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CA Inter Syllabus under ICAI New Scheme 2023

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Paper 1 - Advanced Accounting (100 Marks)

PAPER 1 : ADVANCED ACCOUNTING (100 MARKS)

Objective

To acquire the ability to apply specific accounting standards and legislations to different transactions and events and in preparation and presentation of financial statements of various business entities.

Contents

  1. Process of formulation of Accounting Standards including Indian Accounting Standards (IFRS converged standards) and IFRSs; Convergence vs Adoption; Objective and Concepts of carve outs.
  2. Framework for Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements (as per Accounting Standards).
  3. Applicability of Accounting Standards to various entities.
    • AS 1??Disclosure of Accounting Policies
    • AS 2??Valuation of Inventories
    • AS 3?? Cash Flow Statements
    • AS 4?? Contingencies and Events Occurring After the Balance Sheet Date AS 5?Net Profit or Loss for the Period, Prior Period Items and Changes in Accounting Policies
    • AS 7??Construction Contracts
    • AS 9?Revenue Recognition
    • AS 10 Property, Plant and Equipment
    • AS 11 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates
    • AS 12 Accounting for Government Grants
    • AS 13 Accounting for Investments
    • AS 14 Accounting?for?Amalgamations (excluding?inter-company holdings)
    • AS 15 Employee Benefits
    • AS 16 Borrowing Costs Leases
    • AS 17 Segment Reporting
    • AS 18 Related Party Disclosures
    • AS 19 Leases
    • AS 20 Earnings Per Share
    • AS 21 Consolidated Financial Statements of single subsidiaries (excluding problems involving acquisition of Interest in Subsidiary at Different Dates, Cross holding, Disposal of a Subsidiary and Foreign Subsidiaries)
    • AS 22 Accounting for Taxes on Income
    • AS 23 Accounting for Investment in Associates in Consolidated Financial Statements
    • AS 24 Discontinuing Operations
    • AS 25 Interim Financial Reporting
    • AS 26 Intangible Assets
    • AS 27 Financial Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures
    • AS 28 Impairment of Assets
    • AS 29 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
  4. Company Accounts
    • Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013 (Division I)
    • Preparation of financial statements ? Statement of Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash FlowStatement
    • Buy back of securities
    • Accounting for reconstruction of companies
  5. Accounting for Branches including foreign branches

PAPER 2: CORPORATE AND OTHER LAWS (100 MARKS)

PART I ? COMPANY LAW AND LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP LAW (70 MARKS)

Objective

To develop an understanding of the legal provisions and acquire the ability to analyse and apply the laws inpractical situations.

Contents

  1. The Companies Act, 2013: including important rules and drafting of notices, resolutions etc.?
    • Preliminary
    • Incorporation of Company and Matters Incidental thereto
    • Prospectus and Allotment of Securities
    • Share Capital and Debentures
    • Acceptance of Deposits by Companies
    • Registration of Charges
    • Management and Administration
    • Declaration and Payment of Dividend
    • Accounts of Companies
    • Audit and Auditors
    • Companies Incorporated Outside India
  2. The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 including important Rules

PART II- OTHER LAWS (30 MARKS)

Objective

  1. To develop an understanding of the General Clauses Act.
  2. To develop an understanding of the rules for interpretation of statutes.
  3. To have basic understanding of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.

Contents

  1. The General Clauses Act, 1897: Important Definitions, Extent and Applicability, General Rules of Construction, Powers and Functionaries, Provisions as to Orders, Rules, etc. made under Enactments and Miscellaneous provisions.
  • Interpretation of? Statutes😕 Rules of Interpretation of Statutes,?Aids to Interpretation, Rules of Interpretation/Construction of Deeds and Documents.
  • The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999: Significant definitions and concepts of Current and Capital Account Transactions.

Note: If any new legislation(s) is/are enacted in place of the existing legislation(s), the syllabus would include the corresponding provisions of such new legislation(s) with effect from a date notified by the Institute.

The specific inclusion(s)/exclusion(s) in the various topics covered in the syllabus will be effected every yearby way of Study Guidelines, if required.

Paper 3 - Taxation (100 Marks)

PAPER 3: TAXATION (100 MARKS)

SECTION A: INCOME TAX LAW (50 MARKS)

Objective

  1. To develop an understanding of the provisions of income-tax law.
  2. To acquire the ability to apply such provisions to solve problems and address application orientedissues.

Contents

  1. Basic Concepts:
    • Income-tax law: An introduction
    • Significant concepts in income-tax law, including person, assessee, previous year, assessment year, income, agricultural income
    • Basis of Charge
    • Procedure for computation of total income and tax payable in case of individuals
  2. Residential status and scope of total income:
    • Residential status
    • Scope of total income
  3. Heads of income and the provisions governing computation of income under different heads:
    • Salaries
    • Income from house property
    • Profits and gains of business or profession
    • Capital gains
    • Income from other sources
  4. Provisions relating to clubbing of income, set-off or carry forward and set-off of losses, deductions from gross total income.
  5. Advance Tax, Tax deduction at source and tax collection at source.
  6. Provisions for filing return of income and self-assessment.
  7. Computation of total income and income-tax payable by an individual under the alternative tax regimes under the Income-tax Act, 1961 to optimise tax liability.

Note: If any new legislation(s) are enacted in place of an existing legislation(s), the syllabus will accordingly include the corresponding provisions of such new legislation(s) in place of the existing legislation(s) with effect from the date to be notified by the Institute. Similarly, if any existing legislation(s) on income tax law ceases to be in force, the syllabus will accordingly exclude such legislation(s) with effect from the date to be notified by the Institute.

Further, the specific inclusion(s)/exclusion(s) in any topic covered in the syllabus will be effected by way of Study Guidelines every year, if required. Specific inclusions/exclusions in a topic may also arise due to additions/deletions made every year by the Annual Finance Act.

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SECTION B: GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (GST)(50 MARKS)

Objective

  1. To develop an understanding of the provisions of goods and services tax law.
  2. To  acquire  the  ability  to  apply  such  provisions  to  address/  solve  issues  in moderately complexscenarios.

Contents

  1. GST Laws: An introduction including Constitutional aspects.
  2. Levy and collection of CGST and IGST:
    • Application of CGST/IGST law
    • Concept of supply including composite and mixed supplies
    • Charge of tax including reverse charge
    • Exemption from tax
    • Composition levy
  3. Basic concepts of:
    • Classification
    • Place of supply
    • Time of supply
    • Value of supply
    • Input tax credit
  4. Computation of GST liability.
  5. Registration.
  6. Tax invoice; Credit and Debit Notes; Electronic way bill.
  7. Accounts and Records.
  8. Returns.
  9. Payment of tax.

Note: If any new legislation(s) is enacted in place of an existing legislation(s), the syllabus will accordingly include the corresponding provisions of such new legislation(s) in place of the existing legislation(s) with effect from the date to be notified by the Institute. Similarly, if any existing legislation ceases to have effect, the syllabus will accordingly exclude such legislation with effect from the date to be notified by the Institute. Students shall not be examined with reference to any particular State GST Law.

Consequential/ corresponding amendments made in the provisions of the Goods and Services Tax laws covered in the syllabus of this paper which arise out of the amendments made in the provisions not covereing the syllabus will not form part of the syllabus. Further, the specific inclusion(s)/ exclusion(s) in the various topics covered in the syllabus will be effected every year by way of Study Guidelines. The specific inclusion(s)/ exclusion(s)may also arise due to additions/ deletions every year by the annual Finance Act.

Paper 4 - Cost & Management Accounting (100 Marks)

PAPER 4: COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (100 MARKS)

Objective

  1. To develop an understanding of the basic concepts and applications to establish the cost associated with the production of products and provision of services and apply the same to determine prices.
  2. To develop an understanding of cost accounting statements.
  3. To acquire the ability to apply information for cost ascertainment, planning, control and decisionmaking.
  4. To apply costing methods to determine the costs for different purposes.
  5. To apply appropriate techniques to support short term decisions.

Contents

  1. Overview of Cost and Management Accounting:
    • Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting:
      • Objectives and Scope of Cost and Management Accounting.
      • The users of Cost and Management accounting information, Functions of management accounting.
      • Role of cost accounting department in an organization and its relation with other departments.
      • Installation of Costing System.
      • Relationship??? of??? Cost??? Accounting,??? Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Financial Management.
      • Cost terms and Concepts.
      • Cost Reduction and Cost Control
      • Elements of Costs.
      • Cost behavior pattern, Separating the components of fixed, variable, semi-variable and step costs.
      • Methods of Costing, Techniques of Costing.
      • Digital Costing.
    • Elements of Cost and preparation of Cost Sheets:
      • Functional classification and ascertainment of cost.
      • Preparation of Cost Sheets for Manufacturing sector and for Service sector.
  2. Ascertainment of Cost and Cost Accounting System:
    • Material Cost:
      • Introduction to procurement procedures. Valuation of receipts, issue and closing stock of Material, Stock verification.
      • Material requirement analysis through digital costing including Government e-Marketplace (GeM). Introduction to Costing through Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Process of tender and quotation.
      • Inventory control:
        • Techniques of fixing level of stocks- minimum, maximum, re-order point, safety stock, determination of optimum stock level.
        • Determination of Optimum Order quantity- Economic Order Quantity (EOQ).
        • Techniques of Inventory control- ABC Analysis, Fast, Slow moving and Non moving (FSN), High, Medium, Low (HML), Vital, ?Essential, Desirable ?(VED), ?Just-in-Time ?(JIT)- Stock taking and perpetual inventory system, use of inventory control ratios, Digital Inventory control.
      • Treatment of Normal/Abnormal Losses w.r.t. waste, scrap, spoilage, defective, obsolescence.
    • Employee Cost:
      • Introduction to Attendance and Payroll procedures.
      • Elements of wages- Basic pay, Dearness Allowance, Overtime, Bonus, Holiday and leave wages, Allowances and perquisites.
      • Employee Cost Control.
      • Employee Turnover- Methods of calculating employee turnover, causes of employee turnover, effects of employee turnover.
      • Remuneration systems and incentive schemes- Premium Bonus Method (Halsey Plan and Rowan Plan).
    • Direct Expenses: Identification of direct expenses with the main product or service and its treatment.
    • Overheads:
      • Functional analysis- Factory, Administration, Selling, Distribution, Research and Development.
      • Behavioral analysis- Fixed, Variable and Semi-Variable.
      • Allocation and Apportionment of overheads using Absorption Costing Method.
      • Factory Overheads- Primary and secondary distribution.
      • Administration Overheads- Method of allocation to cost centres or products.
      • Selling & Distribution Overheads- Analysis and absorption of the expenses in products/ customers, impact of marketing strategies, cost effectiveness of various methods of sales promotion.
      • Treatment of Research and development cost in cost accounting.
    • Concepts of Activity Based Costing (ABC).
    • Integration of cost and financial data:
      • Recording of financial data and its segregation.
      • Introduction?? to?? Non-integrated??? and Integrated????? Accounting system.
      • Items included in cost accounts only but financial accounts and vice versa.
      • Reconciliation of profit as per Cost and Financial Accounts (under Non-Integrated Accounting System).
  3. Methods of Costing
    • Single Output/ UnitCosting.
    • Job Costing: Job cost cards and databases, collecting direct costs of each job, attributing overheads to jobs, Application of job costing.
    • Batch Costing: Determination of optimum batch quantity, Ascertainment of cost for a batch, Preparation ofbatch cost sheet, Treatment of spoiled and defective work.
    • Process/ Operation Costing:
      • Process cost recording, Process loss, Abnormal gains and losses, Equivalent units of production, Inter-process profit, Valuation of work in process.
      • Joint Products-Apportionment of joint costs, Methods of apportioning joint cost over joint products.
      • By-Products-Methods of apportioning joint costs over by- products, treatment of By-Product cost.
    • Costing of Service Sectors: Determination of Costs and Prices of services.
  4. Cost Control and Analysis:
    • Standard Costing:
      • Setting up of Standards, Types of Standards, Standard Costing as method of performance measurement.
      • Calculation and Reconciliation of Material Cost, Labour cost, Variable Overhead, Fixed Overhead.
    • Marginal Costing:
      • Basic concepts of marginal costing, Contribution margin, Break- even analysis, Break?even and profit volume charts, Contribution to sales ratio, Margin of Safety, Angle of Incidence, Cost-Volume- Profit Analysis (CVP).
      • Determination ?of ?Cost ?of ?a? product/ ?service ?under ?marginal costing method, determination of cost of finished goods, work-in- progress.
      • Comparison of Marginal costing with absorption costing method- Reconciliation of profit under both the methods.
      • Short term decision making:
        • Make or buy decision
        • Discontinuation decision
        • Multiproduct break-even analysis
        • Limiting factor (key factor)
    • Budget and Budgetary Control:
      • Meaning of Budget, Essentials of Budget, Budget Manual, Budget setting process, Preparation of Budget and monitoring procedures.
      • The use of budget in planning and control.
      • Flexible budget, Preparation of Functional budget for operating and non-operating functionsd Cash budget, Master budget.
      • Introduction? ?to? ?Principal/? ?Key? ?budget? ?factor,? ?Zero? ?Based Budgeting (ZBB), Performancebudget, Control ratios and Budget variances.
      • Budgets and motivation.
      • Feedback and Feed forward controlling in budgeting.

Paper 5 - Auditing & Ethics (100 Marks)

PAPER 5: AUDITING AND ETHICS (100 MARKS)

Objective

  1. To develop an understanding of the concepts in auditing and of the generally accepted auditing procedures, techniques and skills and acquire the ability to apply the same in audit and attestation engagements.
  2. To understand and apply the concept of ethics while performing audit.

Contents

  1. Nature, Objective and Scope of Audit:
    • Auditing Concepts: Origin of Auditing, Meaning of Audit, Need for Audit (Benefits of Audit), Objective of the Audit, Scope of Audit, External Audit engagements, Qualities of Auditor.
    • Inherent Limitations of an Audit; Relationship of auditing with other disciplines.
    • SA 200 Overall Objectives of the Independent Auditor and the Conduct of an Audit in Accordance with Standards on Auditing.
  2. Audit Strategy, Audit Planning and Audit Program:
    • Auditor?s responsibility to plan an audit of financial statements. Benefits of audit planning.
    • Planning is a continual and iterative process.
    • Discussion of elements of planning with the entity?s management. Involvement of Key Engagement Team Members in planning the audit. Preliminary engagement activities.
    • The auditor?s consideration? of client continuance and ethical requirements. Planning activities.
    • Establishing an overall audit strategy- Assistance for the auditor.
    • Development of audit plan.
    • Documenting the overall audit strategy and audit plan; Audit program.
    • Development of Audit Plan and Program.
  3. Risk Assessment and Internal Control:
    • Audit Risk.
    • Risk of Material Misstatement, Inherent Risk and Control Risk, Detection Risk.
    • Sampling and Non-Sampling Risk.
    • Concept of Materiality, Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit.
    • Auditor?s responsibility to apply the concept of materiality.
    • Auditor?s determination of materiality is a matter of professional judgement. Materiality and Audit Risk.
    • Application of materiality in planning and performing the audit.
    • Concept of Performance materiality.
    • Determining materiality and performance materiality when planning the audit.
    • Use of Benchmarks in determining materiality for the financial statements as a whole. Materiality level or levels for particular classes of transactions, account balances or disclosures.
    • Revision in materiality as the audit progresses. Documenting the Materiality.
    • SA 320 Materiality in Planning and Performing an Audit
    • Identifying and Assessing the Risk of Material Misstatement, Risk Assessment procedures.
    • Understanding the entity and its environment; Internal control.
    • Documenting the Risks.
    • Evaluation of internal control system.
    • Testing of Internal control; Internal Control and IT Environment (SA 315 Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement Through Understanding the Entity and Its Environment).
    • Digital Audit: Key features, Impact of IT related Risks, Impact on Controls, Internal Financial Controls as per Regulatory requirements, Types of Controls, Audit approach, Understanding and documenting Automated environment, Testing methods, data analytics for audit, assessing and reporting audit ?ndings.
  4. Audit Evidence:
    • Meaning of Audit Evidence.
    • Relevance and Reliability of audit evidence; Sufficient appropriate audit evidence, Meaning of Assertions.
    • Assertions contained in the Financial Statements. Source of audit evidence. Test of controls.
    • Substantive Procedures- Test of details and Substantive analytical procedures, Audit procedures for obtaining audit evidence.
    • Evaluation of Audit Evidence (SA 500 Audit Evidence), Audit Trail.
    • Internal audit function.
    • External Auditor?s Responsibility for the audit, Evaluating the internal audit function.
    • Basics of Internal Financial Control and reporting requirements. Distinction between Internal Financial Control and Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
    • Audit Sampling: (SA 530 Audit Sampling). Meaning of Audit Sampling.
    • Designing an audit sample; Types of sampling (Approaches to Sampling).
    • Sample Size and selection of items for testing; Sample selection method.
    • Obtaining evidence of existence of inventory; Audit procedure to identify litigation & claims, obtaining evidence regarding the presentation and disclosure of segment information (SA 501 Audit Evidence – Speci?c Considerations for Selected Items); External con?rmation procedures. Management?s refusal to allow the auditor to send a con?rmation request; Negative Con?rmations(SA 505 External Con?rmations); Audit evidence about opening balances; Accounting policies relating to opening balances; Reporting with regard to opening balances (SA 510 Initial Audit Engagements-Opening Balances).
    • Meaning of Related Party; Nature of Related Party Relationships & Transactions; Understanding the Entity?s Related Party Relationships & Transactions (SA 550 Related Parties).
    • Analytical Procedures.
    • Meaning, nature, purpose and timing of analytical procedures; Substantive analytical procedures.
    • Designing and performing analytical procedures prior to Audit.
    • Investigating the results of analytical procedures (SA 520 Analytical Procedures).
  5. Audit of Items of Financial Statements:
    • Audit of sale of Products and Services; Audit of Interest Income, Rental Income, Dividend Income, Netgain/loss on sale of Investments etc.
    • Audit of Purchases, Employee bene?ts expenses, Depreciation, Interest expense, Expenditure on Power & Fuel, Rent, Repair to building, Repair to Machinery, Insurance, Taxes, Travelling Expenses, Miscellaneous Expenses etc.
    • Audit of Share Capital, Reserve & Surplus, Long Term Borrowings, Trade Payables, Provisions, ShortTerm Borrowings & Other Current Liabilities.
    • Audit of Land, Buildings, Plant & Equipment, Furniture & Fixtures, Vehicles, ?Office ?Equipment, ?Goodwill, Brand/Trademarks, ?Computer Software etc.
    • Audit of Loan & Advances, Trade Receivable, Inventories, Cash & Cash Equivalent, Other Current Assets. Audit of Contingent Liabilities.
  6. Audit Documentation
    • Concept of Audit Documentation.
    • Nature & Purpose of Audit Documentation; Form, Content & Extent of Audit Documentation. Completion Memorandum.
    • Ownership and custody of Audit Documentation (SA 230 Audit Documentation).
  7. Completion and Review
    • Meaning of Subsequent Events;
    • Auditor?s obligations in different situations of subsequent events.
    • Procedures for subsequent events. (SA 560 Subsequent Events).
    • Responsibilities?? of?? the?? Auditor?? with regard?to?? Going?Concern Assumption; Objectives of the Auditor regarding Going Concern.
    • Events or Conditions that may cast doubt about Going Concern Assumption.
    • Audit Procedures when events or conditions are identi?ed (SA 570 Going Concern).
    • Overview and Introduction of Evaluations of Misstatements identified during the audit (SA 450).
    • Written Representations as Audit Evidence.
    • Objective of Auditor regarding Written Representation.
    • Management from whom Written Representations may be requested.
    • Written Representations about Management?s Responsibilities (SA 580 Written Representations)
    • Overview and Introduction of SA 260: Communication with Those Charged with Governance.
    • Overview and Introduction of SA 265 Communicating Deficiencies in Internal Control to Those Charged with Governance and Management.
  8. Audit Report
    • Forming an opinion on the Financial Statements.
    • Auditor?s Report- basic elements (SA 700 Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements).
    • Communicating key Audit Matters in the Independent Auditor?s Report (SA 701) Types of Modi?ed Opinion, Circumstances When a Modi?cation to the Auditor?s Opinion is Required, Quali?ed, Adverse Disclaimer of Opinion (SA 705 Modi?cation to the Opinion in the Independent Auditor?s Report).
    • SA 706 Emphasis of Matter Paragraphs and Other Matter Paragraphs in the Independent Auditor?s Report.
    • Nature of Comparative Information.
    • Corresponding Figure; Comparative Financial Statements (SA 710 Comparative Information ? Corresponding Figures and Comparative Financial Statements).
    • Branch audit; Joint audit; Reporting requirements under the Companies Act, 2013 including CARO.
  9. Special Features of Audit of Different Type of Entities
  10. Audit of Banks
  11. Ethics and Terms of Audit Engagements
    • Meaning of Ethics.
      • Ethics is a State of Mind, Need for Professional Ethics.
      • Principles based approach v Rules based approach (Ethical or Legal).
      • The fundamental principles of Professional Ethics: Integrity; Objectivity; Professional Competence and Due care; Confidentiality; Professional Behaviour.
      • Independence of Auditors.
      • Threats to Independence: Self Interest threats; Self Review threats; Advocacy threats; Familiaritythreats; Intimidation threats.
      • Safeguards to Independence; Professional Skepticism, Terms of Audit Engagements Preconditionsfor an audit; Audit Engagement.
      • Agreement on Audit Engagement Terms.
      • Terms of Engagement in Recurring Audits (SA 210 Agreeing the Terms of Audit Engagements).
      • Overview and Introduction of SQC 1 Quality Control for Firms that Perform Audits and Reviews ofHistorical Financial Information and Other Assurance and Related Services Engagements.
      • Overview and Introduction of SA 220 – Quality Control for an Audit of Financial Statements).

Notes

  • The specific inclusions/exclusions in any topic covered in the syllabus will be effected by way of Study Guidelines.
  • If any new legislations / Standards on Auditing / Guidance Notes / Statements are enacted in place of the existing legislations / Standards on Auditing / Guidance Notes Statements, the syllabus will accordingly include the corresponding provisions of such new legislations / Standards on Auditing / Guidance Notes / Statements, with effect from the date to be notified by the Institute. The changes in this regard would also form part of Study Guidelines.

PAPER 6: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (100 MARKS)

SECTION A : FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (50 MARKS)

Objective

  1. To develop an understanding of various aspects of Financial Management and acquire the ability toapply such knowledge in decision-making.
  2. To understand various finance functions like financing decision, investment decision, dividend decision.
  3. To develop an understanding of working capital management and its component.

Contents

  1. Financial Management and Financial Analysis
    • Introduction to Financial Management Function:
      • Objective and scope of financial management.
      • Profit Maximisation, Wealth Maximisation and Value Creation.
      • Role of Financial Manager and Financial Controller.
      • Financial management environment.
      • Functions of finance executives in an organization.
      • Financial distress and insolvency.
    • Financial Analysis through Ratios:
      • Users of the financial analysis.
      • Sources of financial data for analysis.
      • Calculation and Interpretation of ratios.
      • Limitations of ratio analysis.
  2. Financing Decisions and Cost of Capital:
    • Sources of Finance:
    • Cost of Capital:
    • Capital Structure Decisions:
    • Leverages:
  3. Capital Investment and Dividend Decisions:
    • Capital Investment Decisions:
    • Dividend Decisions:
  4. Management of Working Capital
    • The management of working capital- Liquidity and Profitability.
    • The?Working?capital financing decisions-Primary and Secondary Sources of Liquidity.
    • The Working Capital Cycle (Operating Cycle), Effectiveness of Working Capital based on its operating and cash conversion cycles.
    • Assessment of working capital requirement.
    • Management of Accounts Receivables (Debtors).
    • Factoring and Forfaiting.
    • Credit Management:
    • Management of Accounts Payables (Creditors).
    • Management of Cash, Treasury management.
    • Banking norms of working capital finance.

SECTION B : STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (50 MARKS)

Objective

To develop an understanding of strategic management concepts and techniques and acquire the ability to apply the same in business situations.

Contents

  1. Introduction to Strategic Management:
    • Meaning and Nature of Strategic Management.
    • Importance and Limitations of Strategic Management.
    • Strategic Intent – Vision, Mission, Goals and Values.
    • Strategic Levels in Organizations (Network, Corporate, Business and Functional).
  2. Strategic Analysis: External Environment:
    • International and Macro Environment: PESTLE Analysis.
    • Defining the industry for analysis (Value Chain, PLC).Porters Five Forces – Industry environment analysis.
    • Understanding customers and markets.
    • Competition in the industry.
  3. Strategic Analysis: Internal Environment:
    • Understanding key stakeholders (Mendelow?s Model).
    • Strategic drivers (Industry & markets, Customers, Channels, Product & Services, Competitive Advantage).
    • The role of resources and capabilities.
    • Combining external and internal analysis (SWOT Analysis).
    • Gaining competitive advantage (Michael Porter?s Generic Strategies).
  4. Strategic Choices:
    • Strategic Choices: Concentric, Conglomerate, Market Development, Product Development, Innovation, Horizontal integration, vertical integration, Turnaround, Divesture, Liquidation.
    • How to Develop Strategic Options:
      • Ansoff?s Matrix
      • ADL Matrix
      • BCG Matrix
      • GE Matrix
  5. Strategy Implementation and Evaluation:
    • Implementation: Formulation vs. Implementation Matrix, Linkages and Issues.
    • Strategic Change through Digital Transformation.
    • Organization Structure (hard) and Culture (soft).
    • Strategic Leadership.
    • Strategic Control.
    • Strategic Performance Measures.

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