Rajasthan Public Service Commission - Home Science (Home Management) Syllabus
Updated on: Mar 19, 2013
The syllabus of Home Science (Home Management) for Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) is given below:
UNIT-I : CONCEPT OF MANAGEMENT -
UNIT-II : HOUSING AND INTERIOR DECORATION -
UNIT-V : ERGONOMICS
UNIT-VII : COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Financial input and management of an entrepreneur
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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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 entrepreneur -
- Innovative
- Risk taking
- Confidence
- Problem Solving
- Motivational factors
Financial input and management of an entrepreneur