Previous year question paper for EDM (Diploma Mechanical Engineering 6th)

SECTION – A ENTREPRENEURSHIP

1. Introduction (14 hrs)

 Concept /Meaning and its need

 Qualities and functions of entrepreneur and barriers in entrepreneurship

 Sole proprietorship and partnership forms of business organisations  Schemes of assistance by entrepreneurial support agencies at National,

State, District –level, organisation: NSIC, NRDC, DC, MSME, SIDBI,

NABARD, Commercial Banks, SFC’s TCO, KVIB, DIC, Technology

Business Incubators (TBI) and Science and Technology Entrepreneur Parks

2. Market Survey and Opportunity Identification (10 hrs)

 Scanning of the business environment  Salient features of National and State industrial policies and resultant

business opportunities  Types and conduct of market survey

 Assessment of demand and supply in potential areas of growth

 Identifying business opportunity

 Considerations in product selection

3. Project report Preparation (8 hrs)

 Preliminary project report  Detailed project report including technical, economic and market feasibility

 Common errors in project report preparations  Exercises on preparation of project report

4. Introduction to Management (04 hrs)

 Definitions and importance of management  Functions of management: Importance and process of planning, organising,

staffing, directing and controlling

 Principles of management (Henri Fayol, F.W. Taylor)  Concept and structure of an organisation

 Types of industrial organisations

a) Line organisation

b) Line and staff organisation

c) Functional Organisation

5. Leadership and Motivation (03 hrs)

a) Leadership

 Definition and Need

 Qualities and functions of a leader  Manager Vs leader  Types of leadership

b) Motivation

 Definitions and characteristics  Factors affecting motivation

 Theories of motivation (Maslow, Herzberg, Douglas, McGregor)

6. Management Scope in Different Areas (06 hrs)

a) Human Resource Management  Introduction and objective  Introduction to Man power planning, recruitment and selection

 Introduction to performance appraisal methods

b) Material and Store Management  Introduction functions, and objectives  ABC Analysis and EOQ

c) Marketing and sales  Introduction, importance, and its functions  Physical distribution

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 Introduction to promotion mix

 Sales promotion

d) Financial Management  Introductions, importance and its functions  Elementary knowledge of income tax, sales tax, excise duty, custom duty

and VAT

7. Miscellaneous Topics (03 hrs)

a) Customer Relation Management (CRM)  Definition and need

 Types of CRM

b) Total Quality Management (TQM)  Statistical process control  Total employees Involvement  Just in time (JIT)

c) Intellectual Property Right (IPR)  Introductions, definition and its importance  Infringement related to patents, copy right, trade mark.