CHAPTER-1 Entrepreneurial Development

  •  Definition of entrepreneurship,
  • Characteristics of entrepreneurs,
  •  Factors influencing entrepreneurship,
  • Need for promotion of entrepreneurship and small business
  • Entrepreneurial Environment
  • Environmental analysis.
  •  Government policies for setting up new small enterprises
  •  Opportunities in service industries.

CHAPTER – 2 Forms of Business Organization
  • Forms of ownership
  • Sole Proprietorship
  • Partnership
  • Cooperative society
  • Joint – stock company
  • Private Limited Companies
  • Public Limited Companies

CHAPTER – 3 Institutional support to SSI
  • Institutional set up
  • Industries centers,
  • Industrial estates
  • Institutional support at National level
  • Institutional support at State level
  • Commercial banks and financial institutions

CHAPTER – 4 Planning a SSI
  •  What is planning?
  •  Types of planning
  •  Importance of planning
  •  Steps in planning
  •  Steps in planning a SSI
  •  Technical dimensions for setting up an enterprise

CHAPTER-5 Management of Small Business Firm

  •  Functional areas of small business firm
  •  Fundamentals of Management
  •  Managerial effectiveness
  •  Essential data for effective control of small business
  •  Resource management
  •  Office management
  •  Employees Welfare & safety
  •  Factory rules and Labour Laws related to SSIs
  •  Sales Tax and Income Tax laws related to SSIs

CHAPTER-6 Project selection, Formulation & Appraisal
  •  Project selection & formulation
  •  Scope of project report
  •  Content & Format of Project report
  •  Need of Project Appraisal
  •  Steps of Project Appraisal

CHAPTER-7 Problems of Small industries
  •  Power shortages
  •  Project planning
  •  Finance
  •  Raw material
  •  Production constraints
  •  Marketing
  •  Personal constraints
  •  Regulations

CHAPTER-8 Entrepreneurial Motivation Training
  •  Achievement Motivation
  •  Creative thinking
  •  Risk taking abilities