ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY, KARAIKUDI

NEW SYLLABUS UNDER CBCS PATTERN (w.e.f.2017-18)

M.Com. (COMPUTER APPLICATIONS) – PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Course Hrs./ Max. Marks

Sem. Name of the course Cr.
Code Week Int. Ext. Total
7MCC1C1 Core – I – Management Practice 5 6 25 75 100
Core – II – Financial Accounting 5 6 25 75 100
7MCC1C2
and Reporting
7MCC1C3 Core – III – Marketing Management 5 6 25 75 100
I Core – IV –Business Information 5 6 25 75 100
7MCC1C4
Technology*
Elective – I:
7MCC1E1/ (A): Operating Systems (or) 4 6 25 75 100
7MCC1E2 (B): Data Structures and C *
Total 24 30 -- -- 500
Core – V – Business Research 5 6 25 75 100
7MCC2C1
Methodology
7MCC2C2 Core – VI – Financial Management 5 6 25 75 100
Core – VII – Management 5 6 25 75 100
7MCC2C3
Accounting
II Core – VIII – E-Business – Models
7MCC2C4 5 6 25 75 100
and Practice
Elective – II
7MCC2E1/ (A): Data Base Management System 4 6 25 75 100
7MCC2E2 (or) (B): Data Mining and
Warehousing
Total 24 30 -- -- 500
7MCC3C1 Core–IX– Practical Cost Accounting 5 6 25 75 100
Core – X – Innovation and
7MCC3C2 5 6 25 75 100
Entrepreneurship
7MCC3C3 Core – XI – Quantitative Methods 5 6 25 75 100
Core – XII – Practical Computerized 5 6 25 75 100
7MCC3C4
III Accounting *
Elective – III
7MCC3E1/ (A): Visual Programming : VB and
VC++ (or) 4 6 25 75 100
7MCC3E2 (B): Software Models and
Engineering
Total 24 30 -- -- 500
IV 7MCC4C1 Core – XIII –Income Tax Law and 5 6 25 75 100
Practice
7MCC4C2 Core – XIV – Human Resource 5 6 25 75 100
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 Elective – IV (Only one for 4 (i)6 +6 25 75 100
Student; College may offer both) OR
7MCC4E1 (A) Investment and Portfolio (ii) 6
Management
7MCC4E2 (B) Enterprise Resource (OR)

Planning
Elective –V (Choose One) 4 (i)6 25 75 100
7MCC5E1 (A): Multimedia and Mobile OR
Communications (OR)
(ii)6+6
7MCC5E2 (B)Computer Networks
Total 18 24/ -- -- 400
30/
Grand Total 90 114/ -- -- 1900
120

* With Practical carrying 25 marks (on Continuous Internal Assessment) and Theory carrying
75 marks (Term-end Examination)

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I YEAR – I SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 7MCC1C1

CORE COURSE I – MANAGEMENT PRACTICE

Unit I:
Management: Definition – Meaning – Characteristics – Functions – Importance –
Differences between Management and Administration – Qualities of a Manager –
Management as Art, Science and Profession – Contributions of F.W. Taylor, Henri Fayol,
Peter F. Drucker, Herbert A. Simonand Elton Mayo.
Unit II:
Planning: Meaning, Premises, Types, Objectives, Characteristics, Advantages and
Limitations – Steps in Planning Process – Difficulties in Planning – Decision Making: Nature
and Process- Types: Certainty, Risk, Uncertainty and others - Use of Computers in Planning
and Decision processes – case study.
Unit III:
Organisation: Meaning – Functions of Organization – Principles of Organisation –
Organisation Structures: Types and Significance – Features and significance of Formal and
Informal Organisations – Delegation of authority: Need, Requisites and Evaluation –
Centralisation and Decentralisation of Decision making – Relative merits and demerits – case
study.
Unit IV:
Directing: Principles and Functions of Direction – Communication – Morale and
Motivation – Leadership Styles – Distinguishing Qualities of a Leader and Manager –
Coordinating: Need and Methods – Controlling: Concept and Techniques of Control –
Performance Appraisal: Importance, Types and Methods – Use of Computers in Control
processes – case study.
Unit V:
Strategic Management: Meaning – Importance – Approaches to dealing with Risk –
Models – Strategic Changes – Strategic Leadership and Decision Making–Strategic Alliance
– Core Competence – Total Quality Management -Mergers and Acquisition – Managerial
Challenges in Global Organizations – Use of Computers in Strategic Management Process –
case study.
Books for Reference:
Author(s) Title
Ricky W Griffin Management, South-Western College Publications, 2013
Gareth Jones and Jenifer Contemporary Management, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2010.
George
Peter F. Drucker Management, 2008.
Stephen P. Robbins and Mary Management, 9th Edition, 2006.
Coulter
Kaplan and Norton The Strategy-Focused HBP, 2000
Stoner, et-al Management, Prentice Hall, 1989.
Weihrich and Koontz Management A Global Perspective, McGraw Hill, 1988
Gene Burton and Manab Management Today- Principles and Practice, TMH,
Thakur 2009.
NeeruVasisshth and Principles of Management Text & CasesPaperback,
VibhutiVasishth 2014, Taxmann.
T. Ramasamy Principles of Management, Himalaya Publishing House

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC1C2

CORE COURSE II – FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING

Unit I:
Financial Accounting: Meaning – Accounting Concepts and Conventions –
Accounting Cycle–Accounting Standards: Concept, Significance and Salient Features-
Outline of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) - International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS)- Preparation of Final Accounts for Proprietary Concerns.

Unit II:
Accounting for Depreciation and Impairment: Causes and Nature of Depreciation –
Methods of Accounting for Depreciations: Straight Line, Written Down, Sinking Fund and
Sum of the Digits Methods – Asset Impairment: Causes and Accounting.

Unit III:
Accounting from Incomplete Records: Statement of Affairs Method – Conversion
Method – Preparation of Final Accounts and Balance Sheet from Incomplete Records.

Unit IV:
Company Accounts: Book Building of Public Issue– Allotment – Accounting for
Issue of Equity Shares – Issue and Redemption of Preference Shares and Debentures – Final
Accounts of Companies and Treatment of Pre-incorporation Profits – Format of Banking
Company Final Accounts – Reading and Interpretation of Quarterly and Annual Final
Accounts of Corporate Undertakings including Banks from Published sources.

Unit V:
Valuationand Accounting for Goodwill – Accounting for Amalgamation, Absorption,
External and Internal Reconstruction of Companies – Accounting for Alteration of Share
Capital- Segmental Reporting.

Note: The question paper shall consist of 40% Theory and 60% problem.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher

S P Jain & K L Narang Advanced Accountancy Kalyani Publishers
Gupta R L &Radhaswamy Advanced Accounting S. Chand & Sons.
M.C Shukla and T.S Grewal Advanced Accounting Sultan Chand &. Sons.
M A Arulanandam& K S Raman Advanced Accountancy HPH, Bombay.
H. Chakraborty Advanced Accountancy Oxford University Press
S.P Iyengar Advanced Accounting Sultan Chand & Sons

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC1C3

CORE COURSE III – MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Unit I:
Meaning and Functions of Marketing –Concepts of marketing: Product, Selling,
Consumer, Relations and Social concepts – Approaches to the study of marketing – Features
of industrial, consumer and services marketing –International Marketing: Market entry
strategies – Approaches to International Marketing: Ethno-centric, Poly-centric, Regio-
centric and Geo-centric approaches – Service Marketing Vs Product Marketing – Rural
Marketing – Emerging Trends in Marketing: Sensory, Viral and Online Marketing.

Unit II:
Meaning and importance of Consumer Behaviour in Marketing – Determinants of
Consumer buying process – Theories of consumer behaviour–Marketing Research: Meaning
– Objectives – Procedure – Marketing Environment: External and Internal factors –
Marketing segmentation: Meaning, Bases and benefits – Marketing Mix – The ‘Ps’ in
Marketing Mix – Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

Unit III:
Product Mix Management: Product planning and development – Meaning and
process – Test marketing – Product failures – Product life cycles – Meaning and Stages –
Strategies – Managing PLC – Product-Market Integration: Strategies – Product Positioning –
Diversification – Product Line Simplification – Planned Obsolescence – Branding Policies
and Strategies – Packing & Packaging.

Unit IV:
Price and Place Mix Management: Pricing and pricing policies – Objectives –
Procedures – Bases for and Methods of price fixing – Cases for Free Pricing, Administered
and Regulated pricing – Pricing and product life cycle – Place mix decisions: Channel
decisions: Types and Factors influencing decisions – Middlemen: Types and functions –
Modern Trends in Retailing – Malls and Online – Logistics Decision considerations – Supply
Chain Management (SCM) – Marketing Networking.

Unit V:
Promotional Mix Management: Personal selling Vs Impersonal selling – Personal
selling or Salesmanship: Selling Process and Strategies – Salesman Qualities – Advertising:
Importance and Objectives – Media planning and selection – Factors influencing selection –
Advertisement copy Layout – Evaluation of advertising – Advertising budget – Sales
promotion: Methods and Practices – Publicity: Nature and Significance.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher

Philip Kotler and Armstrong Marketing Management Pearson
V.S. Ramasamy and S.Namakumari Marketing Management McMillan
R.S.Davar Modern Marketing Progressive Publications
Management
Dr.C.B.Gupta and Dr.N.Rajan Nair Marketing Management Sultan Chand & Sons,

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S.A.Sherlekar Marketing Management HPH, Bombay
Keegan J Warren Global Marketing Prentice Hall
Management
RakeshKhurana& A.N. Strategic Marketing Global Business Press
Ravichandra. Management - Concepts &
Cases
NAG Marketing successfully - A McMillan
Professional Perspective,
Saxena, R. Marketing Management Tata McGraw Hill

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC1C4

CORE COURSE IV – BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Unit I:
Information Technology: Concept and Trend – Components of Computers and
Laptops – Computer applications in Business – Operating Systems (System Software) and
Application Software – Introduction to Network Setting – LAN and WAN, Internet and
Intranet.

Unit II:
Working with Microsoft Office Suite: MS Word – Creating, Opening, Saving and
Formatting Documents – Mail Merge – Working with Spread Sheets: MS Excel – Tables –
Formulas and Functions –Data Analysis using excel–Linking Work Sheets and Work Books
– Charts – Pivot Tables.

Unit III:
MS Power Point: Creating a Power Point Presentation (PPT) Using Slide Master,
Animation and Graphics in PPT. MS Project: Creating Project Design, Schedules, PERT /
CPM Charts and Reports.

Unit IV:
Internet and E-Commerce: E-Mail Etiquette – Usages of Search Engines and Portals
– Website and Web Based E-mail, FTP and Net Meeting – Mobile Commerce (M-
Commerce) – Browsing and Its uses.

Unit V:
Buying and Selling through Internet: E-Payment and Electronic Fund Transfer –
Payment Gateway and Security Systems – On Line Stores – Internet Banking – Smartcards
and Plastic Money.

PRACTICAL

MS WORD
i. Create a resume in a neat format.
ii. Create a document to display the special features of your company. Use Bullets and
Numbering.
iii. Give an advertisement in a newspaper for recruitment in your company using MS
Word.
iv. Create a Greeting card and send to 5 persons using Mail Merge.
v. Create a document with
a. Paragraph Alignment
b. Color the Fonts
c. Use different Font Styles
d. Header and Footer
vi. Create a Employee sales Table in MS Word

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 MS EXCEL

i. Create a worksheet for Student Mark List. Display the Result using If condition.
ii. Create a worksheet for Employee details having the fields Employee name, Basic pay,
HRA ( 10% of BP), DA(5% of BP), PF, LIC, GP and Net Pay.
GP = HRA + DA
Net Pay = GP – (PF + LIC)
iii. Create a worksheet for a sales person for the sale of the different products.
Calculate the commission and display the output with Bar chart.
iv. Create a worksheet for EB bill calculation.
v. Create a worksheet for a company using Sorting and Filters.
vi. Create a worksheet using Formatting options, Toolbars, Date and Time and Auto
format.
MS POWER POINT

i. Create a Power point Presentation for the Advertisement of Different Products.

ii. Create a Presentation giving full details of a company and use hyperlink for slides.
iii. Create a Presentation that displays the day to day procedure of Banking.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
E Balagurusamy Fundamentals of McGraw Hill.
Computers,2009.
C.S Rayudu E-Commerce and E- Himalaya Publishing
Business,2015 House
Agarwala, N. Kamlesh Business on the Net,2000 Macmillan India Ltd
C.S.V. Murthy E- Commerce,2002 Vikas Publishing House
Ravi Kalakota and Whinston Frontiers of E- Commerce Addison-Wesley
,1996 Publishers
E. Turban, J. Lee, D. King, E- Commerce,2002 Pearson Education
H.M. Chung
USHA DAHIYA/SAPNA Computer Applications for Taxmann.
NAGPAL Management,2009

* With Practical carrying 25 marks (on continuous internal assessment) and Theory carrying
75 marks (Term end Examination)

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 COURSE CODE: 7MCC1E1

ELECTIVE COURSE I (A) – OPERATING SYSTEMS

Unit I:
Introduction: Definition of Operating Systems – Mainframe System – Desktop Systems
– Multiprocessor System – Distributed – Clustered – Real time Systems – Handheld
Systems. Operating System Structure: System Components – Services – System Calls –
System Programs – System Design and Implementation.

Unit II:
Processes: Process Concepts – Process Scheduling – Operations on Processes –
Cooperating Processes – Inter Process Communication. CPU Scheduling: Scheduling
Concepts – Criteria – Scheduling Algorithms – Multiprocessor Scheduling – Real time
Scheduling.

Unit III:
Process Synchronization: Critical Section Problem – Synchronization Hardware –
Semaphores – Problems of Synchronization – Critical Regions – Monitors . Deadlocks:
Characterization – Method for handling Deadlocks – Deadlock Prevention – Avoidance –
Detection – Deadlock Recovery.

Unit IV:
Memory Management – Single Contiguous Allocation- Partitioned Allocation –
Relocatable Partitions allocations – Paged and Demand paged Memory Management –
Segmented Memory Management – Segmented and Demand paged Memory Management –
overlay Techniques – Swapping.

Unit V:
File System Interface: file Concepts – Access Methods – Directory Structure –
Protection. File System Implementation: File System Structure – Directory Implementation –
Allocation Methods – Free Space Management. Mass Storage Structure: Disk Scheduling.
Books for Reference:
Author(s) Title Publisher

Silberschatz and Operating System Concepts,2012. Weily

Galvin
Thomas Anderson Operating System Principles and Recursive Books
and Michael Dahlin Practice,2012.

P.C. Bhatt An Introduction to Operating PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.,

Systems – Concepts and
Practice,2013.
H. M. Deitel An Introduction to Operating Wesley Publishing Company
Systems,1990.
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 COURSE CODE: 7MCC1E2

ELECTIVE COURSE I (B) – DATA STRUCTURES AND C

Unit I:
Introduction to data structure – Linear Data Structure –List–Implementation of a list –
Traversal of a list – Searching and retrieving an element – Predecessor and successor –
Insertion, Deletion, sorting and merging lists – Representation of Stack – Stack related
terms– Operation on a stack – Implementation of a stack – Queues: Various positions of
queue – Representation of Queues – Single linked list and Double linked lists: Applications.

Unit II:
Non-Linear data structure – Trees, Binary trees, types of binary trees, binary tree
representation, Traversing binary trees, Binary search tree – Insertion and deletion
operations– Hashing Techniques – Searching and Sorting – Introduction, Searching, linear
search, Binary search, sorting, Insertion sort, selection sort, Bubble sort, Quick sort.

Unit III:
Program development styles and Basics of C. The C declarations – The C character
set, Delimiters, The C Keywords, Identifiers, Constants, Variables, Rules for defining
variables, C aggregate data types, declaring variables, initializing variables, Type conversion.
Operators and expressions. Input and output in C – formatted functions – unformatted
functions, commonly used library functions.

Unit IV:
Arrays – Array initialization – Definition of Array – Characteristic of Array – One
dimensional array – Predefined streams – Two dimensional array – Multidimensional arrays
–The sscanf and sprintf functions – Working with strings and standard functions – Pointers –
Features of Pointers – pointer declaration – Arithmetic operation with pointers – Pointers and
Arrays – Pointers and two dimensional arrays.

Unit V:
Decision Statements – The If statement, The if…else statement, Nested if…. Else
statement, The break statement, The continue statement, The go to statement, The switch
statement, Nested switch() case statement, The switch() case and nested ifs. Loop control
statements – The for statement, Nested for statement, The while statement, The do … while
statement.
DATA STRUCTURES AND C – LAB

1. Sum of Digits
2. Reverse a number
3. Checking the Armstrong number
4. Ascending Order
5. Alphabetical Order
6. Matrix Addition and Transpose
7. Matrix Multiplication
8. Factorial of a number
9. Fibonacci Series
10. String functions using Pointers
11. Student Mark List using Arrays of Pointers

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 12. Finding Predecessor and Successor of number
13. Stack
14. Queue
15. Linked List
16. Linear Search
17. Binary Search
18. Insertion Sort
19. Bubble Sort
20. Selection Sort

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
Ashok N Kamthane Programming and Data Pearson
structure,2009
Robert L Kruse, Bruce Data Structures and Program Pearson Education India
P. Leung C.L.Tondo Design in C,2007
S.B. Kishor Data Structures,2011 Das GanuPrakashan

* With Practical carrying 25 marks (on continuous internal assessment) and Theory carrying
75 marks (Term end Examination)

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC2C1

CORE COURSE V – BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Unit I:
Business Research – Meaning – Scope and Significance – Utility of Business
Research – Qualities of Good Researcher – Types of Research – Research Process – Research
As Business Decision Support System – Computer Applications in Business Research –
Identification, Selection and Formulation of Research Problems – Research gap - Hypothesis
Formulation – Research Design– Meaning, Need, Features of Good Design – Different Types
of Research Design – Developing A Research Plan.

Unit II:
Sampling – Meaning and Significance – Methods and Techniques – Sample Size –
Sampling Error – Primary Data and Secondary Data – Tools of Data Collection:
Questionnaire and Schedule – Methods of Data Collection: Interview, Observation and E-
Mail Surveys – Sources of Data: Print and Web Sources.

Unit III:
Measurement and Scaling Techniques – Rating Scales – Attitude Scales –
Construction of Likert Scale – Pilot Study and Pre-Testing–Processing and Analysis of Data
– Editing and Coding – Transcription and Tabulation – Computers in Data Analysis.

Unit IV:
Hypothesis Testing: Concept and Basics Requirements-Testing For Means – One and
Two Populations – One-Way and Two-Way ANOVA – Testing of Proportions: One and Two
Populations – Chi-Square Test: Uses and Process.

Unit V:
Interpretations and Research Report Writing – Layout of Research Report – Types of
Research Reports – Steps in Writing Research Report – Essentials of Good Writing –
Requisites of Good Research Report Presentation – Criteria for Evaluation of Research
Reports.

Note: The question paper shall consist of 60% Theory and 40% problems.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
C.R.Kothari Research Methodology: Methods and New Age International
Techniques
R Panneerselvam Research Methodology PHI.
Emory Business Research Methods Irvin
Green and Tull Marketing Research Prentice-Hall,
John W Creswell Research Design: Qualitative, SAGE Publications,
Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Inc.
Approaches
RajendarHumar Research Methodology APH Publishing

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC2C2

CORE COURSE VI – FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Unit I:
Financial Management: Meaning – Nature and Scope – Objectives – Financial
Decisions – Functions of Financial Manager – Sources of Finance – Short-term and Long-
term FINANCE – Time Value of Money– Present Value and Future Value Concepts and
Their Compound Techniques.
Unit II:
Cost of Capital: Meaning, Concepts and Significance – Types of Cost of Capital:
Cost of Debt, Preference Shares, Equity and Retained Earnings – Global Financing:
GDRs/ADRs-Weighted Average Cost of Capital.Capital Structure: Meaning – Significance –
Theories of Capital Structure – Net Income Approach – Net Operating Income Approach –
MM Hypothesis – Traditional Approach – Determinants of Capital Structure.
Unit III:
Capital Budgeting: Meaning – Significance – Methods of Ranking Investment
Proposals – Payback Period, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return and Accounting Rate
of Return – Capital Rationing – Leverage: Meaning – Types of Leverage – Financial,
Operating and Combined Leverage – EBIT – EPS.
Unit IV:
Working Capital Management:Meaning – Objectives – Factors Affecting Working
Capital Requirement – Sources of Working Capital – Techniques of Cash Management: EOQ
and Miller-Orr- Cash Budget- Receivables Management: Liberal and Stringent Credit Policy
Variables- Inventory Management : EOQ and Inventory Levels.
Unit V:
Dividend Theories and Practice: Concept of Dividend – Dividend Relevance and
Irrelevance to Valuation – Walter’s, Gordon And MM’s Models – Dividend Policies and
Their Significance– Forms of Dividends – Factors Determining Dividend Policy – Dividend
Practices.
Note: Question paper shall cover 60% Theory and 40% Problems.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
I.M.Pandey Financial Management Vikas Publishing
Khan and Jain Financial Management Tata McGraw-Hill
S.N.Maheswari Financial Management Vikas Publishing House
James Van Horne Fundamentals of Financial Prentice Hall
Management
Kishore Financial Management Taxmann
Khan Financial Services Tata McGraw-Hill
Guthmann and Corporate Financial Policy Prentice Hall
Dougall
Prasanna Financial Management Tata McGraw-Hill Education
Chandra
Eugene F. Financial Management: Theory & South Western- Cengage
Brigham Practice
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CORE COURSE VII – MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Unit I:
Management Accounting – Meaning and definition – Objectives – Management
Accounting and Financial Accounting – Management Accounting and Cost Accounting –
Utility and limitations of management Accounting – Position of Management Accountant at
in the organization.

Unit II:
Financial Statement Analysis – Common Size Statements – Comparative Financial
Statements – Trend Percentages – Accounting Ratios: Liquidity – Solvency – Profitablity –
Turnover – Capital Structure Ratios - Uses, Computation and Limitations.

Unit III:
Analysis of Funds Flow and Cash Flow: Computation and Applications –
Responsibility Accounting – Methods of Accounting for Price level changes.

Unit IV:
Budget and Budgetary Control: Nature and Process – Types of Budgets – Fixed –
Flexible – Cash Budget - Preparation of Budgets – ZBB and its relevance in decision making.

Unit V:
Marginal Costing: Concept and Importance – Cost Volume Profit Analysis –
Application of Marginal Costing and CVPA in Decision making as to product, pricing and
profit management.

Note: The question paper shall consist of 40% Theory and 60% Problems.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher

Hingorani, Management Accounting Sultan Chand
Ramanathan&Grewal
Khan and Jain Management Accounting Tata McGraw-Hill
Dr. S.N. Maheswari Principles of Management Vikas
Accounting
Robert Kaplan Advanced Management Prentice Hall
Accounting
Manmohan&Goyal Management Accounting SahityaBhawan, Agra
Guruprasad Murthy Management Accounting Himalaya Publishing House

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC2C4

CORE COURSE VIII – E-BUSINESS – MODELS AND PRACTICE

Unit I:
E-Business: Definition – E-Business initiatives – e-business architecture –
Fundamental models of e-business: B2B, B2C, C2C, C2B, G2C, G2B, G2G – Features and
Significance – E-Business Technology Infrastructure – Design and Implementation.

Unit II:
E-Commerce Functions: Objectives and importance of E-Commerce – Reasons for
the growth of E-Commerce – Impact of E-Commerce – Online Orders and booking – E-
Payment and E- Security: Modern Payment System –Credit Card–Debit Card – Smart Cards
– Payment Security – E-Security – classifications of Intruders – Attacking Methods –
Cryptography – Security Tools.

Unit III:
E-Advertising: Terminology – Pros and Cons – Advertisement strategies: Push and
Pull – Implementing strategies: Customizing Ads and Interactive Ad strategies – Online
catalog – Comparison of online catalogs with paper catalogs.

Unit IV:
E-Banking: Concept – Need for computerization in Banking – Security of Internet
banking – National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) –Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)
– Tele banking – E-Banking in India – Digital inclusiveness initiatives in banking – E-
Cheque – E- Cash.

Unit V:
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): Definition – Benefits – Applications – Cost – EDI
in Business relationship – Business Process Reengineering (BPR) using E-Business –
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) – E-Logistics and E-Supply Chain Management –
CRM tools.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher

C.S.V. Murthy E-Commerce HPH.
Kalakota and Whinston Frontiers of E-Commerce Addison-Wesley Pub
E. Turban, J. Lee, D. King, H.M. E-Commerce Pearson Education
Chung
Ravi Kalakota and Marcia E-Business Addison-Wesley
Robinson Professional

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC2E1

ELECTIVE COURSE II (A) – DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Unit I:
Data base System Applications, data base System VS file System – View of Data –
Data Abstraction – Instances and Schemas –data Models– the ER Model – Relational Model
– Other Models – Database Languages – DDL – DML – database Access for applications
Programs – data base Users and Administrator – Transaction Management – data base
System Structure – Storage Manager – the Query Processor. History of Data base.
Unit II:
Systems – Data base design and ER diagrams – Beyond ER Design Entities,
Attributes and Entity sets – Relationships and Relationship sets – Additional features of ER
Model – Concept Design with the ER Model – Conceptual Design for Large enterprises.
Introduction to the Relational Model – Integrity Constraint Over relations – Enforcing
Integrity constraints – Querying relational data – Logical data base Design – Introduction to
Views – Destroying / altering Tables and Views.
Unit III:
Relational Algebra – Selection and projection set operations – renaming – Joins –
Division – Examples of Algebra overviews – Relational calculus – Tuple relational Calculus
– Domain relational calculus – Expressive Power of Algebra and calculus.Form of Basic SQL
Query – Examples of Basic SQL Queries – Introduction to Nested Queries – Correlated
Nested Queries Set – Comparison Operators – Aggregative Operators – NULL values –
Comparison using Null values – Logical connectivity’s – AND, OR and NOT– Impact on
SQL Constructs – Outer Joins – Disallowing NULL values – Complex Integrity Constraints
in SQL Triggers and Active Data bases.
Unit IV:
FIRST, SECOND, THIRD Normal forms – BCNF – Lossless join Decomposition –
Dependency preserving Decomposition – Schema refinement in Data base Design – Multi
valued Dependencies – FOURTH Normal Form.Transaction Concept – Transaction State –
Implementation of Atomicity and Durability – Concurrent – Executions – serializability –
Recoverability – Implementation of Isolation.
Unit V:
Data on External Storage – File Organization and Indexing – Cluster Indexes, Primary
and Secondary Indexes – Index data Structures – Hash Based Indexing – Tree base Indexing
– Comparison of File Organizations – Indexes and Performance Tuning –B+ Trees: A
Dynamic Index Structure.
Books for Reference:
Author(s) Title Publisher
Raghurama Krishnan and Johannes Data Base Management Systems,2002 McGraw-Hill
Gehrke
SilberschatzKorth Data base System Concepts,2009 McGraw-Hill
SharadMaheswari and Ruchin Jain Database management systems Firewall Media
Complete Practical Approach,2005
Peter Rob & Carlos Coronel Data base Systems design, Cengage
Implementation and Management,2010
RamezElmasri and Shamkant B. Fundamentals of Database Pearson
Navathe Systems,2007

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC2E2

ELECTIVE COURSE II (B) – DATA MINING AND WAREHOUSING

Unit I:
Data warehousing: Meaning and Significance – Data Warehouse Architecture:
System Process – Process architecture – Design – Database scheme – Partitioning strategy –
Aggregations – Data mart – Meta data – Systems and data Warehouse process managers.

Unit II:
Hardware and Operational design of data warehouses – Hardware architecture –
Physical layout – Security – Backup and Recovery – Service level agreement – Operating the
data warehouse.

Unit III:
Data warehouse Planning, Tuning and Testing – Capacity planning – Testing the
data warehouses – Data warehouse features.

Unit IV:
Data mining – Introduction – Information and production factor – Data mining Vs
Query tools – Data mining in marketing – Self learning computer systems – concept learning.

Unit V:
Knowledge discovery process: Data selection – Cleaning – Enrichment – Coding –
Preliminary analysis of the data set using traditional query tools – Visualization techniques –
OLAP tools – Decision trees – Association rules – Neural networks – Genetic Algorithms
KDD (Knowledge discover in Database) environment.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
Jaiwei Han Data Mining: Concepts and Morgan Kaufmann
Techniques,2011 Publishers
Pieter Adrians and Data Mining,1996 Addison-Wesley
DolfZantinge Professional
Sam Anahory and Dennis Data Warehousing in the Real Addison-Wesley
Muray World,1997 Professional
Sean Kelly Data Warehousing in John Wiley & Sons
Action,1997
Jiawei Han, Data Mining: Concepts and Morgan Kaufmann
MichelineKamber and Jian Techniques: Concepts and Publishers
Pei Techniques,2011

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 II YEAR – III SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 7MCC3C1

CORE COURSE IX – PRACTICAL COST ACCOUNTING

Unit I:
Cost Accounting: Meaning, Scope and Uses –Elements of Cost –Cost Concepts –Cost
Accounting vis-à-vis Management Accounting vis-à-vis Financial Accounting –Installation
of Costing System – Cost Management, Cost Reduction and Cost Control – Computer
Applications in Cost Accounting.

Unit II:
Costing Methods:Product Costing – Operation Costing – Operating Costing – Batch
Costing – Control over Wastes, Spoilages, Scrap and Defectives – Inventory Control:
Methods and Pricing Techniques.

Unit III:
Process Costing: Treatment of Equivalent Units and Inter-process Profit – Activity
Based Costing (ABC): Concept and Application – Reconciliation of Financial and Cost
Accounting.

Unit IV:
Standard Costing: Concept – Setting Standards – Variance Analysis and Reporting –
Material, Labour, Overhead, Sales and Profit variances- Uses of Standard Costing.

Unit V:
Responsibility Accounting – Responsibility Centres – Performance Reporting – Value
Analysis and Value engineering – Cost Audit – Meaning – Types – Rules – Qualifications –
Powers and Duties of Cost auditor- Cost Accounting Standards: Concept and Need.

Note: The question paper shall consist of 40% Theory and 60% Problems.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
S.P. Jain & R.L. Narang Advanced Cost Accounting KalyaniPubhshar, Ludhiana
S.P. Iyangar Cost Accounting Sultan Chand & Sons
Dr. S.N. Maheswari and Cost Accounting - Theory Mahavir Publication
Mittal & Problem
Charles T. Horngren Cost Accounting Prentice Hall
Vijay Govindarajan Strategic Cost management The Free Press
B.K.Bhar Cost Accounting: Methods Academic Publishers
and Problems
Nigam and Jain Cost Accounting: An Prentice Hall
Introduction

ICWI Cost Accounting Standards ICWI Website.

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC3C2

CORE COURSE X – INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Unit I:
Innovation: Concepts – Need – Importance – Sources –Creativity–Ideational fluency
– Thinking types relevant for innovation – Research and Development – Invention –
Entrepreneurship: Meaning, Importance, Types of Entrepreneurship – Micro, Small, Medium
Entrepreneurship: Concept and Special significance in India – Concept of intrapreneurship –
Entrepreneurial qualities – Risk and Innovation – Traits of successful entrepreneurs –
Entrepreneur vis-à-vis Businessman vis-à-vis Manager – Innovation as the essence of
entrepreneurship – Core competency of Entrepreneurs.

Unit II:
Innovation and Entrepreneurial Environment:Internal and external environment forces
conditioning entrepreneurship – Psychological, Social, Cultural, Political, Legal and
Economic Forces – Entrepreneurship Development Phases: Attitude, Capability, Culture and
Society – Entrepreneurship Development Programs – Family Business Groups and
Entrepreneurship in India – Conditions for Innovation – Learning Organization as the need
for Innovation – Innovation and Entrepreneurship based Education, Training and
Development Initiatives.

Unit III:
Role and Functions of Institutional Agencies in Entrepreneurship
Development: National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
(NIESBUD) –Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) – National Institute for
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NIMSME) – Small Industries Development
Organization –Role of TIIC – SIPCOT – SIDCO – ITCOT – TIDCO DIC – National
Entrepreneurship Network (NEN)- Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship-
MUDRA Bank Schemes.

Unit IV:
Select Government Schemes for Entrepreneurship: Trade Related Entrepreneurship
Assistance and Development (TREAD), Micro & Small Enterprises Cluster Development
Program – (MSE – CDP), Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme For Micro and Small Enterprises -
Department of Science and Technology: Support For Entrepreneurial and Managerial
Development and Societal Programs- Special Schemes: Differential Rate of Interest (DRI)
scheme – Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) schemes –
TamilnaduAdiDravidar Housing and Development Corporation (THADCO) schemes –
Tamilnadu Backward Classes & Minorities Economic Development Corporation Limited
(TABCEDCO) scheme- Role of Confederation of Indian Industry.

Unit V:
Formulating and Launching Entrepreneurial ventures:Developing Business
propositions – Preparing Project Proposal and Report – Identifying Suppliers, Financiers,
Business Process Partners – Knowledge of Competition and strategy for dealing with
competition – Business Establishment: Clearances and Documents – Planning for
Contingencies.

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Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher

Peter F.Drucker Innovation and Entrepreneurship HarperBusiness
Peter Thiel Zero to One Crown Business
Gupta and Entrepreneurship Development Sultanchand& Sons
Srinivasan
Tom Kelley The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Crown Business
Creativity from IDEO, America's
Leading Design Firm
B.C.Tandon Environment & Entrepreneurship Chugh Publications
Srivastava A Practical Guide to Industrial Sultan Chand and.
Entrepreneurs
Saravanavel Entrepreneurship Development Ess Pee Kay Publishers, Madras.
Scott Berkun The Myths of Innovation
Vasant Desai The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Himalaya Publishing House
Development and Management
Khanka S. S. Entrepreneurial Development S.Chand and Company

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC3C3

CORE COURSE XI – QUANTITATIVE METHODS

Unit I:
Basic Mathematical Concepts: Nature of Quantitative analysis in the Practice of
Management, Problem Definition; Models and their Development; Concept of Trade off;
Notion of Constants, Variables and Function – Linear and Non Linear functions – Graphical
Representation of Functions and their Application – Concept of Slope and its relevance.

Unit II:
Concepts of Optimization: Formulation of Different Types of Linear Programming;
Solving LPP using Graphical and Simplex Method (Only Simple Problems) – Concepts of
Duality – Transportation – Assignment Problems.

Unit III:
Introduction to the Probability: Concepts of Events: probability of Events: Joint,
Conditional & Marginal Probabilities, Probability Distributions, Elements of Queuing
Theory.

Unit IV:
Simulation and Game Techniques: Introduction to Simulation as an aid to decision
making– Illustration through Simple Examples of Discrete Event Simulation – Game Theory:
Basic Concepts – Two Persons Zero Sum Games – Saddle Point.

Unit V:
Introduction to Decision Theory: Pay-off & Loss Tables. Expected value of Pay-
off Expected Value of Perfect Formation: Decision Tree Approach to Choose Optimal Course
of Action. Criteria For Decision: Mini-Max, Maxi – Max, Minimizing Maximal Regret &
their Implications.

Note: The question paper shall consist of 40% Theory and 60% Problems.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
R. Pannerselvam Operations Research: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd
Methods& Practice
P .K. Gupta & D.S. Hira Operations Research S. Chand
UK Srivastava, Gr Quantitative Techniques New Age International
Shenory& SC Sharma
ND Vohra Quantitative Techniques in Tata McGraw-Hill Education
Management
Richard I Levin and Quantitative approaches to McGraw Hill.
Charles Atkinson management
Krikpatrick
Dr. Stevenson Operations and Decision McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Sciences

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC3C4

CORE COURSE XII – PRACTICAL COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING

Unit I:

Computerised Accounting – Meaning – Advantages – Manual Accounting

VsComputerised Accounting – Popular Accounting Packages in India.

Unit II:

Features of ‘Tally 9’ – Tally Screen – Gateway of Tally – Buttons Toolbar and Menus
in the gateway of Tally – Creation of a Company – Selection of a Company – Shutting a
selected Company – Display and Alteration of a Company.

Unit III:

Accounts Information Groups – Default Groups in Tally – Primary Groups – Sub-

groups – Creation of New Groups – Single Group – Multiple Groups – Displaying – Altering
and Deleting Groups.
Ledger Accounts – Default Ledger Accounts in Tally – Creation of Ledgers – Single
and Multiple – Displaying, Altering and Deleting Ledger Accounts.
Voucher – Meaning in Tally Software – Types – Creation of New Voucher – Displaying –
Altering and Cancelling a Voucher.
F 11 Features (General & Accounting Features)
F 12 Configure

Unit IV:

Inventory Information Stock Item – Stock Groups – Stock Categories– Godowns –

Units of Measures – Vouchers – Types of Pure Inventory Vouchers – Recording Stock
Movement – Creation of Purchase Order – Sales Order – Invoices.
F 11 Features (Inventory Features)
Enabling VAT in Tally – Ledgers pertaining to VAT – Ledger Creation – VAT
Reports.
Enabling Service Tax in Tally – Ledgers pertaining to Service Tax – Ledger Creation –
Service Tax Reports.
Enabling TDS in Tally – Ledgers pertaining to TDS – Voucher Entry – TDS Reports.
Enabling Payroll Module in Tally – Payroll Menu – Payroll Reports.

Unit V:

Reports: Accounting Reports: Reports available from the Gateway of Tally – Reports
under Display – Reports from the Statement of Accounts – Outstanding Receivables and
Payables – Ageing Analysis – Bank Reconciliation Statement.
Inventory Reports – Inventory Books – Statement of Inventories.
MIS Reports – Cash Flow and Fund Flow – Principal Ratios in Tally – Exception
Reports.

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Books for Reference:
Author(s) Title Publication
A.K. Nadhani& Implementing Tally 9 BPS Publications.
K.K. Nadhani
A.K. Nadhani Tally. Erp 9 Training Guide Paperback BPS Publications.
NarmataAgrawal Tally 9 Wiley India Private Ltd.
C. Nellaikannan Tally 9 Ver.9 Erp Vat &Tds Enabled Nels Publications
More Simple More Flexible
Vikas Gupta Comdex Business Accounting with MS Dreamtech Press
Excel 2010 and Tally. ERP 9 Course Kit
Ashok K Nadhani Tally.ERP 9 Made Simple for Basic BPS.
Financial Accounting

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC3E1

ELECTIVE COURSE III (A) – VISUAL PROGRAMMING: VB AND VC++

Unit I:
Windows Programming: Graphical User Interface (GUI) Concept – Hungarian
Notation, Data Types – Handles, Message Driven Architecture, Message Processing & Loop,
Graphics Device Interface (GDI) – Brush, Pen, Font, Cursor, Menu, Keyboard & Mouse
Handling, Displaying text and graphics, Dialog Boxes controls, Win Main procedure, files
Clipboard, Printer Handling, DDE, DLLs, OLE-COM, ODBC, Windows Registry – New
Executable (NE) and Portable Executable (PE) files.

Unit II:
Visual Basic: Variables, Constants, Strings, Numbers, Remark & End Statements,
String, Date, Financial & Numeric Functions, Program flow control, user defined functions &
Modules, Forms – Single Document Interface, Creating controls, Event Procedures, Text
Boxes, Message Boxes & Labels – Properties windows usage

Unit III:
Visual Basic Programming: Custom Controls – picture box, rich text box, list box,
progress bar, tree view, toolbar, slider – objects in VB – Classes – Object Creation &
Manipulation, OLE Properties, ActiveX Controls creation & Usage. Database Access – Data
Control – Field control – data grid – Record set using SQL to manipulate data.

Unit IV:
Visual C++ Programming: Fundamental of MFC: MFC class hierarchy, various
object properties – object, Carchieve, C WinApp, CWnd, CFile, CGdiObject, CExcept,
CDialog, CString, CEdit, CList. Resource: Menus, Accelerators, Dialogs, Icons, Bitmaps,
Versions, AFX Functions, Message Maps and Document / View Architecture.

Unit V:
Visual C++ Programming: Advanced MFC: DAO & ODBC – Data access
methods & data controls for database applications with multiple document usage.
Synchronization classes: C Thread, C Semaphore, C Mutex and C Event.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher

Marion Cottingham Visual Basic,2015 Peachpit Press
Herbert Sheildt MFC from the Ground Up,1998 Osborne/McGraw-Hill;
J. David Kruglirski Programming Microsoft Visual C,1998 Microsoft Press
Deitel Visual Basic 6.0 How To Program Prentice Hall
Ivor Horton Beginning Visual C++ 2013 Wrox Beginning Guides
Julian Templeman Microsoft Visual C++/CLI Step by Microsoft
Step (Step by Step Developer),2013
Micheal Halvorson Microsoft Visual Basic 2013 Step by Microsoft
Step (Step by Step Developer)
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 II YEAR – III SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 7MCC3E2

ELECTIVE COURSE III (B) – SOFTWARE MODELS AND ENGINEERING

Unit I:
Phases in Software Development – Requirement Analysis – Software Design – Coding
– Testing – Maintenance – Effort Distribution with Phases – Error Distribution – Software
Development Process Model: Waterfall model – Prototyping Interactive Enhancement –
Spiral Model – Role of Management in Software Development, Metrics and Measurements –
Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) – Role of SRS.

Unit II:
Problem Analysis:Structuring Information–Data flow Diagram and Data Dictionary –
Structured Analysis – Prototyping Requirements Specification Characteristics of an SRS –
Specification Languages Structure of Requirements Document – Validation: Reading –
construction scenarios – Requirement Review Automated cross Referencing – Prototyping –
Metrics: Function Points – Number of Errors found – change request frequency.

Unit III:
Planning a Software project – cost estimation – Uncertainties in cost estimation –
Single variable Models: COCOMO – software size Estimation – Project Scheduling: Average
Duration Estimation – Milestones, Staffing and Personnel planning – Raleigh Curve – Team
structure – Software configuration Management configuration identification – configuration
control – status accounting and auditing – software configuration and management – quality
assurance plans: verification and validation – inspection and reviews – output of a software
development project – project monitoring plans: Timesheets – Reviews – Cost – Schedule –
Milestone Graph – Risk Management: Risk Management Activities – Risk Identification –
Risk Analysis and Prioritization – Project planning and Risk management.

Unit IV:
System Design: Design Objectives, Design Partitioning – Problem Partitioning –
Abstraction, Top-Down and Bottom-Up strategies, Module Level Concepts – Coupling and
Cohesion, Design Methodology – Structured Design – Structure Charts – Design
Methodology – Transaction Analysis, Design Specification, Verification – Design Reviews –
Automated Cross-Checking.

Unit V:
Testing Fundamentals: Error Fault – Failures – Reliability – Levels of Testing – Test
case and Test criteria – Test Oracle – Psychology of Testing – Top-Down and Bottom-Up
Approaches– Functional Testing: Equivalence class portioning – Boundary value Analysis:
case Effect Graphing – Test case Generations – Instrumentation for structural testing –
Complexity Based Criteria – Mutation Testing – Combination Functional and structural
Approaches, Testing Process – Test Plan – Test case Specification and Test case – Execution
and Analysis, comparison of different V & V Techniques, Matrices, Reliability Assessment –
Programmer Productivity – Error Removal Efficiency – Specifications for system testing –
System Test Report – Error Report on a given problem.

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Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher

PankejJalote An Integrated Approach to Software Springer Science &
Engineering,2005 Business Media
Richard E. Fairley Software Engineering – A Practitioner’s Springer
Approach,1997
Martin L Shooman Software Engineering – Design, Reliability McGraw-Hill Ryerson
and Management
Beatty and Weigers Software Requirements ,2013 Microsoft.
P. Clement, L. Bass Software Architecture in Practice (3rd Addison-Wesley
& R. Kazman Edition) (SEI Series in Software Professional
Engineering,2012

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 II YEAR – IV SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 7MCC4C1

CORE COURSE XIII – INCOME TAX LAW AND PRACTICE

Unit I:
Concepts and Definitions: Direct and Indirect Taxes- Income Tax Act 1961:
Definitions of: Previous Year - Assessment Year- Income- Deemed Income -Basis of Charge
of Income Tax- Residential Status - Scope of Total Income – Special Provisions and
Exemptions in Sec.10- Heads of Income- Relevant case problems.

Unit II:
Income under the Head Salary and House Property: (a) Salary Income: Basis of
Charge- Allowances - Perquisites - Deductions from Salary income (b) Income From House
Property: Chargeability- Determination of Annual Value - Allowable deductions-
Unrealized rent and Subsequent Collection- Tax planning options and exercises- Relevant
case problems.

Unit III:
Income from Business / Profession and Capital gain: (a) Business /Professional
Income: Charging Provision –Assessment of business income – Allowed Deductions –
Expressively disallowed deductions- Capital Gains - Computation of capital gains -
Transfer of capital Assets - Deductions - Exempted capital gains- Tax planning options and
exercises- Relevant case problems.

Unit IV:
Computation of Total Income for Individuals and Companies and Filing of
Returns: Clubbing of Income- Set-off- Carry forward of losses - Deductions from Gross
Total Income – Preparation of Return of income for individuals and companies- PAN-
Signing and Filing of Returns- Online filing- Tax planning- Relevant case problems.

Unit V:
Income TaxAuthorities, Assessment, Collection of Income Tax and Direct Tax
Code: Overview of Income Tax authorities- Procedure for Assessment-Types of assessment:
Self and Best Judgment assessments- Income escaping assessment- Direct payment and Tax
Deducted at Source (TDS)- Advance Payment of Tax- Direct Taxes Code-2010: Significance
and Provisions- Relevant case problems.
Note: The question paper shall consist of 40% Theory and 60% Problems.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
V.K. Singhania and KapilSinghania Direct Taxes Law and Practice Taxmann
V.K. Singhania and Monica Student’s Guide Income Tax Taxmann
Singhania Act
Dr.Hariharan N Income Tax Law and Practice Vijay Nicole Imprints
Lakhotia, Ram Niwas and Lakhotia, How to Save Income Tax Vision Books
Subhash through Tax Planning
Dr. GirishAhuja& Dr. Ravi Gupta Direct Taxes Bharat Law
Bharat Law Publishers Direct Taxes Code Publishers
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 II YEAR – IV SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 7MCC4C2

CORE COURSE XIV – HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Unit I:
Human Resource Management (HRM): Meaning, Nature, Objectives, Scope and
Functions – HRM Department: Structure and Functions – Managerial and Operating
Functions – HRM as a Profession- Growing Significance and Challenges of HRM.

Unit II:
HR Planning: Concept and Scope – Requirements for Manpower Planning – Job
Analysis – Job Description – Job Specification – Job Design – Job Simplification – Job
Enlargement – Job Rotation – Job Enrichment – Absenteeism: Causes and Consequences –
Relevant case study.

Unit III:
Recruitment and Selection: Policy – Sources of Recruitment – Process and Problems
–Recruitment Practices in India – Selection: Concept and Process – Placement and Induction
– Bases for Promotions and Transfers – Need for Demotions and Separations- Labour
Turnover: causes and consequences- Employee Retention: Need and Methods – Relevant
case study.

Unit IV:
Training and development – Need and importance – Steps in Training Programs –
Evaluation of Training Programs – Concept of Management Development Programs –
Techniques of training and development – Group Discussions – Conferences and Seminars –
Case studies – Role Playing – Business Games – Sensitivity Training – Stages of Career
Development – Personnel Training: Importance, Types and Methods – Executive
Development: Importance, Types and Methods – Relevant case study.

Unit V:
Wages and Salary Administration – Compensation Plans – Cafeteria Approach- Job
Evaluation – Individual and Group Incentives – Bonus – Fringe benefits – Performance
Appraisal – Meaning, Need and Importance – Objectives, Methods and Modern Techniques
of Performance Appraisal – Requisites of a Good Appraisal Plan – Problems in Performance
Appraisal – Relevant case study.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
K. Aswathappa Human Resource Management Tata McGraw-Hill
Edwin B. Flippo Personnel Management McGraw-Hill
P.C. Tripathy Personnel Management Sultan Chand & Sons
K. Rakesh Chopra Managing Human Resources V. K. Publishing.
V.S.P. Rao Human Resource Management EXCEL BOOKS
Dr.V. Balu Human Resource Development Venkateswara Publications.
Steve Brown, Alan Human Resource Management Routledge
Price, et al.

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC4E1

ELECTIVE COURSE IV (A) – INVESTMENT AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Unit I:
Concept of Investment – Types of Investment – Features of Real, Financial and
Derivative investments – Features of Financial Investment instruments: Money & Capital
Market investment instruments; Primary & Secondary Market Investment instruments; Fixed
& Varying income investment instruments – Direct and Portfolio investments – Distinctions
among Investment, Speculation and Gambling – Features of Ideal investments – Functions of
Investment Management: Selecting, Scaling, Spreading, Spacing and Timing – Tax
considerations and investment management.
Unit II:
Investment Goals, Return & Risk Analyses: Investment Goals: Return, Risk, Growth,
Control and Tax-related goals – Goal differences of investors – Matching the Goals and
Investments – Allocation of funds to different investments – Constraints and Strategies –
Returnand Risk analysis: Concepts and Measures of Return: Current Return, Holding Period
Return – Concepts and Measures of Risk: systematic and unsystematic risks and their
measures: Standard deviation, Variance and Beta – Risk-Return Relationship.
Unit III:
Investment Valuation Measures and Approaches: Equity and Debt Valuation:
Methods of valuation of Equity and Debt investments – Price and Value analysis – Cootner’s
Hypothesis– Fundamental Analysis for investment evaluation – Economy, Industry and
Company analysis– Technical Analysis: Concept and emphasis – Dow Theory – Important
Charts Patterns – Lead and Lag Indicators – Price-Earnings analysis.
Unit IV:
Investment Portfolios, Mutual Funds and Efficient Market Hypotheses: Portfolio
Concept and Construction – Portfolio risk and Return –Efficient Portfolios–Portfolio Choice
– Mutual funds: Concept, Need and Types – Portfolio Performance Measures – Portfolio
Revision – Random Walk Theory – Different Forms of Market Efficiency: Weak, Semi-
strong and Strong forms and their tests.
Unit V:
Derivative Investments:Concept of Derivatives – Types – Options as a derivative
investment– Terminologies in options market – Options types – Pay-off for holders and
writers of call and put options contracts – Futures Market: Features of Futures contracts –
Types of futures contracts – Uses – Swap contracts and their uses and types.
Note: The question paper shall consist of 60% Theory and 40% Problems.
Books for Reference:
Author(s) Title Publisher
B. K Bhalla Investment Management S.Chand and co
Frank Reilly and Keith Brown Investment Analysis and Portfolio Cengage Learning
Management
Bodie, Kane and Marcus Investments McGraw Hill/Irvin.
William Sharpe and Bailey Investments Prentice Hall
Preeti Singh Investment Management Himalaya
Elton, Gruber, Brown and Modern Portfolio Theory & John Wiley & Sons
Goetzmann Investment Management
Madhumati and Ranganatham Investment Analysis and Portfolio Pearson Education
Management India

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COURSE CODE: 7MCC4E2

ELECTIVE COURSE IV (B) – ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

Unit I:
Introduction to ERP: Conceptual model of ERP – Evolution of ERP Structure of
ERP – Reasons for Growth – Advantages of ERP – Enterprise: An overview. ERP and
related Technologies: Business Process Re-engineering - Management Information System
– Decision Support System – Executive Information system–Data Warehousing– Data
Mining – Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) –Business Process Mapping for ERP Module
Design - Hardware Environment and its Selection for ERP Implementation- Relevant one or
two case studies.
Unit II:
ERP in Business Perspectives: Materials Requirement Planning - Distribution
Requirements Planning – ERP applications in Just in Time (JIT), Computer Aided Design
(CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) - Product Data Management – ERP
Modules: Plant Maintenance – Quality Management – 6 Sigma Applications- Relevant one or
two case studies.
Unit III:
ERP Benefits and Special Applications: Reduction of Lead Time - Reduction of
Cycle Time- Improved Resource Utilization – Reduced Quality Costs – Increased Flexibility-
Improved Information accuracy and Decision making capability- Supply Chain Management
(SCM)- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - Relevant one or two case studies.
Unit IV:
ERP Implementation Lifecycle: Introduction – Pre – evaluation screening - ERP
Project Planning – Gap Analysis – Reengineering – Configuration – Implementation –
Testing – Training & Maintenance- In-house Implementation –Pros and Cons – Vendors –
Consultants – End users- Overview of ERP Markets: SAP AG, Oracle Corporation, People
Soft, System Software Associates, Inc. (SSA) - A Comparative Assessment and Selection of
ERP Packages and Modules- Relevant one or two case studies.
Unit V:
Future Directions in ERP: New Markets – New Channels – Faster Implementation
Methodologies – Business Models – Application Platforms - New Business segments – Web-
enabling – Market Snapshot- Relevant one or two case studies.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
Leon Alexis Enterprise wide Resource Planning Tata McGraw – Hill
Rahul V. Altekar Enterprise-wide Resource Planning – Prentice Hall
Theory and practice
Vinodkumargarg&N.K.Ve Entreprisewide Resource Prentice Hall of India
nkitakrishnan
SubodhKesharwani ERP systems – Application, PragatiPrakathan
Experiences & Upsurge, Publications, Meerut.
Ashim Raj Shingla Enterprise Resource Management Cengage Learning
Rajesh Ray ERP Text and Cases Tata McGraw – Hill
Marakas Decision Support System in the 21 Prentice Hall;
Century
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COURSE CODE: 7MCC5E1

ELECTIVE COURSE V (A) – MULTIMEDIA AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

Unit I:
Fundamentals Concepts in Text and Image: Multimedia and Hypermedia – World
Wide Web – Overview of Multimedia Software Tools – Graphics and image – Data
Representation Graphics/Image Data Types- File Formats – Color in Image and Video: color
Science – Color Models in Images – Image – Color Models in Video.

Unit II:
Multimedia in use and technology: Multimedia definition – Need, benefits and
problems – System Components – Multimedia Platforms – Development tools: Types – Cross
platform compatibility – Commercial tools – Standards – Media types: Non temporal – text,
image, graphics – Temporal – Analog, digital audio/video, music, animation, other media
types – Extended Images, digital ink and speech audio.

Unit III:
Wireless LAN Infrared Vs Radio Transmission – Infrastructure Networks – Adhoc
Networks– IEEE 802.11 – HIPERLAN – Bluetooth – Wireless ATM Working Group –
Services – Reference Model – Functions – Radio Access Layer – Handover – Location
Management – Addressing Mobile Quality of Service – Access Point Control Protocol.

Unit IV:
Mobile IP Goals – Assumptions and Requirement – Entities – IP Packet Delivery –
Agent Advertisement and Discovery – Registration – Tunneling and Encapsulation –
Optimization – Reverse Tunneling – IPv6 – DHCP – Ad-hoc Networks.

Unit V:
Traditional TCP – Indirect TCP – Snooping TCP – Mobile TCP – Fast Retransmit/
Fast Recovery – Transmission/Timeout Freezing – Selective Retransmission – Transaction
Oriented TCP Architecture – Datagram Protocol – Wireless Telephony Applications.
Books for Reference:
Author(s) Title Publisher
Nigel Chapmen & Jenny Digital Multimedia,2009 Wiley – Dreamtech
Chapmen
Walterworth A John Multimedia Technology and Ellis Horowood Ltd
Applications,1991
William Stallings Wireless Communication and Prentice Hall
Networks,2005
John .F. Koegel Buford Multimedia systems,1994 Pearson education
Judith Jeffcoate Multimedia in Practice Technology Prentice Hall PTR
and Application,1995
Singhal Wireless Application Protocol,2001 Pearson Education India
LotherMerk, Nicklaus Principles of Mobile Computing Springer
and Thomas Stober
William C. Y. Lee Mobile Communication Design John Wiley & Sons
Fundamentals,2010
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COURSE CODE: 7MCC5E2

ELECTIVE COURSE V (B) – COMPUTER NETWORKS

Unit I:
Introduction:OSI, TCP/IP and other networks models, Examples of Networks: Novell
Networks, Arpanet, Internet, Network Topologies WAN, LAN, MAN. Physical Layer:
Transmission media copper, twisted pair wireless, switching and encoding asynchronous
communications; Narrow band, broad band ISDN and ATM.

Unit II:
Data Link Layer: Design issues, framing, error detection and correction, CRC,
Elementary Protocol – stop and wait, Sliding Window, Slip, Data link layer in HDLC,
Internet, ATM. Medium Access sub layer:ALOHA, MAC addresses, Carrier sense multiple
access. IEEE 802.X Standard Ethernet, wireless LANS, Bridges.

Unit III:
Network Layer:Virtual circuit and Datagram subnets – Routing algorithm shortest
path routing, Flooding, Hierarchical routing, Broad cast, Multi cast, distance vector routing,
Dynamic routing – Broadcast routing, Rotary for mobility.

Unit IV:
Congestion, Control Algorithms – General Principles of Congestion prevention
policies. Internet working: The Network layer in the internet and in the ATM Networks.

Unit V:
Transport Layer:Transport Services, Connection management, TCP and UDP
protocols; ATM AAL Layer Protocol. Application Layer– Network Security – Domain Name
Space (DNS) – SMTP – FTP – HTTP – WWW – Security – Cryptography – Electronic Mail.

Books for Reference:

Author(s) Title Publisher
Andrew S Tanenbaum Computer Networks,2011 Pearson
Behrouz A. Forouzan Data Communications and McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Networking,2006
S.Keshav An Engineering Approach to Pearson Education
Computer Networks,2001
W A Shay Understanding communications Brooks/Cole
and Networks,2004
VS Bagad and IA Computer Networks,2009 Technical Publications
Dhotre
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