(Syllabus) ICSI - Company Secretaries Exam - 2016
(Syllabus) ICSI - Company Secretaries Exam - 2016
Syllabus For Foundation Examination:
PAPER 1: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PART A: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT (30 MARKS)
1. Business Environment
2. Forms of Business Organization
3. Scales of Business
4. Emerging Trends in Business
5. Business Functions
PART B: BUSINESS LAWS (40 MARKS)
6. Introduction to Law
7. Elements of Company Law
8. Elements of Law relating to Partnership
9. Elements of Law relating to Contract
10. Elements of Law relating to Sale of Goods
11. Elements of Law relating to Negotiable Instruments
PART C: ENTREPRENEURSHIP (30 MARKS)
12. Entrepreneurship
13. Entrepreneurship - Creativity and Innovation
14. Growth & Challenges of Entrepreneurial Venture
PAPER 2: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, ETHICS AND COMMUNICATION
PART A: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (40 Marks)
1. Nature of Management and its Process
2. Planning
3. Organisation
4. Human Resource Management
5. Direction and Co-ordination
6. Controlling
7. Recent Trends in Management
PART B: BUSINESS ETHICS (20 MARKS)
8. Business Ethics
PART C: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (40 Marks)
9. Business Communication
10. Essentials of Good English
11. Business Correspondence
12. Administration
13. Inter-departmental Communication
14. Preparation of Press Releases
15. E-Correspondence
PAPER 3: BUSINESS ECONOMICS
PART A: ECONOMICS (70 MARKS)
1. Nature and Scope of Economics
2. Theory of Demand and Supply
3. Theory of Production, Costs and Revenue
4. Forms of Markets and its Equilibrium
5. Money and Banking
6. Basic Characteristics of Indian Economy
7. Selected Areas of Indian Economy
PART B: ELEMENTARY STATISTICS (30 MARKS)
8. Statistics: An Overview
9. Collection and Presentation of Statistical Data
10. Measures of Central Tendency
11. Mathematics of Finance
12. Probability
13. Index Numbers and Time Series Analysis
PAPER 4: FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING
PART A: FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING (70 MARKS)
1. Theoretical Framework
2. Accounting Process
3. Bank Reconciliation Statement
4. Depreciation Accounting
5. Preparation of Final Accounts for Sole Proprietors
6. Partnership Accounts
7. Introduction to Company Accounts
PART B: FUNDAMENTALS OF AUDITING (30 MARKS)
8. Auditing
9. Audits and Auditor’s Reports
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