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BBA Syllabus Tribhuvan University
2022-Aug-05
Detailed course and model question of ITC 201:
Computer Systems and Information Technology Applications
Detailed Course
Unit II: Input Devices: Definition of Input Devices and its type (Mouse, Keyboard, Microphone, Scanner, Touch Panel, MICR, OBR and OMR), Uses of input devices.
Unit IV: Storage Devices: Primary Storage Device (RAM and its type, ROM and its type and Cache Memory), Secondary Storage Devices (Hard Disk, Optical Disk, Flash Drive, Memory/SD card), and Uses of storage devices and Memory Hierarchy.
Unit V: Central Processing Unit: Control Unit, Arithmetic and Logic Unit, Register set, Functions of Central Processing Unit. Introduction to Bus (Address, Data, Control)
Unit VI: Operating System, Features of Operating System, Types of Operating Systems, Support for Networking.
Unit VII: Computer Network: Introduction to computer network, Pros and Cons of Computer Network, Types of computer network (On the basis of size and architecture), Introduction to IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6).
Unit VIII: Application Software: Introduction, types and uses of Application software. Office package (Word Processor, Spread Sheet and Presentation)tool: Introduction and Features.
Word Processor (Microsoft Office Word 2007): Paragraph formatting, font formatting, managing layout of document, editing document, reviewing document (Track changes, Adding comments, Proofing). Inserting pictures, tables, shapes, hyperlink, header, footer, page number, Watermark, Footnote, caption, text box, word art, equations, symbol and chart. Table of Content, Mail Merge, Text wrapping and Templates.
Spread Sheet (Microsoft Office Excel 2007): Font formatting, cell formatting, alignment, inserting picture, charts, shapes, header, footer, page number, symbol, page setup, using formula, sorting table, using filters, reviewing spreadsheet, Freezing panes.
Presentation Tools (Microsoft Office PowerPoint2007): formatting font, paragraph; inserting new slides, pictures, charts shapes, header footer, word art, date and time, slide number; page setup, slide orientation; using different themes for slide; animations: slide transition, custom animation; Slide show; reviewing slides.
Image processing software (Photoshop): Working with image: size, mode, adjustment, crop, transform, Extract, Distort; Working with layers, working with filter, working with guide, grid and ruler, working with channel.
Unit IX: Utility Software: Definition and uses of Utility software, Device Manager, Disk cleaner, Disk scanner, Disk Defragmenter, virus scanner, spyware scanner, Introduction and uses of Device Driver, Language Translator
Unit X: Information Technology, Importance of IT, Different hardware and software used in IT, Application of IT in Science and Engineering, Business and Commerce, Education, Government, Medicine, Entertainment.
Unit XI: Financial Information System (FIS), Features of FIS, Personal FIS, Organizational Financial Management. FIS and organizational decision making process, personal financial management system, Application of FIS, Financial Calculator: Ratio Analysis (current ratio, inventory turnover ratio, days sales outstanding, fixed assets turnover, total assets turnover ratio, profit margin on sales, basic earning power ratio, return on total assets, return on common equity, Price/Earnings Ratio, Price/Cash Flow ratio), Future value, Annuity, Retirement Planning, Amortized loan, Measuring Riskiness of Firm and Risk comparison.
Unit XII: Marketing Information System (MkIS), Features of MkIS, MkISand marketing decision making process, Application of MkIS, Simple MkIS: Evaluating Marketing campaign, Marketing Expense to Revenue, Customer Acquisition Cost, Time to pay back customer Acquisition Cost, Break Even Analysis.
Text book
ITL Education Solutions Limited, “Introduction to Information Technology”, Pearson Education India
References:
- Keyes, J. “Financial Services Information Systems (Best Practices)”, Auerbach Publications; 2 Sub edition
- James B. Bower, Robert Edward Schlosser, Charles T. Zlatkovich, “Financial information systems: theory and practice”
- Kimball P Marshall, “Marketing information systems: creating competitive advantage in the information age”, Boyd & Fraser Pub Co
MGT - 201 : Principles of Management
Course Objectives This module aims to impart the basic management knowledge, and skills to the students so as to enhance their managerial capabilities and enable them to apply in the practical field.
Contents
Concepts and functions of management. Management perspective. Planning: meaning, classification, steps and tools. Planning premises. Decision making: meaning, types, conditions and process. Organizing: meaning, process, principles, and architecture. Authority and responsibility. Centralization, delegation and decentralization. Staffing. Emerging issues in organizing. Leading: meaning, qualities and styles. Individual differences and psychological contract. Introduction to groups. Concept of managerial ethics. Motivation: concept and techniques. Communication: meaning, process, types and barriers. Controlling: meaning, process and techniques. Quality. Organizational change and development and Operation and technology management. .
Detailed Course
Unit 1: Introduction LH 4
Management: concepts, meaning, essence, levels and functions. Types of managers. Managerial roles and skills. Becoming a manager: role of education, experience and situation. Business environment and society-external environment, corporate social responsibility, ethics, corporate governance and ethical standards.
Unit 2: Perspectives in Management LH 8
Early development. Classical Perspective: scientific management, administrative management and bureaucracy. Behavioral Perspective: Hawthorne studies, human relations movement, and emergence of organizational behavior. Quantitative Perspective: management science and operations management. Integrating perspectives: systems and contingency perspectives. Emerging management issues and challenges.
Unit 3: Planning LH 7
Meaning. Levels of Planning: Strategic, Tactical and operational. Steps in Planning. Tools for planning. Planning premises. Pitfalls of planning. Improving planning. Decision Making: meaning, types and process. Decision making conditions – certainty, risk and uncertainty. Practical excercises on taking decisions including decision making using indicators.
Unit 4: Organizing LH 8
Meaning, process and principles of organizing. Organization Architecture: vertical differentiation – tall versus flat hierarchies, horizontal differentiation – functional structure, multidivisional structure, geographic structure, and matrix structure. Responsibility: establishing task and reporting relationships, creating accountability. Authority: line authority and staff authority. Delegation of authority. Centralization, Decentralization and Devolution: meaning, reasons, advantages and disadvantages. Emerging issues in organization design. Staffing: concept and importance.
Unit 5: Leading LH 7
Meaning and qualities of leadership. Understanding Individual differences and psychological contract. Concept and types of groups. Leadership Styles: autocratic, democratic, and participative. Concept of managerial ethics. Motivation: concept, importance, and techniques. Communication: meaning, process, and networks. Concept of active listening. Types of communication, Barriers to effective communication.
Unit 6: Controlling LH 10
Meaning, purpose, Process and types of controls. Essentials of effective control systems. Control tools and techniques. Quality: Concept and importance. Total Quality Management: concept, components, principles, tools and techniques. Emerging issues in quality management. Production and operation management, supply chain management, Kaizen, six sigma, The Japanese 5S practice, Technology management, Management information system and IT.
Unit 7: Organizational Change and Development LH 4
Nature, forces, paradigm shifts and areas (structure,technology, business process and behaviors) of organizational change. Resistance to change. Overcoming resistance to change. Concept of Organizational Development, OD intervention.
Addendum: At least one case will be administered at the end of each chapter. The students will also complete a project work and a few other assignments as specified by the faculty member.
References
Adhikari, Dev Raj. Principles of Management, Sunrise Publication, Kathmandu.
Charles W.L. Hill and Steven L. McShane, Principles of Management, Tata Mc-Graw-Hill Company, New Delhi.
Griffin, Ricky W., Management. AITBS Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi.
Hitt, M.A., J.S. Black and Porter, L.W., Management, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
Pant, Prem Raj, Principles of Management, Buddha Academic Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd.
Paudyal, Santosh Raj, Pradhan, Gopal Man and Bhandari, Kedar P. (2064), Principles of Management, Asmita Publication, Kathmandu.
MTH - 201: Business Mathematics - I
Course Objectives
The course introduces mathematical techniques through examples of their application to economic and business concepts. It also tries to get students tackling problems in economics and business using these techniques as soon as possible so that they can see how useful they are. The purpose of the course, then, is to present mathematical skills and concepts, and to apply them to ideas that are important to the management students.
In addition, three course includes the basics of spreadsheet operations relating to solving equations, systems of equations, quadratic equations, matrices, the Mathematics of Finance and some numerical methods as well.
Contents
Straight lines and Functions, their Applications in Market Analysis, Excel for Linear Functions Simultaneous Equations and Use them in Equilibrium Market Analysis, Quadratic Equations and Economic Applications, Non-linear Functions, Numerical Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations, their Graphs and Applications, Financial Mathematics, Excel for Financial Mathematics, Differentiation and Applications in Marginal Analysis, Economic Applications in Optimization.
Detailed Course
Unit 1. Straight lines and Functions 6 hrs
Straight lines, Linear Functions, Applications: demand, supply, cost, revenue, Elasticity of demand, supply and income, Budget and cost constraints, Method of Least Squares;
Lab. Work: Introducing Excel, Excel for linear functions.
Unit 2. Simultaneous equations 6 hrs
Simultaneous linear equations, Equilibrium and break-even, Consumer and producer surplus, the ISLM model
Lab. Work: Excel for simultaneous linear equations.
Unit 3. Quadratic Equations 7 hrs
Graphs of Quadratic Functions, Quadratic Equations, Applications to Economics;
Lab. Work: Excel for quadratic equations.
Unit 4. Non-linear functions, their graphs and applications 10 hrs
Cubic and other polynomial functions, Exponential functions, Logarithmic functions, Hyperbolic functions of the form a/(bx + c); Bisecton method, Newton-Raphson method for solving nonlinear equatons;
Lab. Work: Excel for non-linear functions; Smart math calculator (software): Bisecton method, Newton-Raphson method.
Unit 5. Financial mathematics 10 hrs
Arithmetic and geometric sequences and series; Simple interest, compound interest and annual percentage rates, Depreciation, Net present value and internal rate of return, Annuities, debt repayments, sinking funds; Relationship between interest rates and the price of bonds;
Lab. Work: Excel for financial mathematics.
Unit 6. Differentiation and applications 9 hrs
Slope of a curve and differentiation, Rules of differentiation, Differentiation and marginal analysis, Optimization for functions of one variable, Economic applications of maximum and minimum points, Curvature and other applications, Elasticity and the derivative;
Lab. Work: Excel for applications of derivatives.
References
Teresa Bradley, Essential Mathematics for Economics and Business, John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Frank S. Budnick, Applied Mathematics for Business, Economics, and the Social Sciences, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Limited.
Ronald J. Harshbarger, James J. Reynolds , Mathematical Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences, Houghton Mifflin Company.
Vassilis C. Mavron, Timothy N. Phillips, Mathematics for Economics and Finance, Springer-Verlag. G. S. Monga, Mathematics for management and economics, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
Mike Rosser, Basic Mathematics for Economists, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Alpha C. Chiang, Fundamental Methods Of Mathematical Economics, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Srinath Baruah, Basic Mathematics and its Application in Economics, Macmillan India.
A. B. Sthapit, P. M. Bajracharya and et al: Fundamentals of Business Mathematics, Buddha Academic Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd., Nepal
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