CBSE Curriculum for Secondary School Certificate Examination (IX-X) Elements of Business 2018-19
| Objective: | ||||||||||||
| (I) ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS (CODE NO. 154) (CBSE) | ||||||||||||
| (2018-19) | ||||||||||||
| The objective of this paper is to provide elementary knowledge of the different aspects of business. | ||||||||||||
| CLASS-IX | ||||||||||||
| Marks: 100 3 Hours | ||||||||||||
| Theory: 70 Marks Practical/ Project: 30 Marks | ||||||||||||
| Unit | Marks | |||||||||||
| I | Fundamentals of Business Activities | 20 | ||||||||||
| II | Operative Activities in Business | 20 | ||||||||||
| III | Steps Involved in Establishing Business | 15 | ||||||||||
| IV | Fundamental Areas of Business | 15 | ||||||||||
| Practical / Project | 30 | |||||||||||
| Total | 100 | |||||||||||
| CBSE UNIT – I: Fundamentals of Business Activities | ||||||||||||
| (a) Characteristics of Business Activities | ||||||||||||
| (b) Business as an Activity – How it is different from | ||||||||||||
| (i) Profession (ii) Employment | ||||||||||||
| (c) Business includes vocation – characteristics of vocational activities | ||||||||||||
| (d) Business as an economic activity | ||||||||||||
| (i) Profit orientation | ||||||||||||
| (e) Factors affecting business | ||||||||||||
| (i) Economic (ii) Social (iii) Political | ||||||||||||
| UNIT – II: Operative Activities in Business | ||||||||||||
| (a) | Industries – concept | |||||||||||
| (b) | Commerce – concept | |||||||||||
| (c) | Industries | |||||||||||
| (i) Characteristics | (ii) Types & Nature | (iii) Manufacturing | ||||||||||
| (iv) Capital Intensive | (v) Labour Intensive | |||||||||||
| (d) | Commerce | |||||||||||
| (i) Banking | (ii) Insurance | (iii) Transportation | ||||||||||
| (iv) E-Commerce | (v) M-Commerce | (vi) Trade | ||||||||||
| (vii) Other Services | ||||||||||||
| UNIT – III: Steps Involved in Establishing Business | ||||||||||||
| (a) Nature & forms of Business Organization | ||||||||||||
| (b) Sole Proprietorship | ||||||||||||
| (c) Partnership | ||||||||||||
| UNIT – IV: Fundamental Areas of Business | ||||||||||||
| (a) Production | ||||||||||||
| (b) Finance | ||||||||||||
| (c) Marketing | ||||||||||||
| (d) Human Resources | ||||||||||||
| CBSE GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICAL | ||||||||||||
| Project/ chart should be brief and should be of 20-30 pages, preferably handwritten. The project will be evaluated on the following parameters: | ||||||||||||
| · Prepare a chart / Project on any one topic from syllabus (20 Marks) | ||||||||||||
| · Viva (10 Marks) | ||||||||||||
| Study Material: | ||||||||||||
| Study Material for Syllabus of Elements of Business (0154) class IX is available on CBSE website. | ||||||||||||
| ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS (154) | ||||||||||||
| CLASS-X (2018-19) | ||||||||||||
| 100 Marks 3 Hours | ||||||||||||
| Theory: 70 Marks Practical/ Project: 30 Marks | ||||||||||||
| Unit | Marks | |||||||||||
| I | Company | 10 | ||||||||||
| II | Sources of Business Finance | 10 | ||||||||||
| III | Communication in Business Organisations | 15 | ||||||||||
| IV | Selling and Distribution | 15 | ||||||||||
| V | Large Scale Retail Trade | 10 | ||||||||||
| VI | Selling | 10 | ||||||||||
| Practical / Project | 30 | |||||||||||
| Total | 100 | |||||||||||
| Contents | ||||||||||||
| I | Company Private and Public company: meaning and Features. Multinational companies: meaning and features |
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| II | Sources of Business Finance Sole proprietor, partnership firm: sources Company: Owners funds and borrowed funds |
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| III | Communication in Business Organisations Meaning and methods: letter, e-mail, video conferencing, telephonic conversation |
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| IV | Selling and Distribution (a) Concept of purchase and sale (b) Types – Cash, Credit, Hire Purchase System and Installment Payment System (c) Documents used in the process of purchase and sale – quotation, invoice, debit note, credit note, accounts sales, delivery note. |
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| V | Large scale Retail Trade (a) Forms of large scale retail trade – Departmental Store and Multiple shops (b) Non-store retailing- Mail order business, tele-shopping, automated vending machines, selling through internet. |
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| VI | Selling (a) Personal Selling – meaning and importance (b) Sales promotion – meaning and techniques (c) Advertising – meaning, importance and media of advertising |
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| GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICAL | ||||||||||||
| Project/ chart should be brief and should be of 20-30 pages, preferably handwritten. The project will be evaluated on the following parameters: | ||||||||||||
| · Prepare a chart / Project on any one topic from syllabus (20 Marks) | ||||||||||||
| · Viva (10 Marks) | ||||||||||||
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