First Semester

Subject: Management & Organization Behaviour

Subject Code: SOM/BBA/CS-101
Course Objective: To acquaint the students with the fundamentals of managing business and to
understand individual and group behavior at work place so as to improve the effectiveness of an
organization. The course will use and focus on Indian experiences, approaches and cases
Course contents:
Unit I
Basic forms of Business Ownership; Special forms of ownership: Franchising, Licensing, Leasing; Choosing
a form of Business ownership; Corporate Expansion: mergers and acquisitions, diversification, forward
and backward integration, joint ventures, Strategic alliance.
Evolution of Management Theory. Managerial functions and Roles. Insights from Indian practices and
ethos.
Unit II
Overview of Planning: Types of Plans & The planning process; Decision making: Process, Types
and Techniques. Control: Function, Process and types of Control; Principles of organizing: Common
organisational structures; Delegation & Decentralization: Factors affecting the extent of decentralization,
Process and Principles of delegation.
Unit III
Importance of organizational Behaviour. Perception and Attribution: Concept, Nature, Process,
Personality: Personality: Learning: Concept and Theories of Learning, reinforcement, ,.
Motivation: Concepts and their application, Need, Content & Process theories, Contemporary
Leadership issues: Charismatic, Transformational Leadership. Emotional Intelligence
Unit IV
Groups and Teams: Definition, Difference between Groups and teams; Stages of Group Development,
Group Cohesiveness,Types of teams. Analysis of Interpersonal
Relationship: Transactional Analysis, Johari Window
Organisational Power and Politics: Nature of organisational politics. Conflict: Concept, Sources, Types,
Stages of conflict, Management of conflict, Organisational Change:
Concept, Resistance to change, Managing resistance to change, Implementing Change, Kurt Lewin
Theory of Change. Managing Stress: Insights from Indian ethos
Readings:
1. Gilbert: Principles of Management, McGraw Hill.
2. Greenberg Jerald and Baron Robert A.: Behaviour in Organisations: Understanding and Managing
The Human Side of Work, Prentice Hall of India.
3. Kaul Vijay Kumar, Business Organisation & Management - Text and Cases, Pearson.
4. Kaul, Vijay Kumar, Management- Text & Cases, Vikas Publication.
5. Kavita Singh: Organisational Behaviour, Vikas Publication.
6. Koontz & Heinz Weihrich: Essential of Management, McGraw Hill.
7. Luthans Fred: Organisational Behaviour, Tata McGraw Hill.
8. Mc Shane L. Steven, Glinow Mary Ann Von & Sharma Radha R. - Organisational
Behaviour; Tata McGraw Hill.
9. Newstrom John W.: Organisational Behaviour, Tata McGraw Hill.
10. Richard L. Daft: Principles of Management, Cengage Learning India.
11. Robbins Stephen P: Organisational Behaviour, Pearson.
12. Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter: Management, Pearson.
13. Stoner & Wankel: Management, Prentice Hall of India.
14. Y.K. Bhushan: Fundamentals of Business Organisation & Management, Sultan
Chand & Sons.
15. Navin Mathur, Management Gurus , National Publishing House, New Delhi

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 Subject: Business Accounting
Subject Code: SOM/BBA/CS-102
Course Objective: To familiarize students with the mechanics of preparation of financial
statements, understanding corporate financial statements, their analysis and interpretation.
Course Contents
Unit I
Introduction to Financial Accounting. Accounting as an Information System. Importance, Scope, and
Limitations. Users of Accounting Information. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The Accounting
Equation. Nature of Accounts and Rules of Debit and Credit. Recording Transactions in General Journal.
Recording Transactions in three-column Cash Book. An overview of Subsidiary books – Purchase Book,
Purchase Returns Book, Sales Book, and Sales Returns Book. Opening and Closing Entries. Preparation of
Ledger Accounts.
Unit II
Introduction to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Understanding Accounting
Standards issued by the ICAI related to Disclosure of Accounting Policies, Depreciation Accounting, and
Revenue Recognition. Methods of charging Depreciation –Straight-line Method, and Written-down-value
Method. Preparation of Trial Balance. Adjustment Entries. Post-adjusted Trial Balance. Bank
Reconciliation Statement.
Unit III
Preparation of Financial Statements: Preparing Trading Account, Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet
for a Sole Proprietor. Understanding contents of Financial Statements of a Joint Stock Company as per
Companies Act 2013. Understanding the contents of a Corporate Annual Report. Preparation of Cash Flow
Statement as per AS-3 (revised).
Unit IV
Analyzing Financial Statements: Objectives of Financial Statement Analysis; Sources of Information;
Standards of Comparison; Techniques of Financial Statement Analysis -Horizontal Analysis, Vertical
Analysis, and Ratio Analysis. Meaning and Usefulness of Financial Ratios; Analysis of Financial Ratios
from the perspective of different Stakeholders like Investors, Lenders, and Short-term Creditors;
Profitability Ratios, Solvency Ratios, Liquidity Ratios, and Turnover Ratios; Limitations of Ratio Analysis.
Readings:
1. S.N. Maheshwari, Suneel K. Maheshwari, and Sharad K. Maheshwari: An Introduction to
Accountancy, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
2. R. Narayanaswamy, Financial Accounting: A Managerial Perspective, PHI Learning Pvt.
Ltd.
3. Charles T. Horngren, Gart L. Sundem, John A. Elliott, and Donna R. Philbrick, Introduction to
Financial Accounting, Pearson.
4. J.R. Monga, Financial Accounting: Concepts and Applications, Mayur
Paperbacks.
5. T.P. Ghosh, Financial Accounting for Managers: Taxmann Allied Services Pvt. Ltd.

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 Subject: Entrepreneurship Development

Subject Code: SOM/BBA/MD-103

Course Objective:This course provides students with a solid introduction to the entrepreneurial process
of creating new businesses , role of Creativity and innovationin Entrepreneurial start-ups,manage family-
owned companies ,context of social innovation and social entrepreneurship and issues and practices of
financing entrepreneurial businesses.
Course Content:
UNIT-1 ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT
The evolution of the concept of entrepreneurship, John Kao’s Model on Entrepreneurship, Idea Generation,
Identifying opportunities and Evaluation; Building the Team / Leadership; Strategic planning for business;
Steps in strategic planning, Forms of ownership – Sole proprietorship; partnership; limited liability
partnership and corporation form of ownership; advantages/disadvantages, Franchising;
advantages/disadvantages of franchising; types of franchise arrangements; franchise contracts; franchise
evaluation checklist, Financing entrepreneurial ventures; Managing growth; Valuation of a new company;
Harvesting and Exit Strategies; Corporate Entrepreneurship

UNIT-2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

Stimulating Creativity; Organisational actions that enhance/hinder creativity, Managerial responsibilities,
Creative Teams; Sources of Innovation in Business; Managing Organizations for Innovation and Positive
Creativity.

UNIT-3 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship; Characteristics and Role of Social Entrepreneurs; Innovation and
Entrepreneurship in a Social Context; Start-Up and Early Stage Venture Issues in creating and Sustaining a
Non-profits Organization; Financing and Risks; Business Strategies and Scaling up.

UNIT-4 FAMILY BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The Entrepreneur; Role and personality; Family Business: Concept, structure and kinds of family firms ;
Culture and evolution of family firm; Managing Business, family and shareholder relationships ; Conflict
and conflict resolution in family firms ; Managing Leadership ,succession and continuity ; women's
issues in the family business
;Encouraging change in the family business system.

UNIT-5 FINANCING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS

Arrangement of funds; Traditional sources of financing, Loan syndication, Consortium finance, role played
by commercial banks, appraisal of loan applications by financial institutions, Venture capital.

Readings
1. Burns, P. (2001). Entrepreneurship and small business. New Jersey:Palgrave.
2. Drucker, P. F. (2006). Innovation and entrepreneurship: Practice and principles. USA: Elsevier.
3. Gersick, K. E., Davis, J. A., Hampton, M. M., &Lansberg, I. (1997). Generation to generation: Life
cycles of the family business. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
4. Hisrich, R., & Peters, M. (2002). Entrepreneurship. New Delhi: Tata McGraw

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5. Holt, D. H. (2004). Entrepreneurship new venture creation. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India.
6. Kaplan, J. (2004). Patterns of entrepreneurship. Wiley.
7. Khandwalla, P. (2003). Corporate creativity. New Delhi: Tata Mc.Graw Hill.
8. Mullins, J. (2004). New business road test. New Delhi: Prentice Hall.
9. Nicholls, A. (Ed.). (2006). Social entrepreneurship new models of sustainable social change.
Oxford University Press.
10. Prahalad, C. K. (2006). Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid ,eradicating poverty through profits.
Wharton school Publishing.
11. Scarborough &Zimmerer, Effective Small Business Management
12. Stevenson, H. (Ed.). (2007). Perspective on entrepreneurship. Boston: Harvard Business Press

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 Subject: Leadership &Teamwork
Subject Code: SOM/BBA/SEC-104

Course Objectives:
To provide a framework for the students to understand the importance of Leadership and team effectiveness in organizations.
To develop an understanding of the interpersonal processes and group dynamics.
To provide a theoretical understanding of leadership practices in organizations.
To provide an understanding of factors influencing teamwork and team leadership.
To evaluate the role of leadership in the development of an institution.

Course Content:

Unit I
Introduction to Leadership & Team Management; Leadership Myths; Interactional Framework for analyzing leadership;
Leadership Development: The First 90 Days as a Leader; Leader Development- The Action-Observation-Reflection
Model.

Unit II
Leadership Attributes; Personality Traits and Leadership; Personality Types and Leadership; Intelligence and Leadership;
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

Unit III
Power and Leadership; The art of influence in leadership; Leadership and “Doing the Right Things; Character-Based Approach to Leadership;
Role of Ethics and Values in Organisational Leadership;Leadership Behaviour; Leadership Pipeline; Assessing Leadership Behaviors: Multi-
rater Feedback Instruments.

Unit IV
Delegation and Empowerment; Leading teams: Enhancing teamwork within a group; The leader’s role in team-based organizations; Leader
actions that foster Teamwork Effectiveness; Offsite training and team development

Unit V
Understanding Team processes and Team Coaching; Team decision making and conflict management; Virtual teams; Managing Multicultural
teams; Building great teams

Books and references

Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience by Hughes, R.L., Ginnett, R.C., & Curphy, G.J. (2019), 9th Edition, McGraw Hill
Education, Chennai, India.

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 Subject: LIFE SKILLS AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Subject Code: SOM/BBA/VAC-105

Course Objective:

Course Outcomes:

Course Contents Will be developed by the University

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