KARNATAK UNIVERSITY, DHARWAD

POST-GRADUATE DEPARTMENT OF STUDIES IN

COMMERCE

New Syllabi

for the M.Com. Programme

under the

Choice Based Credit System

(I to IV Semesters)

With effect from 2017-18 onwards

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 Detailed Course Structure of the M. Com Programme

Semester Max. Total Hrs/ Cred

Subjects Marks Marks Week its
IA Sem.
end
Exam
I COMPULSORY PAPERS
1.1 : Marketing Management 25 75 100 04 04
1.2 : Financial Management 25 75 100 04 04
1.3 : Organizational Behaviour 25 75 100 04 04
1.4: Strategic Management 25 75 100 04 04
1.5 : Security Analysis & Portfolio 25 75 100 04 04
Management
Total Marks/Credits for the First 125 375 500 20 20
Semester
II COMPULSORY PAPERS
2.1: Financial Reporting and 25 75 100 04 04
Accounting Standards
2.2: Corporate Restructuring 25 75 100 04 04
2.3: Business Research Methods 25 75 100 04 04
2.4: Strategic Human Resource 25 75 100 04 04
Management
2.5: Economic Analysis for Business 25 75 100 04 04
2.6: Open Elective Course ( To be 25 75 100 04 04
chosen from the courses offered by
the other Departments)
Total Marks/Credits for the Second 150 450 600 24 24
Semester
Open Elective Course
(Meant for the students of other
Departments)
2.6: Fundamentals of Business 25 75 100 04 04
III COMPULSORY PAPERS
3.1: Accounting Information System 25 75 100 04 04
3.2: Multi-national Business Finance 25 75 100 04 04
SPECIALIZATION GROUPS
Group A - Cost Management and
Control
3.3: Production and Operations 25 75 100 04 04
Management.
3.4: Cost Management 25 75 100 04 04
3.5: Advanced Management 25 75 100 04 04
Accounting
Group B - Accounting and Taxation
3.3: Corporate Accounting 25 75 100 04 04
3.4: Accounting for Specialised 25 75 100 04 04
Institutions
3.5: Corporate Tax Planning (Direct 25 75 100 04 04
Taxes) – I
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 Group C - Accounting & Finance
3.3: Corporate Accounting 25 75 100 04 04
3.4: Accounting for Specialised 25 75 100 04 04
Institutions
3.5: Fundamentals of Financial 25 75 100 04 04
Derivatives
Group D – Finance
3.3: Business Analysis and Valuation 25 75 100 04 04
3.4: Corporate Financial Risk 25 75 100 04 04
Management
3.5: Fundamentals of Financial 25 75 100 04 04
Derivatives
Group E - Bank Management
3.3: Principles of Bank Management 25 75 100 04 04
3.4: Banking in India 25 75 100 04 04
3.5: Management Accounting for 25 75 100 04 04
Bankers
Group F - Banking & Finance
3.3: Principles of Bank Management 25 75 100 04 04
3.4: Corporate Financial Risk 25 75 100 04 04
Management
3.5: Fundamentals of Financial 25 75 100 04 04
Derivatives
3.6: Open Elective Course 25 75 100 04 04
(To be chosen from the courses
offered by the other departments)
Total Marks/Credits for the Third 150 450 600 24 24
Semester
Open Elective Course
(Meant for the students of Other
Departments)
3.6:Investment and Tax Planning 25 75 100 04 04

IV COMPULSORY PAPERS
4.1: Computer Applications in 25 75 100 04 04
Business
4.2: Corporate Governance 25 75 100 04 04
SPECIALIZATION GROUPS
Group A - Cost Management &
Control
4.3: Strategic Cost Management 25 75 100 04 04
4.4: Quantitative Methods for Cost 25 75 100 04 04
Accountants
4.5 Project Report and 50 100 04 04
Viva Voce 50

Group B - Accounting and Taxation

4.3: Contemporary Issues in 25 75 100 04 04
Accounting
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 4.4: Corporate Tax Planning – II 25 75 100 04 04
(GST & Customs)1
4.5 Project Report and 50 100 04 04
Viva Voce 50
Group C - Accounting & Finance
4.3: Contemporary Issues in 25 75 100 04 04
Accounting
4.4: Basic Financial Econometrics 25 75 100 04 04
4.5 Project Report and 50 100 04 04
Viva Voce 50

Group D – Finance
4.3 Behavioural Finance 25 75 100 04 04
4.4 Basic Financial Econometrics 25 75 100 04 04
4.5 Project Report and 50 100 04 04
Viva Voce 50
Group E - Bank Management
4.3: Financial Management of 25 75 100 04 04
Commercial Banks
4.4 Foreign Exchange & Risk 25 75 100 04 04
Management
4.5 Project Report and 50 100 04 04
Viva Voce 50

Group F - Banking & Finance

4.3: Financial Management of 25 75 100 04 04
Commercial Banks
4.4: Basic Financial Econometrics 25 75 100 04 04
4.5 Project Report and 50 100 04 04
Viva Voce 50

Total Marks/Credits for the Fourth 100 400 500 20 20

Semester
GRAND TOTAL ( SEMESTER I +
II + III + IV) 525 1675 2200 88 88

Note:
1. The syllabus of this paper shall be dealt in as per the current issues in GST
Laws and Customs for the relevant previous/academic year.
2. The students shall opt any one of the Specialization Groups in the III Semester
and the same Specialization Group shall be continued in the IV Semester.

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 Detailed Syllabi of M.Com (CBCS) Course

M.COM. I - SEMESTER

Paper 1.1: Marketing Management

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to provide the students with the basic knowledge of marketing
concepts used by contemporary businesses in the modern world and to understand the
differences in marketing strategies as dictated by products, customers, environment, etc.

Module – 1: Marketing Concepts and Tools: Meaning and definition of marketing – scope
of marketing-core marketing concepts – evaluation of marketing concepts
and its stages – objectives of marketing – building customer satisfaction,
value and retention; tasks of marketing management; developing marketing
strategies and plans.
Module – 2: Marketing Environment and Scanning: Concept and types of marketing
environment; classification and influence of macro environment; marketing
research – scope, importance and process; market segmentation – bases and
effective segmentation criteria; consumer markets – influences and key
psychological processes; buying decision process; analyzing business
markets – organizational buying, participants and buying process
Module – 3: Product Strategy – Characteristics and Classification; Product design;
product & brand relationship; packing, labeling, warranties and guarantees;
new product design – types, challenges and process; branding - meaning and
importance; brand positioning – developing and positioning; choosing
specific POPs and PODs; approaches; brand equity – meaning, models,
building and measurement.
Module – 3: Pricing and Distribution Strategies – significance & setting the price; pricing
methods; promotional and differentiation pricing; designing and managing
integrated marketing channels – meaning and importance; multichannel
marketing – digital channels; channel design decision and channel
management
Module – 5: Designing Marketing Communication – role and communication mix;
process models; developing effective communication; developing and
managing advertising programme; sales promotion; digital communication –
online marketing, social media and mobile marketing – advantages and
disadvantages Market-oriented strategic planning- corporate and division
strategic planning – business strategic planning.

Suggested Readings:

1. Philip Kotler and Kevin Keller, Marketing Management, Pearson Education,

New Delhi.
2. V S Ramaswamy, Marketing Management: A Strategic Decision Making
Process, TMH, New Delhi.

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 3. Rajan Saxena, Marketing Management, TMH, New Delhi.
4. Gandhi, Marketing: A Managerial Introduction, TMH, New Delhi.
5. William Stanton, Fundamentals of Marketing, TMH, New Delhi.
6. Ramaswamy and Namakumari, Marketing Management, Macmillan, Delhi.
7. J S Panwar, Marketing in the New Era, Response Books, Delhi.
8. Majare, The Essence of Marketing, PHI, New Delhi.
9. Paul Peter and James H Donnelly, Marketing Management, TMH, New Delhi.
10. Mulins, Marketing Management, TMH, New Delhi.

Paper 1.2: Financial Management

Learning Objectives:

The course aims to provide an understanding of various concepts of financial management

and to develop skills amongst the students in designing appropriate financial strategies for
business enterprises.

Module – 1: Financial Management – an overview – nature, significance and scope of

corporate financial management, objectives of finance function and agency
theory, finance function and its relationship with other disciplines, risk-return
trade-off; organization of finance function; recent trends and contemporary
issues.
Module – 2: Leverages and Capital Structure Theories and Determinants – Concept,
types, importance and measurement of various leverages; concept of
financial and capital structures; classification - theories of capital structure –
NI, NOI, MM and traditional approaches; MM approach and corporate and
personal income taxes; determinants of capital structure and capital structure
practices of Indian companies.
Module – 3: Capital Budgeting Decisions – concept, significance, nature and
classification of capital budgeting decisions; cash flow computation –
incremental approach; evaluation criteria-payback period, ARR, NPV, IRR
and PI methods; NPV v/s IRR comparison, MIRR - capital rationing
decisions;, capital budgeting under risk and uncertainty – meaning of risk
and uncertainty – methods of incorporating risk and uncertainty.
Module – 4: Dividend Decisions – concepts and classification, legal provisions relating to
dividends in India; dividend and market valuation – Walter’s Model,
Gordon’s Model and MM approach; factors affecting dividend decision;
dividend policies in practices of Indian companies
Module – 5: Working Capital Management – concepts, importance, classification and
factors determining working capital, computation through operating cycle
approach; Walker’s Four Part Theory of Working capital management;
investment and financing policies – cash, inventory, receivables and payable
management – concept, significance and methods of management.

Suggested Readings:

1. I M Pandey, Financial Management, Vikas Publications, New Delhi.

2. Khan and Jain, Financial Management, TMH, New Delhi.
3. Prasanna Chandra, Financial Management, TMH, New Delhi.
4. Damodaran, Corporate Finance, Wiley Publications, New Delhi.
5. Brealey, Myers, Allen and Mohanty, Principles of Corporate Finance, TMH, New
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6. Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe and Kakan, Corporate Finance, TMH, New Delhi.
7. E F Brigham and Ehrhardt, Financial Management – Theory and Practice, Cengage
Learning, New Delhi.
8. Van Horne and Sanjay Dhamjia, Financial Management and Policy, Cengage
Learning, New Delhi.
9. Jonathan Berk, Peter Demarzo and Ashok Thampy, Financial Management, Pearson
Education, New Delhi.
10. Copeland, Weston Shastri and Katz, Financial Theory and Corporate Policy, Pearson
Education, New Delhi.

Paper - 1.3: Organisational Behaviour

Learning Objectives:

The subject is designed to develop conceptual and theoretical understanding of

organizational theory and its basic elements amongst the students and in developing
appropriate strategies for influencing individual behavior on group behavior and vice versa.

Module – 1: Introduction – Concept, nature and importance of organization and

organization theory – basic elements and types of organization;
organizational behavior (OB) – concept, nature, importance and limitations;
contributing disciplines to the field of organizational behavior; stage in the
evaluation of OB; models of OB.
Module – 2: Individual Behaviour – Foundations of individual behavior; values, attitudes,
personality and emotions; methods of changing employee attitudes; values –
concept, types and influence on human behavior; job satisfaction – concept,
factors and outcomes.
Module – 3: Group Behaviour – Nature of groups; types and determinants of group
behavior; process of group formation; group norms, group cohesiveness,
small groups, team building.
Module – 4: Linkage between Behavior and Management Functions – Decision making –
process of decision-making; policy formulation; Leadership – Concept and
theories of leadership; leadership styles, directing and disciplining;
Motivation – nature, importance, basic motivation process; theories relating
to motivation; effective communication.
Module – 5: Organizational Conflict – Nature and implications of conflict; causes and
effect; conflict resolution process and techniques; transactional analysis;
work stress – coping the stress and change management.

Suggested Readings:

1. Robbins, Judge and Vohra, Organisational Behaviour, Pearson Education, New

Delhi.
2. M Parikh and Rajen Gupta, Organizational Behaviour, TMH, New Delhi.
3. C B Gupta, Organisational Behaviour, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi.
4. Uma Sekaran, Organisational Behaviour – Text and Cases, TMH, New Delhi.
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 5. K Ashwathappa and G Sudarshan Reddy, Organizational Behaviour – Text, Cases
and Games, HPH, Mumbai.
6. Kalliath Brough and O Manimalla, Organizational Behaviour, TMH, New Delhi.
7. Ricky Grifin, Organizational Behaviour, Managing People and Organizations,
Cengage Learning, New Delhi.
8. Fred Luthans, Organizational Behaviour, TMH, New Delhi.
9. Uday Narain Pareekh, Understanding Organisational Behaviour, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi.
10. Gupta N S, Organizational Theory and Behaviour, HPH, Mumbai.

Paper 1.4: Strategic Management

Learning Objectives:

The course aims to provide conceptual knowledge of strategic management process in

businesses and develop skills of analysis, implementation and evaluation of corporate level
strategies amongst the students.

Module – 1: Strategic Management – Concept of Strategy and Strategic Management;

nature and scope of strategic management, types of strategies - intentional
and emergent – functional classification; levels of strategic management,
formal planning and strategic intent, strategic planning process, strategic
management v/s operational management, GAP analysis.
Module – 2: Corporate Mission and Objectives – concept of mission and vision,
constituents of corporate mission, stakeholders – goals and corporate
mission; objectives – concept, hierarchy and importance of objectives
setting, corporate governance and strategy, ethics in strategic management.
Module – 3: External and Internal Analysis–concept of environment, types and
importance environment analysis; PEST analysis; analysis of Michael
Porter’s Five Forces Model, strategic groups and preparation of ETOP;
internal analysis – concept of competitive advantage, generic building
blocks, core competencies and competitive advantage – resources and
capabilities; value chain analysis; internal factor analysis and preparation of
SAP.
Module – 4: Strategy Formulation and Implementation - strategic planning and approach
to strategic formulation, developing alternative strategies, types of strategies;
strategy activation, policies, organization structure, resources, commitment
and corporate culture.
Module – 5: Strategic Evaluation and Control: concept and purposes of strategic
evaluation and analysis, GAP analysis; strategic control system; ROI,
budgeting, auditing systems; feedback and information systems.

Suggested Readings:

1. Hill and Jones, Strategic Management– Text & Cases, Cengage Learning, New
Delhi.
2. John A Pearce,Richard Robinson and Amita Mital, Strategic Management –
Formulation, Implementation and Control, TMH, New Delhi.
3. Lawrence Jauch and William F Glueck, Business Policy and Strategic
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4. Hitt, Ireland, Hoskisson and Manikutty, Strategic Management, Cengage
Learning, New Delhi
5. R Srinivasan, Strategic Management – The Indian Content, PHI, New Delhi.
6. Dess, Eisner, Lumpkin and McNamara, Strategic Management: Creating
Competitive Advanages, TMH, New Delhi.
7. Upendra Kachru, Strategic Management, TMH, New Delhi.
8. Azar Kazmi, Strategic Management and Business Policy, TMH, New Delhi.
9. G Hamel and C K Pralhad, Competing for the Future, Free Press, New York.
10. M.E.Porter, Competitive Advantage, Free Press, New York.

Paper 1.5: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

Learning Objectives: The course aims to provide conceptual understanding of the elements
of investment process in securities and in developing skills of analysis and selection of
appropriate securities for investment.

Module -1: Investment – meaning, nature, objectives and scope; investment, speculation
and gambling; investment plan; avenues of investment - marketable and
non-marketable securities; development of debt and stock markets in India;
stock trading mechanism; stock exchanges in India – demutualization and
corporatisation – stock indices – meaning, types and methods of developing
stock indices – BSE & NSE stock indices; financial regulation – meaning
and importance; role of SEBI as a market regulator.
Module – 2: Security Analysis – meaning and methods; Fundamental Analysis – meaning
and importance; Economic Analysis- significance, process and determinants;
Industry Analysis- industry life cycle analysis and Five-Forces Model;
Company Analysis – nature, scope and methods of analysis; Technical
Analysis – meaning and significance; fundamental analysis v/s technical
analysis; Dow theory, classification of trends; chart types and patterns;
technical indicators and evaluation of technical analysis – Efficient Market
Hypothesis (EMH) – meaning and classification of EMH; random walk
theory; testing of EMH; equity valuation – meaning and methods –
accounting, cash flow and dividend valuation models; estimating return and
risk of securities.
Module – 3: Portfolio Theory – Meaning and classification of portfolio theories –
traditional and modern – assumptions; Modern Portfolio Theory of
Markowitz – principles and assumptions – estimating return and risk of two-
stock, three-stock and infinite stocks; determination of optimum portfolio;
minimum variance portfolio; leveraged and unleveraged portfolios – capital
allocation line and capital market line.
Module – 4: Sharpe’s Single Index Model – meaning of single factor and single index
models –assumptions and estimating return and risk; development of
optimum portfolio; Asset Pricing Model – meaning and types; - Capital
Assets Pricing Model of William Sharpe – assumptions – systematic and
unsystematic risks - security market line and characteristic line – estimating
beta and alpha of efficient portfolio; market portfolio, empirical evidence on
CAPM.; Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Multi-Factor Models – meaning,
assumptions, and estimating return and risk of portfolio – beta coefficients
for macro-factors; arbitrage opportunity.

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Module – 5: Portfolio Revision and Performance Evaluation – Meaning and Necessity of
Portfolio revision; evaluation methods - Rate of Return and risk – variability
and beta – performance measures – Treynor Measure, Sharpe Measure,
Jensen Measure – M2 Measure, Fama’s Measure of Net Selectivity Method.

Suggested Readings:

1. Prasanna Chandra, Investments Analysis and Portfolio Management, TMH, New

Delhi.
2. Punithavathy Pandian, Security Analysis and Portfolio Meangement, HPH,
Mumbai.
3. Ranghanathan, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Pearson
Publications, New Delhi.
4. Fisher D E and Ronald Jordon, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management,
Pearson Education, New Delhi.
5. Francis, Investments, TMH, New Delhi.
6. Bodie, Kane, Marcus and Mohanty, Investments, TMH, New Delhi.
7. Graham and Dodd, Security Analysis, TMH, New Delhi.
8. Reilly and Brown, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Pearson
Publication, New Delhi.
9. Herbert Mayo, Investments: An Introduction, Cengage Learning, New Delhi.
10. Copeland, Weston, Shastri and Katz, Financial Theory and Corporate Policy,
Pearson Education, New Delhi.

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 M.COM.II SEMESTER
Paper – 2.1: Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards

Learning Objectives:

The course aims at providing an understanding of theoretical concepts of corporate financial

reporting trends and to develop skills in interpretation of financial statements of global
organizations.

Module – 1: Financial Reporting – Concept, nature and scope of financial reporting;

purposes and users of financial reports; qualities of financial reports, types of
financial reports, major issues involved in financial reporting; accounting
frauds – misstatement and restatement and impact on reporting; Conceptual
Framework for Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements – scope,
objectives, assumptions, characteristics, elements, recognition and
measurement of financial statements
Module – 2: Accounting Standards (ASs) – Meaning, nature, objectives, types and
significance of accounting standards; Development of Accounting Standards
in India and the world over – USA, UK and Europe; legal status of
accounting standards and enforcement; IFRS – meaning, significance, types
and development; reconciliation and comparison between IFRS and Ind.
ASs; ASs as notified by Central Government – Ind. AS and their
enforceability
Module – 3: Accounting Standards (ASs) 2 to 10 – scope, coverage, applicability,
meaning, recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements in AS 2 to
AS 10; problems relating to AS 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10.
Module – 4: Accounting Standards (ASs) 11 to 20 – scope, coverage, applicability,
meaning, recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements in AS 11 to
AS 20; simple problems relating to AS 11, 15, 16 and 20.
Module – 5: Accounting Standards (ASs) 21 to 32 – scope, coverage, applicability,
meaning, recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements in AS 21 to
AS 32; problems relating to AS 22,26, 28 and 29.

Suggested Readings:

1. M P Vijakumar, First Lessons in Accounting Standards, Snow White Publications,

Mumbai.
2. M P Vijaykumar, First Lessons in Financial Reporting, Snow White Publications,
Mumbai.
3. Ranjay, Accounting Standards, Taxmann’s Publications, New Delhi.
4. D S Rawat, Students Guide to Accounting Standards, Taxmann Publications, New
Delhi.
5. Charles H Gibson, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Cengage Learning, New
Delhi.
6. L S Porwal, Accounting Theory, Tata McGraw Hill Publications, New Delhi.
7. Craig Deegan, Financial Accounting Theory, McGraw Hill Publications, New Delhi.
8. Ahmad Belkaoui, Accounting Theory, Thomson Publications, New Delhi.
9. Andrew Higson, Corporate Financial Reporting- Theory and Practice, Sage
Publications, New Delhi.
10. Barrie Elliot and Jamie Elliot, Financial Accounting and Reporting, PHI, New Delhi.

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Paper 2.2: Corporate Restructuring

Learning Objectives: The course is designed to equip students with the basic
understanding of corporate mergers and to develop skills for valuation and integration of
corporate mergers.

Module – 1: Introduction - meaning, reasons and significance of corporate restructuring;

forms of restructuring –expansion, sell-offs, corporate control and changes in
ownership structure; sources and measurement of value creation in corporate
restructuring; corporate restructuring in India-private and public sector
enterprises; effects of restructuring.
Module – 2: Mergers and Acquisitions- meaning, types and motives for mergers; merger
waves – meaning, classification and reasons; industrial shocks and industrial
clustering in mergers; theories of corporate mergers - efficiency theories,
information and signaling, agency problems and managerialism etc;
measurement of cost and benefits of mergers; sources and measurement of
value creation in mergers;
Module – 3: Valuation and Financing of Mergers- Merger Process – Steps involved and
characteristics of target companies–due diligence process – target valuation
methods; determination of stock exchange ratio – book value, EPS and MPS
methods –usefulness of P/E ratio; methods of payment; legal process of
mergers in India; merger failures – meaning, reasons and strategies to control
merger failures; methods of analysis of post-merger performance; analysis of
merger trends and failures in India.
Module – 4: Market for Corporate Control – Meaning, objectives and types of takeovers;
open offer v/s tender offer; SEBI’s takeover code – meaning, objectives and
broad takeover guidelines of SEBI; takeover defenses-need, types and effect
of takeover defenses; takeovers in India and defenses employed; financing of
takeovers.
Module – 5: Industrial Sickness – meaning, causes, symptoms of industrial sickness;
magnitude of sickness; Univariate and multivariate methods of sickness
prediction; magnitude and reasons for industrial sickness among SSI and
non-SSI units in India; Tiwari Committee recommendations; BIFR-
establishment, objectives, procedure and working; measures for control of
industrial sickness.

Suggested Readings:
1. J.F. Weston, K S Chung & S E Hoag, Mergers Restructuring and Corporate Control,
PHI, New Delhi.
2. J.F. Weston, Mitchell and Mulherin, Takeovers, Restructuring and Corporate
Governance, Pearson Publications, New Delhi.
3. Patrick Gaughan, Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring,John Wiley,
New Delhi.
4. Robert F Bruner, Applied Mergers and Acquisitions, John Wiley
Publications, New Delhi.
5. Donald M DePamphilis, Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Restructuring, Elsevier,
New Delhi.
6. Amy L Pablo and Mansour Javidan, Mergers and Acquisitions, Blackwell
Publications, New Delhi.
7. Sudi Sudarsham, Creating Value through Mergers and Acquisitions, Pearson
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8. I M Pandey, Financial Management, Vikas Publications, New Delhi.
9. Khan and Jain, Financial Management, TMH, New Delhi,
10. Prasanna Chandra, Financial Management, TMH, New Delhi.

Paper 2.3: Business Research Methods

Learning Objectives: The course is designed to develop an understanding the quantitative
research concepts and their application in business and equip students with necessary skills
to apply research methods in business.

Module – 1: Business Research: A theoretical framework: concept of business research,

importance of research in business decisions, business research process,
business research design.
Module – 2: Organisation of business research: Defining business research problem,
formulation of hypotheses, testing of hypotheses, experimental design.
Module – 3: Data collection in business research: Methods and techniques of data
collection, sampling and sampling design, questionnaire designing and
development, attitude measurement and scaling.
Module – 4: Data processing and analysis in business research: Coding tabulation, data
presentation, description and inferences from sample data, analysis of
association. Multivariate analysis regression analysis, discriminant analysis,
factor analysis, cluster analysis and multi-dimensional scaling.
Module – 5: Report writing and presentation in business research: Substance of report
writing and presentation, presentation of business research reports.

Suggested Readings:

1. William G. Zikmund and Atanu Adhikari, Business Research Methods, Cengage

Publications, New Delhi.
2. Prahalad Mishra, Business Research Methods, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
3. Uma Sekaran and Roger Bougie, Research Methods for Business, Wiley
Publications, New Delhi.
4. Donald Cooper, Pamela Schindler and J K Sharma, Business Research Methods,
TMH, New Delhi.
5. Naval Bajpai, Business Research Methods, Pearson Publications, New Delhi.
6. John C Carr, Atanu Adhikari, Mitch Griffin and Barry Babin, Business Research
Methods, Cengage Publications, New Delhi.
7. Clover Vernon T. and Howard Basley, Business Research Methods, Ohio Grid
Publishing, Columbus.
8. Michel V.P., Research Methodology in Management, Himalaya, Bombay.
9. Emory C.William, Business Research Methods, Macmillan Publishing Co.,New
York.
10. Alan Bryman and Emma Bell, Business Research Methods, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi.

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Paper – 2.4: Strategic Human Resource Management

Learning Objectives:

This course will help the students to think strategically and integrate the activities of HR
with the organizations goals.

Module – 1: Introduction – meaning, definition, objectives, scope and advantages of

strategic HRM; strategic HRM v/s traditional HRM; evolution of SHRM –
globalization; approaches to SHRM – universalist and contingency
approaches; strategic role of HR function; foundations of SHRM – Resource
based view and Institutional Perspective; Strategic framework for HRM;
matching HR Strategy with business strategies; HR Strategies – meaning,
purpose, nature, types, developing, implementing and evaluating HR
Strategies; HR Responsibilities and Roles; competitive challenges in SHRM.
Module – 2: Strategic HR Planning – temporary v/s permanent employees; internal v/s
external recruiting; methods of recruiting – selection, interviewing and
testing; strategic training and development – benefits, planning and
strategising training; organisational development – strategic HRD –
philosophy and elements; organizational and individual learning strategies;
Module – 3: Reward/Compensation Strategy – meaning, need, characteristics, basis,
content, guiding principles and developing reward/compensation strategies;
legal issues in compensation; executive compensation; SHRM and Talent
Management, Employee Relations and Engagement – strategic dimensions of
talent management, process, development and evaluating talent management
strategy; employment relations – perspective, methods and legal regulation;
implementing employee voice; employee engagement – meaning, outcomes
and consequences of engagement;
Module – 4: Strategic Performance Management – meaning, objectives, purpose, and
process of performance management and performance appraisal; methods of
performance appraisal – 360 degree, balanced scorecard; elements of
effective performance appraisal system; Strategic Knowledge Management-
building knowledge management into strategy framework, knowledge
sharing; Strategic approach to industrial relations, outsourcing & its HR
implications.
Module – 5: Global human resource management: Difference between global HRM &
domestic HRM; strategic HR issues in global assignments – expatriates
selection & repatriation; building a multicultural organization- multinational
organization, strategic choice, leadership & strategic issues in international
assignment.

Suggested Readings:

1. Agarwala Tanuja, Strategic Human Resource Management, Oxford University

Press, New Delhi.

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 2. Dhar, Rajib Lochan. (2008). Strategic Human Resource Management, Excel Books,
New Delhi.
3. Tapomoy Deb, Strategic Human Resource Management, Atlantic Publishers, New
Delhi.
4. Rajib Lochan Dhar, Strategic Human Resource Management, Excel Books, New
Delhi.
5. Mohsin Shaikh, Essentials of Strategic Human Resource Management, Banyan Tree
Consulting, Pune.
6. Armstrong, Michael & Baron Angela, Handbook of Strategic HRM, Jaico
Publishing House, New Delhi.
7. Mello, Jeffrey A, Strategic Human Resource Management, Cengage Publications,
New Delhi.
8. Regis, Richard, Strategic Human Resource Management & Development, Excel
Books, New Delhi
9. Charles Greer, Strategic Human Resource Management – A General Management
Approach, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
10. Catherine Truss, David Mankin and Clare Kelliher, Strategic Human Resource
Management, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

Paper 2.5: Economic Analysis for Business

Learning Objectives:

The Course is designed to equip the students with an understanding concepts of economics
relevant for managerial decision making and to develop skills in the application of those
concepts.

Module – 1: Introduction – Meaning and definition of managerial economics – Nature

and Scope – Objectives of the firm- Economics and Decision-making-
Functional Relationships- Total average and marginal- Economic models-
Calculus and managerial economics
Module – 2: Demand Theory and Analysis – Determinants of market demand- Market
Demand and Firm Demand- Market Demand Equation- Total and Marginal
Revenue Price Elasticity- Income Elasticity – Cross Elasticity- Demand
Forecasts and Techniques of Forecasting.
Module – 3: Production and Cost Theory & Analysis – Production Function- Production
with one variable input- production with two input variables- Economies of
Scale-Estimating Production function-Economic concept of Cost- Short-run
and Long-run cost functions-Estimating cost functions.
Module – 4: Market Structure and Pricing Decisions - Market structure – perfect market-
monopoly-monopolistic – oligopoly-monopsony-oligopsony structure-
pricing decisions- price discrimination.
Module – 5: Technological Change and Location Theory – Technological change in
global economy- Impact of Technological change on Production function,
productivity and economic growth- Location of the firm in the global

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 economy- basic location principles- market area determination – Threshold
Analysis.

Suggested Readings:

1. H L Ahuja, Managerial Economics – Analysis of Managerial Decision Making, S

Chand Publications, New Delhi.
2. D N Diwedi, Managerial Economics, S Chand Publications, New Delhi.
3. P L Mehta, Managerial Economics, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi.
4. Varshney and Maheswari, Managerial Economics, Sultan Chand & Sons, New
Delhi.
5. Jae Shim, Economic Analysis for Business and Strategic Decisions, Financial World
Publishing, New York.
6. Robert Waschik, Tim Fisher and David Prentice, Managerial Economics – A
Strategic Perspective, Routledge Publications, New Delhi.
7. Keith Wright and Allen, Managerial Economics: Theory Applications and Cases,
Viva Books, New Delhi.
8. Dominick Salvaotre, Managerial Economics - Principles and Worldwide
Applications, Oxford University Publications, New Delhi.
9. Mark Hirschey, Managerial Economics, Cengage Learning India, New Delhi.
10. Thomas, Maurice and Sarkar, Managerial Economics, Tata McGraw Hill
Publications, New Delhi.
Open Elective Course
(Meant for students of other departments)

Paper 2.6: Fundamentals of Business

M.COM. III - SEMESTER

Compulsory Papers

Paper 3.1: Accounting Information System

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to provide an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of
accounting information system in business entities and to develop skills among the students
of the application in business entities.

Module – 1: Business Information Systems – power of digital systems, purpose of

information systems; data, information and information systems, computer
equipment for information systems; types of information systems;
components, activities and resources of information systems; information
systems in business functions – accounting, finance, engineering, SCM,
CRM, HRM, ERP; strategic uses of information systems – creating and
maintaining strategic information systems;
Module – 2: System Development Process and Computer Software – system analysis,
design, implementation and maintenance; Business Software – meaning and
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 types of software; business application software – software suites and
integrated packages; system software - operating systems and functions;
programming languages and programming software; software alternatives –
application service provider and software licensing; Operating Systems and
functions;
Module – 3: Data Resource Management – data concepts and types of data bases; data
warehousing and data mining; data management approaches; data base
structures; RDBMS – data description language, data manipulation language
and data control; Security – security of accounting data, methods of
encryption and handling secure data;
Module – 4: Transaction Processing – transaction cycle, accounting records, file
structures, documentation techniques; transaction processing models;
revenue cycles – revenue cycle activities and physical systems; sales order
processing and cash receipts systems; POS systems; expenditure cycle –
purchase and cash disbursement activities; basic and advanced technology
expenditure cycle; integrated purchases and cash processing system; payroll
– physical payroll system; fixed asset systems; conversion cycle – world-
class environment and lean manufacturing; accounting in lean manufacturing
environment.
Module – 5: Practicals with accounting softwares – Tally ERP-9 - Introduction,
processing transactions in tally, business organizations double entry book
keeping, inventory basics, POS invoicing TDS, TCS, & GST processing in
tally, processing payroll functions in management controls, other utilities
Security Control Backup & Restore of company and user creation, report
generation.

Theory Related Teaching Hours per Week – 02 Hours

Practicals per Week - 02 Hours
Examination Pattern

Paper Duration Max Marks

Theory 03 Hours 75 marks
Internals - 25 marks
Total - 100 marks

Suggested Readings:

1. James O’Brien, George M Marakas and Ramesh Behl, Management Information

Systems, New Delhi.
2. James A Hall, Accounting Information Systems, Cengage Publications, New Delhi.
3. Effy Oz, Management Information Systems, Cengage Publications, New Delhi.
4. Marshall B Romney and Paul Steinbart, Accounting Information Systems; PHI, New
Delhi.
5. Jones and Rama, Accounting Information Systems – A Business Process Approach,
Cengage Publications, New Delhi.
6. Joseph Wilkinson and Michael Cerullo, Accounting Information Systems, John
Wiley Publications, New Delhi.
7. James Bockholdt, Accounting Information System, TMH, New Delhi.
8. Robert Hurt, Accounting Information Systems, TMH, New Delhi.

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 9. Leslie Turner and Andrea Weickgenannt, Accounting Information Systems – The
Processes and Controls, John Wiley Publications, New Delhi.
10. Mark Simkin, Carolyn Norman and Jacob Rose, Core Concepts of Accounting
Information Systems, John Wiley Publications, New Delhi.

Paper 3.2: Multinational Business Finance

Learning Objectives:

The course aims to provide an understanding of concepts and techniques of financial

management of MNCs and to develop the skills of their applications in the management of
financial operations and risks of MNCs.

Module – 1: Multinational financial management: Meaning and objectives, global

financial manager – functions of financial management – scope –
relationship to domestic financial management.
Module – 2: Environment of international financial management: Multinational/
transnational corporations – foreign exchange market – dealers in foreign
exchange market, foreign exchange transactions, sale and purchase
transactions – spot and forward transactions, hedging, speculation and
arbitrage operations, equilibrium in foreign exchange market.
Module – 3: Financing foreign operations: Corporate sources and uses of funds, national
capital markets, Euro markets, special financial vehicles, interest rate and
currency swaps, debt, equity swaps, internal leasing, designing global
financing strategy.
Module – 4: International capital budgeting: Basics of capital budgeting, issues, foreign
project appraisal – political risk analysis, growth options and project
evaluation. Multinational working capital management, short-term financing,
objectives and options, borrowing strategy and exchange risk management,
current assets management strategy.
Module – 5: Foreign exchange risk management: Foreign exchange risk and exposure,
types of foreign exchange risks, transaction, transaction and economic
exposure – internal and external techniques of foreign exchange risk
management.

Suggested Readings:

1. P G Apte, International Financial Management, PHI, New Delhi.

2. Milind Sathye, Larry Rose, Larissa Allen and Raw Weston, International Financial
Management, Wiley India Publications, New Delhi.
3. P K Jain, J Peyrard and Surendra Yadav, International Financial Management,
Trinity Press, New Delhi.
4. Buckley Adrian, Multinational Finance, PHI, New Delhi
5. Alan Shapiro, Multinational Financial Management, Wiley Publications, New Delhi.
6. C Jeevanandan, Foreign Exchange and Risk Management, Sultan Chand & Sons,
New Delhi.
7. Imad Moosa, International Finance, TMH, New Delhi.
8. Eiteman, Stonehill and Moffett, Multinational Business Finance, Pearson
Publications, New Delhi.
9. Jeff Madhura, International Financial Management, Cengage Publications, New

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10. Cheol Eun, International Financial Management, TMH, New Delhi.

SPECIALISATION GROUP - A: COST MANAGEMENT AND

CONTROL
Paper 3.3: Production and Operations Management

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the principles of production and
operations management to students and enable them to link the relationship of the subject
with cost management practices.

Module – 1: Production/Operations Management: Introduction, meaning and definition,

objectives, nature and context of operations management, relationship
between strategic management and operations management, operations
strategy and competitiveness.
Module – 2: Plant Locational Planning: Stages in the selection of planning, selection of
locality and selection of site, determinants of plant location, plant location
theories, qualitative and quantitative models for plant location, locational
break-even analysis.
Module – 3: Product Design and Process Selection: Product design and process selection
for manufacturing operations and service operations, waiting line
management, quality management, statistical quality control methods.
Module – 4: Design of Facilities and Jobs: Strategic capacity planning linear
programming, just in time production systems, facility location, facility
layout, job design, and work measurement, learning curves, wage incentives,
production control techniques, measurement of productivity.
Module – 5: Supply Chain Management: Forecasting, aggregate planning, inventory
systems for dependent and independent demand, material revising the
system, business process re-engineering, synchronous manufacturing and
theory of constraints.

Suggested Readings:

1. Elwood Buffa and Rakesh Sarin, Modern Production/Operations Management,

Wiley India Publications, New Delhi.
2. K Aswathappa and S Bhatt, Production and Operations Management, HPH,
Mumbai.
3. S A Chunnawalla and D R Patel, Production and Operations Management, HPH,
Mumbai.
4. S Chary, Production and Operations Management, TMH, New Delhi.
5. K C Jain, P L Verma and Kartikey, Production and Operations Management,
Dreamtech Press, Mumbai.
6. B Mahadevan, Operations Management – Theory and Practice, Pearson
Education, New Delhi.
7. Sushil Gupta and Martin Starr, Production and Operations Management, CRC
Press, New York.
8. Rusell and Taylor, Operations Management, Wiley Publications, New Delhi.
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 9. Jay Heizer and Barry Render, Operations Management, Pearson Education, New
Delhi.
10. William J Stevenson, Operations Management, TMH, New Delhi.

Paper 3.4: Cost Management

Learning Objectives:

The subject is designed to provide knowledge of cost management techniques as applied in

manufacturing and service organizations and to develop skills of their applications.

Module – 1: Introduction-concept, features, objectives and importance of cost

management; factors affecting cost management; financial accounting v/s
cost management; cost accounting v/s cost management; uses of cost
management; techniques of cost management-traditional and contemporary
techniques-bench marking, JIT, TQM, FMT, outsourcing, theory of
constraints, etc. Cost management practices in Corporate India.
Module – 2: Accounting Systems for recording of Costs-Non-integral and Integral
systems of recording of costs; costing profit and loss account; reconciliation
of cost and financial profits.
Module – 3: Cost Management Issues in Elements of Cost- material cost management-
design, purchase, storage, issues and inventory management; techniques of
inventory control; labour cost management -time keeping and booking, idle
time and overtime, labour turnover; compensation and incentive schemes;
labour efficiency evaluation; Overhead cost management-significance;
departmentalization, recovery methods, under and over absorption; capacity
costs.
Module – 4: Product Costing Systems- job costing-cost flow, and cost tracking in job
order systems; job costing in service industries; process costing-
characteristics of process costing system; flow of costs in process costing;
equivalent units- FIFO and average methods.
Module – 5: Joint and By-product Costing- meaning and distinction between joint
products and by-products; methods of allocating joint costs; point of
separation and further processing decisions; accounting for by-products;
effect of joint products on cost control and decision making.

Suggested Readings:
1. S N Maheswari, Cost and Management Accounting, Sultan Chand & Sons, New
Delhi.
2. Jain and Narang, Advanced Cost Accounting, Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana.
3. Colin Drury, Management and Cost Accounting, Cengage Publications, New Delhi.
4. M N Arora, Cost and Management Accounting, Vikas Publications, New Delhi.
5. Kaplan and Atkinson, Advanced Management Accounting, Pearson Education, New
Delhi.
6. Edward Blocher, Chen, Cokins and Thomas Lin, Cost Management – A Strategic
Emphasis, TMH, New Delhi.
7. Hilton, Maher and Selto, Cost Management – Strategies for Business Decisions,
TMH, New Delhi.
8. Hansen and Mowen, Cost Management – Accounting and Control, Cengage
Publications, New Delhi
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 9. Horngren, Foster and Datar, Cost Accounting – A Managerial Emphasis, PHI, New
Delhi.
10. Cecily Raiborn and Michael Kinney, Cost Accounting Principles, Cengage
Publications, New Delhi.

Paper 3.5: Advanced Management Accounting

Learning Objectives:

The course aims to provide an understanding of advanced management accounting concepts

as employed in manufacturing entities and to develop skill in them in applying such
concepts and techniques.

Module – 1: Management Accounting- Meaning and significance of management

accounting; decision-making process-pull and push system of information;
Strategic Management Accounting (SMA) - evolution, meaning, significance
and scope; traditional management accounting v/s SMA, application of
SMA; Balanced Scorecard (BSC) – Evolution, meaning, preparation,
benefits and limitations of balanced score card; SMA and BSC application in
Indian Industries
Module – 2: Budget and Budgetary Control - Meaning and objectives of budget,
budgeting and budgetary control; pre-requisites of budgeting process-budget
period, budget committee and budget factor; classification and preparation of
functional and master budgets; cash budget; fixed and flexible budgeting
process – methods involved in preparing flexible budget; performance,
programme and zero-base budgeting methods; advantages and limitations of
budgeting; activity based budgeting; practical problems.
Module – 3: Standard Costing System– Meaning, objectives and significance of standard
costing, industries of application; budgetary control v/s standard costing; pre-
requisites of standard costing system - standards committee, types and
fixation of standard costs; analysis of variances - material, labour, overhead,
sales and profit variances; reconciliation of profits; disposal and accounting
treatment of variances; investigation of variances; reporting of variances;
practical problems.
Module – 4: Divisional Performance Analysis – Decentralized organizations and
responsibility centres – cost, revenue, profit and investment cetres;
measuring the performance of investment centre-ROI, residual income and
EVA methods; measuring income and invested capital; issues involved in
divisional performance evaluation; rewarding performance of managers.
Module – 5: Transfer Pricing- Meaning, objectives, importance and methods of transfer
pricing; external market price, negotiated transfer prices; standard v/s actual
costs; choosing right transfer pricing methods; tax issues in transfer pricing;
transfer pricing in the service industry.

Suggested Readings:

1. Edward Blocher, Chen, Cokins and Thomas Lin, Cost Management – A Strategic
Emphasis, TMH, New Delhi.
2. Hilton, Maher and Selto, Cost Management – Strategies for Business Decisions,
TMH, New Delhi.
3. Hansen and Mowen, Cost Management – Accounting and Control, Cengage
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 Publications, New Delhi
4. Horngren, Foster and Datar, Cost Accounting – A Managerial Emphasis, PHI, New
Delhi.
5. Colin Drury, Management and Cost Accounting, Cengage Publications, New Delhi.
6. Cecily Raiborn and M Kinney, Cost Accounting Principles, Cengage Publications,
New Delhi.
7. Jain and Narang, Advanced Cost Accounting, Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana.
8. Robert Kaplan and Anthony Atkinson, Advanced Management Accounting, Pearson
Education, New Delhi.
9. Tom Groot and Frank Selto, Advanced Management Accounting, Pearson
Education, New Delhi.
10. Robert N Anthony and Govindarajan, Management Control Systems, TMH, New
Delhi.

SPECIALISATION GROUP – B: ACCOUNTING AND

TAXATION
Paper 3.3: Corporate Accounting

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to enable students to learn the techniques of accounting for and
reporting of corporate entities’ annual accounts and of specialize nature of financial
activities and events.

Module – 1: Company Final Accounts: Legal provisions relating to maintenance of

annual accounts by corporate entities in India; meaning and measurement of
divisible profits; provisions and computation of managerial remuneration,
transfer of profits to reserves and payment of dividend out of reserve rules;
preparation of vertical and horizontal forms of financial statements of
corporate entities.
Module – 2: Valuation of Goodwill and Shares: Concept and classification of goodwill,
objectives and methods of valuation of goodwill; share valuation – need and
methods of valuation; Accounting Standard – 26 and its recommendations
Module – 3: Accounting for Mergers and Amalgamations - AS 14 - Accounting for
Amalgamations – classification and methods of accounting; accounting
treatment of inter-corporate sale, purchase, owings, stocks and investments
in M&As; accounting for internal reconstruction – alteration of capital v/s
reduction of capital; disposal of capital reduction.
Module – 4: Liquidation of Companies: Meaning and types of liquidation; liquidation v/s
winding up of companies; preparation of statement of affairs and deficiency
accounts; preparation of liquidators’ financial statement of account and List-
B Contributories Statement.
Module – 5: Group Accounts: Nature, need and significance of group accounts;
preparation of consolidated financial statements –pre-acquisition and post-
acquisition profits; accounting for unrealized profits and inter-company
transactions; chain and cross holdings treatment – single and multiple

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 subsidiaries; preparation of consolidated profit and loss account; accounting
standard recommendations relating to consolidation of group accounts.

Suggested Readings:

1. S.N.Maheshwari and S K Maheswari, Advanced Accountancy, Vol. II, Vikas

Publications, New Delhi.
2. Jain and Narang, Advanced Accountancy, Vol. II, Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana,
3. Gupta and Radhaswami, Advanced Accountancy, Vol. II, Sultan Chand New Delhi.
4. Shukla and Grewal, Advanced Accounts, Vol. II, S. Chand and Co., New Delhi
5. Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Advanced Accounts, Oxford, New Delhi.
6. Praveen Sharma, Advanced Accountancy, Pooja Law Publishing House, New Delhi.
7. Ashok Shegal and Deepak Shegal, Advanced Accounting – Vol. II, Taxmann
Publications, New Delhi.
8. S.K.Paul, Advanced Accounts, World Press, Calcutta.
9. M Hanif and A Mukherjee, Advanced Accounting Vol. II, TMH, New Delhi.
10. D Chandra Bose, Advanced Accounting – Vol. 2, PHI, New Delhi.

Paper 3.4: Accounting for Specialised Institutions

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to provide conceptual knowledge regarding the accounting

principles in specialized types of business enterprises and to impart skills for accounting and
reporting of financial transactions in such enterprises.

Module – 1: Accounting for Insurance Companies: Legal provisions as per Insurance Act
1938, LIC Act 1956 and GIC Act; IRDA Act and provisions relating to final
accounts; revenue accounts and final accounts of life and non-life insurance
companies; life assurance fund, valuation balance sheet and dividend
distribution.
Module – 2: Double Account System: Meaning of double account system; single account
v/s double account system; advantages and disadvantages of double account
system; maintenance of records and registers; annual accounts of electricity
companies.
Module – 3: Accounts of Banking Companies – Nature, scope and provisions relating to
final accounts of Banking Companies as per Banking Regulation Act, 1949
and its amendments; prudential norms, classification of assets and
measurement of capital adequacy ratio and provisioning requirements;
preparation of annual financial statements
Module – 4: Accounting for Hotels – nature, objectives and significance of hotel
accounting; visitors’ ledger; methods of accounting and preparation of final
accounts of hotel undertakings; Accounting for Hospitals – Need and
significance of hospital accounting; forms of balance sheet, income
statement-capital and revenue expenditure, adjustments
Module – 5: Accounts for Educational Institutions – need and significance of accounting
for educational institutions- special features of educational institutions
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 accounting; accounting for government grants, classification of accounts;
Preparation of final accounts of educational institutions- income and
expenditure a/c and Balance Sheet.

Suggested Readings:

1. S N Maheshwari and S K Maheswari, Advanced Accountancy, Vol. II, Vikas

Publications, New Delhi.
2. Jain and Narang, Advanced Accountancy, Vol. II, Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana,
3. Gupta and Radhaswami, Advanced Accountancy, Vol. II, Sultan Chand New Delhi.
4. Shukla and Grewal, Advanced Accounts, Vol. II, S. Chand and Co., New Delhi
5. Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Advanced Accounts, Oxford, New Delhi.
6. Praveen Sharma, Advanced Accountancy, Pooja Law Publishing House, New Delhi.
7. Ashok Shegal and Deepak Shegal, Advanced Accounting – Vol. II, Taxmann
Publications, New Delhi.
8. S.K.Paul, Advanced Accounts, World Press, Calcutta.
9. M Hanif and A Mukherjee, Advanced Accounting, Vol. II, TMH, New Delhi.
10. D Chandra Bose, Advanced Accounting – Vol. 2, PHI, New Delhi.

Paper 3.5: Corporate Tax Planning (Direct Taxes) -I

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to provide knowledge of direct tax laws and their application in tax
planning of corporate entities and to develop skills of the applications of various provisions
of direct tax laws in India

Module – 1: Corporate tax planning: Meaning and objectives, scope of corporate tax
planning, tax planning, tax avoidance and tax evasion, types of companies,
residential status of a company and tax incidence, areas for corporate tax
planning, tax management, assessment of income, filing of returns.
Module – 2: Taxation of companies: Computation of income under the heads, of income
applicable to corporate assesses, set off and carry forward of losses,
deductions available in respect of gross total income, computation of taxable
income, tax liability of a company.
Module – 3: Tax planning and promotion of a company: Tax planning with reference to
setting up of a new business, location of new business, nature of business,
forms of organization, tax planning in respect of newly established industrial
undertakings in free trade zones, newly established 100% export oriented
undertakings, tax planning in respect of industrial undertakings, engaged in
infrastructural development or other activities.
Module – 4: Tax planning and corporate financial decisions : Tax planning vis-a-vis
corporate capital structure, investment decision, dividend decision, issue of
bonus share, tax planning and merger or demerger decisions, tax planning
with reference to other managerial decisions, purchase of assets out of owned
funds or out of borrowed funds, own or lease, purchase by installments or

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 hire, sale of assets used for scientific research work, make or buy, shutdown
or continue.
Module – 5: Tax planning and employees’ remuneration: Formulation of an ideal wage
policy or salary package for employees, provision for various perquisites and
facilities, tax incidence of a wage policy in the hands of employees,
deduction of tax at source.

Suggested Readings:

1. Vinod Singhania and Monika Singhania, Corporate Tax Planning & Business Tax
Procedure, Taxmann Publications, New Delhi.
2. Vinod Singhania and Kapil Singhania, Direct Tax Law and Practice, Taxman
Publications, New Delhi.
3. Manoharan and Hari, Direct Tax Laws, Snow White Publications, New Delhi.
4. Girish Ahuja and Ravi Gupta, Direct Tax Law – Theory & Practice, Bharat Law
House, New Delhi.
5. T G Suresh, Direct Tax Laws, CCH India, New Delhi.
6. Monica Duggal, Corporate Tax Planning, New Age, New Delhi.
7. Lall, B.B., Direct Taxes, Konark, New Delhi.
8. Mehrotra and Goyal, Direct Taxes – Tax Planning and Management, Sahitya
Bhavan Publications, Agra.
9. Dinkar Pagare, Tax Laws, Sultan Chand, New Delhi.
10. Lakhotia, Corporate Tax Planning, Lakhotia, New Delhi.

SPECIALISATION GROUP – C: ACCOUNTING AND

FINANCE
Paper 3.3: Corporate Accounting
(Syllabus as outlined in Paper 3.3 of Group B)

Paper 3.4: Accounting for Specialised Institutions

(Syllabus as outlined in Paper 3.4 of Group B)

Paper – 3.5: Fundamentals of Financial Derivatives

Learning Objectives:

This course provides an in depth understanding of various derivative securities and markets.
It covers options, futures, forwards, swaps, interest rate forwards and options, commodity
derivatives. It aims at giving the conceptual understanding as well as practical knowledge
about derivative markets in India.

Module – 1: Introduction to Derivatives – Definition and Origin of Derivatives;

Derivative Markets and Instruments − Basic Derivatives − Forwards,
Futures, and Options; Derivative Terminologies; uses of derivatives; Growth
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 of Derivatives in India − stock, commodity and currency derivatives;
Process of derivative trading; Regulation of Derivative Trading in India and
Role of SEBI in the Development of Derivative Trading.
Module – 2: Forwards and Futures – Structure of Forwards and Futures Markets; Forward
Contracts − Futures Exchanges and Contracts; Types of Futures; Mechanics
of Future Trading; Major Characteristics; Trading Process; Price Quotations;
Hedging and Speculation with Commodity Futures, Interest Rate Futures,
Currency Futures and Stock Index Futures, Principles of Pricing Forwards,
Futures and Options on Futures Contracts; Forwards and Futures Hedging,
Pricing of Index Futures Contracts − Stock Index Arbitrage.
Module – 3: Options – Option Pricing; Principles of Call and Put Option Pricing;
Binomial and Black-Scholes Option Pricing Models; Factors Affecting
Option Prices; Basic and Advanced Option Strategies; Types of Options −
Interest Rate Options; Currency Options and Trading Strategies; Option
Pricing Models; Complex Investment Strategies, Covered Call Writing,
Protective Put, Straddles and Strangles, Spreads−Evaluation of Option Based
Investment Strategies; Risk Associated with Options; Options Sensitivities.
Module – 4: Swaps and Interest rate Forwards and Options; Evolution of Swap Market;
Interest Rate Swaps, Currency Swaps and Equity Swaps, Swap Terminology;
Motivations Underlying Swaps; Mechanics of Swap Transactions; Valuation
and Application of Swaps. Forward Rate Agreements − Interest Rate Options
− Interest rate Swaptions and Forwards; Interest Rate Derivatives Strategies
Module – 5: Commodity Derivatives - Evolution of Commodity Derivative Markets in
India; Products, Participants, Functions and Instruments Available for
Trading; Pricing of Commodity Futures; Hedging, Speculation, Arbitrage
Trading; Clearing and Settlement, Risk Management and Regulatory
Framework.

Suggested Readings:

1. N R Parasuraman, Fundamentals of Financial Derivatives, Wiley Publications, New

Delhi.
2. Sundaram and Das, Derivatives – Principles and Practice, TMH, New Delhi.
3. Sunil Parmeswaran, Fundamentals of Financial Instruments, Wiley Publications,
New Delhi.
4. Janakiramanan, Derivatives and Risk Management, Pearson Educations, New Delhi.
5. S L Gupta, Financial Derivatives, PHI, New Delhi.
6. Hull C J and Basu Sankarshan, Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, Pearson
Education, New Delhi,
7. Kolb R W, Futures, Options and Swaps, Blackwell Publishers, New Delhi.
8. Kumar S S, Financial Derivatives, PHI, New Delhi
9. O P Agarwal, Financial Derivatives and Risk Management, HPH, New Delhi.
10. Stulz M R, Risk Management and Derivatives, Cengage Learning, New Delhi.

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Paper 3.3: Business Analysis and Valuation

Learning Objectives:

The objectives of the course are to provide the students with the fundamental concepts and
principles of valuation of business enterprises and to develop among the students the skills
of valuation of businesses in parts and as a whole.

Module – 1: Introduction: Concept and objectives of business valuation; types of

business valuation – assets, liabilities, earnings, securities valuation; uses of
valuation; approaches to valuation – book value, liquidation, replacement
and break-up value; cash flow and dividend discount models; P/E multiples,
pitfalls in valuation – bias, uncertainty and complexity.
Module - 2: Business Valuation Tools: Strategy Analysis – industry analysis – industry
structure and profitability; Porter’s Five-Forces Mode; competitive strategy
analysis – sources of competitive advantage; corporate strategy analysis –
sources of value creation; accounting analysis – framework for financial
reporting; factors influencing accounting quality; steps in accounting
analysis; pitfalls in accounting analysis; implementing accounting analysis.
Module - 3: Estimating Discount Rate and Cash Flows: Estimating Weighted Average
Cost of Capital – cost of debt, cost of preferred stock and cost of equity;
selection of weights; measuring cash flows – earnings – adjustments, tax
effect, reinvestment needs, changes in working capital; equity cash flows –
dividends; estimating growth rate and terminal value;
Module - 4: Discounted Cash Flow Models: Dividend discount models – Gordon, two-
stage and three-stage growth models; free cash flow to equity models; free
cash flow v/s dividend discount models; firm valuation – free cash flows to
all claim holders model and adjusted present value approach – two stage and
three stage approach; excess return models – economic value added; capital
structure and firm value; relative valuation – earnings multiples, book value
or replacement value multiples, revenue multiples, sector-specific multiples;
equity multiples – P/E multiples, price to book ratio, price to sales ratio
Module - 5: Valuation Applications: Security analysis – meaning and objectives;
approaches and process of security analysis; credit analysis – meaning,
objectives and process; mergers and acquisitions – reasons and acquisition
pricing – value of synergy; corporate financing policies – debt and dividend
policies – cost of distress; value of control – meaning and approaches;
employee equity options and compensation; valuation of intangibles.

Suggested Readings:

1. Palepu, Healy and Bernard, Business Analysis and Valuation, Cengage Learning,
New Delhi.
2. Prasanna Chandra, Corporate Valuation and Value Creation, TMH, New Delhi.
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 3. Erik Peek, Business Analysis and Valuation, Cengage Learning, New Delhi.
4. Aswath Damodaran, Damodaran on Valuation, John Wiley Publications, New Delhi.
5. Shannon P Pratt, Business Valuation – Discounts and Premiums, John Wiley, New
Delhi.
6. Wayne Lonergan, Valuation of Businesses Shares & Other Equity, Viva Books,
New Delhi.
7. Enrique R Arzac, Valuation for Mergers, Buyouts and Restructuring, John Wiley,
New Delhi.
8. Sudipto Bhattacharya, Theory of Valuation, World Scientific British Library,
Mumbai.
9. Adamson and Adamson, Valuation of Company Shares and Business, Law Book
Company, Allahabad.
10. Mercer, Business Valuation, John Wiley, New Delhi.

Paper – 3.4: Corporate Financial Risk Management

Learning Objectives: -

The course aims at imparting necessary skills for understanding the nature of risk, its
implications on financial health and solvency and also learning various tools and techniques
of risk management.

Module – 1: Introduction – Meaning and definition of risk and risk management; need,
scope and significance of financial risk management; conventional and
modern view of risk management; relation between risk management, firm
performance and valuation; types of risks and risk management approaches;
risk management framework–risk profile and risk management policy;
measurement of risk – risk and returns of financial assets – Markowitz
revolution – mean-variance framework; CAPM; APT and Multi-Factor
models.
Module – 2: Risk Assessment Tools and Techniques – Risk Adjusted Value – Discounted
Cash Flow (DCF) approaches – DCF value of an asset, risk adjusted discount
rates, certainty-equivalent cash flows, hybrid model; post valuation risk
adjustment – rationale, downside risks and upside risks; disadvantages of
post valuation adjustments; Relative Valuation Approaches – basis and risk
adjustment; DCF v/s Relative Valuation.
Module – 3: Probabilistic Approaches – Scenario Analysis – best case/worst case;
Multiple Scenario Analysis; Decision Tree – steps and usefulness; risk
adjusted value & decision tree; Simulation – steps and uses; simulations with
constraints; issues and risk adjusted value and simulation; comparing
probabilistic approach – complement or replacement.
Module – 4: Value at Risk (VaR) – Meaning and history of VaR; measuring VaR –
variance-covariance method; historical simulation, Monte Carle Simulation –
comparing approaches; limitations of VaR; extension of VaR; VaR as an
assessment tool.
Module – 5: Real Options – Essence of real options; real options, risk adjusted value and
probabilistic assessments; real option example – option to delay on
investment; option to expand, option to abandon an investment; caveats on
real options; real options in a risk management framework; option pay offs;
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Scholes model.

Suggested Readings:

1. Aswath Damodaran, Strategic Risk Taking – A Framework for Risk

Management, Wiley Publications, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
2. Sanjeev Sharma, Financial Engineering and Risk Management, Random
Publications, New Delhi.
3. S Prasad Rao, G V Satya Sekhar, Financial Engineering, Risk Management and
Financial Institutions, Dreamtech Publications, New Delhi.
4. J Hampton, The AMA Handbook of Financial Risk Management, AMA
Publications, New York.
5. Karen A Horcher, Essentials of Financial Risk Management, Wiley India
Publications, New Delhi.
6. Peter F Christoffersen, Elements of Financial Risk Management, Academic
Press, New York.
7. Raul, Mishra, Patra, Nanda and Jena, Financial Risk Management, Excel
Books, New Delhi.
8. Dun & Bradstreet, Financial Risk Management, TMH, New Delhi.
9. D K Sharma, Financial Risk Management, Centrum Press, New Delhi.
10. Roy L Nersesian, Corporate Financial Risk Management, Jaico Book House,
New Delhi.

Paper – 3.5: Fundamentals of Financial Derivatives

(Syllabus as outlined in Paper 3.5 of Group C)

SPECIALIZATION GROUP – E: BANK MANAGEMENT

Paper 3.3: Principles of Bank Management

Learning Objectives:
The course is designed to provide conceptual and practical understanding of the principles
and techniques involved in the management of banking institutions and to enable students to
acquire specialized skills in the arena of bank management.

Module – 1: Bank Management: Concept and objectives, Facets of bank management,

functions of Bank Management – planning, organizing, controlling,
coordinating and communication.
Module – 2: Management of Liquidity: Theories of Liquidity Management, Priorities in
the employment of bank funds, Problems of resource allocation.
Module – 3: Management of Primary and Secondary Reserves: Nature of Primary
reserves, secondary reserves, Factors influencing, estimating liquidity needs.
Module – 4: Management of credit: Principles of sound bank lending, Factors influencing
loan policy in a bank, Credit appraisal and follow-up actions.
Module – 5: Management of Profitability: Profit planning, measures to improve
profitability, Management of investments, Management of deposits
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Suggested Readings:

1. VC Joshi & V V Joshi, Managing Indian Banks, Response Books, New Delhi
2. Halen Woodruffee, Services Marketing, Macmillan, New Delhi.
3. Rajeev K. Seth, Marketing of Banking services, Macmillan Publications, New
Delhi.
4. R M Srivastava, Management of Indian Financial Institutions, HPH, Mumbai.
5. P Subba Rao, Principles & Practice of Bank Management, HPH, Mumbai.
6. M Bhole, Financial Institutions& Markets, TMH, New Delhi
7. H R Machiraju, Indian Financial System, Vikas Publications, New Delhi
8. R M Srivastava, Management of Commercial Banks, Pragati Books, Meerut.
9. K C Shekar, Theory and Practice of Banking, Vikas, Delhi
10. Vasant Desai, Indian Financial System, Himalaya, Mumbai

Paper 3.4: Banking in India

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to enable students to understand the evolution, growth and
contribution of banking institutions in India in both private and public domain and to
acquire knowledge specific Indian banking environment.

Module – 1: Commercial Banking: Characteristics of commercial banking, classification

of commercial banking, universal banking, norms for capital adequacy,
problem of non-performing assets, causes and cures, asset-liabilities
management.
Module – 2: Non-banking finance companies, definition, regulation, types of deposits,
assets of NBFCs, investment norms for NBFCs, SEBI and RBI guidelines.
Module – 3: Rural credit : Co-operative credit, RRBs, structural changes, reforms in co-
operative credit, NABARD, its functions, objectives and working.
Module – 4: Development banking: Nature of development banking, development
financial institutions – IDBI, ICICI, EXIM Bank, SIDBI, merchant banking,
origin, activities, regulation and services rendered by the merchant banks in
India.
Module – 5: Central Banking: Functions, RBI, functions, regulatory role, monetary
policy, objectives and instruments.

Suggested Readings:

1. Machiraju H.R., Indian Financial System, Vikas, New Delhi.

2. Vasant Desai, The Indian Financial System, Himalaya, Bombay.
3. Khan N.Y., Indian Financial System, Vikas, New Delhi.
4. Bhole L.B., Financial Institutions and Markets, TMH, New Delhi.
5. Verma J.C., Merchant Banking, TMH, New Delhi.
6. Khan N.Y., Financial Services, TMH, New Delhi.
7. Shekhar and Shekhar, Banking Theory and Practice, Vikas, New Delhi.
8. Mithani and Gordeon, Banking Theory and Practice, Himalaya, Bombay.
9. Suneja H.R., Merchant Banking, Himalaya, Bombay.

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 10. Baye and Jensen, Money, Banking and Financial Markets, AITBS, New Delhi.

Paper 3.5: Management Accounting for Bankers

Learning Objectives:

The subject is designed to provide knowledge of the basic concepts and techniques of
management accounting relevant to banking institutions and to develop skills of their
application among the students.

Module – 1: Introduction to management accounting: Definition, nature and scope,

necessity of management accounting, management accounting as a tool in
the hands of bank manager, techniques and tools of management accounting,
advantages and disadvantages.
Module – 2: Marginal costing and break-even analysis: Concept, features, importance of
marginal costing, marginal costing equation, contribution ratio and margin of
safety; applications of marginal costing in decision making, CVP analysis
and break-even analysis, charts, profits graphs; application of marginal
costing and break-even analysis of credit evaluation of borrowers.
Module – 3: Analysis and interpretation of financial statements: Concept, objectives and
importance of financial analysis, uses of financial analysis, tools and
techniques, common size, comparative statements and accounting ratios,
objectives, classification, advantages and disadvantages of ratio analysis, use
of ratio analysis in evaluation of credit worthiness of borrowers.
Module – 4: Funds flow and cash flow statements: Concept of funds, objectives of
preparing flow statements, procedure in preparing funds flow statements,
funds flow vs. income statement uses and limitations, cash flow statement,
procedure, uses and limitations, bank credit management and funds flow and
cash flow analysis.
Module – 5: Working capital and term financing: Computation of working capital as
Tandon Committee recommendations, term financing by banks, appraisal
techniques, NPV, IRR, PI methods.

Suggested Readings:

1. B Ramachandra Rao, Balance Sheet and Credit Appraisal for, S Chand and
Sons, New Delhi.
2. Singh and Singh, Financial Analysis for Credit Management in Banks,Himalaya,
Bombay.
3. Rammoorthy, Working Capital Management in Banks, IMFR, Chennai.
4. Jeevanandam, Management Accounting for Bankers, S.Chand and Sons, New
Delhi.
5. Maheshwari S.N., Management Accounting for Bankers, S.Chand and Sons,
New Delhi.
6. Pandey I.M., Management Accounting, Vikas Publications, New Delhi.
7. Om Prakash, Ratio Analysis for Management, HPH, Bombay.
8. John Mayer, Financial Statement Analysis, PHI, New Delhi.
9. Merrett and Sykes, The Finance and Analysis of Capital Project, Longman
Group, New Delhi.
10. Chatterjee A.K., Management Techniques of Bank Lending, Himalaya, Bombay.
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 SPECIALISATION GROUP – F: BANKING & FINANCE

Paper 3.3: Principles of Bank Management

(Syllabus as outlined in Paper 3.3 of Group E)

Paper – 3.4: Corporate Financial Risk Management

(Syllabus as outlined in Paper 3.4 of Group D)

Paper – 3.5: Fundamentals of Financial Derivatives

(Syllabus as outlined in Paper 3.5 of Group C)

OPEN ELECTIVE COURSE

(Meant for Students of other departments)

Paper 3.6: Investment and Tax Planning

M.COM. IV SEMESTER
Compulsory Papers

Paper 4.1: Computer Applications in Business

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to develop among the students the basic conceptual and technical
skills of IT as applied in various functional areas of the business entities.

Module – 1: Financial analysis using MS Excel - I: Spreadsheet and its business

applications Introduction, creating a work book, Data handling operations,
importing and exporting data between MS Excel and other softwares; data
analysis functions (Financial, Mathematical & Statistical), creating different
types of financial reports in excel.
Module – 2: Financial Analysis using MS Excel – II: What if Analysis – scenario
analysis, goal seek and data table; creating Pivot Table; use of Add-ins for
advanced application – data analysis tools; graph generating: different types
of charts, graphs and maps; use of standard accounting data spread sheets to
display charts, graphs and maps.
Using macros: Using macros link a variety of spread sheets and generate new
spread sheets for analysis and reporting.
Module – 3: MS Access – using Access to create accounting data, modify entries and
generation of trial balance, income statement and balance sheet; creating
database for different types of business organizations – banking, hospitals,
hotel industry, etc.
Module – 4: E-Commerce Systems – E-Commerce – meaning, scope, essential and
payment processes; why e-commerce is different; key concepts in e-

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 commerce; digital markets and digital goods in a global market place; types
of e-commerce; e-commerce business models; e-commerce revenue models;
mobile digital platform and mobile e-commerce; building e-commerce
presence – objectives, system functionality and information requirements;
building the website;
Module – 5: Emerging Technologies in Internet and Networking - Fundamentals of
Internet, Networking and Communication: LAN, MAN, WAN, Networking
Topologies, Grid Computing, Cloud Computing- uses, advantages and
challenges; mobile computing; Web Environment.

Theory Related Teaching Hours per Week – 02 Hours

Practicals per Week - 02 Hours
Examination Pattern
Paper Duration Max Marks
Theory 03 Hours 75 marks
Internals - 25 marks
Total - 100 marks

Suggested Readings:

1. Parameswaran R, Computer Applications in Business, S Chand, New Delhi.

2. Hem Chand Jain and H N Tiwari, Computer Applications in Business,
Taxxmann Publications, New Delhi.
3. Sushila Madan, Computer Applications in Business, Mayur Paperbacks, New
Delhi.
4. James O’ Brien, Management Information Systems, TMH, New Delhi.
5. Sanders D.H., Computers in Business, McGraw Hill International Books
Co.,New Delhi.
6. Alexis Leon and Mathews Leon, Information Technology, Vikas, New Delhi.
7. Mardic, et al., Information System for Modern Management, PHI, New Delhi.
8. James Boockholdt, Accounting Information Systems, TMH, New Delhi.
9. Davis G.B., Management Information Systems, TMH, New Delhi.
10. Henry C.Lucas, Information Technology for Management, TMH, New Delhi.

Paper 4.2: Corporate Governance

Learning Objectives:

The subject aims to provide basic understanding of evolution, concept, role and principles
of corporate governance in the world and in India and to develop the knowledge of
measuring the governance performance of entities.

Module – 1: Introduction- Meaning and significance of corporate governance;

governance v/s management; governance v/s accounting; Agency Conflict –
reasons and types of agency conflict; mechanisms for resolving agency
conflict – internal governance mechanisms – concentrated ownership, block
shareholders, managerial compensation and ownership, financial policy,
organizational structure, etc., and external governance mechanisms - role of
judiciary, media, shareholders activism, gatekeepers, etc; theories of
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 corporate governance-agency theory, stewardship theory etc; corporate
governance models – US/UK model, European model and Japanese Model;
linkages between corporate governance and economic development.
Module – 2: Corporate Governance in India- Evolution and Growth of Corporations in
India; ownership pattern of Indian Companies - family-managed and widely-
held; governance models in India - managing agency model, business-house
model and US/UK model; evolution of business houses/groups and
classification; pyramid structure of ownership and tunneling; progress of
governance in India; governance standards in public sector enterprises,
banking and insurance companies.
Module – 3: Corporate Boards - meaning, role and responsibilities and types of
corporate boards; legal powers boards in India; board functions – traditional
and strategic; theories relating to strategic role of boards and functions;
determinants of board effectiveness-size, composition, information,
compensation, meetings and evaluation of board performance; role and
functions of board chairman; duties and responsibilities of directors; Socrates
directors – meaning and principles; board dynamics; succession planning;
role and responsibilities of CEOs vis-à-vis governance.
Module – 4: Board Committees – need, objectives, types, number and functions of board
committees-audit, compensation, nomination, environment, risk, strategic
committees, etc.; requirements for effective board committees; determinants
of board committees in companies; linkage between board committees and
governance standards.
Module – 5: Governance Committees – Committees in UK - Cadbury, Hampel,
Greenbury, Smith and Combined Code; Kings Committee recommendations,
OECD principles of governance; Governance Committees in India - CII,
Birla, Naresh Chandra and Narayan Murthy Committees - major
recommendations; listing agreement and clause-49; role of SEBI in
enforcement of governance code; extent of compliance of governance code
in India.

Suggested Readings:
1. N Balasubramanian, Corporate Governance and Stewardship, TMH, New Delhi
2. N Balasubramaniam, Corporate Boards and Governance, Sterling Publishers, New
Delhi.
3. A C Fernando, Corporate Governance – Principles, Policies and Practices, Pearson
Education, New Delhi.
4. Jayati Sarkar and Subrata Sarkar, Corporate Governance in India, Sage Publications,
New Delhi.
5. Subash Chandra Das, Corporate Governance in India, PHI, New Delhi.
6. Swami Parthasarathy, Corporate Governance: Principles, Mechanisms and Practice,
Dreamtech, New Delhi
7. Thomas Clarke, International Corporate Governance, Routledge Publishers, London.
8. Donald Chew & Gillan, Corporate Governance at the Crossroads: A Book of
Readings; McGraw Hill, New York.
9. Robert Monks and Nell Minnow, Corporate Governance, Blackwell Publishing,
Singapore.
10. Soloman and Soloman, Corporate Governance and Accountability, Wiley
Publications, New Delhi.
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SPECIALISATION GROUP - A: COST MANAGEMENT AND
CONTROL

Paper 4.3: Strategic Cost Management

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to develop basic concepts and principles of strategic cost
management and impart specialized knowledge and skills of strategic cost analysis in
business entities.

Module – 1: Activity based costing: Inadequacies of traditional methods of overhead

absorption, concept of ABC, Kaplan and Cooper’s approach to ABC, cost
drivers and cost pools, main activities and its cost drivers, allocation of
overhead under ABC – characteristics, steps, implementation and benefits of
ABC system.
Module – 2: Learning Curve Model: Concept and phases of learning curve, graphical
representation, learning curve applications and factors affecting learning
curve, experience curve.
Module – 3: Life cycle costing: Concept and characteristics, activities and phases in
product life cycle short product and extension of product life cycle, Turning
Point Indices in product life cycle.
Module – 4: Just in time approach: Concept, philosophy of JIT, sources of waste, aims
and objectives of JIT, features and methodology in implementation of JIT,
planning for adoption and limitations of JIT costing.
Module – 5: Miscellaneous topics in cost management: Target costing, throughout
accounting, definition and basic concepts, cost audit-meaning, importance
and provisions of Companies’ Act relating to cost audit.

Suggested Readings:

1. S P Jain and K L Narang, Advanced Cost Accounting, Kalyani Publications,

Ludhiana.
2. Colin Drury, Cost and Management Accounting, Cengage Publications, New
Delhi.
3. Ravi M Kishore, Business Strategy and Strategic Cost Management,
Taxmann Publications, New Delhi.
4. Robert Kaplan and Anthony Atkinson, Advanced Management Accounting,
PHI, New Delhi.
5. Horngren, Foster and Datar, Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis,
PHI,New Delhi.
6. Edward Blocher, Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis, TMH, New Delhi.
7. Hilton, Cost Management, TMH, New Delhi.
8. Shank and Govindrajan, Strategic Cost Management, Simon and Schuster,
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 New York.
9. Kanhaiya Singh, Management Accounting: Concepts and Strategic Costing
Decisions, Wiley India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.
10. Lin Thomas, Cases and Readings in Strategic Cost Management, McGraw
Hill Publications, New York.

Paper 4.4: Quantitative Methods for Cost Accountants:

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to enable students to understand the application of quantitative

techniques in business operations and to develop skills in implementing such techniques in
managing business operations.

Module – 1: Introduction: Meaning and definition of quantitative techniques, linkage

between business decision making and quantitative techniques, different
quantitative techniques, areas for application of quantitative techniques in
business.
Module – 2: Linear programming: Meaning and objectives of linear programming,
application areas, assumptions of linear programming, application of linear
programming technique for profit maximization and cost minimization
problems, graphic and simplex methods, duality and post-optimality
analysis.
Module – 3: Transportation technique: Meaning and objectives, areas for application,
formulation of transportation problems, steps involved in finding the optimal
solution, methods of obtaining initial solution, methods of testing optimality
of feasible solution, unbalanced transportation problem, degeneracy in
transpiration problem.
Module – 4: Assignment technique: Meaning and objectives, areas of application,
peculiarities of assignment problems, methods solving an assignment
problem, complete enumeration method, simplex method, transportation
method, and Hungarian method, constrained assignment problem,
unbalanced assignment problem, assignment problem and minimization case,
traveling salesman problem.
Module – 5: Techniques for project cost management: Drawing an arrow network and
numbering the events, estimation of jobs, duration and concept of critical
path and probability consideration, assumptions in PERT analysis, crashing a
network and determining of project cost trade off, scheduling a network with
various constraints like manpower, equipment, etc.

Suggested Readings:

1. N D Vohra, Quantitative Techniques for Management, TMH, New Delhi.

2. M P Gupta and R B Khanna, Quantitative Techniques for Decision Making,
PHI, New Delhi.
3. J K Sharma, Quantitative Techniques for Management, Trinity Press, New
Delhi.
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 4. Satyadevi C, Quantitative Techniques, S Chand & Sons, New Delhi.
5. P C Tulsian and Vishal Pandey, Quantitative Techniques – Theory and
Problems, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
6. Jaisankar S, Quantitative Techniques for Management, Excel Books, New
Delhi.
7. Levin and Kark Patrika, Quantitative Approaches to Management, TMH,
International edition, Singapore.
8. Barry Render, Ralph Stair and Michael Hanna, Quantitative Techniques for
Management, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
9. Ramanath and R Shringi, Quantitative Techniques for Management, HPH,
Mumbai.
10. Leonard W.Hein, The Quantitative Approaches to Management Decisions,PHI,
New Delhi.

Paper 4.5 Project Report and Viva-Voce

SPECIALIZATION GROUP - B: ACCOUNTING AND

TAXATION
Paper 4.3: Contemporary Issues in Accounting

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to provide among the students an understanding of contemporary

developments in the field of accounting and their application in resolving complex issues of
financial reporting.

Module – 1: Inflation Accounting- Limitations of historical Cost accounting; meaning,

objectives and methods of accounting for inflation-CPP and CCA methods –
measurement of net monetary gain, COSA, gearing adjustment and
preparation of Annual Accounts as per CPP and CCA; Guidance note of
ICAI on price level accounting.
Module – 2: Human Resource Accounting (HRA) – Meaning, objectives, significance
and development of HRA; issues involved in HRA; methods for valuation of
human resources; accounting methods as developed for HRA; HRA practices
in the World and in India
Module – 3: Social and Environmental Accounting- meaning, objectives and
significance of social accounting; theories of social accounting; process and
scope, concepts of social accounting theory; recent developments in social
accounting– GRI, UN Global Compact, Accountability Assurance Standard,
Social Responsible Index, ISO 26000 – Standard on CSR; CSR reporting in
India and in the World; preparation of Social Cost Benefit Analysis; Social
Audit; Environmental Accounting – definition, meaning, objectives,
significance and classification; TBL Reporting; EFA - Recognition and
Accounting for Environmental Assets, Liabilities and Contingent Liabilities;
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 EMA – cost classification and uses of EMA; GRI Guidelines and
Measurement; EA in India; concept, methods and application of shadow
pricing; carbon credit and carbon accounting - meaning and development;
environmental audit.
Module – 4: Accounting for Intangibles– meaning, objectives, economic significance
and classification of intangibles; valuation and accounting methods; AS – 26
and its application in accounting for Intangibles in India; meaning,
objectives, significance and methods of brand accounting and valuation;
concept, meaning, objectives and significance of measurement of
Organizational Capital and Intellectual Capital.
Module – 5: Creative Accounting – Meaning, definitions, causes, techniques, extent and
effects of creative accounting, ethical issues involved in creative accounting;
determinants of creative accounting practices; detecting and control of
creative accounting; creative accounting practices in India – Role of SEBI,
stock exchanges, SFIO, etc., Forensic Accounting- meaning, objectives and
role of forensic accounting.

Suggested Readings:
1. S N Maheswari and S K Maheswari, Advanced Accounting – Vol II, Vikas
Publications, New Delhi.
2. R L Gupta and Radhaswamy, Advanced Accounting – Vol 2, Sultan Chand & Sons,
New Delhi.
3. S K Chakravarthy, Topics in Accounting and Finance, OUP, New Delhi.
4. Shashi Gupta and Arun Mehra, Contemporary Issues in Accounting, Kalyani
Publishers, Ludhiana.
5. Thomas G Evans, Accounting Theory: Contemporary Accounting Issues, Cengage
Learning, New Delhi.
6. Arunkumar Bose and Malayendu Saha, Studies in Accounting and Finance –
Contemporary Issues and Debates, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
7. N P Agarwal and S C Jain, Contemporary Issues in Accounting, RBSA Publishers,
Delhi.
8. Eric Flamholtz, Human Resource Accounting: Advances in Concepts, Methods
Applications, Springer Publications, New York.
9. Naser, Creative Financial Accounting – Its nature and Use, Pearson Education,
London.
10. Griffiths Ian, New Creative Accounting – How to Make Your Profits What You
Want them to be; Macmillan Publications, New York.

Paper 4.4: Corporate Tax Planning (GST and Customs)–II

(The Syllabus of this paper shall be dealt in as per the current issues in GST and
Customs Duty)

Learning Objectives:

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The course is designed to enable students to understand the basic concepts of GST Law
introduced in India and to develop skills of computing GST and in filing all the returns
involved under the GST.

Module – 1: Introduction – Meaning, scope and significance of GST; principles of

subsumation and taxes subsumed; classification of goods and services and
GST rates; GST model in India – CGST, SGST and IGST; GST
Administration in India – GST Council - functions and challenges; GST
Network – objectives structure, administration and functions; operational
aspects of GST–process of registration for manufacturer, service provider
and dealer, etc; amendment and cancellation of registration; tax invoice,
credit and debit notes; accounts and records; filing of returns – forms, time
schedule; assessment, payment of tax.
Module – 2: Levy and Collection of Tax – CGST Act, 2017 – levy and collection of
central and state GST, composition levy, taxable person, power to grant
exemption from tax; Time and Value of Supply – time of supply of goods
and services; change in rate of tax in respect of supply of goods or services;
value of taxable supply; Illustrative problems.
Module – 3: Valuation of Goods and Services under GST: Introduction to valuation under
GST, meaning and types of consideration; valuation rules; other cases for
valuation of supply, imported services and goods; valuation for discount;
transaction value – meaning and condition; inclusive and exclusive discount;
methods of valuation – computed value, residual value method; rejection of
declared value; Illustrative problems
Module – 4: Input Tax Credit System: Introduction, meaning of Input Tax Credit,
eligibility and conditions for taking Input Tax Credit – CGST, SGST and
IGST; recovery of Input Tax Credit and interest thereon, taking input tax
credit in respect of inputs sent for job work, reverse charge, manner of
distribution of credit by input; service distributor; Illustrative problems
Module – 5: Tax Planning and Customs Duty – Scope and coverage of customs law,
nature, types, classification, rates and valuation of customs duty; exemptions,
remissions, demand, recovery and refunds in customs, export schemes, duty
drawbacks, types of valuation for Customs Duty – tariff value, transaction
value; methods of valuation; general provisions about baggage,

Suggested Readings:

1. Keshav Garg, GST Ready Reckoner, Bharat Law House, Delhi.

2. V S Datey, GST Ready Reckoner, Taxmann’s Publications, New Delhi.
3. Raman Singla and Pallavi Singla, Simplified Approach to GST – A Ready
Referencer, Young Global Publications, Delhi.
4. S S Gupta, GST – Law and Practice, Taxmann’s Publications, New Delhi
5. Rajat Mohan, Illustrated Guide to GST, Bharat Law House, Delhi.
6. Anjali Agarwal, GST: Impact on the Indian Economy, New Century Publications,
Delhi.
7. Rakesh Garg and Sandeep Garg, GST Laws Manual: Acts, Rules and Forms,
Bloomsbury India, New Delhi.
8. Atul Kumar Gupta, GST – Concept and Roadmap, LexisNexis Publications, New
Delhi.
9. The Central Goods and Services Tax Act and Rules, 2017.

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 10. The Karnataka Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, Karnataka Law Journal
Publications, Bangalore.

4.5 Project Report and Viva Voce.

SPECIALISATION GROUP - C: ACCOUNTING AND

FINANCE
Paper - 4.3: Contemporary Issues in Accounting
(Syllabus as outlined in 4.3 of Group B)

Paper – 4.4: Basic Financial Econometrics

Learning Objectives:

The subject aims to provide a basic understanding of advanced financial tools used in
testing financial research hypotheses. The knowledge of the subject would summarily help
in improving the quality of research undertaken in the field of business finance.

Module – 1: Introduction – Econometrics – meaning, nature and scope of econometrics;

financial econometrics v/s economic econometrics; types of data; returns in
financial modeling; steps involved in formulating econometric model.
Module – 2: Regression Model – meaning and significance; simple and classical
regression model – assumption and properties of OLS estimator; t-test and
significance level; precision and standard error; multiple linear regression –
constant term, parameters, F-test; goodness of fit statistics; hedonic pricing
models; diagnostic test – assumptions and multicollinearity;
heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation; Durbin-Watson and Breusch Godfrey
tests distinction; Use of SPSS and MS Excel in regression model.
Module – 3: Univariate Time Series Modelling and Forecasting – notation and concepts;
moving average processes, auto regressive processes; partial autocorrelation
processes; ARMA processes – building ARMA models –Box-Jenkins
approach – exponential smoothing and forecasting in econometrics; Use of
SPSS and MS Excel in Univariate Modelling.
Module – 5: Multivariate Models – single equation v/s systems-based approach to
building models; cause and consequence and solutions to simultaneous
equation bias; structural model; methods of estimating simultaneous
equations model; Vector Autoregressive Models (VAR) advantages and
disadvantages of VAR; Use of SPSS and MS Excel
Module – 5: Modelling Volatility and Correlation – types of non-linear models and
testing for non-linearity; models for volatility – historical volatility,
Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) models – Auto
Regressive Models – ARCH models; Generalised ARCH (GARCH) models
– estimating ARCH and GARCH; Use of SPSS and MS Excel.

Suggested Readings:

1. Damodar N Gujarati, Porter Dawn and Sangeetha Gunasekar, Basic Econometrics,

TMH, New Delhi.
2. Chris Brooks, Introductory Econometrics for Finance, Cambridge University Press,
New Delhi
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 3. Banniga, Introduction to Financial Econometrics, Princeton University Press, New
York.
4. Wooldridge Jeffery, Introductory Econometrics, Thomson Learning, New Delhi.
5. Neeraj Hatekar, Principles of Econometrics, An Introduction, Sage Publications,
New Delhi.
6. Fan and Yao, The Elements of Financial Econometrics, Princeton University Press.
7. William H Greene, Econometric Analysis, Pearson Publications, New Delhi.
8. Rachev, Mittnik, Fabozzi, Focardi and Jasic, Financial Econometrics, Wiley
Publications, New York.
9. Christopher Dougherty, Introduction to Econometrics, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi.
10. Studenmund, A. H, Using Econometrics: A Practical Guide, Addison Publications,
New Delhi

Paper 4.5: Project Report and Viva Voce.

SPECIALISATION GROUP- D: FINANCE GROUP

Paper –4.3: Behavioural Finance

Learning Objectives
This course examines the behavioural strategies that investors rely upon to make decisions,
the structure and speculative dynamics of returns in world equity markets (from a
psychological perspective), and the practical implications of behavioural finance.

Module – 1: Rise of Rational Market Hypothesis – modern corporate finance, portfolio

theory, CAPM, random walk theory & EMH; impact on Wall Street and
Corporations; challenge of behaviouralists – deviation from rationality,
possibility of beating the market, etc; emergence of behavioural finance –
meaning and significance; foundations of rational finance.
Module – 2: Foundations of Behavioural Finance – Heuristics and Biases – Two Systems
Approach; familiarity and related heuristics; biases, hyperbolic discounting;
self-deception – overconfidence – forms and causes; success equation;
Prospect Theory and Mental Accounting.
Module – 3: Foundations of Behaviour Finance – EMH – theoretical foundations and
challenges to EMH; emotional factors and social forces – theories of
emotion; types and dimensions of emotion; social influence on investment
and consumption; neuroscientific and evolutionary perspective – brain
basics, Adaptive Market Hypothesis.
Module – 4: Behavioural Aspects of Investing – investor behavior – Behavioural
Portfolio Theory – basic ingredients; market outcomes – size effect,
seasonality, momentum and reversal; post-earnings announcement drift,
equity premium puzzle, Behavioural Asset Pricing Model; Value Investing –
central tenets, evidence, prospects and academic research on Value
Investing.
Module – 5: Behavioural Corporate Finance – rational managers with irrational investor
approach; valuation, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend and
mergers and acquisition; building a smart organization – challenges,
accounting, financial planning, incentives, information sharing and group

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adaptive system; animal spirits and Halo Effect.

Suggested Readings:

1. Prasanna Chandra, Behavioural Finance, TMH, New Delhi.

2. Suchitra Singh and Shilpa Bahl, Behavioural Finance, Vikas Publications, New
Delhi.
3. Lucy Ackert and Richard Deaves, Understanding Behavioural Finance, Cengage
Learning, New Delhi.
4. M M Sulphey, Behavioural Finance, PHI, New Delhi.
5. William Forbes, Behavioural Finance, Wiley India, New Delhi.
6. Shefrin, Hersh, A Behavioral Approach to Asset Pricing, Elsevier Academic Press.
7. Montier, James, Behavioural Finance- Insights into Irrational Minds and Markets,
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
8. Parag Parikh, Value Investing and Behavioural Finance, TMH, New Delhi.
9. Edwin Burton and Sunit N Shah, Behavioural Finance, John Wiley, New Delhi.
10. Kadir C Yalcin, Behavioural Finance, Lambert Academy Publications, New Delhi.

Paper – 4.4: Basic Financial Econometrics

(Syllabus as outlined in Paper 4.4 of Group C)

Paper 4.5: Project Report

SPECIALIZATION GROUP – E: BANK MANAGEMENT

Paper 4.3: Financial Management in Commercial Banks

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to provide an understanding of the concepts and techniques adopted
in the management of financial resources and cash flows by banking institutions and to
develop the skills of their applicability in such institutions.

Module – 1: Fundamentals of financial management in Banks : Meaning and objectives of

financial management, role and functions of financial manager, value of
the banking firm, value maximization principle market value vs. book value,
implementing value maximization principle, hexagram of bank financial
management, managing value and bank strategic planning.
Module – 2: Bank capital structure and financing: Management of Bank’s equity capital
position, bank lending policies and procedures, lending and their pricing,
optimal bank capital and value of the banking firm.
Module – 3: Asset-liability management in banks : Role and objectives of asset-liability
management, two faces of AIM : accounting and economic perspectives,
determining and measuring interest rates and controlling a bank’s interest
gap, net interest margin and its decomposition, effects of rate, volume and
mix on net interest margin and revenue, interest sensitivity and gap

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evaluating bank’s performance.
Module – 4: Management of bank portfolio risk : Bank portfolio allocation and risk
management, risk, return tradeoffs in banking and diversification, techniques
of liquidity risk, investment portfolio risk, interest rate risk and credit risk,
concept of duration and managing bank’s duration gap, financial futures,
options, swaps, risk arbitrage, asset portfolio diversification, off-balance
sheet financing in banking and credit derivatives, liquidity and reserve
management strategies.
Module – 5: Bank mergers and acquisition: Merger activity in banking, takeovers and
restructuring activities, bank divestitures, managing the acquisition process,
hostile takeovers in banking, hypotheses for bank mergers, cost-benefit
framework for analyzing bank mergers and acquisitions, valuation models.

Suggested Readings:

1. J.F.Sinkey, Commercial Bank Financial Management, Macmillan PublishingCo.,

New York.
2. I.M.Pandey, Financial Management, Vikas, New Delhi.
3. Van Horne, Financial Management and Policy, PHI, New Delhi.
4. Khan and Jain, Financial Management, TMH, New Delhi.
5. G.F.Hampton, Financial Decision Making, PHI, New Delhi.
6. Pamela P. Peterson, Financial Management and Analysis, TMH, New Delhi.
7. Erich Helfert, Techniques of Financial Analysis, TMH, New Delhi.
8. Mary P. Merrill, Financial Planning in the Bank, Macmillan India, Delhi.
9. Gerhad O.Hatler, Bank Investments and Funds Management, Macmillan
India,Delhi.
10. S.N.Maheswari, Management Accounting for Bankers, Sultan Chand, New
Delhi

Paper 4.4: Foreign Exchange and Risk Management

Learning Objectives:

The course is designed to provide an understanding of the concepts, techniques and

approaches employed in foreign exchange management so as to enable students acquaint
themselves with the skills of their use in business entities.

Module – 1: The foreign exchange market: Organisation of the foreign exchange market,
the spot market, forward market, the relationship between forward rate and
future spot rate. The determination of exchange rates: setting the equilibrium
spot exchange rate, equilibrium approach to exchange rates, the
fundamentals of central bank intervention.
Module – 2: Measuring accounting exposure: Alternative currency translation methods,
statements of financial accounting standards NO. 8 and 52, transaction
exposure, accounting practice and economic reality.
Module – 3: Managing accounting exposure: Managing transaction exposure, designing a
hedging strategy.
Module – 4: Measuring economic exposure: Foreign exchange risk and economic
exposure, economic consequences of exchange rate changes, identifying

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of exchange risk.
Module – 5: Managing economic exposure: An overview of operating exposure
management, marketing management of exchange risk, production
management of exchange risk, financial management of exchange risk.

Suggested Readings:

1. Shapiro A.C., Multinational Financial Management, PHI, New Delhi.

2. Rodriguez R.M., and Carter E. E., International Financial Management, PHI,
New Delhi.
3. Ian Giddy, Global Financial Markets, AITBS, New Delhi.
4. Bhole L.M., Financial Institutions and Markets, TMH, New Delhi.
5. C. Jeevanandam, Foreign Exchange, Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi.
6. Jain, International Financial Management, Macmillan, New Delhi.
7. Cheol Eu., International Financial Management, TMH, New Delhi.
8. Rahwade AV., Foreign Exchange and International Finance, Academy of
Business tudies, New Delhi.
9. Apte P. G., International Financial Management, TMH, New Delhi.
10. Richard M.Levich, International Financial Markets, TMH, New Delhi.

4.5 Project Report and Viva Voce.

SPECIALISATION GROUP – F: BANKING & FINANCE

Paper 4.3: Financial Management in Commercial Banks

(Syllabus as outlined in Paper 4.3 of Group E)

Paper – 4.4: Basic Financial Econometrics

(Syllabus as outlined in Paper 4.4 of Group C)

Paper 4.5: Project Report and Viva Voce

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