DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .
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BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.)
(THREE YEAR DEGREE COURSE)
SUBJECT
VILLAGE INDUSTRIES
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B.A. (VILLAGE INDUSTRIES)
COURSE STRUCTURE
FIRST YEAR
PAPER – 101 : Principles of Business Management 35 MARKS
PAPER – 102 : Indian Economy and Rural Industries 35 MARKS
PAPER – 103: PRACTICAL (Based on Paper 101, 102) 30 MARKS
SECOND YEAR
PAPER – 201 : Fundamental of Business Organization 35 MARKS
PAPER – 202 : Rural Industries and Cooperation 35 MARKS
PAPER – 203: PRACTICAL (Based on Paper 201, 202) 30 MARKS
THIRD YEAR
PAPER – 301 : Managerial Economics 35 MARKS
PAPER – 302 : Industrial Management 35 MARKS
PAPER – 303: PRACTICAL (Based on Paper 301, 302) 30 MARKS
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B.A. (VILLAGE INDUSTRIES) FIRST YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 101
Principles of Business Management
Unit – I Meaning and definition of Business Management, Nature and Scope
of Business Management, Importance of Business, Management and
Science.
Unit - II Meaning and definition of scientific management, scientific
management and rationalization, objectives and importance of
scientific management.
Unit - III Principle of scientific management advantages and disadvantages of
scientific management rationalization concept and objectives.
Unit - IV Meaning and definition of planning, types of planning and policy
formation place of forecasting planning and policy formation, place of
forecasting in planning ingredients for effective planning.
Unit - V Human factor in management - Motivation and morale, leadership
and supervision, direction and coordination social responsibilities of
business community.
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Books Recommended :-
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3. The Groundwork of Management – By G.P. Asthana.
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B.A. (VILLAGE INDUSTRIES) FIRST YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 102
Indian Economy and Rural
Unit I
Characteristics of Indian Economy, India as an underdeveloped economy,
characteristics of developed and underdeveloped economies.
Unit II
India’s natural resources mineral wealth, forest wealth, cattle wealth, ocean
wealth, source of power and energy crisis.
Unit III
India’s population in relation to economic growth, problem of over-population in
India, Population policy in India.
Unit IV
Small Scale and cottage industries in India, Importance of small scale and cottage
industries in Indian economy problem and their remedies.
Unit V
Economics planning in India, importance and characteristics, objectives and
achievements.
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Books Recommended:-
1- The Indian Economy: Environment and Policy, Dhingra, I.C. – Sultan Chand &
Sons. New Delhi.
2- Indian Economy: Dutt. R. and K.P.M. Sandharam, S. Chand and Co. Ltd., New
Delhi
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B.A. (VILLAGE INDUSTRIES) FIRST YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 103
PRACTICAL
A Study of small scale industries in rural area.
Or
Preparation a Project report of a small scale industries / cottage industries.
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B.A. (VILLAGE INDUSTRIES) SECOND YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 201
Fundamental of Business Organization
Unit – I Meaning, and definition of Business organization, principle of
business organization, difference between administration
Management and organization.
Unit – II Forms of organization, Military organization line and staff
organization, functional organization, committee organization.
Unit – III Authority and responsibility : delegation of authority, centralization
and decentralization of authorities.
Unit – IV Size of a business unit, factors of determination, the size of a business
unit, measurement of size and concept of the optimum size.
Unit – V Problems of establishment of new business, undertaking promotion
of business plant location and layout building and equipment.
Books Recommended :-
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2- Business Organization and Management – M.C. Shukla
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B.A. (VILLAGE INDUSTRIES) SECOND YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 202
Rural Industries and Cooperation
Unit – I Growth and development of rural industries, in relation to economic
growth. Decay of rural industries in India.
Unit – II Rural Industries and some special programmes - Swadeshi Movement.
Gandhian Constructive. Programme, Sarvodaya and Sriniketan
Programme.
Unit – III Meaning and definition of cooperation, principles of cooperation,
cooperation and other forms of economic system, cooperation and
other forms of business organization.
Unit – IV Industrial cooperative – Evolution and importance of industrial
cooperatives, functions and kinds of industrial cooperative, structure
of industrial cooperations.
Unit – V Cooperative management, education and training.
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Books Recommended :-
1- Government of India, Economics Survey (Annual)
2- The Indian Economy, Problems and Prospects, Jalaan, B- Vicking, New
Delhi.
3- Indian Economy – Its Development Experience, Misra, S.K. and V.K. Puri,
Himalaya Publisshing House, Mumbai.
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5- Principles, Problems and Practices of Cooperation T.N. Hajela, Shiv Lal
Agarwal & Co., Agra
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B.A. (VILLAGE INDUSTRIES) SECOND YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 203
PRACTICAL
Project preparation for starting a new business undertaking.
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B.A. (VILLAGE INDUSTRIES) THIRD YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 301
Managerial Economics
Unit – I Meaning, Scope and importance of Managerial Economics, functions
and duties of managerial economist, management decision-
marketing.
Unit – II Profit planning and capital Budgeting, nature and management of
profit planning and control capital budgeting and management.
Unit – III Theory of demand, types of demand, elasticity of demand, Kinds and
measurement, demand forecasting and measurement.
Unit – IV Nature and theory of cost, types of cost, cost output relationship, cost
analysis for business decision.
Unit – V Printing and output decisions under perfect, imperfect and monalogy
conditions, price determination and dumping.
Books Recommended :-
1- Managerial Economics – D.N. Dwivedi.
2- Business economics – By Dr. Raj Kumar, Prof. Kulddep Gupta
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B.A. (VILLAGE INDUSTRIES) THIRD YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 302
Industrial Management
Unit – I Meaning of industrialization, interdependence of industry and
agriculture, classifications of industries, problems of industrialization
in underdeveloped economies.
Unit – II Growth of modern industries in India, present position in the public
and private sector, industrial policy in post-independent India.
Unit – III Managing agency system, professional management, management
education, consultancy services.
Unit – IV Workers participation in management, workers education and
industrial training, labour welfare and social security, Trade Union
movement in India.
Unit – V Meaning, Importance and Measurement of productivity, causes of law
productivity in India. Productivity movement in India.
Books recommended: -
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B.A. (VILLAGE INDUSTRIES) THIRD YEAR DETAILED SYALLBUS
PAPER – 303
Practical
Preparation of the report of field study of any small-scale industries related to
management of organizational setup.