i. Networking concepts, Types of Networks (LAN, MAN, WAN),
ii. Mode of Transmission (Simplex, Half Duplex and Full Duplex), Analog and Digital Transmission,
iii. Network Topologies,
iv. Internet, Intranets, Extranets, Inter-networking devices.
v. Web Browsers, Internet Protocols, Search engines, e-mail, Web browsing, searching, downloading & uploading from Internet.
vi. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Applications of Artificial Intelligence.
Suggested Readings:
1. Turban, Rainer and Potter (2003). Introduction to Information Technology. John Wiley
& Sons.
2. Saini, A.K. and Pradeep Kumar (2003). Computer Applications in Management, Anmol Publications, N. Delhi.
3. ITL Education Solutions Ltd. (2005), Introduction to Information Technology,Pearson Education.
4. Sinha, Kr. Pradeep and Preeti Sinha; Foundations of Computing, BPB Publication, Latest Edition.
5. William Sawyer, Hutchinson. Using Information Technology, Tata McGraw Hill, Fifth Ed
Semester-II
BLB 204 Credits: 04
Subject: English II (Including Legal Writing) (Minimum Lecture: 40) Course Objective
Communication skills have become immensely important for a good and effective lawyer-ship.
A good communicator not only impresses the listeners but also easily makes space within the social systems. At the same time an effective communication helps to tackle the client interviews effectively. Court rulings and legal reasoning need good communication skills so as to provide an impressive reading the world wide. Therefore the subject will certainly be helpful in excelling communication skills and lawyer-ship of the individual.
Course Outcome
This course is designed to imbue among the students:
1. Understand, identify, develop and practice essential Communication skills during their legal studies and in their everyday life.
2. Imbibe among students the intricacies of Client Interviewing.
3. Understand methods of Legal Counseling.
Module I: Communication (Lectures - 10)
i. Meaning
ii. Types and Directions to Communication iii. Approaches to Communication
iv. Barriers to Communication v. Communication Process vi. Channels of Communication
Module - II: Client Interviewing (Lectures - 10) i. Meaning and significance
ii. Different Components: listening, types of questions asked, Information gathering, Report formation, Ethical consideration
Module - III: Legal Counselling (Lectures- 10)
i. Definition and its differentiation from general counselling ii. Different types of counselling
iii. Approaches to Counselling iv. Training Skills: Simulated exercises
Module - IV: Legal Reasoning (Lectures- 10) i. Legal Reasoning: Definition, Components of Legal Reasoning, Deductive and Inductive Reasoning,
Levi's and Bodenheimer's Model of Legal Reasoning ii. Law and Logic: Aristotelian Logic and Syllogism iii. Significance of mooting to law students
Suggested Readings:
1. N.R. Madhava Menon, Clinical Legal Education 2. Jenny Chapman, Client Interviewing and Counselling 3. Stephens P. Robbins, Organizational Behaviour 4. Morgan, Introduction to Psychology
Semester-II
BBM- 205 Credits: 04
Subject: Business Statistics Minimum Lectures: 40
Course Objectives:
There's an old saying ‘If you can measure it, you can manage it’. What's measurable is almost always presented in the form of statistics. Without the use of statistics the business is virtually impossible. Statistics are used to make a wide range of decisions in business and. The environment is highly complex and Business statistics help in taking sound decision in the uncertainty. Statistics play an important role in business. A successful businessman must be very quick and accurate in decision making. Hence the basic objective of this course is to develop students' familiarity with the basic concepts and tools in statistics so as to enable them to resolve complex problems of decision making in business.
Course Outcomes:
After completing this course, students will be able to
1. Produce appropriate graphical and numerical descriptive statistics for different types of data.
2. Identify statistical tools needed to solve various business problems
3. Develop the skill of performing the calculations needed for various methods of analysis 4. Understand the concept of hypothesis and will also learn various technique of hypothesis
testing which will help them to take sound decisions.
Module -I: Overview of Business Statistics (Lectures - 6) i. Definition, important and limitations; Functions and scope of statistics;
ii. Types of data;
iii. Data collection techniques;
iv. Presentation of data- tabulation, charting and diagrammatic
Module - II: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion (Lectures - 10) i. Central tendency- mean, median, mode, partition values;
ii. Variation - range, quartile deviation, average deviation, standard deviation, Lorenz curve; Skegness, moments and kurtosis
Module - III: Correlation and Regression analysis (Lectures - 10) i. Significance of study of correlation; Correlation and causation;
ii. Types of correlations;
iii. Measurement of correlation (Karl Pearson's methods, Spearman's rank correlation);
iv. Regression analysis: Difference between correlation and regression; Bivariate regression model & regression equations of Y on X;
v. Index Numbers; Times series analysis.
Module - IV: Sampling & Tests of Hypothesis (Lectures - 14) i. Sampling and Sampling Distributions;
ii. Procedure of hypothesis testing; Type I and Type II errors; One tailed and two tailed tests; Testing of hypothesis w.r.t. large samples, about population means, iii. Difference between means, attributes, population proportion and difference
between two proportions; Chi-square test;
iv. Analysis of Variance; Statistical decision making Suggested Readings:
1. Sharma J K (2014), Fundamentals of Business Statistics, Vikas Pub. House 2. Gupta S P (2013), Statistical Methods, S. Chand & Co.
3. Rubin & Levin (2013), Statistics for Management, Seventh edition, Pearson, Prentice Hall of India.
4. Kapoor &Sancheti,(2011), Business Statistics, Sultan Chand & Sons
5. Hooda, R.P., Statistics for Business and Economics, 3 ed., Macmillan, N. Delhi.
Semester-II
BBM -206 Credits: 04 Subjects: Economic Environment of Business (Minimum Lectures: 40) Course Objective:
The business operates in the economic environment and is influenced by it. The cut throat competition has made economic environment more important than ever it has been. Hence the course has been designed with the purpose of familiarizing the student with various aspects of economic, social, political and cultural environment of India. This will help them in gaining a deeper understanding of the environmental factors influencing Indian business organizations.
Course Outcome:
After completing this course, students will be able to
1. Analyze various competitive forces in environment and to cope with the changing regulations affecting business and its profitability.
2. Understand various laws and role of SEBI in India.
3. Analyze various trends and issues of Indian Economy w.r.t. Privatization and Globalization.
4. Understand the monetary and fiscal environment in India and functioning of RBI.
Module - I: Business Environment (Lectures - 8)
i. Business Environment-Meaning, Importance, ii. Environmental Factors, Nature and Significance, iii. Interaction matrix of different environment factors, iv. Process of environmental scanning,
v. Basic philosophies of Capitalism and Socialism with their variants.
Module - II Regulatory Business Laws (Lectures - 12) i. Industrial and Licensing Policy,
ii. Foreign Exchange Management Act, iii. Consumer Protection Act,
iv. Environment Protection Act, v. New Competition Law,
vi. Securities and Exchange Board of India and Investor's Protection.
Module - III New Economic Environment (Lectures - 10) i. Liberalization,
ii. Privatization
iii. Globalization of Indian Economy (trends and issues.)
iv. Special Economic Zone (SEZ), their role and impact in Indian Business Environment Module -IV Monetary And Fiscal Environment In India (Lectures - 10)
i. RBI – Role and functions.
ii. Regulation of money and credit, iii. Monetary and Fiscal Policies,
Suggested readings:
1. CherunilamFrancis, Business Environment, Text and Cases , Eighth Edition, Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi
2. Bedi, Suresh (2004) Business Environment, Excel Books, New Delhi.
3. Mishra, S.K. and Puri, V.K. (2007) Economic Environment of Business, Himalaya PublishingHouse, New Delhi.
4. Paul, Justin (2006), Business Environment (Text and Cases), Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi
5. Economic Survey, Government of India (Latest) 6. Monthly Bulletins, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai