Finance and Management

Finance 

(a) Financial System
1. Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions
2. Reserve Bank of India- functions and conduct of monetary policy,
Banking System in India,
Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc

(b) Financial Markets Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments.

(c) General Topics
1 Risk Management in Banking Sector
2. Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures and Swap
3. Changing Landscape of Banking sector
4. Recent Developments in the Financial Sector,
Portfolio Investment, Public Sector Reforms, Disinvestments
5. Financial Inclusion- use of technology
6. Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, PublicPrivate Partnership
7. Corporate Governance in Banking Sector, role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption and inefficiency in the government sector.
8. The Union Budget – Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Thirteenth Finance Commission and GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM),
9. Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI - components and trends

(B)Management: Management: its nature and scope; 

The Management Processes; Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing and Controlling; 

The Role of a Manager in an Organisation.

Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader; Leadership Styles; Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader.

Human Resource Development:
                   Concept of HRD;
                   Goals of HRD;
                   Performance Appraisal – Potential appraisal and development – Feedback and Performance Counselling – Career Planning – Training and Development – Rewards – Employee Welfare.

Motivation, Morale and Incentives:
                 Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate;
                 Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale;
                 Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.

Communication:
               Steps in the Communication Process;
               Communication Channels;
               Oral versus Written Communication;
               Verbal versus non-verbal Communication;
               upward, downward and lateral communication;
               Barriers to Communication,

Role of Information Technology.

Corporate Governance:
               Factors affecting Corporate Governance;
               Mechanisms of Corporate Governance