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Syllabus 2014-2015
Duration: Two years (4 Semesters)
Objectives:
1. To equip and train Post-Graduate female students to accept the challenges of the changing
Business world, keeping in view the location of the university, as well as to maintain a
balance between the rural and urban stakeholders, for the first womens university in eastern
India.
2. To help students understand the new industrial and commercial culture.
3. To help students acquire specialized knowledge.
4. To equip students for seeking suitable careers and develop entrepreneurial abilities.
5. To develop proper communication and analytical skills among students.
1. Aggregate marks of the MBS Programme = 1000 marks divided into 4 semesters.
2. Each semester will comprise of 5 courses of 50 marks each.
3. At semester IV, there will be a Project Work of 50 marks, which includes a field study on
a specific subject/topic and the submission of dissertation on this basis. There will be a
viva-voce based on the dissertation.
4. Each course of 50 marks will be at least of 4-6 modules and will be for 5 credits,
comprising of 60% final assessment and 40% internal assessment (which includes
presentations, topic-specific assignments and mid-term tests, etc. as a part of continuous
evaluation, maintaining UGC norms and API stipulations for PBAS) [as per UGC norms,
1 credit = 10 lecture hours).
DIAMOND HARBOUR WOMENS UNIVERSITY
Semester I: July-December
Suggested Readings:
Suggested Readings:
Unit 1: Introduction:
Managerial Economics. Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics. Managerial Economics &
Other Disciplines. The Basic Process of Decision-making. Objectives of the Firm and
Constraints. Fundamental Concept Affecting Business Decisions. Incremental Principle.
Discounting Principle. Opportunity Cost Principle. Equi-marginal Principle. Role and
Responsibilities of Managerial Economists. [8 LH]
Suggested Readings :
Ackley, G., Macroeconomic Theory and Policy, Macmillan, New York, 1961.
Adhikary, M., Business Economics, Excel Books, India, 2002.
Baumol, William J., Economic Theory and Operations Analysis, Prentice Hall
Incorporated, 1987.
Branson, W.H., Macroeconomic Theory and Policy, Harper & Row, 1972. (Alternative
Edition UBS, New Delhi)
Chopra, O.P., Managerial Economics, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1984.
Dean, J., Managerial Economics, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, 2010.
Dholakia, R.H. and A.N. Oza, Microeconomics for Management Studies, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 1999.
Dwivedi, D.N., Managerial Economics, 7th Edition, Vikas Publishing, New Delhi, 2002.
Eaton, B. Curtis, and Diane Eaton et al., Microeconomics, Prentice Hall PTR, 2002.
Haynes, W.W., V. L Mote and S. Paul, Managerial Economic Analysis and Cases,
Vakils, Bombay,1970.
Koutsoyannis, M., Modern Microecomics, ELBS/Macmillan, 1985.
Salvatore Dominick, Managerial Economics in a Global Economy, Oxford University
Press, USA, 2011.
Samuelson, P. A and W.D. Nordhaus, Economics, Tata McGraw Hill Publication Co
Ltd., New Delhi, 2010.
Ferguson, C.E. and J. P. Gould, Microeconomic Theory, AITBS, 1983.
Froyen, T R., Macroeconomics, 8th Edition, Pearson Education India, 2005.
Mankiw,G.N; Macroeconomics, 6th edition, Worth Publishers, 2006. [Alternative Edition
CBS Publication, New Delhi]
Mishra, S.K. and V.K. Puri, Indian Economy, Himalaya Publishing Co, Bombay, 1983.
Accounting for Managers
BS CC 104 AM
Bhattacharyya, S. K., and John Dearden, Accounting for Management: Text and Cases,
Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd, 2009.
Narayanaswamy, R., Financial AccountingA Managerial Perspective, Prentice Hall of
India, 2006.
Bhattacharyya, Asish K., Financial Accounting for Business Managers, Prentice Hall of
India Learning, 2006.
Banerjee, B, Cost Accounting: Theory and Practice, Prentice Hall of India Learning Pvt
Ltd., 2006.
Horngren, Charles T., Srikant M. Datar and George Foster, Cost Accounting: A
Managerial Emphasis, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.
Business Environment
BS CC 105 BE
Suggested Readings:
Adhikary, M., Economic Environment of Business, Sultan Chand & Sons. New Delhi,
2000.
Agarwal, R., and Parag Diwan, Business Environment, Excel Books. New Delhi, 2002.
Ahluwalia, I.J., Industrial Growth in India: Stagnation since the Mid-sixties, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 1985.
Alagh, Y.K., Indian Development Planning and Policy: A Re-evaluation, Vikas
Publishing, New Delhi, 1955.
Aswathappa, K., Essentials of Business Environment, Himalaya Publishing, Mumbai,
2004.
Chakravarty, S., Development Planning: The Indian Experience, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 1993.
Ghosh, B., Economic Environment of Business, 2nd Edition, Vikas Publishing, New
Delhi, 2009.
Velasquez, Manuel G., Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 5th Edition, Prentice-Hall
of India, 2002.
Bhatia, S. K., Business Ethics and Managerial Values, Deep & Deep Publications Pvt.
Ltd, New Delhi, 2006.
Singh, Avtar, Principles of Mercantile Law, Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, 2004.
Sharma, Satish C., Environmental Law, Eastern Law Book House. New Delhi.
Reddy, G.B., Intellectual Property Laws, Gogia Law Agency, 2012.
ESSENTIALS OF FINANCE
BS CC 201 EF
Suggested Readings:
Aswathapa, K., Human Resource Management:Text and Cases (6th Edition), Tata
Mcgraw Hill, New Delhi, 2011.
Dessler, Gary, and Biju Varkkey, Human Resource Management (12th Edition), Pearson,
New Delhi, 2011.
Durai, Praveen, Human Resource Management (4th Impression), Pearson, 2010.
Pandey, G.M. and Anindita Basak, Human Resource Management: Text and Cases (3rd
Impression), Pearson, New Delhi, 2007.
Pradhan, Rabindra Kumar, Chinmaya Kumar Podder, Human Resource Management in
India-Emerging Issues and Challenges, New Century Publications, 2013.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (RM)
BS CC 204 RM
Ackoff, Russell, L., The Design of Social Research, University of Chicago Press, 1953.
Ahuja, Ram. Research Methods, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2001.
Cooper, Donald R., Pamela S. Schindler, Business Research Methods, 9th Edition, Tata
McGraw Hill, 2006.
Goon, A. M., M. K. Gupta, and B. Dasgupta, Fundamentals of Statistics, World Press,
2001.
Johnson, Richard A., Dean W. Wichern, Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis,
Pearson Education Limited, 2013.
Kothari, C.R., Research Methodology: Methods & Techniques, 2nd Edition, New Age
International (P)Ltd, Publishers, 2006.
Krishnaswamy, K. N., K. I. Sivakumar, M. Mathirajan, Management Research
Methodology, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2009.
Kulkarni, M.V., Research Methodology, Everest Publishing House, New Delhi, ND.
Wilkinson, T.S. and P.L. Bhandarkar, Methodology and Techniques of Social Research,
Himalaya Publishing House, 2003.
Corporate & Business Law
BS CC 205 CBL
Unit 1: Indian Companies Act 1956 & Amendment 2000 Preliminary Concepts:
Concepts of Company, Existing Company, Private Company, Private Limited Company,
Public Company Holding Company Subsidiary Company, Public Financial Institution.
Incorporation of Companies: Provisions with respect to names of Companies, Memorandum of
Association, Articles of Association; Cases in which Private Companies can be registered as
Public Companies.
Issues Relating to Raising of Funds; Concept of Prospectus, Registration of Prospectus,
Statement in lieu of Prospectus, Remedies for mistakes in Prospectus, Civil Liabilities and
Criminal Liabilities of the firm. [8 LH]
Unit 3: Indian Partnership Act 1932 and Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008.
Nature of Partnership, Registration of Firms, Types of Partnership, Rights and Duties of
Partners, Liabilities of Partners, Dissolution of Partnership, Limited Liability.
Concept and Features of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), Maximum Numbers of Partners,
Differences between LLP and Traditional Partnership Firm, Differences between LLP and
Company, Registration of LLP. [6 LH]
Aswathappa, K., Legal Environment in Business, Himalaya Publishing Ltd, New Delhi,
2002.
Gulshan S. S., and Kapoor, Business Law including Company Law, New Age
International Publication Limited, New Delhi, 2013.
Kapoor, N. D., Mercantile Law, Sultan Chand &Co, New Delhi, 2000.
Shukla, M. C., Mercantile Law, Sultan Chand & Co, New Delhi, 2007.
Taxmans Corporate Laws as Amended by Companies (Amended) Act 2000, Taxman
Publishing Ltd, New Delhi.
Varsheney, G. K., Elements of Business Laws, Sultan Chand &Co , New Delhi, 2003.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
BS CC 301 ED
Suggested Reading:
Holt, David H., Entrepreneurship: New Venture Creation, Prentice Hall of India, 1998.
Pandey, I.M., Venture Capital: The Indian Experience, Prentice Hall of India, New
Delhi, 1996.
Prasanna, Chandra, Projects: Preparation and Appraisal, Implementation, Tata McGraw
Hill, New Delhi, 1987.
Siner, David A., Entrepreneural Megabuks: The 100 Greatest Entrepreneurs of the Last
25 Years, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1985.
Srivastava, S. B., A Practical Guide to Industrial Entrepreneurs, Sultan Chand & Sons,
New Delhi, 1981.
Tandon, B.C., Environment and Entrepreneur, Chugh Publications, Allahabad, 1975.
Women in Business
BS CC 302 WB
Unit 5: Training, mentoring and networking for empowerment of women managers: Women-
only training and development; managing stress; career development; male and female
mentors.
Suggested Readings:
Andreassi, J., & Thompson, C. A., Work-family culture: Current research and future
direction in K. Korabik, D. Lero, and D. Whitehead (eds.) Handbook of work and family,
Elsevier Press, 2008.
Arrighi, B. A., and D. J. Maume, Workplace subordination and mens avoidance of
housework, Journal of Family Issues, 21, 2000
Bailyn, Lotte, R. Drago and T. Kochan, Integrating work and family life. A holistic
approach. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001.
Bell, Ella, and Stella Nkomo, Our Separate Ways, Harvard University Press, Cambridg,
2001.
Bennis, Warren, On Becoming a Leader, Basic Books, New York, 2003.
Benokraitis, Nijole Vaicaitis, Joe R. Feagin, Modern Sexism:Blatant, Subtle, and Covert
Discrimination, Prentice-Hall, 1986.
Correll, S. J. and S. Benard, et al., Getting a Job: Is there a motherhood penalty?
American Journal of Sociology, 112(5), 2007.
Eagly, Alice H. and Linda L. Carli, Through the Labyrinth; the Truth About How Women
Become Leaders, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2007.
Fiorina, Carly, Tough Choices: A Memoir, New York, Penguin, 2006
Geetha,V., Gender: Theorizing Feminism, Bhatkal & Sen, Kolkata, 2002.
Gupta, Ashoke, Manjulika Koshal, and Rajinder Koshal, Women Managers in India;
Challenges and Opportunities, in Herbert J Davis, Samir R. Chatterjee, Mark Heur, (eds)
Management In India: Trends and Transitions, Response Books, New Delhi, 2006.
Hebl, M. R., E. B. King and P. Glick, Hostile and benevolent reactions toward pregnant
women: Complementary interpersonal punishments and rewards that maintain traditional
roles, Journal of Applied Psychology, 92(6), 2007
Helgesen, Sally, The Female Advantage; Womens Ways of Leadership, Doubleday
Currency, New York, 1990.
Jacobs, Jerry, and Kathleen Gerson, The Time Divide. Work, Family, and Gender
Inequality, Harvard University Press, Cambridge,2005.
Jenkins, Rhys, Ruth Pearson, and Gill Seyfang (ed.), Corporate Responsibility and
Labour Rights: Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy, Earthscan Publications,
London, 2002.
Kabeer, Naila, Globalization, Labor Standards, and Women's Rights: Dilemmas of
Collective (In) action in an Interdependent World, Feminist Economics 10 (1): 3-35,
2004.
King, Eden, Jennifer L. Knight, How Women Can Make it Work:The Science of
Success, ABC-CLIO, 2011.
Kumar, Hajira, Jaimon Varghese (eds.), Women's Empowerment, Issues, Challenges, and
Strategies: A Source Book, Regency Publications, New Delhi, 2005.
Masaoka, Jan. Ten Things I learned about Leadership from Women Executive Directors
of Color, in Hesselbein, Frances and Marshall Goldsmith, (eds.) The Leader of the
Future, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2006.
Mathu, Anuradha, and Rameshwari Pandya, Challenges of Women Entrepreneurship, in
Anuradha Mathu (ed), Gender and Development in India, Kalpaz Publication, New
Delhi, 2008
Milwid, Beth, Working With Men:Women in the Workplace Talk About Sexuality,
Success, and Their Male Co-Workers, Berkley Publishing Group, 1992.
Nielsen, Laura Beth, Robert L. Nelson (eds.), Handbook of Employment Discrimination
Research: Rights and Realities, Springer, Netherlands, 2005.
Powell, Gary N., Women and Men in Management, Sage Publications, 2010.
Pujar, V.N., Development of Women Entrepreneurs in India, in Sami Uddin (ed.)
Entrepreneurship Development In India, Mittal Publications, Delhi, 1989.
Raley, S. B., M. J Mattingly and S. M. Bianchi, How Dual Are Dual-Income Couples?
Documenting Change From 1970 to 2001, Journal of Marriage and Family, 68(1), 2006.
Ramesh,Varsha S., The Business Case for Gender Inclusion in the Indian Context, in
Asha Kaul, Manjari Singh (eds), New Paradigms for Gender Inclusivity: Theory and Best
Practices, PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi, 2012.
Santha, S., and R. Vasanthagopal, Women Entrepreneurship in India, New Century
Publications, New Delhi, 2008.
Vinze, Medha Dubhashi, Women Entrepreneurs in India: A Socio-economic Study of
Delhi, 1975-85, Mittal Publications, Delhi, 1987.
Wellington, Sheila, Marcia Brumit Kropf, Paulette R. Gerkovich, Whats holding
Women Back?, Harvard Business Review, June 2003.
Williams, Christine L., Kirsten Dellinger, Gender and Sexuality in the Workplace,
Emerald Group, United Kingdom, 2010.
Williams, Joan C., Rachel Dempsey, What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns
Working Women Need to Know, New York University Press, 2014.
Computer Application in Business
BS CC 303 CAP
Theoretical : 30 LH
Practical: 16 Hrs.
Suggested Readings:
Unit 1: Introduction:
Meaning of ethics and business ethics, sources of ethics, importance of ethics to business,
characteristics of business ethics, relationship between business and ethics, nature of ethics in
business, arguments against business ethics, evolution of business ethics as a field of study.
[7 LH]
Suggested Readings:
Badi, R.V. and N. V. Badi, Business Ethics, Vrinda Publications, New Delhi, 2005.
Chakraborty, S.K., Values and Ethics for Organizations, OUP, New Delhi, 1998.
Das, S.C., Corporate Governance in India: An Evolution, PHI, New Delhi, 2008.
Fernando, A.C., Business Ethics: An Indian Perspective, Pearson Education, New Delhi,
2009.
Fernando, A.C., Corporate Governance: Principles, Policies and Prcatices, Pearson
Education, 2009.
Gopalsamy, N., A Guide to Corporate Governance, New Age International Publishing,
New Delhi, 2006.
Raj, Rituparna, A Study in Business Ethics, Himalaya publishing House, Bombay, 1999.
Tricker, B., Corporate Governance, Oxford University Press, 2009.
SOFT SKILL AND COMMUNICATIONS-I
BS CC 305 SSC I
Suggested Readings:
Raman, Meenakshi and Prakash Singh, Business Communications, Oxford
University Press, New Delhi, 2012.
McGrath, E.H., Basic Managerial Skills for All, PHI, New Delhi, 2008.
Lesikar, R., and J. Pettit, Business Communication, All-India Traveler Bookseller,
New Delhi, 1996.
Monnipally, M.M., Business Communication Strategies, TMH, New Delhi, 2001.
RURAL & REGIONAL BANKING
BS CC 401 RRB
Dogra, B., and K. Chuman, Rural Marketing, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Ltd., New
Delhi, 2008.
Kashyap, P., Rural Marketing, Pearson, New Delhi, 2012.
Bodi, R.V. and N. Bodi, Rural Marketing, Himalaya Publishing, New Delhi, 2007.
Acharya, S.S., and L.N. Agarwal, Agricultural Marketing in India, Oxford & IBH
Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 1992.
MICRO FINANCE
BS CC 403 MF
Goldberg, Mike, and Eric Palladini, Managing Risk and Creating Value with
Microfinance, Karmayog Publications, 2010.
Yunus, Muhammad, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World
Poverty, Karmayog Publications, 2003.
Morduch, Jonathan, and Beatriz Armendariz, The Economics of Microfinance, Karmayog
Publications, 2010.
Prahalad, C.K., The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through
Profits, Karmayog Publications, 2009.
Smith, Phil, \ Eric Thurman, A Billion Bootstraps: Microcredit, Barefoot Banking, and
the Business Solution for Ending Poverty, Karmayog Publications, 2007.
SOFT SKILL AND COMMUNICATIONS-II
BS CC 404 SSC II
Suggested Readings:
Raman, Meenakshi and Parkash Singh, Business Communications, Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 2012.
McGrath, E.H., Basic Managerial skills For All, 8th Edition, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi, 2008.
Lesikar, R., and J. Pettit, Business Communication, Ricahrd Irwin Inc., All-India
Traveller Bookseller, New Delhi, 1996.
Monnipally, M.M., Business Communication Strategies, TMH Education, New Delhi,
2001.
Dhar, Pranam, Fundamentals of Business Communication & Ethics, Abhijay Publishing
House, ND.