Booklets, Mock Tests, Answer booklet with Mock Test, Model Answers with Mock Test and detailed solutions to PYQs. ……(might take 40-50 seconds to download, please wait…)
Mock Test- Question Paper
Mock Test- Answer Sheet
Mock Test- Model Answers
We have made available recorded videos of few actual classes from previous batch. Check the style and quality of teaching through these videos. Same way, we will cover entire syllabus of Management.
Should I choose Management subject ?
Plan of Test Series
How to Prepare with Human Peritus
2022 Paper Analysis
2021 Paper Solution
Class- Capital Budgeting
Class- Transactional Analysis
Numerical Class- Acceptance Sampling
Class- Pricing Decisuions
Class- Economic Order Quantity
Class- Sampling Distributions
Numericals- Probability distributions
Class- Job Design
Class – Foreign Exchange Management
Numericals- Operations Management
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Phone: 9717781110
Address: Human Peritus, Floor 5, Building C, Unitech Cyber Park, Gurgaon, 122002
FAQs- Good to read
- It mirrors the Style, difficulty level and weightage of topics of recent UPSC papers of 2020 to 2023, giving you a realistic experience of the actual UPSC exam.
- Personalized one-on-one sessions on answer writing to ensure that we maximize your score from your current knowledge.
- The Model Answers will broaden your thinking and help you write better answers in the actual exam.
- You can also use some of these 6 tests (12 papers) as sectional tests. For example, you may write test only with Section B of Paper I. But we advise to write at least 4-5 full length papers (out of 12).
- Created by an expert team of Human Peritus, renowned experts in Management and Commerce.
Regular Updates
After every exam, we analyze, how many questions came from our course. Then we update our course accordingly (and this cycle continues with each exam). By doing it over the years, we have reached a stage, where consistently more than 90-95% of questions are from our course.
Conceptual Learning
Our Live Classes are not just 30,000 feet overview, but with detailed conceptual understanding spanning over 350 hours. Check out some of recorded classes to understand how we teach. (videos are given in the middle of this page).
Coverage of Syllabus
We ensure 100% coverage of Syllabus. With Human Peritus course, you need not touch any other book, not even previous years’ papers. Not even required current affairs. Nothing else. You can depend completely on us.
Smart Preparation
While on the one hand we ensure 100% coverage and confidence of having more than 90-95% questions in exam, on the other hand, we also ensure that, you study only what is required for the exam.
You should be looking for these 5 points, while evaluating any institute:
1. Teaching or Gyan
Check if you are getting 30,000 feet overview or detailed conceptual learning. If you have attended a 2-hour class on “Sampling Distribution”, do you have the confidence to tackle every possible question on this topic? Also, check how much time is spent on actual teaching and how much on “motivating you to like videos” or “promoting their courses”.
2. Mentorship
Are you joining a team, which can guide you throughout your preparation journey? Give a call and ask for a discussion with a faculty member. Ask that faculty some real questions, like:
- Is XYZ part of the syllabus?
- Do I have to study ABC?
- What has been the trend of cut-offs?
- Which topics can I ignore or focus on more?
- Which topics in the syllabus have relevance to current affairs?
Assess the quality of telephonic discussion. See if you are getting connected to a “sales guy” or an “academic mentor and guide”.
3. Interaction in Class
Check if students are able to ask doubts in the class by speaking/discussing or you have been given just a chat option. Attend a few demo classes to understand this.
4. Study Material
No exam can be cleared by just listening to what the teacher says. After every class, it is mandatory to read that topic from the books. Check whether you are getting study material covering all the keywords of the syllabus. Most of the time, you will be getting random PDF files or pdf of class notes. Check if you are getting this confidence that you don’t have to look at any other book.
5. Expertise in all units of Syllabus
Check whether you are being taught by a different faculty for each of the 12 units of the syllabus, or just 2-3 teachers are teaching all 12 units.
Meeta
Meeta scored 99.97 percentile in Code 55 HRM subject of UGC NET. She has more than 10 years of teaching experience in HRM, OB, Labour Laws, Legal Aspects (both Company Law & Business Law), Industrial Relations, Labour Welfare. She is also qualified Company Secretary. She has written a book on Business Studies. In her free time (which she rarely gets), she like painting, sketching and badminton.
Deepak
Deepak is JRF qualified in Commerce subject and is a PhD scholar in Finance from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Deepak teaches Business Economics and Financial Management, Income Tax. He is also responsible for content creation and updation. Deepak also advises students for opportunities in academics career. He is a Cricketer and loves trekking and rafting.
Ankita
Ankita is JRF in Management subject. She teaches Business Management & OB, Marketing Management, Research Aptitude and Higher Education. She is responsible for content creation and updation for multiple topics. She also assists in marketing at Human Peritus. She has worked as analyst in Commodity and Stock Market. Ankita is also corporate trainer. She likes documentaries and is an avid reader.
This section will give you complete information on the Syllabus of Management Optional for UPSC Civil Services exam. The Syllabus for Management subject consists of total of 12 units, which are divided into two Papers. The Paper 1 has two parts, Part A and Part B. Similarly, Paper 2 has two parts, Part A and Part B. Thus total 12 units are divided into 4 sub-parts.
Paper 1- Part A: Managerial Function, Organizational Behaviour, HRM (Units 1 to 3)
Paper 1- Part B: Financial Management, Accounting, Marketing Management (Units 4 to 6)
Paper 2- Part A: Operations Management, Managerial Stats, MIS (Units 7 to 9)
Paper 2- Part B: Government Business Interface, Strategic Management, International Business (Units 10 to 12)
The details syllabus for each unit of syllabus for Management subject for UPSC Optional is given below.
- Concept and Foundations of Management,
- Evolution of Management Thoughts;
- Managerial Functions – Planning, Organizing, Controlling;
- Decision making;
- Role of Manager, Managerial skills;
- Entrepreneurship; Management of innovation;
- Managing in a global environment,
- Flexible Systems Management;
- Social responsibility and managerial ethics;
- Process and customer orientation;
- Managerial processes on direct and indirect value chain.
- Conceptual model of organization behaviour;
- The individual processes – personality, values and attitude, perception, motivation, learning and reinforcement, work stress and stress management;
- The dynamics of organization behaviour – power and politics, conflict and negotiation, leadership process and styles, communication;
- The Organizational Processes – decision making, job design;
- Classical, Neoclassical and Contingency approaches to organizational design;
- Organizational theory and design – organizational culture, managing cultural diversity, learning organization;
- Organizational change and development;
- Knowledge Based Enterprise – systems and processes; Networked and virtual organizations.
- HR challenges;
- HRM functions;
- The future challenges of HRM;
- Strategic Management of human resources;
- Human resource planning;
- Job analysis;
- Job evaluation;
- Recruitment and selection;
- Training and development;
- Promotion and transfer;
- Performance management;
- Compensation management and benefits;
- Employee morale and productivity;
- Management of organizational climate;
- Industrial relations;
- Human resources accounting and audit;
- Human resource information system;
- International human resource management
- Financial accounting – concept, importance and scope, generally accepted accounting principles;
- Preparation of financial statements with special reference to analysis of a balance sheet and measurement of business income,
- Inventory valuation and depreciation,
- Financial statement analysis,
- Fund flow analysis,
- Statement of cash flows;
- Management accounting – concept, need, importance and scope;
- Cost accounting – records and processes, cost ledger and control accounts, reconciliation and integration between financial and cost accounts;
- Overhead cost and control, Job and process costing, Budget and budgetary control, Performance budgeting, Zero-base budgeting, relevant costing and costing for decision-making, standard costting and variance analysis, marginal costing and absorption costing
- Goals of finance function;
- Concepts of value and return;
- Valuation of bonds and shares;
- Management of working capital:
- Estimation and financing;
- Management of cash, receivables, inventory and current liabilities;
- Cost of capital;
- Capital budgeting;
- Financial and operating leverage;
- Design of capital structure: theories and practices;
- Shareholder value creation: dividend policy, corporate financial policy and strategy, management of corporate distress and restructuring strategy;
- Capital and money markets: institutions and instruments;
- Leasing, hire purchase and venture capital;
- Regulation of capital market;
- Risk and return: portfolio theory; CAPM; APT;
- Financial derivatives: option, futures, swap;
- Recent reforms in financial sector
- Concept, evolution and scope;
- Marketing strategy formulation and components of marketing plan;
- Segmenting and targeting the market; Positioning and differentiating the market offering;
- Analyzing competition;
- Analyzing consumer markets;
- Industrial buyer behaviour;
- Market research;
- Product strategy;
- Pricing strategies;
- Designing and managing Marketing channels;
- Integrated marketing communications;
- Building customer satisfaction, Value and retention;
- Services and non-profit marketing;
- Ethics in marketing;
- Consumer protection;
- Internet marketing;
- Retail management;
- Customer relationship management;
- Concept of holistic marketing.
- Descriptive statistics – tabular, graphical and numerical methods,
- Introduction to probability,
- Discrete and continuous probability distributions,
- Inferential statistics sampling distributions, central limit theorem,
- Hypothesis testing for differences between means and proportions, inference about population variances,
- Chi-square and ANOVA,
- Simple correlation and regression,
- Time series and forecasting,
- Decision theory,
- Index numbers;
- Linear programming – problem formulation, simplex method and graphical solution, sensitivity analysis.
- Fundamentals of operations management;
- Organizing for production;
- Aggregate production planning, capacity planning,
- Plant design: process planning, plant size and scale of operations,
- Management of facilities;
- Line balancing;
- Equipment replacement and maintenance;
- Production control;
- Supply chain management – vendor evaluation and audit;
- Quality management;
- Statistical process control, Six Sigma;
- Flexibility and agility in manufacturing systems;
- World class manufacturing;
- Project management concepts, R&D management,
- Management of service operations;
- Role and importance of materials management, value analysis, make or buy decision;
- Inventory control, MRP;
- Waste management.
- Conceptual foundations of information systems;
- Information theory;
- Information resource management;
- Types of information systems;
- Systems development – Overview of systems and design; System development management life-cycle, Designing for online and distributed environments;
- Implementation and control of project;
- Trends in information technology;
- Managing data resources – Organising data;
- DSS and RDBMS;
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP),
- Expert systems,
- e-Business architecture,
- e-Governance;
- Information systems planning,
- Flexibility in information systems;
- User involvement;
- Evaluation of information systems.
- State participation in business,
- Interaction between Government, Business and different Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India;
- Government’s policy with regard to Small Scale Industries;
- Government clearances for establishing a new enterprise;
- Public Distribution System;
- Government control over price and distribution;
- Consumer Protection Act (CPA) and The Role of voluntary organizations in protecting consumers’ rights;
- New Industrial Policy of the Government: liberalization, deregulation and privatisation;
- Indian planning system;
- Government policy concerning development of Backward areas/regions;
- The Responsibilities of the business as well as the Government to protect the environment; Corporate Governance;
- Cyber Laws.
- Business policy as a field of study;
- Nature and scope of strategic management,
- Strategic intent, vision, objectives and policies;
- Process of strategic planning and implementation;
- Environmental analysis and internal analysis; SWOT analysis;
- Tools and techniques for strategic analysis – Impact matrix: The experience curve, BCG matrix, GEC mode, Industry analysis, Concept of value chain; Strategic profile of a firm;
- Framework for analysing competition;
- Competitive advantage of a firm;
- Generic competitive strategies;
- Growth strategies – expansion, integration and diversification;
- Concept of core competence,
- Strategic flexibility;
- Reinventing strategy;
- Strategy and structure;
- Chief Executive and Board;
- Turnaround management;
- Management of strategic change;
- Strategic alliances,
- Mergers and Acquisitions;
- Strategy and corporate evolution in the Indian context.
- International Business Environment: Changing composition of trade in goods and services; India’s Foreign Trade: Policy and trends;
- Financing of International trade;
- Regional Economic Cooperation; FTAs;
- Internationalisation of service firms;
- International production; Operation Management in International companies;
- International Taxation;
- Global competitiveness and technological developments;
- Global e-Business;
- Designing global organisational structure and control;
- Multicultural management;
- Global business strategy;
- Global marketing strategies;
- Export Management;
- Export- Import procedures;
- Joint Ventures;
- Foreign Investment: Foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment;
- Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions;
- Foreign Exchange Risk Exposure Management;
- World Financial Markets and International Banking;
- External Debt Management;
- Country Risk Analysis
