General Electives- Semester 2

Instructor

17harshitm@gmail.com

Course Overview

GENERIC ELECTIVE (GE):

Commerce: Communication in Management

Economics: Principles of Macroeconomics I

English : The Individual and Society

History : Delhi Through the Ages from Colonial to Contemporary Times

Political Science : Introduction to the Indian Constitution

Course Content

Commerce: Communication in Management
Economics: Principles of Macroeconomics I
English : The Individual and Society
History : Delhi Through the Ages from Colonial to Contemporary Times
Political Science : Introduction to the Indian Constitution

General Electives- Semester 2

17harshitm@gmail.com

Course Overview

Course Content

Meaning and Objectives of Communication, Process of Communication, Forms of Communication

Role of a Manager. Barriers to Effective Communication and Overcoming Them. Effectiveness in Managerial Communication

Make Use of Grapevine

Role of Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication; Interpreting Non-Verbal Communication

Meaning and Objectives of Listening, Features of a Good Listener

Analyzing Poor Listening, Effective Listening Skills, and Barriers to Effective Listening

Oral Presentation: Planning, Structuring, and Delivering Presentations. Handling Queries

Challenges and Etiquettes Associated with Telephonic, Web-Conferencing, and Teleconferencing Communication.

Written Communication: Principles and Steps of Effective Writing. Seven Cs of Letter Writing.

Business Letters: Inquiries, Placing Orders, Sales Letters. Job Applications and Resumes. Memos.

Nature, Forms, and Classification of Groups

Role of Managers in Group Discussions. Effective Group Decision Making. Group Conflict.

Interviews: Interviewing, Nature and types of Interviewing Questions. Verbal and Non-Verbal aspects of interviewing?

Types of Interviews: Structured and Unstructured; Group and Depth

Planning and Conducting Meetings. Meeting Process.

Ways to Effectively Lead a Meeting. Evaluating Meetings and Drafting Minutes of a Meeting

E-mail, Business Reports, and Proposals: E-mail Etiquettes; Smartness and Presentation

Business Reports and Proposals: Writing and Purpose

What is Macroeconomics? Macroeconomic Issues in an Economy

Concepts of GDP and National Income; Measurement of National Income and Related Aggregates; Nominal and Real Income; Limitations of the GDP Concept

Actual and Potential GDP; Aggregate Expenditure; Consumption Function; Investment Function; Equilibrium GDP; Concepts of MPS, APS, MPC, APC; Autonomous Expenditure; Concept of Multiplier

Income Determination; Fiscal Policy: Impact of Changes in Government Expenditure and Taxes; Net Exports Function; Net Exports and Equilibrium National Income

Money Supply and Credit Creation; Monetary Policy

Liquidity Preference and Rate of Interest

Concept of Money in a Modern Economy; Monetary Aggregates; Demand for Money; Quantity Theory of Money

Chapters 1-6, The Individual and Society

Chapters 21-26, The Individual and Society

Chapters 29-34. The Individual and Society

Mughal Court, Company Raj, 1857 and its Aftermath

Building New Delhi - Imperial Ideology and Urban Morphology

Delhi in 1947 – Partition and Its Aftermath

Making of Contemporary Delhi – Spaces, Politics, and Societies

Constitutional antecedents and the making of the Constitution of India

Basic Features of the Indian Constitution

Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution

Obligations of the State and Duties of Citizens

Organs of Constitutional Governance: Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary

Centre-State Relations and Decentralization