Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut

M.Com. Syllabi
Scheme of Examination
(Regular)
Effective from July 2010 Session
Max. Marks 2000
M.Com. I Semester

Code No. Title of the Paper Marks

I-101 Management Concepts and Organisational Behaviour 100
I-102 Direct Taxes 100
I-103 Statistical Analysis 100
I-104 Computer Application in Business (Theory) 100
I-105 Computer Application in Business (Practical) 100
I-106 Qualifying Course for non-commerce students – 100
Elementary Book Keeping - External
Total 500

M.Com. II Semester
I-201 Indirect Taxes 100
I-202 Corporate Financial Accounting 100
I-203 Marketing Management 100
I-204 Corporate Laws 100
I-205 Filing of Returns - Practical 100
Total 500

M.Com. III Semester

I-301 Management Accounting 100
I-302 Financial Management 100
I-303 Strategic Management 100
I-304 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management 100
I-305 Documentation and Reporting (Practical) 100
Total 500

M.Com. IV Semester
I-401 Human Resource Management 100
I-402 Operations Research 100
I-403 Marketing Research 100
I-404 Dessertation 100
I-405 Viva-Voce 100
Total 500

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Marking Scheme:

1. Qualifying course is meant for non-commerce students at U.G. level. Only pass marks will
be sufficient. This paper will be completely external.

2. In every paper, except qualifying corse, 50% marking will be internal and 50% external.
The allocation of internal marks will be (i) Class Room Quiz – 15 Marks. There will be 5
quiz of 5 marks each and out of them best 3 will be selected for inclusion in the final marks
(ii) Internal Test I- 10 Marks (out of unit I and II only), (iii) Class Test II – 15 Marks (Out
of unit III, IV and V only), (iv) Seminar – 10 Marks.

3. For Practical Examination there will be one internal and one external examiner. Lab for
practical to be provided by the college.

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 M.Com. – I Semester
MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (I-101)

Learning Objectives
To help students understand
1. the conceptual framework of management and organisational behaviour.
2. the motivational techniques
3. leadership traits and theories

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)
UNIT - I Managerial Functions: Planning-concept, significance, types; 10
organising – concept, principles, theories, types of organisations,
authority, responsibility, power delegation decentralization; staffing;
Coordinating; Control – nature, process, and techniques.

UNIT - II Organisational Behaviour: Organisational behaviour – concept and 10

significance; Relationship between management and organisational
behaviour; Emergence and ethical perspective; Attitudes; Perception;
Learning; Personality; Transactional analysis.

UNIT - III Motivation: Process of motivation; Theories of motivation – need 10

hierarchy theory; theory X and theory Y, two factor theory, Alderfer’s
ERG theory, McCleland’s learned need theory, Victor Vroom’s
expectancy theory, Stacy Adams equity theory.

UNIT - IV Group Dynamics and Team Development: Group dynamics – 10

definition and importance, types of groups, group formation, group
development, group composition, group performance factors;
Principle-centered approach to team development.

UNIT - V Leadership: Concept; Leadership styles; Theories- trait theory, 10

behaviour theory, Fielder’s contingency theory; Harsey and
Blanchard’s situational theory; Managerial grid; Likert’s four systems
of leadership.
Case Studies and Discussion on Research Papers published in
journals.
Total 50
Recommended Books:
1. Griffin, Ricky W: Organisational Behaviour, Houghton Miffin Co., Boston.
2. Hellreigel, Don, John W. Slocum, Jr., and Richard W. Woodman: Organisational
Behaviour, South Western College Publishing, Ohoi.
3. Hersey, Paul, Kenneth H. Blanchard and Dewey E. Johnson: Management of Organisation
Behaviour: Utilising Human Resources, Prentice Hall , New Delhi
4. Robbins, Stephen P, and Marry Coulter: Management, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
5. Devis K., Organisational Behaviour

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 DIRECT TAXES (I -102)

Level of Knowledge : Expert

Learning Objectives : To make the students learn

1. the practical aspect of computation of income tax
2. computation of tax and
3. filing of various returns with the Tax Authorities.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I Introduction : Important definitions in the Income tax Act, 1961, 10

Assessee, Person, Income, Concepts of previous year and assessment
year,

Residence and Scope of Total Income: Residential status and scope of

total income, Deemed receipt and accrual of income in India, Incomes
Which Do Not Form Part of Total Income.

UNIT - II Income under different Heads : 10

Income from salaries
Income from house property
Profits and gains of business or profession
Capital gains
Income from other sources

UNIT - III Aggregation of Income, Set-Off and Carry Forward of Losses: 10

Deductions from Gross Total Income

UNIT - IV Computation of Total Income and Tax Payable, Rebate and Relief 10
and different kinds of Returns.

Provisions Concerning Advance Tax and Tax Deducted At Source

UNIT - V Wealth Tax : Computation of net wealth, assets, deemed assets, assets 10
exempt from tax, valuation of assets

Total 50

Recommended Books :
V.K. Singhania & Kapil Singhania, Direct Taxes : Law & Practice, Taxmann Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Girish Ahuja & Ravi Gutpa, Professional Approach to Direct Taxes Law and Practice with Tax
Planning, Bharat Law House.
Dinkar Pagare, Law and Practice of Income Tax, Sultan Chand & Sons.

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 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (I - 103)

Learning Objectives:
To make the students learn the tools of:
1. Decision making
2. Research and
3. Forecasting and Planning and teaching the
4. Practical Use of Statistics.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I Probability Theory: Classical, relative and subjective probability, 10

Addition and Multiplication Rules, Conditional probability, Baye’s
Theorem, Bernoulli’s Theorem and Mathematical Expectation.

UNIT - II Theoretical Frequency Distribution: Binomial Distribution, Poisson 10

distribution and Normal Distribution, Their Characteristics and
Application.

Statistical Decision Theory: Decision Environment, Expected Profit

Under Uncertainty, Expected Monetary Value, Risk, Decision Tree,
Utility Theory.

UNIT - III Sampling : Large Sample – Test of Hypothesis in Variables and 10

Attributes – Z Test Small Samples: Test of Significance in t-test, F-test,
and Z-test

UNIT - IV Analysis of Variance: One way and Two Way Classification, Design 10
of Experiment.

Simulation : Process of Simulation, Monte Carlo Simulation,

Simulation of an Inventory System.

UNIT - V Association of Attributes: Two Attributes Only, Chi Square Test 10

Interpolation And Extrapolation: Binominal, Newton and

Langrange’s Method.

Total 50

Recommended Books:

1. Fundamentals of Statistics: D.N. Elhance & Veena Elhance, Kitab Mahal, Allahabad.
2. Croxton, Cowden and Klien, Applied General Statistics, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
3. Gupta S.C., & Kapoor V.K., Fundamentals of Applied Statistics, S.Chand & Sons.
4. Statistical Analysis, Dr. K. C. Goel and Dr. A. K. Garg. Swati Parkashan, Meerut
5. Statistical Analysis, K. N. Nagar, Meenakshi Parkashan Meerut.

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 COMPUTER APPLICATION IN BUSINESS (I-104)

Level of Knowledge : Working Knowledge

Learning Objectives:

The objective of this course is to provide

1. an understanding of computers,
2. computer operation system, and
3. application of relevant software in managerial decision making.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I Computer Hardware: Computer System as Information processing 10

System; Computer System Difference- types of Computer Systems,
hardware Option- CPU, Input Devices, Output Devices, Storage
Devices, Communication Devices, Configuration of Hardware Devices.

UNIT - II Personal Computer: PC and its main Components, Hardware 10

Configuration, CPU and Clock Speed, RAM and Secondary Storage
Devices, Other Peripherals Used With PC, Factor Influencing PC
Performance; PC as a virtual Office.

UNIT - III Modern Information Technology: basic Ideas of local Area Networks 10
(LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN); E-mail; Internet technologies,
access devices, Concept of a World Wide Web and Internet Browsing;
Multimedia.

UNIT - IV Introduction to Operating System: Software Need, operating System, 10

Application Software, Programming Language; DOS; Window-
Window Explorer, print Manager, Control Panel, Paintbrush,
Calculator, Desk Top, My Computer, Setting, Find, Run; UNIX.

UNIT - V Introduction to Accounting Packages: Preparation of Vouchers, 10

Invoice and Salary Statements; Maintenance of Inventory Records;
Maintenance of Accounting Books and Final Accounts; Financial
Report Generation; Practical Knowledge on Wings Accounting and
Wings trade (Software), Tally Etc.

Total 50

Recommended Books:
1. Date, C.J, An Introduction to Databese Systems, Addison Wesley, Massachusetts.
2. Dienes, Sheila S, Microsoft Office, Professional for Windows 95; Instant Reference; BPB
Publication, Delhi
3. Mansfield, Ron, The Compact Guide to Microsoft office; BPB Publication, Delhi
4. Norton, Peter, Working with IBM-PC, BPB Publication, Delhi
5. O’Brain, J.A, Management information System, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi
6. Ullman, J.O, Principles of Database Systems, Galgotia Publication, New Delhi
7. Kenter J., Management Oriented MIS, Prentice Hall of India.

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 COMPUTER APPLICATION IN BUSINESS-Lab Practical (I-105)

The Practical examination will be based on the contents of course I – 104. Internal examination will
be conducted by the teacher teaching course I – 104. The external examination will be of 1 Hour
duration to be conducted in shifts based on the availability of computers in the college. The
computers with internet facility will be provided by the college.

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 M.Com. – II Semester
INDIRECT TAXES (I -201)
Level of Knowledge : Working knowledge
Learning Objectives :
To provide the student knowledge about
1. the concept of indirect taxes
2. valuation of goods for the purpose of excise duty
3. CENVAT and
4. custom duties.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)
UNIT - I Liability of Central Excise Duty : Nature of Excise Duty, Goods, 10
Excisable Goods, Manufactured or produced,

UNIT - II Classification and Valuation of Goods : Rules of Interpretation of 10

CETA, Principles of Classification, Basis of calculation of duty payable,
Ad-valorem Duty, ‘Transaction Value’ as Assessable value, Inclusion in
Transaction Value, Exclusions from Transaction Value

UNIT - III Routine Procedures in Excise : Registration of factory/warehouse, 10

Storage and Accounting of Goods, Clearance of Goods from factory,
Payment of Duty. Other Excise Procedures : Return of goods for
repairs, re-making etc., Receipt of Goods at concessional rate of duty

UNIT - IV CENVAT : Final products eligible for CENVAT, Quantum and Mode 10
of Availment of CENVAT Credit, Removal of inputs and capital goods,
CENVAT on Capital Goods.

UNIT - V Customs Act : Nature of custom duty, type of custom duty, valuation 10
for custom duty, procedure for import and export, exemptions,
remission, demand, recovery and refunds in customs

Total 50

Recommended Books:
V.S. Datey, Indirect Taxes : Law and Practice, Taxmann Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Ravi Puliani & Mahesh Puliani, Indirect Tax Laws, Bharat Law House.

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 CORPORATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (I-202)
Level of Knowledge : Expert

Learning Objectives :
The objective of this course is to expose students to advanced accounting issues and
practices such as maintenance of company accounts, valuation of goodwill and shares, and
handling accounting adjustments.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)
UNIT - I Accounting for Issue and Redemption of Shares and Debentures and 10
Final Accounts

UNIT - II Funds Flow and Cash Flow Statement Analysis 10

UNIT - III Valuation of Goodwill and Shares. 10

UNIT - IV Accounting Issues Relative to Amalgamation, Absorption, and 10

Reconstruction of Companies

UNIT - V Accounting for Holding and Subsidiary Companies and Liquidation of 10

Companies.

Total 50

Recommended Books :
Gupta, R.L.: Advanced Financial Accounting, S. Chand & Co., New Delhi.
Maheshwari, S.N.: Advanced Accountancy – Vol. II, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
Monga, J.R.: Advanced Financial Accounting, Mayoor Paperbacks, Noida.
Shukla, M.C. and T.S. Grewal : Advanced Accountancy, Sultan Chand & Co., New Delhi.
Jain & Narang, Financial Accounting, Kalyani Publishers.
K.C. Goel and A.K. Garg, Corporate Financial Accounting, Swati Prakashan

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 MARKETING MANAGEMENT (I-203)
Objective

The objective of this course is to facilitate understanding of the conceptual framework of marketing
and its applications in decision making under various environmental constraints.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I Introduction : Concept, nature, scope and importance of marketing; 10

Marketing concept and its evolution; Marketing mix; Strategic marketing
planning-an overview.

Market Analysis and Selection : Marketing environment-macro and

micro components and their impact on marketing decisions; Market
segmentation and positioning; Buyer Behaviour; Consumer versus
organisational buyers; Consumer decision-making process.

UNIT - II Product Decisions: Concept of a product; Classification of products; 10

Major product decisions; Product line and product mix; Branding;
Packaging and labelling; Product life-cycle-strategic implications; New
product development and consumer adoption process.

UNIT - III Pricing Decisions: Factors affecting price determination; Pricing policies 10
and strategies; Discounts and rebates.

UNIT - IV Distribution Channels and Physical Distribution Decisions : Nature, 10

functions and types of distribution channels; Distribution channel
intermediaries; Channel management decisions; Retailing and
wholesaling.

UNIT - V Promotion Decisions: Communication process; Promotion mix- 10

advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, publicity and public
relations; Determining advertising budget; Copy designing and its
testing; Media selection; Advertising effectiveness; Sales promotion –
tools and techniques.
Case Studies
Total 50

Recommended Books :

Kotlar, Phillip and Gary Armstrong, Principles of Marketing, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
Kotler, Phillip, Marketing Management – Analysis, Planning, Implementation and Control,
Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
Ramasswamy, V.S. and Namakumari, S. : Marketing Management, MacMillan India, New Delhi.
Marchand & B. Vardharajan, An Introduction to Marketing, Vikas Publishing House, Delhi.
Stanton, William J., and Charles Futrell: Fundamentals of Marketing; McGraw Hill Publishing Co.,
New York.
Still, Richard R., Edward W, Cundiff and Norman A.P., Govoni : Sales Management : Decisions,
Strategies and Cases, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
Dr. C.N. Sontakki, Marketing Management, Kalyani Publications, New Delhi.
Mohd. Amantulla, Principles of Modern Marketing, Kalyani Publications, New Delhi.

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 CORPORATE LAWS (I-204)

Learning Objectives :
To be able to analyze and apply various provisions of the Companies Act, the SEBI Act, The
FEMA, The Competition Act, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act as also to develop ability
to interpret statutes, deeds and documents.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I The Companies Act, 1956 with reference to Directors - powers, 10

managerial remuneration; Meetings, powers of the Board; Prevention of
Oppression and Mismanagement; Corporate Winding up and Dissolution;
Producer Companies; E-governance; Drafting of Resolutions, Minutes,
Notices and Reports
UNIT - II The Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, Rules, 10
Regulations and Guidelines issued there under.
UNIT - III The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 10
UNIT - IV The Competition Act, 2002. 10
UNIT - V The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 10
Interpretation of Statutes, Deeds and Documents.
Total 50

Recommended Books:
G.K. Kapoor, Corporate Laws and Secretarial Practice, Sultan Chand & Sons.
A.K. Majumdar & G.K. Kapoor, Company Law, Taxmann Publications Pvt. Ltd.
N.D. Kapoor, Corporate Law and Secretarial Practice, Sultan Chand & Sons.
Bare Acts.

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 FILING OF RETURNS (PRACTICAL) (I-205)
Filing with ROC :
Approval Services (Headquarters)

Description e-Form with Instruction kit e-Form

Application to Central Government for not providing depreciation Form 23AAC Form 23AAC

Form of application to the Central Government for appointment of cost

Form 23C Form 23C
auditor

Form for filing application for giving loan, providing security or guarantee in
Form 24AB Form 24AB
connection with a loan

Form of application to the Central Government for obtaining prior consent for
Form 24B Form 24B
holding of any office or place of profit in the company by certain persons

Form of application for approval for declaration of dividend out of reserves Form Form

Form of application for removal of disqualification of directors Form DD-C Form DD-C

Approval Services (Regional Director)

Application for confirmation by Regional Director for change of registered
office of the company within the state from the juridiction of one Registrar to Form 1AD Form 1AD
the juridiction of another Registrar

Form for filing application to Regional Director Form 24A Form 24A

Approval Services (Registrar of Companies)

Application for approval of the Central Government for change of name or

Form 1B Form 1B
conversion of a public company into a private company

Form for filing an application with Registrar of Companies Form 61 Form 61

Application for striking off the name of company under the Easy Exit Scheme
Form EES, 2010 Form EES, 2010
(EES), 2010

Change Services
Application form for availability or change of a name Form 1A Form 1A

Application for approval of the Central Government for change of name or

Form 1B Form 1B
conversion of a public company into a private company

Notice of consolidation, division, etc. or increase in share capital or increase

Form 5 Form 5
in number of members

Notice of situation or change of situation of registered office Form 18 Form 18

Particulars of appointment of managing director, directors, manager and

secretary and the changes among them or consent of candidate to act as a
Form 32 Form 32
managing director or director or manager or secretary of a company and/ or
undertaking to take and pay for qualification shares

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 Return of alteration in the charter, statute or memorandum and articles of
association, address of the registered or principal office and directors and Form 49 Form 49
secretary of a foreign company

Charge Management

Particulars for creation or modification of charges (other than those related to debentures Form 8 Form 8

Particulars for registration of charges for Debenture Form 10 Form 10

Particulars for satisfaction of charges Form 17 Form 17

Company Registration

Application or declaration for incorporation of a company Form 1 Form 1

Application form for availability or change of a name Form 1A Form 1A

Naming Guidelines -- Guidelines

issued by MCA to choose Name for a
company.

Notice of situation or change of situation of registered office Form 18 Form 18

Declaration of compliance with the provisions of section 149(i)(a), (b) and (c)
Form 19 Form 19
of the Companies Act,1956

Declaration of compliance with the provisions of section 149(2)(b) of the

Form 20 Form 20
Companies Act,1956

Declaration of the compliance with the provisions of section 149(2A) and

Form 20A Form 20A
(2B)

Particulars of appointment of managing director, directors, manager and

secretary and the changes among them or consent of candidate to act as a
Form 32 Form 32
managing director or director or manager or secretary of a company and/ or
undertaking to take and pay for qualification shares

Application for rectification of mistakes apparent on record Form 68 Form 68

Compliance Related Filing

Statement of amounts credited to investor education and protection fund Form 1 Form 1

Return of allotment Form 2 Form 2

Particulars of contract relating to shares alloted as fully or partly paid-up

Form 3 Form 3
otherwise than in cash

Return in respect of buy Back of Shares Form 4C Form 4C

Statutory Report Form 22 Form 22

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 Registration of resolution(s) and agreement(s) Form 23 Form 23

Information by Auditor to Registrar Form 23B Form 23B

Return of appointment of managing director or whole time director or

Form 25C Form 25C
manager

Form of annual return of a foreign company having a share capital Form Form

Form for filing cost audit report and other documents with the Central
Form Form
Government

Informational Services

Form of return to be filed with the Registrar Form 22B Form 22B

Registration of resolution(s) and agreement(s) Form 23 Form 23

Notice of address at which books of account are maintained Form 23AA Form 23AA

Investor Services
Investor
Form for filing complaint(s) against the company Investor Complaint Form Complaint
Form

Provisions related to Mangerial personnel

Form of application to the Central Government for increase in the number of
Form 24 Form 24
directors of the company

Form of application for removal of disqualification of directors Form DD-C Form DD-C

Annual filing eForms

Form for filing annual return by a company having a share capital with the
Form 20B Form 20B
Registrar

Particulars of annual return for the company not having share capital Form 21A Form 21A

Form for filing balance sheet and other documents with the Registrar Form 23AC Form 23AC

Form for filing Profit and Loss account and other documents with the
Form 23ACA Form 23ACA
Registrar

Form for submission of compliance certificate with the Registrar Form 66 Form 66

Form 67 (Addendum)

Form for filing addendum for rectification of defects or incompleteness Form 67 (Add.) Form 67(Add.)

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Filing with Tax Authorities :
Returns of Income of different persons e.g. ITR 1 to 8,
TDS Return,
Service Tax Returns,
Sales Tax Returns - VAT Returns.

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 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (I-301)
Learning Objectives :
The objective of this course is to acquaint students with the accounting concepts, tools and
techniques for managerial decisions.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I Introduction to Accounting : Management Accounting as an area of 10

accounting; Objectives, nature, and scope of Management Accounting,
Management accounting and managerial decisions. Fundamental
economic concepts – incremental principle, opportunity cost principle,
discounting principle, equi-marginal principle.
UNIT - II Standard Costing and Variance Analysis : Standard costing as a 10
control technique; Setting of standards and their revision; Variance
analysis-meaning and importance, kinds of standards and their uses –
material, labour and overhead variance; Disposal of variance; Relevance
of variance analysis to budgeting and standard costing; fixed and
flexible budgeting.
UNIT - III Marginal Costing and Break-even Analysis : Concept of marginal 10
cost; Marginal costing and absorption costing; Marginal costing versus
direct costing; Cost-volume-profit analysis; Decisions regarding sales-
mix, make or buy decisions and discontinuation of a product line etc.
UNIT - IV Analysis of Financial Statements : Ratio Analysis 10
UNIT - V Contemporary issues in Management Accounting : Value Chain 10
Analysis, Activity-based costing; Quality Costing; Target and life cycle
costing.
Total 50

Recommended Books:
Anthony, Robert, Management Accounting, Tarapore-wala, Mumbai.
Homgran, C.T., Gray L. Sundem, and William O. Stratton, Introduction to Management
Accounting, Prentice Hall, Delhi.
Lall, B.M., and I.C. Jain, Cost Accounting : Principles and Practice, Prentice Hall, Delhi.
Pandey, I.M., Management Accounting, Vani Publication, Delhi.
A.K. Garg, Management Accounting, Swati Prakashan.

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 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (I-302)

Learning Objectives :
The objective of this course is to help students to understand the conceptual framework or financial
management, and its applications under various environmental constraints.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I Financial Management : Meaning, nature and scope of finance; 10

Financial goal-profit vs wealth maximisation; Finance function-
investment, financing and dividend decisions.

UNIT - II Capital Budgeting : Nature of investment decisions; Investment 10

evaluation criteria-net present value, internal rate of return,
profitability index, payback period, accounting rate of return; NPV and
IRR comparison; Capital rationing; Risk analysis in capital budgeting.

UNIT - III Operating and Financial Leverage: Measurement of leverages; 10

Effects of operating and financial leverage on profit; Analysing
alternate financial plans; Combined financial and operating leverage.

UNIT - IV Cost of Capital : Meaning and significance of cost of capital; 10

Calculation of cost of debt, preference capital, equity capital and
retained earnings; Combined cost of capital (weighted); Cost of equity
and CAPM.

Capital Structure Theories : Traditional and M.M. hypotheses –

without taxes and with taxes; Determining capital structure in practice.

UNIT - V Dividend Policies : Issues in dividend decisions, Walter’s model, 10

Gordon’s model, M-M hypothesis, dividend and uncertainty, relevance
of dividend; Dividend policy in practice; Forms of dividends; Stability
in dividends policy; Corporate dividend behaviour.

Total 50

Recommended Books:
Chandra, Prasanna : Financial Management, Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi.
Pandey, I.M., Financial Management, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
Rustagi, R.P., Financial Management, Galgotia Publishing Company, New Delhi.
Van Home, J.C. and J.M. Wachowicz Jr.: Fundamentals of Financial Management, Prentice Hall
A.K. Garg, Financial Management, Swati Prakashan

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 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (I-303)
Learning Objectives :
The objective of this course is to enhance decision making abilities of students in situations of
uncertainty in a dynamic business environment.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I Introduction to Strategic Management : Introduction, importance of 10

strategic management, issues in strategic Decision-making, Strategists
and their role in Strategic Management.

The Strategic Management Process : Definitions of Strategic 10

Management, The strategic planning process, company vision and
mission, goals and objectives, critical success factors.
UNIT - II Environmental Appraisal and SWOT Analysis: External and Internal 10
Environment, Environmental Scanning, Organisational Appraisal,
Environmental Appraisal.

UNIT - III Corporate Level Strategies: Types of Strategy, Stability Strategies, 10

Diversification Strategies, Mergers, Strategic Alliances, Retrenchment
Strategies, Turnaround Strategies, Divestment Strategies, Business Level
Strategies.

UNIT - IV Tools for Strategic Analysis and Choice : McKinsey’s 7-S Model, 10
Creating new Market Space, The Emerging Theory of Manufacturing,
Michael Porter’s Model for Industry Analysis, Boston Consulting Group
(BCG) Approach, General Electric Model, Profit Impact of Market
Strategy Model (PIMS), Game Theory, Delphi Method, Strategy
Implementation, Decision Making.

UNIT - V Implementing Strategy: Strategy Implementation, Decision Making, 10

Matrix Organisation, Strategic Business Units, Data vs Information,
Strategic Decision Making, Values and Ethics, Functional Strategies,
Manpower Planning, Planning Process, Capital Structure Planning,
Marketing Plan, R&D Planning.

Total 50

Recommended Books :
Bhattachary, S.K. and N. Venkataramin, Managing Business Enterprises : Strategies, Structure and
Systems, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
Budhiraja, S.B. and M.B. Athreya, Cases in Strategic Management, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
Coulter, Mary K, Strategic Management in Action, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
David, Fred R., Strategic management, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
Michal, E. Porter, The Competitive Advantage of Nations, Macmillan, New Delhi.

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 SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (I-304)

Learning Objectives :
The objective of this paper is to help students understand various issues in security analysis &
Portfolio Management.
COURSE INPUTS Periods
(60 Minutes)
UNIT - I Investments: Nature and scope of investment analysis, elements of 10
investment, avenues of investment, approaches to investment analysis;
Concpt of return and risk : Security return and risk analysis, measurement
of return and risk. Financial Assets – Types and their characteristics,
sources of financial information.

UNIT - II Security Markets : Public Issue – SEBI guidelines on public issue, size 10
of issue, pricing of issue, promoters’ contribution, appointment of
merchant bankers, underwriters, broker, registrar and managers, bankers
and allotment of shares. Secondary Market – Role, importance, type of
brokers, trading mechanism, listing of securities in stock exchanges,
screen based trading; Depository – role and need;

UNIT - III Portfolio Analysis: Estimating rate of return and standard deviation of 10
portfolio. Effect of combining the securities; Markowitz Risk-return
optimisation; Single Index Model or Market Model; Portfolio total risk,
portfolio market risk and unique risk.

UNIT - IV Capital Market Theory : Capital market line, security market line, risk 10
free lending and borrowings; Factor models: Arbitrage pricing theory,
two factor and multi factor models; Principle of arbitrage, arbitrage
portfolios.

UNIT - V Portfolio Performance Evluation : Measure of return, risk adjusted 10

measures of return, market timing, evaluation criteria and procedures.

Total 50

Recommended Books :
Amling: Fundamentals of Investment Analysis, Prentice Hall, International Edition.
Bhalla : Investment Analysis, S. Chand & Co. Delhi.
Chandratre, K.R.: Capial issue, SEBI & Listing, Bharat Publishing House, New Delhi.
Donal, E. Fisher and Ronald J. Jorden: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Prentice Hall,
New Delhi.
Gupta, L.C.: Sotck Exchange Trading in India; Society for Capital Market Research and
Development, Delhi.
Machi Raju, H.R.: Merchant Banking: Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi.
Sharpe, William F., Gordon J Alexander and J.V. Bally: Investments, Prentice Hall of India, New
Delhi.
Persanna Chandra, Financial Management, McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
I.M. Pandey, Financial Management, Vikas Publishing House, Delhi.

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 DOCUMENTATION & REPORTING (I-305)
(Practical)

Lease Deed,
Gift Deed,
Partnership Deed,
Power of Attorney,
Reporting – press release,
AGM & EGM Agenda,
Minutes of Board of Director and Shareholders meeting,
Précis & letter writing.
Note : The concerned teachers should teach and discuss the above in their classroom
teaching.

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 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (I -401)
Learning Objectives :
To provide through knowledge of principles and practice of human resource management necessary
for management of business entities.
COURSE INPUTS Periods
(60 Minutes)
UNIT - I Introduction : Nature, significance, scope and status, concepts; human 10
resource management functions and objectives, new direction in human
resource management.
Human Resource Planning and Procurement : Meaning, objectives
and significance; steps in human resource planning, forecasts-demand
analysis; quantitative and qualitative aspects of human resource
planning; job analysis and job description, recruitment and selection –
process and policies, interviewing, induction and placement; staffing;
career planning; succession planning.
UNIT - II Human Resource Training and Development : Identification of 10
training needs-qualitative and quantitative; training curriculum
planning, choice of training methodologies; training facilities and
equipments; in-service training; outside training; re-training; advanced
training; designing training programmes; employee counseling;
executive development programmes; evaluation of training and
development programmes; career planning and career development;
promotion, transfer and demotion.
UNIT - III Compensation Management : Nature of employee benefits – statutory 10
and customary; wage plans and policies; profit sharing and incentive
plans; compensation package and terminal benefits; impact of
compensation and employees benefit and organisational effectiveness;
employee benefit programmes.
UNIT - IV Performance Appraisal : Nature, objectives, limitations-various 10
method – personnel records, personnel audit, human resource
accounting job evaluation.
UNIT - V Human Resource Organisation : Line and staff relationship, 10
organisation of human resource department, styles, communication –
human resource productivity, moral and motivation, creating conductive
work environment.
Total 50

Recommended Books:

Bernardin H. John, Human Resource Management An Experimental Approach, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Co Ltd
C.B. Mamoria, S.V. Gankar, Personnel Management, Himalaya Publishing House
Cynthia D. Fisher, Lyle F. Schoenfeldt and James B. Shaw, Human Resource Management, All
India Publishers & Distributors.
Edwin. B. Flippo, Personnel Management,
Michale Porter, HRM and Human Relations,

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 OPERATIONS RESEARCH (I – 402)

Learning Objectives: The Students should know:

1. The Applicability and use of operations Research in diverse field
2. The need for Operation Research in making effective decisions and
3. To classify models frequently used if Operations Research

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I Introduction: Meaning and Importance of Operations Research, 10

Production Planning and Control.

Learning Curve Theory: Learning Curve Ratio, Learning Coefficient,

Learning Curve Equation, Learning Curve Application.

UNIT - II Linear Programming: Mathematical Formulation of the Problem, 10

Graphic Solution, Simplex Method- Maximization and Minimization.

Transportation Problems: Initial Solution, North West Corner Rule,

Least Cost Method, Vogel’s Approximation Method, Optimality Test,
Degeneracy, Unbalanced Problems, Maximization Problems.

Assignment Problems: Assignment Algorithm, unbalanced Assignment

Problems, Maximization Problems.

UNIT - III PERT- CPM: Fundamentals of Critical Path Analysis, Forming a 10

Network of Activities, Calculation of Total, Free and independent Floats,
Probability of Achieving Completion Date, Crashing.

UNIT - IV Queuing Theory: Introductions, Benefits, Single Channel Queuing 10

Model.

UNIT - V Games Theory: Solution of Pure Strategy, Principles of Dominance, 10

Mixed Strategy Problems.

Total 50

Recommended Books:
1. V. K. Kapoor, Sultan Chand & Sons
2. A. K. Garg, Operations Research, Swati Parkashan
3. Kothari C.R., An Introduction to Operation Research, Vikas Publishing House.

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 MARKETING RESEARCH (I-403)

Learning Objectives :
The purpose of this paper is to enable students learn the process, tools and techniques of marketing
research.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I Introduction to Marketing Research : Importance, nature and scope 10

of marketing research; Marketing information system and marketing
research; Marketing research process and organisation.
UNIT - II Problem Identification and Research Design : Problem identification 10
and definition; Developing a research proposal; Determining research
type- exploratory, descriptive and conclusive research; Experimental
designs.
UNIT - III Data Resources: Secondary data sources and usage; Online data 10
source; Primary data collection methods – questioning techniques,
online surveys, observation method; Questionnaire preparation.
Aptitude measurement and scaling techniques-elementary introduction
to measurement scales.
UNIT - IV Sampling Plan and Data Collection: Sampling Plan – Universe, 10
sample and frame and sampling techniques; Sample size determination.
Data Collection – Organisation of field work and survey errors –
sampling and non-sampling errors.
UNIT - V Market Research Applications: Product research; Advertising 10
research; Sales and market research; International marketing research;
Market reseach in India.
Total 50

Recommended Books :
Beri, G.C. : Marketing Research, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
Boyd, H.W., Ralph Westfall and S.F. Starsh: Marketing Research : Text and Cases, Richard D.
Irwin, Boston.
Chisntall, Peter M.: The Essence of Marketing Research, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
Churchill, Gilbert A.: Basic Marketing Research, Dryden Press, Boston.
Davis, J.J.: Advertising Research, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

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 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (I-404)

Learning Objectives :
This course develops managerial perspective to economic fundamentals as aids to decision making
under given environmental operations.

COURSE INPUTS Periods

(60 Minutes)

UNIT - I Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics : Objective of a firm; 10

Economic theory and managerial theory; Managerial economist’s role
and responsibilities; Fundamental economic concepts incremental
principle, opportunity cost principle, discounting principle, ecqui-
marginal principal.
UNIT - II Demand Analysis : Individual and market demand functions; Law of 10
demand determinants of demand; Elasticity of demand – its meaning
and importance; Price elasticity; income elasticity and cross elasticity;
Using elasticity in managerial decision. Demand estimation for major
consumer durable and non-durable products; Demand forecasting
techniques.
UNIT - III Production Theory : Production function – production with one and 10
two variable inputs; Stages of production; Economies of scale;
Estimation of production function; Cost theory and estimation;
Economic value analysis; Short and long run cost functions – their
nature shape and inter-relationship; Law of variable proportions; Law of
retunrs to scale.
UNIT - IV Price Determination under Different Market Conditions : 10
Characteristics of different market structures; Price determination and
firm’s equlibirum in short-run and long-run under perfect competition,
monopolistic competition, oligopoly and monopoly.
UNIT - V Pricing Practices : Methods of price determination in practice; Pricing 10
of multiple products; Price decrimination; International price
discrimination and dumpting; Transfer pricing.
Total 50

Recommended Books :
Baumol, William J. : Economic Theory and Operations Analysis, Prentice Hall, London
Dean, Joel: Managerial Economic, Prentice Hall, Delhi.
Chopra, O.P.: Managerial Economics, Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi.

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