FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & BUSINESS SYLLABUS FOR Interdisciplinary Course (Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System) (COMMERCE) Examinations: 2015-16 GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY AMRITSAR Note: (i) Copy rights are reserved. Nobody is allowed to print it in any form. Defaulters will be prosecuted. (ii) Subject to change in the syllabi at any time. Please visit the University website time to time.
1 Scheme Semester for which course is being offered. (Odd/Even) Odd Even Name of ID Course Basics of Investment Planning SPSS for Beginners Business Finance Fundamentals of Business Management ID Course Code Credits of ID Course No. of seats offered ID Course level (UG/PG/both) DOC-051 4 120 PG DOC-052 4 60 PG DOC-061 4 120 PG DOC-062 4 120 PG
2 DOC 051 BASICS OF INVESTMENT PLANNING TEXT Investment Foundation Investment- Meaning, Objectives, Characteristics. Investment v/s Speculation Time value of Money - Compounding effect, effective annual rate. Investment Risk and Return. First Minor Test: One Hour Investment Options: Investment Instruments: Features and Types of Bank Deposits, Public Provident Fund, Post Office Saving schemes, Insurance policies, real estate. Features and Types of Bonds, Debentures, Shares, Mutual Funds, Commodities, ADR, GDR. Derivatives Forward, Future, Call and Put Options Second Minor Test: One Hour Organization & Functioning of Securities Market: Market Meaning, Functions, Features of Primary Market and Secondary Market (NSE, BSE and MCX) Stock Exchange Indexes - Nifty and Sensex Stock Trading Order types and Margins Clearing and settlement process at National Stock Exchange (NSE) Final Examination: Three Hours 1. Sharpe, William F., Gordon J. Alexander and Jeffrey V. Bailey, Investments (Prentice Hall of India). 2. Reilly, Frank K. and Brown, Keith C., Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (Thomson South Western). 3. Richard Brealey and Steward Myers. Principles of Corporate Finance (McGraw- Hill). 4. Avadhani, V A., Investment Management (Himalaya Publishing House) 5. Financial Markets Basic Module (NCFM) 6. Securities Market Basic Module (NCFM) 7. Capital Market Dealers Module (NCFM) 8. Derivative Market Dealers Module (NCFM) Websites: www.nseindia.com www.bseindia.com
3 DOC 052 SPSS FOR BEGINNERS Note: The course will be taught through SPSS software which makes it compulsory for the students to get their laptops in the class daily. FIRST MINOR TEST: ONE HOUR Getting Started and Data Management: Introduction to SPSS, Menus, Tool Bar Creating a data file, defining variables, entering the data, opening and saving data files, Inserting cases and variables, Sorting cases, Splitting file, Merging a file Data Transformation: Computing a new variable, Recoding variables: into same variable and different variable, Rank cases, Visual binning, Various transformations: logarithmic, inverse, cubic, quadratic etc. Data Normalisation: Outlier detection, Missing value analysis, Checking normality of data Summarizing data graphically: Different types of charts: Line, pie, bar, Plots: Box, P-P, Q-Q, Scatter diagram, Chart builder Data Tabulation SECOND MINOR TEST: ONE HOUR Summarizing data numerically: Frequencies, Descriptive statistics, Cross-tabs Testing of Hypothesis Parametric and Non-parametric tests T-tests: One sample, independent sample, Paired t-test ANOVA: One way ANOVA with Post-hoc comparisons, Repeated measures ANOVA Non-parametric techniques FINAL EXAMINATION: THREE HOURS Correlation with nominal, ordinal and scale data Regression analysis: Simple and Multiple Factor analysis 1. Pandya, K., Bulsari, S. and Sinha, S., SPSS in Simple Steps, Kogent Learning Solutions, dreamtech Press, New Delhi, 2012 2. Coakes, S.J., SPSS Analysis without Anguish, John Wiley and Sons, Australia, 2005 3. Kirkpatrick, L.A. and Feeney, B.C., A Simple Guide to IBM SPSS Statistics, Cengage Learning, 2012 4. Gerber, S.B. and Finn, K.V., Using SPSS for Windows-Data Analysis and Graphics, Springer, USA, 2005 5. Field, A., Discovering Statistics Using SPSS, Sage Publications Ltd, 2005.
4 DOC - 061 BUSINESS FINANCE Text Introduction to Business Meaning and definition of business, Objectives of business, Business as an economic system, Trade and aids to trade. Meaning of Business Finance, Aims and scope of finance function. Forms of Business Organization: Sole-proprietorship, Partnership, Joint stock Company, Cooperative Society, Public Utilities, Selection of a suitable form of organization, Classification based on Business Unit. First Minor Test : One Hour Financial Instruments and services concepts and characteristics, features of various financial instruments. Emerging financial services-leasing, hire-purchase, merchant banking, depository, credit rating, mutual funds. Second Minor Test: One Hour Financial markets; Classification of financial markets, money market- its constitutions, functions of money market, money market instruments.. Capital market- primary market, secondary market, functions of capital market, methods of issue of stock in primary market. Final Examination : Three Hours 1. Gitman, L.J., Principles of Managerial Finance, Pearson Education. 2. Srivastava, R.M., Essentials of Business finance, Himalaya Publishing House 3. Singla, R.K. Business Organization and Management, V.K. (India) Enterprises, New Delhi. 4. Khan, M.Y. Indian Financial System, 2007, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing, New Delhi 5. Bhole, L.M. Financial Institutions and Markets, Structure, Growth and Innovations, 2004, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing, New Delhi 6. Gurusamy, R., Financial Services & Markets, 2005 Pearson Education, New Delhi.
5 DOC - 062 Fundamentals of Business Management Text Management: Meaning, Nature, Significance of Management, Levels of Management, Principles of Management, Functions of Management, Motivation: Concept, Theories of Motivation: Maslow s Need Hierarchy Theory, Herzberg s Two-Factor Theory, McClelland s Three-Needs Theory. First Minor Test : One Hour Marketing: Introduction, Evolution of Marketing, Developing Marketing Strategy: Market Segmentation, Target Marketing, Positioning, Marketing Mix. Defining a Product, Product Life Cycle. Pricing Products, Factors affecting Pricing, Pricing Strategies. Second Minor Test : One Hour Human Resource Management: Meaning, Scope and Functions. Human Resource Planning: Recruitment, Selection, Training, Performance Appraisal. Final Examination: Three Hours 1. Harold Koontz, and Heinz Weihrich, Essentials of Management: An International Perspective, New Delhi, McGraw-Hill, 2010. 2. Stephen P Robbins, Mary Coulter and Neharika Vohra, Management, New Delhi, Pearsons, 2011 3. Aswathappa, K., Human Resource Management, Text and Cases. New Delhi, Tata McGraw Hill. 4. Kotler, Philip; Keller, Kevin; Koshey, Abraham; and Jha, Mithileshwar; Marketing Management: South Asian Perspective. 13th Edition. Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2009. 5. Kaul, Vijay K., Business Organization and Management, New Delhi, Pearsons.2012.