MBA in Hospital Administration Syllabus, Course Structure and Books

What is MBA in Hospital Administration Syllabus?

The MBA in Hospital Administration syllabus prepares students for the various job roles of the medical sector and so that they are capable of taking care of all managerial, economic, social, and financial challenges at the workplace.

Most of the colleges offering MBA in Hospital Administration entail a deep understanding of management principles in the first year of the program. Students are taught concepts of economics, statistics, mathematics, marketing, finance, and human resources from the grassroots level.

The second semester focuses on the hospital administration and the topics related to it such as health policies, clinical services, financial planning, medical laws, principles of management, etc.

The second year of this MBA program is meant for specialization and depending on the choice of subjects selected by students they are trained for specific roles of their choice. Some colleges do not provide specialization, hence offer a mix of subjects which include the following:

Pharmaceutical management
Ethics
Hospital planning
Financial health services

What are the MBA in Hospital Administration Specializations?

The course structure of the first year of the program remains the same in all the MBA courses. Choosing of specialization begins from the second year with subjects such as:

Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Health Policy and Administration
Organization and Administration of Clinical Services	Organization and Administration of Super Specialty Services
R&D Management	Management Information Systems
Business Policy and Strategic Management	Financing of Health Services
Health Education and Communication	Legislation for Health and Communication
Quality Management	Pharmaceutical Management

There are various sub-specializations that are taught to the hospital administration professionals, the most commonly taught subjects among them are as under:

Subject	Details
Health Care Law Course	It focuses on imparting knowledge pertaining to the legal responsibilities of the hospital and the rights of patients. This subject includes topics like malpractice and confidentiality.
Finance for Health Administration Course	It focuses on the evaluation of financial performance, budget capital. Students are also taught about fair and just practices that are applicable to the healthcare environment.
Human Resources in Health Care Course	It focuses on the ways to run the operations of the hospital and skills associated with recruiting, training and retaining good employees are taught on this subject.
Operations Management	It focuses on process analysis and hospital operations planning. It majorly deals with the issue of staff capacity planning and scheduling to run the day-to-day operations smoothly.
Medical-Legal Issues	It focuses on issues such as medical negligence, consumer protection, and constitutional mandate. Students will study laws associated with euthanasia, organ donation, new developments in biotechnology, surrogacy, sex determination of foetus, and various other topics that are protected under the legal framework defined by the Indian Constitution.

Each semester consists of theory papers and a paper which consists of a project report on practical training up to Semester III. The candidate will have to take up a dissertation and carry out a detailed study on any issue/functional area of a hospital in semester IV. Students are also required to go for hospital training during the course.

MBA in Hospital Administration Course Structure

MBA in Hospital Administration primarily involves hands-on learning through industry visits, group discussion sessions with experts, and brainstorming sessions with students from other colleges. The coursework requires students to undergo summer internships provided by their respective institutes to get an idea about what it feels like to work in the industry.

A general course structure of an MBA in Hospital Administration program is tabulated below. It may vary from one college to another.

Semester I
Subject/Paper	Theory	Internal	Total
Management Concepts & Process	75	25	100
Organizational Behavior	75	25	100
Communication skills	75	25	100
IT for Hospital Administrators	75	25	100
Principles of Hospital Administration	75	25	100
Managerial Economics	75	25	100
Accounting for Managers	75	25	100

Semester II
Subject/Paper	Theory	Internal	Total
Core Subjects
Hospital Planning	75	25	100
Planning & Designing Hospital Services	75	25	100
Public Relations for Hospitals	75	25	100
Marketing of Hospitals	75	25	100
Electives subject ( Any Three)
Global Business Environment	75	25	100
Business Laws	75	25	100
Training & Performance Management	75	25	100
Human Resource Management	75	25	100
Sales & Advertising Management	75	25	100

Semester III
Subject/Paper	Theory	Internal	Total
Core Subjects
Strategic Management	75	25	100
Legislation for Health & Hospitals	75	25	100
Ethics in Hospital Administration	75	25	100
Health Administration	75	25	100
Electives subject ( Any Three)
Retail Management	75	25	100
Rural Marketing	75	25	100
CRM in Hospitals	75	25	100
Consumer Behavior	75	25	100
Human Resource Planning & development	75	25	100

Semester IV
Subject/Paper	Theory	Internal	Total
Industrial & Service Marketing	75	25	100
Entrepreneurship	75	25	100
Project Report (12 credits)	300
Comprehensive Viva Voce 4 credits & MRP Viva 4 credits	500

The students will have to undergo training in a reputed hospital and undertake a comprehensive study and submit a report in the final year.

Recommended MBA in Hospital Administration Books

Books	Authors
The Practice of Management	Peter F. Drucker
Principles of Management	Terry and Franklin
Organization and Management	Agrawal, R.D.
Organizational Behaviour	Luthans Fred
Human Behaviour at Work	Davis Keith
Human Relations and Organizational Behaviour	Dwivedi, R.S.
Essentials of Business Communication	Rajendra Pal and J.S. Korlahalli
Hospital Operations 1	S Parkodi
Hospital Supportive Services	Sangeeta Natrajan
Principles of Hospital Administration and Planning	B.M.Sakharkar
Hospital Planning & Hospital Management	Kunders
Introduction to Accounting	S.N. Maheshwari

MBA in Hospital Administration: FAQs

Ques. What are the elective subjects in the MBA in Hospital Administration syllabus?

Ans. The elective subjects in the MBA in Hospital Administration syllabus that are taken up in the final year are Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Policy and Administration, Organization and Administration of Clinical Services, Organization and Administration of Super Specialty Services, R&D Management, Management Information Systems, Business Policy and Strategic Management, Financing of Health Services, Health Education and Communication, Legislation for Health and Communication, Quality Management, Pharmaceutical Management.

Ques. What are the core subjects in the MBA in Hospital Administration syllabus?

Ans. Some of the core subjects in the MBA in Hospital Administration syllabus are Health Care Law Course, Finance for Health Administration Course, Human Resources in Health Care Course, Operations Management, Medical-Legal Issues, etc.

Ques. What is the assessment procedure in the MBA in Hospital Administration curriculum?

Ans. Students opting for this program are assessed on the basis of their submitted project reports, viva, semester exams, and regular internals.

Ques. Are submitting Project Reports and attending seminars mandatory while pursuing MBA in Hospital Administration?

Ans. Yes, submitting Project Reports as well as attending seminars are compulsory while pursuing MBA in Hospital Administration.