BUSINESS STUDIES (054)
Ch. No. CHAPTER NAME MARKS TOTAL
1 Nature and significance of management 16 50
2 Principles of management
3 Business environment
4 Planning 14
5 Organizing
6 Staffing 20
7 Directing
8 Controlling
9 Financial management 15 30
10 Financial market
11 Marketing 15
12 Consumer protection
TOTAL 80
CHAPTER 1
Effectiveness VS Efficiency
Characteristics of Management
Objectives of Management
Levels of Management
Functions of management
Coordination
Characteristics of coordination
CHAPTER 2
Features of principles of Management
Principles of Scientific Management - Taylor
Techniques of Scientific Management
Principles of Management – Henri Fayol
Difference between Unity of Command and Unity of Direction
Fayol VS Taylor – Comparison with Basis
CHAPTER 3
Features of Business Environment
Importance of Business Environment
Dimensions of Business Environment and its components
Features of Demonetization
CHAPTER 4
Importance of planning
Features of Planning
Limitations of Planning
Planning Process
Types of Plans
Standing and Single use Plan
CHAPTER 5
Steps in the process of Organizing
Importance of organizing
Organization Structure
Functional and Divisional structure - Advantages and Disadvantages
Formal and informal organization - Advantages and Disadvantages
Delegation, elements and its importance
Decentralization and its importance
CHAPTER 6
Staffing
Importance
Staffing process
Recruitment – Internal and external sources – Advantages and Disadvantages
Selection process
Training and Development
Benefits of training and development
On the job training and off the job training
Methods of Training
Vestibule Training
Internship training
Apprenticeship training
CHAPTER 7
Features of Directing
Importance of Directing
Elements of Directing
Leadership styles
Motivation – process, Features, Maslow’s Need Hierarchy theory
Financial and non-financial incentives
Communication – Elements, Formal and informal communication, Barriers to
communication, Measures to improve communication Effectiveness
CHAPTER 8
Importance
Steps in controlling
Relationship between planning and controlling
CHAPTER 9
Role of financial management
Objectives of financial management
Types of financial decision and its factors
Financial planning and its importance
Capital structure and its factors – Numerical
Factors affecting working capital Requirement
Factors affecting fixed capital requirement
CHAPTER 10
Money market and capital market
Primary market and secondary market
Stock exchange and its functions
Steps involved in screen Based trading
Dematerialisation
Working of Demat system
Depository
Depositories in India and its participants
SEBI – Objectives and its functions
CHAPTER 11
Features of marketing
Marketing management philosophies
Functions of marketing
Marketing mix
Product mix – Branding, packaging, labelling
Price – Factors affecting price determination
Place – Channels of Distribution, Components of physical Distribution
Promotion mix – elements of promotion mix
Personal selling and advertising
Components of Sales Promotion
Tools of public relation
CHAPTER 12
Importance of consumer protection
Consumer rights
Consumer Responsibilities
Meaning of consumer
Who can file a complaint
Redressal agencies (Three tier commission)
Reliefs available to consumers
Role of consumer organizations and NGOs
NOTE: Highlighted questions are important.