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What the syllabus expects

  • Advantages of SMEs in Employment Generation
  • Contribution of SMEs to Sustainable Development in Nepal

Employment and sustainable development

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Small and Medium Enterprises (MGT 256)

Unit 7: Small and Medium Enterprise Development in Nepal

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

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

Curriculum Scope

  • Advantages of SMEs in Employment Generation
  • Contribution of SMEs to Sustainable Development in Nepal

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Employment generation

    1. Explain labor absorption, skill development and local opportunities.
    2. Assess benefits alongside job quality and enterprise viability.
    3. Compare direct and indirect employment effects.

  2. Sustainable development

    1. Relate SMEs to economic, social and environmental objectives.
    2. Consider resource efficiency and inclusive participation.
    3. Assess tradeoffs and long-term business capacity.

  3. Nepalese application

    1. Analyze a dated enterprise or sector example.
    2. Identify realistic indicators of contribution.
    3. Recommend improvements supported by evidence.

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.