BBM Academic session 2011-12 Subjects in Nutshell

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Paper Code BBM 101 BBM 102 BBM 103 BBM 104 BBM 105 BBM 106 BBM 107

Semester 1 English Grammar Principles of Management Fundamentals of Accounting Micro Economics & Environment Fundamentals of Computers Basic Statistics Environment Science

Credit 3+0+0=3 3+0+0=3 4+0+0=4 3+0+0=3 1+0+2=3 3+0+0=3 3+0+0=3

BBM 101 ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Credit 3+0+0=3 Objective: To develop communicative skills of students and thereby develop their proficiency in English Language and make them effective and efficient users of language in communication based careers. Course Content: 1. Words and Sentences: Affixes, Synonyms, Antonyms, One word for many, Word Forms. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Verbs/Tenses, Subject Verb Agreement Question Tags Modals Active and Passive Voice The Infinitive and ing form. Determiners Reported Speech Adjectives, Adverbs Prepositions Conditionals Linking Words. Practice Exercises

Suggested Readings: 1. Wren and Martin: English Grammar and Composition 2. Thomson and Martinet: Exercise book 1 and 2 3. Norman Lewis: Word Power Made Easy 4. Rupa and Company Publishers: Students Companion 5. Competition Success Magazine 6. Readers Digest Magazine

BBM 102 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Credit 3+0+0=3 Objective: To provide a basis of understanding to the students with reference to working of business organization through the process of management. On completion of the syllabus the student will understand the basic principles of management, the management process, and functions. Management Concept: Definition, Nature of Management: As an Art or a Science, Levels of Management, Skills of a Manager, Roles of a Manager, Management as a Process, Management as a Profession, Evolution of Management Thought, The Environmental Context of Management: External and Internal environment, Organization-Environment Relationships. Planning: Meaning, characteristics, Principles, Essentials of a good plan, Types, Business Forecasting. Management By Objectives (M.B.O) Staffing: Meaning, Process of staffing function of Management. Decision Making: Concept, Process, and Importance, Types of Decisions. Organization- Nature, Process, Forms of Organization Structure, Line and Staff Relationships, Delegation, Departmentation, span of management. Direction: Nature, principles, function, techniques and importance of direction. Control: Meaning and process, requisites of effective control, control techniques. Communication: Meaning, Types and Barriers. Suggested Readings: 1. Griffin, Management, Biztantra, 8th edition. 2. V.S.P.Rao, Fundamentals of Management, Excel books 3. Gupta, Sharma and Bhalla , Principles and Practice of Management, Kalyani Publishers.

BBM 103 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING

Credit 4+0+0=4 Objectives: The course provides introductory framework to Financial Accounting . It is aimed to help students to know the current System of accounting for decision making and also to provide the understanding of financial reporting system. Introduction to Accounting: Meaning, objectives, Basic Accounting terms. Accounting Principles: Meaning and nature, Accounting Concept. Bases of Accounting, Nature of Accounts. Origin of Transactions-Source Documents and Vouchers. Accounting Equation, Rules of Debit and Credit. Recording of Transactions: Books of Original entry-Journal, special purpose journal. Ledger posting from Journal and Balancing. Trial Balance: Meaning, objectives and preparation. Financial Statements: Meaning, Capital Expenditure, Revenue Expenditure and Deferred Revenue Expenditure. Preparation of, Trading and Profit loss a/c and Balance Sheet with Adjustments. Final Accounts with incomplete records. Accounting for Insurance Claim; Loss of Stock and consequential loss. Accounting for Depreciation; Provisions and Reserves. Suggested Readings: 1. Maheshwari, S. N. and Maheshwari, S. K., Accounting for Manager, Vikas Pub. House, New delhi, 2010 2. Ghosh, T. P., Financial Accounting For Manager, Taxmans, 2010 3. Banerjee, Ashok, Fianacial Accounting, Excel Book, 2010. 4. Jain, S. P. and Narang, K. L., Advanced Accounting Vol-I, Kalyani Publication, 2010. 5. Trivedi, Bhatt, Chouhan, Financial Accounting, Himanshu Publication, New Delhi, 2010. 6. Chouhan, Sarangdeot, Chouhan, Financial Accounting, Himanshu Publication, New Delhi, 2011. 7. Maheshwari, S.N. : Management Accounting and Financial Control. 8. Grewal, Shukla, Gupta, Accounting, Sultan chand. 9. Siddiqui,S. A. Book Keeping and Accountancy, Laxmi publications Pvt Ltd, 2008.

BBM 104 MICRO ECONOMICS & ENVIRONMENT

Credit 3+0+0=3 Objective: The purpose is to give students a thorough understanding of the principles of economics AND Environment that apply to the decisions of individuals-both consumers and producers--within the larger economic system. It places primary emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets, and includes the study of Demand, supply and cost concepts in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy. INTRODUCTION: Definition,Nature, Scope, Importance and Limitations, Basic Economic Problems, Market forces in solving Economic Problems. CONSUMPTION:Meaning.Desire and Wants, Meaning and characteristics of Utility. Marginal, total and equi-marginal utility,measurement of utility, Indifference Curve Analysis in brief. DEMAND ANALYSIS: Concept of Demand, Individual and Market Demand, their Determinants, Elasticity of Demand, their Types and Usefulness of each type in the Field of Foreign Trade, , Revenue Concepts - Total Revenue, Marginal Revenue, Average Revenue and their relationship SUPPLY ANALYSIS: Meaning and Definition, Law of Supply, Factors affecting Supply COST ANALYSIS Short Run Cost Analysis - Fixed, Variable, Total Cost Curves, Average and Marginal Costs. Long Run Cost Analysis - Economies and Diseconomies of Scale and Long Run Average and Marginal Cost Curves PRODUCTION:Various factors of production Land,Labour,Capital,Organization,Enterprise. Laws of Returns. like

DISTRIBUTION: Marginal Productivity Theory of Distribution, Rent - Meaning, Ricardian and Modern Theory of Rent, Wages - Meaning, Determination of Wages.Theories of Interest: Loanable Funds Theory and Liquidity Preference Theory Of Interest. Profit - Dynamic, Innovation, Risk and Uncertainty Bearing, Theories of Profit. Economic environment affecting Business.Economic Planning in India. Suggested Readings: 1. Textbook of Economic Theory - Stonier and Hague; Longman Green and Co., London.

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Introduction to Positive Economics - Richard G. Lipsey Business Economics (Micro) - Dr. Girijashankar; Atharva Prakashan, Pune. Micro Economics - M. L. Seth Micro Economics - M. L. Jhingan; Vrinda Publications, New Delhi. Managerial Economics - Theory and Application - D. M. Mithani Micro Economics-P.L.Mehta,Kalyani Publishers,New Delhi. Alak Ghosh, Indian Economy, World Press AN.Agarwal, Indian Economy. New Delhi

BBM 105 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTERS

Credit 1+0+2=3 Objectives: The course aims at introducing the basics of Computers and Operating Systems. It also aims to make students understand how to use software packages in day to day business functions. Introduction to computers: Characteristics of Computers, Block diagram of computer, CPU & Memory Organization, History of Computer, Generations of Computer, I/O Devices, Types of Memory (Primary And Secondary), Types of computers and features, Types of Programming Languages Operating System: Introduction, Role, Types of Operating Systems, User InterfaceCUI, GUI, Managing File System, File Management tools, Managing System Resources, Resource Sharing, Working with Accessories, Document Printing, System security, protection and threats. Windows Operating Environment: Features of MS Windows, Windows Application, accessories and utilities. Word Processor: MS Word 2007: Basic concepts, formatting text and documents, working with headers, footers and footnotes, tabs, tables and sorting, working with graphics, templates, wizards and sample documents, introduction to mail merge and macros. Spreadsheet software: Introduction to spreadsheets, Creating and editing spreadsheets. Drawing charts. Using Functions: text, mathematical, statistical, date & time, database, financial, logical. Working with Macros, Working with Data, Filtering of Data in a List, Sorting the data. Presentation Software: MS PowerPoint 2007: PowerPoint basics, creating presentation the easy way, working with text in PowerPoint, working with graphics in power point Suggested Readings 1. Fundamental of Computers V. Rajaraman - B.P.B. Publications 2. Fundamental of Computers P. K. Sinha BPB 3. Computers Today- By Suresh Basandra - Galgotia Publications 4. Fundamentals of IT Leon and Leon Vikas Publishing House 5. Ms Office 2010 Plain And Simple- Murray Katherine- PHI Learning Pvt. LtdNew Delhi

BBM 106 FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICS

Credit 3+0+0=3 Objective: The objective of this paper is to provide a clear, complete understanding of the use of statistical tools and techniques used by professionals. The paper includes basic statistical calculations and important measures will be useful for smooth functioning of the business. Introduction of Statistics, classification & tabulation, presentation of data using diagrams, charts & graphs; Measure of Central Tendency, mean, median & mode of grouped data, Measures of dispersion & skewness including Range, standard deviation, variance & mean absolute deviation; Analysis of frequency distribution, Progressions, geometric Mean, harmonic Mean; Coefficient of correlation, different measures of correlation & their applications, Regression: Simple and linear regression, regression line, curve fitting. Suggested Readings: 1. Levin and Rubin, Statistics for Management, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi 2. Elhance,D.N, Fundamentals of Statistics 3. Gupta,S.P., Statistics, Himalaya publishing house. 4. Gupta S. N. , Statistics, Kalyani publication. 5. David W. Stockburger, Introdotory Statistics Concepts, Models, and Applications . 6. Richard Lowry, Concepts and Applications of Inferential Statistics . 7. David W. Stockburger, Handbook for a Statistics Project . 8. R.M. Gray and L.D. Davisson, Introduction to Statistical Signal Processing .

BBM 107 ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE

Credit 3+0+0=3 Objective: The objective of this course is to sensitize the management students with environmental management. It is pertinent to study the impact of environmental issues on business organization with a focus on how environmental concerns create threats and opportunities and affect corporate brand value. Environmental Management: Fundamentals-Sustainable Development, Environment and CSR. Population Dynamics, Ecosystem Concepts: Basic Concepts and their application in Business, Industrial Ecology and Recycling Industry. Green Marketing Environmental Management System: EMS Standards, ISO 14000. Environmental Auditing. Environment Impact Assessment, Clearance/Permissions for establishing industry. Environmental hazards caused by corporates and its repercussion. Environmental Management & valuation: Environmental Accounting, Economics Environmental Taxes Shifts, Green Funding. Suggested Readings Uberoi, N.K.; Environmental Management, Excel Books, A-45, Naraina Phase-1, New Delhi, 2000 2 Pandey,G.N.: Environmental Management, Vikas Publishing House New Delhi,1997 3 Gupta, N. Dass: Environmental Accounting, Wheeler Publishing, 19, K.G. Marg, New Delhi, 1997 Principles of Environmental Management; The Greening of Business; by Rogene A. Buchholz; Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1998 6 Harley, Nick : Environmental Economics, MacMillan India Ltd., Ansari Road, New Delhi,1997 7 Kolstad, Charles D.: Environmental Economics, Oxford University Press, 2000 1