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I : Business Environment and International Business
Business Environment and International Trade
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Concepts and elements of business environment: Economic environment — Economic systems, Economic policies (Monetary and fiscal policies); Political environment — Role of government in business; Legal environment — Consumer Protection Act, FEMA; Socio-cultural factors and their influence on business; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
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Scope and importance of international business; Globalization and its drivers; Modes of entry into international business
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Theories of international trade; Government intervention in international trade; Tariff and non-tariff barriers; India’s foreign trade policy
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) and Foreign portfolio investment (FPI); Types of FDI, Costs and benefits of FDI to home and host countries; Trends in FDI; India’s FDI policy
Balance of Payments and Global Institutions
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Balance of payments (BOP): Importance and components of BOP
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Regional Economic Integration: Levels of Regional Economic Integration; Trade creation and diversion effects; Regional Trade Agreements: European Union (EU), ASEAN, SAARC, NAFTA
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International Economic institutions: IMF, World Bank, UNCTAD
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World Trade Organisation (WTO): Functions and objectives of WTO; Agriculture Agreement; GATS; TRIPS; TRIMS
II : Accounting and Auditing
Accounting Foundations
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Basic accounting principles; concepts and postulates
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Partnership Accounts: Admission, Retirement, Death, Dissolution and Insolvency of partnership firms
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Corporate Accounting: Issue, forfeiture and reissue of shares; Liquidation of companies; Acquisition, merger, amalgamation and reconstruction of companies
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Holding company accounts
Cost, Management and Specialised Accounting
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Cost and Management Accounting: Marginal costing and Break-even analysis; Standard costing; Budgetary control; Process costing; Activity Based Costing (ABC); Costing for decision-making; Life cycle costing, Target costing, Kaizen costing and JIT
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Financial Statements Analysis: Ratio analysis; Funds flow Analysis; Cash flow analysis
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Human Resources Accounting; Inflation Accounting; Environmental Accounting
Standards and Auditing
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Indian Accounting Standards and IFRS
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Auditing: Independent financial audit; Vouching; Verification and valuation of assets and liabilities; Audit of financial statements and audit report; Cost audit
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Recent Trends in Auditing: Management audit; Energy audit; Environment audit; Systems audit; Safety audit
III : Business Economics
Demand and Consumer Behaviour
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Meaning and scope of business economics
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Objectives of business firms
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Demand analysis: Law of demand; Elasticity of demand and its measurement; Relationship between AR and MR
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Consumer behavior: Utility analysis; Indifference curve analysis
Cost, Market Structure and Pricing
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Law of Variable Proportions: Law of Returns to Scale
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Theory of cost: Short-run and long-run cost curves
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Price determination under different market forms: Perfect competition; Monopolistic competition; Oligopoly- Price leadership model; Monopoly; Price discrimination
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Pricing strategies: Price skimming; Price penetration; Peak load pricing
IV : Business Finance
Foundations of Business Finance
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Scope and sources of finance; Lease financing
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Cost of capital and time value of money
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Capital structure
Investment, Working Capital and Risk
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Capital budgeting decisions: Conventional and scientific techniques of capital budgeting analysis
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Working capital management; Dividend decision: Theories and policies
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Risk and return analysis; Asset securitization
International Financial Management
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International monetary system
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Foreign exchange market; Exchange rate risk and hedging techniques
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International financial markets and instruments: Euro currency; GDRs; ADRs
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International arbitrage; Multinational capital budgeting
V : Business Statistics and Research Methods
Descriptive Statistics
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Measures of central tendency
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Measures of dispersion
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Measures of skewness
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Correlation and regression of two variables
Probability and Distributions
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Probability: Approaches to probability; Bayes’ theorem
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Probability distributions: Binomial, poisson and normal distributions
Research Methods
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Research: Concept and types; Research designs
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Data: Collection and classification of data
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Sampling and estimation: Concepts; Methods of sampling - probability and non-probability methods; Sampling distribution; Central limit theorem; Standard error; Statistical estimation
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Hypothesis testing: z-test; t-test; ANOVA; Chi-square test; Mann-Whitney test (U-test); Kruskal-Wallis test (H-test); Rank correlation test
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Report writing
VI : Business Management and Human Resource Management
Management Foundations
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Principles and functions of management
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Organization structure: Formal and informal organizations; Span of control
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Responsibility and authority: Delegation of authority and decentralization
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Motivation and leadership: Concept and theories
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Corporate governance and business ethics
HRM Functions
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Human resource management: Concept, role and functions of HRM; Human resource planning; Recruitment and selection; Training and development; Succession planning
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Compensation management: Job evaluation; Incentives and fringe benefits
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Performance appraisal including 360 degree performance appraisal
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Collective bargaining and workers’ participation in management
Organisational Behaviour
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Personality; Perception; Attitudes; Emotions; Group dynamics; Power and politics; Conflict and negotiation; Stress management
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Organizational Culture: Organizational development and organizational change
VII : Banking and Financial Institutions
Banks and the Reserve Bank of India
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Overview of Indian financial system
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Types of banks: Commercial banks; Regional Rural Banks (RRBs); Foreign banks; Cooperative banks
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Reserve Bank of India: Functions; Role and monetary policy management
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Banking sector reforms in India: Basel norms; Risk management; NPA management
Markets, Institutions and Regulators
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Financial markets: Money market; Capital market; Government securities market
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Financial Institutions: Development Finance Institutions (DFIs); Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs); Mutual Funds; Pension Funds
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Financial Regulators in India
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Financial sector reforms including financial inclusion
Digitisation and Insurance
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Digitisation of banking and other financial services: Internet banking; mobile banking; Digital payments systems
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Insurance: Types of insurance — Life and Non-life insurance; Risk classification and management; Factors limiting the insurability of risk; Re-insurance; Regulatory framework of insurance — IRDA and its role
VIII : Marketing Management
Marketing Mix
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Marketing: Concept and approaches; Marketing channels; Marketing mix; Strategic marketing planning; Market segmentation, targeting and positioning
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Product decisions: Concept; Product line; Product mix decisions; Product life cycle; New product development
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Pricing decisions: Factors affecting price determination; Pricing policies and strategies
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Promotion decisions: Role of promotion in marketing; Promotion methods — Advertising; Personal selling; Publicity; Sales promotion tools and techniques; Promotion mix
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Distribution decisions: Channels of distribution; Channel management
Consumer and Service Marketing
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Consumer Behaviour; Consumer buying process; factors influencing consumer buying decisions
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Service marketing
Trends and Logistics
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Trends in marketing: Social marketing; Online marketing; Green marketing; Direct marketing; Rural marketing; CRM
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Logistics management
IX : Legal Aspects of Business
Contract and Commercial Law
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Indian Contract Act, 1872: Elements of a valid contract; Capacity of parties; Free consent; Discharge of a contract; Breach of contract and remedies against breach; Quasi contracts
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Special contracts: Contracts of indemnity and guarantee; contracts of bailment and pledge; Contracts of agency
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Sale of Goods Act, 1930: Sale and agreement to sell; Doctrine of Caveat Emptor; Rights of unpaid seller and rights of buyer
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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: Types of negotiable instruments; Negotiation and assignment; Dishonour and discharge of negotiable instruments
Company and Competition Law
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The Companies Act, 2013: Nature and kinds of companies; Company formation; Management, meetings and winding up of a joint stock company
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Limited Liability Partnership: Structure and procedure of formation of LLP in India
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The Competition Act, 2002: Objectives and main provisions
IT, RTI, IPR and GST
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The Information Technology Act, 2000: Objectives and main provisions; Cyber crimes and penalties
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The RTI Act, 2005: Objectives and main provisions
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Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs): Patents, trademarks and copyrights; Emerging issues in intellectual property
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Goods and Services Tax (GST): Objectives and main provisions; Benefits of GST; Implementation mechanism; Working of dual GST
X : Income Tax and Corporate Tax Planning
Income Tax
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Income-tax: Basic concepts; Residential status and tax incidence; Exempted incomes; Agricultural income; Computation of taxable income under various heads; Deductions from Gross total income; Assessment of Individuals; Clubbing of incomes
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International Taxation: Double taxation and its avoidance mechanism; Transfer pricing
Corporate Tax Planning and Compliance
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Corporate Tax Planning: Concepts and significance of corporate tax planning; Tax avoidance versus tax evasion; Techniques of corporate tax planning; Tax considerations in specific business situations: Make or buy decisions; Own or lease an asset; Retain; Renewal or replacement of asset; Shut down or continue operations
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Deduction and collection of tax at source; Advance payment of tax; E-filing of income-tax returns
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References
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Master Quick Recall — Complete Revision Sheet