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Course Code :
MS-01
Course Title
: Management Functions and Behaviour
Assignment
Code : MS- 01/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. Why are managers required to have
/ acquire different skills sets at various levels of their career? Explain the
concept and its significance with suitable examples from the organisation you
have served in, or you are familiar with.
2. State and explain the steps
involved in MBO process. Also explain the pre-requisite for successful
implementation of MBO quoting examples from the organisation you have worked in
or you are aware of.
3. Briefly explain the sources of
conflict and the impact it has on individuals, groups, and organisations. Cite
examples from your organisational experience or the experience you are aware
of.
4. What is control? What are the
pre-requisite and characteristics of effective control system? Explain with the
help of examples you have had in an organizational set up. Briefly describe the
organisation you are referring to.
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Course Code :
MS - 2
Course Title
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Assignement
Code : MS-2 /TMA/SEM – I/2017
1. What are the primary objectives,
focus, and purpose of Selection Tests and Interview in the whole process of
Hiring in organisational set up? Critically examine their usefulness and
importance in the short term and long term functioning and culture of the
organisation. Draw from the experiences you are familiar with. Describe the
organisation and the situation you are referring to.
2. What are the major
„problems/errors‟ which came in the way of „Effective
Performance Appraisal Systems‟ of any
organization? Describe and explain with the help of your organizational
experiences or the ones you are familiar with. Briefly explain the organization, situation
and its fall out too support your reply.
3. Critically evaluate the state of
workers‟ participation in Management in the
present day business scenario. Explain with examples your answer giving due
details of the organizations and the sources you are referring to.
4. What are the “Principles of
Learning” which are followed in developing „Effective Training Programmes‟? Critically evaluate the „Training Environment‟ you are exposed to vis-Ã -vis the „Principles of learning‟ followed/not followed or the ones you are aware of. Briefly
describe the situation and the organization to logically support your replies.
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Course Code :
MS-03
Course Title
: Economic and Social Environment
Assignment
Code : MS-03/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. a) Explain the reasons why a
business manager be concerned with business environment?
b) Discuss how non-economic
environment affects business decisions giving examples.
2. What are the major factors of
widespread sickness among the SSI units? How can sickness be identified?
Suggest measures to enhance economic viability of the segment.
3. Examine the progress of Indian
economy towards globalization in the post reform years. Comment on the slow
pace of progress of globalization and identify the major reasons.
4. a) What are the major problems of
fiscal policy? Describe.
a) Is the growth of public
expenditure in India
justified? Discuss.
5. Explain major trends in volume,
composition and direction of India’s
foreign trade in recent years. Do you think that these trends portray a
favorable trade environment in the country?
6. Write short notes on the
following:
a) Balance of Payments
b) Role of Public Sector
c) Economic Development and Economic
Growth
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Course Code :
MS-04
Course Title
: Accounting and Finance for Managers
Assignment
Code : MS-04/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. “ Accountancy is an Information
System” do you agree? Substantiate your answer with reasons. How does an
Accountant help in planning and controlling a large commercial organisation?
Explain.
2. Prepare Cash Budget for April-Oct.
2017 from the information relating to Shah Agencies, a trading concern:-
Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2017
Liabilities Rs. Assets Rs.
Proprietor’s Capital 1,00,000 Cash
20,500
Outstanding Liabilities 17,000 Stock
50,500
Sundry debtors 26,000
Furniture 25,000
Dep. 5,000 20,000
----------- ----------- ---------
1,17,000 1,17,000
Sales and salaries for different
months are expected to be as under:
Months Sales Salaries
April 80,000 3,000
May 52,000 2,500
June 50,000 35,000
July 75,000 4,000
August 90,000 4,000
September 35,000 3,000
October 25,000 3,000
The other expenses per month are:
Rent Rs. 1,000, Depreciation Rs. 1,000, Misc. Expenses Rs. 500 and Commission
1% of sales. Of the sales, 80% is on credit and 20% for cash. 70% of the credit
sales are collected in one month and the balance in two months. Debtors on
March 31, 2017 represent Rs. 6,000 in respect of sales of February and Rs.
20,000 in respect of sales of March. There are no debt losses. Gross profit on
sales on an average is 30%. Purchases equal to the next month’s sales are made
every month and they are paid during the month in which they are made. The firm
maintains a minimum cash balance of Rs. 10,000. Cash deficiencies are made up
bank loans which are repaid at the earliest available opportunity and cash in
excess of Rs. 15,000 is invested in securities (Interest on bank loans and
securities is to be ignored). Outstanding liabilities remain unchanged.
3. Taking a suitable example and
explain how the semi-variable costs will be segregated into fixed and variable
using the Scattergraph Method.
4. Aditi Ltd. is considering the
selection of one a pair of mutually exclusive investment projects. Both would
involve purchase of machinery with a life of 5 years.
Project 1 would generate annual cash
flows (receipts less payments) of Rs. 2,00,000; the machinery would cost Rs.
5,56,000 and have a scrap value of Rs. 56,000.
Project 2 would generate annual cash
flows of Rs.5,00,000; the machinery would cost Rs. 16,16,000 and have a scrap
value of Rs. 4,31,000.
Company use the straight line method
for providing depreciation. Its cost of capital is 15% per annum. Assume that
annual cash flows arise on the anniversaries of the initial outlay, that there
will be no price changes over the project lives and that acceptance of one of
the projects will not alter the required amount of working capital.
You are required to:
(a) Calculate for each project:
(i) the accounting rate or return
(ratio, over project life, of average accounting profit to average book value
of investment) to nearest 1%.
(ii) the net present value
(iii) the internal rate or return
(D.C.F. yield) to nearest 1%, and
(iv) the pay back period to one
decimal place, and
(b) State which project you would
select for acceptance, if either, giving reasons for your choice of criterion
to guide the decision. Ignore taxation.
5. “ Dividend can be paid only out of
profits”. Explain this statement and also discuss your role as a Finance
Management in matters of dividend policy?
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Course Code :
MS-05
Course Title
: Management of Machines and Materials
Assignment
No. : MS-05/TMA /SEM-I/2017
1. “Product development and design is
basically a research and development activity”. Elaborate the statement with
suitable examples.
2. What is work sampling? Why is it
called a fact-finding tool? Describe some uses of work sampling.
3. Practical job shops are much more
complicated and may have hundreds of matching centres and thousands of jobs.
Comment! Why do we resort to priority dispatching rules for sequencing jobs at
each machine centre? Describe these rules.
4. How can FAST diagram act as a
Value Engineering tool. Explain the basic methodology of FAST diagrams with the
help of an example.
5. Write a brief note on need and
role of classification, codification and standardization in the context of
materials management from the viewpoint of planning, control, purchase and
inventory management.
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Course Code :
MS-6
Course Title
: Marketing for Managers
Assignment
Code : MS-6/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. (a) Define Marketing and discuss
its scope as an exchange process between the firm and its customers. Illustrate
with two suitable examples of your choice.
(b) Scan various secondary data
sources available to you and collect relevant data historically to discuss the
importance of Marketing in an emerging economy like India.
2. (a) Explain the term Market
Planning. Discuss the elements of Marketing Mix and their role in formulating
suitable strategy in the following situations.
(i) Chain of Computer training
centers
(ii) Premium Unisex Talcum powder.
(b) Define Market Segmentation and
discuss its scope and the bases of segmentation that are relevant to the Indian
Marketer.
3. (a) Who is a Consumer? Elaborate
giving suitable examples. Why it is necessary for marketers to have a sound
knowledge of the end user and their behavior. Discuss.
(b) Distinguish between New Product
Development with Product Life Cycle with an example.
4. (a) What is pricing? What are the
major objectives of pricing for a marketer? Explain with suitable example the
various pricing methods available to the marketer.
(b) What make Distribution as one of
the core function in a manufacturing concern? List out and discuss the major
channels of distribution that you are familiar with suitable examples.
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Course Code :
MS-07
Course Title
: Information Systems for Managers
Assignment
Code : MS-07/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. What is open source software?
Where can one find Open Source software? Isn't it hard to get reliable support
for open-source software? Explain the differences between commercial software,
shareware, open source software, freeware, and public domain software.
2. What is change in the focus of
operations management? Is this change in the focus is due to the increase of
competitiveness in Business? Elaborate. Also illustrate, the capabilities
expected of information systems in context of Operations Management.
3. Discuss the important features of
Java. Describe the Java development tools and the six functional packages
included in Java standard library.
4. What is the difference between a
database and a data warehouse? Take a small representative database from any
organization and try to convert it into a data warehouse. What are the visible
advantages that you can make out?
5. Define Artificial Intelligence.
Why is it said that some problems can only be solved through intuitive
algorithms and thus are in the AI domain? Identify some latest managerial
trends and issues related to applied AI technologies.
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MS 08
Course Title
: Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications
Assignment
No. : MS-08/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. The net incomes of a sample of
large importers of antiques were organized into the following table:
Net income Number of
($ millions) Importers
2 up to 6 1
6 up to 10 4
10 up to 14 10
14 up to 18 3
18 up to 22 2
(a) What is the table called?
(b) Based on the distribution, what
is the estimate of the arithmetic mean net income?
(c) Based on the distribution, what
is the estimate of the standard deviation?
2. The employees of Cartwright
Manufacturing are awarded efficiency ratings based on such factors as monthly
output, attitude, and attendance. The distribution of the ratings follows the
normal probability distribution. The mean is 400, the standard deviation 50.
(a) What is the area under the normal
curve between 400 and 482? Write this area in probability notation.
(b) What is the area under the normal
curve for ratings greater than 482? Write this area in probability notation.
(c) Show the facets of this problem
in a chart.
3. Advertisements by Star Fitness
Center claim that
completing its course will result in losing weight. A random sample of eight
recent participants showed the following weights before and after completing
the course. At the .01 significance level, can we conclude that the students
lost weight?
Name Before After
Himmat 155 154
Chandan 228 207
Mohan 141 147
Meera 162 157
Cimola 211 196
Peterson 164 150
Reddy 184 170
Prakash 172 165
(a) State the null hypothesis and the
alternate hypothesis.
(b) What is the critical value of t?
(c) What is the computed value of t?
(d) Interpret the result. What is the
p-value?
(e) What assumption needs to be made
about the distribution of the differences?
4. What is time series analysis?
Decompose a time series into its various components and describe them.
5. What is a random variable? How is
it used to define a probability distribution? Make the probability distribution
of “scores facing up” in a throw of two dice.
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Course Code :
MS-09
Course Title
: Managerial Economics
Assignment
Code : MS-09/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. Opportunity
costs are the ‘costs of sacrificed alternatives.’ Discuss with the help of
examples.
2. How are income effect and
substitution effect important in explaining the negative slope of demand
functions? Explain giving examples from real world.
3. When there are 2 inputs K, L,
given the price of capital (PK)= 10 and price of labour (PL)=20. Total
Expenditure C=100. Draw and explain the effect on the isocost curve in case of
the following:-
(i) decrease in price of labour
(PL)=10
(ii) increase in the price of capital
(PK)= 20
(iii) decrease in the price of
capital (PK)= 5
(iv) increase in the firms budget
with no change in the price of labour and capital.
4. Explain the difficulty in
sustaining collusion with the help of prisoner’s dilemma.
5. Briefly discuss the Chronology of
Indian Telecom Deregulation from the year 2003 to present times.
6. Write short notes on the
following:-
(a) Market Demand curve
(b) Optimal Input Combination
(c) Peak Load Pricing
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MS - 10
Course Title
: Organisational Design, Development and Change
Assignment
Code : MS-10/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. Describe various approaches to
understand organisations and their relevance in the present day context. Give
examples.
2. Describe and discuss any three
types of organizational structures and their advantages and disadvantages with
examples.
3. Briefly discuss the concept and
purpose of organizational diagnosis. Discuss interview as a diagnosistic tool
and it’s limitations with relevant examples.
4. What are the different stages of
organizational development? Discuss T- Group Training as an intervention for
organizational Development with an example.
5. Describe and discuss the competencies
required for a change agent.
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MS-11
Course Title
: Strategic Management
Assignment
No. : 11/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. Select a specific type of business
that you may wish to start.
a) Develop a written mission
statement for that business.
b) Formulate a set of goals for the
business
c) Formulate specific and verifiable
objectives in the lines of the goals.
d) Devise a statement of social
responsibility for the business.
2. Explain the three generic
strategies for a Small Business Unit (SBU). Also give an example of a business
unit that competes with each strategy.
3. Assume that an airline company has
changed its strategy from low-cost to low-cost-differentiation strategy.
Describe an appropriate organization cultures for that company.
4. Differentiate between leadership
and management. Support your answer with the help of examples.
5. Explain the concept of balanced
scorecard (BSC)? As a strategist what challenges will you face while developing
and implementing a BSC? Discuss.
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MS - 21
Course Title
: Social Processes and Behavioral Issues
Assignment
Code : MS-21/TMA/SEM - 01 /2017
1. Briefly discuss the evolution of
the concept of Motivation and its importance in organizational scenario.
Describe any two theories of motivation and their relevance.
2. Briefly describe the factors
affecting interpersonal relations. Discuss “Johari Window” model with reference
to enhancing interpersonal relations with examples.
3. Discuss the importance of
Behaviour Modification in organisations and ethical issues involved in it.
4. What is the difference between a
Group and a Team? Discuss the process of building effective teams and
maintaining them.
5. Discuss Perceptual Selectivity and
Perceptual Organisation. What are the Perceptual errors which occur in the
organisation and how to overcome these?
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MS - 22
Course Title
: Human Resource Development
Assignment
Code : MS-22 /TMA/SEM - I/2017
1. What are various methods which
could be employed to improve business ethics in an organisational set up? How
could personal ambition be balanced with shared ambition? Explain with suitable
examples. Briefly describe the organisation and the system you are referring
to.
2. What is a profession? Briefly
explain the characteristics of a profession, and differentiate profession with
occupation? Explain with suitable examples.
3. Briefly define and discuss the
dynamics of diversity, power, and mentorship in an organisational set up.
Explain with suitable organisational examples. Briefly explain the organisation
and the situation you are referring to.
4. Explain various facets of
knowledge management and its approaches. How could professional knowledge and
expertise be leveraged in an organisational set up? Explain with suitable
examples. Briefly describe the organisation you are referring to.
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MS - 23
Course Title
: Human Resource Planning
Assignment
Code : MS-23 /TMA/SEM - I/2017
1. Explain the concept of Human
Resource forecasting. Describe the forecasting demand for employees in any
organization you are familiar with. Discuss the issues in demand forecasting.
2. Explain the concept of job
evaluation and objectives of job evaluation. Describe the various job
evaluation methods with suitable examples from any organization you are
familiar with.
3. Discuss the aims and objectives of
career planning. Describe the process, structure and benefits of career
planning. Explain at least two ways that career planning might benefit an
individual.
4. Explain the concept, need and
scope of HR Audit. Describe the essential steps involved in the auditing
process being followed in any organization you are familiar with.
5. Discuss the role of human resource
measures and audit in Human Resource Planning system. Describe the
transformational process through social, economic, organizational and
technological changes at work place.
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MS - 24
Course Title
: Employment Relations
Assignment
Code : MS-24 /TMA/SEM - I/2017
1. Explain the historical perspective
of Industrial relations in India.
Discuss the issues and challenges facing by the organizations related to
industrial relations in an organization you are familiar with.
2. Explain the meaning, origin and
growth of trade unions in India.
Describe the present trade union scenario of an industrial area with which you
are familiar. What are your suggestions for strengthing the trade unions in India.
3. Explain the concept and objectives
of Workers Participation in Management (WPM). Describe the structure, levels of
participation, degrees and forms of participative management in an organization
you are familiar with.
4. Explain the meaning and context of
grievance. Describe various approaches of grievance resolution in your opinion
which approach is most effective and why?
5. Describe the new perspectives of
1990s. Discuss the implications of post modernism for employment relations.
Explain the latest developments in HRM for industrial relations issues with
suitable examples.
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MS-41
Course Title
: Working Capital Management
Assignment
No. : MS-41/TMA /SEM-I/2017
1. As a Finance Manager describe the
various factors that you would take into consideration before assessing the
working capital requirements.
2. The Average Monthly Usage of a
particular item in Reliable Industries Limited in the current year is expected
to be 3000 units. The fixed cost per order is Rs. 1500/-. The purchase price is
Rs. 2400 per box, containing a dozen units in each box. It, however, is not
necessary to order for the full box of 12 units. The inventory carrying cost is
25% of the inventory value per annum. The quantity discount allowed per unit is
2%.
What will be the Optimum Order
Quantity in each of the following three cases, on an Annual Usage Basis:
When the minimum order size required
for quantity discount is:
(a) 1000 units
(b) 3000 units
(c) 10,000 units
Give reasons for your specific
answers in each of three cases separately, duly supported by facts and figures.
3. “Trade credit is regarded as a
spontaneous source of short term finance”, discuss and comment.
4. The management of Royal Industries
has called for a statement showing the working capital to finance a level of
activity of 1,80,000 units of output for the year. The cost structure for the
company’s product for the above mentioned activity level is detailed below:
Cost per unit
Raw material Rs. 20
Direct labor 5
Overheads (including depreciation of
Rs. 5 per unit) 15
---
Profit 40
Selling price 10
---
50
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Additional information:
(a) Minimum desired cash balance is
Rs. 20,000.
(b) Raw materials are held in stock,
on an average, for two months.
(c) Work-in-progress (assume 50%
completion stage) will approximate to half- a-month’s production.
(d) Finished goods remain in
warehouse, on an average, for a month.
(e) Suppliers of materials extend a
month’s credit and debtors are provided two month’s credit; cash sales are 25%
of total sales.
(f) There is a time-lag in payment of
wages of a month; and half-a-month in the case of overheads.
From the above facts, you are
required to prepare a statement showing working capital requirements.
5. Discuss the critical decisions
that you need to take in working capital management. Emphasize the important
ways in which those decisions differ from those concerned with the management
of the fixed capital of a business.
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MS-42
Course Title
: Capital Investment and Financing Decisions
Assignment
No. : MS-42/TMA /SEM-I/2017
1. What is cost of Capital? How is it
calculated for different sources of Capital? How is average weighted cost of
Capital measured?
2. Discuss the various components of
project planning. Explain the application of work breakdown structure in
monitoring and controlling a project.
3. What are major global sources of
financing? Distinguish between Foreign Direct Investment and Portfolio
Investment.
4. What are the major factors that
are taken into consideration for determining the dividend policy of a company?
Compare Walter’s Model with Gordon’s Model and examine their rationality.
5. What is financial engineering?
Briefly discuss the financial engineering process that you will follow while
developing new products or solutions.
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Course Code :
MS-43
Course Title
: Management Control Systems
Assignment
No. : 43/SEM-I/2017
1. What are the implications of the
ethical dimension in Management Control? Explain with the help of organisation
of your choice. Give your suggestions on how the Management Control System
could be made more effective?
2. ‘Every Responsibility Centre
Manager in an organisation is an Expense Centre Manager also’. Do you agree
with this statement and if so, try to demonstrate the same by giving examples.
3. Explain Performance Reporting in
detail? What are the uses and limitations of Performance Reports?
4. What are the difficulties that you
may face while designing the Management Control System for service
organisations. You may select any service organisation of your choice.
5. Study the ‘Thana District
co-operative Fisheries Project (B)’ case given in Block 5 of this course and
answer the questions given at the end of the case.
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Course Code :
MS - 51
Course Title
: Operations Research
Assignment
Code : MS-51/TMA/SEM - I /2017
1. Enumerate, with brief description,
some of the techniques of O.R. Describe the various steps involved in O.R.
study.
2. The final product of a firm has a
requirement that it must weigh exactly 150 kg. The two raw materials used in
the manufacture of this product are A with a cost of Rs. 2 per unit and B with
a cost of Rs. 8 per unit. Each unit of A weighs 5 kg. and each unit of B weighs
10 kg. At least 14 units of B and no more than 20 units of A must be used. How
much of each type of raw material should be used for each unit of the final
product if cost is to be minimized?
3. Discuss briefly:
(a) The general similarities between
dynamic programming and linear programming.
(b) How dynamic programming differs
conceptually from linear programming?
4. What constitutes inventory
ordering costs, carrying costs and stock out costs? Explain the behaviour and
relationship of these costs.
5. One hundred unemployed people were
found to arrive at a one-person state unemployment office to obtain their
unemployment compensation cheque according to the following frequency
distribution.
Inter- arrival Frequency Service Time
Frequency
Time (min) (min)
2 10 2 10
3 20 3 20
4 40 4 40
5 20 5 20
6 10 6 10
The state office is interested in
predicting the operating characteristics of this one-person state unemployment
office during a typical operating day from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Use
simulation to determine the average waiting time and total time in the system,
and the maximum queue length.
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MS - 52
Course Title
: Project Management
Assignment
Code : MS-52/TMA/SEM - I /2017
1. What is the concept of concurrent
engineering in project management and how can it be used to optimise project
durations?
2. Economic analysis is done from
societal point of view in contrast to financial analysis which is a private
appraisal from the viewpoint of a producer. How does it bring about a change in
the methods of evaluation? Describe with examples.
3. A project comprising of eight
tasks (A to H) has the following characteristics:
Tasks Preceding Tasks Time Duration
in Weeks
Optimistic Most Likely Pessimistic
A None 2 4 12
B None 10
12 26
C A 8 9
10
D A 10 15
20
E A 7 7.5
11
F B, C 9 9 9
G D 3 3.5 7
H E, F, G 5 5 5
(a) Draw an AOA network. Carry out
all the calculations, determine the critical path and mark it in the network.
What is the total project duration.
(b) What is the probability of
achieving the project within the deadline of 30 weeks?
4. ‘Contract Planning’ phase of project
is often compared with constructing the foundations of a building – building
will be as strong or as weak as its foundation. Justify.
5. (a) Explain the use and advantages
of squared networks in project management.
(b) What are network-based milestone charts
and what are their advantages and disadvantage as compared to squared networks?
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MS - 53
Course Title
: Production/Operations Management
Assignment
Code : MS-53/TMA/SEM - I /2017
1. A principle feature of JIT and TQM
is large-scale employee involvement and employee empowerment. What do these
concepts mean? Explain with suitable examples.
2. What are the various methods of
judgmental forecasting? Comment on possible errors that are associated with
judgmental forecasting. Suggest some do’s and don’t for carrying out judgmental
forecasting.
3. Capacity will be modified in
response to demand. Demand will be modified in response to capacity. Which of
these two statements is correct? Give reasons for your answer.
4. Discuss briefly the major
differences between aggregate planning in manufacturing and aggregate planning
in services. Give suitable examples.
5. Operations personnel usually have
a large volume and variety of resources at their command- they should endeavor
to make effective and efficient use of these resources to achieve the largest
outputs. Comment! What are the approaches for enhancing the utilization of
resources?
6. Discuss the impact of new
technologies on the role of an Operations Manager in an organization? Give
suitable examples.
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MS - 54
Course Title
: Management Information Systems
Assignment
Code : MS-54/TMA/SEM - I /2017
1. What is the relevance of the
Nolan’s Stage Growth Model for the study of information systems in today’s
organisation?
2. What are the various stages of a
system development life cycle and how are the efforts distributed over these
phases?
3. What are the various ways in which
serial transmission can be achieved? Explain each way in detail.
4. List the five problems which may
motivate an organization to move toward the database approach. Explain the
significance of each one to a manager to an organization.
5. (a) “Compute virus is a major
threat to compute security.” Justify the statement.
(b) Why should there be law against
benign computer virus maker? What harm can it cause to your computer?
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Course Code :
MS - 61
Course Title
: Consumer Behaviour
Assignment
Code : MS-61/TMA/SEM - I/2017
1. Differentiate between
organizational buying and individual buying. Taking any product of your choice
for your personal purchase and for organizational purposes, explain the
differences.
2. Briefly explain the concept of
family life cycle. Which stage of the family life cycle could constitute a
lucrative segment for the following? Giver reasons for your answer. Recommend a
positioning strategy for each:
(a) Pizza (Takeaway and delivery
only)
(b) Branded Gold Jewellery
3. ABC is a prominent company in the
travel and vacation industry (both domestic and international).
(a) Describe how the company can use
VALS
(b) Which segments should it target
and why?
4. Explain the relevance of studying
Howard Sheth Model of consumer behaviour for a marketer.
5. What is the need to study post
purchase behaviour of consumers? Explain its implications for the marketers of
consumer durables like refrigerators and washing machines.
6. Why is information search
behaviour important to the marketers? Explain giving suitable examples.
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MS - 62
Course Title
: Sales Management
Assignment
Code : MS-62/TMA/SEM – I/2017
1. (a) What are the major function of
Sales Management in the following situations.
(i) Cement company with all India
operations.
(ii) Leading automobile components
manufactures.
(iii) Company assembling Desktop
Computers Systems.
(b) Explain the interdependence of
Sales function with the distribution function by taking two examples of your
choice.
2. (a) What is Marketing
Communication? Discuss, Explain the various elements in the communication
process and their role in the whole communication process.
(b) What is a presentation? Describe
the different types of Sales Presentations. Discuss why presentation skills are
important for a Salesman.
3. (a) What is recruitment? Discuss
the various sources of recruitment that a firm can adopt.
(b) Explain the process of
identifying training needs in the following situations.
(i) Missionary Selling
(ii) Space Selling
(iii) Capital goods sales force.
4. (a) What are the major
responsibilities of a Sales Manager? Discuss by taking an example of your
choice the role and challenges of a Sales Manager.
(b) What are the objectives of Sales
Planning? Pick up an example of any FMCG Company and elaborate its importance.
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MS - 63
Course Title
: Product Management
Assignment
Code : MS-63/TMA/SEM – I/2017
1. As a Brand Manager of a leading
multi-speciality hospital with all India operations, what brand name
would you suggest? Justify your choice.
2. Taking the example of toothpaste,
explain how you can generate new product ideas using:
(a) Attribute analysis
(b) Focus groups
3. Explain the factors influencing
product line decisions in respect of FMCG products.
4. Taking the example of a product of
your choice, explain how a company’s marketing mix strategies may vary
depending on different stages of its product life cycle.
5. Explain the various
interpretations of the term ‘new product’ giving suitable examples.
6. What do you understand by the term
‘convenience products’ and ‘speciality products’? How does the buying behaviour
differ for the two? Explain its implications for the marketers.
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Course Code :
MS - 64
Course Title
: International Marketing
Assignment
Code : MS-64/TMA/SEM - I/2017
1. What do you understand by the term
‘International Marketing’? Explain the reasons for which firms enter
international markets.
2. Explain the contents and
significance of the following documents:
(a) Commercial Invoice
(b) Packing List.
3. ‘Cultural diversities across
countries impact the marketing strategies of an international marketer’. Do you
agree with the statement? Justify your answer giving suitable examples.
4. Differentiate between the
following:
(a) ‘Free Trade Area’ and ‘Customs
Union’
(b) ‘Pre-investment’ and ‘Post
investment’ planning for management of political risk.
(c) ‘Ethnocentric’ and ‘Polycentric’
orientations.
5. What is the effect of ‘terms of
delivery’ on the price to be quoted by an exporter? Explain giving an example.
6. With the help of an example
explain how a marketing manager can use ‘country attractiveness/competitive strengths’
matrix to define the directions of growth for the organization.
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Course Code :
MS - 65
Course Title
: Marketing of Services
Assignment
Code : MS-65/TMA/SEM – I/2017
1. How is information search
behaviour different in case of services as compared to goods? Explain giving
suitable examples.
2. Discuss the importance of
non-monetary costs in pricing decisions for services, taking the example of
health care services.
3. ‘Customer waiting can be managed
only by operations management’. Do you agree with the statement? Justify your
answer giving suitable examples.
4. Is physical evidence equally
important for all kinds of services? Explain giving suitable examples.
5. Why do customers switch service
providers? Can you do anything as a marketer to prevent the customers from
switching? Discuss.
6. Explain the Gronroos Model of
service quality, taking the example of a restaurant.
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Course Code :
MS-91
Course Title
: Advanced Strategic Management
Assignment
Code : 91/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. a) Discuss the nature and process
of corporate planning.
b) Select a company of your choice
and explain the behavioral implementation of corporate plan discussing details
of the company.
2. Discuss the issues which result in
bad Corporate Governance citing examples. What measures should be taken to
correct such failures.
3. Discuss different market
structures and their impact on competition.
4. What are the characteristics of
innovative organizations? Giving the example of an organization, explain how
creativity contributes to the success of the organization.
5. What are the various types of
Social Audit? Illustrate and emphasize the need for social audit.
6. Write short notes on the following:
a) Product Life Cycle
b) Knowledge Management
c) Corporate Philanthropy
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Course Code :
MS - 92
Course Title
: Management of Public Enterprises
Assignment
Code : MS-92/TMA/SEM - I/2017
1. Briefly discuss the various
organizational forms which a Public Sector Enterprise can take?
2. Explain the ideal way in which the
Government should interact with Public Enterprises to facilitate their
operations in public interest.
3. What is the need for setting up of
State Level Public Enterprises (SLPEs)? Discuss in detail with reference to any
SLPE of your choice.
4. Describe the Composition of the
Board for the Management of Administration of Public Enterprises. Examine how
does it enjoy wider responsibilities than the Boards of Private Sector
Enterprises?
5. What are the benefits from
privatization? Explain how change of ownership improves efficiency?
6. Write short notes on the
following:-
(a) Navaratna Dispensation
(b) Performance of Ports
(c) Labour Redundancy
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MS - 93
Course Title
: Management of New and Small Enterprises
Assignment
Code : MS-93/TMA/SEM - I /2017
1. Explain how Government can create
conducive environment to facilitate the functioning of MSMEs.
2. How is technological process
determined, once the decision to make the product has been decided?
3. Discuss the common errors
identified while formulating the business plan.
4. What are the key strategic
decisions in the selection of product, its development and design along with
the development of prototype?
5. How do the entrepreneurs estimate
their needs and plan their cash schedules? Explain.
6. Write short notes on the following
:-
(a) Employment Creation
(b) Selection of Site
(c) Family Business
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Course Code :
MS-95
Course Title
: Research Methodology for Management Decisions
Assignment
No. : MS-95/TMA /SEM-I/2017
1. A social scientist sampled 140
people and classified them according to income level and whether or not they
played a state lottery in the last month. The sample information is reported
below. Is it reasonable to conclude that playing the lottery is related to
income level? Use the .05 significance level.
Income
Low
Middle
High
Total
Played
46
28
21
95
Did not play
14
12
19
45
Total
60
40
40
140
(a) What is this table called?
(b) State the null hypothesis and the
alternate hypothesis.
(c) What is the decision rule?
(d) Determine the value of
chi-square.
(e) Make a decision on the null
hypothesis. Interpret the result.
2. What is of more value to the
corporate world –basic, fundamental, or applied research? Justify your
reasoning!
3. Distinguish between secondary and
primary methods of data collection. Is it possible to use secondary data
methods as substitutes of primary methods? Justify your answer with suitable
illustrations.
4. What is a systematic sample? How is
it selected? What are the advantages and disadvantages of a systematic sample?
5. Discuss the applications of rating
scales in various functional areas of management.
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Course Code :
MS-423
Course Title
: Marketing of Financial Services
Assignment
Code : MS-423/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. How does a stimulus response
theory work in marketing? Explain and discuss in detail the marketing
applications of Marshallian model and Pavlovian model.
2. What are the characteristics of
product mix? Explain the important stages in the life - span of a product and
discuss as to how it helps in the marketing of banking products.
3. Discuss the activities associated
with the management of Issue of Securities and the role played by Lead Manager
in managing the Pre-Issue and Post-Issue activities.
4. Explain the risks associated with
Pension Funds. How can the performance of these funds be measured? Discuss.
5. What is 'Internet Banking'?
Explain the benefits of Internet Banking.
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MS-424
Course Title
: International Banking Management
Assignment
Code : MS-424/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. What do you understand by
International Banking? Explain the various factors that lead to the growth of
international banking.
2. Explain the role and functions of
New Development Bank established by BRICS.
3. What is ‘Choice of Law’? Why is it
important? Discuss the various factors that influence the choice of law.
4. What is International Bond Market?
Explain the different types of Bonds floated in the financial markets.
5. Visit a Bank of your choice and
study the Online-Banking facility provided by it to the customers. Explain the
various problems of Online-Banking and the pre-requisites for its success.
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MS-425
Course Title
: Electronic Banking and IT in Banks
Assignment Code
: MS-425/SEM-I/2017
1. What is a Data Warehouse? What is
the primary motivation for a bank to implement a data warehouse? Describe the
process involved in building a data warehouse.
2.(a) What is meant by System Audit?
What is its importance in a computerized environment? Describe the basic
objectives of System Audit.
(b) Explain the differences between
Computer Audit and System Audit.
3.(a) What is E-Business? Discuss how
is E-Business transforming key Business processes by using Internet Technologies.
(b) Distinguish between E-Business
and E-Commerce.
4. (a) Describe the situations under
which a person is said to have committed computer crime.
(b) Explain the computer crimes
falling under the categories of Physical crimes, Software related crimes and
Data related crimes in the context of a Bank.
5. (a) Explain the major groups into
which the Banking software can be broadly categorized to support its diverse
functions.
(b) Describe the features required
for an Online Banking Website with the help of a Bank’s Website.
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Course Code :
MS-494
Course Title
: Risk Management in Banks
Assignment
Code : MS-494/SEM-I/2017
1. Explain the concept of risk in
Banks. Discuss the various measures undertaken by Reserve Bank of India while
designing the regulatory framework for Banks.
2. Visit a Bank of your choice and
find out the risks faced by banks in relation to Project financing and Working
Capital financing and how these risks can be mitigated?
3. What is Liquidity Risk and how is
it different from other risks? Explain the different measures of finding out
the liquidity risk.
4. What do you understand by Capital
to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR)? Why has this ratio been prescribed by
Reserve Bank of India
for banks? Give the main details of this requirement.
5. What is Risk Adjusted Performance
Evaluation? Explain the basic principles of incentive systems and discuss the
sound compensation principles.
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Course Code :
MS-495
Course Title
: Ethics and Corporate Governance in Banks
Assignment
Code : MS-495/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1 How task related values influence
attitude towards performance of duties? Discuss.
2 Explain the role of stakeholders in
infusing ethics in business.
3 Briefly examine the contributions
of Narayana Murthy Committee 2003, in improving corporate governance standards
in India.
4 Enlist the key challenges facing
sustainable development. Elaborate ways to address sustainable development and
their practical implications.
5 Illustrate with the help of diagram
the effect of governance on strategy and discuss good corporate governance
practices.
6 Write short notes on the following
:-
(a) Whistle Blowing
(b) Basel II Guidelines
(c) Social Audit
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MFP-1
Course Title
: Accounting and Finance for Managers
Assignment
Code : MFP-1/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. Explain different types of risks
in the financial system. Point out the relationship between risk and return in
Financial Markets.
2. What do you mean by ‘Application
Supported by Blocked Amount’ (ASBA)? Describe the process involved for ASBA and
discuss its advantages.
3. What is ‘Rolling Settlement’?
Describe the procedure involved in Rolling Settlement and discuss its
advantages.
4. Why do the investors need to have
trading strategies while investing in Financial Markets? Explain the popular
trading strategies and discuss the factors affecting them.
5. What is Arbitration? List down the
documents that need to be enclosed with Arbitration Application. What are the
Do’s and Don’ts that investors should bear in mind?
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Course Title
: Accounting and Finance for Managers
Assignment
Code : MFP-1/TMA/SEM-I/2017
1. What are derivatives ? Discuss the
major types of derivative instruments and elaborate the uses of derivatives.
Explain the scrip selection criteria for derivatives segment.
2. List the various corporate actions
due to which the prices of derivative contracts has to be adjusted. How is the
future price adjusted for dividends, stock split and bonus issue ?
3. Explain the following : (a) Gamma
(b) Theta (c) Delta (d) Vega
4. What is 'Clearing and Settlement'
? Discuss the settlement mechanism of option contracts.
5. What is meant by 'Mark to Market
Margin' ? Explain the concept of Value At Risk (VAR)
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Course Title
: Commodity Markets
Assignment
Code : MFP- 3/SEM-I/2017
1. Describe the regulatory framework
for future delivery in commodity markets in India and discuss the statutory
functions of Forward Market Commission.
2. Explain the various measures
adopted by Commodity Exchanges for the purpose of the Exchange Risk Management.
3. What are the important base metals
traded internationally on commodity exchanges? Write a note on any two base
metals.
4. What is ‘Emissions Trading’?
Discuss the use of Futures on carbon credits for mitigating risk of increasing
costs in control of pollution.
5. How are commodity Futures
Contracts priced? Explain the meaning of Cost of Carry, Contango and
Backwardation?
