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KARANATAKA STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY

M.COM COMPUTER APPLICATION

SYLLABUS

Syllabus & Regulations Governing ‘M.COM COMPUTER APPLICATION

1. Title of the Program: M.COM COMPUTET APPLICATION

2. Duration of the Program: 2 Year

3. Nature of the Program: SEMESTER System

4. Eligibility Conditions:

a. ANY DEGREE

5. Allocation of Credits – Total --46--- Credits

6. Evaluation System :

The distribution of marks for evaluation in each subject shall be as follows –

Theory Subjects :

Internal assessment 20 marks

Term End University Examination 80 marks

Practicals :

Internal assessment ( for each practical) 20 marks

Term End University Examination 80 marks

Project :

Internal Assessment 50 marks

University Examination 150 marks

Minimum for pass :32 marks per course in theory and aggregate 40%

including assessment

Course exemption : 40% marks and above in each course

7. Academic Structure

M.Com Computer Application

YEAR

Subjec

t

code

Subject Name

Credit Marks Total

Marks Int. Extn.

I

1.1 Principles of Management 4 20 80 100

1.2 Business Policy and Environment 3 20 80 100

1.3 Accounting-Theory and Practice 4 20 80 100

1.4 E-Commerce 4 20 80 100

1.5 Database Management System 4 20 80 100

1.6 Computer Applications Practicals

I –MS Office,& Tally 4

20 80 100

II

2.1 Financial Management 4 20 80 100

2.2 Industrial Relations 4 20 80 100

2.3 Labour Legislation 4 20 80 100

2.4 Organisational Behaviour 3 20 80 100

2.5 Visual Basic 4 20 80 100

2.6 Computer Applications Practicals

II

(VB & E-commerce)

4 20 80 100

SUBJECT CODE-1.1

PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Unit l:

Introduction, History of Management* Classical School, Human Relations School,

Systems, TQM, Learning organizations. Integrating the Management Theories, Meaning of

Management, Management Processes, Salient Characteristics of Management, Scope of

Management, and Importance of Management.

Unit 2:

Introduction, Managerial Roles, Managerial Skills, Management levels,

Managerial functions.

Unit 3:

Introduction, Strategic Planning, Planning Process, Mission, Strengths Analysis, Setting

Goals and Objectives, Develop Related Strategies, Monitor the Plan, Operating guidelines,

Values, Mission, Vision, Objective Setting.

Unit 4:

Introduction, Steps in Organizing Process, Organizational Structure, Mechanistic

Structure, Organic Structure, Organizational Design, Organizing Function,

Departmentalization, Power and Authority, Delegating, Communication, Managing

Time Managing Stress

Unit 5:

Introduction, Meaning of Directing, Leading, Meaning of Leadership, Leadership versus

Management, Trait theories of Leadership, Behavioral theories of Leadership, Motivation

Simple model of Motivation, Theories of Motivation, Team building

Unit 6:

Introduction, Control Process, Steps in Controlling Process, Types of Controls,

Characteristics of Effective Controls, Coaching, The Coaching Process, Counseling,

Counseling Process, Career Guidance, Disciplining , Appraisal, Performance Appraisal

Methods, Terminating

Unit 7:

Introduction, Meaning of Business Ethics, Broad areas of Business Ethics, Myths about

Business Ethics, Benefits of Managing Ethics in the Workplace, How to Manage Ethics",

Guidelines for Managing Ethics in the Workplace, Key Roles and Responsibilities in Ethics

Management

Unit 8:

Introduction, Importance of Social Responsibility, Steps in implementing the social

Responsibility

Reference Books:

1. "Essentials of Management" Harold Koontz and Heinz Weihrich,

2. "Essentials of management" by Singh and Chhabra

3. "Supervision" by Gemmy Allen

4. "Managing ethics in work place" by Carter McNamara

SUBJECT CODE-1.2

Business Policy and Environment

SUBJECT CODE-1.3

ACCOUNTING-THEORY AND PRACTICE

SUBJECT CODE-1.4

SUBJECT : E-COMMERCE

Unit l:

Introduction, Information Technology and business, various applications of Information

Technology in the field of business.

Unit 2:

Meaning, classification, B2B, B2C, C2C, G2C, B2G sites, E-commerce in the field of

education, finance, auction, news and entertainment sectors, Setting of an E-commerce case

study portals and some popular E-commerce portals.

Unit 3:

Electronic Commerce, Frame work, anatomy of E-Commerce applications, E-Commerce

Consumer applications, E-Commerce organization applications

Unit 4:

Credit cards, debit cards, smart cards, e-credit accounts, e-money, security concerns in E-

commerce, authenticity, privacy, integrity, non-repudiation, encryption, secret key cryptography,

public key cryptography, SET, SSL, digital signatures, firewalls

Unit 5:

Marketing strategies, creating web presence, advertising, customer service and support, web

branding strategies, web selling models

Unit 6:

Digitization of documents, Document library, Types of digital documents, warehouses

Unit 7:

M-commerce, Introduction, meaning, applications and importance of M-

commerce in the present world of business

Unit 8:

Key multimedia concepts, Digital Video and electronic Commerce, Desktop video

processing, Desktop video conferencing

Reference Books:

1. E-commerce fundamentals and applications Hendry Chan, Raymond Lee,

Tharam Dillon, Elizabeth chang, John Wiley

2. E-commerce, S. Jaiswal, Galgotia

3. E-commerce, Efrain Turbon, Jae Lee, David King, H. Michael Chang

4. Electronic Commerce, Gary P. Schneider, Thomson

5. E-commerce, Business, Technology, Society, Kenneth C. Laudon, Carol

Guyerico Traver

SUBJECT CODE-1.5

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Block 1 - Introduction to Database System

Introduction to Database System

Database Models

File Organisation For DBMS

Block 2 - Relational Model And Normalization

Representing Data Elements

Relational Model

Normalization

Block 3 - Introduction to SQL

Structured Query Language

Relational Algebra

Management Considerations

SUBJECT CODE-1.6

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS PRACTICALS I- MS OFFICE & TALLY

SUBJECT CODE-2.1

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT CODE-2.2

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

SUBJECT CODE-2.3

LABOUR LEGISLATION

SUBJECT CODE-2.4

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

Unit l:

Introduction, Organizational Behavior, Nature and Scope of Organizational behavior,

Features of Organizational Behavior, Fundamental Concepts

Unit 2:

Introduction, Nature of Personality, Determinants of Personality, Psychoanalytic, Divisions

of the Mind, Philosophical Assumptions, Personality Types, Determinants of the Personalities

Unit 3:

Introduction, Components of Perception, Perceptual Process, Self Perception, Perceiving

others, Perception and culture.

Unit 4:

Introduction, Meaning, Why are attitudes important, Components of Attitudes, Attitude in

the workplace, The Functions of Attitudes, Formation of Attitude, Benefits of Positive Attitude,

Attitude Change

Unit 5:

Introduction, Components of learning, Theories of learning, Classical or "Pavlovian"

Conditioning theory, Operant conditioning, Social Learning Theory, Principles Of Learning

Unit 6:

Introduction, Leadership Meaning, The Importance of Leadership, Comparison of Leaders

and Managers, Traits of a Leader, Types of Leadership, Theories of Leadership, Trait Theory,

Behavioral Theory, Situational leadership theories, Types of Leadership, Qualities of a Leader

Unit 7:

Introduction, Meaning, Theories of Motivation, Maslow's Theory Of Need Hierarchy,

Douglas McGregor's Theory Of X And Y, Two Factor Theory of Frederick Hertzberg, Alderfer's

Erg Theory Of Motivation, McCelland's Acquired needs theory, Equity Theory, Reinforcement

Theory, Victor Vroom's Expectancy Theory, Job Enrichment, Job Enlargement, Job Rotation

Unit 8:

Introduction, concept of organizational culture, characteristics of organizational culture,

Process of cultural transmission, evolution of organizational culture, elements of organizational

culture, organizational change management, nature of change, factors influencing organizational

chage, importance of change, process of change, resistance to change

Reference Books:

1. Organization Behavior RoBAins S.P. Sanghi seema

2. Organization behavior Ashwathappa K

3. Organization behavior Luthans F

SUBJECT CODE-2.5

VISUAL BASIC

UNIT - I

First steps with Microsoft VB6: Integrated Development Environment - First program in

VB -Introduction to forms: Common properties, methods and events.

UNIT - II

Intrinsic Controls: Text box controls, Label and frame controls, command button, check

box and option button controls, list box and combo controls, picture and image controls, drivelist

box, dir-list box and file list box controls and other controls, control arrays.

UNIT - III

Variables & Procedures: Scope & Lifetime of variables, native datatypes, aggregate

datatypes - Arrays-VB for application and VB libraries: Control flow, Working with numbers,

Strings, Date and Time.

UNIT - IV

Databases: Data access SAGA, Visual Basic Data Base tools, ADO data binding, Data

Environment designer, crash course in SQL.

Database Programming: ADO at work-setting up a connection, Processing data.

UNIT - V

Tables and Reports-Datagrid control, Flexgrid control, Data Report, Data Report

designer.

Note: Question paper shall cover 100% theory

Books for Reference

1. Visual Basic 6 Programming- Black Book, Steven Holzner, Dreamtech Press Publisher,

New Delhi

2. Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0- Francesco Balena, WP Publishers and

Distributors.

3. Visual Basic 6- Gary Cronell, TataMcGraw Hill Publishing Compnay Ltd.

4. Visual Basic 6 – How to Program, H.M.Deitel., P.J.Deital and T.R.Nieto