| Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC)
Syllabus
Home Sc.(Home Management) UNIT-I : CONCEPT OF MANAGEMENT -- Principles and Practices of Management. - Concepts, Principals, Objective and techniques of management. Evolution of management thought.
- System Approach.
- Management Process - Planning, Controlling, evaluating.
- Motivating forces of management - values, goals, standards and their interrelations.
- Decision making - steps in decision - making, types, methods of resolving conflicts.
- Resources : Types, Characteristics.
- Time, Energy and Money management.
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UNIT-II : HOUSING AND INTERIOR DECORATION - - Developing trends in rural and urban housing.
- Housing problems in India & Role of Government in solving them.
- Building materials & Finishes.
- Building Components - foundation, walls, floors, ceilings, doors & windows.
- Methods of lost estimation of housing/building.
- Techniques of low cost housing.
- Elements and Principles of design in interiors.
- Importance of colour, light & texture in interiors.
- House hold furnishings & accessories in interior decoration.
UNIT-III : CONSUMER ECONOMICS - Consumption and economic instability : Business Cycle, inflation, deflation.
- Role of Public Sector in counteracting economic instability.
- Theories of Consumer behaviour : Utility analysis.
- Cost of living index.
- Marketing functions.
- Factors affecting consumer demands.
- Consumer Education.
- Consumer right and responsibilities.
- Consumer Protection - Standardization and certification of products, consumer protection laws and their implications; Patents.
UNIT-IV : HOUSE HOLD EQUIPMENT - Equipment and their types : Non automatic / Semiautomatic / Fully automatic.
- Classification of House Hold Equipment - Food related, Cleaning related.
- Materials and finishes used in House Hold used in House Hold Equipment.
- Working principles, use, care, repair and maintenance of following House Hold Equipment. - small kitchen tools, Pressure cooker, Refrigerator, Cooking Range, Food Processor, Microwave Oven, Washing machine, Vacuums Cleaner.
UNIT-V : ERGONOMICS- Components of work input - Affective : Liked and disliked activities, goal Character of work. Attitude and Interest.
Cognitive - Knowledge, skills, thinking and attention.
Temporal - Control of time, time allocation,
Physical - Fatigue, Body Mechanics. - Man-Machine - Environment system.
- Anthropometry and Bio-Mechanics :
- Designing works and work places - functional design, center concept and their arrangement.
- Environment and safety at work places.
- Work simplification techniques.
- Method of measuring physical cost of work.
UNIT-VI : ENVIRONMENT & HUMAN ECOLOGY - Environment Pollution - types, causes and protective measures. - Air Pollution.
- Water Pollution - Soil Pollution
- Noise Pollution
- Green House effect : Causes and Prevention.
- Ozone Layer : A protective umbrella, depletion of ozone layer and its protection.
- Energy and environment.
- Recycling of waste.
- Role of Public, Private Section in management and conservation of environment.
- Role of families in management of environment.
UNIT-VII : COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT- Role of science and technology in women's development.
- Identification and dissemination of appropriate technology for rural & urban communities.
- Health and sanitation
- Housing
- Income generation
- Drugery Reduction
- Fuel conservation
- Women Entrepreneurship
- Concept and its importance.
- Small scale industries and women Entrepreneurship.
- Entrepreneurship Development programmes. Role of financial institutions in motivating women entrepreneurship.
- Qualities of a good entrepreneurer -
- - Innovative
- Risk taking
- Confidence
- Problem Solving
- Motivational factors. - Financial input and management of an entrepreneur.
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