- Teacher: Reema Raj
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Module III: Ratio Analysis Topics Covered: Meaning, nature, uses, and limitations of ratios Types of ratios: Liquidity, Profitability, Turnover, Solvency, and Leverage ratios Market test ratios Construction and interpretation of financial statements from ratios Judgment of financial stability using ratios (focus on problem-solving and interpretation) Hours: 25 | Marks: 25 Module IV: Fund Flow and Cash Flow Analysis Topics Covered: Fund Flow Statements: Meaning and concept of fund Current and non-current accounts Flow of funds and preparation of fund flow statement Cash Flow Statements: Difference between fund flow and cash flow statements Preparation of cash flow statement as per Accounting Standard (AS) 3 Direct and indirect methods (focus on problem-solving) Hours: 25 | Marks: 25 Module V: Managerial Decision Making and CVP Analysis Topics Covered: Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis Marginal costing: Fixed and variable costs, contribution P/V Ratio and Break-even analysis (algebraic and graphic methods) Decision making using marginal costing: Fixation of selling price Exploring new markets Make or buy decisions Key factor and product mix Operate or shutdown decisions
Objectives To enable students for acquiring basic knowledge in business research methods and to develop basic skills in them to conduct survey researches and case studies. Module I: Business Research* - Definition, significance, features, process, variables, proposition, types of research, phases of business research, research hypothesis, theory building - (10 Hours, 15 marks) 2. *Module II: Research Design* - Definition, types, exploratory and causal research design, validity, variables, measurement, scaling - (15 Hours, 15 marks) 3. *Module III: Data Collection* - Types of data, primary vs secondary data, methods of primary data collection, survey vs observation, questionnaire construction, sampling plan - (15 Hours, 20 marks) 4. *Module IV: Data Processing* - Processing stages, editing, coding, validity of data, qualitative vs quantitative analysis, statistical techniques - (15 Hours, 20 marks) 5. *Module V: Research Report* - Types of reports, contents, executive summary, report writing stages, ethics in research - (09 Hours, 10 marks)