I puc business studies syllabus

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SRI SAI PU COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
I PUC BUSINESS STUDIES SYLLABUS
PART- A
CHAPTER-1 NATURE & PURPOSE OF BUSINESS
• Business – Meaning /Characteristics.
• Business, profession and employment – Differences.
• Classification of business activities: Industry and Commerce.
• Industry – types: primary, secondary, tertiary.
• Trade & Auxiliaries to trade.
• Objectives of business – economic and social, role of profit in business.
• Business Risk –Meaning/Types/Nature/Causes & Methods to deal with risk.
• Basic Factors to start business.
CHAPTER 2- FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
• Sole Proprietorship; Joint Hindu Family Business – meaning, features, merits and
limitations.
• Partnership – meaning, features, Partnership deed, types, registration, merits,
limitations, types of partners.
• Cooperative Societies – meaning, features, types, merits and limitations.
• Company: Private Ltd., Public Ltd – features, merits, limitations, types.
• Choice of form of business organizations.
CHAPTER 3- PRIVATE, PUBLIC AND GLOBAL ENTERPRISES
• Mixed & Indian Economy
• Private Sector and Public Sector - Features
• Forms of Organizing public sector enterprises:
• Departmental Undertaking- Features/Merits/De-Merits.
• Statutory Corporation- Features/Merits/De-Merits.
• Government Company- Features/Merits/De-Merits.
• Changing role of public sector.
• Global Enterprises (Multinational Companies): meaning and features,
• Joint ventures — meaning, benefits
CHAPTER 4- BUSINESS SERVICES
• Meaning & Nature of Services.
• Differences between Goods & services,
• Types of Business Services.
— Banking, Insurance, Transportation, Warehousing, Communication.
• Banking — types of Banks, Functions of Commercial banks, E-banking & Benefits.
• Insurance: functions, principles, Types:- life, fire and marine, Elements of
Insurance, Difference between life, fire and marine
• Communication - Postal and Telecom services & types.
• Transportation.
• Warehousing: types and functions

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CHAPTER 5- EMERGING MODES OF BUSINESS
• Trends in E-Business.
• E-Business — Meaning, scope and benefits, Differences between E-Business & E-
commerce. Scope & Limitations
• Difference between Traditional & E-Business.
• Resources required for successful e-business implementation, On-line
transactions, payment mechanism, security and safety of business transactions.
• Business Outsourcing — concept, features, need, limitations and scope.
CHAPTER 6- SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF BUSINESS & BUSINESS ETHICS
• Concept of social responsibility;
• Need, Arguments for & against social responsibility;
• Responsibility towards different interest groups: owners, investors, employees,
consumers, government, community and public
• Business and environmental protection- ( Causes & Types of pollution & Need for
pollution control)
• Role of business in environmental protection.
• Business ethics: concept and elements.
PART B- CORPORATE ORGANIZATION FINANCE & TRADE
CHAPTER 7- FORMATION OF A COMPANY
• Stages in the formation of a company:
❖ Promotion,
❖ Incorporation, and
❖ Commencement of business.
• Functions of Promoter.
• Documents required- MOA clauses, AOA, Position of promoters.
• Incorporation – Documents, COI, Specimen of certificate of Incorporation.
• Capital Subscription & Steps.
• Difference between MOA & AOA
• Commencement of Business
CHAPTER 8- SOURCES OF BUSINESS FINANCE
• Nature and significance of Business Finance, Financial requirements & classification
of funds. Sources of business finance- owners funds and borrowed funds
❖ – Equity and Preference shares
❖ – Debentures and Bonds
❖ – Retained profits
❖ – Public deposits
❖ – Loan from Commercial Banks & Financial Institution
❖ – Trade Credit
❖ – Discounting of Bills of Exchange
❖ – Global Depository Receipt, American Depository Receipt
• Factors affecting the choice of source of funds.

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CHAPTER 9- SMALL BUSINESS
• Meaning , Nature & Classification
• Manufacturing – Services, Village & Cottage Industries.
• Administrative set up of SSI & role of Small business in India & in rural areas.
• Problems in small business.
• Government assistance, Institutional Support.
• Marketing assistance- Schemes, Objectives, MAS & Incentives
CHAPTER 10- INTERNAL TRADE
• Meaning and types of internal trade:
• Wholesale and retail Trade- Services of a wholesaler and a retailer.
• Types of Retail Trade:- Itinerant retailers , Peddlers, Hawkers and fixed shop
retailers
• Advantages/Limitations of -
❖ Departmental store, super market,
❖ Malls, chain store, mail order business,
❖ Consumer’s Co-operative store.
• Automatic Vending Machine.
• Role of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry in promotion of Internal Trade.
CHAPTER 11- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS - I
• Meaning & reasons.
• Difference between domestic & foreign trade.
• Scope & benefits of IB.
• Ways of entering into international business-
❖ Contract manufacturing; licensing; franchising; Joint ventures and Setting up
Wholly Owned Subsidies.
• India’s foreign trade in goods & services
• India’s Foreign Investment.
CHAPTER 12- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS - II
• Export-Import procedures and Documentation;
• Foreign Trade Promotion: Organizational Support and Incentives; Measures &
schemes.
• Nature and Importance of Export Processing Zone/Special Economic Zones;
• International Trade Institutions and Agreement: WTO, UNCTAD, World Bank/IMF.