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What the syllabus expects

  • History of SMEs
  • The Historical Trajectory of the SMEs
  • Industrial Development and SMEs
  • SMEs Growth

History, industrial development and growth

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Small and Medium Enterprises (MGT 256)

Unit 2: Emergence of SMEs

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of history, industrial development and growth.
  • Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.

Curriculum Scope

  • History of SMEs
  • The Historical Trajectory of the SMEs
  • Industrial Development and SMEs
  • SMEs Growth

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Historical development

    1. Trace the historical trajectory of SMEs in the course context.
    2. Relate enterprise development to industrial change.
    3. Identify differences across places and periods.

  2. Industrial links

    1. Explain SMEs as producers, suppliers and service providers.
    2. Assess technology, markets and institutional support.
    3. Examine interactions with larger industrial enterprises.

  3. Growth analysis

    1. Distinguish enterprise survival, expansion and productivity growth.
    2. Identify internal and external growth constraints.
    3. Use dated evidence rather than assume a uniform history.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 118–120.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.