Business Environment syllabus
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Business Environment
8 units
2 Economic Environment LH 16
- An overview of the Nepalese economy
- Economic indices - National income
- Rate and growth of GNP, per capita
- Distribution of income
- Nepal's foreign trade - structure and related issues
- Labour market issues
- Foreign employment - trends and issues. Economic planning
- Current Plan - its objectives
- Millennium Development Goals
- Trade Policy - concept and objectives
- Tourism Policy - objectives and characteristics
- Current monetary policy
- Economic policy reforms
- Agriculture and industrial sectors
- Nepal's industrial sector – structure, performance and constraints
4 Regulatory Environment LH 7
- Constitutional framework
- Directive principles
- Main features and provisions of business related legislation and policies in Nepal
- Finance and investment legislation - Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act, 1992
- Income Tax Act, 2002
- Industrial Enterprise Act, 1992
- Securities Act, 2063
- Trade Union Act, 1992
- Mines and Minerals Act, 1985
- Patent Design and Trade Mark Act, 1965
- Foreign employment Act,2007
5 Socio-Cultural Environment LH 4
6 Social Responsibility of Business LH 3
7 Global Environment LH 7
- Globalization - concepts and forms
- Regional economic integration
- A brief overview of the regional economic groupings such as NAFTA
- Economic reforms in South Asia
- World Trade Organization
- Benefits of the WTO trading system
- Nepal's membership and commitments - opportunities and threats for Nepalese business
8 Environment, Energy and Technology LH 4
- Environment and energy management
- Environment protection legislation and programs
- Demand and supply of energy
- Environment and energy management issues. Science and Technology Policy
- Electronic Transactions Act, 2007
- Status of technology in Nepalese businesses
- Technology and human factors
- Issues related to management of technology
1. Introduction LH 3
- Concept
- Concept
- Relationship between business system and its environment
- relationship between business system and its environment
- Importance and components of business environment
- Importance and components of business environment
- Process and techniques of environmental analysis
- Process and techniques of environmental analysis
- Business environment analysis for strategic management
- Business environment analysis for strategic management
- Recent trends and emerging business environment in Nepal
- Recent trends and emerging business environment in Nepal.
2. Economic Environment LH 16
- An overview of the Nepalese economy
- An overview of the Nepalese economy: Economic structure and dimensions
- Economic indices - National income
- Economic indices - National income
- Rate and growth of GNP, per capita
- Rate and growth of GNP, per capita
- Poverty situation
- Distribution of income
- Distribution of income
- Nepal's foreign trade - structure and related issues
- Nepal's foreign trade - structure and related issues
- Labour market issues
- Labour market issues
- Foreign employment - trends and issues. Economic planning
- Foreign employment - trends and issues. Economic planning: An overview of five year /three year plans of Nepal
- Current Plan - its objectives
- Current Plan - its objectives, targets and strategies applicable to business and industrial sectors
- Millennium Development Goals
- Millennium Development Goals – parameters and progress in Nepal. Nepalese economic policies and reforms: Industrial Policy- concept and objectives
- Trade Policy - concept and objectives
- Trade Policy - concept and objectives
- Tourism Policy - objectives and characteristics
- Tourism Policy - objectives and characteristics
- Current monetary policy
- Current monetary policy
- Economic policy reforms
- Economic policy reforms
- Agriculture and industrial sectors
- Agriculture and industrial sectors: Features and issues in Nepalese agricultural sector
- Nepal's industrial sector – structure, performance and constraints
- Nepal's industrial sector – structure, performance and constraints.
3. Political Environment LH4
- Political system, its nature and significance for business
- Political system, its nature and significance for business
- Political structure
- Political parties, Government’s role in business
- Political parties, Government’s role in business
- Political stability issue
- Political stability issue
- Impact of political environment on Nepalese business structure
- Impact of political environment on Nepalese business structure. Interrelationships between politics, government and business.
4. Regulatory Environment LH 7
- Constitutional framework
- Constitutional framework
- Directive principles
- Directive principles
- Fundamental rights
- Main features and provisions of business related legislation and policies in Nepal
- Main features and provisions of business related legislation and policies in Nepal. Business legislation in Nepal - Companies Act, 2006
- Finance and investment legislation - Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act, 1992
- Finance and investment legislation - Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act, 1992
- Income Tax Act, 2002
- Income Tax Act, 2002
- Industrial Enterprise Act, 1992
- Industrial Enterprise Act, 1992
- Securities Act, 2063
- Securities Act, 2063
- Labor Act, 1992
- Trade Union Act, 1992
- Trade Union Act, 1992
- Mines and Minerals Act, 1985
- Mines and Minerals Act, 1985
- Patent Design and Trade Mark Act, 1965
- Patent Design and Trade Mark Act, 1965
- Copyright Act, 2002
- Foreign employment Act,2007
- Foreign employment Act,2007.
5. Socio-Cultural Environment LH 4
- Concept and components of socio-cultural environment
- Concept and components of socio-cultural environment
- Impact of socio-cultural environment to business
- Impact of socio-cultural environment to business, Analysis of components of Nepalese socio-cultural environment: attitudes, values and beliefs, religion, language, education, social institutions, class structure and business culture. Emerging socio-cultural changes in Nepal.
6. Social Responsibility of Business LH 3
- Social responsibility of business
- Social responsibility of business: Concept, approaches and areas. Corporate accountability, Social audit: Concept, models and procedures, consumerism.
7. Global Environment LH 7
- Globalization - concepts and forms
- Globalization - concepts and forms
- Regional economic integration
- Regional economic integration
- A brief overview of the regional economic groupings such as NAFTA
- A brief overview of the regional economic groupings such as NAFTA, APEC, ASEAN, SAARC, SAFTA and BIMSTEC
- Economic reforms in South Asia
- Economic reforms in South Asia
- World Trade Organization
- World Trade Organization (WTO) – Objectives, structure, principles, agreements and most favoured nation treatment
- Benefits of the WTO trading system
- Benefits of the WTO trading system
- Nepal's membership and commitments - opportunities and threats for Nepalese business
- Nepal's membership and commitments - opportunities and threats for Nepalese business, Recent trends and development in global environment.
8. Environment, Energy and Technology LH 4
- Environment and energy management
- Environment and energy management: Natural environment and pollution issues
- Environment protection legislation and programs
- Environment protection legislation and programs
- Demand and supply of energy
- Demand and supply of energy
- Environment and energy management issues. Science and Technology Policy
- Environment and energy management issues. Science and Technology Policy
- IT Policy
- Electronic Transactions Act, 2007
- Electronic Transactions Act, 2007
- Status of technology in Nepalese businesses
- Status of technology in Nepalese businesses
- Technology and human factors
- Technology and human factors
- Issues related to management of technology
- Issues related to management of technology.