MBA Part-I

SEMESTER-I

101 Principles of Management /MBCM1101T 100

102 OrganisationalBehaviour /MBCM1102T 100
103 Managerial Economics/MBCM1103T 100
104* Computer Fundamentals and Computer Aided Management 100
/MBCM1104L
105 Accounting for Management/MBCM1105T 100
106 Business Environment/MBCM1106T 100
*Evaluation Internal 30 Marks is Lab/Assignment based
*Evaluation External: Evaluation of practical will be done jointly by two external &
Internal Experts and will be from 70 Marks.
 MBA (DE) Part-I, Sem-I
101–Principles of Management/MBCM1101T
Course Outcomes:
CO1 PSO 1: To understand the nature and Scope of Business environment. Students should
know the current business environment so that they can think the future of the business in
such environment.
CO2 PSO 2: To provide the information that is required to take the business decisions based on
that information regarding Sale, Purchase and Price keeping in mind competitor, suppliers
and the customers
CO3 PSO 3: For drafting new policies for the smooth functioning of business, scanning the
business through business environment.
CO4 PSO 4: For making technological planning to meet the changing business requirements as
technology driven businesses are more sustainable in these days.
Course Overview
The overall objective of this course is to familiarize the students with management concepts
in the organization.
Course Syllabus
Group-I:
Introduction Concept of Management, Management: Art and Science, Management Vs
Administration, Levels of Management, Functions of management, Management as a Profession,
Management skills, Qualities and characteristics of managers. Evolution of Management
thought: Early contributions: Taylor and Scientific Management, Fayol's Administrative
Management, Bureaucracy, Human Relations, and Modern Approach, Social responsibility of
managers, Managerial Ethics.
Planning and Organizing Concept of planning, Significance of planning, Classification of
planning: Strategic plan, Tactical plan and Operational plan, Process of planning, Barriers to
effective planning. MBO, Management by Exception.

Group-II:
Decision Making: Strategies of decision making, Steps in rational decision making process,
Factors influencing decision making process, Psychological bias and decision support system.
Organizing: Defining organising, Principles of organising, Process of organising, Types of
organizational structure, Span of control, Centralization vs. Decentralization of authority.
Informal organization.
Staffing, Directing and Motivation Staffing: Concept, Objective of staffing, System approach to
staffing, Manpower planning. Directing: Concept, Techniques of directing and supervision,
Types of supervision, Essential characteristics of supervisor.

Pedagogy:
Extensive use of technology in the class rooms, Online modules of MOOCs, Research Based
teaching, use of concerned article from journals and magazines.

Case/Class Discussions:
Students will work in a group to prepare a brief write-up, due before the start of class,
covering the Case study. Questions in the case study would include the quantitative analysis of the
problem-solving and decision-making.
Class Participation:
Attendance will be taken in each class and class participation is scored for each student for
each class.

Recommended Texts:
 Harold Koontz, Heinz Weihrich, Mark V. Cannice (2020), Essentials of Management -
An International, Innovation and Leadership Perspective, 11th Edition McGraw Hill
Education
 Callie Daum (2020), Principles of Management Essentials You Always Wanted To
Know, Second Edition, Vibrant Publishers.
 Koontz H. and Weihrich H., Essentials of Management, McGraw- Hill Publishing Co.
Ltd., New Delhi, 12th Edition.

Scheme of Examination:
 English will be the medium of instruction and examination.
 Written Examinations will be conducted at the end of each Semester as per the Academic
Calendar notified in advance.
 This course carries 100 marks of which 30 marks shall be reserved for internal assessment
and the remaining 70 marks for written examination to be held at the end of each semester.
 The duration of written examination for each paper shall be three hours.
 The internal assessment marks shall be based on factors such as: (a) Mid-term test (20
marks), Submission of written assignments (20marks), and Participation in case studies/
discussion, and group activities (10 marks), The weightage given to each of these factors
shall be decided and announced at the beginning of the semester by the individual teacher
responsible for the paper, and the marks obtained shall be made open to the students and
also shown separately in the mark-sheet
 The minimum number of marks required to pass a paper shall be 40% in the external
examination and 40% in the aggregate of internal and external examination in each paper.
There is no pass percentage for internal part of the assessment.
 A minimum of 75% of classroom attendance is required in each subject.

As per RUSA Scheme the syllabus is divided into two parts Group-I & II.
The instructions for external examiners would be as follows:-
 “The external paper will carry 70 marks and would be of three hours duration. The question
paper will be divided into three groups i.e., I, II, III. The question paper will consist of four
questions each in group I and II. Each question in these groups carries 13 marks. Candidates
will be required to attempt four questions in all selecting not more than two questions from
each of these groups. The IIIrd group shall comprise compulsory question carrying 4 short
answer questions (2 from each group) and will carry 18 marks (4.5 marks for each
question).”
 MBA (DE) Part-I, Sem-I

102–OrganizationalBehavior/MBCM1102T
Program Name: M.B.A. (CC) Part-I (Semester-I) Program Code: MBCM2PUP
Course Name: - Organizational Behavior Course Code: MBCM1102T
Course Outcomes: The course is developed keeping in mind the conceptual framework of
the discipline of organizationalbehavior and its practical applications in the organizational
set up. By studying this course, the students would be able to:
CO1 Understand the basic concepts of organizational behavior and its applications in
contemporary organizations.
CO2 Understand the role of individuals, groups and structure in achieving
organizational goals effectively and efficiently.
CO3 Develop creative and innovative ideas that could positively shape the
organizations.
CO4 Accept and embrace working with different people from different cultural and
diverse backgrounds in the workplace.
CO5 Evaluate, analyses and implement theories and models of organizational behavior
at the workplace.
Course Overview
The objective of this course is to help students understand the conceptual framework of
organizational behavior and correlate them to manage 21st century organizations.
Course Syllabus
Group-I:
Organizational Behavior:Organizationalbehavior -concept and significance; Relationship
between management and organizationalbehavior; organizational culture, Attitudes; Perception;
Learning; Personality and values; emotions and moods. Motivation: Process of motivation;
Theories of motivation - need hierarchy theory, theory X and theory Y, two factor theory,
Aldermen's ERG theory, McClelland's learned need theory, Victor Vroom's expectancy theory,
Stacy Adams equity theory.
Leadership: Concept; Leadership styles; Theories -trait theory, behavioral theory, Fielder's
contingency theory; Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory; Managerial grid; Likert's four
systems of leadership, contemporary issues in leadership.

Group-II:
Group Dynamics and Team Development: Group dynamics -definition and importance, types
of groups, group formation, group development, group composition, group performance factors;
Principle-centered approach to team development.
Organizational Conflict and Negotiations: Dynamics and management; Sources, patterns, levels,
and types of conflict; Traditional and modern approaches to conflict; Functional and
dysfunctional organizational conflicts; Resolution of conflict. Organizational Development:
Concept; Need for change, resistance to change; Theories of planned change; organization
change and stress management, Organizational diagnosis.

Pedagogy:
Extensive use of technology in the class rooms, Online modules of MOOCs, Research Based
teaching, use of concerned article from journals and magazines.
Case/Class Discussions:
Students will work in a group to prepare a brief write-up, due before the start of class,
covering the Case study. Questions in the case study would include the quantitative analysis of the
problem-solving and decision-making.

Class Participation:
Attendance will be taken in each class and class participation is scored for each student for
each class.

Recommended Texts:
 Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge, Neharika Vohra (2018), Organizational
Behavior, 18th Edition, Pearson Education.
 P. G. Aquinas (2019), Essentials of OrganizationBehavior, Excel Books
 Koontz H. and Weihrich H., Essentials of Management, Tata McGraw- Hill Publishing
Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 12th Edition.

Scheme of Examination:
 English will be the medium of instruction and examination.
 Written Examinations will be conducted at the end of each Semester as per the Academic
Calendar notified in advance.
 This course carries 100 marks of which 30 marks shall be reserved for internal assessment
and the remaining 70 marks for written examination to be held at the end of each semester.
 The duration of written examination for each paper shall be three hours.
 The internal assessment marks shall be based on factors such as: (a) Mid-term test (20
marks), Submission of written assignments (20marks), and Participation in case studies/
discussion, and group activities (10 marks), The weightage given to each of these factors
shall be decided and announced at the beginning of the semester by the individual teacher
responsible for the paper, and the marks obtained shall be made open to the students and
also shown separately in the mark-sheet
 The minimum number of marks required to pass a paper shall be 40% in the external
examination and 40% in the aggregate of internal and external examination in each paper.
There is no pass percentage for internal part of the assessment.
 A minimum of 75% of classroom attendance is required in each subject.

As per RUSA Scheme the syllabus is divided into two parts Group-I & II.
The instructions for external examiners would be as follows:-
 “The external paper will carry 70 marks and would be of three hours duration. The question
paper will be divided into three groups i.e., I, II, III. The question paper will consist of four
questions each in group I and II. Each question in these groups carries 13 marks. Candidates
will be required to attempt four questions in all selecting not more than two questions from
each of these groups. The IIIrd group shall comprise compulsory question carrying 4 short
answer questions (2 from each group) and will carry 18 marks (4.5 marks for each
question).”
 MBA (DE) Part-I, Sem-I
103- Managerial Economics/MBCM1103T
Program Name: M.B.A. (CC) Part-I (Semester-I) Program Code: MBCM2PUP
Course Name: Managerial Economics Course Code: MBCM1103T
Course Outcomes: This course will provide basic understanding of the micro and macro
concepts and techniques, which are helpful in business decision making. This course will
CO1 Describe how changes in Demand and Supply effect markets.
CO2 Explain the relationship between production and costs.
CO3 Understand how different market structure works.
CO4 Explain how important macro aspects effect business decisions.

Course Overview
The main objective of this course is to understand the use of the tools of economic
analysis in classifying problems, in organizing and evaluating information and in comparing
alternative course of action. At the end of the course, the students should be able to - (1)To
Identify different economic factors and their Importance (2) To understand the role played by
these economic factors in organization`s decision making.(3) To understand the role of market
structure.
CourseContent
Group-I:
Concepts of Managerial Economics`1: Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics.
ManagerialEconomist’s Roleand Responsibilities. Demand Theory and Analysis including
Determinants ofDemand.
Demand Elasticities - Price, Income, Cross and Advertising; their use in Managerial
DecisionMaking. Utility Analysis Marginal Utility Analysis, Indifference Curve Analysis and
RevealedPreferenceHypothesis.
Concepts of Demand forecasting: Demand Forecasting: Methods and their application.
MarketMechanism:InteractionofDemand and SupplyForces.
Group-II:
IntroductionofProductionAnalysis:ProductionAnalysis:BasicconceptsandProductionFunction,
Production Function with one or two variable inputs. Least cost combination: Cobb-
DouglasProductionfunction.
Concepts of cost analysis:Cost Analysis: Cost Concepts and Determinants of Cost. Cost in the
Short run, Long run. Cost of Multiproduct firms, Jointproducts. Concept of Revenue, Break even
Analysis, Economies of scale and Economies of scope.
Introduction of Pricing Analysis: Pricing Analysis: Determinants of price, Objectives of
PricingMethodsofPricing: ProductLinePricing,Cost-PlusPricing,PioneerPricing.
Pricing under differentmarketstructures: Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic
andOligopolisticMarketStructure.
Pedagogy:
Theinstructorisexpectedtouseleadingteachingapproachesbyapplyingvarioustechniquessuch
as simulations, resource material from various quality international journals
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presentations, case studies etc. Emphasis should be on providing real time industry
illustrationsandcombinethemwithappropriatetheory.
Case/ClassDiscussionAssignments:
Students will work in groups of up to four to prepare a brief write-up die before the start
of each class covering the case study or class material to be discussed in the next session.
Questions may include a quantitative analysis of the problem facing the decision-maker in the
case.

ClassParticipation:
Attendance will be taken at each class. Class participation is scored for each student for each
class.

Texts and Readings:

Students should focus on material presented in lectures. The text should be used to provide further
explanation and examples of concepts and techniques discussed in the course:

 Geetika, P. Ghosh, Purba R. Chowdhury, Managerial [Link]-Hill Education,3rd

edition.
 H.L Ahuja. Managerial Economics: Analysis of Managerial Decision Making. S Chand
Publication,9th edition.
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ionand Cases,[Link]&[Link], 5thEdition.
 [Link],RudigeerDovrbusch,[Link]-
HillBookCompanyLimited(U.K.).
 W.W.H.,[Link],ManagerialEconomics:[Link].
Ltd., Bombay.
 MichaelBays;Mote,PaulandGupta,ManagerialEconomics:[Link]-
Hill PublishingCompanyLimited, NewDelhi, 34thEdition.
 JoelD.(1998).[Link].,NewDelhi.
 RavindraH.D.(2007).[Link].

Scheme of Examination:
 English will be the medium of instruction and examination.
 Written Examinations will be conducted at the end of each Semester as per the Academic
Calendar notified in advance.
 This course carries 100 marks of which 30 marks shall be reserved for internal assessment
and the remaining 70 marks for written examination to be held at the end of each semester.
 The duration of written examination for each paper shall be three hours.
 The Internal assessment marks shall be based on the three assignments (10 Marks each) to be
submitted by the students as per the given schedule by the department.
 The minimum number of marks required to pass a paper shall be 40% in the external
examination and 40% in the aggregate of internal and external examination in each paper.
There is no pass percentage for internal part of the assessment.
 A minimum of 75% of classroom attendance is required in each subject during PCP
 As per RUSA Scheme the syllabus is divided into two parts Group-I & II.

As per RUSA Scheme the syllabus is divided into two parts Group-I & II.
The instructions for external examiners would be as follows:-
 “The external paper will carry 70 marks and would be of three hours duration. The question
paper will be divided into three groups i.e., I, II, III. The question paper will consist of four
 questions each in group I and II. Each question in these groups carries 13 marks. Candidates
will be required to attempt four questions in all selecting not more than two questions from
each of these groups. The IIIrd group shall comprise compulsory question carrying 4 short
answer questions (2 from each group) and will carry 18 marks (4.5 marks for each
question).”

MBA (DE) Part-I, Sem-I

104-Computer Fundamentals and Computer Aided Management/MBCM1104L
Program Name: M.B.A. (CC)Part-I (Semester-I) Program Code: MBCM2PUP
Course Name: -Computer Fundamentals and Course Code: MBCM1104 l
Computer Aided Management
Course Outcomes:
CO1 The students will understand computer-based application packages for documentation
preparation and making reports, preparation of questionnaires, slide presentation for business,
tables, and graphs.
CO2 This course will help students to use computer-based application packages for managing
business processes.
CO3 The students should acquire skills to handle complex decision-making processes by using MS-
EXCEL.

Course Overview
To introduce students to the use of computer based application packages for
documentation preparation and making reports, preparation of questionnaires, slide
presentation for business, tables and graphs. At the end of the course, the students should be
able to – (1) develop the skills to creating documents and paragraph formatting (2) learn the
skills to manage workbooks as well as analyzing data using pivot tables.
Course Syllabus
Group-I:
Creating a new document: with templates & Wizard, Word basics, Working with fonts; Paragraph
Formatting: Indents, line space, Character Space, Page Formatting, Footnotes, Endnotes, Page
Numbering, Page Set-Up, Printing Documents Header and Footer, Bullets and Numbering, Inserting
Tables – (Adding, deleting, modifying rows and columns - merging & splitting cells), Using formulas in
tables, Converting text to table and vice-versa, Mail Merge tool.
Creating new Presentations: Using Auto Content Wizard, Using Template, Adding, Editing, Deleting,
Copying, Slides, Applying Slide Design, Adding graphics, graphs, organization charts, Creating custom
animations, Special Effects To Create Transition Slides, Adding Sounds To Slides, Using Action Buttons,
Creating Slide Shows, Rehearsing Slide Timings.
Group-II:
Managing Workbooks and Worksheets: Working with Worksheets, Cell Referencing (Absolute
references, Mixed references), Ranges. Using Formulas and Functions: Formulas that Make Decisions
(How the if function works) Formatting Worksheets, Printing Worksheets, Creating and Editing Graphic
Objects and Charts, Sorting Data, Filtering etc. Analyzing Data Using Pivot Tables: Performing What-If
Analysis, Issuing Scenario Manager
Pedagogy:
The Instructor is expected to use leading pedagogical approaches in the class room
situation, innovative instructional methods, extensive use of technology in the class room,
online modules of MOOCS, and comprehensive assessment practices to strengthen
teaching efforts and improve student learning outcomes.
Case/Class Assignment:
Every student is required to undertake a case study or an assignment. The student
should choose a topic from the course contents on which he/she will prepare a report
which will be evaluated by the teacher.
Class Participation:
75% attendance is compulsory in PCP. Attendance will be taken at each class.
Text and Readings:
Focus should be on class room teaching supported by material from various recommended books in
addition to material provided by the instructor. Some of the recommended books for the course are:
 Saxena S. (2007). MS Office Xp for Everyone, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
 Coleman P. (2005). Mbas Guide to Microsoft Office Xp, New Age International (P)
Limited, New Delhi.
 Nelson Stephen L.(2001). Office Xp: The Complete Reference, Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 2001.
 Sagman S. (2006). Microsoft Office Xp for Windows, Pearson Education, New Delhi

Scheme of Examination:
 English will be the medium of instruction and examination.
 Written Examinations will be conducted at the end of each Semester as per the Academic
Calendar notified in advance.
 This course carries 100 marks of which 30 marks shall be reserved for internal assessment
and the remaining 70 marks for external practical examination to be held at the end of each
semester.
 The Internal assessment marks shall be based on the three assignments (10 Marks each) to be
submitted by the students as per the given schedule by the department.
 The minimum number of marks required to pass a paper shall be 40% in the external
examination and 40% in the aggregate of internal and external examination in each paper.
There is no pass percentage for internal part of the assessment.
 A minimum of 75% of classroom attendance is required in each subject during PCP

Instructions to the External Paper Setter

The Evaluation will be as follows:-
 External Evaluation ( Practical Based): 70 (External Practical will be made jointly by Internal
& External Examiner)
 Internal Evaluation : 30 (will be based on Assignments)
 MBA (DE) Part-I, Sem-I
105- Accounting for Management/MBCM1105T
Program Name: M.B.A. (CC)Part-I (Semester-I) Program Code: MBCM2PUP
Course Name: - Accounting for Management Course Code: MBCM1105T
Course Outcomes: Course Outcomes: Course Outcome
The objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the theories, rationale, and
principles of Accounting. The course is designed to provide professional managers, not involved in
accounting and finance, with an introduction to the concepts and issues in accounting and
finance, Managers virtually need to acquire such knowledge for application in their day-to-day
managerial decision making. Upon successful completion of course, the student will be able to:
CO1 Understand the basic concepts of Accounting in detail.
CO2 Understand most relevant methods and branches of Accounting.
CO3 Understand the tools of financial analysis
CO4 Prepare various accounting statements useful in financial decision making.
Course Overview
The objective of this course is to acquaint the students of basic tools and techniques of
accounting. The course will help students to develop basic understanding which would help them to
understand various finance related concepts and will also help them in allied papers in subsequent
semesters. This course also covers all major branches of accounting. The course is designed to
provide professional managers, not involved in accounting and finance, with an introduction to the
concepts and issues in accounting and finance, Managers practically need to acquire such knowledge
for application in their day-to-day managerial decision making.
At the end of the course, the students should be able to – (1) provide professional managers,
not involved in accounting and finance, with an introduction to the concepts and issues in accounting
and finance (2) develop basic understanding which would help them to understand various finance
related concepts.
Course Contents
Group-I:
Foundations of Financial Accounting: Introduction to Financial Accounting. Accounting Mechanics,
Process and System. Nature of Accounting Information, Users of Accounting Information, Scope of
Accounting, Accounting Concepts and Principles.
Introduction to Book Keeping and Record Maintenance. The Concept of Double Entry and
Fundamental Principles, Journal Entries, Ledger, Trial Balance, Purpose, Structure and Limitations.
Financial Statements: Preparation of Final Accounts, Manufacturing Account; Trading Account,
Profit and Loss Account; Balance Sheet (Simple Problems).
Group-II:
Introduction to Management Accounting: Management Accounting and its Interrelationship with
Financial Accounting, Ratio Analysis, Its meaning and Types of Ratios, Solvency Ratios, Liquidity
Ratios, Leverage Ratios & Profitability Ratios (Simple Problems).
Cost Concepts: Introduction to Basic Cost Concepts, Cost Volume Relationships, Marginal Costing,
Break-Even Analysis (Concepts only).
Cost Controlling Techniques: Budgetary Control System, Production budget, Flexible budget, Cash
budget, Sales budget (Concepts only), Zero base budgeting, Behavioural Aspects of Budgeting.

Pedagogy:
 The instructor is expected to use leading teaching approaches by applying various techniques
such as simulations, resource material from various quality international journals and magazines.
Instructor should adopt periodic evaluation of students through objective tests, presentations, case
studies etc. Emphasis should be on providing real time industry illustrations and combine them with
appropriate theory.

Case/Class Assignment:
Every student is required to undertake a case study or an assignment. The student should
choose a topic from the course contents on which he/she will prepare a report which will be
evaluated by the teacher.

Class Participation:
75% attendance is compulsory in PCP. Attendance will be taken at each class.

Recommended Texts and Readings:

Students should focus on material provided to them. Apart from the notes the following text
is recommended for further explanation and understanding of the concepts and techniques discussed
in the course:
 Charles T. Horngren, Gary L. Sundem, John A. Elliott and Donna R. Philbrick (2013).
Introduction to Financial Accounting, Pearson Student Edition.
 Charles T. Horngren, and Srikant M. Datar (2012). Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis,
Pearson, Chennai, 14th Edition.
 Charles T. Horngren et al. (2014). Introduction to Management Accounting, Pearson India,
Chennai, 16th Edition.
 M.Y. Khan & P.K. Jain (2017). Management Accounting: Text, Problems and Cases, McGraw
Hill
 Robert Anthony, David F. Hawkins and Kenneth A. Merchant (2013). Accounting-Text and
Cases, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 13th Edition.

Scheme of Examination:
 English will be the medium of instruction and examination.
 Written Examinations will be conducted at the end of each Semester as per the Academic
Calendar notified in advance.
 This course carries 100 marks of which 30 marks shall be reserved for internal assessment
and the remaining 70 marks for written examination to be held at the end of each semester.
 The duration of written examination for each paper shall be three hours.
 The Internal assessment marks shall be based on the three assignments (10 Marks each) to be
submitted by the students as per the given schedule by the department.
 The minimum number of marks required to pass a paper shall be 40% in the external
examination and 40% in the aggregate of internal and external examination in each paper.
There is no pass percentage for internal part of the assessment.
 A minimum of 75% of classroom attendance is required in each subject during PCP

As per RUSA Scheme the syllabus is divided into two parts Group-I & II.
The instructions for external examiners would be as follows:-
 “The external paper will carry 70 marks and would be of three hours duration. The question
paper will be divided into three groups i.e., I, II, III. The question paper will consist of four
questions each in group I and II. Each question in these groups carries 13 marks. Candidates
will be required to attempt four questions in all selecting not more than two questions from
each of these groups. The IIIrd group shall comprise compulsory question carrying 4 short
answer questions (2 from each group) and will carry 18 marks (4.5 marks for each
question).”
 MBA (DE) Part-I, Sem-I
106-Business Environment/MBCM1106T
Program Name: M.B.A. (CC) ) Part-I (Semester-I) Program Code: MBCM2PUP
Course Name: Business Environment Course Code: MBCM1106T
Course Outcomes: Course Outcomes:The objective of this course, is to enable the students to
analyse differenttypes of legal, political, economic systems influencing business. The study of
Businessenvironment also covers an introductory knowledge of Indian legal concepts and its
applicationin the Business.
CO1 PSO 1: To understand the nature and Scope of Business environment. Students should
knowthe current business environment so that they can think the future of the business in
suchenvironment.
CO2 To provide the information that is required to take the business decisions based on that
information regarding Sale, Purchase and Price keeping in mind competitor, suppliers and
thecustomers.
CO3 For drafting new policies for the smooth functioning of business, scanning the
businessthrough business environment.
CO4 For making technological planning to meet the changing business requirements as
technology driven businesses are more sustainable in these days.
Course Overview
The objective of this course is to have a good understanding of Business Environment and on
the completion of this course, the students will be able to analyze (1) different types of legal,
political, economical systems influencing business (2) to have introductory knowledge of Indian
legal concepts (3) and see how these concepts apply in Business Environment.
Course Content
Group-I:
Concept of business environment: techniques for environment analysis, Elements of environment:
internal and external, Societal environment: business and society, social responsibility of business,
Political and government environment, Demographic environment, Technological environment.
Economic Environment: types of economies, Economic policies-Industrial policy, Fiscal policy,
Monetary policy, privatization and disinvestment, Demonetization and GST, Its impact of on
Economy, liberalization and globalization.
WTO and Intellectual Property Rights, Competition Act-2019, Information Technology Act-2000,
FEMA-2000, Money and Capital Markets, Introduction to Financial Institutions, Foreign Trade:
EPZs, EOUs, TPs and SEZs.
Group-II:
Security Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Objectives, Powers and Functions.
Legal Environment: Nature of Company, Types of Companies, Formation of Company,
Memorandum of Association, Article of Association, Doctrines of Ultra Vires, Meetings,
Functioning of Board of Directors, Management Frauds, Winding up.
Contract Act: Introduction, Types of Contracts, Essentials of a Valid Contract.
Sale of Goods Act: Introduction, Essentials of a Contract of Sale, Principle of Caveat Emptor
Consumer Protection Act, 1986-Rights and Remedies, NGOs: Types and Role In Promoting
Consumer Awareness.
ISO 9000 and ISO 14000, Global Outsourcing, Public, Private and Co-Operative Sectors of Indian
economy.
Pedagogy:
The instructor is expected to use leading teaching approaches by applying various techniques
such as simulations, resource material from various quality international journals and magazines.
Instructor should adopt periodic evaluation of students through objective tests, presentations, case
studies etc. Emphasis should be on providing real time industry illustrations and combine them with
appropriate theory.
Case/Class Assignment:
Every student is required to undertake a case study or an assignment. The student should
choose a topic from the course contents on which he/she will prepare a report which will be
evaluated by the teacher.
Class Participation:
75% attendance is compulsory in PCP. Attendance will be taken at each class.

Recommended Texts and Readings:

Students should focus on material presented in lectures. The text should be used to provide
further explanation and examples of concepts and techniques discussed in the course:

 Paul, J. (2018). Business Environment, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New
Delhi, 4th Edition.
 Cherunilam, F. (2019). Business Environment, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.
 Aswathappa, k. (2021). Essentials of Business Environment, Himalaya Publishing House,
Delhi, 15th Edition.

Scheme of Examination:
 English will be the medium of instruction and examination.
 Written Examinations will be conducted at the end of each Semester as per the Academic
Calendar notified in advance.
 This course carries 100 marks of which 30 marks shall be reserved for internal assessment
and the remaining 70 marks for written examination to be held at the end of each semester.
 The duration of written examination for each paper shall be three hours.
 The Internal assessment marks shall be based on the three assignments (10 Marks each) to be
submitted by the students as per the given schedule by the department.
 The minimum number of marks required to pass a paper shall be 40% in the external
examination and 40% in the aggregate of internal and external examination in each paper.
There is no pass percentage for internal part of the assessment.
 A minimum of 75% of classroom attendance is required in each subject during PCP.

As per RUSA Scheme the syllabus is divided into two parts Group-I & II.
The instructions for external examiners would be as follows:-
 “The external paper will carry 70 marks and would be of three hours duration. The question
paper will be divided into three groups i.e., I, II, III. The question paper will consist of four
questions each in group I and II. Each question in these groups carries 13 marks. Candidates
will be required to attempt four questions in all selecting not more than two questions from
each of these groups. The IIIrd group shall comprise compulsory question carrying 4 short
answer questions (2 from each group) and will carry 18 marks (4.5 marks for each question).