SYLLABUS FOR BUSINESS STUDIES

CLASS XI

Units Periods Marks

Part Foundations of Business
A
Nature and Purpose of Business 18 16
Forms of Business Organisations 20
Public, Private and Global Enterprises 10 14
Business Services 14
Emerging Modes of Business 5 10
Social Responsibility of Business and Business Ethics 8
Total 75 40
Part Finance and Trade
B
Sources of Business Finance 28 20
Small Business 16
Internal Trade 22 20
International Business 4
Total 70 40

Project Work 30 30

SUB TOPIC PRACTICALS/ PROJECT

MONTH UNIT/ TOPIC LEARNING OUTCOMES
ACTIVITIES/INNOVATIV
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EPEDAGOGY
APRIL & Unit 1: Nature and Purpose Concept and Students would be able  Group discussion : Relating the concept
MAY of Business Characteristics of to Types of Human to the real life
Business. Business,  Know the history activities situations
Profession and of commerce in  Group Discussion :
Employment - India comparision
Unit 2: Forms of Business distinctive features.  discuss the between Features
Organizations Objective of Business concept and of sole
Activities : Industry characteristics of properiotership
and Commerce. business and features of
Industry - Types,  understand the HUF Practice Entire class will be
Primary, Secondary role of Assignment: case divided in 5 groups.
Tertiary; Commerce: Commerce, trade studies based on Each group
Trade and Auxiliaries. and auxiliaries to Partnership comprising of 10
Business risk - nature trade and students. Each group
and causes. concept of will will perform a
business risk skit representing
 understand the different features ,
Sole Proprietorship &
concept of Sole merits and demerits of
Joint Hindu Family
Proprietorship a form of business
business - meaning,
 list the different organization selected
features, merits and
forms of business by them.
limitations, Partnership
organization
- meaning, types,
 compare various
registration, merits,
forms of business
limitations, types of
organizations
partners. Cooperative
 highlight the
Societies - types, merits steps in the
and limiations. formation of a Students will be made
company to work in groups.
Company : Private Each group will select
Ltd., Public Ltd. Merits and study a Business
and limitations. enterprise so as to find
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out whether the

features , merits and
demerits written in the
text book actually
apply to that
enterprise or not

JULY Business Services Nature and types of Students would be able  Class Interaction: -------------
Business Services - to Various forms of
Banking, insurance,  explain the business
transportation nature and types organisations
warehousing, of business  Quiz : Various
Communication. services forms of business
Banking - types of  give an overview organisations
banks. Function of of postal and  Practice
commercial banks, e- telecom services Assignment:
banking. Insurance -  define insurance HOTS questions
Principles, types of Activity on Banking and
insurance : life, fire and Insurance
marine insurance.
Warehousing: types
and functions.

AUGUST Unit 5: Emerging Modes of
business
Unit 6: Social Responsibility
of Business and Business
Ethics
Unit 8 Entrepreneurship
Development
E-Business - Meaning, Students would be able  Group Students would be
scope and benefits, to Discussion: BPO asked to prepare
Resources required for  describe the vs KPO powerpoint
successful e-business scope of e- presentation
implementation. On- business highlighting the
line transaction,  describe the emrging modes of
payment mechanism, responsibility of business
security and safety of business towards
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business transactions. owners,

employees,
Concept of social consumers, govt.
responsibility. Cases of , community
social responsibilities.  explain the role
Responsibility towards of business in
owners, investors, environmental
employees, consumers, protection
government and  Understand the
community. Business concept of
and environmental Entrepreneurship
protection. Business Development(ED
ethics : concept and ), Intellectual
elements Revision Half Property Rights
Yearly.

SEPTEMBER Unit 8: Small Business Nature and significance Students would be able  Class Interaction: Design an
& OCTOBER Owner’s fund and to NSIC and DIC ; advertisement for the
Unit 7: Sources of Business borrowed funds.  define MSMED Owner’s Funds Annual Sports Day
Finance Sources of raising Act, 2006 and Borrowed
finance : Equity and  discuss the Funds
preference shares, nature and
Global Depository significance of
business finance
Receipt, American  distinguish
Depository receipt, between owners’
Debentures and Bonds, funds and
Retained Profits, Public borrowed funds
Deposits, Loan from  appreciate the
financial institutions, features of
Loan from commercial international
Banks, Trade Credit sources of
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finance
NOVEMBER Unit 9: Internal Trade Meaning and types of Students would be able  Quiz: Types of Students will be asked
internal trade : to Retailers to visit a departmental
wholesale and retail.  explain meaning Practice store and a chain store
and types of Assignment: case interact with the staff
Services of a difference in the two
wholesaler and a internal trade studies based on other form of retails
retailer, Types of retail  appreciate the types of Retailers shops will be discussed
trade : distinctive using the same
features of strategy.
- Department Store, departmental
Super Market, Mall store, chain Drawing Mind maps
stores and mail for different types of
chain store, mail order
order business internal trade
business, consumer’s
cooperative stores  Understand the
concept of GST.
- Automatic Vending  encourage
Machine, students
creativity and
analytical skills
- Role of chamber of
by project work
commerce and industry
in promotion of internal
trade. .

DECEMBER Unit 10: International Trade Nature, importance and Students would be able -------------
complexities involved to
in international  discuss the
Business. benefits of
international
Ways of entering into trade
international Business.  understand
export and
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Exports - Import import

Procedures and procedure
documerftation.  examine the role
Foreign Trade of WTO
Promotion
Organization support
and incentives. Nature
and importance of
export. Processing
Zones/special
Economic Zones
International Trade
Institutions and
agreement: WTO,
World Bank and IMF
JANUARY Unit 3: Public, Private and Private sector and Students would be able  Practice Dialogue writing:
Global Enterprises public sector, forms of to Assignment: case Conversation between
Organising Public  explain the studies based on an employee of a
sector enterprises, concept of Unit-3 Statutory corporstion
Departmental private and and that of a
undertaking, Statutory public sector Departmental
Corporation,  explain the undertaking ,
Government company. concept, discussing the merits
Changing role of public features, merits and demerits of their
sector.. and limitations of respective
departmental organisations
undertaking,
statutory
corporation,
govt. company
 examine the
changing role of
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public sector

TEXT BOOK: BUSINESS STUDIES FOR CLASS XI (NCERT)

REFERENCE BOOK: BUSINESS STUDIES FOR CLASS XI BY SUBHASH DEY