Diploma in Commercial Practice (English)

Diploma in Commercial Practice (English)

Diploma in Commercial Practice (English) programme opens career doors at entry level in the office or business environment. It equips students with versatile skills that can be adapted to any economic sector as it offers a thorough grounding in administrative, economic, accounting and legal procedures common to almost every organization.

Skills Required

High school graduates who have basic office skills may qualify for entry-level secretarial positions. Employers increasingly require extensive knowledge of software applications, like word processing, spreadsheets, and database management.

Secretaries and administrative assistants should be proficient in keyboarding and good at spelling, punctuation, grammar, and oral communication. Employers also look for good customer service and interpersonal skills because secretaries and administrative assistants must be tactful in their dealings with people. Discretion, good judgment, organizational or management ability, initiative, and the ability to work independently are especially important for higher level administrative positions.

Nature of Job

Secretaries perform several office tasks within one job. They do word processing and data entry. They may take shorthand. Secretaries also file papers, answer telephones, schedule appointments, and handle mail for their employers. Secretaries are employed by business, professional, government, and nonprofit organizations.

The exact nature of the work varies widely from job to job. Secretaries in small firms may spend most of their time dealing with the mail and answering the phone. In a very small organization, one secretary may be responsible for all office functions.

Syllabus

• Accountancy.
• Auditing & Taxation.
• Basics.
• Business Law.
• Business Management.
• Business Studies.
• Commerce Subjects.
• Company Law & Secretarial Practice.

Computers

• E-business & Internet.
• Marketing Management.
• Secretarial Practice.
• Shorthand.
• Tally Accounting Package.
• Typewriting.
• Visual Basic.

Eligibility & Admission

Pass in SSLC / 10th or equivalent examinations where in the student should have studied Mathematics and Science.

Higher Studies

Students, who have completed their Diploma in Commercial practice can go for Bachelor of Commerce course and Karnataka State open university offers lateral entry facility to the B. Com course for candidates who have completed their Diploma in Commercial Practice. They can also take up other courses in the field of commerce pertaining to accountancy, economics, business administration and even computer application.

Completion of a degree after completion of Diploma in Commercial Practice course can add weightage to the job opportunities of these candidates since they possess office management skills along with a degree in hand.

Job prospects

The students who pass out will be readily absorbed by various organisations as Secretaries, Executive Assistants and also as Assistant Administrative Managers because of their broad office management knowledge.

They will also be skilled in written and oral communication skills and can find suitable careers in ‘knowledge industries’ such as BPOs and KPOs.

Employers

Students completed their Diploma in Commercial Practice will be readily recruited in different organizations as executive assistants, secretaries and assistant administrative managers since they possess a wide office management knowledge. They can enter the booming KPO and BPO industry since they are offered with written and oral communication skills as well in their course.

This course is highly suitable for students from poor background and wish to earn at a very young age and they can also continue their higher studies while working for any organization after completion of their Diploma in Commercial Practice.