SPPU B.B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Semester 4 Notes 2026

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1. Business Research Methods

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   Business Research Methods

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   Contents

   Module 01 Business Research I

   1. Business Research: Meaning, Objectives and Purpose 1
   2. What Research Is 8
   3. What Makes Research Good 11
   4. Research Ethics Beyond Plagiarism 14
   5. The Types of Research and the Applications of Research in Business 17
   6. Pure and Applied Research 23
   7. Descriptive and Analytical Research 26
   8. Conceptual and Empirical Research 29
   9. Quantitative and Qualitative Research 32
   10. Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Methods: Mixed Methods and Triangulation 35

   Module 02 Business Research II

   1. Research Design: Meaning, Nature, Preparation and Features 38
   2. What a Research Design Is 44
   3. The Parts of a Research Design 47
   4. Aims and Objectives of the Study 51
   5. Scope of Study, and Its Limitations 54
   6. Sources of Information 58
   7. The Sampling Design and the Data Collection Design 61

   Contents continued

   Module 02 continued Business Research II

   1. Time, Cost and the Practical Design 64
   2. The Synopsis or Research Proposal 67
   3. What Makes a Research Design Good 71
   4. Types of Methodology 74
   5. The Exploratory or Formulative Design 79
   6. Descriptive and Diagnostic Designs 82
   7. The Experimental Design 85
   8. Historical and Case Study Designs 88
   9. What a Research Problem Is 91
   10. Where Research Problems Come From 94
   11. Choosing Between Problems 98
   12. Narrowing and Defining the Problem 101
   13. Research Questions, Aims and Objectives 104
   14. The Review of Literature 108
   15. The Literature Review in Business Research: Need, Role, Sources and Method 112
   16. Referencing Styles: Harvard, OSCOLA, APA and MLA 118
   17. Citation: Footnotes, APA and Legal Citation 125
   18. Bibliography and Webliography 129
   19. Plagiarism and the UGC Regulations 132

   Contents continued

   Module 03 Data Collection

   1. Data Collection: Sources, Methods and Tools 137
   2. Primary and Secondary Data, and the Sources of Secondary Data 140
   3. The Methods of Collecting Primary Data 144
   4. Research Methods: Documentary, Empirical and Survey 148
   5. Observation 153
   6. The Interview 157
   7. The Questionnaire and the Schedule 162
   8. The Survey 166
   9. The Case Study 169
   10. Sampling: What It Is and Why It Is Used 174
   11. Probability Sampling 177
   12. Non Probability Sampling 181
   13. Measurement and Scaling Techniques 185
   14. Scaling and Measurement 189

   Module 04 Processing and Analysis of Data

   1. Processing and Analysing Data 192
   2. Classification of Data and the Frequency Distribution 196
   3. Tabulation: The Parts of a Table, a Good Table and the Blank Table 201

   Contents continued

   Module 04 continued Processing and Analysis of Data

   1. Diagrams: Bar Diagrams and Pie Diagrams 204
   2. Graphs of a Frequency Distribution: Histogram, Frequency Polygon and Ogives 208
   3. Simple Statistical Techniques and Their Uses 212
   4. Measures of Central Tendency: What an Average Is and What a Good One Needs 215
   5. The Arithmetic Mean 218
   6. The Median 223
   7. The Mode 226
   8. Comparing the Averages: Merits, Demerits and Which to Use 230
   9. Quartiles, Deciles and Percentiles 233
   10. Dispersion: Meaning, Purpose and Its Measures 236
   11. The Range and Its Coefficient 239
   12. The Quartile Deviation and Its Coefficient 241
   13. The Mean Deviation and Its Coefficient 243
   14. The Standard Deviation and Its Coefficient 246
   15. The Coefficient of Variation: Comparing Consistency 250
   16. Correlation: Meaning, Utility and Kinds 253
   17. Karl Pearson's Coefficient of Correlation 256
   18. Spearman's Rank Correlation 259

   Contents continued

   Module 04 continued Processing and Analysis of Data

   1. Regression: Meaning, the Two Lines and How It Differs from Correlation 262
   2. Finding the Regression Equations, and Estimating from Them 265
   3. The Use of Computers in Data Analysis 268
   4. What a Hypothesis Is 271
   5. Where a Hypothesis Comes From, and What Makes It Usable 275
   6. The Types of Hypothesis 279
   7. Formulating a Hypothesis 283
   8. Testing a Hypothesis 286
   9. When the Hypothesis Is Disproved 290
   10. The Statistical Tests of a Hypothesis: z, t and Chi-Square 294

   Module 05 Report Writing

   1. Planning the Research Report: Layout and the Outline of Chapters 297
   2. Chapterisation 300
   3. The Introduction 303
   4. The Research Methodology Section 306
   5. Conclusion and Suggestions 310
   6. Drafting the Research Report: the Steps and the Qualities of a Good Report 314

   Contents continued

   Module 05 continued Report Writing

   1. Writing the Report 317
   2. The Research Report: Its Importance and the Qualities of a Good Report 321
   3. Writing Up Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Presentation and Interpretation 324

   Page 1 onwards

   326 pages in this book. The cover and the contents are above. Everything from page one is in the pass.

   Notes

   2026 Edition, as per the latest syllabus. 326 pages.

   Every chapter in the notes: 90 chapters across 5 modules

   Module 01 10 chapters

   1. 1 Business Research: Meaning, Objectives and Purpose pages 1 to 7
   2. 2 What Research Is pages 8 to 10
   3. 3 What Makes Research Good pages 11 to 13
   4. 4 Research Ethics Beyond Plagiarism pages 14 to 16
   5. 5 The Types of Research and the Applications of Research in Business pages 17 to 22
   6. 6 Pure and Applied Research pages 23 to 25
   7. 7 Descriptive and Analytical Research pages 26 to 28
   8. 8 Conceptual and Empirical Research pages 29 to 31
   9. 9 Quantitative and Qualitative Research pages 32 to 34
   10. 10 Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Methods: Mixed Methods and Triangulation pages 35 to 37

   Module 02 26 chapters

   1. 11 Research Design: Meaning, Nature, Preparation and Features pages 38 to 43
   2. 12 What a Research Design Is pages 44 to 46
   3. 13 The Parts of a Research Design pages 47 to 50
   4. 14 Aims and Objectives of the Study pages 51 to 53
   5. 15 Scope of Study, and Its Limitations pages 54 to 57
   6. 16 Sources of Information pages 58 to 60
   7. 17 The Sampling Design and the Data Collection Design pages 61 to 63
   8. 18 Time, Cost and the Practical Design pages 64 to 66
   9. 19 The Synopsis or Research Proposal pages 67 to 70
   10. 20 What Makes a Research Design Good pages 71 to 73
   11. 21 Types of Methodology pages 74 to 78
   12. 22 The Exploratory or Formulative Design pages 79 to 81
   13. 23 Descriptive and Diagnostic Designs pages 82 to 84
   14. 24 The Experimental Design pages 85 to 87
   15. 25 Historical and Case Study Designs pages 88 to 90
   16. 26 What a Research Problem Is pages 91 to 93
   17. 27 Where Research Problems Come From pages 94 to 97
   18. 28 Choosing Between Problems pages 98 to 100
   19. 29 Narrowing and Defining the Problem pages 101 to 103
   20. 30 Research Questions, Aims and Objectives pages 104 to 107
   21. 31 The Review of Literature pages 108 to 111
   22. 32 The Literature Review in Business Research: Need, Role, Sources and Method pages 112 to 117
   23. 33 Referencing Styles: Harvard, OSCOLA, APA and MLA pages 118 to 124
   24. 34 Citation: Footnotes, APA and Legal Citation pages 125 to 128
   25. 35 Bibliography and Webliography pages 129 to 131
   26. 36 Plagiarism and the UGC Regulations pages 132 to 136

   Module 03 14 chapters

   1. 37 Data Collection: Sources, Methods and Tools pages 137 to 139
   2. 38 Primary and Secondary Data, and the Sources of Secondary Data pages 140 to 143
   3. 39 The Methods of Collecting Primary Data pages 144 to 147
   4. 40 Research Methods: Documentary, Empirical and Survey pages 148 to 152
   5. 41 Observation pages 153 to 156
   6. 42 The Interview pages 157 to 161
   7. 43 The Questionnaire and the Schedule pages 162 to 165
   8. 44 The Survey pages 166 to 168
   9. 45 The Case Study pages 169 to 173
   10. 46 Sampling: What It Is and Why It Is Used pages 174 to 176
   11. 47 Probability Sampling pages 177 to 180
   12. 48 Non Probability Sampling pages 181 to 184
   13. 49 Measurement and Scaling Techniques pages 185 to 188
   14. 50 Scaling and Measurement pages 189 to 191

   Module 04 31 chapters

   1. 51 Processing and Analysing Data pages 192 to 195
   2. 52 Classification of Data and the Frequency Distribution pages 196 to 200
   3. 53 Tabulation: The Parts of a Table, a Good Table and the Blank Table pages 201 to 203
   4. 54 Diagrams: Bar Diagrams and Pie Diagrams pages 204 to 207
   5. 55 Graphs of a Frequency Distribution: Histogram, Frequency Polygon and Ogives pages 208 to 211
   6. 56 Simple Statistical Techniques and Their Uses pages 212 to 214
   7. 57 Measures of Central Tendency: What an Average Is and What a Good One Needs pages 215 to 217
   8. 58 The Arithmetic Mean pages 218 to 222
   9. 59 The Median pages 223 to 225
   10. 60 The Mode pages 226 to 229
   11. 61 Comparing the Averages: Merits, Demerits and Which to Use pages 230 to 232
   12. 62 Quartiles, Deciles and Percentiles pages 233 to 235
   13. 63 Dispersion: Meaning, Purpose and Its Measures pages 236 to 238
   14. 64 The Range and Its Coefficient pages 239 to 240
   15. 65 The Quartile Deviation and Its Coefficient pages 241 to 242
   16. 66 The Mean Deviation and Its Coefficient pages 243 to 245
   17. 67 The Standard Deviation and Its Coefficient pages 246 to 249
   18. 68 The Coefficient of Variation: Comparing Consistency pages 250 to 252
   19. 69 Correlation: Meaning, Utility and Kinds pages 253 to 255
   20. 70 Karl Pearson's Coefficient of Correlation pages 256 to 258
   21. 71 Spearman's Rank Correlation pages 259 to 261
   22. 72 Regression: Meaning, the Two Lines and How It Differs from Correlation pages 262 to 264
   23. 73 Finding the Regression Equations, and Estimating from Them pages 265 to 267
   24. 74 The Use of Computers in Data Analysis pages 268 to 270
   25. 75 What a Hypothesis Is pages 271 to 274
   26. 76 Where a Hypothesis Comes From, and What Makes It Usable pages 275 to 278
   27. 77 The Types of Hypothesis pages 279 to 282
   28. 78 Formulating a Hypothesis pages 283 to 285
   29. 79 Testing a Hypothesis pages 286 to 289
   30. 80 When the Hypothesis Is Disproved pages 290 to 293
   31. 81 The Statistical Tests of a Hypothesis: z, t and Chi-Square pages 294 to 296

   Module 05 9 chapters

   1. 82 Planning the Research Report: Layout and the Outline of Chapters pages 297 to 299
   2. 83 Chapterisation pages 300 to 302
   3. 84 The Introduction pages 303 to 305
   4. 85 The Research Methodology Section pages 306 to 309
   5. 86 Conclusion and Suggestions pages 310 to 313
   6. 87 Drafting the Research Report: the Steps and the Qualities of a Good Report pages 314 to 316
   7. 88 Writing the Report pages 317 to 320
   8. 89 The Research Report: Its Importance and the Qualities of a Good Report pages 321 to 323
   9. 90 Writing Up Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Presentation and Interpretation pages 324 to 326

2. Human Resource Management

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   Human Resource Management

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   Human Resource Management

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   Contents

   Module 01 Introduction to Human Resource Management

   1. What Human Resource Management Is: Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance 1
   2. The Objectives of Human Resource Management, and the Role of the HR Manager 8
   3. The Functions of Human Resource Management 12
   4. The Duties and Responsibilities of the HR Manager 17
   5. The Challenges of Human Resource Management 20
   6. The Evolution and Development of Human Resource Management 24
   7. Strategic Human Resource Management: Meaning, Objectives and Challenges 30
   8. Integrated Strategic Planning and Human Resource Planning 33

   Module 02 Human Resource Planning

   1. Human Resource Planning: Meaning, Objectives, Need and Importance 37
   2. The Process of Human Resource Planning 42
   3. Control and Review Mechanism in Human Resource Planning 47
   4. Exit Policy and the Voluntary Retirement Scheme 51
   5. Job Analysis: Job Description and Job Specification 55
   6. Recruitment: Meaning, Definitions, Objectives and Importance 59
   7. Sources of Recruitment: Internal and External 63
   8. Promotion and Transfer as Internal Sources 68

   Contents continued

   Module 02 continued Human Resource Planning

   1. Modern Sources and Techniques of Recruitment, and Recruitment Practices in India 72
   2. The Complexity of Recruitment: Factors, Constraints, Challenges and Issues 77
   3. Selection and the Selection Procedure 81
   4. Selection Tests 86
   5. Interviews: Types, Process, Guidelines and Common Errors 90
   6. Labour Turnover: Causes, Measurement and Control 95

   Module 03 Training and Development

   1. Training and Development 98
   2. The Types of Training 102
   3. Induction and Orientation 105
   4. Evaluation of a Training Programme 109

   Module 04 Performance Management and Appraisal

   1. Performance Appraisal: Meaning, Features, Objectives and Importance 112
   2. The System and Process of Performance Appraisal 115
   3. Methods of Performance Appraisal: Traditional and Modern 118
   4. Problems, Limitations and Rating Errors in Performance Appraisal 123

   Contents continued

   Module 04 continued Performance Management and Appraisal

   1. The Appraisal Form and Its Formats 127
   2. From Performance Evaluation to Performance Analysis and Development 133
   3. The Balanced Scorecard and the HR Scorecard 136
   4. Legal and Ethical Perspectives in Performance Appraisal 140

   Module 05 Remuneration, Compensation and Maintenance

   1. Job Evaluation: Concept, Methods and Significance 145
   2. The Components of Employee Remuneration: Base and Supplementary 151

   Module 06 Personnel Records Reports and Audit

   1. Personnel Records and Reports 157
   2. Personnel Audit: Objectives, Scope and Importance 161

   Module 07 Industrial Relations

   1. Industrial Relations: Concept, Objectives and Importance 166
   2. Industrial Relations, the Industrial Revolution and the Laissez-faire State 170
   3. What a Trade Union Is: The Definition 178
   4. Collective Bargaining 186
   5. The Role of HRM in Industrial Relations 196

   Page 1 onwards

   199 pages in this book. The cover and the contents are above. Everything from page one is in the pass.

   Notes

   2026 Edition, as per the latest syllabus. 199 pages.

   Every chapter in the notes: 43 chapters across 7 modules

   Module 01 8 chapters

   1. 1 What Human Resource Management Is: Meaning, Nature, Scope and Significance pages 1 to 7
   2. 2 The Objectives of Human Resource Management, and the Role of the HR Manager pages 8 to 11
   3. 3 The Functions of Human Resource Management pages 12 to 16
   4. 4 The Duties and Responsibilities of the HR Manager pages 17 to 19
   5. 5 The Challenges of Human Resource Management pages 20 to 23
   6. 6 The Evolution and Development of Human Resource Management pages 24 to 29
   7. 7 Strategic Human Resource Management: Meaning, Objectives and Challenges pages 30 to 32
   8. 8 Integrated Strategic Planning and Human Resource Planning pages 33 to 36

   Module 02 14 chapters

   1. 9 Human Resource Planning: Meaning, Objectives, Need and Importance pages 37 to 41
   2. 10 The Process of Human Resource Planning pages 42 to 46
   3. 11 Control and Review Mechanism in Human Resource Planning pages 47 to 50
   4. 12 Exit Policy and the Voluntary Retirement Scheme pages 51 to 54
   5. 13 Job Analysis: Job Description and Job Specification pages 55 to 58
   6. 14 Recruitment: Meaning, Definitions, Objectives and Importance pages 59 to 62
   7. 15 Sources of Recruitment: Internal and External pages 63 to 67
   8. 16 Promotion and Transfer as Internal Sources pages 68 to 71
   9. 17 Modern Sources and Techniques of Recruitment, and Recruitment Practices in India pages 72 to 76
   10. 18 The Complexity of Recruitment: Factors, Constraints, Challenges and Issues pages 77 to 80
   11. 19 Selection and the Selection Procedure pages 81 to 85
   12. 20 Selection Tests pages 86 to 89
   13. 21 Interviews: Types, Process, Guidelines and Common Errors pages 90 to 94
   14. 22 Labour Turnover: Causes, Measurement and Control pages 95 to 97

   Module 03 4 chapters

   1. 23 Training and Development pages 98 to 101
   2. 24 The Types of Training pages 102 to 104
   3. 25 Induction and Orientation pages 105 to 108
   4. 26 Evaluation of a Training Programme pages 109 to 111

   Module 04 8 chapters

   1. 27 Performance Appraisal: Meaning, Features, Objectives and Importance pages 112 to 114
   2. 28 The System and Process of Performance Appraisal pages 115 to 117
   3. 29 Methods of Performance Appraisal: Traditional and Modern pages 118 to 122
   4. 30 Problems, Limitations and Rating Errors in Performance Appraisal pages 123 to 126
   5. 31 The Appraisal Form and Its Formats pages 127 to 132
   6. 32 From Performance Evaluation to Performance Analysis and Development pages 133 to 135
   7. 33 The Balanced Scorecard and the HR Scorecard pages 136 to 139
   8. 34 Legal and Ethical Perspectives in Performance Appraisal pages 140 to 144

   Module 05 2 chapters

   1. 35 Job Evaluation: Concept, Methods and Significance pages 145 to 150
   2. 36 The Components of Employee Remuneration: Base and Supplementary pages 151 to 156

   Module 06 2 chapters

   1. 37 Personnel Records and Reports pages 157 to 160
   2. 38 Personnel Audit: Objectives, Scope and Importance pages 161 to 165

   Module 07 5 chapters

   1. 39 Industrial Relations: Concept, Objectives and Importance pages 166 to 169
   2. 40 Industrial Relations, the Industrial Revolution and the Laissez-faire State pages 170 to 177
   3. 41 What a Trade Union Is: The Definition pages 178 to 185
   4. 42 Collective Bargaining pages 186 to 195
   5. 43 The Role of HRM in Industrial Relations pages 196 to 199

3. Law and Literature

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   Law and Literature

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   Law and Literature

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   Contents

   Module 01 Plays

   1. The Significance of Literature in Understanding the Law 1
   2. The Merchant of Venice: the Play, and Why a Law Course Sets It 5
   3. The Merchant of Venice: Act I 9
   4. The Merchant of Venice: Act II 15
   5. The Merchant of Venice: Act III 20
   6. The Merchant of Venice: the Trial Scene, Act IV Scene i 26
   7. The Merchant of Venice: the Rings, and Act V 34
   8. Portia, Antonio, Bassanio and the Others 40
   9. Shylock 45
   10. The Bond as a Contract 50
   11. Mercy, Equity and the Letter of the Law 55
   12. The Alien Statute and the Sentence on Shylock 60
   13. Themes of The Merchant of Venice 65
   14. Reference to Context: The Merchant of Venice 69
   15. Justice: Galsworthy, and a Play About the Machine of the Law 77
   16. Justice: Act I, the Cheque 82
   17. Justice: Act II, the Trial at the Assizes 87
   18. Justice: Act III, the Prison 93
   19. Justice: Act IV, Two Years Later 99
   20. Characters in Justice 104

   Contents continued

   Module 01 continued Plays

   1. The Law in Justice: Forgery, the Insanity Plea, the Sentence and the Licence 109
   2. Themes and Reference to Context: Justice 115

   Module 02 Short Stories

   1. Before the Law: Kafka's Parable of the Man from the Country 124
   2. The Benefit of the Doubt: the Story 129
   3. The Benefit of the Doubt: Justice and Evidence 139
   4. The Web of Circumstance: Chesnutt's Story of Ben Davis 147
   5. The Weed: Amrita Pritam's Story of Angoori 152

   Module 03 Prose Works

   1. Bacon, Of Judicature: the Essay 156
   2. Of Judicature: the Four Parts of a Judge's Duty 160
   3. Of Judicature: Bacon in Practice, and How to Answer on It 166
   4. Gandhi: Some Reminiscences of the Bar 170
   5. Gandhi: Truth in Practice, and Professional Ethics 176
   6. Ambedkar: Why Indian Labour is Determined to Win the War 181
   7. Ambedkar: the Argument, Nationalism and the New Social Order 186
   8. A Woman Judge in the Capital: Leila Seth on the Delhi High Court 192

   Contents continued

   Module 04 Poetry

   1. Where the Mind is Without Fear: Tagore's Prayer for a Free Nation 195
   2. Law Like Love: Auden's Many Answers to What Law Is 198
   3. The Old Playhouse: Kamala Das on Marriage and the Loss of Self 201
   4. Still I Rise: Maya Angelou's Poem of Dignity and Resistance 204

   Module 05 Legal Text as Literature for Analytical Study

   1. Reading a Judgment: Ratio, Obiter and the Weight of a Precedent 207
   2. Balaji Raghavan v. Union of India: The Judgment as Narrative and Argument 212
   3. S. Gopal Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh: The Judgment as Narrative and Argument 217

   Page 1 onwards

   221 pages in this book. The cover and the contents are above. Everything from page one is in the pass.

   Notes

   2026 Edition, as per the latest syllabus. 221 pages.

   Every chapter in the notes: 42 chapters across 5 modules

   Module 01 22 chapters

   1. 1 The Significance of Literature in Understanding the Law pages 1 to 4
   2. 2 The Merchant of Venice: the Play, and Why a Law Course Sets It pages 5 to 8
   3. 3 The Merchant of Venice: Act I pages 9 to 14
   4. 4 The Merchant of Venice: Act II pages 15 to 19
   5. 5 The Merchant of Venice: Act III pages 20 to 25
   6. 6 The Merchant of Venice: the Trial Scene, Act IV Scene i pages 26 to 33
   7. 7 The Merchant of Venice: the Rings, and Act V pages 34 to 39
   8. 8 Portia, Antonio, Bassanio and the Others pages 40 to 44
   9. 9 Shylock pages 45 to 49
   10. 10 The Bond as a Contract pages 50 to 54
   11. 11 Mercy, Equity and the Letter of the Law pages 55 to 59
   12. 12 The Alien Statute and the Sentence on Shylock pages 60 to 64
   13. 13 Themes of The Merchant of Venice pages 65 to 68
   14. 14 Reference to Context: The Merchant of Venice pages 69 to 76
   15. 15 Justice: Galsworthy, and a Play About the Machine of the Law pages 77 to 81
   16. 16 Justice: Act I, the Cheque pages 82 to 86
   17. 17 Justice: Act II, the Trial at the Assizes pages 87 to 92
   18. 18 Justice: Act III, the Prison pages 93 to 98
   19. 19 Justice: Act IV, Two Years Later pages 99 to 103
   20. 20 Characters in Justice pages 104 to 108
   21. 21 The Law in Justice: Forgery, the Insanity Plea, the Sentence and the Licence pages 109 to 114
   22. 22 Themes and Reference to Context: Justice pages 115 to 123

   Module 02 5 chapters

   1. 23 Before the Law: Kafka's Parable of the Man from the Country pages 124 to 128
   2. 24 The Benefit of the Doubt: the Story pages 129 to 138
   3. 25 The Benefit of the Doubt: Justice and Evidence pages 139 to 146
   4. 26 The Web of Circumstance: Chesnutt's Story of Ben Davis pages 147 to 151
   5. 27 The Weed: Amrita Pritam's Story of Angoori pages 152 to 155

   Module 03 8 chapters

   1. 28 Bacon, Of Judicature: the Essay pages 156 to 159
   2. 29 Of Judicature: the Four Parts of a Judge's Duty pages 160 to 165
   3. 30 Of Judicature: Bacon in Practice, and How to Answer on It pages 166 to 169
   4. 31 Gandhi: Some Reminiscences of the Bar pages 170 to 175
   5. 32 Gandhi: Truth in Practice, and Professional Ethics pages 176 to 180
   6. 33 Ambedkar: Why Indian Labour is Determined to Win the War pages 181 to 185
   7. 34 Ambedkar: the Argument, Nationalism and the New Social Order pages 186 to 191
   8. 35 A Woman Judge in the Capital: Leila Seth on the Delhi High Court pages 192 to 194

   Module 04 4 chapters

   1. 36 Where the Mind is Without Fear: Tagore's Prayer for a Free Nation pages 195 to 197
   2. 37 Law Like Love: Auden's Many Answers to What Law Is pages 198 to 200
   3. 38 The Old Playhouse: Kamala Das on Marriage and the Loss of Self pages 201 to 203
   4. 39 Still I Rise: Maya Angelou's Poem of Dignity and Resistance pages 204 to 206

   Module 05 3 chapters

   1. 40 Reading a Judgment: Ratio, Obiter and the Weight of a Precedent pages 207 to 211
   2. 41 Balaji Raghavan v. Union of India: The Judgment as Narrative and Argument pages 212 to 216
   3. 42 S. Gopal Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh: The Judgment as Narrative and Argument pages 217 to 221

4. Case Studies in Business Environment

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   Case Studies in Business Environment

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   Contents

   Module 01 Cases Studies

   1. Case Studies: Meaning, Objectives and Contents 1
   2. The Structure and Importance of a Case Study 5
   3. The Characteristics of Case Studies 9
   4. Environmental Analysis: Meaning, Stages and Techniques 12
   5. How to Analyse a Business Case: the Steps and the Techniques 17

   Module 02 Introduction to Business Environment

   1. The Business Environment: Meaning, Features and Types 22
   2. The Internal Environment and the Micro Environment of Business 27
   3. The Natural, Technological and Global Environment 31

   Module 03 Business Functions

   1. Decision Making: Meaning, Types and Process 35
   2. Environmental Analysis for Business Decision Making, and the Business Plan 39
   3. What Financial Management Is: Meaning, Objectives, Scope and Functions 43
   4. Financial Planning: Meaning, Objectives, Steps and Importance 46
   5. What Marketing Is 50
   6. How Marketing Thought Evolved 54
   7. The Marketing Mix: Meaning and Elements 58

   Contents continued

   Module 03 continued Business Functions

   1. The Functions of Marketing 61
   2. Performance Appraisal: Meaning, Features, Objectives and Importance 64
   3. Methods of Performance Appraisal: Traditional and Modern 67
   4. Problems, Limitations and Rating Errors in Performance Appraisal 72

   Module 04 Socio-Cultural Environment

   1. The Social Responsibility of Business 76
   2. Corporate Social Responsibility Under the Companies Act, 2013 80
   3. Business and Society 86
   4. The Socio-Cultural and Demographic Environment 90

   Module 05 PESTL Factors and Globalization

   1. The Economic Environment of Business 94
   2. The Political, Legal and Government Environment 100
   3. Political Stability and Its Impact on the Business Environment 105
   4. The Legal Environment 109
   5. What Intellectual Property Is 113
   6. The Kinds of Intellectual Property 117

   Contents continued

   Module 05 continued PESTL Factors and Globalization

   1. Technology and Business: Meaning, Features and the Management of Technology 121
   2. The Impact of Technology on Business Decision Making 125
   3. The Reasons for Globalisation 129
   4. Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation 133
   5. Globalisation and Its Impact on the Indian Economy 138

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   141 pages in this book. The cover and the contents are above. Everything from page one is in the pass.

   Notes

   2026 Edition, as per the latest syllabus. 141 pages.

   Every chapter in the notes: 34 chapters across 5 modules

   Module 01 5 chapters

   1. 1 Case Studies: Meaning, Objectives and Contents pages 1 to 4
   2. 2 The Structure and Importance of a Case Study pages 5 to 8
   3. 3 The Characteristics of Case Studies pages 9 to 11
   4. 4 Environmental Analysis: Meaning, Stages and Techniques pages 12 to 16
   5. 5 How to Analyse a Business Case: the Steps and the Techniques pages 17 to 21

   Module 02 3 chapters

   1. 6 The Business Environment: Meaning, Features and Types pages 22 to 26
   2. 7 The Internal Environment and the Micro Environment of Business pages 27 to 30
   3. 8 The Natural, Technological and Global Environment pages 31 to 34

   Module 03 11 chapters

   1. 9 Decision Making: Meaning, Types and Process pages 35 to 38
   2. 10 Environmental Analysis for Business Decision Making, and the Business Plan pages 39 to 42
   3. 11 What Financial Management Is: Meaning, Objectives, Scope and Functions pages 43 to 45
   4. 12 Financial Planning: Meaning, Objectives, Steps and Importance pages 46 to 49
   5. 13 What Marketing Is pages 50 to 53
   6. 14 How Marketing Thought Evolved pages 54 to 57
   7. 15 The Marketing Mix: Meaning and Elements pages 58 to 60
   8. 16 The Functions of Marketing pages 61 to 63
   9. 17 Performance Appraisal: Meaning, Features, Objectives and Importance pages 64 to 66
   10. 18 Methods of Performance Appraisal: Traditional and Modern pages 67 to 71
   11. 19 Problems, Limitations and Rating Errors in Performance Appraisal pages 72 to 75

   Module 04 4 chapters

   1. 20 The Social Responsibility of Business pages 76 to 79
   2. 21 Corporate Social Responsibility Under the Companies Act, 2013 pages 80 to 85
   3. 22 Business and Society pages 86 to 89
   4. 23 The Socio-Cultural and Demographic Environment pages 90 to 93

   Module 05 11 chapters

   1. 24 The Economic Environment of Business pages 94 to 99
   2. 25 The Political, Legal and Government Environment pages 100 to 104
   3. 26 Political Stability and Its Impact on the Business Environment pages 105 to 108
   4. 27 The Legal Environment pages 109 to 112
   5. 28 What Intellectual Property Is pages 113 to 116
   6. 29 The Kinds of Intellectual Property pages 117 to 120
   7. 30 Technology and Business: Meaning, Features and the Management of Technology pages 121 to 124
   8. 31 The Impact of Technology on Business Decision Making pages 125 to 128
   9. 32 The Reasons for Globalisation pages 129 to 132
   10. 33 Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation pages 133 to 137
   11. 34 Globalisation and Its Impact on the Indian Economy pages 138 to 141

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