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Bachelor of Business Studies
The Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) program will provide you with the broad
business education. You will study the core business principles of accounting, risk
management, human resource management, economics and marketing. Theory will bebrought to life through work on practical business projects in addition to two monts
summer placement in industry.
FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
Paper 1 Business Economics - I Paper 1 Business Economics - II
Paper 2 Fundamentals of Accounting Paper 2 Financial Accounting
Paper 3 Business Management Paper 3 Organisational Behaviour
Paper 4 Business Mathematics Paper 4 Business Environment
Paper 5 Computer Fundamentals - I Paper 5 Computer Fundamentals - II
Paper 6 Communication Skills - I Paper 6 Communication Skills - II
THIRD SEMESTER FOURTH SEMESTER
Paper 1Public Relations & Corporate
imagePaper 1
Human Resource
Management
Paper 2 Quantitative Techniques Paper 2 Financial Management
Paper 3 Marketing Management Paper 3Production & Operations
Management
Paper 4 Business Research Methods Paper 4 Consumer BehaviourPaper 5 Cost Accounting Paper 5 Business Law
Paper 6Information Technology in
ManagementPaper 6 Introduction to DBMS
FIFTH SEMESTER SIXTH SEMESTER
Paper 1 Income Tax Paper 1 International Business
Paper 2 Strategic Management Paper 2 Rural Marketing
Paper 3Working Capital
ManagementPaper 3 Total Quality Management
Paper 4 Indian Financial System Paper 4 Management of Banking &Financial Institutions
Paper 5 Project Management Paper 5 E- Business
Paper 6Entrepreneurship
DevelopmentPaper 6 Project Report Viva Voce
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Business Economics I
Unit I
Introduction: - Meaning, Nature and Scope of Micro Economics, Basic Economic
Problems.
Utility Analysis: - Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, Equi-marginal utility.
Analysis of Demand: - Concept, Elasticity and their types, Determinants and Importance
of Elasticity of Demand
Supply Analysis: - Concept and Law of Supply, Factors Affecting Supply.
Unit II
Laws of Returns: - Production Function in Short-Run and Long Run. Revenue Concepts
- Total Revenue, Marginal Revenue, Average Revenue and their relationship.
Cost Analysis: - Accounting Costs and Economic Costs, Short Run Cost Analysis: -
Fixed, Variable and Total Cost Curves, Average and Marginal Costs.
Unit III
Pricing Under Various Market Conditions: - Perfect Competition - Equilibrium of Firm
and Industry under Perfect Competition. Monopoly: - Price Determination. Monopolistic
Competition: - Price and Output Determination under Monopolistic Competition.
Unit IV
Rent: Concept, Meaning, Types, Theories of RentClassical and Modern; Quasi Rent;
Wages: Meaning, Kinds and Theories; Interest: Concept, Gross and Net Interest,
Theories of Interest: Classical, NeoClassical, Liquidity Preference and Modern; Profit:
Meaning, Characteristics, Gross and Net Profit, Theories of Profit.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Koutsoyiannis A (2010). Modern Microeconomics, Macmillan New Delhi.
2. Ahuja H.L (2008). Advanced Economic Theory, S. Chand & Co., New Delhi.
3. Mankiw N.G. (2009). Principles of Economics, Thomson.
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Unit I
Definition of ManagementScience or ArtManagement and Administration
Development of Management ThoughtContribution of Taylor and FayolFunctions of
ManagementTypes of Business Organisation.
PLANNING -Nature & PurposeSteps involved in PlanningObjectivesSetting
ObjectivesProcess of Managing by ObjectivesStrategies, Policies & Planning
Premises- ForecastingDecision-making.
Unit II
ORGANISING -Nature and PurposeFormal and informal organizationOrganization
ChartStructure and ProcessDepartmentation by difference strategiesLine and
Staff authorityBenefits and LimitationsDe-Centralization and Delegation of
AuthorityStaffingSelection Process - TechniquesHRDManagerial
Effectiveness
Unit III
DIRECTING -ScopeHuman FactorsCreativity and InnovationHarmonizing
ObjectivesLeadershipTypes of Leadership MotivationHierarchy of needs
Motivation theoriesMotivational TechniquesJob EnrichmentCommunication
Process of CommunicationBarriers and BreakdownEffective Communication
Electronic media in Communication.
Unit IV
CONTROLLING -System and process of ControllingRequirements for effective
controlThe Budget as Control TechniqueInformation Technology in Controlling
Use of computers in handling the informationProductivityProblems and
ManagementControl of Overall PerformanceDirect and Preventive Control
ReportingThe Global EnvironmentGlobalization and LiberalizationInternational
Management and Global theory of Management.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Harold Kooritz & Heinz Weihrich (1998). Essentials of Management, Tata McGraw-
Hill.
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Business Mathematics
Unit I
Progressions: Application of Arithmetic Progression and Geometric Progression.
Arithmetic progressions finding the nth term of an AP and also sum to n terms of an
AP. Insertion of Arithmetic means in given terms of AP and representation of AP.
Geometric progression: finding nth term of GP.
Unit II
Interest Applications: Simple interest, compound interest including half yearly and
quarterly calculation, Installment Purchases (Cost of Installment, Effective rates,
amortization of a loan)
Unit III
Percentage and Ratios Applications: Percents, Commissions, Discounts, e.g., bill
discounting, mark up and concepts of Ratios.
Unit IV
Interpolation: Binomial, Newton and Lagranges Method
Corporate and Special Applications: Computation of the costs and proceeds of stock
buy and- sell; Computation of rates of yield and gains or losses on the purchase and
sale of stocks; Computation of gains and losses on convertible and callable bonds,
annual interest, accrued interest, and annual yield and computation of a rate of yield to
maturity
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. P.R. Vittal (2008). Business Mathematics.
2. D.C. Sancheti and V.K. Kapoor (2007). Business Mathematics.
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Computer Fundamentals
Unit-I
Introduction to Computer:-Definition, Characteristics.. Generation of Computers,
Capabilities and Limitations. Introduction to Operating System. Concept of Bios, Booting
Files. Basic Components of a Computer System-Control Unit, ALU, Input/output
functions and characteristics. Memory Introduction, Classifications- Volatile Memory and
Non- Volatile , Flash Memory, ROM, RAM, EPROM, PROM, EEPROM other types of
memory.
Unit-II
Input, Output and storage Units:-Computer Keyboard, Pointing Devices: Mouse,
Trackball, Touch Panel, and Joystick, Light Pen, Scanners, Various types of Monitors,
Touch-sensitive screens, Optical Recognition System, Pen based systems, Digitizers,
MICR, OCR, OMR, Bar-code Reader, digital camera.
Hard Copy Devices:- Impact and Non- Impact Printers- Daisy Wheel, Dot Matrix, Line
Printer, Chain Printer, Comb Printers, Non Impact Printers- DeskJet, Laser Printer,
Thermal Transfer Printer, Barcode Printers, Electro static printers and plotters.
Unit-III
High Level Language and Low Level Language, Software and its different types-
System Software, Application software. Hardware , Firmware, , Compiler, Interpreter
and Assembler. File Allocation Table ( FAT , FAT 32 & NTFS). Introduction to algorithm
and Flow chart: - Representation of an algorithm, flowchart symbols and levels of flow
chart, rules, advantage and limitations of flowchart and pseudo code.
Unit-IV
Testing and Debugging:-Definition of testing and debugging , types of program errors,
testing of programs, debugging a program for syntax and logical errors, difference
between testing and debugging. Booting process details of Dos and Windows:- DOS
system files , Internal and External Commands , Difference between External and
Internal Commands. Internal Commands:- MD, CD, RD, COPY CON, TYPE, DATE &
TIME, VOLUME VERSION, REN, PROMPT, CLS, DIR/P/W, COPY , DEL Etc. External
commands:-FORMAT , DISKCOPY, DISKCOMP, XCOPY, CHKDISK, SCANDISK,
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HELP, DEBUG, PRINT etc.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. P.K. Sinha (2006). Computer Fundamentals.
2. Naveen Prakash (2009). Introduction to Database Management.
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Communication skills-1
Unit 1
Communication, Its types & Significance: Communication; process of communication;
its kinds, channels and role in the society.
Unit 2
Reading Skills: Process of reading; reading purposes, models, strategies,
methodologies; reading activities, structure of meaning techniques.
Unit 3
Writing Skills:Elements of effective writing; writing styles; scientific and technical
writing.
Unit 4
Grammar: Transformation of sentences; words used as different parts of speech; one
word substitution; abbreviations, technical terms etc.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Vandana R Singh (2009). The Written Word, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
2. KK Ramchandran (2010). Business Communication, Macmillan, New Delhi
3. Swati Samantaray (2008). Business Communication and Communicative
English, Sultan Chand, New Delhi.
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Business Economics II
Unit I
Classical Theory of Employment: SaysLaw of Market, Keynesian Theory of
Employment, National Income: Concept and Constituents, measurement, difficulties and
importance.
Unit II
Consumption Function, Psychological Law of Consumption Function ,Investment :
Types, Factors, Determining Investment, Multiplier : Static and Dynamic, Limitations,
Leakages and Importance.
Unit III
Marginal efficiency of Capital, prospective yield, determinants and importance, Trade
Cycle : Theories, Measures to control trade cycles
Unit lV
Monetary Policy: Constituents, objectives and role in economic development, Fiscal
Policy: Constituents, objectives and role in economic development, Inflation : Types,
stagflation (Philips curve), Theories of Demand Pull and Cost Push inflation causes,
effects and measures to control inflation.
Suggested Readings & Books:
1. Koutsoyiannis A (1999). Modern Microeconomics, Macmillan New Delhi.
2. Ahuja H. L. (2010). Advance Economic Theory, S.Chand & Co., New Delhi.
3. Mankiw N.G. (2000). Principles of Economics, Thomson Publication.
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Financial Accounting
Unit I
Single Entry System, Accounts of Non- Profit Organizations; Insolvency Accounts.
Unit II
Royalty Accounts, Hire Purchase and installment system; Consignment and Joint-
Venture.
Unit III
Partnership Accounts: Fixed and Fluctuating Capitals; Interest on Capital; Interest on
Drawing; Past Adjustments and Guarantee.
Unit IV
Partnership Accounts: Admission, retirement and death of a partner; Dissolution of
a partnership firm (excluding Garner v/s Murray, Gradual Realization and
Piecemeal Distribution).
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Sehgal, Ashok & Deepak ( 2 0 0 7 ) . Financial Accounting, TaxmansAllied
Services.
2. Maheshwari, S. N. 2(0 0 9 ) . Financial Accounting, Vikas Publishing House.
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Organizational Behavior
UNIT I :
Introduction-Concept, Nature of Organizational Behavior, Need on integrated
approach to study behavior, Significance of Organisational Behavior for Managers.
UNIT II :
a) Perception:- Meaning, Definition, Significance of Perception for understanding
Human Behavior.b) Learning:- Nature, Types of Learning, Principles of learning, Factors
in human Learning. c) Attitude:- Meaning and concept of Attitude, Significance of
Attitude for understanding Human Behavior.
UNIT III :
a) Motivation:- Motivation and Goal Directed Nature of Human Behavior,concept of
Motivation, Importance of Motivation, Theories of Motivation. b) Personality:- Concept,
factors influencing Personality, Theory of Personality. c)Communication: Process,
Barriers, How to make communication effective.
UNIT IV :
Social Behavior-Definitions, Properties of a Group, Group & Human Behavior, and Why
People join Groups, Types of Groups, Group Cohesiveness.
Influencing Human Behavior-Techniques of Influence-Power & Politics, Leadership as
an Influence Process, Organisational Change and Organisational effectiveness.
Suggested Books:
1. Stephens Robbins (2001). Organisational Behavior, Prentice Hall of India.
2. Fred Luthans (1998). Organisational Behavior, McGraw Hill Books Co.
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Business Environment
UNIT I:
Indian Business Environment : Concept, components and importance.
Economic Trends : Income; Savings and investment; Industry; Trade and Balance of
Payments, Money ; Finance ; Prices.
UNIT II :
Problems of Growth : Unemployment; Poverty; Regional imbalances; Social injustice;
Inflation,Parallel economy; Industrial sickness.Role of Government : Monetary and fiscal
policy; Industrial licensing, Privatization; Devaluation;Export-import policy; Regulation of
foreign investment; Collaborations in the light of recent changes.
UNIT III :
Industrial Pollicy : Industrial Policies since Independence, New Industrial Policy and its
Effect.
The Current Five Year Plan : Major policies; Resource allocation.
UNIT IV :
International Environment : International trading environment; Trends in world trade and
the problems of developing countries; Foreign trade and economic growth; International
economic groupings; International economic institutionsGATT, WTO, UNCTAD,
World Bank, IMF; GSP; GSTP.Major Industry Associations : FICCI, CII, ASSOCHAM,
PHDCCI, Role of Industry Associations.
Suggested Readings & Books:
1. Sundaram & Black (2003). The International Business Environment; Prentice Hall
Of India
2. Dutt R and Sundharam KPM (2010). Indian Economy; S. Chand & Co.
3. Misra SK and Puri VK (2010). Indian Economy; Himalaya Publishing House.
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Computers Fundamentals-II
UNIT I
Internet Access: Introduction to www, internet and intranet creation of e-mail address
Send and receive messages, Use of search engines, Delivering information with
Microsoft Mail Use of MS-Outlook/ Outlook Express.
UNIT II
Communication: The Electronic Web; Network Application: voice, information
services, Internet Chat, Group chat, Voice over Internet Protocol: voice conference,
Video conferencing. Computer Network & Communication: Network types,
Network topologies, Network Communication Devices, Physical Communication
Media, Network Protocol (TCP/IP).
UNIT II
Application of IT:Business, Educational, Decision Support System,
Inventory, etc. Introduction to ERP, CRM, , DBMS.
Internet : Different application of internet for Business. E-commerce and its models.
UNIT IV
Basic Concepts: Entities & their attributes, advantages & disadvantages of DBMS.
Introduction to RDBMS
Data Models: The hierarchical model, the network model & the relational model.
Data Protection: Recovery, concurrency, security &integrity.
Suggested Readings & Books:
1. P.K. Sinha (2008). Computer Fundamentals.
2. Naveen Prakash (2009). Introduction to Database Management, TMH.
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Communications Skills II
Unit I
Business Communication meaning & importance. Defining Communication,
Purpose, Process, elements, difficulties in communication, and conditions for
successful communication. Basic forms of Communication, Barriers to effective
communication, basic models & communication, 7Csof for effective business
communication
Unit II
Organizational Communication: Importance of communication in management,
Formal and Informal Communication, Grapevine and how to handle it.
Developing positive personal attitudes, Communication training for managers,
Communication structure in an organization,Corporate Communication, PR skills
Unit III
Presentation Skills: Presentation on any chosen topic, oral presentations,
principles of oral presentations, factors affecting presentations, sales presentation.
Unit IVBusiness Etiquette : Understanding e t iq ue tt e , C ro ss -cultural e t i qu e t t e ,
B u s in e s s manners, Business to business etiquette.
Effective customer care.
Suggested Readings & Books:
1. Chaturvedi, P. D. Chaturvedi, Mukesh (2004). Business Communication:,Pearson Education.
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Public Relations and Corporate Image
Unit I
Public Relations: Principles, Tools and Method
PR concepts and principles, various theories of PR, Interface of PR with various othermanagement disciplines, Publics in PR, PR in Government, PR in public sector
Unit ll
Laws and ethics in PR, strategic PR management, Crisis communication andManagement, role and scope of writing in PR and role of research in PR.
Unit lll
Corporate Communication
principles and concepts of Corporate Communication (CC), evolution and growth ofCC, emerging market scenario, the relevance of CC; and financial communication andfinancial media.
Unit lV
Oral and Visual communicationConcept, process and function of visual communication. Concepts and theories ofgraphics and the application part of that.
Suggested Readings & Books:
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QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES
Unit I
Role of Mathematics and statistics in Business DecisionsTheory of Sets
Compound interest, depreciation and annuities.Equations: Linear, Quadratic & Simultaneous EquationsMatrix AlgebraBinomial TheoremPrinciples of Mathematical Induction, Arithmetic Progression & Geometric Progression
Unit IIData Analysis: Measure of Central TendencyMeasures of Dispersion: Range Quartile Deviation, Mean Deviation, and StandardDeviation and Coefficient of Variation, Skewness and KurtosisIndex Numbers, Methods: Simple, Aggregate, Weighted, Test
Unit IIICorrelation Analysis: Rank Method & Karl Pearson's Coefficient of Correlation andProperties of Correlation.Regression Analysis: Fitting of a Regression Line and Interpretation of Results,Properties of Regression Coefficients and Relationship between Regression andCorrelation Time Series Analysis, Trend Variation, Least Square Fit, SeasonalVariation
Unit IV
Theory of Probability, Addition and Multiplication Law, Bayes Theorm
Theoretical Distributions: Binomial, Poisson and Normal DistributionSampling Distribution, Standard Error Theory of Estimation, Point
Estimation, Interval Estimation
Testing of Hypothesis: Large Sample Tests, Small Sample test, (t, F, Z Test and Chi Square Test).
Suggested Readings & Books:
1. Levin & Rubin (2002). Statistics for Management, Prentice Hal
2. SP Gupta (2008). Statistical Methods, Sultan Chand
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Marketing Management
Unit I
Marketing: Nature & Scope of Marketing, Concepts - production, product, selling,
marketing & societal marketing, marketing environmentmarketing management and its
environment.
Unit II
Consumer buying behaviour: consumer decision making process (five step model),
factors affecting buying behaviour, purchase behaviour, buyers role.
Market segmentation: need, concept, nature, basis & strategies, mass marketing vs.
Segmentation.
Unit III
Marketing mix: 4ps of products & 7ps of services, components & factors affecting
Product decisions: product definition, new product development process, and product
life cycle, positioning, branding, packaging & labelling decisions
Unit IV
Pricing decisions: importance, objectives & strategies
Product promotion: promotion mix and factors affecting.
Distribution: channel decisions, types & factors, physical distribution system & its
Components
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Philips Kotler, Principles of Marketing
2. Stanton, Fundamentals of Marketing
3. J.C. Gandhi, Marketing Management
4. Ramaswamy & Namakumari, Marketing Management
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Business Research Methods
UNIT I
Research: Meaning types fundamental/ applied Approaches: Historical /
Experimental / Exploratory Methodology. Research Process: Selection and identification
of research problem etc.Hypotheses: Meaning and formulation: Investigation .Research
Design: Meaning types, essentials.
UNIT III
Data: Types, methods of collection observation interview, schedule /questionnaire.
Survey: Meaning procedure, Types questionnaire survey / interview ,survey, steps and
problems of survey methods.
UNIT III
Case Study: Meaning, assumptions procedure, merits and limitation.
Source of Social Science Information, Problems encountered by researches in India.
UNIT IV
Research Report: General Principles and Practice. Layout of Research Report, Types
of Reports, Mechanics of writing Research Report. Preliminary and Reference section.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Rujit Kumar (2001). Research Methodology, Sage.
2. Robert B. Burns (2004). Introduction to Research Methods, Sage.
3. C.R. Kothari (2007). Research Methodology, Wiley Eastern.
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Cost Accounting
Unit I
Introduction: Cost and Cost Accounting, Scope, Objectives, Advantages and
disadvantages, Installation of costing system.
Unit II
Material Control, Labour control, Overhead control, Fixed and Variable, direct and
indirect. Analysis of CostPreparation of cost sheet, estimate, tender and quotation.
Unit III
Marginal Costing: Marginal cost vs. marginal costing; contribution , P/V ration; Break
even analysis, margin of safety, application of marginal costing.
Unit IV
Standard Costing and Variance Analysis: material variances, labour variances.
Reconciliation of cost and financial Accounts.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Jain & Narang (2008). Cost Accounting, KPH.
2. M.Y. Khan & K.Jain (2010). Managements & Cost Accounting, HPH.
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Information Technology in Management
Unit I
MS Access:
Creating Tables, adding and deleting recordsQuerying: creating, saving and editing; joining tables in queriesForms: creating and using forms,Reports: creating and printing reports,Macros: concept and simple use of macrosModules: writing programs using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).Security: access control by enabling and disabling menus.Managing Data and Files
Unit II
Application of IT: Business, Educational, Decision Support System, Inventory,etc.Introduction to ERP, CRM, SAP, DBMS, SPSS.
Unit III
Communication: The Electronic Web; Network Applications: voice, InformationServices, Internet chat, Group chat, Voice over Internet Protocol: voiceconference, Video conferencing.Computer Network & Communication: Network types, Network topologies,Network Communication Devices, Physical Communication Media, NetworkProtocol (TCP/ IP).
Unit IV
Working with Tally or any other Accounting Software package
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. P.K.Sinha (2007). Fundamental of Computers, BPB.
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Financial Management
Unit I
Financial management: meaning, nature and scope of finance; financial goals: profit
maximization, wealth maximization; finance functions,- investment, financing and
dividend decisions.
Unit II
Capital budgeting: nature of investment decisions; investment evaluation criteria- net
present value, internal rate of return, profitability index, payback period, accounting
rate of return , NPV and IRR comparison; capital rationing; risk analysis in capital
budgeting.
Unit III
Working capital: meaning, significance and types of working capital; financing of
working capital; sources of working capital; management of inventory; management
of cash; management of account receivables; optimum credit policy; credit collection;
factoring service; various committee reports on bank finance; dimensions of working
capital management. Dividend decisionsTypes of dividend- dividend models
principles of dividend policypractical aspects of dividend .
Unit IV
Capital structure theories: traditional and MM hypotheses; determining capital
structure in practice; Capital structure planning.
Cost of capital: meaning and significance of cost of capital; calculation of cost of
debt, preference capital, equity capital and retained earnings;
Operating and financial leverages; measurement of leverages; effects of operating and
financial leverages on profit.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Chandra, Prasanna 2009. Financial Management; Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi.
2. Pandey, I.M.2010.: Finanical Management, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
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Production & Operations Management
Unit I
Production and operations management; its functions and relationship with other
functional areas. Facility location decision, layout decision, product and process layout.
Capacity planning.
Unit II
Production planning and control: Planning, scheduling, routing etc. Assembly line
balancing.
Work Study: Method study and time study, Work simplification. Productivity linked
incentives.
Unit III
Inventory Management: ABC analysis and basic model of EOQ (carrying, ordering and
shortage costs). Supply Chain Management.
Basic concepts of maintenance management and preventive management.
Unit IV
Statistical quality control and acceptance sampling.
Services: Nature, design of service system.
Latest Concepts: A brief introduction to JIT, computer aided manufacturing, TQM and
ISO quality systems.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Buffa & Sarin : Modern Production and Operations Management
2. Nair : Operations Management, TMH
3. Adam & Ebert : Production and Operations Management, Prentice
Hall India
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Consumer Behaviour
UNIT I
Introduction to Consumer BehaviorScope and Relevance of Consumer Behavior Studies; Buying Decision Process;Basic Model of Consumer Behavior; Problem Recognition Methods of ProblemSolving; Information Search, Alternative Evaluation and Selection, Outlet Selection and Purchase, Post Purchase Behavior and Customer Satisfaction, Role ofInvolvement.
UNIT II
Individual Determinants of Consumer BehaviourRole of Motivation; Personality and Self Concept; Attention and Perception;
Consumer Learning; Consumer AttitudesFormation and Change; Consumervalues and Lifestyles.
UNIT III
External Determinants of Consumer Behaviour
Influence of Culture and Subculture; Social Class; Reference Groups and Family
influences; Diffusion of Innovations.
UNIT IV
Consumer Decision Making Process
Personal Influence and Opinion Leadership: Process of Opinion Leadership, Profile ofOpinion Leader, Opinion leadership and Firms Promotional Strategy Diffusion ofinnovations: Diffusion Process, Adoption Process, Profile of Consumer Innovator.
Text Books & Suggestive Readings:
1. Schiffman, L.G. and Kanuk, L.L., Consumer Behavior, Prentice Hall of India, 9th
edition.
2. Loudon, D. and Bitta, D., Consumer Behaviour, Tata Mc Graw Hill
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Business Law
UNIT I
The Indian Contract Act, 1872
UNIT II
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
UNIT III
The Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.
UNIT IV
The Companies Act, 1956Sections 1 to 197
(a) Preliminary,(b) Board of Company Law Administration - National Company Law
Tribunal; Appellate Tribunal,(c) Incorporation of company and matters incidental thereto
(d) Prospectus and allotment, and other matters relating to use of shares or
debentures,(e) Share capital and debentures,(f) Registration of charges,(g)
Management and administrationgeneral provisionsregistered office and name,
restrictions on commencement of business, registers of members and debentures
holders, foreign registers of members or debenture holders, annual returns, general
provisions regarding registers and returns, meetings and proceedings.(h) Company Law
in a computerized environmente-filing.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. N D Kapoor (2005).Elements of Mercantile Law-Sultan Chand.
2. Akhileshwar Pathak (2003).Legal Aspects of Business, 3rd Edition, Tata Mc
GRAW HILL
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Introduction to DBMS
UNIT I
Introduction to Database Systems: File System versus a DBMS, Advantages of a
DBMS, Describing and storing data in a DBMS, Queries in a DBMS, Structure of aDBMS, People who deal with database, introduction to Data Models, Architecture ofDBMS.
UNIT II
Entity Relationship Model: Overview of Database Design, Entities, attributes, and Entitysets, Relationships and Relationship sets, additional features of the ER Model,Conceptual database design with the ER modelEntity versus attribute, entity versusrelationship.
UNIT III
Schema Refinement & Normal Forms: Introduction to schema refinement, functionaldependencies, examples motivation schema refinement, reasoning about functionaldependencies, normal forms, decompositions, normalization (Up to 3rd Normal Form)
UNIT IV
Creating Reports: Introducing Reports, Using Report Wizards, Standardizing Reports,Inserting a Chart into a Report with the Chart Wizard, Printing Report.
Creating Labels and Mail-Merge Documents: using the label wizard, using customlabels, printing multiple labels, merging access data with word documents.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Ramakrishnan, R. and J. Gehrke (2000). Database Management
systems, McGrawHill.
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Income Tax
UNIT I
Basic concept: Income - agricultural incomepersonassesseeassessment year -
previous year - gross total income - total income - maximum marginal rate of tax -
Residential status - Scope of total income on the basis of residential status -Exempted
income under section 10.
UNIT II
Computation of income under different heads: Salaries Allowances Perquisites
Profit in lieu of salaryGratuityPension - Income from house property: Annual Value
of House property Computation under different circumstances Deduction from
annual value.UNIT III
Profits and gains of business or profession: Definition - ComputationAllowable
expenses and not allowable expensesGeneral deductionsProvisions relating to
Depreciation.Capital gains: Definition of Capital AssetsLong term and Short term
TransfersCost of acquisitionCost of improvementExempted Capital gains.
Income from other sources: Definition - ComputationGrossing upDeductions and
other relevant provisions.
UNIT IV
Total income and tax computation: Income of other persons included in assessees total
income - Aggregation of income and set-off and carry forward of losses Deductions from
gross total income - Rebates and reliefs - Computation of total income of individuals and
firms - Tax liability of an individual and firm.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Dr. Vinod K. Singhania (2011). Direct TaxesLaw and Practice, Taxman
publication.
2. Dr. Mehrotra and Dr. Goyal (2011). Direct TaxesLaw and Practice, Sahitya
Bhavan
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Strategic Management
UNIT I
Strategic Management - An Introduction - Evolution of business policy as a discipline -
Concept of strategic management - Characteristics of strategic management - Defining
strategy.
UNIT II
Strategy formulation - Stakeholders in business - Vision, mission and purpose - Business
definition, objectives and goals - Environmental appraisal - Types of strategies - Guidelines for
crafting successful business strategies. Strategic analysis and choice - Environmental Threat
and Opportunity Profile (ETOP) - Organizational Capability Profile - Strategic Advantage
Profile - Corporate Portfolio Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Synergy - GAP Analysis - Porter's
Five Forces Model of competition .
UNIT III
Strategy implementation - Issues in implementation - Project implementation - Procedural
implementation - Resource Allocation - Budgets - Organization Structure - Matching structure
and strategy - Behavioural issues - Leadership style - Corporate culture - Values - Power -
Social responsibilities - Ethics - Building a capable organization - Functional issues -
Functional plans and policies - Financial, Marketing, Operations and Personnel plans and
policies
UNIT IV
Strategy Evaluation - Importance - Symptoms of malfunctioning of strategy - Organization
anarchies - Operations Control and Strategic Control - Measurement of performance -
Analyzing variances - Role of organizational systems in evaluation,New Business Models and
strategies for Internet Economy . Cases in strategic management.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Azhar Kazmi 2002(2nd Ed).Business Policy, PHI.
2. Arthur A. Thompson Jr. and A.J.Strickland (2004).Strategic Management, -
Concepts and Cases,TMH
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Working Capital Management
Unit I
Introduction- Meaning of Working Capital, Types, Nature & Scope, Objective of
Working Capital Management, Factors determining the Working Capital Management.
Unit II
Working Capital Financing- Nature of Current Assets and Current liabilities,
Source of Working Capital Finance - Trade Credit, Short-Term Bank Finance, Public
Deposits, Commercial Papers, Factoring etc. Approaches to Working Capital Finance,
Liquidity and Profitability, New Leading System for Delivery Cash Credits, Working
Capital Analysis, Funds Flow Statements.
Unit III
Management of Cash- Need and Objectives of Cash Management, Cash
Forecasting and Budgets, Cash Models, Marketable Securities, Concept and Needs,
Investment in Marketable Securities & Strategies. Management of Receivable-
Meaning, Objective of Account Receivable Cost of maintaining Account Receivable,
Factor determining the size of Investment Credit Policy, Analysis and Control of
Receivable.
Unit IV
Management Inventory- Mending, Benefit of Holding Inventories, Objectives of
Inventory Management, Essentials of Good Inventory Control System, Techniques of
Inventory Control, Factors determining, Optimum Investment in Inventory.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Bhalla, V.K. (2001). Working Capital Management: Text and Cases, Anmol,
Delhi.
2. Scherr, F.C. (1989). Modern Working Capital Management, Prentice Hall.
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Indian Financial System
UNIT I
Financial System- An overview of the Indian financial System. Definition, Introduction,
Significance and its relationship with economic development. The constituents, structure
and features of Indian financial system. Recent developments
UNIT II
Financial markets- Concept, Features, Functions, Structure, types, role of financial
markets in economic development.
UNIT III
Major Indian financial institutions- IDBI, IFCI, ICICI, IRCI & SFCsmanagement,working,
operations and performance and recent developments, Concept of Universal Banking.
Investment Bankers: UTI, LIC, GIC, and mutual funds and their role,performance and
recent developments.
UNIT IV
New issue markets: Nature, features, functions, methods of new issue, Secondary
markets: Nature, features, functions, role of stock markets, stock exchanges, OTCEI,
NSE, recent developments and SEBI guidelines.Non-banking financial institutions:
Objectives, functioning, Regulations and recent developments, Role of Commercial
Banks in industrial finance and RRBs.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. M.Y. Khan (2007). Indian Financial Theory and Practice
2. R.M. Srivastava (2005). Management of Indian Financial Institutions
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Project Management
Unit I
The concept of a project, characteristics of a project, phases in the life cycle of a
project. Time Scheduling a Project:
Unit II
Gantt Carts and LOB, Network Techniques: concept of project network, construction of
project network, critical path method, slack and free float, PERT and its advantage over
CPM. Probability of completing a project on time. Crashing a network and concept of
PERT cost.
Unit III
Forms of project organization, project planning and control, human aspects of project
management.
Unit IV
Performance reviews on the basis of planned project cost and time. Major reasons for
cost & time over runs and remedial measures.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Gopala Krishnan & Rama Murthy : A Text book of Project Management,
McMillan India.
2. S.Chaudhry : Project Management, TMH
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Entrepreneurial Development
Unit I
Concept of entrepreneurship: meaning & characteristics of entrepreneurship,
entrepreneurial culture, socio-economic origin of entrepreneurship, factors affecting
entrepreneurship, conceptual model of entrepreneurship, traits of a good entrepreneur,
entrepreneur, entrepreneur and manager
Unit II
Entrepreneurial motivation: motivating, compelling and facilitating factors,
entrepreneurial ambition, achievement motivation theory and Kakinada experiment
Unit III
Establishment of entrepreneurial systems: search, processing and selection of idea,
Input requirements
Unit IV
Ssi: meaning, importance, characteristics, advantages and problems of ssis. Steps for
starting a small industry, guidelines for project report, registration as ssi.
Assistance to ssi: need for incentives & subsidies, need for institutional support, role of
government and other institutions.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. C.B. Gupta & N.P. Srinivasan: Entrepreneurial Development (sultan chand
& sons)
2. Vasant desai: management of a small scale industry (Himalya publishing house)
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International Business
Unit I
Meaning, Need for International Trade, Distribution Between Foreign Trade and
Domestic Trade, Need for Separate Theory of International Trade.
Theories of International Trade, Classical and Non-classical, Gains from International
Trade.
Unit II
Foreign Exchange: Meaning and Need, Theories for Exchange Rate Determination
Mint Parity Theory, Purchasing Power Parity Theory, Balance of Payments
Theory.
Unit III
Direction and Composition of Indias Foreign Trade, Recent Trends, Export Promotion
Policies. Balance of Trade, Balance of Payments, Disequilibrium in Balance of
Payments, Causes, Consequences and Cures.
Unit IV
International Liquidity Problems, I.M.F. and W.T.O., Documents Used in Foreign Trade,
Foreign Bill of Exchange, Letter of Credit, Bill of Lading.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Bhalla, V.K., Shrivaraman S. (2010). International Business Environment and
Management.
2. Cherunilam, Francis (2008). International Business.
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Rural Marketing
UNIT I
Rural Marketing: Nature, Definition, Scope, Importance, Challenges and Opportunities
in India.Factors influencing Rural Marketing. Rural Market: Size & structure, Segmentation of
Indian rural market. Rural and Urban Market: A Comparative Analysis
UNIT II
Rural Marketing Research: Rural Consumer Behaviour, Rural Market Mapping Rural
Market Index: Thompson index. Market research (with special reference to seeds,
fertilizers, farm equipments, new techniques, agricultural output & other services.)
Product and Service Marketing in Rural India: Rural Marketing Mix: Product Planning,
New Product Development for Rural Markets, Brand Management in Rural Market andcommunication media & message, distribution channels,: Rural Retail Channel
Management
UNIT III
e-Rural Marketing: e-Choupal Model of ITC, IT for Sustainable Rural Development and
E-Governance in rural market
Corporate Sector in Agri-business: Cultivation, Processing & Retailing
Organized Rural Retailing.
UNIT IV
Social Marketing: Corporate Social Responsibility and Rural Marketing
Consumer Education: Consumer Education and consumer movement in rural India.
Role of government in Rural Marketing.
Role of NGOs in Rural Marketing.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Dogra, Ghuman (2008). Rural Marketing, TMH.
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Total Quality Management
UNIT I
Quality - Concepts, Role of Quality in Changing Business Conditions,
Contributions of Deming, Juran, Philip Crossby, Kaizen, Trade off betweenQuality Costs and Schedules, Quality Costs and its Analysis, Life Cycle Costs,
Difference between Inspection, Quality Control, Quality Assurance and
Total Quality Management, Quality Problems and Causes,
UNIT II
Pareto Analysis, Ishikawa Cause and Effect Diagnosis. Quality Control -
Control of Quality, Statistical Process Control, Control Charts,
Acceptance Sampling.
UNIT III
Strategic Quality Management Quality Management in Marketing Quality
Management in Designing Quality Management in Manufacturing Quality
Management in Suppliers Quality Management System
UNIT IV
Total Quality Management - Concepts, Organization for Quality, Developinga Quality Culture.
Quality Certification - Quality Assurance, ISO 9000 Series Concepts and
Procedure
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Juran, J.M. & Gryna, P.M. Quality Planning & Analysis, HPH.
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Management of Banking & Financial Institutions
UNIT I
Financial Services - Meaning, types and their importance.
Securities Trading - Online Vs Offline Trading, Demat and Remat.Depository - Introduction, Concept, depository participants, functioning of
depository systems, process of switching over to depository systems, benefits,
depository systems in India, SEBI regulation.
UNIT II
Mutual funds and AMCs - concept, origin and growth of mutual funds,
Constitution & management of MFs - Sponsors, Trustees, AMCs, and custodians.
Clasification of mutual fund schemes, advantages and disadvantages in mutual
fund schemes, NAV and pricing of mutual fund units. State of mutual funds in
India.
UNIT III
Leasing - concept and development of leasing, business, difference between
leasing & hire purchase, types of leasing business, advantages to lessor and
lessee.
Merchant Banking - Origin and development of merchant banking in India scope,
organisational aspects and importance of merchant bankers. Latest guidelines of SEBI
Merchant bankers.
Venture capital - concepts and characteristics of venture capital, venture capital
in India, guidelines for venture capital.
UNIT IV
Call money market, Treasury bill market, Commercial Bill market, Market for
CPs and CDs, Discount market and market for financial guarantees. Factoring -
Development of factoring types & importance, procedural aspects in factoring, financial
aspects, prospects of factoring in India.
Plastic Money - Concept and different forms of plastic money - credit and debitcards, pros and cons. Credit process followed by credit card organisations. Factors
affecting utilisation of plastic money in India.
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. E.Gordon & K. Natarajan ( 2010). Financial Markets & Services, Himalaya
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E- Business
Unit I
Introduction to E- commerce : Meaning and conceptE- commerce v/s
Traditional Commerce- E- Business & E- CommerceHistory of E- CommerceEDIImportance , features & benefits of E- CommerceImpacts, Challenges &
Limitations of E- CommerceSupply chain management & ECommerceE
Commerce infrastructure.
UNIT II
Business models of ECommerce : Business to BusinessBusiness to customers
customers to customers - Business to GovernmentBusiness to employeeE
Commerce strategyInfluencing factors of successful E- Commerce.
UNIT III
Electronic Payment system: IntroductionOnline payment systemsprepaid and
postpaid payment systemse- cash, e- cheque, Smart Card, Credit Card ,Debit Card,
Electronic purseSecurity issues on electronic payment systemSolutions to security
issuesBiometricsTypes of biometrics. Legal and ethical issues in E- Commerce :
Security issues in E- Commerce- Regulatory frame work of E- commerce,
Suggested Readings/ Books:
1. Turban, Efraim, David King et. Al.2002. Electronic Commerce: A Managerial
Perspective, Pearson Education Asia.
2. Rayport, Jeffrey F and Jaworksi, Bernard J 2003. Introduction to E-Commerce,
Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi