SEMESTER I

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1) Foundation of Human Skill – I: (Books to refer - )



-Basics of human nature

-Influence of heredity and environment

-Intelligence

-Abilities

-Basic dimensions of individual interaction in society

-Characteristics of groups and their behavior

-Nature of groups at work

-Leadership.

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2) Finance And Cost Accounting: (Books to refer - )



Introduction to accountancy,

Preparation of final statements of Accounts with adjustments,

importance and advantages of cost accounting,

elements of cost,

cost classification,

preparation of cost sheets

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3) Business Law: (Books to refer - )



Indian Contract Act.

Companies Act.

Partnership Act.

Negotiable Instruments Act.

Laws relating to Agencies.

Sureties.

Mortgages.

Sale of Goods.

Insurance.

Excise and Customs.

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4) Quantitative Methods for Business – I: (Books to refer - )

 

Basic Statistical Concepts,

Summarization of Data: Frequency Distribution;

Measures of Central Tendency;

Measure of Dispersion;

Relative Dispersion – Skewness, Kurtosis.

Elementary Probability Theory: Relative Frequency Approach;

Axiomatic Approach: Subjective Probability: marginal & Conditional Probability : Independence/Dependence of Events,

Elementary Statistical Distributions: Binomial,

Poisson,

Normal, Sampling, Estimation; Point and Interval, Sampling Distribution mean and proportion, Testing of Hypothesis, Simple correlation and regression, Spearman’s rank correlation Types of sampling, simple and random sampling, stratified sampling and cluster sampling, Time series – Components of Time Series. Estimation of Trends and Seasonal Components.

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5) Effective Communication – I: (Books to refer - )



Concepts and meaning of communication.

Types of communication.

Attributes of Effective Communication.

Barriers to effective communication.

Speaking.

Listening.

Writing.

basics of written business communication.

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6) Principles of Management – I: (Books to refer - )

 

Evolution.

Objectives.

Importance and advantages of management.

Role and functions of a manager and activities of management.

All functional aspects of Management.

Management Practices and their applications in the Indian context.

Concepts of profession and professionalization of management.

Role of values and ethics in management.

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7) Introduction to computers: (Books to refer - )



Basic computer concepts – Hardware and software classification of Computers including Digital, Analog and Hybrid. Organisation of digital computers. Input and output devices, Centralised and Distributed Data Systems, Batch. On line and real time processing. Generations of computer including microprocessors main frames, Basic concepts of Operating Systems (OS), DBMS, Networking, LAN, WAN, Graphics, Programming Language Concepts, Computer Virus, Meaning, Types, Methods of elimination. MS Office Word, Word-Processing, Excel-spread sheet, Access-Database, Power Point – Presentation.

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SEMESTER II


1) Buisness Environment: (Books to refer - )



I) Constituents of Business Environment: Political ideology – Economic Policy Legal System – Level of Technology Competition – Social & Cultural Factors

II) Evolution of Business Environment in India Pre British Period – British Period – From Independence to Indira Gandhi Era – Rajiv Gandhi & Chandra Shekhar Period Post 1990 – Liberalization & Globalization of Indian Economy.

III) International Business Environment & India Change in Political Systems – International Treaties & Impact On Indian Economy – Challenges for Indian Economy.

IV) Indian Response to the Evolving Business Environment Government Policies since the year 2000 – Global Capital Flows, Banking & Capital Markets – Investment Opportunities for Indian Industry – Response of Indian Industrialists.

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2) Industrial Law: (Books to refer - )



I)Law related to Industrial Relation and Industrial Disputes

i. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

(Definitions, authorities award and settlement, strikes, lockouts, layoffs, retrenchment and closure)

ii. The Trade Unions Act, 1926.

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II) Laws related to health, Safety and Welfare

The factories Act, 1948

(Provisions related to approval, licensing, registration, Inspecting staff, health safety and welfare)

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III) Social Legislations

i.Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 (Committees Councils and various benefits)

ii. Provision Act, 1948 (Schemes, administration and determination of dues)

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IV) Laws related to Compensation Management

The Payment of Wages Act, 1948

(Objectives, Definitions authorized deductions)

ii) The minimum Wages Act, 1948

iii) The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

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3) Computer Application in Buisness: (Books to refer - )



I)Advanced Spreadsheets.



A) Multiple spreadsheets

1. Creation and Using temples

2. Creating and Linking Multiple Spreadsheets.

3. Add Headers / Footers to a Workbook.

4. Create Formulas that use references to cells in different worksheets.

5. Creating and using named ranges.

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B) Functions

1. Financial Functions FV, PV, PMT, PPMT, IPML, NPER, RATE, NPV IRR

2. Database Functions VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP

3. Conditional Logic functions IF, COUNTIF, SUMIF

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C) Data Analysis

1. Using Scenarios, Creating and Managing a scenario.

2. Using Goal Seek.

3. Using Solver

4. Pivot Tables – Building Pivot Tables, Pivot Table regions, Rearranging, Pivot Table

5. Creating simple macros.

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II) Web Designing Using HTML

1. Evolution of HTML.

2. Concept of Hyper Text Tags

3. Structure of an HTML file

4. Basic Tags

5. Formatting text Logical and Physical tags

6. Style Sheets

7. Creating Lists and Tables

8. Adding graphics with and without text, alignment.

9. Creating links internal and external, mail links

10.Creating Forms.

11.Creating Forms.

12.Understanding How software like Front Page, Dream Weaver Create HTML files.

13.Uploading HTML Pages using SW like Cute FTP, WS FTP.

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III) E-Commerce

1. Definition Diff. between Ecommerce and E-business

2. E-commerce infrastructure, Packet switching, TCP / IP addresses Domain Names. URI 5 HTIP, SMTP, POPMAP, SSL, TELNET, FINGER, TRACERT

3. Development of web browsers Hypertext.

4. Features of E-commerce (Advertising)

5. Types of E-commerce (B2C, B2B, C2C, P2P)

6. Business Models in E-Commerce (Revenue, Advertising Subscription Transaction Fee, Sales Revenue, Affiliate Revenue)

7. Major B2c models (Portal, Etailer, Content Provider Transaction Broker, Market Creator, Service Provider community provider.

8. E-commerce Security : Integrity, Non Repudiation, Authenticity, Confidentiality, Privacy, Availability.

9. Eneryption : Definition, Symmetric Key Eneryption, DES (Data Eneryption Standard) PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Signatures, Digital Signatures, SSL.

10.Payment Systems : Digital Cash, Online stored value digital accumulating balance payment, Digital credit accounts, digital checking.

11.How an Online credit card transaction works SEI protocol.

12.Limitation of E-commerce

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IV) MIS

1. Introduction to MIS

2. Meaning Basic concepts.

3. PS Introduction and Understanding the concept.

4. ERP what is ERP? What are its advantages?

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4) Managerial Economics - I: (Books to refer - )



I)Introduction

Meaning and scope of managerial economics

– relationship to economics theory relationship with decision theory

– role of managerial Economics

– objectives and constraints of the firm

– introduction to risk, asymmetric information and game theory

 

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II) Demand Analysis

Meaning of demand – Market demand function Demand curve, factors affecting demand – variation and increase / decrease in demand –

Elasticity of demand Graphical representation of price elasticity of demand.

Estimation of demand Numerical problems for measurement of elasticity.

 

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III) Production and Costs

Meaning of production – Types of production function – Importance of production function in managerial decision – making Application of production function in productive sectors (service and manufacturing) Economics of scale and scope.

Importance of cost in managerial decision – making Economic concepts of cost Functional form of short run and long run cost. Estimation and alternative methods of estimation of cost – LAC as a decision making tool. Impact of learning curve.

IV) Market Structures

Meaning of market structure. Need for analyzing market structure types of markets.

A. Perfect competition & Monopoly Features – Representative firm and industry – 1 quilibrium in short and long run – Price and output determination using diagrams – Normal profits, losses and supernormal profits in short run-1 ong run and normal profit – Merits and limitations of perfect markets.

B. Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition Oligopoly – definition and characteristics – Collusion and cartel – Non – price competition – Price stickiness and kinked demand. Monopolistic competition – definition and characteristics – Equilibrium –Price and output determination

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5) Business Mathematics: (Books to refer - )



I) Elementary Financial Mathematics

-A.P., G.P., and sums of their first n terms, Problems with business application.

-Simple interest, compound interest, interest compounded more than once a year nominal effective and continuous rates of interest.

-Immediate Ordinary) annuity, its present value and future value.

-Equated Monthly Installments (EMI) using reducing interest system amortization of loans.

-Sinking Fund.

-Depreciation of assets.

-Functions constant function linear function, step function xn, exponential and logarithmic functions.

-Business and Economics functions such as demand supply, total revenue average revenue total cost, average cost and profit function. Equilibrium point, Break even analysis Notion of permutations and combinations. (Problems to be solved with calculator. Use a logarithm tables to be avoided.)

 

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II) Matrices and Determinants

-Matrices, Matrix Operations (additional of two matrices, sealer multiple of a matrix, matrix multiplication transpose of a matrix)

-Determinant of a matrix of order 2 and 3, elementary properties of determinant. Solving a system of linear equations (up to 3 variables) using Cramer’s rule and application to business problems.

-Elementary row and column operations on matrices, inverse of a matrix (up to order 3). Application of matrices to Leontief’s open input-output model Linear inequality (upto 2 variables) and their Graphs.

 

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III) Derivatives and their Applications

-Derivatives as a measure of rate. Derivatives of functions constant function, xn, ex, ax, log x. Rules of derivatives.

-Scalar multiplication. Sum difference, product and quotient.

-Second order derivatives.

-Application of derivatives marginal cost, marginal revenue, elasticity of demand, maxima and minima for functions in Economics and Business.

-Functions of two variable and Integration

-Functions of two variable with examples from Economics and Commerce such as Cobb-Douglas and other production functions, demand functions involving two commodities. First and second order partial derivatives. Marginal functions and their simple applications in Economics. Maxima and minima of functions of two variables using second order partial derivative criterion. Constrained maxima and minima (one constraint only) using Lagrange’s multiplier. Simple applications in Economics and Commerce : Marginal physical productivity of labo0ur and capital, demand analysis of complementary and competitive commodities partial elasticity. Optimization of functions of two variable in

-Economics and Business.

-Integration as the reverse process of derivatives, standard formulae integration of constant function, xn, ex, ax, log x.

-Rules for integrals – sum, difference and scalar multiplications. Simple problems (integration techniques such as finding total cost from marginal cost, total revenue from marginal revenue Definite integrations. Simple problems (No properties). Applications such producer’s surplus. Consumer’s surplus. Present value and future value of a continuously compounded annuity.



6) Introduction to Cost Accounting: (Books to refer - )



I)Introduction & Importance of Cost Accounting :

Cost, costing cost accounting: Cost ascertainment : Cost control : Cost classification :

Reporting Distinction between cost & financial accountancy : Advantages of cost accounting, Objectives of cost accounting.

II) A. Elements of Cost material – labour – overheads

B. Bases of Cost Classification :

On the basis of :-

Behavior Variability :-

Element of cost including direct & indirect concept

Functions

C. Determination of Total Cost

Cost structure

Cost sheets

Composition of selling price

III) Reconciliation between Cost and Financial Records

Meaning and Definition – Need for reconciliation – Causes of disagreement – Procedure and preparation of statement of reconciliation

IV) Elementary Principles and Techniques of Marginal Costing (Excluding Problems on Managerial Decisions)

A. Elementary Principles of Marginal Costing :

Meaning – Features of marginal costing – Advantages of marginal costing Limitations of marginal costing – Concept of profit.

B. Techniques of Marginal Costing

Contribution – Profit / volume ratio – Breakeven point Margin of safety

– Cost volume profit analysis

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7) Environmental Management: (Books to refer - )



I)Environment : Definition and Composition :

Lithosphere, Hydrosphere Atmosphere, Biosphere. Biogeochemical cycles – Carbon, Nitrogen and Hydrological Cycle. Man and Nature relation and interaction with respect to Food, Clothing Shelter and Occupation : Concept of Ecology and Ecosystem.

II) Resources and Wealth –

Meaning, Types of Resources, Exploitation of Resources, Use of Technology and its impact on Natural Environment, wealth – meaning, Distinction between wealth and resources, Optimum Conversion of Resources into wealth : Anthropogenic Waste – its effects, Man-made Industrial waste.

III) Environmental Degradation –

Meaning causes : Degradation of Urban Land, Forest and Agricultural Land due to natural causes and human interference : Global Warming, Problems of non-degradable Waste – Electronic Devices, Plastic and Manmade fibers : Environmental Assessment – Environment Impact Assessment (EIA). Environmental Auditing. Environmental Legislation in DInai. Carbon Bank.

IV) Environmental Management :

Meaning, development and environmental linkages, Environmental concerns in India. The need for sustainable development. Actions for environmental protection : national and international initiatives – emerging environment management strategies Indian initiatives – Environmental Protection Movements and NGOs in India. Disaster Management – meaning need and Planning with reference to Flood. Storms, Tsunami, Cyclones and Earthquakes to India.