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Format For Instruction Plan [for Courses with Labs

Course No Cours Title Course Planner Lectures Tutorial Practical Credits

MGT729 CURRENT ISSUES IN BUSINESS-I 14761 :: Gurpreet Singh 0 0 2 1

Text Book: 1 N.A

Other Specific Book:

2 N.A

Other Reading

Sr No Jouranls atricles as compulsary readings (specific articles, Complete reference)

3 Food Inflation
4 Mergers and acquisition in 2010
5 Role of FDI in INDIA
6 Green Marketing
7 Common Wealth Games - Success or Failure
8 Financial Inclusion
9 EXIM policy
10 India 2020
11 Outward FDI
12 Role of Women In Indian Politics
13 Farmer Suicides
14 Impact of Jammu and Kashmir disturbance on Economy of India
15 Carbon Credits
16 Privatization of Education

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 17 Goods and Service Tax Structure in 2011
18 Are Reality shows real?
19 Rupee Get its new Symbol
20 Microfinance in India
21 Corporate Social Responsibility
22 Corporate Governance
23 GST(Goods and Service Tax)
24 Chinese Products: Bane or Boon to Indian Markets
25 Entertainment - A new business industry
26 Impact of Social Networking Sites
27 Young Entrepreneurs of India
28 Unethical Advertising - Effects on Children
29 IRDA: Tough Guidelines for Universal Life Insurance Policies.
30 Scrapping of Non Competence agreement in Ambani Brothers
31 Risisng Flow of FII in Indian Stock market
32 GDP- A Mirage?
33 Corporate Succession Planning
34 Buzz Marketing - Is it really helpful?
35 Global Warming
36 Water management crisis
37 Should Agriculture Subsidies be Stopped?
38 Commercialization of health care: Good or Bad?
39 Globalisation versus Nationalism
40 Free market is a prerequisite for growth
41 Multinational corporations: Are they devils in disguise?
42 What should India strive for- Westernization or modernization?
43 Inflation is inevitable in developing country
44 Developing countries need trade, not aid.
45 MUMBAI Only for MARATHIANS ??
46 Value based politics is the need of the hour

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 47 "Dot.com" companies - Is there room for everyone?
48 Artificial Intelligence - Will man be ever replaced by machines?
49 Is coalition politics here to stay?
50 Kalmadi and Co. pocket Common man’s Wealth
51 Ayodha Verdict
52 New Norms for Mutual Funds by AMFI in 2010
53 Effect of liberalization on poverty

Relevant Websites

Sr. No. (Web adress) (only if relevant to the courses) Salient Features
54 www.gktoday.com Updated current affairs articles
55 http://www.businessweek.com Various news and articles related to the business news etc.
56 http://www.infoplease.com/world/events/2010/ Recent issues happened in the year 2010
57 http://india.gov.in/sectors/finance/economic_affairs.php This reference provides relevant material on economic affairs in India.
58 http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/3567/1/190/ Recent political issues in India.
59 www.timesofindia.com Insight into editorials, forums, interviews related to current affairs
60 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Columnists/Man Growth and education revisited
oj-Pant/articlelist/6274357.c ms
61 www.unc.edu/~shanti/india.pdf Impact of India Trade liberalization
62 http://www.etalkindia.com/indian_current_affairs_discussion- The rupee will have a symbol for Itself
b23.0/
63 http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/securities.rtf Business and Economics
64 www.iimahd.ernet.in/publications/data/2009-07-01Sharma.pdf Agriculture subsidies in India

Details of homework and case studies

Homework No. Topic of the Homework Nature of homework
(group/individuals/field work
Homework 1 Students will be given different events and students would be required to collect around 5 articles of a Individual
specified time range . students would be required to analyse the same on some economic, social, political
parameters.
Homework 2 Students have to analyse the Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives taken by any three organisations Individual
of their choice & discuss their Models of CSR & their impact on the society.

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 Scheme for CA:out of 100*
Component Frequency Out Of Each Marks Total Marks
Homework 2 20 40
Quiz 4 10 40
Class participation 1 10 10
Scrap Book on current issues 1 10 10

Total :- 50 100

* In ENG courses wherever the total exceeds 100, consider x best out of y components of CA, as explained in teacher's guide available on the
UMS

List of experiments :-
Lecture Lecture Topic Pedagogical Tools Or Equipment Planned lab Manual
Number
Student Introduction to course, giving its importance, marks http://www.google.co.in/#hl=en&q=G
Presentation 1 split, Quiz from uidelines+for+report+writing.
the topics covered, Guidelines for report writing. +&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=Guidelines
+for+report+writing.
+&gs_rfai=&fp=4ebf31f893dc20e5
Student Guidelines for good presentation, Topics can be selected from the suggested list
Presentation 2 Allocation of topics to students and the sequence may also be change
depending on the faculty.
Student Presentation 1 by faculty member on own choice topic,
Presentation 3 Giving schedule of presentation
Student Presentation 2 by faculty member on own choice topic,
Presentation 4 Giving schedule of presentation
Student Student Presentation
Presentation 5
Student Student Presentation Homework 1 Allotment
Presentation 6
Student Student Presentation
Presentation 7
Student Student Presentation Quiz-1
Presentation 8

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Student Student Presentation
Presentation 9
Student Student Presentation Homework-1 Submission
Presentation
10
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
11
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
12
Student Student Presentation Quiz-2
Presentation
13
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
14

Mid Term
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
15
Student Student Presentation homework-2 allotment
Presentation
16
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
17
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
18
Student Student Presentation Quiz-3
Presentation
19
Student Student Presentation homework-2 Submission
Presentation
20
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
21
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
22

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Student Student Presentation
Presentation
23
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
24
Student Student Presentation Quiz-4
Presentation
25
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
26

Spill Over
Student Student Presentation
Presentation
27

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