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ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A.
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year : 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers as specialisation.
Last date for submission: 01.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25
marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
Dr. A.RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
1
2.1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Job analysis is just another burden placed an organisations through
governmental legislation.” Do you agree or disagree? Discuss.
2. You are appointed as HR manager for a large size company of your choice. Now
you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of pay
fixation.
3. “Human Resource Management is a proactive approach and personnel
management is a reactive approach to perform the same set of functions related
to managing human resources.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain.
4. “HR Outsourcing has become a common practice throughout the world.” Discuss
the implications of HR outsourcing on HRM functions.
2.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. In Indian business, firms personal selling is skewed in favour of customers
(merchant middlemen). Discuss this statement and describe the current
status of personal selling in India.
2. “Physical distribution has been described as the other half of marketing and
economy’s Dark Continent.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain.
3. “Packaging has been criticized as being expensive giving no additional value and
often deceptive.” How would you justify marketer’s use of packaging?
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Give your views with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
2.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. If your company wants to raise long term loans from the capital market for
meeting its future needs, as a Finance Manager which sources you would prefer
and why?
2. If the use of financial leverage magnifies the earnings per share under
favourable economic conditions, why do the companies not employ a very large
amount of debt in their capital structures?
3. “Efficient cash management will aim at maximizing the availability of cash
inflows by decentralizing collections and cash outflows by centralizing
disbursements”. Discuss from the point of cash conversion cycle.
4. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
2.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Investigate any firm of your choice to determine how the materials management
function fits into its organization. Prepare an organizational chart for the firm.
2. Selecting a facility location usually involves a sequence of decisions. This sequence
can include a national decision, a regional decision, a community decision and a
site decision. Elucidate your views with reference to the above context.
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3. What is statistical process control for fraction defectives? With a suitable
example of a real life problem, explain the step-by-step procedure for
designing a statistical process control chart for fraction defectives.
4. “Spending Money for Maintenance is an Investment” – substantiate your views.
2.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Prepare a project report for starting a BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)
centre at Chennai.
2. How State and Central Governments motivate to develop new entrepreneurs? As
a consultant give suitable tips to motivate new entrepreneurs to avoid
unemployment problems.
3. Evaluate the support programmes undertaken by the Government of India for
the promotion of entrepreneurship in India.
4. How the women entrepreneurship plays major role in improving the Indian
economy? Explain.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. ‘Strategic choice is made in the context of decision situation as well as decision
making’. Explain this and show various objective and subjective factors that
affect strategic choice.
2. Describe the strategic approaches that Japanese companies have adopted in
terms of TQM and continuous improvement.
3. Critically examine the strategies adopted by private Airlines companies to
attract more passengers. Assume yourself as the GM of Indian Airlines and
chart out a plan of action to counteract your competitors.
4. “Strategies involving mergers and acquisitions are particularly vulnerable to
cultural problem” comment with suitable examples.
2.7.1 HRM : (a) LABOUR WELFARE AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. “Labour welfare is not a barrier liability or useless expenditure but a wise
investment.” – Comment upon this statement.
2. Write an essay on the scope, object and the constitutional validity of the
Employees Provident Funds Act.
3. Explain the impact of technological changes in Industrial Relations
4. In the present situation, critically evaluate the term “Collective Bargaining” in
India. Suggest the principles for making the process of collective bargaining as
a successful one.
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2.7.1 HRM: (B) TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. “Skills can be imported, knowledge may be gained but attitudes once hardened
cannot be changed.” As a trainer suggest a method to change the attitude.
2. Design a Training Programme for a graduate engineer trainee in a large size
engineering organization of your choice.
3. “Training and development is a liability to organization” Explain and give your
views.
4. Enumerate problems an HR executive may face while planning and
implementation of training programme for semiskilled and unskilled
employees.
2.7.2 MM : (A) SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1. Some people opine that a middleman increases the cost of marketing, while
others praise it as it adds value to the product. How would you reconcile these
two opposite views?
2. If your firm is considering changing the shape of certain territories, what actions
would you take to lessen the protests of the sales force who may be upset about
this type of change?
3. How sales target are fixed by companies? Discuss about the application of
sales forecasting techniques in fixing the target. Do you feel that fixing sales
target is useful? Give reasons.
4. What are the different channels available for distribution? How do you select
a right channel? Suggest suitable channel for the following products.
2.7.2 MM: (B) MARKETING RESEARCH AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. Illustrate with suitable example various sampling techniques used in marketing
research. Suggest a suitable sampling plan to collect information from the
students of a university regarding the recreation facility available.
2. What are the influences of groups in purchase behaviour? “An individual’s
family plays a prominent role in influencing his buying behaviour than groups.”
Do you agree? – Discuss.
3. When measuring attitudes, is it Important to consider the situation in which
behaviour takes place? Enlist different situations and give suitable
examples of how situations might influence attitudes.
4. Discuss the essentials of a good questionnaire. Construct a questionnaire
for studying the consumption behaviour of tea in shopping markets and in
government offices.
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2.7.3 FM: (A) INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the present state of Indian capital market. What measures would you
take to make the Indian capital market more vibrant?
2. Elucidate the recent developments in stock market wherein interventions of
SEBI are in a sterilised market condition. Critically examine the developments
in post intervention period.
3. “Explain how the technical indicators will be helpful in Indian stock market for
a new investor in picking up the share for investment.
4. Recently many specialized types of mutual funds have appeared. They invest in
many companies in the same industry, some invest in the same types of
securities of many different forms in different industries. Among these two
strategies which is more advisable? Analyse from investor and company point of
view.
2.7.3 FM: (B) MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. “Liberalisation and globalization measures have encouraged the introduction of
new financial services in India.” – Explain.
2. Examine the impact of the entry of foreign institutional investors in the Indian
Stock Market.
3. Elucidate the services rendered by the credit rating agencies. ICRA, CRISIL
and CARE.
4. Explain the impact of foreign direct Investment in Insurance and Banking
sector in India.
2.7.4 PM: (a) PRODUCTION, PLANNING, CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE
1. Discuss the various methods of scheduling and loading used in the product layout
in Automobile Industries. Bring out the merits & Demerits.
2. Briefly explain the breakdown maintenance. How does the Breakdown time
distribution help in determining the maintenance policy?
3. Discuss the significance of Material Requirements Planning (MRP). Prepare a
detailed MRP for a company engaged in the manufacturing of computer
peripherals.
4. A two wheeler industry fixed a target of producing one vehicle per minute and
they are following JIT concept. Design a detailed scheduling chart.
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2.7.4 PM: (B) QUALITY MANAGEMENT
1. Select a product or service on your own and describe how the dimensions of
quality influence its acceptance.
2. Give a detail plan to implement TQM in an educational institution.
3. Compare the application of Keizen, JIT, Poka Yoke and Benchmarking. Identify
the industries which are most suitable for these concepts.
4. Why corporate should do quality audit? Discuss the salient features of ISO
14000. Why this ISO 14000 is critically important for leather industries?
2.7.5 SYSTEMS: (A) PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
1. How do you set a style sheet in MS-Word to prepare a document? Exemplify the
various options available in style sheet.
2. How do you add photos, videos and sound in your power point presentation.
Explain the other options available in power point.
3. Name and describe briefly any five types of 3D charts that are available in the
chart wizard of Excel. What are the various types of stock available in Excel?
Explain the necessary row and column setting to draw these stocks charts?
4. What are the three major steps that Auto content wizard of power point takes its
users through? Explain the options available in each step, taking an example of
presentation for a Brain Storming session?
2.7.5 SYSTEMS: (B) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1. Discuss the possibility of occurrence of cyber crime in e-commerce. Do you feel
there should be separate law for e-commerce? If so, discuss the merits and
demerits of enforcing such a law.
2. Develop a database for a functional area of your choice in an organization.
3. Majority of the companies are implementing an ERP system or intend to do so in
the coming years. Discuss the managerial implications.
4. Discuss the various payment systems in e-commerce. What precautionary
measures are required?
M.B.A. 2nd YEAR – Assignment C-900
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialization.
Last date for submission: 01.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.202115-03-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription
“MBA Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each questions the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
1. Examines some of the models of OD. Which do you think would be more
appropriate for Indian Industries?
2. “Human beings have a tendency to get merged to a group. This happens
when majority of the groups have changed ultimately creating pressures on
individuals to fall in line with change.” Do you think this a desirable or an
undesirable phenomenon? Give your views.
3. “Many managers believe the effectiveness of third party peace making
intervention rather than comprehensive intervention”. Do you agree with
this statement? Justify your views.
4. “A well established company manufacturing readymade garment plans to
introduce new machines and new methods of production. The workers in
the factory numbering five hundred are fearful of the change resisting it in
many ways.” Advice the management how to solve the problem through
derive the appropriate strategy.
2.2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Assume yourself as a CEO of a Yarn Export Company, how will you design
effective training policies in your company? Enumerate the various logistics
arrangements needed for conducting training programmes in your
company.
2. “Most of the training programme fails due to improper need identification”. If
this is true, as a Trainer how will you identify the need for training of an
organization? Express your views.
3. Explain the merits and demerits of different types of training programs. Discuss
their suitability in industries like power generation plant, mines and automobile
assembly line.
4. Device a mechanism of evaluating training and development effectiveness to
assess whether training and development investment gives commensurate
return. Justify your answer.
2.3 LABOUR WELFARE
1. “Labour welfare is not a barrier liability or useless expenditure but a wise
investment.” – Comment upon this statement.
2. “Safety of workers in mines is much more riskier than any other industrial
establishments. We need to evolve a separate policy on their welfare and
safety.” – Do you think so? If so, given your opinion either supporting or
defending this statement.
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3. In what way industrial hazards can be reduced? Can we prevent accidents
by weeding out accident – prone workers? Suggest suitable ways to reduce
accidents in factories (choose an industry of your choice).
4. Why worker’s education is important? How do workers educations improve
the productivity? Discuss.
2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. What are the causes of poor Industrial relations? What are the effects? Give your
suggestions to improve the legislation concerning industrial Relations in our
country.
2. Critically evaluate the unfair management practices and unfair union
practices. Evaluate a strategy for balancing these two extremes, so as to
ensure both are happy and end up with win-win situation.
3. Enumerate the various factors involved in effective negotiation process.
Explain the emerging issues in the administration of Collective Bargaining
agreements in global context.
4. “Enlightened Trade Unions are highly useful both to the working class and
the management’. – Examine the recent issues happened in Neyveli Lignite
Corporation (NLC) as an example for the above statement.
2.5 WAGES AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION
1. What are the guidelines to be followed in preparing a wage structure at the
enterprise level in a steel production company? Enlist the various problems in
it.
2. When all employees are paid fundamentally the same amount of
compensation, what is the likely impact upon satisfaction and behaviour?
What effect would secrecy – of – pay policy have upon the situation?
3. Outline the purpose of a pay commission. How is it constituted? Critically
examine the recommendations of any four central pay commissions of your
choice.
4. “If selection and placement decisions are done effectively, individual performance
should not vary a great deal, therefore, an incentive system is not necessary” –
Discuss.
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2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. What is the six sigma strategies? Is this strategies has suitable to all the
organization? If yes explain briefly if no justify your answer.
2. A leading steel company approaches you for strategies formulation and
implementation in the changing environment. Suggest them a combination
of strategies for productivity improvement (Make necessary assumptions).
3. Consider the shampoo market in India. Prepare a table showing the differences
between the strategies adopted by top 5 brands. Explain each point.
4. Differentiate between competitive advantage of a country and a corporate.
Discuss how this can help a firm to win over competition and grab more
market share.
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. What type of electronic payment systems are required in E-Commerce? Why are
there different types of payment systems? Explain the necessary characteristics
of each type of payment system and give an example of each where it is used.
2. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future
prospect of e-commerce
3. Take an example of any two e-commerce companies in India providing high end
e-commerce solutions and describe how they established customer confidence,
trust and ensured privacy and security of the e-commerce transactions.
4. What is meant by Home entertainment? How it is related to E-Commerce and
explains the size of the Home Entertainment Market?
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. Why do business organizations need research? A company, faced with the
problem of increasing rate of work force turnover, wants you to conduct a
research on this problem. Prepare a blueprint on the research process, you will
follow.
2. “Research is much concerned with proper fact finding, analysis and evaluation”.
Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.
3. “Whenever possible, it is advisable to use instruments that have already been
developed and repeatedly used in published studies, rather than develop our
own instruments for our studies” – Do you agree? Discuss the reasons for your
answer.
4. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi-methods of data collection is only going to compound the biases”, How
would you critique this statement?
M.B.A. – 2ND Year / HRM – Assignment- AUP/ C-1600
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 2021
1
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year : 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialization.
Last date for submission: 01.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
1
2.1 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Identify the environmental, organizational and individual challenges of IHRM
in 21st century. In your opinion which will be least important. Justify with
your comments.
2. Design an application blank to be used for recruitment of blue collar
workmen and explain in what way it should differ from an application
blank for supervisory personal.
3. a) “Evaluating the performance of International managers is challenging job”
– State your opinion.
b) Construct a well-defined Recruitment and Selection policy for an
International service oriented Organization.
4. Can you easily solve the work conflict in a Multinational Company? Explain
with suitable examples.
2.2 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. Describe the differences between ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric and
geocentric orientations. How do these orientations affect international
marketing practices? Explain by giving two examples.
2. When MNC’s enter India, they compromise on several aspects in their
products to satisfy the price conscious Indian consumers. Do you accept
this? Give examples from automobiles and FMCG sector.
3. The vice president of an export house has asked you to prepare a market profile
of leather–foot wears in Saudi Arabia. What factors would you consider in
preparing the profile? What sources of information will you look for in
preparing the above profile?
4. Compare the basic differences between calculation of price for selling in the
home market and in export markets, indicating the direct and indirect cost
elements that are usually taken in to account in each case.
2.3 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. Asses the competitive strength and weakness of European, U.S. and
Japanese Bank. How financial deregulation in Japan and Europe is are
likely to affect the competitive balance in international banking?
2. “International business volume is expected to grow with the process of
globalization.” How do you analyze this statement?
3. Discuss the exchange rate Depreciation with suitable examples.
4. Indian Government recently made a major policy decision permitting FDI in
retail sector. Discuss its impact on domestic retail segment.
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2.4 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
1. Assume that a FMCG company is entering into India which has its network
in more than 20 countries across the world. The company is planning to
have its business throughout India. As a Logistic manager, how do you
support the company in achieving its objectives? Give illustrations.
2. “Many innovations on technology-based approaches are well-suited to the
enhancement of the effectiveness of Supply Chain Management” – Justify this
statement by giving few applications of information technology in SCM.
3. Give arguments to support the statement the Wal-Mart has achieved very good
strategic fit between its competitive and supply chain strategies.
4. “Many Innovations on technology-based approaches are well-suited to the
enhancement of the effectiveness of supply chain management” – Justify your
views with examples.
2.5 GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. What do you understand by Global strategic management process? Take the
case of any Multinational Company you are familiar with and discuss its
strategic management process.
2. What is core competence? How to identify, build, deploy and protect core
competence? Illustrate with your own examples.
3. What are the precautionary measures a firm has to adopt before deciding its
communication strategy for its global brand? Take the case of body
deodorant and home furniture as examples and discuss.
4. “The unification of Europe has forced many businesses expand their global
concerns to include neighboring countries” – Critically evaluate this
statement.
2.6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES AND DOCUMENTATION
1. Examine how specific export promotion measures have benefited any
company of your choice.
2. Explain the EXIM policy and procedures adopted by India, since post
liberalization.
3. Explain the need for preparing export documents.
4. Explain the concept of international business. Do you subscribed to the view
that International Business has to face greater amount of complexities than
the domestic Business? Substantiate your argument with reasoning.
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2.7.1 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING RESEARCH AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. If you were to formulate the most critical learning points concerning the use and
the conduct of international marketing research, what points would you come
up with, both from an academic and a managerial perspective?
2. Assume you are appointed as a marketing head in a leading FMCG company
in India. As part of the development process the company wants to expand
its business operations internationally to its neighboring countries. You are
given the task as following. a) Identifying the market and its segmentation b)
Studying the consumer behavior c) Do product research d) Examining the
market opportunities. Narrate your role to carry out the above task by doing
market research.
3. How can educational and business institutions assist the international marketer
in overcoming the problems posed by marketing relativism and the unconscious
use of the self-reference criterion? Discuss with examples.
4. Identify the principal methods that companies might use in assessing and
reviewing opportunities across international markets. Suggest alternate means
by which firms can priorities and segment international markets.
2.7.2 EXPORT AND IMPORT FINANCE
1. Describe the new trends in India’s global trading pattern with future
prospects.
2. Inflation rate as well as interest rates will affect the value of currency rates –
Discuss and also explain the reasons for variation of the inflation rate.
3. “Export incentives are major factors to encourage the EXIM business”- Do you
agree? Explain with suitable examples
4. “Credit Insurance agencies will help the exporter & importer in financial
payments” –prove it.
M.B.A. – 2ND Year / IB – Assignment- AUP/ C-300
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 2021
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. E. BUSINESS
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialisation.
Last date for submission: 01.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25
marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 E-COMMERCE
1. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future
prospect of e-commerce.
2. Consider the development of a portal for a Retailer shop. Discuss the various
technologies, tools and components involved in designing the same.
3. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
4. Explain the characteristics of large companies that involve B2G and B2C
transactions in their business, which require robust, capable and scalable
electronic commerce system.
2.2 E-COMMERCE: APPLICATION AND SECURITIES
1. Elucidate the management challenges and issues in online Banking.
2. Outline the various needs of security in E-Commerce Industry.
3. Narrate the characteristics of supply chain management in E-Commerce and its
application in software.
4. What are the critical success factors for building successful e-business
relationships with customers? Planning.
2.3 INTERNET AND JAVA PROGRAMMING
1. Majority of the corporate practice electronic supply chain management. List out
any two organizations of your choice and illustrate the practices applied there.
2. Write a java program for college admission system with AWT packages and handle
its events using their modules.
3. Discuss the java database connectivity. Write an AWT program to explain JDBC
connectivity for employee payroll calculation.
4. E-business and business process outsource is possible from anywhere, while
publishing and other cyber crimes are also increasing. In this regard, jurisdiction is
a major problem to solve the issues. Discuss the above perspectives with suitable
examples.
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2.4 ADVANCED WEB DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN TOOLS
1. Develop a XML application to get the details of Books (Title, Author Name, ISBN
No, Publisher details). List out the details of Management related books. Write
DTD, Schema, XZL wherever required?
2. Create an online application for monitoring user events using JSP.
3. Using Servlet, JSP, JDBC and XML, create a web application for a tourist
company to provide online help in the searching for tourist places across the
country, and other details like cost, and how to reach these places.
4. Create a student enquiry system using EJB through which a student could
enquire about the program / Courses on offer by the different School of Studies
of a particular University.
2.5 ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
1. Imagine that you are a manager in a firm and implemented ERP system but that
is failed in your company, what type of strategies that you will follow to recover
it?
2. Implementation of an ERP system is a major investment and commitment for
any organization, but still many ERP implementations fail. What are factors
that contribute to the failure of ERP implementation?
3. A Leading Software Company wants to implement ERP Software. Select a
software of your interest and give the steps of implementing that ERP software
in the company.
4. Enlist the general problems faced during implementation of ERP and the
solution for it.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Comment on this statement. “Often neither the least expensive strategy nor
the most expensive may be the most productive strategy”.
2. Will the time come when most consumer purchases are made with selfscanner?
Explain yours answer.
3. Congruence and co-ordination among strategies should take place through
vertical and horizontal fit. Explain.
4. In what way can timing and competitor reaction be crucial for a strategic
choice? Discuss.
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2.7.1 GLOBAL MARKETING
1. An international company is planning to introduce a ultra modern luxury car.
How will you develop this new product? Explain.
2. Discuss the cultures and ethical issues that affect the global trade with suitable
example.
3. What criteria should Global marketers consider while making product design
decisions?
4. What, in your view, are the key principles of global marketing? Explain their
importance towards marketing success.
2.7.2 STRUCTURED SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
1. How can CASE tools be used to support requirements determination? Which
types of CASE tools are appropriate for use during requirements determination?
2. With examples, explain how interfaces and dialogues are designed.
3. Design a set of files for supporting a common payroll system. Comment on the
Data security issues of the file system you have designed.
4. Assume that you are in charge of designing software to be installed in bank
ATM. Which kind of architecture would you chooses? Give reasons for your
selection and draw the architecture diagram of the system.
M.B.A. Assignment/E.B./2ND YEAR/ AUP/709/ C-125
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as
specialization.
Last date for submission : 01.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each questions the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25
marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A.RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Suggest any suitable motivational theory for IT industry and substantiate your
views.
2. “Attitude determines your Altitude”-Substantiate your views on this quote with
relevant corporate examples.
3. “A happy Worker is a productive worker”- Discuss in a behavioral perspective.
4. ‘Organizational development involves the development of organization in the
light of its future expansion plan’. Elaborate your views.
2.2 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. Discuss MIS strategies that companies in the electricity utilities industry could
employ to achieve a competitive advantage.
2. Some have said that the best way to reduce systems development costs is to use
application software packages or fourth-generation tools. Do you agree? Why or
Why not?
3. Adopting an enterprise application is a key business decision as well as a
technology decision. Do you agree? Why or Why not? Who should make this
decision?
4. Discuss in detail the activities involved in development of e-commerce based
Information System in an organization.
2.3 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Write a short description of the purpose of PL /SQL procedure. Include simple
operating instructions. If the procedure takes any arguments, include a sample
input that causes it to execute successfully. If your procedure raises an
exception, include instructions on how to get it to raise the exception.
2. Define first, second, and third normal forms when only primary keys are
considered. How do the general definitions of 2NF and 3NF, which consider all
keys of a relation, differ from those that consider only primary key?
3. What do you mean by PL/SQL? What are the advantages of PL/SQL over SQL?
Explain the functions of control loops with examples.
4. Is DBMS usage always advisable or sometimes we may depend on file base
systems? Comment on the statement by describing the situation where DBMS
is not a better option and file base systems is better.
3
2.4 E-COMMERCE
1. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future
prospect of e-commerce.
2. Consider the development of a portal for a Retailer shop. Discuss the various
technologies, tools and components involved in designing the same.
3. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
4. Explain the characteristics of large companies that involve B2G and B2C
transactions in their business, which require robust, capable and scalable
electronic commerce system.
2.5 ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
1. Imagine that you are a manager in a firm and implemented ERP system but that
is failed in your company, what type of strategies that you will follow to recover
it?
2. Implementation of an ERP system is a major investment and commitment for
any organization, but still many ERP implementations fail. What are factors
that contribute to the failure of ERP implementation?
3. A Leading Software Company wants to implement ERP Software. Select software
of your interest and give the steps of implementing that ERP software in the
company.
4. Enlist the general problems faced during implementation of ERP and the
solution for it.
2.6 DATA WAREHOUSING AND DATA MINING
1. Outline the major research challenges of data mining in one specific application
domain, such as stream/sensor data analysis, spatiotemporal data analysis, or
bioinformatics.
2. Data quality can be assessed in terms of several issues, including accuracy,
completeness, and consistency. For each of the above three issues, discuss how
data quality assessment can depend on the intended use of the data, giving
examples. Propose two other dimensions of data quality
3. A data warehouse can be modeled by either a star schema or a snowflake
schema. Briefly describe the similarities and the differences of the two models,
and then analyze their advantages and disadvantages with regard to one
another. Give your opinion of which, might be more empirically useful and state
the reasons behind your answer.
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4. Data cubes and multidimensional databases contain nominal, ordinal, and
numeric data in hierarchical or aggregate forms. Based on what you have
learned about the clustering methods, design a clustering method that finds
clusters in large data cubes effectively and efficiently
2.7.1 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. Identify the key aspects in which modern software project management practices
differs from those of traditional software project management.
2. Assume the size of an organic type software product has been estimated to be
32,000 lines of source code. Assume that the average salary of a software
engineer is Rs.75,000 per month. Determine the effort required to develop the
software product and the nominal development time.
3. (a) List any four attributes that contribute to the quality software product.
Discuss how they influence software quality.
(b) Develop a set of guidelines for conducting a formal technical review.
4. Illustrate with a software, the process in determining the software WBS
architecture, populate the software WBS and in determining the cost categories
for the software.
2.7.2 ADVANCED WEB DESIGN
1. Develop a XML application to get the details of Book s(Title, Author Name, ISBN
No, Publisher details). List out the details of Management related books. Write
DTD, Schema, XZL wherever required?
2. A. Discuss abut EJB architecture and its Components with neat diagram.
B. Describe the important services provided by a container to an enterprise
bean?
3. Develop an employee Payroll system using (RMI) Techniques, the primary
methods of Payroll calculation should be accessed from remotely.
4. Design web page for hospital Management system with all DHTML features and
display the hospital name in all pages using Cookies in JSP.
M.B.A. Assignment /I.S./2ND YEAR /AUP/ 815 /C-250
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 -21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialisation.
Last date for submission : 01-03-2021
Last date for submission: with late fee `300/- : 16-03-2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16-03-2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
questions the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Why companies go for leasing rather than purchasing agreement? What steps
are involved in a lease agreement?
2. Analyze the trends in mutual funds and how the fresh fund capitals are
mobilized during past five years.
3. In the recent past many investors lost money on stocks and mutual funds
because of an economic downturn caused by global banking and financial
crises. At the same time many experts argued that this was a “Real Investment
Opportunity” because of the depressed price for many stocks and mutual
funds. Do you think today is a good time to begin an investment program?
Justify your answer.
4. If an entrepreneur approaches you for an advice regarding financing of a project
wherein he intends to expand his existing project. What resources you should
suggest him to raise his funds?
2.2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. Define the balance of payments. The balance of payments records all types of
international transactions. What are the three main types of international
transaction in balance of payment accounts?
2. “Multilateral setting process is good to read in print, but when it comes to
implementation, there are bottlenecks.” What does this statement imply?
Discuss in detail.
3. India’s Tariff and quota system is restricting international trade especially for
Agri Business. – Do you agree with this statement? If Yes / No –
substantiate your answer with suitable example.
4. Critically evaluate the success of STC of India in achieving the objectives for
which it was established.
2.3 DERIVATIVES MANAGEMENT
1. How the valuation of Interest Rate SWAP, Currency SWAP and FRN are made?
Explain them.
2. What is a lower bound price of a 4 month call option on a non dividend paying
stock when the stock price is 28 $, strike price is 25$ and risk free interest rate
is 8% per annum.
3. Examine the risks in financial derivatives and suggest measures to minimise
them.
4. Write a note on role of clearing house with special emphasis upon ‘delivery
mechanism’ in futures market
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2.4 RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE
1. You are the newly appointed Risk Manager within an organisation and have
noted that there is no written risk management philosophy or statement in
place. Advise to the Board regarding the advantages of adopting a risk
document, describing the elements that should be referenced within it.
2. Discuss the loss control measures are to be taken by any manufacturing
company of your choice.
3. ‘Insurance is a risk management technique of the corporate sector’– Analyse the
statement.
4. Critically examine the role of government in regulation of insurance business in India
2.5 INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. How do operators on a stock exchange affect the economic life of a nation? Is it
necessary to control the stock exchange in the present situation? Give your
views.
2. “Companies with high credit risk are the ones that cannot access fixed rate
market directly. They are the companies that are most likely to be paying fixed
and receiving floating in an interest rate swap”. Do you think it increases or
decreases the risk of a financial institutions swap portfolio? Assume that
companies are most likely to default when interest rates are high.
3. “A fundamental analysis estimate of intrinsic value is different from the present
value of all income”. Is this statement true, false or uncertain? Justify your
views with appropriate examples.
4. A stock split should have no effect on value but it does seem to affect a firm
stock price. How would you reconcile this contradiction? Substantiate with
suitable examples.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. What are the six sigma strategies? Is this strategies has suitable to all the
organization? If yes explain briefly if no justify your answer.
2. A leading steel company approaches you for strategies formulation and
implementation in the changing environment. Suggest them a combination
of strategies for productivity improvement (Make necessary assumptions).
3. Consider the shampoo market in India. Prepare a table showing the
differences between the strategies adopted by top 5 brands. Explain each
point.
4. Differentiate between competitive advantage of a country and a corporate.
Discuss how this can help a firm to win over competition and grab more
market share.
4
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. What type of electronic payment systems are required in E-Commerce? Why are
there different types of payment systems? Explain the necessary characteristics
of each type of payment system and give an example of each where it is used.
2. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future
prospect of e-commerce
3. Take an example of any two e-commerce companies in India providing high end
e-commerce solutions and describe how they established customer confidence,
trust and ensured privacy and security of the e-commerce transactions.
4. What is meant by Home entertainment? How it is related to E-Commerce and
explains the size of the Home Entertainment Market?
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. Why do business organizations need research? A company, faced with the
problem of increasing rate of work force turnover, wants you to conduct a
research on this problem. Prepare a blueprint on the research process, you will
follow.
2. “Research is much concerned with proper fact finding, analysis and evaluation”.
Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.
3. “Whenever possible, it is advisable to use instruments that have already been
developed and repeatedly used in published studies, rather than develop our
own instruments for our studies” – Do you agree? Discuss the reasons for your
answer
4. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi-methods of data collection is only going to compound the biases”,
How would you critique this statement?
M.B.A. Assignment/FM/ 2ND YEAR/ AUP/ / C- 1000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. MARKETING MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialisation.
Last date for submission : 01-03-2021
Last date for submission: with late fee `300/- : 16-03-2021 15-03-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16-03-2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
questions the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries 25marks
(2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 PRODUCT AND SERVICES MARKETING
1. Do you feel that consumers are satisfied with the quality of after sales services
available to consumer goods such as refrigerators, TV-sets, air-conditioners and
so on in India? Discuss.
2. Examine the product life cycle of personal computers in the Indian Market, and
trace the various marketing strategies followed by firms at different stages.
3. “Flexible pricing seems much more prevalent in Marketing of services than in
the marketing of goods” – Do you agree? Explain.
4. Branding is a hot topic in board rooms around the world, because most of the
CEO’s recognize that a strong brand is powerful driver. In this context discuss
about they key elements that contribute to brand equity? Discuss this concept
with reference to TATA and CavinKare
2.2 MARKETING RESEARCH
1. “A descriptive research design is formal and rigid whereas exploratory research
design is informal and flexible.” Explain this statement by using Indian
examples.
2. Do you agree that data obtained through experiments are more valid and
reliable than through surveys and observations? Why or why not? Explain.
3. Prepare a questionnaire for studying the marketability of a hypothetical
consumer product.
4. “Sampling error is an inherent part of the sampling process; it cannot be
eliminated.” What do you think about this statement? Do you agree or
Disagree? Explain.
2.3 CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. How can marketers use measures recognition and recall to study the extent of
consumer learning?
2. Analyse and assess the consumer decision making process and bring out the
impediments while buying a high priced car like- Mercedes Benz, Rolls Royce, etc.
3. The advertising manager of a company wants to know, how many people
actually view and understand the advertising message of a commercial that the
company plans to place on a prime-time network television program. How can
the advertising manager obtain valid information regarding the viewing and
understanding of the company’s commercial?
4. How are attitudes formed? Can consumer attitude be changed? Explain with
examples.
3
2.4 RURAL MARKETING
1. Rural Marketing is the real marketing – Do you agree or disagree. Substantiate
your views.
2. Explain the various changes which are required to be made in the promotional
strategy of a company for successfully promoting a product in rural markets
3. Going rural is the need of the hour”. Keeping this statement into account,
suggest the various roadblocks which the marketers have to overcome in order
to successfully launch their product in rural markets.
4. “Universe is depending on Rural Marketing”. Do you agree or disagree. Justify
your views?
2.5 SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1. Some people opine that a middleman increases the cost of marketing, while
others praise it as it adds value to the product. How would you reconcile these
two opposite views?
2. If your firm is considering changing the shape of certain territories, what
actions would you take to lessen the protests of the sales force who may be
upset about this type of change?
3. How sales target are fixed by companies? Discuss about the application of sales
forecasting techniques in fixing the target. Do you feel that fixing sales target is
useful? Give reasons.
4. What are the different channels available for distribution? How do you select a
right channel? Suggest suitable channel for the following products.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. What are the six sigma strategies? Is this strategies has suitable to all the
organization? If yes explain briefly If no justify your answer.
2. A leading steel company approaches you for strategies formulation and
implementation in the changing environment. Suggest them a combination
of strategies for productivity improvement (Make necessary assumptions).
3. Consider the shampoo market in India. Prepare a table showing the
differences between the strategies adopted by top 5 brands. Explain each
point.
4. Differentiate between competitive advantage of a country and a corporate.
Discuss how this can help a firm to win over competition and grab more
market share.
4
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. What type of electronic payment systems is required in E-Commerce? Why are
there different types of payment systems? Explain the necessary characteristics
of each type of payment system and give an example of each where it is used.
2. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future
prospect of e-commerce
3. Take an example of any two e-commerce companies in India providing high end
e-commerce solutions and describe how they established customer confidence,
trust and ensured privacy and security of the e-commerce transactions.
4. What is meant by Home entertainment? How it is related to E-Commerce and
explains the size of the Home Entertainment Market?
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. Why do business organizations need research? A company, faced with the
problem of increasing rate of work force turnover, wants you to conduct a
research on this problem. Prepare a blueprint on the research process, you will
follow.
2. “Research is much concerned with proper fact finding, analysis and evaluation”.
Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.
3. “Whenever possible, it is advisable to use instruments that have already been
developed and repeatedly used in published studies, rather than develop our
own instruments for our studies” – Do you agree? Discuss the reasons for your
answer
4. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi-methods of data collection is only going to compound the biases”, How
would you critique this statement?
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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 31-03-2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2021-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15-04-20213will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
question the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Take any country with which you are familiar and discuss how a factor in the
educational environment imparts on managing an enterprise.
2. Choose the organization where matrix type of departmentation is appropriate?
Compare the pros and cons of this type over the others.
3. “A misconceived and incapable leader may take his followers to dangers of life”.
Explain the statement. Describe the qualities and trait of any two successful,
Entrepreneurs in India.
4. The job of the supervisor is many more difficult than that of higher level managers’.
Examine the major responsibilities of a supervisor in an agro based Industry.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What kinds of sales promotion techniques are available for laptop computers?
Based on the schemes available in the market, suggest a suitable scheme for a
company planning to launch a Laptop.
2. How do marketers disaggregate a market into a number of sub-markets/District
sub-units of buyers – What are the constraints a marketer will face to a
homogeneous market – Explain?
3. Do you think the market segmentation criteria bring market opportunities to
product marketer? If so, identify them. Also identify some leading brands
currently positioned for women in these segments. Can you think of few for
your own innovative product concepts targeted at these segments?
4. In today’s India the growth of online marketing is going with upward trend.
Discuss the pros. & cons. Which segment of consumers and what kind of
products dominates online marketing?
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. Due to over capitalization the company may collapse which would certainly
affect its employees, society, consumers and its shareholders. What remedies
you would suggest? Give suitable examples.
2. Assume that you are a financial manager of medium sized company. Explore the
possibilities of generating the different sources of capital at fair rate.
3. The contention that dividends have an impact on the share price has been
characterized as the bird-in-the hand argument. Explain the essential of this
argument. Why this argument is considered fallacious?
4. Identify the macro factors which are prevailing in the global economy, leading to
mergers and acquisitions.
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1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the various inventory models used in industries. Do you think JIT
inventory is successful in India? Explain.
2. How an MRP system does helps management, monitor the performance of
the inventory system? Give a specific example of what the system does to
direct management’s attention to problem areas?
3. Bring out the arguments for and against ‘make’ or ‘buy’ decisions. How is the
problem of make-or-buy resolved? Explain this by considering a bike
manufacturing company.
4. Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an Industry. Explain some
methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an Industrial Purchasing. Why
should the purchasing documents be legally sound?
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Design a process for promoting internal candidates. How does the process differ
from the one used for selecting external applicants?
2. Explain the principles of disciplining employees. What are the consequences of
enforcing discipline without prior information?
3. As a frontline supervisor, what indicators would you need in order to decide
whether a low-performing subordinate was a selection mistake are merely needs
training? Illustrate this dilemma with suitable examples.
4. A growing number of employees are reluctant to accept overseas assignments.
Why do they refuse? What benefits and services would you offer to them to
accept such transfer?
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. a) Write clearly the relationship between binomial Poisson distribution.
b) Five hundred television sets are inspected as they come off the production
line and the number of defects per set is reordered below:
No. of defects : 0 1 2 3 4
No. of Television : 368 72 52 7 1
Estimate the average number of defects per set and the expected
frequencies assuming Poisson distribution.
2. There is a general belief that high income families send their children to
government school. For this, 1000 families were selected in a city and the
following results were obtained.
Income Public school Government school Total
Low 100 200 300
High 500 200 700
Total 600 400 1000
Use chi-square test to determine whether income level and the type of
schooling are associated.
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3. From the following data
X 25 22 28 26 35 20 22 40 20 18
Y 18 15 20 17 22 14 16 21 15 14
a) Calculate regression equation X on Y and Y on X.
b) Estimate X when Y = 20
c) Estimate Y when X=20
d) Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of
correlation
e) Check whether Regression line is a good fit.
4. Define the inverse of a matrix. Solve the following system of equations using
matrix inversion method?
2x + 4y + 2z = 12
5x – 2y + 6z = 07
3x + 3y – 4z = 5
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Elaborate on the merits and demerits of using technology in business
communication.
2. “Body language is one of the ways to communicate to the employees down the line” –
Do you consider that it is effective? Explain.
3. The President of the company has asked for a study of the employee’s
attitude over company’s personnel policies. Write a research proposal on the
specific topic of your choice.
4. You have recently joined a branch of a company as its manager. Write a
report to the head office on the defects in the routine work of the branch.
Also, suggest remedies for those defects.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. A distinguished professor has stated “a statement of changes in financial
position is like a motion picture, explaining the difference between two
photographs, the balance sheet as of the end of the current year and the
balance sheet as of the end of the preceding year.” Do you agree with this
analogy? Justify your response.
2. “A branch or business segment that shows negative operating income should be
shutdown.” Do you agree or not? Justify your views for and against.
3. “The interest coverage ratio does not tell us much about the debt servicing
ability of a firm” – Comment.
4. Indirect method of reporting cash flows from operating can create an erroneous
impression about non-cash expenses (such as depreciation). What kind of
impression it can create and why is it erroneous.
M.B.A. Assignment/FM/ 1ST YEAR/ AUP/ / C-500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A.
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 31.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/-: 15.04.2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
Dr. A.RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. “Management is an art of getting things done through people.” Do you think
this definition is adequate for the present day concept of management?
2. “MBO plays a major role in planning process” – Critically analyse the
statement in detail with live examples.
3. Analyse the leadership style of any real life business leader. Does it fit into
any leadership theory? What do you think has made him or her, an effective
leader? Support your answer with relevant cases.
4. “A misconceived and incapable leader may take his followers to dangers of
life”. Explain the statement. Describe the qualities and trait of any two
successful, Entrepreneurs in India.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. “The effect of price reduction is always to reduce the p/v ratio, to raise the B.E.P.
and shorten the MOS.” Explain with suitable example.
2. “Accounting ratios are mere guides and complete reliance on them in decision
making is suicidal.” Elucidate.
3. Discuss the role and contribution of the professional accounting institutions in
the development of accounting in 21ST century.
4. “Investment in equity share is better than the Investment in other mode” –
How can you justify this statement in the light of risk and returns.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Explain how “wealth maximization” paves a great role for the growth of
Indian economy.
2. “How do prices play a great role in determining a specific market?” Discuss the
above statement with suitable example.
3. Define National Income and discuss any one of the methods for calculating
National Income of Indian Economy.
4. “Prices are the automatic regulator that tends to keep production and
consumption in line with each other” – Explain.
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. “The Doctrine of legal personality as applied to a company has produced
astonishing effects and has been applied with few exceptions” – Discuss.
2. “A joint stock company is an artificial person but not citizen” – Comment on
this statement.
3. “If a contract is broken, the law will endeavour so far as money can do it, to
place the injured party in the same position as if the contract has been
performed” – Discuss.
4. Discuss the legal provisions regarding the appointment of company directors
in general meetings.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. What is cluster analysis? Give a situation to apply cluster analysis and explain
the steps as well as the expected result according to you.
2. Case study research is an existing situation as a means of creating and testing of
hypothesis. Critically evaluate your view on this with a suitable example.
3. Assume that you have been appointed to conduct a market survey for
examining the satisfaction among the guests stayed in a star hotel, Design a
sampling plan to accomplish this purpose.
4. How research will be helpful for the development of a nation’s economy? Give
your views with real time examples.
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of FDI. What is your opinion on
the role of FDI in the economic development of the host country? Illustrate
your answer with India’s experience.
2. “Globalisation necessitates and facilitates international operations management”. –
Substantiate your views.
3. “IMF and World Bank serve the interests of industrialized nations rather than
those of the developing countries.” – Discuss.
4. Euro Dollar is becoming more powerful than the dominance of US Dollar in
World Economy day by day – Critically evaluate.
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Write a detailed business report pertaining to the establishment of a factory
outside the city limit. Your report should include all vital aspects to arrive at
a decision to start or not to start the factory.
2. Why do writing and speaking become more important as people rise in the
organization? Demonstrate your ideas and a perspective in the corporate
context.
3. Discuss the ways to improve communications with people who speak English as
a second language and the ways to improve communications with people who
don’t speak your language at all.
4. Identify the reasons for the recent recession in job market. Give your opinion
on the basis of Global Economic Crisis. Do you think that communication
plays a vital role in selection process?
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Describe how competition and total quality are affecting Organizational
Behaviour. Why is managing Organizational Behaviour in changing times
challenging?
2. “Participation is an excellent method for identifying differences and resolving
conflicts.” Do you agree or disagree? Justify your stand.
3. “You cannot motivate manager, they are self-propelled. You just get out of
their way, if you really want performance” – Comment.
4. “High cohesiveness in a group leads to higher group productivity.” Do you agree
or disagree? Justify your stand. What might motivate you to join a group?
M.B.A. 1st YEAR – Assignment C-300
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 31.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2021 will not be evaluated
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Take any country with which you are familiar and discuss how a factor in the
educational environment imparts on managing an enterprise.
2. Choose the organization where matrix type of departmentation is appropriate?
Compare the pros and cons of this type over the others.
3. “A misconceived and incapable leader may take his followers to dangers of life”.
Explain the statement. Describe the qualities and trait of any two successful,
Entrepreneurs in India.
4. The job of the supervisor is many more difficult than that of higher level managers’.
5. Examine the major responsibilities of a supervisor in an agro based Industry.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What kinds of sales promotion techniques are available for laptop computers?
Based on the schemes available in the market, suggest a suitable scheme for a
company planning to launch a Laptop.
2. How do marketers disaggregate a market into a number of sub-markets/District
sub-units of buyers – What are the constraints a marketer will face to a
homogeneous market – Explain?
3. Do you think the market segmentation criteria bring market opportunities to
product marketer? If so, identify them. Also identify some leading brands
currently positioned for women in these segments. Can you think of few for
your own innovative product concepts targeted at these segments?
4. In today’s India the growth of online marketing is going with upward trend.
Discuss the pros. & cons. Which segment of consumers and what kind of
products dominates online marketing?
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. Due to over capitalization the company may collapse which would certainly affect
its employees, society, consumers and its shareholders. What remedies you
would suggest? Give suitable examples.
2. Assume that you are a financial manager of medium sized company. Explore the
possibilities of generating the different sources of capital at fair rate.
3. The contention that dividends have an impact on the share price has been
characterized as the bird-in-the hand argument. Explain the essential of this
argument. Why this argument is considered fallacious?
4. Identify the macro factors which are prevailing in the global economy, leading to
mergers and acquisitions.
2
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the various inventory models used in industries. Do you think JIT
inventory is successful in India? Explain.
2. How an MRP system does helps management, monitor the performance of
the inventory system? Give a specific example of what the system does to
direct management’s attention to problem areas?
3. Bring out the arguments for and against ‘make’ or ‘buy’ decisions. How is the
problem of make-or-buy resolved? Explain this by considering a bike
manufacturing company.
4. Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an Industry. Explain some
methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an Industrial Purchasing. Why
should the purchasing documents be legally sound?
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Design a process for promoting internal candidates. How does the process differ
from the one used for selecting external applicants?
2. Explain the principles of disciplining employees. What are the consequences of
enforcing discipline without prior information?
3. As a frontline supervisor, what indicators would you need in order to decide
whether a low-performing subordinate was a selection mistake are merely needs
training? Illustrate this dilemma with suitable examples.
4. A growing number of employees are reluctant to accept overseas assignments.
Why do they refuse? What benefits and services would you offer to them to
accept such transfer?
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. a) Write clearly the relationship between binomial Poisson distribution.
b) Five hundred television sets are inspected as they come off the production
line and the number of defects per set is reordered below:
No. of defects : 0 1 2 3 4
No. of Television: 368 72 52 7 1
Estimate the average number of defects per set and the expected frequencies
assuming Poisson distribution.
2. There is a general belief that high income families send their children to
government school. For this, 1000 families were selected in a city and the
following results were obtained.
3
Income Public school Government school Total
Low 100 200 300
High 500 200 700
Total 600 400 1000
Use chi-square test to determine whether income level and the type of
schooling are associated.
3. From the following data:
X 25 22 28 26 35 20 22 40 20 18
Y 18 15 20 17 22 14 16 21 15 14
a) Calculate regression equation X on Y and Y on X.
b) Estimate X when Y = 20
c) Estimate Y when X=20
d) Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation
e) Check whether Regression line is a good fit.
4. Define the inverse of a matrix. Solve the following system of equations using
matrix inversion method.
1. 2x + 4y + 2z = 12
2. 5x – 2y + 6z = 07
3. 3x + 3y – 4z = 5
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Elaborate on the merits and demerits of using technology in business
communication.
2. “Body language is one of the ways to communicate to the employees down the line” –
Do you consider that it is effective? Explain.
3. The President of the company has asked for a study of the employee’s
attitude over company’s personnel policies. Write a research proposal on the
specific topic of your choice.
4. You have recently joined a branch of a company, as its Manager. Write a
report to the head office on the defects in the routine work of the branch.
Also, suggest remedies for those defects.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. “Behaviour is basically dissimilar” How will you try to ensure uniformity in
behaviour towards achieving conformity with organizational goals?
2. “Informal organization is detrimental to the interests of formal organization and
therefore, it is an evil to be nipped in the bud itself”. Comment on this
statement and explain how management should handle informal groups.
3. Do you think there might be any positive and significant relationship between the
possession of certain personal values and successful career progression in
organizations like Infosys, Tata group of companies and Apollo Hospital? Discuss.
4. Cite two examples of impression management based on your own experience.
Why do people try to manage impressions?
M.B.A. – 1ST YEAR / HRM – ASSIGNMENT- AUP/ C-750
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 2021
1
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. MARKETING MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31-03-2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2021-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15-04-20213will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each question the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Take any country with which you are familiar and discuss how a factor in the
educational environment imparts on managing an enterprise.
2. Choose the organization where matrix type of departmentation is appropriate?
Compare the pros and cons of this type over the others.
3. “A misconceived and incapable leader may take his followers to dangers of life”.
Explain the statement. Describe the qualities and trait of any two successful,
Entrepreneurs in India.
4. The job of the supervisor is many more difficult than that of higher level managers’.
Examine the major responsibilities of a supervisor in an agro based Industry.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What kinds of sales promotion techniques are available for laptop computers?
Based on the schemes available in the market, suggest a suitable scheme for a
company planning to launch a Laptop.
2. How do marketers disaggregate a market into a number of sub-markets/District
sub-units of buyers – What are the constraints a marketer will face to a
homogeneous market – Explain?
3. Do you think the market segmentation criteria bring market opportunities to
product marketer? If so, identify them. Also identify some leading brands
currently positioned for women in these segments. Can you think of few for
your own innovative product concepts targeted at these segments?
4. In today’s India the growth of online marketing is going with upward trend.
Discuss the pros. & cons. Which segment of consumers and what kind of
products dominates online marketing?
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. Due to over capitalization the company may collapse which would certainly affect
its employees, society, consumers and its shareholders. What remedies you
would suggest? Give suitable examples.
2. Assume that you are a financial manager of medium sized company. Explore the
possibilities of generating the different sources of capital at fair rate.
3. The contention that dividends have an impact on the share price has been
characterized as the bird-in-the hand argument. Explain the essential of this
argument. Why this argument is considered fallacious?
4. Identify the macro factors which are prevailing in the global economy, leading to
mergers and acquisitions.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the various inventory models used in industries. Do you think JIT
inventory is successful in India? Explain.
2. How an MRP system does helps management, monitor the performance of
the inventory system? Give a specific example of what the system does to
direct management’s attention to problem areas?
3. Bring out the arguments for and against ‘make’ or ‘buy’ decisions. How is the
problem of make-or-buy resolved? Explain this by considering a bike
manufacturing company.
4. Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an Industry. Explain some
methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an Industrial Purchasing. Why
should the purchasing documents be legally sound?
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Design a process for promoting internal candidates. How does the process differ
from the one used for selecting external applicants?
2. Explain the principles of disciplining employees. What are the consequences of
enforcing discipline without prior information?
3. As a frontline supervisor, what indicators would you need in order to decide
whether a low-performing subordinate was a selection mistake are merely needs
training? Illustrate this dilemma with suitable examples.
4. A growing number of employees are reluctant to accept overseas assignments.
Why do they refuse? What benefits and services would you offer to them to
accept such transfer?
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. a) Write clearly the relationship between binomial Poisson distribution.
b) Five hundred television sets are inspected as they come off the production
line and the number of defects per set is reordered below:
No. of defects : 0 1 2 3 4
No. of Television:368 72 52 7 1
Estimate the average number of defects per set and the expected
frequencies assuming Poisson distribution.
2. There is a general belief that high income families send their children to
government school. For this, 1000 families were selected in a city and the
following results were obtained.
Income Public school Government school Total
Low 100 200 300
High 500 200 700
Total 600 400 1000
Use chi-square test to determine whether income level and the type of
schooling are associated.
4
3. From the following data
X 25 22 28 26 35 20 22 40 20 18
Y 18 15 20 17 22 14 16 21 15 14
a) Calculate regression equation X on Y and Y on X.
b) Estimate X when Y = 20
c) Estimate Y when X=20
d) Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of
correlation
e) Check whether Regression line is a good fit.
4. Define the inverse of a matrix. Solve the following system of equations using
matrix inversion method.
2x + 4y + 2z = 12
5x – 2y + 6z = 07
3x + 3y – 4z = 5
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Elaborate on the merits and demerits of using technology in business
communication.
2. “Body language is one of the ways to communicate to the employees down the line” –
Do you consider that it is effective? Explain.
3. The President of the company has asked for a study of the employee’s
attitude over company’s personnel policies. Write a research proposal on the
specific topic of your choice.
4. You have recently joined a branch of a company as its manager. Write a
report to the head office on the defects in the routine work of the branch.
Also, suggest remedies for those defects.
1.8 ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION
1. Discuss the various types of advertising media and explain their characteristics.
Explain with suitable examples.
2. Persuasive advertising is the most obvious kind of advertising- Do you agree?
Elaborate the reasons.
3. Trace and explicate an activity which is having capability to complement and
supplement the functions of marketing.
4. Briefly discuss the top five advertising agencies in India and how do they
function?
M.B.A. Assignment/ MM/ 1STYear/ AUP/ C-200
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. E-BUSINESS
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/-: 15.04.2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner on
all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA Assignments” and
sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University,
Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
1
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss between delegation and decentralization. Cite some of the important
obstacles to effective delegation.
2. Identify four corporate social responsibility initiatives adopted by corporate
which you are familiar with.
3. Discuss the importance of different types of plans in an organization. Explain
how these plans are made in government sectors and in an I.T. Company.
4. “MBO is the motivating factor or controlling technique”. Critically evaluate this
statement. Compare and contrast between MBO and MBE.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. Assume that a new Korean company plans to enter Indian two wheeler market
analysing the existing brands, what new positioning strategy you would
recommend for the company? Justify your answer.
2. Do you think that female and male roles in purchasing decisions have changed
over the years? Justify your answer with examples based on masculine and
feminine products.
3. Several competing philosophies such as the selling concept, production concept
and product concept exist. How are these different from one another? Quote
appropriate examples.
4. Identify examples from FMCG, Industrial and service sector brands for each
stage of PLC with reasons. Briefly trace the development of a typical product in
each of the life cycle phases.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. “Investment, Financing and Dividend decisions are interrelated.” Evaluate
this statement.
2. “There is nothing like an optimum capital structure for a firm” – Critically
examine this statement.
3. The finance manager should take an account of the time value of money in
order to take a correct financial decision. Elucidate the statement with the
help of suitable illustration.
4. The goal of capital management is the maximization of long run earning to
present share holders – Comment on this statement.
2
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Write a short description of the purpose of PL /SQL procedure. Include simple
operating instructions. If the procedure takes any arguments, include a sample
input that causes it to execute successfully. If your procedure raises an
exception, include instructions on how to get it to raise the exception.
2. Define first, second, and third normal forms when only primary keys are
considered. How do the general definitions of 2NF and 3NF, which consider all
keys of a relation, differ from those that consider only primary key?
3. What do you mean by PL/SQL. What are the advantages of PL/SQL over SQL.
Explain the functions of control loops with examples.
4. Is DBMS usage always advisable or some times we may depend on file base
systems? Comment on the statement by describing the situation where DBMS
is not a better option and file base systems is better.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. What criteria do you think should be used to measure team performance? What
sources should be used for the appraisal? Should individual performance still
be measured? Why or why not?
2. Develop an organizational change program for improving service in a department
of your organization that you feel is in need of improvement.
3. “There are TWO approaches of managing industrial disputes in an organization:
preventive approach and curative approach.” Discuss this statement and bring
out the various methods of preventing industrial disputes.
4. Interviewing unqualified applicants can be a frustrating experience and a waste
of time for managers, peers or whoever is responsible for interviewing. How can
the HR department minimize or eliminate this problem?
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. “The way organization cannot exist without MIS. Even information does not
exist without organization.” – Elaborate.
2. Assume yourself as a system analyst of a large scale organization and elaborate
your role in analyzing and developing an information system for the
organization.
3
3. Elaborate in detail the activities involved in development of e-commerce based
Information System in an organization.
4. Discuss the importance of security in I.T. / Information System and explain the
various measures which could be initiated to minimize, if not eliminate
altogether the threats to system security.
1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. Assume the size of an organic type software product has been estimated to be
32,000 lines of source code. Assume that the average salary of a software
engineer is Rs.75,000 per month. Determine the effort required to develop the
software product and the nominal development time.
2. Three different mental obstacles to good decision making were identified in the
text, faculty heuristics, escalation of commitment and information overload.
What steps do you think can be taken to reduce the danger of each of these?
3. Treat yourself as a project manager of a turnkey project of a software industry
and prepare the detailed project checklist for it.
4. Take a project of your choice and explain how you would carry out functional
test for it.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Return on investments is a single comprehensive measure that contains
everything happening within the organisation “Explain the statement and
illustrate its computations with imaginary figures?”
2. How do you analyse and interpret financial statement of a company for
reporting on the soundness of its capital structure and solvency?
3. “Funds flow analysis represents a stock to flow linkage.” – Justify your views.
4. “The effect of a price reduction is always to reduce the p/v ratio and to raise the
break-even-point” – Explain and illustrate this by a numerical example.
M.B.A. Assignment/ E.B./ 1ST YR/AUP/C-100
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 31.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2021
NOT E:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2021 will not be evaluated
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. ‘Management is the force which leads guides and directs an organization in the
accomplishment of pre-determined objectives’. Do you agree or disagree?
Justify.
2. Take any two Indian companies and examine how they have succeeded or failed
due to poor strategic planning.
3. “A good leader is not necessarily a good manager”. Take one example from
service industry as per your choice and compare the role of leaders and
managers.
4. “The only planning tool we need in the company is the budget. If everyone
meets his or her budget, we need nothing else, and management by
objectives would be an unnecessary frill”. Comment.
1.2 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
1. Review and comment on the work undertaken for harmonization by various
bodies and explain the details of standard setting process by International
Accounting Standard Board(IASB)
2. “Structure of an organization should be tailor made search for a typical
structure is vain” – Comment on this statement and discuss the factors
affecting organization structure
3. Compare and contrast the following proposed approaches for dealing with
international differences in accounting, disclosure and auditing standards
a). Reciprocity; b) Reconciliation c) International Standards
4. What is the difference between harmonization and standardization? If
comparability is considered desirable, how should it be achieved? Do multinational
enterprises warrant special international accounting standards, or
should such standards be applied to all companies?
1.3 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1. Do the IMF and other financial institutions play a vital role in foreign trade
policy? If so elucidate the points with apt examples.
2. Describe the term “Balance of payments” Indicate broad categories of
transaction in balance of payments. Is it necessary for the countries to
manage balance of payments? Suggest some measures to change deficit
balance of payment into surplus balance of payment.
3. Write a note on exchange rate. What are the positive and negative effects,
India faced due to Fluctuations in its currency against U.S. dollar in the
recent past.
4. “The concept of foreign trade multiplier is one of the major things in any
International Business Environment”. Briefly discuss the above with current
examples.
1.4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
1. Take an export oriented firm in readymade garments industry of your choice.
What are the different nontrade barriers that it faces? What are your
suggestions to the firm? Explain
2. Explain the role of SDR’s and international organization like IBRD, IFC, and
IDA.
3. a) Enumerate the various legislations governing foreign trade in India, giving
main provisions of any one of them.
b) Location theory explains, why foreign direct investment moves from one
country to another in search of optimum location. Explain.
c) What are other factors which are important to know the flow of foreign
direct investment.
4. Take any company and discuss how its marketing strategy is different in its
home country and foreign country give the reason on it had to be different.
1.5 FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
1. Bring to light the recent changes in India’s Foreign Policy. In what way, the
changes are instrumental for the promotion of India’ international trade?
2. Focus on India’s relationship both political and trade with the United States. Do
you agree this relationship is mutually beneficial? Defend your answer.
3. “Small scale industrial sector which was supposed to be benefited by the
canalizing system was most affected one by the canalizing system” – Discuss this
paradox scenario and explain canalizing agencies role in India’s foreign trade.
4. Discuss the role of prime minister in India’s foreign policy formulation since
independence.
1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE
1. How a barcode works when you pay for an item in a retail store? What retail
store managers can do with the information collected by the barcode readers?
Explain the problems of using barcodes?
2. Assume a Business Environment in manufacturing sector. Define and design
a system to automate the business process with necessary implementation
of IT. Give the block diagram, DFD and soon if necessary.
3. Explain in detail on-line airline ticketing system. How is it different form
conventional system? Explain with the help of a diagram, type of
transactions one can do, mode of payments and the various security
features of on-line banking system.
4. “Clustering has been popularity recognized as an important data mining task with
broad applications”- Discuss and give one example for each of the following cases.
(a) An application that takes clustering as a major data mining function.
(b) An application that takes clustering as a pre-processing tool for data
preparation for another data mining task.
1.7 COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS
1. Discuss any situation in which you are involved where the communication went
wrong. Analyze the communication process in that situation, using the term
sender, receiver and other elements. Which element(s) disturbed the situation?
What lesson you learnt?
2. Explain the basic ingredients of an effective office memo. How can it be used
as a very strong tool to send the right message and get the necessary
action?
3. a) Why do you think the communication plays a vital role in organizations?
b) Discuss the communication process in Detail.
4. “Informal Communication announces bad moods of Managers” – Under What
Circumstance this statement is valid? Explain.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. While managing workforce, “Participation is an excellent method for identifying
differences and resolving conflicts.” Do you agree or disagree? Illustrate with
real life examples.
2. Some changes in organisations are unplanned, where as others are the result of
strategic plans. Give examples of each of their verities of change and explain
their implications for organisational functioning.
3. Once you are established in your careers, what special challenges are you likely
to confront? What can you do to enhance your chance of having a fully
satisfying successful career?
4. “Learning is involved in almost everything that everyone does”. Substantiate your
views and indentify the applications of learning in positive and negative
reinforcement’s strategy.
M.B.A. – 1ST Year / IB – Assignment- AUP/ C-150
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 2021
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SEVEN papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 31.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.04.2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.04.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. “Management is an art of getting things done through people.” Do you think
this definition is adequate for the present day concept of management?
2. “MBO plays a major role in planning process” – Critically analyse the statement
in detail with live examples.
3. Analyse the leadership style of any real life business leader. Does it fit into any
leadership theory? What do you think has made him or her, an effective leader?
Support your answer with relevant cases.
4. “A misconceived and incapable leader may take his followers to dangers of life”.
Explain the statement. Describe the qualities and trait of any two successful,
Entrepreneurs in India.
1.2 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Explain how “wealth maximization” pave a great role for the growth of Indian
economy.
2. “How do prices play a great role in determining a specific market?” Discuss the
above statement with suitable example.
3. Define National Income and discuss any one of the methods for calculating
National Income of Indian Economy.
4. “Prices are the automatic regulator that tends to keep production and
consumption in line with each other” – Explain.
1.3 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR MANAGERS
1. “The effect of price reduction is always to reduce the p/v ratio, to raise the
B.E.P. and shorten the MOS.” Explain with suitable example.
2. ”Accounting ratios are mere guides and complete reliance on them in decision
making is suicidal.” Elucidate.
3. Discuss the role and contribution of the professional accounting institutions in
the development of accounting in 21ST century.
4. “Investment in equity share is better than the Investment in other mode” – How
can you justify this statement in the light of risk and returns.
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1.4 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. In Indian business, firms personal selling is skewed in favour of customers
(merchant middlemen). Discuss this statement and describe the current status
of personal selling in India.
2. “Physical distribution has been described as the other half of marketing and
economy’s Dark Continent.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain.
3. “Packaging has been criticized as being expensive giving no additional value and
often deceptive.” How would you justify marketer’s use of packaging?
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Give your views with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Job analysis is just another burden placed an organisations through
governmental legislation.” Do you agree or disagree? Discuss.
2. You are appointed as HR manager for a large size company of your choice. Now
you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of pay
fixation.
3. “Human Resource Management is a proactive approach and personnel
management is a reactive approach to perform the same set of functions related
to managing human resources.” Do you agree with this statement?
4. “HR Outsourcing has become a common practice throughout the world.”
Discuss the implications of HR outsourcing on HRM functions.
1.6 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
1. Investigate any firm of your choice to determine how the materials management
function fits into its organization. Prepare an organizational chart for the firm.
2. Selecting a facility location usually involves a sequence of decisions. This
sequence can include a national decision, a regional decision, a community
decision and a site decision. Elucidate your views with reference to the above
context.
3. What is statistical process control for fraction defectives? With a suitable
example of a real life problem, explain the step-by-step procedure for designing
a statistical process control chart for fraction defectives.
4. “Spending Money for Maintenance is an Investment” – Substantiate your views.
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1.7 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT
1. What is cluster analysis? Give a situation to apply cluster analysis and explain
the steps as well as the expected result according to you.
2. Case study research is an existing situation as a means of creating and testing
of hypothesis. Critically evaluate your view on this with a suitable example.
3. Assume that you have been appointed to conduct a market survey for
examining the satisfaction among the guests stayed in a star hotel, design a
sampling plan to accomplish this purpose.
4. How research will be helpful for the development of a nation’s economy? Give
your views with real time examples.
M.B.A. – 1ST Year – ASSIGNMENT C-200
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA E BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEET
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. E. BUSINESS
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialisation.
Last date for submission: 01.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25
marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 E-COMMERCE
1. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future
prospect of e-commerce.
2. Consider the development of a portal for a Retailer shop. Discuss the various
technologies, tools and components involved in designing the same.
3. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
4. Explain the characteristics of large companies that involve B2G and B2C
transactions in their business, which require robust, capable and scalable
electronic commerce system.
2.2 E-COMMERCE: APPLICATION AND SECURITIES
1. Elucidate the management challenges and issues in online Banking.
2. Outline the various needs of security in E-Commerce Industry.
3. Narrate the characteristics of supply chain management in E-Commerce and its
application in software.
4. What are the critical success factors for building successful e-business
relationships with customers? Planning.
2.3 INTERNET AND JAVA PROGRAMMING
1. Majority of the corporate practice electronic supply chain management. List out
any two organizations of your choice and illustrate the practices applied there.
2. Write a java program for college admission system with AWT packages and handle
its events using their modules.
3. Discuss the java database connectivity. Write an AWT program to explain JDBC
connectivity for employee payroll calculation.
4. E-business and business process outsource is possible from anywhere, while
publishing and other cyber crimes are also increasing. In this regard, jurisdiction is
a major problem to solve the issues. Discuss the above perspectives with suitable
examples.
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2.4 ADVANCED WEB DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN TOOLS
1. Develop a XML application to get the details of Books (Title, Author Name, ISBN
No, Publisher details). List out the details of Management related books. Write
DTD, Schema, XZL wherever required?
2. Create an online application for monitoring user events using JSP.
3. Using Servlet, JSP, JDBC and XML, create a web application for a tourist
company to provide online help in the searching for tourist places across the
country, and other details like cost, and how to reach these places.
4. Create a student enquiry system using EJB through which a student could
enquire about the program / Courses on offer by the different School of Studies
of a particular University.
2.5 ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
1. Imagine that you are a manager in a firm and implemented ERP system but that
is failed in your company, what type of strategies that you will follow to recover
it?
2. Implementation of an ERP system is a major investment and commitment for
any organization, but still many ERP implementations fail. What are factors
that contribute to the failure of ERP implementation?
3. A Leading Software Company wants to implement ERP Software. Select a
software of your interest and give the steps of implementing that ERP software
in the company.
4. Enlist the general problems faced during implementation of ERP and the
solution for it.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Comment on this statement. “Often neither the least expensive strategy nor
the most expensive may be the most productive strategy”.
2. Will the time come when most consumer purchases are made with selfscanner?
Explain yours answer.
3. Congruence and co-ordination among strategies should take place through
vertical and horizontal fit. Explain.
4. In what way can timing and competitor reaction be crucial for a strategic
choice? Discuss.
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2.7.1 GLOBAL MARKETING
1. An international company is planning to introduce a ultra modern luxury car.
How will you develop this new product? Explain.
2. Discuss the cultures and ethical issues that affect the global trade with suitable
example.
3. What criteria should Global marketers consider while making product design
decisions?
4. What, in your view, are the key principles of global marketing? Explain their
importance towards marketing success.
2.7.2 STRUCTURED SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
1. How can CASE tools be used to support requirements determination? Which
types of CASE tools are appropriate for use during requirements determination?
2. With examples, explain how interfaces and dialogues are designed.
3. Design a set of files for supporting a common payroll system. Comment on the
Data security issues of the file system you have designed.
4. Assume that you are in charge of designing software to be installed in bank
ATM. Which kind of architecture would you chooses? Give reasons for your
selection and draw the architecture diagram of the system.
M.B.A. Assignment/E.B./2ND YEAR/ AUP/709/ C-125
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialization.
Last date for submission: 01.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.202115-03-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription
“MBA Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each questions the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
1. Examines some of the models of OD. Which do you think would be more
appropriate for Indian Industries?
2. “Human beings have a tendency to get merged to a group. This happens
when majority of the groups have changed ultimately creating pressures on
individuals to fall in line with change.” Do you think this a desirable or an
undesirable phenomenon? Give your views.
3. “Many managers believe the effectiveness of third party peace making
intervention rather than comprehensive intervention”. Do you agree with
this statement? Justify your views.
4. “A well established company manufacturing readymade garment plans to
introduce new machines and new methods of production. The workers in
the factory numbering five hundred are fearful of the change resisting it in
many ways.” Advice the management how to solve the problem through
derive the appropriate strategy.
2.2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Assume yourself as a CEO of a Yarn Export Company, how will you design
effective training policies in your company? Enumerate the various logistics
arrangements needed for conducting training programmes in your
company.
2. “Most of the training programme fails due to improper need identification”. If
this is true, as a Trainer how will you identify the need for training of an
organization? Express your views.
3. Explain the merits and demerits of different types of training programs. Discuss
their suitability in industries like power generation plant, mines and automobile
assembly line.
4. Device a mechanism of evaluating training and development effectiveness to
assess whether training and development investment gives commensurate
return. Justify your answer.
2.3 LABOUR WELFARE
1. “Labour welfare is not a barrier liability or useless expenditure but a wise
investment.” – Comment upon this statement.
2. “Safety of workers in mines is much more riskier than any other industrial
establishments. We need to evolve a separate policy on their welfare and
safety.” – Do you think so? If so, given your opinion either supporting or
defending this statement.
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3. In what way industrial hazards can be reduced? Can we prevent accidents
by weeding out accident – prone workers? Suggest suitable ways to reduce
accidents in factories (choose an industry of your choice).
4. Why worker’s education is important? How do workers educations improve
the productivity? Discuss.
2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. What are the causes of poor Industrial relations? What are the effects? Give your
suggestions to improve the legislation concerning industrial Relations in our
country.
2. Critically evaluate the unfair management practices and unfair union
practices. Evaluate a strategy for balancing these two extremes, so as to
ensure both are happy and end up with win-win situation.
3. Enumerate the various factors involved in effective negotiation process.
Explain the emerging issues in the administration of Collective Bargaining
agreements in global context.
4. “Enlightened Trade Unions are highly useful both to the working class and
the management’. – Examine the recent issues happened in Neyveli Lignite
Corporation (NLC) as an example for the above statement.
2.5 WAGES AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION
1. What are the guidelines to be followed in preparing a wage structure at the
enterprise level in a steel production company? Enlist the various problems in
it.
2. When all employees are paid fundamentally the same amount of
compensation, what is the likely impact upon satisfaction and behaviour?
What effect would secrecy – of – pay policy have upon the situation?
3. Outline the purpose of a pay commission. How is it constituted? Critically
examine the recommendations of any four central pay commissions of your
choice.
4. “If selection and placement decisions are done effectively, individual performance
should not vary a great deal, therefore, an incentive system is not necessary” –
Discuss.
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2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. What is the six sigma strategies? Is this strategies has suitable to all the
organization? If yes explain briefly if no justify your answer.
2. A leading steel company approaches you for strategies formulation and
implementation in the changing environment. Suggest them a combination
of strategies for productivity improvement (Make necessary assumptions).
3. Consider the shampoo market in India. Prepare a table showing the differences
between the strategies adopted by top 5 brands. Explain each point.
4. Differentiate between competitive advantage of a country and a corporate.
Discuss how this can help a firm to win over competition and grab more
market share.
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. What type of electronic payment systems are required in E-Commerce? Why are
there different types of payment systems? Explain the necessary characteristics
of each type of payment system and give an example of each where it is used.
2. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future
prospect of e-commerce
3. Take an example of any two e-commerce companies in India providing high end
e-commerce solutions and describe how they established customer confidence,
trust and ensured privacy and security of the e-commerce transactions.
4. What is meant by Home entertainment? How it is related to E-Commerce and
explains the size of the Home Entertainment Market?
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. Why do business organizations need research? A company, faced with the
problem of increasing rate of work force turnover, wants you to conduct a
research on this problem. Prepare a blueprint on the research process, you will
follow.
2. “Research is much concerned with proper fact finding, analysis and evaluation”.
Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.
3. “Whenever possible, it is advisable to use instruments that have already been
developed and repeatedly used in published studies, rather than develop our
own instruments for our studies” – Do you agree? Discuss the reasons for your
answer.
4. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi-methods of data collection is only going to compound the biases”, How
would you critique this statement?
M.B.A. – 2ND Year / HRM – Assignment- AUP/ C-1600
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 2021
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialisation.
Last date for submission : 01-03-2021
Last date for submission: with late fee `300/- : 16-03-2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16-03-2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
questions the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Why companies go for leasing rather than purchasing agreement? What steps
are involved in a lease agreement?
2. Analyze the trends in mutual funds and how the fresh fund capitals are
mobilized during past five years.
3. In the recent past many investors lost money on stocks and mutual funds
because of an economic downturn caused by global banking and financial
crises. At the same time many experts argued that this was a “Real Investment
Opportunity” because of the depressed price for many stocks and mutual
funds. Do you think today is a good time to begin an investment program?
Justify your answer.
4. If an entrepreneur approaches you for an advice regarding financing of a project
wherein he intends to expand his existing project. What resources you should
suggest him to raise his funds?
2.2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. Define the balance of payments. The balance of payments records all types of
international transactions. What are the three main types of international
transaction in balance of payment accounts?
2. “Multilateral setting process is good to read in print, but when it comes to
implementation, there are bottlenecks.” What does this statement imply?
Discuss in detail.
3. India’s Tariff and quota system is restricting international trade especially for
Agri Business. – Do you agree with this statement? If Yes / No –
substantiate your answer with suitable example.
4. Critically evaluate the success of STC of India in achieving the objectives for
which it was established.
2.3 DERIVATIVES MANAGEMENT
1. How the valuation of Interest Rate SWAP, Currency SWAP and FRN are made?
Explain them.
2. What is a lower bound price of a 4 month call option on a non dividend paying
stock when the stock price is 28 $, strike price is 25$ and risk free interest rate
is 8% per annum.
3. Examine the risks in financial derivatives and suggest measures to minimise
them.
4. Write a note on role of clearing house with special emphasis upon ‘delivery
mechanism’ in futures market
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2.4 RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE
1. You are the newly appointed Risk Manager within an organisation and have
noted that there is no written risk management philosophy or statement in
place. Advise to the Board regarding the advantages of adopting a risk
document, describing the elements that should be referenced within it.
2. Discuss the loss control measures are to be taken by any manufacturing
company of your choice.
3. ‘Insurance is a risk management technique of the corporate sector’– Analyse the
statement.
4. Critically examine the role of government in regulation of insurance business in India
2.5 INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. How do operators on a stock exchange affect the economic life of a nation? Is it
necessary to control the stock exchange in the present situation? Give your
views.
2. “Companies with high credit risk are the ones that cannot access fixed rate
market directly. They are the companies that are most likely to be paying fixed
and receiving floating in an interest rate swap”. Do you think it increases or
decreases the risk of a financial institutions swap portfolio? Assume that
companies are most likely to default when interest rates are high.
3. “A fundamental analysis estimate of intrinsic value is different from the present
value of all income”. Is this statement true, false or uncertain? Justify your
views with appropriate examples.
4. A stock split should have no effect on value but it does seem to affect a firm
stock price. How would you reconcile this contradiction? Substantiate with
suitable examples.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. What are the six sigma strategies? Is this strategies has suitable to all the
organization? If yes explain briefly if no justify your answer.
2. A leading steel company approaches you for strategies formulation and
implementation in the changing environment. Suggest them a combination
of strategies for productivity improvement (Make necessary assumptions).
3. Consider the shampoo market in India. Prepare a table showing the
differences between the strategies adopted by top 5 brands. Explain each
point.
4. Differentiate between competitive advantage of a country and a corporate.
Discuss how this can help a firm to win over competition and grab more
market share.
4
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. What type of electronic payment systems are required in E-Commerce? Why are
there different types of payment systems? Explain the necessary characteristics
of each type of payment system and give an example of each where it is used.
2. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future
prospect of e-commerce
3. Take an example of any two e-commerce companies in India providing high end
e-commerce solutions and describe how they established customer confidence,
trust and ensured privacy and security of the e-commerce transactions.
4. What is meant by Home entertainment? How it is related to E-Commerce and
explains the size of the Home Entertainment Market?
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. Why do business organizations need research? A company, faced with the
problem of increasing rate of work force turnover, wants you to conduct a
research on this problem. Prepare a blueprint on the research process, you will
follow.
2. “Research is much concerned with proper fact finding, analysis and evaluation”.
Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.
3. “Whenever possible, it is advisable to use instruments that have already been
developed and repeatedly used in published studies, rather than develop our
own instruments for our studies” – Do you agree? Discuss the reasons for your
answer
4. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi-methods of data collection is only going to compound the biases”,
How would you critique this statement?
M.B.A. Assignment/FM/ 2ND YEAR/ AUP/ / C- 1000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA SAFETY MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER PROVIDED
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
In technical Collaboration with
NIFS
(Institute of Fire Engineering & Safety Management)
M.B.A. (SAFETY MANAGEMENT)
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2020-2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students have to write assignments for
EIGHT subjects as per instructions.
Last Date for Submission : 05.02.2021
With late fee Rs.500/- : 15.02.2021
NOTE:
- Assignments sent after 02.2021 will not be evaluated.
- Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the students concerned and not type-written or printed or
- Assignments should be written on foolscap paper on one side
- All assignments should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA (Safety Management) Assignments” and sent to The Programme Co-ordinator, NIFS, Respective PCP Study Centre by Registered post or in
- No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the courses.
- A fine of Rs. 500/- will be imposed to students who submits assignments after the due date.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each course out of the FOUR. For each topic the answer should not exceed 15 pages. Each assignment carries 12.5 marks [2 topics]
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
- Organizational Behaviour is manipulative, because it serves only the interests of managements
- Do you think group thinking is better than individuals in solving organizational problem? If yes, why? If no, why?
- “Once satisfied need is no more a motivators”.
- How behaviour can be understood better through transactional analysis?
1.2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Construct a questionnaire for collecting information for job analysis in your own
- Outline the factors influencing personnel environment in India and discuss their
- Explain in detail the different methods of on-the-job training and off the training for employees of a steel manufacturing
- Discuss in detail the various steps involved in the selection
1.3 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- Write in detail the current Indian Marketing
- What it product positioning? Explain the features of a good product positioning
- “New product development is not an easy task”
- List down various pricing strategies. Justify the right pricing strategy for a new product launched in the market giving good reasons for its success.
1.4 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- Discuss in detail the functions performed by the finance
- What are the key differences between debt and equity? Also highlight the advantages and disadvantages for a company while deciding the capital
- What are long term sources of finance? Explain the importance and uses of each
- What is working capital management? Write notes on the determinants of working
1.5 FUNDAMENTALS OF SAFETY
- In the syllabus of fundamental safety, what are the accidents prevention measures to be adopted? Discuss about them with
- Explain A to Z of Electrical
- Write about Personal Protective System with neat diagrams and explain with accidents associated if PPEs are not
- In the syllabus of fundamental safety, what are the management systems that are adopted?
1.6 SAFETY AND THE LAW
- As per Factory Act 1948, analyze and evaluate
- Welfare Measures,
- Working hours for Adults,
- Employment of young persons
- Leave with wages
- Special Provisions
- As per Factory Act 1948, amended in 1987, the primary responsibilities have been fixed as per Sections 7A and 7B. Discuss
- Discuss on Sections 11 A, 41 H, 87
- As per the amended act 1987, Health Protection as per Section 7 A(E), 41 F, 41 C and 41 H. Highlight the significance of these
1.7 FIRE ENGINEERING
- Prepare a manpower plan for a Fire Safety Department of medium size chemical
- Design a suitable type of Fire Detection and Alarm System for a LPG Bottling
- You are appointed as Head of Fire Safety Department of a Jute Mill. There is a need to install a Fire Hydrant System. How will you go about it?
- Draw a line sketch of an ideal Fire Station. State duties of the personnel at different
1.8 SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
- It is a fact that accidents do not just
è “They are caused” Discuss in brief.
è Give examples and case studies. What is accident proneness?
- Discuss on a First step in SAFETY, Second Step in SAFETY
Third Step – How you take the advantages of Factories Act 1948, Fourth Step – How you ensure Safe working? List out various sections. As a Safety Officer how you involve on the above dimensions.
- Discuss the various work place hazards. Suggest remedial
- Construction Industry is considered to be the most Hazardous Industry. As a Safety Officer, how would deal in preventing Injuries and
MBA HRM ANNAMALAI ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER 2019-20
ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT QUESTION AND ANSWERS
CONTACT
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ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 1ST YEAR/AUP/ 709/ C-2000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT 2019-20
ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED
ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT 2020 ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A.
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020 08-04-2019
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing”.–
Comment.
4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Keerthi purchases some goods on credit from Durai, payable within 3 months.
After 2 months, Keerthi makes out a blank cheque in favour of Durai, signs and
delivers it to Durai with a request to fill up the amount due, as Keerthi does not
know the exact amount payable by him.
Durai fills up fraudulently the amount larger than the amount payable by
Keerthi and endorses the cheque to Bala in full payment of Durai’s own due.
Keerthi’s cheque is dishonoured. Referring to the provisions of the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881, discuss the rights of Durai and Bala.
2. Describe the provisions of The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and how
does it differ from The Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
3. Explain the effect of a contract made by an agent with a third party – (a) where
the agent discloses the existence but not the name of the principal; and (b)
where the existence of the principal is not disclosed.
4. “Consumer Protection Act,1986 aims to provide for better protection of the
interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the
establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of
consumers’’ disputes and for matters connected therewith”- Examine.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Which measure of central tendency is used for the following situations? Justify
your answer.
a) Government wanted to decide the living standard of people based on
monthly income in various taluks in a state and wanted to compare the
taluks economic status. The family monthly incomes of various taluks were
collected. Which central tendency measure will be appropriate and why?
b) The state government wanted to introduce two types of family card based on
subsidy. The data were the same as the question (a). Lower the income the
subsidy will be more and higher income group will have less subsidiary. In
this situation which measures of central tendency is most suitable and give
your reason.
c) The government has a plan to introduce health policies based on the family
income. The policies are to be designed so that the family members will get
health benefits and the nominal payment levels will be fixed based on their
annual income of families. How will you go about it using averages and
which one you prefer in this case? Also state the reasons.
2.
a) Assume that you are planning to conduct market survey about green food
products from the public using questionnaire as a tool for data collection.
You are conducting pilot study to validate the tool and to perform data
collection. You want to decide the same size and how will you decide?
Explain.
b) For the same study, you want to know the satisfaction of the green food
product consumers and when the population is known, how will you decide
your sample size?
4
3. Give a situation to apply cluster analysis and explain the steps as well as the
expected result according to you.
4. Assume that you carried out ANOVA using a statistical package. Please sketch
the important outputs are to be discussed in this analysis. Give interpretation,
for the whole result.
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. The study of international business is not different from the study of domestic
business. Thus, there is no point in having a separate course on international
business. “Evaluate this statement”.
2 ‘’Some argue that the WTO is the third pillar of global business. But many
argue that the WTO is the Wrong Trade Organisation’’. Critically comment.
3. You are the assistant to the CEO of a small textile firm that manufactures
quality, premium priced and stylish clothing. The CEO has decided to see what
the opportunities for exporting and asked you for advice as to the steps the
company should take. What advice would you give?
4. “Export incentives are major factor to encourage the development of the FDI” –
Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. – Assignment- /1ST Year/ AUP/709/C-900
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 2020
ANNAMALAI ASSIGNMENT ANSWER 2020
ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWERS PROVIDED
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA ASSIGNMENT 2019-20 ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA FIRST YEAR ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA SECOND YEAR ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA INFORMATION SYSTEM ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA MARKETING MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA SAFETY MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
CONTACT
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
3. Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
3. Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
4
1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
3. An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software
tool such as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for
the package. The features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up
details of new projects and updating the project details with information about
actual work completed. Draw up quality specifications in respect of the qualities
of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3) Recoverability
4. ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for
allotment of engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top
colleges. The product has to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be
considered. Describe the appropriate product development life cycle and the
standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of
human resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of
human resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine. 15
persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while 25
contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine, use
X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of X
square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
4
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION
1. It is not imperative that consumers always go through the strides in the
‘Hierarchy of effects model’. Defend.
2. Do ‘Persuasion advertising form’ benefit company if the competition increases –
Justify.
3. Trace and explicate an activity which is having capability to complement and
supplement the functions of marketing.
4. Justify the rationality of placing texture and visual weight as focal of visual
aesthetics.
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ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER 2020
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
3. Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
3. Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
4
1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
3. An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software
tool such as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for
the package. The features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up
details of new projects and updating the project details with information about
actual work completed. Draw up quality specifications in respect of the qualities
of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3) Recoverability
4. ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for
allotment of engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top
colleges. The product has to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be
considered. Describe the appropriate product development life cycle and the
standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing”.–
Comment.
4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Keerthi purchases some goods on credit from Durai, payable within 3 months.
After 2 months, Keerthi makes out a blank cheque in favour of Durai, signs and
delivers it to Durai with a request to fill up the amount due, as Keerthi does not
know the exact amount payable by him.
Durai fills up fraudulently the amount larger than the amount payable by
Keerthi and endorses the cheque to Bala in full payment of Durai’s own due.
Keerthi’s cheque is dishonoured. Referring to the provisions of the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881, discuss the rights of Durai and Bala.
2. Describe the provisions of The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and how
does it differ from The Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
3. Explain the effect of a contract made by an agent with a third party – (a) where
the agent discloses the existence but not the name of the principal; and (b)
where the existence of the principal is not disclosed.
4. “Consumer Protection Act,1986 aims to provide for better protection of the
interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the
establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of
consumers’’ disputes and for matters connected therewith”- Examine.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Which measure of central tendency is used for the following situations? Justify
your answer.
a) Government wanted to decide the living standard of people based on
monthly income in various taluks in a state and wanted to compare the
taluks economic status. The family monthly incomes of various taluks were
collected. Which central tendency measure will be appropriate and why?
b) The state government wanted to introduce two types of family card based on
subsidy. The data were the same as the question (a). Lower the income the
subsidy will be more and higher income group will have less subsidiary. In
this situation which measures of central tendency is most suitable and give
your reason.
c) The government has a plan to introduce health policies based on the family
income. The policies are to be designed so that the family members will get
health benefits and the nominal payment levels will be fixed based on their
annual income of families. How will you go about it using averages and
which one you prefer in this case? Also state the reasons.
2.
a) Assume that you are planning to conduct market survey about green food
products from the public using questionnaire as a tool for data collection.
You are conducting pilot study to validate the tool and to perform data
collection. You want to decide the same size and how will you decide?
Explain.
b) For the same study, you want to know the satisfaction of the green food
product consumers and when the population is known, how will you decide
your sample size?
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3. Give a situation to apply cluster analysis and explain the steps as well as the
expected result according to you.
4. Assume that you carried out ANOVA using a statistical package. Please sketch
the important outputs are to be discussed in this analysis. Give interpretation,
for the whole result.
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. The study of international business is not different from the study of domestic
business. Thus, there is no point in having a separate course on international
business. “Evaluate this statement”.
2 ‘’Some argue that the WTO is the third pillar of global business. But many
argue that the WTO is the Wrong Trade Organisation’’. Critically comment.
3. You are the assistant to the CEO of a small textile firm that manufactures
quality, premium priced and stylish clothing. The CEO has decided to see what
the opportunities for exporting and asked you for advice as to the steps the
company should take. What advice would you give?
4. “Export incentives are major factor to encourage the development of the FDI” –
Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before” – Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of numerical
data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various methods for
collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
4
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks
would be expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
ANNAMALAI ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 2019-20
FOR ANSWER SHEETS CONTACT
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing”.–
Comment.
4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Keerthi purchases some goods on credit from Durai, payable within 3 months.
After 2 months, Keerthi makes out a blank cheque in favour of Durai, signs and
delivers it to Durai with a request to fill up the amount due, as Keerthi does not
know the exact amount payable by him.
Durai fills up fraudulently the amount larger than the amount payable by
Keerthi and endorses the cheque to Bala in full payment of Durai’s own due.
Keerthi’s cheque is dishonoured. Referring to the provisions of the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881, discuss the rights of Durai and Bala.
2. Describe the provisions of The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and how
does it differ from The Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
3. Explain the effect of a contract made by an agent with a third party – (a) where
the agent discloses the existence but not the name of the principal; and (b)
where the existence of the principal is not disclosed.
4. “Consumer Protection Act,1986 aims to provide for better protection of the
interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the
establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of
consumers’’ disputes and for matters connected therewith”- Examine.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Which measure of central tendency is used for the following situations? Justify
your answer.
a) Government wanted to decide the living standard of people based on
monthly income in various taluks in a state and wanted to compare the
taluks economic status. The family monthly incomes of various taluks were
collected. Which central tendency measure will be appropriate and why?
b) The state government wanted to introduce two types of family card based on
subsidy. The data were the same as the question (a). Lower the income the
subsidy will be more and higher income group will have less subsidiary. In
this situation which measures of central tendency is most suitable and give
your reason.
c) The government has a plan to introduce health policies based on the family
income. The policies are to be designed so that the family members will get
health benefits and the nominal payment levels will be fixed based on their
annual income of families. How will you go about it using averages and
which one you prefer in this case? Also state the reasons.
2.
a) Assume that you are planning to conduct market survey about green food
products from the public using questionnaire as a tool for data collection.
You are conducting pilot study to validate the tool and to perform data
collection. You want to decide the same size and how will you decide?
Explain.
b) For the same study, you want to know the satisfaction of the green food
product consumers and when the population is known, how will you decide
your sample size?
4
3. Give a situation to apply cluster analysis and explain the steps as well as the
expected result according to you.
4. Assume that you carried out ANOVA using a statistical package. Please sketch
the important outputs are to be discussed in this analysis. Give interpretation,
for the whole result.
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. The study of international business is not different from the study of domestic
business. Thus, there is no point in having a separate course on international
business. “Evaluate this statement”.
2 ‘’Some argue that the WTO is the third pillar of global business. But many
argue that the WTO is the Wrong Trade Organisation’’. Critically comment.
3. You are the assistant to the CEO of a small textile firm that manufactures
quality, premium priced and stylish clothing. The CEO has decided to see what
the opportunities for exporting and asked you for advice as to the steps the
company should take. What advice would you give?
4. “Export incentives are major factor to encourage the development of the FDI” –
Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies
ANNAMALAI MBA FM ASSIGNMENT 2019-20
ANSWERS PROVIDED
CONTACT
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31-03-2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2020-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15-04-20203will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each topic the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before” – Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of numerical
data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various methods for
collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
4
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks
would be expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
M.B.A. Assignment/FM/ 1ST YEAR/ AUP/ 709/ C-1500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 1ST YEAR/AUP/ 709/ C-2000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS
PROVIDED CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A.
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020 08-04-2019
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing”.–
Comment.
4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Keerthi purchases some goods on credit from Durai, payable within 3 months.
After 2 months, Keerthi makes out a blank cheque in favour of Durai, signs and
delivers it to Durai with a request to fill up the amount due, as Keerthi does not
know the exact amount payable by him.
Durai fills up fraudulently the amount larger than the amount payable by
Keerthi and endorses the cheque to Bala in full payment of Durai’s own due.
Keerthi’s cheque is dishonoured. Referring to the provisions of the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881, discuss the rights of Durai and Bala.
2. Describe the provisions of The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and how
does it differ from The Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
3. Explain the effect of a contract made by an agent with a third party – (a) where
the agent discloses the existence but not the name of the principal; and (b)
where the existence of the principal is not disclosed.
4. “Consumer Protection Act,1986 aims to provide for better protection of the
interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the
establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of
consumers’’ disputes and for matters connected therewith”- Examine.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Which measure of central tendency is used for the following situations? Justify
your answer.
a) Government wanted to decide the living standard of people based on
monthly income in various taluks in a state and wanted to compare the
taluks economic status. The family monthly incomes of various taluks were
collected. Which central tendency measure will be appropriate and why?
b) The state government wanted to introduce two types of family card based on
subsidy. The data were the same as the question (a). Lower the income the
subsidy will be more and higher income group will have less subsidiary. In
this situation which measures of central tendency is most suitable and give
your reason.
c) The government has a plan to introduce health policies based on the family
income. The policies are to be designed so that the family members will get
health benefits and the nominal payment levels will be fixed based on their
annual income of families. How will you go about it using averages and
which one you prefer in this case? Also state the reasons.
2.
a) Assume that you are planning to conduct market survey about green food
products from the public using questionnaire as a tool for data collection.
You are conducting pilot study to validate the tool and to perform data
collection. You want to decide the same size and how will you decide?
Explain.
b) For the same study, you want to know the satisfaction of the green food
product consumers and when the population is known, how will you decide
your sample size?
4
3. Give a situation to apply cluster analysis and explain the steps as well as the
expected result according to you.
4. Assume that you carried out ANOVA using a statistical package. Please sketch
the important outputs are to be discussed in this analysis. Give interpretation,
for the whole result.
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. The study of international business is not different from the study of domestic
business. Thus, there is no point in having a separate course on international
business. “Evaluate this statement”.
2 ‘’Some argue that the WTO is the third pillar of global business. But many
argue that the WTO is the Wrong Trade Organisation’’. Critically comment.
3. You are the assistant to the CEO of a small textile firm that manufactures
quality, premium priced and stylish clothing. The CEO has decided to see what
the opportunities for exporting and asked you for advice as to the steps the
company should take. What advice would you give?
4. “Export incentives are major factor to encourage the development of the FDI” –
Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. – Assignment- /1ST Year/ AUP/709/C-900
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 2020
ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWERS 2019-20
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA FIRST YEAR AND SECOND YEAR ASSIGNMENT ANSWERS
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
3. Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
3. Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
4
1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
3. An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software
tool such as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for
the package. The features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up
details of new projects and updating the project details with information about
actual work completed. Draw up quality specifications in respect of the qualities
of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3) Recoverability
4. ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for
allotment of engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top
colleges. The product has to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be
considered. Describe the appropriate product development life cycle and the
standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
1.2 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
1. “Cost volume profit analysis is an important analysis which is commonly applied
by the irresponsive of industries”. Do you accept? What are your comments
towards this statement? Discuss.
2. Inflation is a key factor and it must be duly considered while preparing all sorts
of budgets”. Do you agree? Justify your stand with your valuable inputs.
3. “There is a vast amount of practical gap on application of accounting practices
between Domestic and International Accounting”. Comment on this with your
valuable supportive arguments.
4. “Several issues are existing in International Financial statement Analysis and at
the same time many meaningful unlocking tools are there”. What is your
opinion? Comment on this.
1.3 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1. Do you find any correlations among Oil, Gold and exchange rates in terms of
their price change? Explain the interaction among them in the international
market survey.
2. Compare the benefits of liberalization with globalization, which influence the
economic growth of India in last two decades.
3. Whether under developed countries in WTO succeed their demands? Justify
your views with strong reasons.
4. Can you say that the modern theory of HECKSHER & OHLIN applies to the
Indian Economy in the post or pre-liberalization? Illustrate with supporting
data.
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1.4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
1. “Knowledge of International Business Environment is essential for the players of
International Business” – Elaborate with an example of multinational company.
2. “When is the time deemed to be the essence of the contract in performance of
contract and with what consequences? Pinch out the rules of law relating to the
time and place of performance in modern business environment.
3. “The effect of country’s political system on its business environment and
economic development”-Discuss
4. “India’s competitive advantage in industries like IT, Textiles, Gems and jewellery
–Strength and Threats”. Illustrate the statement.
1.5 FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
1. “Trends in foreign trade and the composition of imports and exports along with
its composition over the past years” – Discuss
2. Discuss India’s participation in UN peace keeping and its claim for a permanent
seat in the Security Council
3. Analyse the relevance of non-alignment in the post cold war period
4. In what way India’s foreign policy is instrumental/detrimental for the promotion
of India’s international trade? Illustrate your answer
1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE
1. Give an example of e-learning system implemented in India. Identify the
hardware, software and personal requirement for purpose of implementation of
such an educational system.
2. Discuss the security requirements of internet and Ecommerce application and
how these requirements are fulfilled by various hardware and software systems.
3. Compare and contrast the traditional business with electronic commerce in an
apparels business.
4. Once a company has acquired customer, the key to maximizing revenue is
keeping them. Explain how e-commerce is helpful in customer retention?
1.7 COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS
1. “For productive business meetings, listening and non verbal communication
skills are the key attributes”. Explain with appropriate examples.
2. “A cry of agony is more powerful than the tale of woe”. Elaborate this statement
in the context of Non-verbal communication. State the positive and negative
gesture in non-verbal communication.
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3. Elucidate the measures that have to be considered in managing the cross
cultural communication with examples.
4. “Pen is mightier than sword”. Explain this statement, elaborating the strength
of written communication.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing”.–
Comment.
4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
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1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Keerthi purchases some goods on credit from Durai, payable within 3 months.
After 2 months, Keerthi makes out a blank cheque in favour of Durai, signs and
delivers it to Durai with a request to fill up the amount due, as Keerthi does not
know the exact amount payable by him.
Durai fills up fraudulently the amount larger than the amount payable by
Keerthi and endorses the cheque to Bala in full payment of Durai’s own due.
Keerthi’s cheque is dishonoured. Referring to the provisions of the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881, discuss the rights of Durai and Bala.
2. Describe the provisions of The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and how
does it differ from The Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
3. Explain the effect of a contract made by an agent with a third party – (a) where
the agent discloses the existence but not the name of the principal; and (b)
where the existence of the principal is not disclosed.
4. “Consumer Protection Act,1986 aims to provide for better protection of the
interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the
establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of
consumers’’ disputes and for matters connected therewith”- Examine.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Which measure of central tendency is used for the following situations? Justify
your answer.
a) Government wanted to decide the living standard of people based on
monthly income in various taluks in a state and wanted to compare the
taluks economic status. The family monthly incomes of various taluks were
collected. Which central tendency measure will be appropriate and why?
b) The state government wanted to introduce two types of family card based on
subsidy. The data were the same as the question (a). Lower the income the
subsidy will be more and higher income group will have less subsidiary. In
this situation which measures of central tendency is most suitable and give
your reason.
c) The government has a plan to introduce health policies based on the family
income. The policies are to be designed so that the family members will get
health benefits and the nominal payment levels will be fixed based on their
annual income of families. How will you go about it using averages and
which one you prefer in this case? Also state the reasons.
2.
a) Assume that you are planning to conduct market survey about green food
products from the public using questionnaire as a tool for data collection.
You are conducting pilot study to validate the tool and to perform data
collection. You want to decide the same size and how will you decide?
Explain.
b) For the same study, you want to know the satisfaction of the green food
product consumers and when the population is known, how will you decide
your sample size?
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3. Give a situation to apply cluster analysis and explain the steps as well as the
expected result according to you.
4. Assume that you carried out ANOVA using a statistical package. Please sketch
the important outputs are to be discussed in this analysis. Give interpretation,
for the whole result.
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. The study of international business is not different from the study of domestic
business. Thus, there is no point in having a separate course on international
business. “Evaluate this statement”.
2 ‘’Some argue that the WTO is the third pillar of global business. But many
argue that the WTO is the Wrong Trade Organisation’’. Critically comment.
3. You are the assistant to the CEO of a small textile firm that manufactures
quality, premium priced and stylish clothing. The CEO has decided to see what
the opportunities for exporting and asked you for advice as to the steps the
company should take. What advice would you give?
4. “Export incentives are major factor to encourage the development of the FDI” –
Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. MARKETING MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020 30-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of
human resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of
human resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine. 15
persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while 25
contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine, use
X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of X
square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
4
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION
1. It is not imperative that consumers always go through the strides in the
‘Hierarchy of effects model’. Defend.
2. Do ‘Persuasion advertising form’ benefit company if the competition increases –
Justify.
3. Trace and explicate an activity which is having capability to complement and
supplement the functions of marketing.
4. Justify the rationality of placing texture and visual weight as focal of visual
aesthetics.
M.B.A. Assignment/ MM/ 1STYear/ AUP/ 709/ C-500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
MBA HRM ANNAMALAI ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 1ST YEAR/AUP/ 709/ C-2000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
MBA E BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT
MBA E BUSINESS ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
PROVIDED CONTACT
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. E-BUSINESS
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/-: 15.04.2020
NOTE:
Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner on
all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA Assignments” and
sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University,
Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
3. Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
3. Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
4
1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
3. An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software
tool such as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for
the package. The features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up
details of new projects and updating the project details with information about
actual work completed. Draw up quality specifications in respect of the qualities
of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3) Recoverability
4. ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for
allotment of engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top
colleges. The product has to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be
considered. Describe the appropriate product development life cycle and the
standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
M.B.A. Assignment/ E.B./ 1ST YR/AUP/709/C-100
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
ANNMALAI MBA GENERAL ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
ANNMALAI ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A.
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020 08-04-2019
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing”.–
Comment.
4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Keerthi purchases some goods on credit from Durai, payable within 3 months.
After 2 months, Keerthi makes out a blank cheque in favour of Durai, signs and
delivers it to Durai with a request to fill up the amount due, as Keerthi does not
know the exact amount payable by him.
Durai fills up fraudulently the amount larger than the amount payable by
Keerthi and endorses the cheque to Bala in full payment of Durai’s own due.
Keerthi’s cheque is dishonoured. Referring to the provisions of the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881, discuss the rights of Durai and Bala.
2. Describe the provisions of The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and how
does it differ from The Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
3. Explain the effect of a contract made by an agent with a third party – (a) where
the agent discloses the existence but not the name of the principal; and (b)
where the existence of the principal is not disclosed.
4. “Consumer Protection Act,1986 aims to provide for better protection of the
interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the
establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of
consumers’’ disputes and for matters connected therewith”- Examine.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Which measure of central tendency is used for the following situations? Justify
your answer.
a) Government wanted to decide the living standard of people based on
monthly income in various taluks in a state and wanted to compare the
taluks economic status. The family monthly incomes of various taluks were
collected. Which central tendency measure will be appropriate and why?
b) The state government wanted to introduce two types of family card based on
subsidy. The data were the same as the question (a). Lower the income the
subsidy will be more and higher income group will have less subsidiary. In
this situation which measures of central tendency is most suitable and give
your reason.
c) The government has a plan to introduce health policies based on the family
income. The policies are to be designed so that the family members will get
health benefits and the nominal payment levels will be fixed based on their
annual income of families. How will you go about it using averages and
which one you prefer in this case? Also state the reasons.
2.
a) Assume that you are planning to conduct market survey about green food
products from the public using questionnaire as a tool for data collection.
You are conducting pilot study to validate the tool and to perform data
collection. You want to decide the same size and how will you decide?
Explain.
b) For the same study, you want to know the satisfaction of the green food
product consumers and when the population is known, how will you decide
your sample size?
4
3. Give a situation to apply cluster analysis and explain the steps as well as the
expected result according to you.
4. Assume that you carried out ANOVA using a statistical package. Please sketch
the important outputs are to be discussed in this analysis. Give interpretation,
for the whole result.
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. The study of international business is not different from the study of domestic
business. Thus, there is no point in having a separate course on international
business. “Evaluate this statement”.
2 ‘’Some argue that the WTO is the third pillar of global business. But many
argue that the WTO is the Wrong Trade Organisation’’. Critically comment.
3. You are the assistant to the CEO of a small textile firm that manufactures
quality, premium priced and stylish clothing. The CEO has decided to see what
the opportunities for exporting and asked you for advice as to the steps the
company should take. What advice would you give?
4. “Export incentives are major factor to encourage the development of the FDI” –
Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. – Assignment- /1ST Year/ AUP/709/C-900
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 2020
ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA HRM ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA FM ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA MM ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
FOR ALL ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWERS
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 1ST YEAR/AUP/ 709/ C-2000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
ANNAMALAI MBA INFORMATION SYSTEMS
ANNAMALAI MBA INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANSWER SHEETS
PROVIDED CONTACT
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SEVEN papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before.” – Discuss.
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities. – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing.”
– Comment.
4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
1.3 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
3
1.4 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the plc. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
MEDIA? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources.” In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
1. Suggest the factors governing the choice of site for a manufacturing plant in a
city or sub- urban part of a city.
2. Give a specimen of Gantt Charts which is normally used in the production
planning and control department and describe briefly how it could be used for
checking the actual progress of a job against the schedule.
3. Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an industry. Explain some
methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an industrial purchasing. Why
should the purchasing documents be legally sound?
4. Elaborate the various costs that are involved in inventory problems with suitable
examples. How are they inter related?
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1.7 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” – Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with
the following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India) .ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
M.B.A. Assignment /I.S./1ST YEAR /AUP/709/C-250
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
Annamalai MBA MM Assignment
ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. MARKETING MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020 30-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of
human resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of
human resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine. 15
persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while 25
contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine, use
X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of X
square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
4
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION
1. It is not imperative that consumers always go through the strides in the
‘Hierarchy of effects model’. Defend.
2. Do ‘Persuasion advertising form’ benefit company if the competition increases –
Justify.
3. Trace and explicate an activity which is having capability to complement and
supplement the functions of marketing.
4. Justify the rationality of placing texture and visual weight as focal of visual
aesthetics.
M.B.A. Assignment/ MM/ 1STYear/ AUP/ 709/ C-500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI MBA FM ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
PROVIDED CONTACT
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31-03-2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2020-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15-04-20203will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each topic the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before” – Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of numerical
data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various methods for
collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
4
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks
would be expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
M.B.A. Assignment/FM/ 1ST YEAR/ AUP/ 709/ C-1500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI MBA HRM ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
PROVIDED CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialisation.
Last date for submission: 28.02.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.202015-03-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription
“MBA Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
1. Organizational development is in enviable and continuous process. As a
consultant how do you accept this statement? Give your views.
2. Power and politics are associated factors .As a management student how would
you relate and compare both power and politics in organizational development
context.
3. Organizational interventions are different in its significance. How would you
classify and apply those interventions for organizational development. Discuss.
4. As OD consultant what type of changes and levels of changes you would observe
and study in any organization.
2.2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Evolve a new evaluation scheme for training Bank officials training programmes
that is capable of eliminating the disadvantages from the existing evaluation
scheme – Discuss.
2. Identify the ways and options to fill performance gaps- with example.
3. HR functionaries are better suited to become trainers than line managers. They
don’t require training as they are experts in training. Give at least four
arguments for against this statement.
4. Prepare a developmental job assignment for a newly joined marketing trainee
who is found to be having high potential – Give example.
2.3 LABOUR WELFARE
1) Elucidate and discuss the various obstacles in the growth of Trade Unions in
India.
2) Explain the concept and objectives of ‘Social Security’. Give a brief account of
the various social security schemes available in India.
3) Enumerate the contributions of Labour Legislations in India towards Industrial
growth.
4) Explain the following in detail
a) Suggestions to Strengthen Trade Unions in India
b) Benefits of Collective Bargaining
c) Prevention of Industrial Disputes in India
d) Need and Importance of Labour Welfare in India.
2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. In analyzing industrial relations, the role of social change cannot be overlooked.
As it equally influences both employee and management, which is obvious from
the fact that today’s management has increasingly become professional, there is
a greater thrust on the use of behaviour techniques in dealing with human side
of enterprise – Do you agree with the statement? Justify.
3
2. “The responsibility of nurturing a healthy industrial climate lies with the
management, the unions and the government. The political parties, the
community and the society should also play a decisive role in improving the
existing industrial relations and if there is any dispute or conflict, it should be
settled by mutual negotiation or conciliation or voluntary arbitration” –
Comment on the above statement and suggest the ways of promoting industrial
peace at this juncture.
3. The industrial relations can be viewed from the various angles which may range
from the economic and social, political to the legal, psychological and
managerial. But none of these give a perfect view of industrial relations but
certainly adds to our intellectual dimensions in this context – Critically evaluate
the statement and relate any two approaches of industrial relations system to
the above circumstances.
4. The effect of both strikes and lockouts are the same, as they both ensure that
workers will be away from work. Examine whether and why management wants
to declare lockouts and when workers want to go on strikes. Also identify the
ways and means of resolving such disputes within the organisation and
through alternative mechanisms.
2.5 WAGES AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION
1. Compare and contrast wage fixation principles and practices in public and
private sector.
2. What is the basis for occupational wage differentials support with live
examples?
3. Write an essay on executive compensation practices in India.
4. Why pay commission abolition proposed by government of India? Give SWOT
analytical report.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry.
Give an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and
failure.
4
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” – Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. “Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of
buying and selling of goods or services using electronic systems. List-out the
applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in
E-Commerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line
business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” –Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with the
following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India). ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 2ND YEAR/ AUP/709/C-2050
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI MBA SAFETY MANAGEMENT
ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
In technical Collaboration with
NIFS
(Institute of Fire Engineering & Safety Management)
M.B.A. (SAFETY MANAGEMENT)
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019-2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students have to write assignments for EIGHT courses as per instructions.
Last Date for Submission : 10.03.2020
With late fee Rs.200/- : 31.03.2020
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 31.05.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the students concerned and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on foolscap paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA (Safety Management) Assignments” and sent to The Programme Co-ordinator, NIFS, Respective PCP Study Centre by Registered post or in person.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with Enrolment Number and the Title of the courses.
6. A fine of Rs. 200/- will be imposed to students who submits assignments after the due date. The Demand Draft towards fine should be drawn in favour of NIFS, payable of Visakhapatnam.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each course out of the FOUR. For each topic the answer should not exceed 15 pages. Each assignment carries 12.5 marks [2 topics]
[2]
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Organizational Behaviour is manipulative, because it serves only the interests of managements comment.
2. Do you think group thinking is better than individuals in solving organizational problem? If yes, why? If no, why?
3. “Once satisfied need is no more a motivators”. Discuss.
4. How behaviour can be understood better through transactional analysis?
1.2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Construct a questionnaire for collecting information for job analysis in your own organization.
2. Outline the factors influencing personnel environment in India and discuss their implications.
3. Explain in detail the different methods of on-the-job training and off the training for employees of a steel manufacturing company.
4. Discuss in detail the various steps involved in the selection process.
[3]
1.3 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. Write in detail the current Indian Marketing Scenario.
2. What it product positioning? Explain the features of a good product positioning technique.
3. “New product development is not an easy task” Comment.
4. List down various pricing strategies. Justify the right pricing strategy for a new product launched in the market giving good reasons for its success.
1.4 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss in detail the functions performed by the finance manager.
2. What are the key differences between debt and equity? Also highlight the advantages and disadvantages for a company while deciding the capital structure.
3. What are long term sources of finance? Explain the importance and uses of each source.
4. What is working capital management? Write notes on the determinants of working capital.
[4]
1.5 FUNDAMENTALS OF SAFETY
1. In the syllabus of fundamental safety, what are the accidents prevention measures to be adopted? Discuss about them with examples.
2. Explain A to Z of Electrical Safety.
3. Write about Personal Protective System with neat diagrams and explain with accidents associated if PPEs are not worn.
4. In the syllabus of fundamental safety, what are the management systems that are adopted?
1.6 SAFETY AND THE LAW
1. As per Factory Act 1948, analyze and evaluate
a. Welfare Measures,
b. Working hours for Adults,
c. Employment of young persons
d. Leave with wages
e. Special Provisions
2. As per Factory Act 1948, amended in 1987, the primary responsibilities have been fixed as per Sections 7A and 7B. Discuss
3. Discuss on Sections 11 A, 41 H, 87 A.
4. As per the amended act 1987, Health Protection as per Section 7 A(E), 41 F, 41 C and 41 H. Highlight the significance of these provisions.
[5]
1.7 FIRE ENGINEERING
1. Prepare a manpower plan for a Fire Safety Department of medium size chemical factory.
2. Design a suitable type of Fire Detection and Alarm System for a LPG Bottling Plant.
3. You are appointed as Head of Fire Safety Department of a Jute Mill. There is a need to install a Fire Hydrant System. How will you go about it?
4. Draw a line sketch of an ideal Fire Station. State duties of the personnel at different positions.
1.8 SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
1. It is a fact that accidents do not just Happen.
➔ “They are caused” Discuss in brief.
➔ Give examples and case studies. What is accident proneness?
2. Discuss on a First step in SAFETY, Second Step in SAFETY
Third Step – How you take the advantages of Factories Act 1948,
Fourth Step – How you ensure Safe working? List out various sections.
As a Safety Officer how you involve on the above dimensions.
3. Discuss the various work place hazards. Suggest remedial action.
4. Construction Industry is considered to be the most Hazardous Industry. As a Safety Officer, how would deal in preventing Injuries and pollution.
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
FOR ALL ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A.
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020 08-04-2019
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing”.–
Comment.
4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Keerthi purchases some goods on credit from Durai, payable within 3 months.
After 2 months, Keerthi makes out a blank cheque in favour of Durai, signs and
delivers it to Durai with a request to fill up the amount due, as Keerthi does not
know the exact amount payable by him.
Durai fills up fraudulently the amount larger than the amount payable by
Keerthi and endorses the cheque to Bala in full payment of Durai’s own due.
Keerthi’s cheque is dishonoured. Referring to the provisions of the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881, discuss the rights of Durai and Bala.
2. Describe the provisions of The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and how
does it differ from The Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
3. Explain the effect of a contract made by an agent with a third party – (a) where
the agent discloses the existence but not the name of the principal; and (b)
where the existence of the principal is not disclosed.
4. “Consumer Protection Act,1986 aims to provide for better protection of the
interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the
establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of
consumers’’ disputes and for matters connected therewith”- Examine.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Which measure of central tendency is used for the following situations? Justify
your answer.
a) Government wanted to decide the living standard of people based on
monthly income in various taluks in a state and wanted to compare the
taluks economic status. The family monthly incomes of various taluks were
collected. Which central tendency measure will be appropriate and why?
b) The state government wanted to introduce two types of family card based on
subsidy. The data were the same as the question (a). Lower the income the
subsidy will be more and higher income group will have less subsidiary. In
this situation which measures of central tendency is most suitable and give
your reason.
c) The government has a plan to introduce health policies based on the family
income. The policies are to be designed so that the family members will get
health benefits and the nominal payment levels will be fixed based on their
annual income of families. How will you go about it using averages and
which one you prefer in this case? Also state the reasons.
2.
a) Assume that you are planning to conduct market survey about green food
products from the public using questionnaire as a tool for data collection.
You are conducting pilot study to validate the tool and to perform data
collection. You want to decide the same size and how will you decide?
Explain.
b) For the same study, you want to know the satisfaction of the green food
product consumers and when the population is known, how will you decide
your sample size?
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3. Give a situation to apply cluster analysis and explain the steps as well as the
expected result according to you.
4. Assume that you carried out ANOVA using a statistical package. Please sketch
the important outputs are to be discussed in this analysis. Give interpretation,
for the whole result.
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. The study of international business is not different from the study of domestic
business. Thus, there is no point in having a separate course on international
business. “Evaluate this statement”.
2 ‘’Some argue that the WTO is the third pillar of global business. But many
argue that the WTO is the Wrong Trade Organisation’’. Critically comment.
3. You are the assistant to the CEO of a small textile firm that manufactures
quality, premium priced and stylish clothing. The CEO has decided to see what
the opportunities for exporting and asked you for advice as to the steps the
company should take. What advice would you give?
4. “Export incentives are major factor to encourage the development of the FDI” –
Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. – Assignment- /1ST Year/ AUP/709/C-900
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 2020
ANNAMALAI MBA HRM ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
CONTACT
PRASANTH BE MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 1ST YEAR/AUP/ 709/ C-2000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
ANNAMALAI MBA FM ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
ANNAMALAI MBA FM ASSIGNMENT 2019-20 QUESTION AND ANSWER
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31-03-2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2020-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15-04-20203will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each topic the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before” – Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of numerical
data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various methods for
collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
4
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks
would be expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
M.B.A. Assignment/FM/ 1ST YEAR/ AUP/ 709/ C-1500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI MBA SECOND YEAR ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
FOR FULL ANSWER SHEETS CONTACT
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. SECOND YEAR
Academic Year : 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers as specialisation.
Last date for submission: 28.02.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.2020
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
2.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
2.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
2.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
2.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Identify five common project risk strategies employed to address the threats in
the new Mall construction. Give an example of each.
2. How the software projects are different from other project. Describe the various
phases of software project life cycle with the illustration.
3. Critically examine the generic strategies that can help an entrepreneur to
maintain competitive advantage of their products. Use the relevant examples to
support the answer.
4. Does Government of India policy measures are promoting Women
entrepreneurship in India? Suggest the ways to develop women entrepreneurs.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry. Give
an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and failure.
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” –Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 HRM : (a) LABOUR WELFARE AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. “Favourable working environment enhances the efficiency of workers and
includes proper illumination, safety, temperature, ventilation, sanitation,
cleanliness and canteen facilities”. Comment
2. Do you agree that the problems of social security in industries have become
complex due to inadequate training, lack of education, low wages and the
failure to make provisions against the industrial hazards by industries? Justify
your stand with valid reasons.
3. “Collective bargaining assumes collective wisdom of both management and
labour”-Discuss.
4. Why trade unions in India suffer from multiplicity, inter-union rivalry and
politicization? Suggest remedial measures to be taken to safeguard the trade
unions from these issues.
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2.7.1 HRM: (b) TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. If training is the possible solution, then find out the best approaches in a given
situation like coaching, mentoring, feedback, classroom training, team building
– Give example.
2. Evolve a new evaluation scheme for training of bank officials to eliminate the
disadvantages of existing evaluation scheme
3. HR functionaries are better suited to become trainers than line managers. They
don’t require training as they are experts in training. Give at least four
arguments for against this statement.
4. Prepare a developmental job assignment for a newly joined marketing trainee
who is found to be having high potential – Give example.
2.7.2 MM : (a) SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1. Give the picture of Impact of sales motivation on FMCG organizational
performance of P&G.
2. Is Personal selling practices the best way to enhance sales of industrial Products
in power sector? Give your answer and justify.
3. Discuss the sales promotions and advertising effect on sales performance of
consumer goods of Unilever.
4. ‘GIG’ Economy and freelancers as distribution agents in food delivery service.
Bring out its future trend in India.
2.7.2 MM: (b) MARKETING RESEARCH AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. How marketing research helps for the FMCG manufacturing company for
segmenting the market.
2. Develop a questionnaire for conducting survey for meaning hospital service
quality.
3. Marketing research agencies plays a major role in today’s business world
though it has demerits – Explain with example.
4. What are the application areas of market research in present scenario and
explain about any three of them with examples.
2.7.3 FM: (a) INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. As an investment advisor what feature would you suggest being included in the
investment bunch of a client? And also suggest where an investor should be
careful. Consider the above statements and keep the present situation in mind
Give your suggestions.
2. The technical analyst places a great deal of importance on supply and demand
in stock pricing. Presumably the fundamental analyst also believes that supply
and demand are important. In what ways do the two groups disagree on the
subject?
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3. ”The concept of a random walk in stock prices is bizarre and implies totally
irrational behaviour by the investing public. Nothing could be further from the
truth than random walk. Prices are related to fundamental economic worth is
misleading.” – Comment.
4. Comment on the following statement “since Markowitz portfolio theory requires
so many assumptions, the notion that investors should be concerned with the
risk of the overall portfolio rather than the risk of the individual securities is
misleading”.
2.7.3 FM: (b) MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Discuss the features of the framework of regulation of the credit information
companies in India. What are the regulatory and supervisory objectives of the
RBI in relation to the NBFCs? Explain the main elements of the RBI framework
of NBFC regulation.
2. Do you think credit analysis is essential before providing loan to customers?
Explain various credit appraisal techniques used by commercial banks to
analyse the credit worthiness of borrowers.
3. “Tax considerations give a definite advantage to hire purchase financing option”
Do you agree? Explain
4. What kind of changes needed in the venture capital financing when an economy
is in the recession? Suggest some strategies approaches that are well suited for
venture capital financing for industrial activities.
2.7.4 PM: (a) PRODUCTION, PLANNING, CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE
1. Write your own idea about the Concept of division of labour and how it
can be applied to Production planning and control.
2. Is the Production planning and control function getting to be increasingly
people-centric? If so, what may be the reason?
3. Write your prognosis for the future of Production planning and control
discipline in general.
4. Assume yourself as a Maintenance manager in a Hotel Industry. Write your
views about the merits and demerits of different types of Maintenance that can
be practiced in Hotel Industry.
2.7.4 PM: (b) QUALITY MANAGEMENT
1. The plan-do-check-act (PDCA) principles are another essential tool for
implementing a TQM programme successfully in Indian organisations. Are you
agreeing PDCA also referred to as the Deming Wheel, is the principles of
continuous improvement?
2. Cross functional management recognises that no organisational unit can by
itself control every aspect of the business operations to ensure that the
customer’s requirements are met.
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3. Quality policy is a broad guide to action. It is a statement of principles. A policy
differs from a procedure which details how some activity shall be accomplished.
Thus a quality policy might state that quality cost will be measured.
4. To organise companywide QC circle symposiums of which the results of QC
circle activities can be announced. Making presentation of QC circle activities is
a valuable method of ensuring the QC circle summarizes the results of their
activities.
2.7.5 SYSTEMS: (a) PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
1. Prepare an Advertisement for launching a new product using Superscript,
format the cells and make a macros and mail merge the final copy. Prepare a
links for the highlighted products.
2. Prepare an Excel Sheets purchase of new machineries to XYZ Company by
using Various Mathematical Functions, Statistical functions, financial
functions, and Text functions. Attach the copy of excel sheets for each
functions.
3. Discuss the procedure and advantages of creating Personal signature file
message. Attach the image of this and discuss the steps followed in creating the
personal signature file. Explain the role of ISDN and ISP in creation process.
Attach the image for all the process.
4. With the rise of social media, many small businesses have had to alter their
operational strategies to adapt. Social media affects business of all sizes in
several different ways. Because of social media, businesses must make their
brands more personal, market their products differently and communicate with
customers in new ways – Comment this statement with reasonable points.
2.7.5 (b) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1. Few eBay users believe that the use of sniping software is unfair and that eBay
should prohibit its use. Present the facts and logical arguments that would
convince eBay to prohibit the use of sniping software.
2. Visit the website of Air India (www.airindia.in) & Spice Jet (www.spicejet.com)
and compare them.
3. Visit the applications area of www.oracle.com and www.microsoft.com to find
any difference between Oracle’s ERP and Microsoft’s Dynamics. Submit detailed
report regarding this.
4. Construct an ER diagram for a departmental store. Take the entities to define
different activities (like purchase, sales), different types of employees (e.g.
manager, supervisor), section (e.g. cosmetics, kids), customers and other
departments of the store. Take appropriate attributes to define the entities.
Construct appropriate table from the diagram.
M.B.A. Assignment/ 2nd Year/ AUP/709/ C-900
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI MBA FM 349 ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
FOR ANSWER SHEETS AS PER REQUIREMENT CONTACT
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as
specialisation.
Last date for submission : 28-02-2020
Last date for submission: with late fee `300/- : 16-03-2020 15-03-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16-03-2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
topic the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Discuss the features of the framework of regulation of the credit information
companies in India. What are the regulatory and supervisory objectives of the
RBI in relation to the NBFCs? Explain the main elements of the RBI framework
of NBFC regulation.
2. Do you think credit analysis is essential before providing loan to customers?
Explain various credit appraisal techniques used by commercial banks to
analyse the credit worthiness of borrowers.
3. “Tax considerations give a definite advantage to hire purchase financing option”
Do you agree? Explain
4. What kind of changes needed in the venture capital financing when an economy
is in the recession? Suggest some strategies approaches that are well suited for
venture capital financing for industrial activities.
2.2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. Describe the current trends in the balance of payments of some of the countries
of the Asia- pacific region.
2. “The International economy is fast turning into a borderless global economy”
Critically analyze in relation to International Financial system.
3. As an executive of a leading institution, what factors should you critically
evaluate with respect to a large industrial project, from the perspective of
environmental and economic viability.
4. “Exchange rate is focal point to understand the whole mechanism of monetary
system” Justify the statement with illustration
2.3 DERIVATIVES MANAGEMENT
1. “The basic purpose of derivatives instruments is to provide commitments to
price for future dates for giving against adverse movement in future prices.”
Discuss and critically examine the statement.
2. Options are the safest instrument for the investors for the investment purpose.
Options writer has limited profit and unlimited losses whereas option buyer has
limited losses and unlimited profits.” Critically evaluate the above statements
with suitable examples.
3. “Besides serving as a barometer of the economy /market, the index also has
other applications in finance.” – Elaborate the application of index.
4. “Forward contracts act as force runners of futures market” – Critically evaluate
the statement in the light of growth of forward market worldwide.
3
2.4 RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE
1. Elaborate the loss control measures of any manufacturing company of your
choice.
2. Describe the structure of Indian general insurance industry and explain the
products being offered by them.
3. From the balance sheet of a company of your choice, analyze all risk and ERM
from asset side and from liability’s side. Create a list of actions for the ERM
functions.
4. “Privatization of insurance sector has led to substantial growth in the insurance
business in India and also led to improvement in confidence among policy
holders.” – Give your comments
2.5 INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. As an investment advisor what feature would you suggest being included in the
investment bunch of a client? And also suggest where an investor should be
careful. Consider the above statements and keep the present situation in mind
Give your suggestions.
2. The technical analyst places a great deal of importance on supply and demand
in stock pricing. Presumably the fundamental analyst also believes that supply
and demand are important. In what ways do the two groups disagree on the
subject?
3. ”The concept of a random walk in stock prices is bizarre and implies totally
irrational behaviour by the investing public. Nothing could be further from the
truth than random walk. Prices are related to fundamental economic worth.”
Comment
4. Comment on the following statement “since Markowitz portfolio theory requires
so many assumptions, the notion that investors should be concerned with the
risk of the overall portfolio rather than the risk of the individual securities is
misleading.”
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry.
Give an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and
failure.
4
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” – Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of
buying and selling of goods or services using electronic systems. List out the
applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in ECommerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line
business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate your view with the
following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India). ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
M.B.A. Assignment /FM/ 2ND Year/AUP/709/ C-1500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI MBA IB 179 SECOND YEAR QUESTIONS
FOR ANSWER SHEETS AS PER REQUIREMENT CONTACT
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year : 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers as specialization.
Last date for submission: 28.02.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.202015-03-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Assume yourself as a managing director of a multinational corporation; what
are the measuring tools you will utilize to evaluate the impacts of inter country
differences on HRM? Justify your views with appropriate examples.
2. Place yourself in the position of being the head of HR department, how might
formally written job description help you to manage your work unit? What
would happen if your company decided not to use any job description at all?
3. What steps do you propose to take in case of a lay off caused by
(a) Seasonal fluctuations in demand
(b) Corporate restructuring
(c) Breakdown of machinery and equipment.
4. Give some examples of situation in which you wanted to do a great job but were
prevented from doing so. What was the impact on you, and what would this
suggest to you in your efforts to motivate other people to perform
2.2 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. How Domestic Marketing is different from global marketing? What factors
caused the growth of Internationalism since World War II? Discuss in Detail.
2. Explain the Different methods used by a researcher in conducting research in
an International Environment? Which method can be most effective while
collecting data about brand loyalty and why?
3. In general where do you think McDonald’s stands in the range of
standardization in terms of its global marketing?
4. Amazon.com has been an early winner in the on-line book business. Which
market segment has Amazon served? Are the Amazon target market segments
in the United States and the rest of the world identical?
2.3 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. Understand the factors that affect exchange rates in the short and long run and
how disequilibrium may occur in the exchange rate market
2.”In the absence of a common currency throughout the world, a series of problems
arise in International cash management.” What are these problems? How can
these problems be overcome?
3. An export company wants to raise capital from international markets. What are
the basic considerations the firm should take into account while making this
international financing decision? Explain
4. “An alterative to investing in foreign stock is to invest in the shares of domestic
MNCs”. – Discuss. Are MNCs likely to provide a reasonable substitute for
International portfolio investment?
3
2.4 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
1. In today’s business environment, what (in your opinion) are the most important
responsibilities of a logistics manager in overcoming competition? Support your
views.
2. “Many innovations on technology-based approaches are well-suited to the
enhancement of the effectiveness of Supply Chain Management”-Justify the
statement by giving few applications of information technology in SCM.
3. “Companies are giving more importance to supply chain while deriving business
strategy” – Substantiate your views with suitable examples in International
context.
4. As tough competition is going on in the market in all the fields, device
strategies to face competition of chain of stores like Big Bazaar. Explain
your views based on logistics management.
2.5 GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. McDonalds Expansion strategies in India: Whether beefing up or Beefless?
Substantiate your views and give suggestions as Management consultant.
2. There are number of strategies being practiced or followed by companies
globally. Still Recession takes place. In this context, do you suggest new
strategy or you face the recession with the existing strategies. How? Explain.
3. “Strategic planning deals with formulating, implementing and evaluating
strategies to perform the cross functional decision of the company” Do you
agree or disagree? Substantiate your views.
4. Discuss the age diversity issues at Ashok Leyland Limited (ALL), India’s second
largest commercial vehicle manufacturers. Explain how can eliminate this issue
from all.
2.6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES AND DOCUMENTATION
1. Elucidate the export and import financing schemes provided by the
government.
2. “BOT has a clear and dynamic role in advising government on relevant issues
connected with foreign trade” – Discuss.
3. Exports made on re-export basis shall not be counted for reorganization, why?
4. “Permissible credits in the EEFC.” –Discuss.
4
2.7.1: INTERNATIONAL MARKETING RESEARCH AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. Design an international marketing research for a multinational company
product.
2. Identify the principal methods that companies might use in assessing and
reviewing opportunities across international markets. Suggest alternate means
by which firms can prioritise and segment international markets.
3. How can you draw a strategy canvas for a software company for international
positioning of its products and services?
4. How do social and cultural influence the impact on international consumer
behaviour.
2.7.2 EXPORT & IMPORT FINANCE
1. Pre-shipment credit will help the exporter in Indian scenario – Discuss.
2. Inflation rate as well as interest rates will affect the value of currency rates –
Discuss.
3. “Export incentives are major factors to encourage the EXIM business”- Are you
agree?
4. “Credit Insurance agencies will help the exporter & importer in financial
payments” – prove it.
M.B.A. Assignment /IB/ 2nd Year/ AUP/ 709/C-400
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
ANNAMALAI MBA HRM 347 ASSIGNMENT ANSWER KEY PROVIDED
CONTACT:
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 1ST YEAR/AUP/ 709/ C-2000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
Annamalai MBA FM Assignment Questions
FOR ANSWERS CONTACT
PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31-03-2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2020-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15-04-20203will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each topic the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before” – Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of numerical
data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various methods for
collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
4
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks
would be expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
M.B.A. Assignment/FM/ 1ST YEAR/ AUP/ 709/ C-1500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
Annamalai MBA HRM FIRST YEAR ASSIGNMENT ANSWER
FOR FULL AND DETAILED ANSWER SHEETS AS PER REQUIREMENT CONTACT
DR. PRASANTH BE BBA MBA PH.D. MOBILE / WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
Q1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
ANSWER
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
These activities relate to the utilization of 4 types of inputs or resources from the environment—human, monetary, physical, and informational.
Human resources include managerial talent, labor, and so forth. Monetary resources are the financial capital the organization uses to finance both ongoing and long-term operations.
Physical resources include raw materials, office and production facilities, and equipment. Information resources are data and other kinds of information utilized by the organization.
The job of the manager is to combine and coordinate these resources to achieve the organization’s goals.
If we see our society closely, we will found management practices are being used everywhere, our praying place, social parties, transport system, schools and.
The concept of universality of management has several implications.
- First, managerial skills are transferable from one person to another.
- Secondly, management skills can be transferred from one organization to another.
- Thirdly, managerial skills can be important and exported from one country to another.
- Fourthly, this principle of universality serves as the basis of a general theory of management -a set of common principles.
Some experts support the universality of management on the group that whatever the situation and whatever the level of management, the management function is common.
Any manager must, one time or the other, perform the same managerial functions.
Q2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
ANSWER
Strategic planning means planning for making and implementing strategies to achieve organisational goals. It starts by asking oneself simple questions like : What are we doing, should we continue to do it or change our product line or the way of working, what is the impact of social, political, technological and other environmental factors on our operations, are we prepared to accept these changes etc.
Strategic planning helps in knowing where we are and where we want to go so that environmental threats and opportunities can be exploited, given the strengths and weaknesses of the organisation. Strategic planning is “a thorough self-examination regarding the goals and means of their accomplishment so that the enterprise is given both direction and cohesion.”……………..
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
ANSWER
Market segmentation is the process of dividing a market of potential customers into groups, or segments, based on different characteristics. The segments created are composed of consumers who will respond similarly to marketing strategies and who share traits such as similar interests, needs, or locations.
Market segmentation makes it easier for marketers to personalize their marketing campaigns.
- What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
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FIRST YEAR
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Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
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NOTE:
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3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
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Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
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Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
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4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
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4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
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Annamalai University MBA First Year Assignment 2020 Question and Answer
Q1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
Answer
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
These activities relate to the utilization of 4 types of inputs or resources from the environment—human, monetary, physical, and informational.
Human resources include managerial talent, labor, and so forth. Monetary resources are the financial capital the organization uses to finance both ongoing and long-term operations.
Physical resources include raw materials, office and production facilities, and equipment. Information resources are data and other kinds of information utilized by the organization.
The job of the manager is to combine and coordinate these resources to achieve the organization’s goals.
If we see our society closely, we will found management practices are being used everywhere, our praying place, social parties, transport system, schools and.
The concept of universality of management has several implications.
- First, managerial skills are transferable from one person to another.
- Secondly, management skills can be transferred from one organization to another…………..
Annamalai University MBA First Year Assignment 2020 Question and Answer
MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
Answer
Market segmentation is the process of dividing a market of potential customers into groups, or segments, based on different characteristics. The segments created are composed of consumers who will respond similarly to marketing strategies and who share traits such as similar interests, needs, or locations.
Market segmentation makes it easier for marketers to personalize their marketing campaigns.
By arranging their company’s target market into segmented groups, rather than targeting each potential customer individually, marketers can be more efficient with their time, money, and other resources than if they were targeting consumers on an individual level. Grouping similar consumers together allows marketers to target specific audiences in a cost effective manner.
Market segmentation also reduces the risk of an unsuccessful or ineffective marketing campaign. When marketers divide a market based on key characteristics and personalize their strategies based on that information, there is a much higher chance of success than if they were to create a generic campaign and try to implement it across all segments………..
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
Answer
Dividend refers to a reward, cash or otherwise, that a company gives to its shareholders. Dividends can be issued in various forms, such as cash payment, stocks or any other form. A company’s dividend is decided by its board of directors and it requires the shareholders’ approval. However, it is not obligatory for a company to pay dividend. Dividend is usually a part of the profit that the company shares with its shareholders.
After paying its creditors, a company can use part or whole of the residual profits to reward its shareholders as dividends. However, when firms face cash shortage or when it needs cash for reinvestments, it can also skip paying dividends. When a company announces dividend, it also fixes a record date and all shareholders who are registered as of that date become eligible to get dividend payout in proportion to their shareholding. The company usually mails the cheques to shareholders within in a week or so. Stocks are normally bought or sold with dividend until two business days ahead of the record date and then they turn ex-dividend. A recent study found that dividend-paying firms in India fell from 24 per cent in 2001 to almost 16 per cent in 2009 before rising to 19 per cent in 2010.
Q1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
ANSWER
Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the provision of product and service packages required by the end customers in a supply chain. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
There are myriad reasons for improving your supply chain (see below) but it is widely acknowledged that a tighter integration between a principal wholesaler and its (global) distributors can only improve the overall success of an organisation which is reliant on excellent service to the consumer.
A supply chain management system works well on a trusted ERP such as SAP Business One, particularly for distributor operations.
The biggest improvement can be seen when an organisation’s supply chain relies on information being exchanged between the principal and its distributors or different offices in various ways. Item master data and price lists can be pushed to distributors with the SAP integration tool – B1i. Subsequently, Crystal Reports and dashboards can be used to provide more intuitive reports across the business based on accurate and timely data.
Taking a simple sales process, this is how it would work:……
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Q1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of
human resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of
human resource planning.
ANSWER
Human resources undoubtedly play the most important part in the functioning of an organization. The term ‘resource’ or ‘human resource’ signifies potentials, abilities, capacities, and skills, which can be developed through continuous interaction in an organizational setting.
The interactions, interrelationships, and activities performed all contribute in some way or other to the development of human potential. Organizational productivity, growth of companies, and economic development are to a large extent contingent upon the effective utilization of human capacities.
Hence, it is essential for an organization to take steps for effective utilization of these resources. In the various stages in the growth of an organization, effective planning of human resources plays a key role. Matching the requirements of the job with the individual is important at all stages, including the recruitment procedures, in this endeavour……………………….
Annamalai University MBA First Year Assignment 2020 Question and Answer
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
Q2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
ANSWER
A statistical survey is any structured inquiry designed to obtain aggregated data, which may be qualitative or quantitative where the individual or corporate identities of the respondents are in themselves of little significance.
Statistical surveys in scope are not limited to those conducted by statistics divisions and do not necessarily involve completion of a form; telephone and personal interview surveys are also included……….
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
Q2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
ANSWER
Minutes of Annual General Body Meeting held on 24-Nov-2019
Agenda
- Welcome Speech
- Summary of Activities
- Presenting and Passing the Balance Sheet
- Increment of Monthly Subscription
- Beautification of Lobby and Front area
- Bathroom Leaks Rectification
- General matters to be discussed
- Any other points as deemed appropriate by the Chair
- Election of New Committee
- Vote of Thanks
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Q3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
ANSWER
As a leader, it’s important to be aware of your own perceptual biases and shortcuts. However, as difficult as these may be to overcome, you can always mitigate their impacts by being aware of how bias informs your perceptions and avoid jumping to conclusions.
In terms of effective leadership, recognising the impact of bias is extremely important as perceptual errors can lead to poor decision-making. This means you can never truly understand others if you don’t start by developing your own self-awareness.
To better understand yourself and others, it’s important to be aware that there are a number of sources of perceptual error, including:…………………..
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Q1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
These activities relate to the utilization of 4 types of inputs or resources from the environment—human, monetary, physical, and informational.
Human resources include managerial talent, labor, and so forth. Monetary resources are the financial capital the organization uses to finance both ongoing and long-term operations.
Physical resources include raw materials, office and production facilities, and equipment. Information resources are data and other kinds of information utilized by the organization.
The job of the manager is to combine and coordinate these resources to achieve the organization’s goals.
If we see our society closely, we will found management practices are being used everywhere, our praying place, social parties, transport system, schools and.
The concept of universality of management has several implications.
- First, managerial skills are transferable from one person to another.
- Secondly, management skills can be transferred from one organization to another.
- Thirdly, managerial skills can be important and exported from one country to another.
- Fourthly, this principle of universality serves as the basis of a general theory of management -a set of common principles.
Some experts support the universality of management on the group that whatever the situation and whatever the level of management, the management function is common.
Any manager must, one time or the other, perform the same managerial functions.
A set of common principles or a general theory of management underlies all organizations F.W. Taylor said that the fundamental principles of scientific management apply to all human activities from our simplest individual acts to work of our great corporations.
According to Koontz and O’Donnell,” Management fundamentals have universal application in every kind of enterprise and at every level of the enterprise.”
According to Foyal,” Acting in their managerial capacity, president, college deans, bishops, and head of government agencies, all do the same things.”
But, on the other hand, many other experts oppose the universality of management.
According to Peter Drucker “The skills, the competence, the experience of management cannot, as such, be transferred and applied to the organization and running of other institutions. A career in management is, by itself, not preparation for major political office or leadership in the armed force, the church or a university.”
According to C.Mc Millan and R.W. Gonzalez,” Management philosophy is culture-bound and it is not universally applicable. External forces affect management philosophy.”
Similarly, in a study of 3600 managers in fourteen countries, it was found that variations in managerial behavior patterns were due to identifiable cultural differences.
Management is required in all organizations.
The managerial function of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling are found in any enterprise.
According to Koontz and O’ Donell,” as a manager, each must at one time or another, carry out all the duties characteristic of managers. This is the principle of universality of the managerial function.”
The concept of universality implies that management and activities are transferable from one organization to another.
This mainly happens in the case of military people who often join the industry after retirement. There is, of course, an instance where such transfers have not been successful.
At last, no doubt, management is universals because its basic function is acceptable to all and applicable anywhere.
For example, my father makes a plan, my teacher makes a plan, a captain of a sports team makes a plan, a businessman makes a plan, an entrepreneur makes a plan, a professional (doctor, chartered accountant.etc) makes a plan, and even you and I make plans.
All of the above use other managerial functions as planning time to time to achieve their desired goals.
Now, it is clear that the functions and principles of management are universal, but according to the nature, size and another background of organizations, their application will differ according to circumstances.
So, no doubt that management is universal. But the practice of it is different in situations, positions, society.
There has been and still is considerable controversy about the universality of management process and functions. The area of management has a worldwide command and acceptability. Scholars have different views about whether management knowledge is applicable everywhere or not. If are the management knowledge has universal approach then it can be communicated through persons going from one country to another, persons from developing countries going to developed countries and going back after learning management principles or by organising management development programmes in developing countries.
Some scholars opine that management principles and processes have universal application. They feel that managerial principles can be applied in all types of business organisations and in every country. There are different views of management thinkers about universality of management. Authors like Henry Fayol, Taylor, James Lundy, Louis Allen, Dalton F. Mc Farland and Koontz and O’ Donnell are of the view that management has universal application. But there are others who do not subscribe to the view of universality of management. They include Joan Woodward, Ernest Dale, Peter Drucker, W. Oberg.
The fundamental functions of management like planning, organising, staffing, leading and controlling are basic and are performed by every manager in all organisations. The management process is similar among managers. In the words of Fayol, “There is a universal science of management applicable alike to commerce, industry, politics, religion, war or philanthropy.
It is argued that different countries have different cultures and varying levels of economic development. Culture consists of attitudes, beliefs and values of a society. There are differences in personality traits and educational, social, political and economic standards are also different. Since management is people oriented there is always a possibility that application of management principles will be affected by these factors. When the ground rules under which a manager operates are different in different cultures then common strategies of management will not be possible.
The objectives of an enterprise determine the type of management required. Different enterprises have different objectives so these managerial needs are linked to these objectives. According to Peter Drucker, the skills, the competence, and the experience of management cannot as such be transferred and applied to every type of institution. Only analytical and administrative types of skills and abilities can be transferred. Thus, management principles cannot be applied universally.
There are differences in philosophies of different organisations. Philosophies refer to those general concepts and integrated attitudes that are basic to an enterprise. Managers operate with a specific philosophy in a particular enterprise. This philosophy can be different even in same type of enterprises. These philosophies require different kinds of managerial techniques. Earnest Dale says, “No individual could be a good manager in religious, academic, military and business institutions of both communist and democratic countries, because the philosophies that underlie each, are very different and one person could not encompass so much.”
Since philosophies exert different influences on managerial working there cannot be any principles which can have universal application. Common laws, principles and concepts tend to be true in all managerial problems. Management principles can be applied in all types of organised human endeavours. In the words of F.W. Taylor, “The fundamental principles of scientific management are applicable to all kinds of human activities from our simplest individual acts to the work of our great corporations.”
Some people do not distinguish between management fundamentals and techniques. They oppose universality of management on the basis of techniques of management. Management techniques are the tools for performing managerial functions. Management techniques can differ from person to person, organisation to organisation or from country to country but basic principles and theories remain the same.
Management skills and principles are transferable from one person to another, from one organisation to another, from one country to another. When skills and principles can be transferred then it has universal applicability. Managers can be developed through education and training. This knowledge can be acquired by any one and anywhere so it is not related to particular caste, creed or country. All this is possible only if management is universal in nature.
Some experts feel that management principles and knowledge do not have universal application due to cross- cultural differences. They are also of the view that same management skills cannot be applied in all situations and fields and the skills are not transferable.
Peter Drucker is of the view that, “the skill, the competence, the experience of management cannot, as such be transferred and applied to the organisation and running of other institutions. A career in management is, by itself, not a preparation for major political office or for leadership in armed forces, the church or a university.” There is a difference in objectives of the organisations. Business organisations exist to maximise profitability whereas social organisations like clubs, educational institutions have social service as the objective. Different organisations with separate objectives will have to be managed differently.
There is a feeling that same person may not prove to be a good administrator in different organisations. The management of a business enterprise, a church, a hospital, a military academy may riot be the same because of their different philosophies. Even in the same category, the philosophy of enterprises may be different. One enterprise may aim to go for quick profits while the other may aim at long-term returns. The philosophies will exert different influences on productivity, organisation structure, pattern of communication, delegation of authority etc.
Some authors are of the opinion that cultural backgrounds of managers do have an influence on their working. Gonzale and Mc Millan concluded in their study that ‘management philosophy is culture- bound.’ They were also of the opinion that external environmental forces affect the management philosophy. W. Oberg also came to the conclusion that the applicability of management principles is limited to a particular culture.
The managers from traditional, religious and cultural bias societies will not have that scientific temperament which the managers from liberal social background may have. The differences in cultural backgrounds also limit the universality of management.
A Critical analysis of the above arguments brings out that every type of organization require management. Managerial functions like planning, organizing, staffing and controlling are to be performed in all types of organizations. The objectives of enterprises may differ but the type of situations to be dealt with by them are the same? Managers shift from one enterprise to another because they have general managerial skills and principles of management work are similar. It is obvious that principles, concepts and skills are universal, only practices change. It can be concluded that basic principles and functions of management are universal in nature. These can be applied in every type of organisation and in every country.
Q2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
Strategic planning means planning for making and implementing strategies to achieve organisational goals. It starts by asking oneself simple questions like : What are we doing, should we continue to do it or change our product line or the way of working, what is the impact of social, political, technological and other environmental factors on our operations, are we prepared to accept these changes etc.
Strategic planning helps in knowing where we are and where we want to go so that environmental threats and opportunities can be exploited, given the strengths and weaknesses of the organisation. Strategic planning is “a thorough self-examination regarding the goals and means of their accomplishment so that the enterprise is given both direction and cohesion.”
It is “a process through which managers formulate and implement strategies geared to optimising strategic goal achievement, given available environmental and internal conditions.” Strategic planning is planning for long periods of time for effective and efficient attainment of organisational goals. Strategic planning is based on extensive environmental scanning. It is a projection into environmental threats and opportunities and an effort to match them with organisational strengths and weaknesses.
Strategic planning is done to comprehend, anticipate and absorb environmental vagaries. It is a continuous process. Every time business organisations want to increase the growth rate or change their operations, desire for better management information system, co-ordinate activities of different departments, remove complacency from organisations; they make strategic plans.
It aims at long-term planning, keeping in view the environmental opportunities. It helps organisations analyse their strengths and weaknesses and adapt to the environment. Managers should be farsighted to make strategic planning meaningful.
Strategic planning guides members towards organisational goals. It unifies organisational activities and efforts towards the long-term goals. It guides members to become what they want to become and do what they want to do. It focuses on specific goals making it clear for members to know the direction towards which they have to move. Earning profits is less meaningful than earning a growth rate of 10% per year.
Paying high dividends is less meaningful than paying dividends at the rate of 40%. Meeting society’s needs is less meaningful than providing free education to school children of a specific community. Allocation of resources and attempts to meet the goals is facilitated through clear specifications in strategic planning. It makes the objectives operational and provides right direction to organisational activities.
In the world of globalisation, firms which have competitive advantage (capacity to deal with competitive forces) have better sales and financial performance. This is possible if they foresee the future. Future can be predicted through strategic planning. It enables managers to anticipate problems before they arise and solve them before they become worse.
Strategic planning provides information to assess risk and frame strategies to minimise risk and invest in safe business opportunities. Chances of making mistakes and choosing wrong objectives and strategies, thus, get reduced.
Risk is inherent in every business and failure to anticipate risk through strategic planning is almost sure to lead the business to failure unless otherwise proved by chance. Lack of strategy, framing wrong strategies or ineffective implementation of strategy cannot be afforded by business enterprises operating in the dynamic, changing and risky environment.
The time gap between investment decisions and income generation from those investments is called gestation period. During this period, changes in technological or political forces can affect implementation of decisions and plans may, therefore, fail. Strategic planning discounts future and enables managers to face the threats and opportunities. Huge capital investments in projects is followed by expected financial returns.
Strategic planning involves managers at top levels. They are not only committed to objectives and strategies but also think of new ideas for implementation of strategies. This promotes motivation and innovation. It also provides motivation to people at lower levels when they know their efforts are contributing towards organisational goals.
Satisfied workforce is the strength of the organisation. It saves huge costs on reducing absenteeism, labour turnover, role conflicts etc. It promotes discipline in the organisation and enhances human resource effectiveness and also organisational effectiveness.
Strategic planning makes best use of resources to achieve maximum output. Resources are scarce and strategic planning helps in their use in the areas where they are required most.
General Robert E. Wood remarks, “Business is like war in one respect. If its grand strategy is correct, any number of tactical errors can be made and yet the enterprise proves successful.” Effective allocation of resources, scientific thinking, effective organisation structure, coordination and integration of functional activities and effective system of control, all contribute to successful strategic planning.
Strategic planning requires lot of knowledge, training and experience. Managers should have high conceptual skills and abilities to make strategic plans. If they do not have the knowledge and skill to prepare strategic plans, the desired results will not be achieved. It will also result in huge financial losses for the organisation. This limitation can be overcome by training managers to make strategic plans.
If business units at different levels (corporate level, business level and functional level) are not coordinated, it can create problems for effective implementation of strategic plans.
In order to avoid developing risky objectives and strategies which they will not be able to achieve, managers may land up framing sub-optimal goals and plans. Sometimes, short-term commitments also defer making long-term strategies.
Strategic planning requires huge amount of time, money and energy. Managers may be constrained by these considerations in making effective strategic plans. These limitations are by and large, conceptual and can be overcome through rational, systematic and scientific planning. Researchers have proved that companies which make strategic plans outperform those which do not do so.
Strategic planning means planning for strategies and implementing them to achieve organisational goals. It starts by asking oneself simple questions like- What are we doing? Should we continue to do it or change our product line or the way of working? What is the impact of social, political, technological and other environmental factors on our operations? Are we prepared to accept these changes etc.?
Planning is something we do in advance of taking action; that is, it is anticipatory decision making. It is a process of deciding what to do and how to do it before action is required.
Strategic planning can be defined as a managerial process of developing and maintaining a viable fit between organization’s objectives, skills and resources and its changing environment.
The company’s strategic plan is the starting point for planning. It serves as a guide to the development of sound sub-plans to accomplish the organizational objectives. The aim of strategic planning is to help a company select and organize its businesses in a way that would keep the company healthy in spite of unexpected changes in the environment. It purports to shape or reshape the company’s businesses and products so that they yield target profits and growth.
An interesting question that can come to the mind is that – how the conventional long range planning gave way to the strategic planning. Before the early 1970s, managers who made long-range plans generally assumed that plans for the future were merely extensions of what the organization had done in the past.
However, environmental shocks during the 1970s and 1980s, such as energy crises, deregulation of many industries, accelerating technological change, and increasing global competition undermined this approach to long-range planning.
These changes in the “rules of the game” forced managers’ develop a systematic approach to analyzing the environment, assessing their organization’s strengths and weaknesses, and identifying opportunities where the organization could have a competitive advantage. As a result the value of strategic planning began to be recognized.
Strategic planning is the process of determining a company’s long-term goals and then identifying the best approach for achieving those goals.
Strategic planning is an organization’s process of defining its strategy or direction and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people.
Strategic planning is a process to determine or re-assess the vision, mission and goals of an organization and then map out objective (measurable) ways to accomplish the identified goals.
Strategic planning is systematic, formally documented process for deciding what are the handfuls of key decisions that an organisation, viewed as a corporate whole must get right in order to thrive over the next few years.
Strategic planning is a continuous and systematic process where people make decisions about intended future outcomes, how outcomes are to be accomplished, and how success is measured and evaluated.
Strategic planning is the method by which a community continuously creates arti-factual systems to serve extraordinary purpose.
Strategic planning is systematic process of determining goals to be achieved in the foreseeable future. It consists of – (i) Management’s fundamental assumptions about the future economic, technological, and competitive environments. (ii) Setting of goals to be achieved within a specified timeframe. (iii) Performance of SWOT analysis. (iv) Selecting main and alternative strategies to achieve the goals. (v) Formulating, implementing, and monitoring the operational or tactical plans to achieve interim objectives.
Strategic planning is a coordinated and systematic process for developing a plan for the overall course or direction of the endeavour in order to optimizing the future potential.
Strategic planning is a business process that many companies employ to identify critical success factors that set the course for future growth and profits.
In terms of organizations and strategic planning, an environmental scan involves considering the factors that will influence the direction and goals of an organization. And, it includes consideration of both present and future factors that might affect the organization, since; we’re planning for the future, not just the present.
For example, an environmental scan might project that in the next ten years, the number of people (potential customers) between the ages of 18-24 will increase from 30% to 40%. That’s important information if we want to decide what kind of new products we might consider introducing into the marketplace.
Strategic planning is important to an organization because it provides a sense of direction and outlines measurable goals. Strategic planning is a tool that is useful for guiding day-to-day decisions and also for evaluating progress and changing approaches when moving forward. In order to make the most of strategic planning, your company should give careful thought to the strategic objectives it outlines, and then back up these goals with realistic, thoroughly researched, quantifiable benchmarks for evaluating results.
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2.1 PRODUCT AND SERVICES MARKETING
1. Elaborately explain the various stages of new product development.
Considering solar charger as a new product to be launched in a market,
describe the process involved in developing this new product.
2. Create a branding program for a FMCG product of your choice. Provide full
description of the company’s brand hierarchy, brand portfolio, brand’s
current marketplace and the way in which the firm is addressing branding
through its marketing mix. Explain how you would characterize the
positioning of your brand.
3. Explain the traditional services marking mix and describe the expanded mix
for services. Discuss the marketing mix as applicable to banking service
sector.
4. Assume a tourism service establishment wherein the customers can
influence each other. Describe the potential cases of favorable and
unfavorable customer influences. Also discuss the ways to improve
customer satisfaction by handling the unfavorable situations
2.2 MARKETING RESEARCH
1. ABC cookies are planning to launch a new line of cookies and want to assess the
market size. The cookies have a mixed chocolate – jack fruit flavour and will be
targeted at the premium end of the market. Discus the six W’s of a descriptive
research design that may be adopted.
2. Adyar Inn is a chain of fast food restaurants located in major areas of Chennai.
Sales have been growing very slowly for the last two years. Management has
decided to add some new items to the menu, but prior to that they want to know
more about their customers and their preferences
a) List possible hypotheses b)Explain what kind of research design would be
appropriate?
3. To determine the effectiveness of the advertising campaign for a new dish washer,
management would like to know what percentages of households are aware of the
new brand. The advertising agency thinks that this figure is as high as 70 percent.
The management would like a 95 percent confidence interval and a margin of error
no greater than plus or minus 2 percent
a) What sample size should be used for this study?
b) Suppose that management wanted to be 99 percent confident but could
tolerate an error of plus or minus 3 percent. How would the sample size
change?
4) Design an open-ended question to determine whether households engage in
gardening. Also develop a multiple – choice and a dichotomous question to obtain
the same information. Which form is the most desirable?.
2.3 CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. Review the activities undertaken by marketing oriented firms and show the
relevance of consumer behavior of each activity.
2. Explain how the product manager of a breakfast cereal might change consumer
attitudes toward the company’s brand by
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a) Changing beliefs about the brand
b) Changing beliefs about competing brands
c) Changing the relative evaluation of attributes
d) Adding an attribute
3. What kind of marketing and socio cultural inputs would influence the purchase of
a) A TV with inbuilt recorder
b) A concentrated liquid laundry detergent
c) A fat-free ice cream
4. Think of a recent major purchase your family has made. Analyze the roles
performed by various family members in terms of the following consumption
roles:
a) Influencer b) Decider c) Buyers d) Preparers
e) Users f) Maintainers g) Disposers
2.4 RURAL MARKETING
1. “On the account of consumer illiteracy, the audio-visual media provide an
immense opportunity to communicate with consumers”, is it true? Outline the
relative strengths and weakness of these media and describe their role in rural
marketing.
2. Suggest the different ways of segmenting a rural market. On what bases would
you consider for marketing Detergent soaps, cool drinks and television in rural
market? Justify your views.
3. “Going rural is the need of the hour”. Keeping this statement into account,
suggest the various roadblocks which the marketers have to overcome in order
to successfully launch their product in rural markets.
4. Explain the various changes which are required to be made in the promotional
strategy of a company for successfully promoting a product in rural markets
2.5 SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1. Give the picture of Impact of sales motivation on FMCG organizational
performance of P&G.
2. Is Personal selling practices the best way to enhance sales of industrial Products
in power sector? Give your answer and justify.
3. Discuss the sales promotions and advertising effect on sales performance of
consumer goods of Unilever.
4. ‘Gig’ economy and freelancers as distribution agents in food delivery service.
Bring out its future trend in India.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
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3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry.
Give an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and
failure.
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” –Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. “Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of
buying and selling of goods or services using electronic systems. List-out the
applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in
E-Commerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line
business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” –Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with the
following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India). ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
ANSWER
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
These activities relate to the utilization of 4 types of inputs or resources from the environment—human, monetary, physical, and informational.
Human resources include managerial talent, labor, and so forth. Monetary resources are the financial capital the organization uses to finance both ongoing and long-term operations…………………………………………….
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
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1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
3. Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
3. Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
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1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
3. An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software
tool such as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for
the package. The features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up
details of new projects and updating the project details with information about
actual work completed. Draw up quality specifications in respect of the qualities
of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3) Recoverability
4. ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for
allotment of engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top
colleges. The product has to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be
considered. Describe the appropriate product development life cycle and the
standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
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1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
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4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
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INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
1. “Cost volume profit analysis is an important analysis which is commonly applied
by the irresponsive of industries”. Do you accept? What are your comments
towards this statement? Discuss.
2. Inflation is a key factor and it must be duly considered while preparing all sorts
of budgets”. Do you agree? Justify your stand with your valuable inputs.
3. “There is a vast amount of practical gap on application of accounting practices
between Domestic and International Accounting”. Comment on this with your
valuable supportive arguments.
4. “Several issues are existing in International Financial statement Analysis and at
the same time many meaningful unlocking tools are there”. What is your
opinion? Comment on this.
1.3 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1. Do you find any correlations among Oil, Gold and exchange rates in terms of
their price change? Explain the interaction among them in the international
market survey.
2. Compare the benefits of liberalization with globalization, which influence the
economic growth of India in last two decades.
3. Whether under developed countries in WTO succeed their demands? Justify
your views with strong reasons.
4. Can you say that the modern theory of HECKSHER & OHLIN applies to the
Indian Economy in the post or pre-liberalization? Illustrate with supporting
data.
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1.4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
1. “Knowledge of International Business Environment is essential for the players of
International Business” – Elaborate with an example of multinational company.
2. “When is the time deemed to be the essence of the contract in performance of
contract and with what consequences? Pinch out the rules of law relating to the
time and place of performance in modern business environment.
3. “The effect of country’s political system on its business environment and
economic development”-Discuss
4. “India’s competitive advantage in industries like IT, Textiles, Gems and jewellery
–Strength and Threats”. Illustrate the statement.
1.5 FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
1. “Trends in foreign trade and the composition of imports and exports along with
its composition over the past years” – Discuss
2. Discuss India’s participation in UN peace keeping and its claim for a permanent
seat in the Security Council
3. Analyse the relevance of non-alignment in the post cold war period
4. In what way India’s foreign policy is instrumental/detrimental for the promotion
of India’s international trade? Illustrate your answer
1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE
1. Give an example of e-learning system implemented in India. Identify the
hardware, software and personal requirement for purpose of implementation of
such an educational system.
2. Discuss the security requirements of internet and Ecommerce application and
how these requirements are fulfilled by various hardware and software systems.
3. Compare and contrast the traditional business with electronic commerce in an
apparels business.
4. Once a company has acquired customer, the key to maximizing revenue is
keeping them. Explain how e-commerce is helpful in customer retention?
1.7 COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS
1. “For productive business meetings, listening and non verbal communication
skills are the key attributes”. Explain with appropriate examples.
2. “A cry of agony is more powerful than the tale of woe”. Elaborate this statement
in the context of Non-verbal communication. State the positive and negative
gesture in non-verbal communication.
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3. Elucidate the measures that have to be considered in managing the cross
cultural communication with examples.
4. “Pen is mightier than sword”. Explain this statement, elaborating the strength
of written communication.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
3. Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
3. Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
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1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
3. An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software
tool such as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for
the package. The features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up
details of new projects and updating the project details with information about
actual work completed. Draw up quality specifications in respect of the qualities
of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3) Recoverability
4. ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for
allotment of engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top
colleges. The product has to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be
considered. Describe the appropriate product development life cycle and the
standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
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M.B.A. (SAFETY MANAGEMENT)
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019-2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students have to write assignments for EIGHT courses as per instructions.
Last Date for Submission : 10.03.2020
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NOTE:
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ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each course out of the FOUR. For each topic the answer should not exceed 15 pages. Each assignment carries 12.5 marks [2 topics]
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Organizational Behaviour is manipulative, because it serves only the interests of managements comment.
2. Do you think group thinking is better than individuals in solving organizational problem? If yes, why? If no, why?
3. “Once satisfied need is no more a motivators”. Discuss.
4. How behaviour can be understood better through transactional analysis?
1.2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Construct a questionnaire for collecting information for job analysis in your own organization.
2. Outline the factors influencing personnel environment in India and discuss their implications.
3. Explain in detail the different methods of on-the-job training and off the training for employees of a steel manufacturing company.
4. Discuss in detail the various steps involved in the selection process.
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1.3 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. Write in detail the current Indian Marketing Scenario.
2. What it product positioning? Explain the features of a good product positioning technique.
3. “New product development is not an easy task” Comment.
4. List down various pricing strategies. Justify the right pricing strategy for a new product launched in the market giving good reasons for its success.
1.4 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss in detail the functions performed by the finance manager.
2. What are the key differences between debt and equity? Also highlight the advantages and disadvantages for a company while deciding the capital structure.
3. What are long term sources of finance? Explain the importance and uses of each source.
4. What is working capital management? Write notes on the determinants of working capital.
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1.5 FUNDAMENTALS OF SAFETY
1. In the syllabus of fundamental safety, what are the accidents prevention measures to be adopted? Discuss about them with examples.
2. Explain A to Z of Electrical Safety.
3. Write about Personal Protective System with neat diagrams and explain with accidents associated if PPEs are not worn.
4. In the syllabus of fundamental safety, what are the management systems that are adopted?
1.6 SAFETY AND THE LAW
1. As per Factory Act 1948, analyze and evaluate
a. Welfare Measures,
b. Working hours for Adults,
c. Employment of young persons
d. Leave with wages
e. Special Provisions
2. As per Factory Act 1948, amended in 1987, the primary responsibilities have been fixed as per Sections 7A and 7B. Discuss
3. Discuss on Sections 11 A, 41 H, 87 A.
4. As per the amended act 1987, Health Protection as per Section 7 A(E), 41 F, 41 C and 41 H. Highlight the significance of these provisions.
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1.7 FIRE ENGINEERING
1. Prepare a manpower plan for a Fire Safety Department of medium size chemical factory.
2. Design a suitable type of Fire Detection and Alarm System for a LPG Bottling Plant.
3. You are appointed as Head of Fire Safety Department of a Jute Mill. There is a need to install a Fire Hydrant System. How will you go about it?
4. Draw a line sketch of an ideal Fire Station. State duties of the personnel at different positions.
1.8 SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
1. It is a fact that accidents do not just Happen.
➔ “They are caused” Discuss in brief.
➔ Give examples and case studies. What is accident proneness?
2. Discuss on a First step in SAFETY, Second Step in SAFETY
Third Step – How you take the advantages of Factories Act 1948,
Fourth Step – How you ensure Safe working? List out various sections.
As a Safety Officer how you involve on the above dimensions.
3. Discuss the various work place hazards. Suggest remedial action.
4. Construction Industry is considered to be the most Hazardous Industry. As a Safety Officer, how would deal in preventing Injuries and pollution.
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QUESTIONS
- Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
- “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
- Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
- Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
- What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
- What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
- Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
- “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
- Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
- “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
- Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
- Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
- Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
- Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
- “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
- Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
- You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
- Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
- A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
- Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
- Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
- Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
- “Cost volume profit analysis is an important analysis which is commonly applied
by the irresponsive of industries”. Do you accept? What are your comments
towards this statement? Discuss.
- Inflation is a key factor and it must be duly considered while preparing all sorts
of budgets”. Do you agree? Justify your stand with your valuable inputs.
- “There is a vast amount of practical gap on application of accounting practices
between Domestic and International Accounting”. Comment on this with your
valuable supportive arguments.
- “Several issues are existing in International Financial statement Analysis and at
the same time many meaningful unlocking tools are there”. What is your
opinion? Comment on this.
- Do you find any correlations among Oil, Gold and exchange rates in terms of
their price change? Explain the interaction among them in the international
market survey.
- Compare the benefits of liberalization with globalization, which influence the
economic growth of India in last two decades.
- Whether under developed countries in WTO succeed their demands? Justify
your views with strong reasons.
- Can you say that the modern theory of HECKSHER & OHLIN applies to the
Indian Economy in the post or pre-liberalization? Illustrate with supporting
data.
- “Knowledge of International Business Environment is essential for the players of
International Business” – Elaborate with an example of multinational company.
- “When is the time deemed to be the essence of the contract in performance of
contract and with what consequences? Pinch out the rules of law relating to the
time and place of performance in modern business environment.
- “The effect of country’s political system on its business environment and
economic development”-Discuss
- “India’s competitive advantage in industries like IT, Textiles, Gems and jewellery
–Strength and Threats”. Illustrate the statement.
composition of imports and exports along with
its composition over the past years” – Discuss
- Discuss India’s participation in UN peace keeping and its claim for a permanent
seat in the Security Council
- Analyse the relevance of non-alignment in the post cold war period
- In what way India’s foreign policy is instrumental/detrimental for the promotion
of India’s international trade? Illustrate your answer
- Give an example of e-learning system implemented in India. Identify the
hardware, software and personal requirement for purpose of implementation of
such an educational system.
- Discuss the security requirements of internet and Ecommerce application and
how these requirements are fulfilled by various hardware and software systems.
- Compare and contrast the traditional business with electronic commerce in an
apparels business.
- Once a company has acquired customer, the key to maximizing revenue is
keeping them. Explain how e-commerce is helpful in customer retention?
- “For productive business meetings, listening and non verbal communication
skills are the key attributes”. Explain with appropriate examples.
- “A cry of agony is more powerful than the tale of woe”. Elaborate this statement
in the context of Non-verbal communication. State the positive and negative
gesture in non-verbal communication.
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- Elucidate the measures that have to be considered in managing the cross
cultural communication with examples.
- “Pen is mightier than sword”. Explain this statement, elaborating the strength
of written communication.
- Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
- “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
- Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
- Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
- Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
- “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
- It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
- It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
- “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
- “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
- “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing”.–
Comment.
- “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
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- Keerthi purchases some goods on credit from Durai, payable within 3 months.
After 2 months, Keerthi makes out a blank cheque in favour of Durai, signs and
delivers it to Durai with a request to fill up the amount due, as Keerthi does not
know the exact amount payable by him.
Durai fills up fraudulently the amount larger than the amount payable by
Keerthi and endorses the cheque to Bala in full payment of Durai’s own due.
Keerthi’s cheque is dishonoured. Referring to the provisions of the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881, discuss the rights of Durai and Bala.
- Describe the provisions of The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and how
does it differ from The Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
- Explain the effect of a contract made by an agent with a third party – (a) where
the agent discloses the existence but not the name of the principal; and (b)
where the existence of the principal is not disclosed.
- “Consumer Protection Act,1986 aims to provide for better protection of the
interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the
establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of
consumers’’ disputes and for matters connected therewith”- Examine.
- Which measure of central tendency is used for the following situations? Justify
your answer.
- a) Government wanted to decide the living standard of people based on
monthly income in various taluks in a state and wanted to compare the
taluks economic status. The family monthly incomes of various taluks were
collected. Which central tendency measure will be appropriate and why?
- b) The state government wanted to introduce two types of family card based on
subsidy. The data were the same as the question (a). Lower the income the
subsidy will be more and higher income group will have less subsidiary. In
this situation which measures of central tendency is most suitable and give
your reason.
- c) The government has a plan to introduce health policies based on the family
income. The policies are to be designed so that the family members will get
health benefits and the nominal payment levels will be fixed based on their
annual income of families. How will you go about it using averages and
which one you prefer in this case? Also state the reasons.
2.
- a) Assume that you are planning to conduct market survey about green food
products from the public using questionnaire as a tool for data collection.
You are conducting pilot study to validate the tool and to perform data
collection. You want to decide the same size and how will you decide?
Explain.
- b) For the same study, you want to know the satisfaction of the green food
product consumers and when the population is known, how will you decide
your sample size?
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- Give a situation to apply cluster analysis and explain the steps as well as the
expected result according to you.
- Assume that you carried out ANOVA using a statistical package. Please sketch
the important outputs are to be discussed in this analysis. Give interpretation,
for the whole result.
- The study of international business is not different from the study of domestic
business. Thus, there is no point in having a separate course on international
business. “Evaluate this statement”.
2 ‘’Some argue that the WTO is the third pillar of global business. But many
argue that the WTO is the Wrong Trade Organisation’’. Critically comment.
- You are the assistant to the CEO of a small textile firm that manufactures
quality, premium priced and stylish clothing. The CEO has decided to see what
the opportunities for exporting and asked you for advice as to the steps the
company should take. What advice would you give?
- “Export incentives are major factor to encourage the development of the FDI” –
Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer.
- You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
- Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
- Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
- Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
- Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
- “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
- Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
- Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
- What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
- What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
- Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
- “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
- Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
- “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
- Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
- As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
- “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
- Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
- “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
- Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
- You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
- Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
- Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
- A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
- Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
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- A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
- You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
- Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
- Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
- Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
- Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
- To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
- After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
- Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
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1.1PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
Q1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
ANSWER
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals…………………………
Q2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
ANSWER
Strategic planning helps in knowing where we are and where we want to go so that environmental threats and opportunities can be exploited, given the strengths and weaknesses of the organisation. Strategic planning is “a thorough self-examination regarding the goals and means of their accomplishment so that the enterprise is given both direction and cohesion.”
It is “a process through which managers formulate and implement strategies geared to optimising strategic goal achievement, given available environmental and internal conditions.” Strategic planning is planning for long periods of time for effective and efficient attainment of organisational goals. Strategic planning is based on extensive environmental scanning. It is a projection into environmental threats and opportunities and an effort to match them with organisational strengths and weaknesses.CONTINUE………………………
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
ANSWER
Market segmentation is the process of dividing a market of potential customers into groups, or segments, based on different characteristics. The segments created are composed of consumers who will respond similarly to marketing strategies and who share traits such as similar interests, needs, or locations.
Market segmentation makes it easier for marketers to personalize their marketing campaigns.
By arranging their company’s target market into segmented groups, rather than targeting each potential customer individually, marketers can be more efficient with their time, money, and other resources than if they were targeting consumers on an individual level. Grouping similar consumers together allows marketers to target specific audiences in a cost effective manner……………………………
- What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
ANSWER
Pricing can be defined as the process of determining an appropriate price for the product, or it is an act of setting price for the product. Pricing involves a number of decisions related to setting price of product. Pricing policies are aimed at achieving various objectives. Company has several objectives to be achieved by the sound pricing policies and strategies. Pricing decisions are based on the objectives to be achieved. Objectives are related to sales volume, profitability, market shares, or competition……………………
1. Profits-related Objectives:
Profit has remained a dominant objective of business activities.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
ANSWER
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
Dividend refers to a reward, cash or otherwise, that a company gives to its shareholders. Dividends can be issued in various forms, such as cash payment, stocks or any other form. A company’s dividend is decided by its board of directors and it requires the shareholders’ approval. However, it is not obligatory for a company to pay dividend. Dividend is usually a part of the profit that the company shares with its shareholders.
After paying its creditors, a company can use part or whole of the residual profits to reward its shareholders as dividends. However, when firms face cash shortage or when it needs cash for reinvestments, it can also skip paying dividends. When a company announces dividend, it also fixes a record date and all shareholders who are registered as of that date become eligible to get dividend payout in proportion to their shareholding. The company usually mails the cheques to shareholders within in a week or so. Stocks are normally bought or sold with dividend until two business days ahead of the record date and then they turn ex-dividend. A recent study found that dividend-paying firms in India fell from 24 per cent in 2001 to almost 16 per cent in 2009 before rising to 19 per cent in 2010.
- “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
ANSWER
Working capital management is a significant part of business decisions and is of major concern to the finance manager in as much as accomplishment of value maximisation goal depends essentially on prudent working capital decisions. Maintaining optimal level of working capital is crux of the problem with which a finance manager is seriously concerned because problem of trade-off between risk and return is involved.
A firm is required to carry adequate amount of working capital so as to carry on the productive and distributive activities smoothly. Thus, holding adequate amount of raw materials in stock ensures uninterrupted production activity…………………..
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Q2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
ANSWER
Database systems comprise of complex data-structures. In order to make the system efficient in terms of retrieval of data, and reduce complexity in terms of usability of users, developers use abstraction i.e. hide irrelevant details from the users. This approach simplifies database design.
There are mainly 3 levels of data abstraction:
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Q1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of
human resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of
human resource planning.
ANSWER
Human resources undoubtedly play the most important part in the functioning of an organization. The term ‘resource’ or ‘human resource’ signifies potentials, abilities, capacities, and skills, which can be developed through continuous interaction in an organizational setting.
The interactions, interrelationships, and activities performed all contribute in some way or other to the development of human potential. Organizational productivity, growth of companies, and economic development are to a large extent contingent upon the effective utilization of human capacities.
1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Q1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
ANSWER
Although computer systems have been employed since the 1970s in significant applications military, civil, government, finance, business and so on, unlike any other engineering discipline the success rate of ICT projects remains unacceptably low. Describe and discuss why ICT projects fail and what measures can be taken to improve the chance of success.
ICT Project is the development and forward of an ICT system where as an ICT system is a combination of computer hardware, software, input and output, activity data or information and the personal that have to use it……………….
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
Q2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
ANSWER
In accounting, the term depreciation refers to the allocation of cost of a tangible asset to expense to the periods in which the asset is expected to be used to obtain the economic benefit. For example, a company purchases a piece of equipment for $20,000 and estimates that the equipment will be used for a period of 10 years. The cost of the equipment (i.e., $20,000) will be allocated to each of 10 years using some systematic and rational allocation method.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
ANSWER
Dividend refers to a reward, cash or otherwise, that a company gives to its shareholders. Dividends can be issued in various forms, such as cash payment, stocks or any other form. A company’s dividend is decided by its board of directors and it requires the shareholders’ approval. However, it is not obligatory for a company to pay dividend. Dividend is usually a part of the profit that the company shares with its shareholders.
After paying its creditors, a company can use part or whole of the residual profits to reward its shareholders as dividends. However, when firms face cash shortage or when it needs cash for reinvestments, it can also skip paying dividends. ….
- “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
ANSWER
Working capital management is a significant part of business decisions and is of major concern to the finance manager in as much as accomplishment of value maximisation goal depends essentially on prudent working capital decisions. Maintaining optimal level of working capital is crux of the problem with which a finance manager is seriously concerned because problem of trade-off between risk and return is involved.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Q1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
ANSWER
Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the provision of product and service packages required by the end customers in a supply chain. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
There are myriad reasons for improving your supply chain (see below) but it is widely acknowledged that a tighter integration between a principal wholesaler and its (global) distributors can only improve the overall success of an organisation which is reliant on excellent service to the consumer.
Q4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India
ANSWER
ISO refers to International Organization for Standardisation. It is an independent organisation that provides standards in terms of quality, safety, and efficiency of products and services provided by businesses. With the increasing competition among the business, it is important to deliver high quality of goods & services in order to sustain in the market. ISO certification helps to improve your business credibility as well as overall efficiency of the business.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
Q2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
ANSWER
A statistical survey is any structured inquiry designed to obtain aggregated data, which may be qualitative or quantitative where the individual or corporate identities of the respondents are in themselves of little significance.
Statistical surveys in scope are not limited to those conducted by statistics divisions and do not necessarily involve completion of a form; telephone and personal interview surveys are also included.
.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
Q2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
ANSWER
Minutes of Annual General Body Meeting held on 24-Nov-2019
Agenda
- Welcome Speech
- Summary of Activities
- Presenting and Passing the Balance Sheet
- Increment of Monthly Subscription
- Beautification of Lobby and Front area
- Bathroom Leaks Rectification
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31-03-2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2020-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15-04-20203will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each topic the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before” – Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of numerical
data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various methods for
collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
4
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks
would be expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
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DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. E-BUSINESS
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/-: 15.04.2020
NOTE:
Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
- Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
- Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
- All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner on
all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA Assignments” and
sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University,
Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
- No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
- Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
- Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
ANSWER
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
These activities relate to the utilization of 4 types of inputs or resources from the environment—human, monetary, physical, and informational.
- “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
- Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
- Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
ANSWER
Market segmentation makes it easier for marketers to personalize their marketing campaigns.
By arranging their company’s target market into segmented groups, rather than targeting each potential customer individually, marketers can be more efficient with their time, money, and other resources than if they were targeting consumers on an individual level. Grouping similar consumers together allows marketers to target specific audiences in a cost effective manner.
Market segmentation also reduces the risk of an unsuccessful or ineffective marketing campaign. When marketers divide a market based on key characteristics and personalize their strategies based on that information, there is a much higher chance of success than if they were to create a generic campaign and try to implement it across all segments.
- What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
- What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
- Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
ANSWER
Dividend refers to a reward, cash or otherwise, that a company gives to its shareholders. Dividends can be issued in various forms, such as cash payment, stocks or any other form. A company’s dividend is decided by its board of directors and it requires the shareholders’ approval. However, it is not obligatory for a company to pay dividend. Dividend is usually a part of the profit that the company shares with its shareholders.
- “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
- Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
- “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
- Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
- Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
- Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
ANSWER
Human resources undoubtedly play the most important part in the functioning of an organization. The term ‘resource’ or ‘human resource’ signifies potentials, abilities, capacities, and skills, which can be developed through continuous interaction in an organizational setting.
The interactions, interrelationships, and activities performed all contribute in some way or other to the development of human potential. Organizational productivity, growth of companies, and economic development are to a large extent contingent upon the effective utilization of human capacities.
Hence, it is essential for an organization to take steps for effective utilization of these resources. In the various stages in the growth of an organization, effective planning of human resources plays a key role. Matching the requirements of the job with the individual is important at all stages, including the recruitment procedures, in this endeavour.
- Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
- You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
- Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
- A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
- Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
- Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
- Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
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1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
- Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
- An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software
tool such as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for
the package. The features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up
details of new projects and updating the project details with information about
actual work completed. Draw up quality specifications in respect of the qualities
of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3) Recoverability
- ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for
allotment of engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top
colleges. The product has to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be
considered. Describe the appropriate product development life cycle and the
standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
- Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
- “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
- It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
- It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
M.B.A. Assignment/ E.B./ 1ST YR/AUP/709/C-100
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020 30-04-2019
NOTE:
- Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated
- Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
- Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
- All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
- No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
- Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
- Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
- “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
- Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
- Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
- “Cost volume profit analysis is an important analysis which is commonly applied
by the irresponsive of industries”. Do you accept? What are your comments
towards this statement? Discuss.
- Inflation is a key factor and it must be duly considered while preparing all sorts
of budgets”. Do you agree? Justify your stand with your valuable inputs.
- “There is a vast amount of practical gap on application of accounting practices
between Domestic and International Accounting”. Comment on this with your
valuable supportive arguments.
- “Several issues are existing in International Financial statement Analysis and at
the same time many meaningful unlocking tools are there”. What is your
opinion? Comment on this.
1.3 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
- Do you find any correlations among Oil, Gold and exchange rates in terms of
their price change? Explain the interaction among them in the international
market survey.
- Compare the benefits of liberalization with globalization, which influence the
economic growth of India in last two decades.
- Whether under developed countries in WTO succeed their demands? Justify
your views with strong reasons.
- Can you say that the modern theory of HECKSHER & OHLIN applies to the
Indian Economy in the post or pre-liberalization? Illustrate with supporting
data.
3
1.4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
- “Knowledge of International Business Environment is essential for the players of
International Business” – Elaborate with an example of multinational company.
- “When is the time deemed to be the essence of the contract in performance of
contract and with what consequences? Pinch out the rules of law relating to the
time and place of performance in modern business environment.
- “The effect of country’s political system on its business environment and
economic development”-Discuss
- “India’s competitive advantage in industries like IT, Textiles, Gems and jewellery
–Strength and Threats”. Illustrate the statement.
1.5 FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
- “Trends in foreign trade and the composition of imports and exports along with
its composition over the past years” – Discuss
- Discuss India’s participation in UN peace keeping and its claim for a permanent
seat in the Security Council
- Analyse the relevance of non-alignment in the post cold war period
- In what way India’s foreign policy is instrumental/detrimental for the promotion
of India’s international trade? Illustrate your answer
1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE
- Give an example of e-learning system implemented in India. Identify the
hardware, software and personal requirement for purpose of implementation of
such an educational system.
- Discuss the security requirements of internet and Ecommerce application and
how these requirements are fulfilled by various hardware and software systems.
- Compare and contrast the traditional business with electronic commerce in an
apparels business.
- Once a company has acquired customer, the key to maximizing revenue is
keeping them. Explain how e-commerce is helpful in customer retention?
1.7 COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS
- “For productive business meetings, listening and non verbal communication
skills are the key attributes”. Explain with appropriate examples.
- “A cry of agony is more powerful than the tale of woe”. Elaborate this statement
in the context of Non-verbal communication. State the positive and negative
gesture in non-verbal communication.
4
- Elucidate the measures that have to be considered in managing the cross
cultural communication with examples.
- “Pen is mightier than sword”. Explain this statement, elaborating the strength
of written communication.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
- Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
- To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
- After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
- Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. – 1ST Year – Assignment- AUP/709/C-350
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 2020
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SEVEN papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
- Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
- Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
- Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
- All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
- No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
- Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
- M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
- Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
- “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before.” – Discuss.
- Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
- Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities. – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
- “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
- “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
- “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing.”
– Comment.
- “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
1.3 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR MANAGERS
- Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
- “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
- It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
- It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
3
1.4 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
- What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the plc. Give
reasons for your answer.
- What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
- Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
MEDIA? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources.” In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
- Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
- You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
- Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
- Suggest the factors governing the choice of site for a manufacturing plant in a
city or sub- urban part of a city.
- Give a specimen of Gantt Charts which is normally used in the production
planning and control department and describe briefly how it could be used for
checking the actual progress of a job against the schedule.
- Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an industry. Explain some
methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an industrial purchasing. Why
should the purchasing documents be legally sound?
- Elaborate the various costs that are involved in inventory problems with suitable
examples. How are they inter related?
4
1.7 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT
- “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” – Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with
the following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India) .ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
- In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
- “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
- “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
M.B.A. Assignment /I.S./1ST YEAR /AUP/709/C-250
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A.
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2018 – 2019
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 28-02-2019
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-03-2019
NOTE:
- Assignments sent after 15-03-2019 will not be evaluated.
- Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
- Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
- All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
- No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
- Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics).
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
- Management can be defined as ” A process of bringing about improvement in
knowledge, skill, habit and attitudes of the employees in an organization”.
Discuss.
- “Decision making is the most critical managerial task.” Discuss the above
statement in light of decision-making process.
- Select a business or political leader whom you admire, and identify his or her
style of leading by applying the managerial grid or the continuum-of-behaviour
model of Tannenbaum and Schmidt.
- ‟The only planning tool we need in the company is the budget. If everyone meets
his or her budget, we need nothing else, and management by objectives would
be an unnecessary frill”. Comment.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
- What are the significant assumptions we make while comparing financial ratio
of various companies in the same industry? Discuss the implications of the
above assumptions for a user of financial ratios.
- Suppose you are the co-owner and manager of a retail store that sells and
repairs mountain bikes. Provide one example of a financial accounting report
that would be useful to you and your co-owner. Provide two examples of
managerial accounting reports that would be useful to you as the manager.
- Discuss how internal rate of return (IRR) method differs from the net present
value method (NPV). Be sure to include an explanation of what the IRR method
is and what the NPV method is.
- Imagine that, you are the owner of a business. Pass journal entries with 20
different transactions. Prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did
your firm earn profit or made a loss at the end of all transaction? Make a small
comment on your firm’s position at the end.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
- Decision making is the most important function of business managers. Decision
making is the central objective of Managerial Economics. Discuss – Scope of the
Economics in Decision Making and Different Decision Making Models.
- Monopolistic Competition is a special case of imperfect completion. It stance
between monopoly and perfect completion and accordingly the pricing decision
are determined by the market forces – Discuss.
- Since different decision are affected by difference type of cost, it is essential for a
manager to understand the relevant cost in decision making. Comment in
detail.
- The concept of price velocity is very useful in the total revenue planning of your
firm. Comment on the validity of this statement. Derive a relationship between
price velocity and marginal revenue of a firm.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
- Enumerate and explain the characteristics of contracts and differentiate from
Government contract. Assess the present methods of discharge of a contract.
- Classify negotiable instruments. In what way the negotiable instruments differ
from one another. Discuss the recent amendments in negotiable instruments.
- Describe the principles of law of insurance. How do these characteristics differ
for marine, life and fire insurance?
- Describe the essentials of an arbitration agreement. Explain the composition
and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
- Assume that you want to evaluate a training programme. Discuss various types
of experimental research designs that can be adopted and give suitable
situations for each type.
- Prepare a questionnaire to study the attitude of students who are pursuing
Masters’ programme in Business Administration through distance education
mode.
- Consider mobile phone as a product. List the attributes that are considered by
consumers while buying the product. Assume that you need to segment the
product market. What analysis you will use for this objective and how you
progress to reach it.
- Assume that there are three judges evaluating the candidates appearing for
selection process at preliminary level. At final level you wish to have only two of
them and how will you decide which two can be selected for final process of
selection. Assume that an individual’s performance is based on his education,
experience, ability, emotional intelligence and self confidence. Explain
independent and dependent variables in this case. Assume that you are
applying regression analysis what are the criterion you will look for to interpret?
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
- Discuss the impact of recent global financial meltdown on the prospects of
world trade. Give your suggestions to overcome the crisis.
- What are the control devices used by authorized dealers in regulating foreign
exchange in the country?
- State the balance of payment position of India. What steps that government,
public and corporations can take to improve the position.
- Assume that you are interested in starting an export firm. Explain the
procedure for getting license for exporting.
4
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
- Assuming you are a Chief Personnel Manager of a leading MNC, draft a letter
calling a candidate for an interview in reply to his application for the position of
Chief Financial Executive.
- Assume yourself as a Customer Relationship Manager of a bank. You have received
a letter from your customers who have complained to you about the rude
behaviour of a computer clerk. Since the customer is an important person, write a
letter to convince the customer.
- Communication is lifeblood of an organization and without it organization cannot
exists. Discuss this statement.
- The problem of communication arises because there are various obstacles which
may entirely prevent a communication or filter part of it, or present it incorrect.
Comment and discuss.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
- Understanding the basic concepts of Organizational Behaviour prepare a
Behavioural frame work for a newly established IT company in Chennai. –
Student can imagine the size and turnover of the industry.
- To understand the importance of the concepts personality, perception, and
attitude of employees in an organization, prepare an interview schedule,
conduct an interview with 2-3 executives of any one organization and present
the results.
- After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership, have a discussion with
one or two real world leaders of your choice and present the outcome.
- Identify a suitable case to understand Organizational Culture, analyze the case
and present it with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. – 1ST Year – Assignment- UAP/551/C-700
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2018 – 2019
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated
- Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
- Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
- All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
- No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
- Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
- M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
- Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
- “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
- Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
- Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
- What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
- What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
- Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
- “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
- Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
- “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
- Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
- As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
- “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
- Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
- Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
- You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
- Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
- Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
- A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
- Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
- A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
- You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
- Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
- Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
- Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
- Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
- To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
- After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
- Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 1ST YEAR/AUP/ 709/ C-2000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. MARKETING MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020 30-04-2019
NOTE:
- Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated.
- Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
- Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
- All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
- No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
- Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
- M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
- 1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
- “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
- Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
- 4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
- What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
- What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
- 4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
- “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
- Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
- “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
- Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
- As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
- “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
- Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of
human resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of
human resource planning.
- Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
- You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
- Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
- Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
- A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
- Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine. 15
persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while 25
contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine, use
X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of X
square = 3.82)
- A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
4
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
- You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
- Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
- Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
- Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION
- It is not imperative that consumers always go through the strides in the
‘Hierarchy of effects model’. Defend.
- Do ‘Persuasion advertising form’ benefit company if the competition increases –
Justify.
- Trace and explicate an activity which is having capability to complement and
supplement the functions of marketing.
- Justify the rationality of placing texture and visual weight as focal of visual
aesthetics.
M.B.A. Assignment/ MM/ 1STYear/ AUP/ 709/ C-500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31-03-2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2020-04-2019
NOTE:
- Assignments sent after 15-04-20203will not be evaluated.
- Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
- Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
- All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
- No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
- Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each topic the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
- M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
- Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
- “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before” – Discuss
- Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
- Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
- What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
- What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
- Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
- “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
- Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
- “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
- Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
- As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
- “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
- Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
- Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
- You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
- Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
- Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
- A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of numerical
data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various methods for
collecting data in a statistical survey.
- Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
- A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
4
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks
would be expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
- Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
- Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
- Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
- Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
- “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
- It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
- It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
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ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
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M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
2.1 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Discuss the features of the framework of regulation of the credit information
companies in India. What are the regulatory and supervisory objectives of the
RBI in relation to the NBFCs? Explain the main elements of the RBI framework
of NBFC regulation.
ANSWER
CIC or Credit Information Company is an independent third party institution that collects financial data regarding loans, credit cards and more about individuals and shares it with its members. Banks, Non-Banking Financial institutions are usually the customers of Credit Information Companies. The Credit Card Company collects financial information about all these individuals and forms a credit report based on their financial history. This credit report plays a very important role as it helps banks and other financial institutions determine the creditworthiness of an individual applying for a loan or credit card with them.
2. Do you think credit analysis is essential before providing loan to customers?
Explain various credit appraisal techniques used by commercial banks to
analyse the credit worthiness of borrowers.
3. “Tax considerations give a definite advantage to hire purchase financing option”
Do you agree? Explain
4. What kind of changes needed in the venture capital financing when an economy
is in the recession? Suggest some strategies approaches that are well suited for
venture capital financing for industrial activities.
2.2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. Describe the current trends in the balance of payments of some of the countries
of the Asia- pacific region.
ANSWER
Asia has been the fastest growing region of the world for several decades. The speed and extent of Asia’s economic and social progress has been inspiring and these emerging economies are now advancing at an impressive pace as a major global economic power. The feat of Japan’s dramatic transformation has been followed by the Republic of Korea; Taipei, China; Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Once among the poorest of the nations, they have solidly established themselves as rapidly growing upper middle income countries. And now two of the region’s largest countries, China and India, are advancing at an impressive pace as major global economic powers and Indonesia and Vietnam are also growing steady. The rest of Asia, and perhaps the rest of the world, now aspires to emulate these success stories.
2. “The International economy is fast turning into a borderless global economy”
Critically analyze in relation to International Financial system.
3. As an executive of a leading institution, what factors should you critically
evaluate with respect to a large industrial project, from the perspective of
environmental and economic viability.
4. “Exchange rate is focal point to understand the whole mechanism of monetary
system” Justify the statement with illustration
2.3 DERIVATIVES MANAGEMENT
1. “The basic purpose of derivatives instruments is to provide commitments to
price for future dates for giving against adverse movement in future prices.”
Discuss and critically examine the statement.
ANSWER
Derivatives are instruments to manage financial risks. Since risk is an inherent part of any investment, financial markets devised derivatives as their own version of managing financial risk. Derivatives are structured as contracts and derive their returns from other financial instruments.
2. Options are the safest instrument for the investors for the investment purpose.
Options writer has limited profit and unlimited losses whereas option buyer has
limited losses and unlimited profits.” Critically evaluate the above statements
with suitable examples.
3. “Besides serving as a barometer of the economy /market, the index also has
other applications in finance.” – Elaborate the application of index.
4. “Forward contracts act as force runners of futures market” – Critically evaluate
the statement in the light of growth of forward market worldwide.
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2.4 RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE
1. Elaborate the loss control measures of any manufacturing company of your
choice.
2. Describe the structure of Indian general insurance industry and explain the
products being offered by them.
3. From the balance sheet of a company of your choice, analyze all risk and ERM
from asset side and from liability’s side. Create a list of actions for the ERM
functions.
4. “Privatization of insurance sector has led to substantial growth in the insurance
business in India and also led to improvement in confidence among policy
holders.” – Give your comments
2.5 INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. As an investment advisor what feature would you suggest being included in the
investment bunch of a client? And also suggest where an investor should be
careful. Consider the above statements and keep the present situation in mind
Give your suggestions.
2. The technical analyst places a great deal of importance on supply and demand
in stock pricing. Presumably the fundamental analyst also believes that supply
and demand are important. In what ways do the two groups disagree on the
subject?
3. ”The concept of a random walk in stock prices is bizarre and implies totally
irrational behaviour by the investing public. Nothing could be further from the
truth than random walk. Prices are related to fundamental economic worth.”
Comment
4. Comment on the following statement “since Markowitz portfolio theory requires
so many assumptions, the notion that investors should be concerned with the
risk of the overall portfolio rather than the risk of the individual securities is
misleading.”
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry.
Give an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and
failure.
4
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” – Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of
buying and selling of goods or services using electronic systems. List out the
applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in ECommerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line
business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate your view with the
following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India). ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
M.B.A. Assignment /FM/ 2ND Year/AUP/709/ C-1500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialisation.
Last date for submission: 28.02.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.202015-03-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription
“MBA Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
2.1 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
1. Organizational development is in enviable and continuous process. As a
consultant how do you accept this statement? Give your views.
ANSWER
Organizational development can be defined as an objective-based methodology used to initiate a change of systems in an entity. Organizational development is achieved through a shift in communication processes or their supporting architecture. The behavior of employees allows professionals to examine and observe the work environment and anticipate change, which is then effected to accomplish sound organizational development.
Increasing productivity and efficiency comes with many benefits. However, the best way to encourage positive results is by using a well-thought-out organizational development structure. Organizational development is used to equip an organization with the right tools so that it can adapt and respond well to changes in the market. The benefits of organizational development include:
2. Power and politics are associated factors .As a management student how would
you relate and compare both power and politics in organizational development
context.
3. Organizational interventions are different in its significance. How would you
classify and apply those interventions for organizational development. Discuss.
4. As OD consultant what type of changes and levels of changes you would observe
and study in any organization.
2.2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Evolve a new evaluation scheme for training Bank officials training programmes
that is capable of eliminating the disadvantages from the existing evaluation
scheme – Discuss.
2. Identify the ways and options to fill performance gaps- with example.
3. HR functionaries are better suited to become trainers than line managers. They
don’t require training as they are experts in training. Give at least four
arguments for against this statement.
4. Prepare a developmental job assignment for a newly joined marketing trainee
who is found to be having high potential – Give example.
2.3 LABOUR WELFARE
1) Elucidate and discuss the various obstacles in the growth of Trade Unions in
India.
2) Explain the concept and objectives of ‘Social Security’. Give a brief account of
the various social security schemes available in India.
3) Enumerate the contributions of Labour Legislations in India towards Industrial
growth.
4) Explain the following in detail
a) Suggestions to Strengthen Trade Unions in India
b) Benefits of Collective Bargaining
c) Prevention of Industrial Disputes in India
d) Need and Importance of Labour Welfare in India.
2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. In analyzing industrial relations, the role of social change cannot be overlooked.
As it equally influences both employee and management, which is obvious from
the fact that today’s management has increasingly become professional, there is
a greater thrust on the use of behaviour techniques in dealing with human side
of enterprise – Do you agree with the statement? Justify.
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2. “The responsibility of nurturing a healthy industrial climate lies with the
management, the unions and the government. The political parties, the
community and the society should also play a decisive role in improving the
existing industrial relations and if there is any dispute or conflict, it should be
settled by mutual negotiation or conciliation or voluntary arbitration” –
Comment on the above statement and suggest the ways of promoting industrial
peace at this juncture.
3. The industrial relations can be viewed from the various angles which may range
from the economic and social, political to the legal, psychological and
managerial. But none of these give a perfect view of industrial relations but
certainly adds to our intellectual dimensions in this context – Critically evaluate
the statement and relate any two approaches of industrial relations system to
the above circumstances.
4. The effect of both strikes and lockouts are the same, as they both ensure that
workers will be away from work. Examine whether and why management wants
to declare lockouts and when workers want to go on strikes. Also identify the
ways and means of resolving such disputes within the organisation and
through alternative mechanisms.
2.5 WAGES AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION
1. Compare and contrast wage fixation principles and practices in public and
private sector.
2. What is the basis for occupational wage differentials support with live
examples?
3. Write an essay on executive compensation practices in India.
4. Why pay commission abolition proposed by government of India? Give SWOT
analytical report.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry.
Give an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and
failure.
4
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” – Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. “Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of
buying and selling of goods or services using electronic systems. List-out the
applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in
E-Commerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line
business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” –Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with the
following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India). ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 2ND YEAR/ AUP/709/C-2050
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. MARKETING MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialisation.
Last date for submission : 28.02.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.2020
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
2.1 PRODUCT AND SERVICES MARKETING
1. Elaborately explain the various stages of new product development.
Considering solar charger as a new product to be launched in a market,
describe the process involved in developing this new product.
2. Create a branding program for a FMCG product of your choice. Provide full
description of the company’s brand hierarchy, brand portfolio, brand’s
current marketplace and the way in which the firm is addressing branding
through its marketing mix. Explain how you would characterize the
positioning of your brand.
3. Explain the traditional services marking mix and describe the expanded mix
for services. Discuss the marketing mix as applicable to banking service
sector.
4. Assume a tourism service establishment wherein the customers can
influence each other. Describe the potential cases of favorable and
unfavorable customer influences. Also discuss the ways to improve
customer satisfaction by handling the unfavorable situations
2.2 MARKETING RESEARCH
1. ABC cookies are planning to launch a new line of cookies and want to assess the
market size. The cookies have a mixed chocolate – jack fruit flavour and will be
targeted at the premium end of the market. Discus the six W’s of a descriptive
research design that may be adopted.
2. Adyar Inn is a chain of fast food restaurants located in major areas of Chennai.
Sales have been growing very slowly for the last two years. Management has
decided to add some new items to the menu, but prior to that they want to know
more about their customers and their preferences
a) List possible hypotheses b)Explain what kind of research design would be
appropriate?
3. To determine the effectiveness of the advertising campaign for a new dish washer,
management would like to know what percentages of households are aware of the
new brand. The advertising agency thinks that this figure is as high as 70 percent.
The management would like a 95 percent confidence interval and a margin of error
no greater than plus or minus 2 percent
a) What sample size should be used for this study?
b) Suppose that management wanted to be 99 percent confident but could
tolerate an error of plus or minus 3 percent. How would the sample size
change?
4) Design an open-ended question to determine whether households engage in
gardening. Also develop a multiple – choice and a dichotomous question to obtain
the same information. Which form is the most desirable?.
2.3 CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. Review the activities undertaken by marketing oriented firms and show the
relevance of consumer behavior of each activity.
2. Explain how the product manager of a breakfast cereal might change consumer
attitudes toward the company’s brand by
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a) Changing beliefs about the brand
b) Changing beliefs about competing brands
c) Changing the relative evaluation of attributes
d) Adding an attribute
3. What kind of marketing and socio cultural inputs would influence the purchase of
a) A TV with inbuilt recorder
b) A concentrated liquid laundry detergent
c) A fat-free ice cream
4. Think of a recent major purchase your family has made. Analyze the roles
performed by various family members in terms of the following consumption
roles:
a) Influencer b) Decider c) Buyers d) Preparers
e) Users f) Maintainers g) Disposers
2.4 RURAL MARKETING
1. “On the account of consumer illiteracy, the audio-visual media provide an
immense opportunity to communicate with consumers”, is it true? Outline the
relative strengths and weakness of these media and describe their role in rural
marketing.
2. Suggest the different ways of segmenting a rural market. On what bases would
you consider for marketing Detergent soaps, cool drinks and television in rural
market? Justify your views.
3. “Going rural is the need of the hour”. Keeping this statement into account,
suggest the various roadblocks which the marketers have to overcome in order
to successfully launch their product in rural markets.
4. Explain the various changes which are required to be made in the promotional
strategy of a company for successfully promoting a product in rural markets
2.5 SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1. Give the picture of Impact of sales motivation on FMCG organizational
performance of P&G.
2. Is Personal selling practices the best way to enhance sales of industrial Products
in power sector? Give your answer and justify.
3. Discuss the sales promotions and advertising effect on sales performance of
consumer goods of Unilever.
4. ‘Gig’ economy and freelancers as distribution agents in food delivery service.
Bring out its future trend in India.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
4
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry.
Give an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and
failure.
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” –Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. “Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of
buying and selling of goods or services using electronic systems. List-out the
applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in
E-Commerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line
business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” –Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with the
following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India). ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
M.B.A. Assignment/ MM/ 2nd Year/ AUP/709/C-600
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
ANSWER
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals. …………………………………………….
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2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
ANSWER
Pricing can be defined as the process of determining an appropriate price for the product, or it is an act of setting price for the product. Pricing involves a number of decisions related to setting price of product. Pricing policies are aimed at achieving various objectives. Company has several objectives to be achieved by the sound pricing policies and strategies. Pricing decisions are based on the objectives to be achieved. Objectives are related to sales volume, profitability, market shares, or competition…………………………..
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
ANSWER
Dividend refers to a reward, cash or otherwise, that a company gives to its shareholders. Dividends can be issued in various forms, such as cash payment, stocks or any other form. A company’s dividend is decided by its board of directors and it requires the shareholders’ approval. However, it is not obligatory for a company to pay dividend. Dividend is usually a part of the profit that the company shares with its shareholders. ………………………………………..
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
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1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
ANSWER
Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the provision of product and service packages required by the end customers in a supply chain. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption……………………………….
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of
human resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of
human resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine. 15
persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while 25
contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine, use
X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of X
square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
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1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION
1. It is not imperative that consumers always go through the strides in the
‘Hierarchy of effects model’. Defend.
2. Do ‘Persuasion advertising form’ benefit company if the competition increases –
Justify.
3. Trace and explicate an activity which is having capability to complement and
supplement the functions of marketing.
4. Justify the rationality of placing texture and visual weight as focal of visual
aesthetics.
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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
ANSWER
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
These activities relate to the utilization of 4 types of inputs or resources from the environment—human, monetary, physical, and informational.
Human resources include managerial talent, labor, and so forth. Monetary resources are the financial capital the organization uses to finance both ongoing and long-term operations.
Physical resources include raw materials, office and production facilities, and equipment. Information resources are data and other kinds of information utilized by the organization.
The job of the manager is to combine and coordinate these resources to achieve the organization’s goals.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
ANSWER
Market segmentation also reduces the risk of an unsuccessful or ineffective marketing campaign. When marketers divide a market based on key characteristics and personalize their strategies based on that information, there is a much higher chance of success than if they were to create a generic campaign and try to implement it across all segments.
Marketers can also us segmentation to prioritize their target audience. If segmentation shows that some consumers would be more likely to buy a product than others, marketers can better allocate their attention and resources.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
ANSWER
Many investors like to watch the dividend yield, which is calculated as the annual dividend income per share divided by the current share price. The dividend yield measures the amount of income received in proportion to the share price. If a company has a low dividend yield compared to other companies in its sector, it can mean two things: (1) the share price is high because the market reckons the company has impressive prospects and isn’t overly worried about the company’s dividend payments, or (2) the company is in trouble and cannot afford to pay reasonable dividends. At the same time, however, a high dividend yield can signal a sick company with a depressed share price.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
ANSWER
Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the provision of product and service packages required by the end customers in a supply chain. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
There are myriad reasons for improving your supply chain (see below) but it is widely acknowledged that a tighter integration between a principal wholesaler and its (global) distributors can only improve the overall success of an organisation which is reliant on excellent service to the consumer.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
ANSWER
Human resources undoubtedly play the most important part in the functioning of an organization. The term ‘resource’ or ‘human resource’ signifies potentials, abilities, capacities, and skills, which can be developed through continuous interaction in an organizational setting.
The interactions, interrelationships, and activities performed all contribute in some way or other to the development of human potential. Organizational productivity, growth of companies, and economic development are to a large extent contingent upon the effective utilization of human capacities.
Hence, it is essential for an organization to take steps for effective utilization of these resources. In the various stages in the growth of an organization, effective planning of human resources plays a key role. Matching the requirements of the job with the individual is important at all stages, including the recruitment procedures, in this endeavour.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
ANSWER
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
Preparing a presentation can be an overwhelming experience if you allow it to be one. The strategies and steps below are provided to help you break down what you might view as a large job into smaller, more manageable tasks.
Step 1: Analyze your audience
The first step in preparing a presentation is to learn more about the audience to whom you’ll be speaking. It’s a good idea to obtain some information on the backgrounds, values, and interests of your audience so that you understand what the audience members might expect from your presentation.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
ANSWER
Organizational culture includes an organization’s expectations, experiences, philosophy, as well as the values that guide member behaviour, and is expressed in member self-image, inner workings, interactions with the outside world, and future expectations. Culture is based on shared attitudes, beliefs, customs, and written and unwritten rules that have been developed over time and are considered valid (The Business Dictionary).
Culture also includes the organization’s vision, values, norms, systems, symbols, language, assumptions, beliefs, and habits.
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Q1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
ANSWER
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
Q2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
ANSWER
Strategic planning means planning for making and implementing strategies to achieve organisational goals. It starts by asking oneself simple questions like : What are we doing, should we continue to do it or change our product line or the way of working, what is the impact of social, political, technological and other environmental factors on our operations, are we prepared to accept these changes etc.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
ANSWER
Market segmentation is the process of dividing a market of potential customers into groups, or segments, based on different characteristics. The segments created are composed of consumers who will respond similarly to marketing strategies and who share traits such as similar interests, needs, or locations.
- What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
ANSWER
Pricing can be defined as the process of determining an appropriate price for the product, or it is an act of setting price for the product. Pricing involves a number of decisions related to setting price of product. Pricing policies are aimed at achieving various objectives. Company has several objectives to be achieved by the sound pricing policies and strategies. Pricing decisions are based on the objectives to be achieved. Objectives are related to sales volume, profitability, market shares, or competition
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
ANSWER
Dividend refers to a reward, cash or otherwise, that a company gives to its shareholders. Dividends can be issued in various forms, such as cash payment, stocks or any other form. A company’s dividend is decided by its board of directors and it requires the shareholders’ approval. However, it is not obligatory for a company to pay dividend. Dividend is usually a part of the profit that the company shares with its shareholders.
- “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
ANSWER
Working capital management is a significant part of business decisions and is of major concern to the finance manager in as much as accomplishment of value maximisation goal depends essentially on prudent working capital decisions. Maintaining optimal level of working capital is crux of the problem with which a finance manager is seriously concerned because problem of trade-off between risk and return is involved.
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Q2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
ANSWER
Database systems comprise of complex data-structures. In order to make the system efficient in terms of retrieval of data, and reduce complexity in terms of usability of users, developers use abstraction i.e. hide irrelevant details from the users. This approach simplifies database design.
There are mainly 3 levels of data abstraction:
Q4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
ANSWER
An ER diagram helps you visualize the information stored in a database. This bank ER diagram illustrates key information on bank customers, including entities such as banker, credit card, account and loans. It allows you to understand the relationships between entities.
An Entity–relationship model (ER model) describes the structure of a database with the help of a diagram, which is known as Entity Relationship Diagram (ER Diagram). An ER model is a design or blueprint of a database that can later be implemented as a database. The main components of E-R model are: entity set and relationship set.
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1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Q1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of
human resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of
human resource planning.
ANSWER
Human resources undoubtedly play the most important part in the functioning of an organization. The term ‘resource’ or ‘human resource’ signifies potentials, abilities, capacities, and skills, which can be developed through continuous interaction in an organizational setting.
Q4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
ANSWER
Yes I agree with it
Successful businesses understand the value of investing in a robust performance appraisal system. That’s because they reap the benefits of employees who have regular and fruitful performance conversations with their line manager, understand their strengths and opportunities for improvement, and are more effective and motivated in their roles
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
Q2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
ANSWER
A hierarchical model represents the data in a tree-like structure in which there is a single parent for each record. To maintain order there is a sort field which keeps sibling nodes into a recorded manner. These types of models are designed basically for the early mainframe database management systems, like the Information Management System (IMS) by IBM.
Q4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
ANSWER
Data is the lifeline of every educational institution. Right from the student turnover rate to the financial records, every piece of data that is/was ever associated with the college paves way for its development. The bigger the institution, the greater the volume of data, which makes it challenging to manage on paper or even with excel files.
1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Q1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
ANSWER
Although computer systems have been employed since the 1970s in significant applications military, civil, government, finance, business and so on, unlike any other engineering discipline the success rate of ICT projects remains unacceptably low. Describe and discuss why ICT projects fail and what measures can be taken to improve the chance of success.
Q2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
ANSWER
MEMORANDUM
Dated 19th December 2019
As the name suggests this is software that is sold ‘off the shelf.’ The ‘shelf’ normally means the shelf of products in any store, accessible to anyone who walks into the store. Commercial off-the shelf software is therefore defined as the software that is commercially produced and sold in a retail store or online, ready to use without any form of modification by the user, accessible to everyone.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
ANSWER
Q2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
In accounting, the term depreciation refers to the allocation of cost of a tangible asset to expense to the periods in which the asset is expected to be used to obtain the economic benefit. For example, a company purchases a piece of equipment for $20,000 and estimates that the equipment will be used for a period of 10 years. The cost of the equipment (i.e., $20,000) will be allocated to each of 10 years using some systematic and rational allocation method.
Q4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
ANSWER
Cost Accounting is a conscious and rational procedure by Accountants for accumulating costs and relating such costs to specific products or departments for effective management action.
Cost Accounting establishes budgets, standard costs and actual costs. Cost Accounting is a set of procedures used in refining raw data into usable information for management decision making, for ascertainment of cost of products and services and its profitability.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
ANSWER
Dividend refers to a reward, cash or otherwise, that a company gives to its shareholders. Dividends can be issued in various forms, such as cash payment, stocks or any other form. A company’s dividend is decided by its board of directors and it requires the shareholders’ approval. However, it is not obligatory for a company to pay dividend. Dividend is usually a part of the profit that the company shares with its shareholders.
- “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
ANSWER
Working capital management is a significant part of business decisions and is of major concern to the finance manager in as much as accomplishment of value maximisation goal depends essentially on prudent working capital decisions. Maintaining optimal level of working capital is crux of the problem with which a finance manager is seriously concerned because problem of trade-off between risk and return is involved
1.4OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Q1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
ANSWER
Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the provision of product and service packages required by the end customers in a supply chain. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
There are myriad reasons for improving your supply chain (see below) but it is widely acknowledged that a tighter integration between a principal wholesaler and its (global) distributors can only improve the overall success of an organisation which is reliant on excellent service to the consumer.
Q4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India
ANSWER
ISO refers to International Organization for Standardisation. It is an independent organisation that provides standards in terms of quality, safety, and efficiency of products and services provided by businesses. With the increasing competition among the business, it is important to deliver high quality of goods & services in order to sustain in the market. ISO certification helps to improve your business credibility as well as overall efficiency of the business.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
Q2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
ANSWER
A statistical survey is any structured inquiry designed to obtain aggregated data, which may be qualitative or quantitative where the individual or corporate identities of the respondents are in themselves of little significance.
Statistical surveys in scope are not limited to those conducted by statistics divisions and do not necessarily involve completion of a form; telephone and personal interview surveys are also included.
Q4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
ANSWER
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
Q2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
ANSWER
Minutes of Annual General Body Meeting held on 24-Nov-2019
Agenda
- Welcome Speech
- Summary of Activities
- Presenting and Passing the Balance Sheet
Q3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
ANSWER
Preparing a presentation can be an overwhelming experience if you allow it to be one. The strategies and steps below are provided to help you break down what you might view as a large job into smaller, more manageable tasks.
Step 1: Analyze your audience
The first step in preparing a presentation is to learn more about the audience to whom you’ll be speaking. It’s a good idea to obtain some information on the backgrounds, values, and interests of your audience so that you understand what the audience members might expect from your presentation.
1.8 ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION
Q1. It is not imperative that consumers always go through the strides in the
‘Hierarchy of effects model’. Defend.
ANSWER
The hierarchy of effects model is a model which tells advertisers to make an advertisement in such a way that the customer goes through all these six stages namely awareness, knowledge, liking, preference, conviction and purchase. It is created by Robert J Lavidge and Gary A Steiner in 1961, the hierarchy of effects model suggests six steps to consumer buying behaviour.
Q2. Do ‘Persuasion advertising form’ benefit company if the competition increases –
Justify.
ANSWER
Advertising is a communication strategy designed to convince consumers to buy a company’s products. Persuasive communication involves getting attention, generating interest, creating a desire for change and encouraging action. Advertising is important for driving revenue and profit growth. Small businesses can use persuasive advertising in one-on-one settings and through traditional media channels, including print, television and the Internet.
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M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
ANSWER
Strategic planning means planning for making and implementing strategies to achieve organisational goals. It starts by asking oneself simple questions like : What are we doing, should we continue to do it or change our product line or the way of working, what is the impact of social, political, technological and other environmental factors on our operations, are we prepared to accept these changes etc.
Strategic planning helps in knowing where we are and where we want to go so that environmental threats and opportunities can be exploited, given the strengths and weaknesses of the organisation. Strategic planning is “a thorough self-examination regarding the goals and means of their accomplishment so that the enterprise is given both direction and cohesion.”
It is “a process through which managers formulate and implement strategies geared to optimising strategic goal achievement, given available environmental and internal conditions.” Strategic planning is planning for long periods of time for effective and efficient attainment of organisational goals. Strategic planning is based on extensive environmental scanning. It is a projection into environmental threats and opportunities and an effort to match them with organisational strengths and weaknesses.
Strategic planning is done to comprehend, anticipate and absorb environmental vagaries. It is a continuous process. Every time business organisations want to increase the growth rate or change their operations, desire for better management information system, co-ordinate activities of different departments, remove complacency from organisations; they make strategic plans.
It aims at long-term planning, keeping in view the environmental opportunities. It helps organisations analyse their strengths and weaknesses and adapt to the environment. Managers should be farsighted to make strategic planning meaningful.
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
ANSWER
Market segmentation also reduces the risk of an unsuccessful or ineffective marketing campaign. When marketers divide a market based on key characteristics and personalize their strategies based on that information, there is a much higher chance of success than if they were to create a generic campaign and try to implement it across all segments.
Marketers can also us segmentation to prioritize their target audience. If segmentation shows that some consumers would be more likely to buy a product than others, marketers can better allocate their attention and resources.
At its core, market segmentation is the practice of dividing your target market into approachable groups. Market segmentation creates subsets of a market based on demographics, needs, priorities, common interests, and other psychographic or behavioral criteria used to better understand the target audience.
By understanding your market segments, you can leverage this targeting in product, sales, and marketing strategies. Creating your marketing communications both in ad messaging and advanced targeting on digital platforms like Facebook and Google using your segmentation will allow for better response rates and lower acquisition costs. Market segments can power your product development cycles by informing how you create product offerings for different segments like men vs women or high income vs low income.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
ANSWER
Dividend refers to a reward, cash or otherwise, that a company gives to its shareholders. Dividends can be issued in various forms, such as cash payment, stocks or any other form. A company’s dividend is decided by its board of directors and it requires the shareholders’ approval. However, it is not obligatory for a company to pay dividend. Dividend is usually a part of the profit that the company shares with its shareholders.
After paying its creditors, a company can use part or whole of the residual profits to reward its shareholders as dividends. However, when firms face cash shortage or when it needs cash for reinvestments, it can also skip paying dividends. When a company announces dividend, it also fixes a record date and all shareholders who are registered as of that date become eligible to get dividend payout in proportion to their shareholding. The company usually mails the cheques to shareholders within in a week or so. Stocks are normally bought or sold with dividend until two business days ahead of the record date and then they turn ex-dividend. A recent study found that dividend-paying firms in India fell from 24 per cent in 2001 to almost 16 per cent in 2009 before rising to 19 per cent in 2010.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
ANSWER
Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the provision of product and service packages required by the end customers in a supply chain. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
There are myriad reasons for improving your supply chain (see below) but it is widely acknowledged that a tighter integration between a principal wholesaler and its (global) distributors can only improve the overall success of an organisation which is reliant on excellent service to the consumer.
A supply chain management system works well on a trusted ERP such as SAP Business One, particularly for distributor operations.
The biggest improvement can be seen when an organisation’s supply chain relies on information being exchanged between the principal and its distributors or different offices in various ways. Item master data and price lists can be pushed to distributors with the SAP integration tool – B1i. Subsequently, Crystal Reports and dashboards can be used to provide more intuitive reports across the business based on accurate and timely data.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
ANSWER
Human resources undoubtedly play the most important part in the functioning of an organization. The term ‘resource’ or ‘human resource’ signifies potentials, abilities, capacities, and skills, which can be developed through continuous interaction in an organizational setting.
The interactions, interrelationships, and activities performed all contribute in some way or other to the development of human potential. Organizational productivity, growth of companies, and economic development are to a large extent contingent upon the effective utilization of human capacities.
Hence, it is essential for an organization to take steps for effective utilization of these resources. In the various stages in the growth of an organization, effective planning of human resources plays a key role. Matching the requirements of the job with the individual is important at all stages, including the recruitment procedures, in this endeavour.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
ANSWER
A statistical survey is any structured inquiry designed to obtain aggregated data, which may be qualitative or quantitative where the individual or corporate identities of the respondents are in themselves of little significance.
Statistical surveys in scope are not limited to those conducted by statistics divisions and do not necessarily involve completion of a form; telephone and personal interview surveys are also included.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
ANSWER
Minutes of Annual General Body Meeting held on 24-Nov-2019
Agenda
- Welcome Speech
- Summary of Activities
- Presenting and Passing the Balance Sheet
- Increment of Monthly Subscription
- Beautification of Lobby and Front area
- Bathroom Leaks Rectification
- General matters to be discussed
- Any other points as deemed appropriate by the Chair
- Election of New Committee
- Vote of Thanks
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
ANSWER
As a leader, it’s important to be aware of your own perceptual biases and shortcuts. However, as difficult as these may be to overcome, you can always mitigate their impacts by being aware of how bias informs your perceptions and avoid jumping to conclusions.
In terms of effective leadership, recognising the impact of bias is extremely important as perceptual errors can lead to poor decision-making. This means you can never truly understand others if you don’t start by developing your own self-awareness.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
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Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management can be defined as ” A process of bringing about improvement in
knowledge, skill, habit and attitudes of the employees in an organization”.
Discuss.
ANSWER
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
These activities relate to the utilization of 4 types of inputs or resources from the environment—human, monetary, physical, and informational.
Human resources include managerial talent, labor, and so forth. Monetary resources are the financial capital the organization uses to finance both ongoing and long-term operations.
Physical resources include raw materials, office and production facilities, and equipment. Information resources are data and other kinds of information utilized by the organization.
The job of the manager is to combine and coordinate these resources to achieve the organization’s goals.
2. “Decision making is the most critical managerial task.” Discuss the above
statement in light of decision-making process.
3. Select a business or political leader whom you admire, and identify his or her
style of leading by applying the managerial grid or the continuum-of-behaviour
model of Tannenbaum and Schmidt.
4. ‟The only planning tool we need in the company is the budget. If everyone meets
his or her budget, we need nothing else, and management by objectives would
be an unnecessary frill”. Comment.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. What are the significant assumptions we make while comparing financial ratio
of various companies in the same industry? Discuss the implications of the
above assumptions for a user of financial ratios.
ANSWER
Financial ratios illustrate relationships between different aspects of a business’s operations. They involve the comparison of elements from a balance sheet or income statement, and are crafted with particular points of focus in mind. Financial ratios can provide managers with a valuable tool to measure their progress against predetermined internal goals, a certain competitor, or the overall industry. In addition, tracking various ratios over time is a powerful way to identify trends as they develop. Ratios are also used by bankers, investors, and business analysts to assess various attributes of a company’s financial strength or operating results.
Ratios are determined by dividing one number by another, and are usually expressed as a percentage. They enable managers to examine the relationships between seemingly unrelated items and thus gain useful information for decision making. “They are simple to calculate, easy to use, and provide a wealth of information that cannot be gotten anywhere else,” James 0. Gill noted in his book Financial Basics of Small Business Success. But, he added, “Ratios are aids to judgment and cannot take the place of experience. They will not replace good management, but they will make a good manager better. They help to pinpoint areas that need investigation and assist in developing an operating strategy for the future.”
2. Suppose you are the co-owner and manager of a retail store that sells and
repairs mountain bikes. Provide one example of a financial accounting report
that would be useful to you and your co-owner. Provide two examples of
managerial accounting reports that would be useful to you as the manager.
3. Discuss how internal rate of return (IRR) method differs from the net present
value method (NPV). Be sure to include an explanation of what the IRR method
is and what the NPV method is.
4. Imagine that, you are the owner of a business. Pass journal entries with 20
different transactions. Prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did
your firm earn profit or made a loss at the end of all transaction? Make a small
comment on your firm’s position at the end.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Decision making is the most important function of business managers. Decision
making is the central objective of Managerial Economics. Discuss – Scope of the
Economics in Decision Making and Different Decision Making Models.
2. Monopolistic Competition is a special case of imperfect completion. It stance
between monopoly and perfect completion and accordingly the pricing decision
are determined by the market forces – Discuss.
3. Since different decision are affected by difference type of cost, it is essential for a
manager to understand the relevant cost in decision making. Comment in
detail.
4. The concept of price velocity is very useful in the total revenue planning of your
firm. Comment on the validity of this statement. Derive a relationship between
price velocity and marginal revenue of a firm.
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1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Enumerate and explain the characteristics of contracts and differentiate from
Government contract. Assess the present methods of discharge of a contract.
2. Classify negotiable instruments. In what way the negotiable instruments differ
from one another. Discuss the recent amendments in negotiable instruments.
3. Describe the principles of law of insurance. How do these characteristics differ
for marine, life and fire insurance?
4. Describe the essentials of an arbitration agreement. Explain the composition
and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Assume that you want to evaluate a training programme. Discuss various types
of experimental research designs that can be adopted and give suitable
situations for each type.
2. Prepare a questionnaire to study the attitude of students who are pursuing
Masters’ programme in Business Administration through distance education
mode.
3. Consider mobile phone as a product. List the attributes that are considered by
consumers while buying the product. Assume that you need to segment the
product market. What analysis you will use for this objective and how you
progress to reach it.
4. Assume that there are three judges evaluating the candidates appearing for
selection process at preliminary level. At final level you wish to have only two of
them and how will you decide which two can be selected for final process of
selection. Assume that an individual’s performance is based on his education,
experience, ability, emotional intelligence and self confidence. Explain
independent and dependent variables in this case. Assume that you are
applying regression analysis what are the criterion you will look for to interpret?
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Discuss the impact of recent global financial meltdown on the prospects of
world trade. Give your suggestions to overcome the crisis.
2. What are the control devices used by authorized dealers in regulating foreign
exchange in the country?
3. State the balance of payment position of India. What steps that government,
public and corporations can take to improve the position.
4. Assume that you are interested in starting an export firm. Explain the
procedure for getting license for exporting.
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1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Assuming you are a Chief Personnel Manager of a leading MNC, draft a letter
calling a candidate for an interview in reply to his application for the position of
Chief Financial Executive.
2. Assume yourself as a Customer Relationship Manager of a bank. You have received
a letter from your customers who have complained to you about the rude
behaviour of a computer clerk. Since the customer is an important person, write a
letter to convince the customer.
3. Communication is lifeblood of an organization and without it organization cannot
exists. Discuss this statement.
4. The problem of communication arises because there are various obstacles which
may entirely prevent a communication or filter part of it, or present it incorrect.
Comment and discuss.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Understanding the basic concepts of Organizational Behaviour prepare a
Behavioural frame work for a newly established IT company in Chennai. –
Student can imagine the size and turnover of the industry.
2. To understand the importance of the concepts personality, perception, and
attitude of employees in an organization, prepare an interview schedule,
conduct an interview with 2-3 executives of any one organization and present
the results.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership, have a discussion with
one or two real world leaders of your choice and present the outcome.
4. Identify a suitable case to understand Organizational Culture, analyze the case
and present it with issues and strategies.
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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
ANSWER
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
These activities relate to the utilization of 4 types of inputs or resources from the environment—human, monetary, physical, and informational.
Human resources include managerial talent, labor, and so forth. Monetary resources are the financial capital the organization uses to finance both ongoing and long-term operations.
Physical resources include raw materials, office and production facilities, and equipment. Information resources are data and other kinds of information utilized by the organization.
The job of the manager is to combine and coordinate these resources to achieve the organization’s goals.
If we see our society closely, we will found management practices are being used everywhere, our praying place, social parties, transport system, schools and.
The concept of universality of management has several implications.
- First, managerial skills are transferable from one person to another.
- Secondly, management skills can be transferred from one organization to another.
- Thirdly, managerial skills can be important and exported from one country to another.
- Fourthly, this principle of universality serves as the basis of a general theory of management -a set of common principles.
Some experts support the universality of management on the group that whatever the situation and whatever the level of management, the management function is common
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before.” – Discuss.
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities. – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
ANSWER
Managerial economics serves several purposes in business decision-making. To start with, managerial economics provides a logical and experiential framework for analyzing the question. To the somewhat vague question of “what or how much should I make, and who should I sell it to?”, or “should I try to retail something like ‘this’?”, it provides the framework for applying to your question concepts such as supply and demand, market segmentation, competition, and so on. It takes your question from something vague and applies tested concepts to frame a more precise question (and answer).
Second, it provides an opportunity for a quantitative question: “how much should I make?” or “what price should I charge?” Rather than punting at an answer, managerial economics provides either a pre-existing framework for obtaining a direct answer, or at least provides a framework for testing volume or pricing in this case.
Third, it lends meaning to the answer. If you get back an answer “price it at $88.50 if you want to sell 2,000, or at $115.50 if you want to sell 600,” you have an answer with much more utility and you can both test the answer (which is important) and extrapolate, say, to production limited to 400. At this point, you have used managerial economics to help make important business decisions.
Managerial economics is the application of economic theory to economic practice with an aim of ensuring that business decisions meet their intended goal. It is through management economics that a business understands how to access and utilize scarce resources to ensure optimal performance of the same to generate revenues and profits. The application assists in decision making with regards to issues about optimum production, profit maximizing prices and type of product among other economic variables. For instance, a manufacturing company needs to understand what type of product or which additional features would boost the utility
2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing.”
– Comment.
4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
1.3 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
ANSWER
In accounting, the term depreciation refers to the allocation of cost of a tangible asset to expense to the periods in which the asset is expected to be used to obtain the economic benefit. For example, a company purchases a piece of equipment for $20,000 and estimates that the equipment will be used for a period of 10 years. The cost of the equipment (i.e., $20,000) will be allocated to each of 10 years using some systematic and rational allocation method.
The cost of an asset is initially recorded as an asset in accounting records because the asset will be used for many periods in future. Afterward, the portion of cost is allocated to a particular period is removed from the total cost of the asset and becomes the expense of that particular period and is matched against revenue like any other expense.
The statement that depreciation is a process of allocation and not valuation is quite interesting and asserts a point of view that coincides with a specific type of depreciation. The definition of allocation as well as valuation in their specific form is also of importance to distinguish the difference. For example, straight-line depreciation is a cost allocation methodology that breaks the cost of an asset down into specific periods that does not establish any particular metric for valuation. Therefore, depreciation as process of allocation is a form of depreciating an asset that is indifferent to the underlying valuation with concern to the particular use of the asset and the specific period the asset is used. Valuation will take into consideration the accelerated depreciation methodology that considers an asset as depreciating at a faster rate early in the useful cycle of the asset and slowing down to zero value with regard to depreciation of the asset as the asset approaches salvage value.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
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1.4 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the plc. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
MEDIA? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources.” In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
1. Suggest the factors governing the choice of site for a manufacturing plant in a
city or sub- urban part of a city.
2. Give a specimen of Gantt Charts which is normally used in the production
planning and control department and describe briefly how it could be used for
checking the actual progress of a job against the schedule.
3. Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an industry. Explain some
methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an industrial purchasing. Why
should the purchasing documents be legally sound?
4. Elaborate the various costs that are involved in inventory problems with suitable
examples. How are they inter related?
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1.7 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” – Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with
the following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India) .ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
ANSWER
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
These activities relate to the utilization of 4 types of inputs or resources from the environment—human, monetary, physical, and informational.
Human resources include managerial talent, labor, and so forth. Monetary resources are the financial capital the organization uses to finance both ongoing and long-term operations.
Physical resources include raw materials, office and production facilities, and equipment. Information resources are data and other kinds of information utilized by the organization.
The job of the manager is to combine and coordinate these resources to achieve the organization’s goals.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
ANSWER
Strategic planning means planning for making and implementing strategies to achieve organisational goals. It starts by asking oneself simple questions like : What are we doing, should we continue to do it or change our product line or the way of working, what is the impact of social, political, technological and other environmental factors on our operations, are we prepared to accept these changes etc.
Strategic planning helps in knowing where we are and where we want to go so that environmental threats and opportunities can be exploited, given the strengths and weaknesses of the organisation. Strategic planning is “a thorough self-examination regarding the goals and means of their accomplishment so that the enterprise is given both direction and cohesion.”
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
1. “Cost volume profit analysis is an important analysis which is commonly applied
by the irresponsive of industries”. Do you accept? What are your comments
towards this statement? Discuss.
2. Inflation is a key factor and it must be duly considered while preparing all sorts
of budgets”. Do you agree? Justify your stand with your valuable inputs.
3. “There is a vast amount of practical gap on application of accounting practices
between Domestic and International Accounting”. Comment on this with your
valuable supportive arguments.
4. “Several issues are existing in International Financial statement Analysis and at
the same time many meaningful unlocking tools are there”. What is your
opinion? Comment on this.
1.3 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1. Do you find any correlations among Oil, Gold and exchange rates in terms of
their price change? Explain the interaction among them in the international
market survey.
2. Compare the benefits of liberalization with globalization, which influence the
economic growth of India in last two decades.
3. Whether under developed countries in WTO succeed their demands? Justify
your views with strong reasons.
4. Can you say that the modern theory of HECKSHER & OHLIN applies to the
Indian Economy in the post or pre-liberalization? Illustrate with supporting
data.
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1.4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
1. “Knowledge of International Business Environment is essential for the players of
International Business” – Elaborate with an example of multinational company.
2. “When is the time deemed to be the essence of the contract in performance of
contract and with what consequences? Pinch out the rules of law relating to the
time and place of performance in modern business environment.
3. “The effect of country’s political system on its business environment and
economic development”-Discuss
4. “India’s competitive advantage in industries like IT, Textiles, Gems and jewellery
–Strength and Threats”. Illustrate the statement.
1.5 FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
1. “Trends in foreign trade and the composition of imports and exports along with
its composition over the past years” – Discuss
2. Discuss India’s participation in UN peace keeping and its claim for a permanent
seat in the Security Council
3. Analyse the relevance of non-alignment in the post cold war period
4. In what way India’s foreign policy is instrumental/detrimental for the promotion
of India’s international trade? Illustrate your answer
1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE
1. Give an example of e-learning system implemented in India. Identify the
hardware, software and personal requirement for purpose of implementation of
such an educational system.
2. Discuss the security requirements of internet and Ecommerce application and
how these requirements are fulfilled by various hardware and software systems.
3. Compare and contrast the traditional business with electronic commerce in an
apparels business.
4. Once a company has acquired customer, the key to maximizing revenue is
keeping them. Explain how e-commerce is helpful in customer retention?
1.7 COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS
1. “For productive business meetings, listening and non verbal communication
skills are the key attributes”. Explain with appropriate examples.
2. “A cry of agony is more powerful than the tale of woe”. Elaborate this statement
in the context of Non-verbal communication. State the positive and negative
gesture in non-verbal communication.
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3. Elucidate the measures that have to be considered in managing the cross
cultural communication with examples.
4. “Pen is mightier than sword”. Explain this statement, elaborating the strength
of written communication.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
As a leader, it’s important to be aware of your own perceptual biases and shortcuts. However, as difficult as these may be to overcome, you can always mitigate their impacts by being aware of how bias informs your perceptions and avoid jumping to conclusions.
In terms of effective leadership, recognising the impact of bias is extremely important as perceptual errors can lead to poor decision-making. This means you can never truly understand others if you don’t start by developing your own self-awareness.
To better understand yourself and others, it’s important to be aware that there are a number of sources of perceptual error, including:
- not collecting enough information
- using irrelevant information
- seeing only what we want and expect to see
- allowing early information to affect perception of later information
- allowing one’s own characteristics to affect the way we perceive others
- accepting stereotypes uncritically.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS AND ANSWERS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
ANSWER
Managing is necessary whenever one needs to get things done.
It may be called the practice of consciously and continually shaping organizations.
Every organization has people who are assigned the responsibility of serving the organization to achieve its goals.
Management is a universal phenomenon in the sense that it is a common and essential element in all enterprises. Every group effort requires setting objectives, making plans, handling people, co-coordinating and controlling activities, achieving goals and evaluating performance directed towards organizational goals.
These activities relate to the utilization of 4 types of inputs or resources from the environment—human, monetary, physical, and informational.
Human resources include managerial talent, labor, and so forth. Monetary resources are the financial capital the organization uses to finance both ongoing and long-term operations.
Physical resources include raw materials, office and production facilities, and equipment. Information resources are data and other kinds of information utilized by the organization.
The job of the manager is to combine and coordinate these resources to achieve the organization’s goals.
If we see our society closely, we will found management practices are being used everywhere, our praying place, social parties, transport system, schools and.
The concept of universality of management has several implications.
- First, managerial skills are transferable from one person to another.
- Secondly, management skills can be transferred from one organization to another.
- Thirdly, managerial skills can be important and exported from one country to another.
- Fourthly, this principle of universality serves as the basis of a general theory of management -a set of common principles.
Some experts support the universality of management on the group that whatever the situation and whatever the level of management, the management function is common.
Any manager must, one time or the other, perform the same managerial functions.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
ANSWER
Market segmentation is the process of dividing a market of potential customers into groups, or segments, based on different characteristics. The segments created are composed of consumers who will respond similarly to marketing strategies and who share traits such as similar interests, needs, or locations.
Market segmentation makes it easier for marketers to personalize their marketing campaigns.
By arranging their company’s target market into segmented groups, rather than targeting each potential customer individually, marketers can be more efficient with their time, money, and other resources than if they were targeting consumers on an individual level. Grouping similar consumers together allows marketers to target specific audiences in a cost effective manner.
Market segmentation also reduces the risk of an unsuccessful or ineffective marketing campaign. When marketers divide a market based on key characteristics and personalize their strategies based on that information, there is a much higher chance of success than if they were to create a generic campaign and try to implement it across all segments.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
3. Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
3. Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
4
1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
3. An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software
tool such as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for
the package. The features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up
details of new projects and updating the project details with information about
actual work completed. Draw up quality specifications in respect of the qualities
of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3) Recoverability
4. ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for
allotment of engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top
colleges. The product has to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be
considered. Describe the appropriate product development life cycle and the
standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
3. Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
3. Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
4
1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
3. An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software
tool such as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for
the package. The features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up
details of new projects and updating the project details with information about
actual work completed. Draw up quality specifications in respect of the qualities
of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3) Recoverability
4. ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for
allotment of engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top
colleges. The product has to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be
considered. Describe the appropriate product development life cycle and the
standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
1.6 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
1. Suggest the factors governing the choice of site for a manufacturing plant in a
city or sub- urban part of a city.
2. Give a specimen of Gantt Charts which is normally used in the production
planning and control department and describe briefly how it could be used for
checking the actual progress of a job against the schedule.
3. Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an industry. Explain some
methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an industrial purchasing. Why
should the purchasing documents be legally sound?
4. Elaborate the various costs that are involved in inventory problems with suitable
examples. How are they inter related?
4
1.7 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” – Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with
the following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India) .ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. What are the significant assumptions we make while comparing financial ratio
of various companies in the same industry? Discuss the implications of the
above assumptions for a user of financial ratios.
2. Suppose you are the co-owner and manager of a retail store that sells and
repairs mountain bikes. Provide one example of a financial accounting report
that would be useful to you and your co-owner. Provide two examples of
managerial accounting reports that would be useful to you as the manager.
3. Discuss how internal rate of return (IRR) method differs from the net present
value method (NPV). Be sure to include an explanation of what the IRR method
is and what the NPV method is.
4. Imagine that, you are the owner of a business. Pass journal entries with 20
different transactions. Prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did
your firm earn profit or made a loss at the end of all transaction? Make a small
comment on your firm’s position at the end.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Decision making is the most important function of business managers. Decision
making is the central objective of Managerial Economics. Discuss – Scope of the
Economics in Decision Making and Different Decision Making Models.
2. Monopolistic Competition is a special case of imperfect completion. It stance
between monopoly and perfect completion and accordingly the pricing decision
are determined by the market forces – Discuss.
3. Since different decision are affected by difference type of cost, it is essential for a
manager to understand the relevant cost in decision making. Comment in
detail.
4. The concept of price velocity is very useful in the total revenue planning of your
firm. Comment on the validity of this statement. Derive a relationship between
price velocity and marginal revenue of a firm.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Enumerate and explain the characteristics of contracts and differentiate from
Government contract. Assess the present methods of discharge of a contract.
2. Classify negotiable instruments. In what way the negotiable instruments differ
from one another. Discuss the recent amendments in negotiable instruments.
3. Describe the principles of law of insurance. How do these characteristics differ
for marine, life and fire insurance?
4. Describe the essentials of an arbitration agreement. Explain the composition
and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Assume that you want to evaluate a training programme. Discuss various types
of experimental research designs that can be adopted and give suitable
situations for each type.
2. Prepare a questionnaire to study the attitude of students who are pursuing
Masters’ programme in Business Administration through distance education
mode.
3. Consider mobile phone as a product. List the attributes that are considered by
consumers while buying the product. Assume that you need to segment the
product market. What analysis you will use for this objective and how you
progress to reach it.
4. Assume that there are three judges evaluating the candidates appearing for
selection process at preliminary level. At final level you wish to have only two of
them and how will you decide which two can be selected for final process of
selection. Assume that an individual’s performance is based on his education,
experience, ability, emotional intelligence and self confidence. Explain
independent and dependent variables in this case. Assume that you are
applying regression analysis what are the criterion you will look for to interpret?
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Discuss the impact of recent global financial meltdown on the prospects of
world trade. Give your suggestions to overcome the crisis.
2. What are the control devices used by authorized dealers in regulating foreign
exchange in the country?
3. State the balance of payment position of India. What steps that government,
public and corporations can take to improve the position.
4. Assume that you are interested in starting an export firm. Explain the
procedure for getting license for exporting.
4
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Assuming you are a Chief Personnel Manager of a leading MNC, draft a letter
calling a candidate for an interview in reply to his application for the position of
Chief Financial Executive.
2. Assume yourself as a Customer Relationship Manager of a bank. You have received
a letter from your customers who have complained to you about the rude
behaviour of a computer clerk. Since the customer is an important person, write a
letter to convince the customer.
3. Communication is lifeblood of an organization and without it organization cannot
exists. Discuss this statement.
4. The problem of communication arises because there are various obstacles which
may entirely prevent a communication or filter part of it, or present it incorrect.
Comment and discuss.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Understanding the basic concepts of Organizational Behaviour prepare a
Behavioural frame work for a newly established IT company in Chennai. –
Student can imagine the size and turnover of the industry.
2. To understand the importance of the concepts personality, perception, and
attitude of employees in an organization, prepare an interview schedule,
conduct an interview with 2-3 executives of any one organization and present
the results.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership, have a discussion with
one or two real world leaders of your choice and present the outcome.
4. Identify a suitable case to understand Organizational Culture, analyze the case
and present it with issues and strategies.
M.
2.1 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
1. Organizational development is in enviable and continuous process. As a
consultant how do you accept this statement? Give your views.
2. Power and politics are associated factors .As a management student how would
you relate and compare both power and politics in organizational development
context.
3. Organizational interventions are different in its significance. How would you
classify and apply those interventions for organizational development. Discuss.
4. As OD consultant what type of changes and levels of changes you would observe
and study in any organization.
2.2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Evolve a new evaluation scheme for training Bank officials training programmes
that is capable of eliminating the disadvantages from the existing evaluation
scheme – Discuss.
2. Identify the ways and options to fill performance gaps- with example.
3. HR functionaries are better suited to become trainers than line managers. They
don’t require training as they are experts in training. Give at least four
arguments for against this statement.
4. Prepare a developmental job assignment for a newly joined marketing trainee
who is found to be having high potential – Give example.
2.3 LABOUR WELFARE
1) Elucidate and discuss the various obstacles in the growth of Trade Unions in
India.
2) Explain the concept and objectives of ‘Social Security’. Give a brief account of
the various social security schemes available in India.
3) Enumerate the contributions of Labour Legislations in India towards Industrial
growth.
4) Explain the following in detail
a) Suggestions to Strengthen Trade Unions in India
b) Benefits of Collective Bargaining
c) Prevention of Industrial Disputes in India
d) Need and Importance of Labour Welfare in India.
2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. In analyzing industrial relations, the role of social change cannot be overlooked.
As it equally influences both employee and management, which is obvious from
the fact that today’s management has increasingly become professional, there is
a greater thrust on the use of behaviour techniques in dealing with human side
of enterprise – Do you agree with the statement? Justify.
3
2. “The responsibility of nurturing a healthy industrial climate lies with the
management, the unions and the government. The political parties, the
community and the society should also play a decisive role in improving the
existing industrial relations and if there is any dispute or conflict, it should be
settled by mutual negotiation or conciliation or voluntary arbitration” –
Comment on the above statement and suggest the ways of promoting industrial
peace at this juncture.
3. The industrial relations can be viewed from the various angles which may range
from the economic and social, political to the legal, psychological and
managerial. But none of these give a perfect view of industrial relations but
certainly adds to our intellectual dimensions in this context – Critically evaluate
the statement and relate any two approaches of industrial relations system to
the above circumstances.
4. The effect of both strikes and lockouts are the same, as they both ensure that
workers will be away from work. Examine whether and why management wants
to declare lockouts and when workers want to go on strikes. Also identify the
ways and means of resolving such disputes within the organisation and
through alternative mechanisms.
2.5 WAGES AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION
1. Compare and contrast wage fixation principles and practices in public and
private sector.
2. What is the basis for occupational wage differentials support with live
examples?
3. Write an essay on executive compensation practices in India.
4. Why pay commission abolition proposed by government of India? Give SWOT
analytical report.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry.
Give an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and
failure.
4
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” – Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. “Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of
buying and selling of goods or services using electronic systems. List-out the
applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in
E-Commerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line
business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” –Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with the
following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India). ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 28-02-2019
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NOTE:
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on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
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Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
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Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics).
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management can be defined as ” A process of bringing about improvement in
knowledge, skill, habit and attitudes of the employees in an organization”.
Discuss.
2. “Decision making is the most critical managerial task.” Discuss the above
statement in light of decision-making process.
3. Select a business or political leader whom you admire, and identify his or her
style of leading by applying the managerial grid or the continuum-of-behaviour
model of Tannenbaum and Schmidt.
4. ‟The only planning tool we need in the company is the budget. If everyone meets
his or her budget, we need nothing else, and management by objectives would
be an unnecessary frill”. Comment.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. What are the significant assumptions we make while comparing financial ratio
of various companies in the same industry? Discuss the implications of the
above assumptions for a user of financial ratios.
2. Suppose you are the co-owner and manager of a retail store that sells and
repairs mountain bikes. Provide one example of a financial accounting report
that would be useful to you and your co-owner. Provide two examples of
managerial accounting reports that would be useful to you as the manager.
3. Discuss how internal rate of return (IRR) method differs from the net present
value method (NPV). Be sure to include an explanation of what the IRR method
is and what the NPV method is.
4. Imagine that, you are the owner of a business. Pass journal entries with 20
different transactions. Prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did
your firm earn profit or made a loss at the end of all transaction? Make a small
comment on your firm’s position at the end.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Decision making is the most important function of business managers. Decision
making is the central objective of Managerial Economics. Discuss – Scope of the
Economics in Decision Making and Different Decision Making Models.
2. Monopolistic Competition is a special case of imperfect completion. It stance
between monopoly and perfect completion and accordingly the pricing decision
are determined by the market forces – Discuss.
3. Since different decision are affected by difference type of cost, it is essential for a
manager to understand the relevant cost in decision making. Comment in
detail.
4. The concept of price velocity is very useful in the total revenue planning of your
firm. Comment on the validity of this statement. Derive a relationship between
price velocity and marginal revenue of a firm.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Enumerate and explain the characteristics of contracts and differentiate from
Government contract. Assess the present methods of discharge of a contract.
2. Classify negotiable instruments. In what way the negotiable instruments differ
from one another. Discuss the recent amendments in negotiable instruments.
3. Describe the principles of law of insurance. How do these characteristics differ
for marine, life and fire insurance?
4. Describe the essentials of an arbitration agreement. Explain the composition
and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Assume that you want to evaluate a training programme. Discuss various types
of experimental research designs that can be adopted and give suitable
situations for each type.
2. Prepare a questionnaire to study the attitude of students who are pursuing
Masters’ programme in Business Administration through distance education
mode.
3. Consider mobile phone as a product. List the attributes that are considered by
consumers while buying the product. Assume that you need to segment the
product market. What analysis you will use for this objective and how you
progress to reach it.
4. Assume that there are three judges evaluating the candidates appearing for
selection process at preliminary level. At final level you wish to have only two of
them and how will you decide which two can be selected for final process of
selection. Assume that an individual’s performance is based on his education,
experience, ability, emotional intelligence and self confidence. Explain
independent and dependent variables in this case. Assume that you are
applying regression analysis what are the criterion you will look for to interpret?
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Discuss the impact of recent global financial meltdown on the prospects of
world trade. Give your suggestions to overcome the crisis.
2. What are the control devices used by authorized dealers in regulating foreign
exchange in the country?
3. State the balance of payment position of India. What steps that government,
public and corporations can take to improve the position.
4. Assume that you are interested in starting an export firm. Explain the
procedure for getting license for exporting.
4
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Assuming you are a Chief Personnel Manager of a leading MNC, draft a letter
calling a candidate for an interview in reply to his application for the position of
Chief Financial Executive.
2. Assume yourself as a Customer Relationship Manager of a bank. You have received
a letter from your customers who have complained to you about the rude
behaviour of a computer clerk. Since the customer is an important person, write a
letter to convince the customer.
3. Communication is lifeblood of an organization and without it organization cannot
exists. Discuss this statement.
4. The problem of communication arises because there are various obstacles which
may entirely prevent a communication or filter part of it, or present it incorrect.
Comment and discuss.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Understanding the basic concepts of Organizational Behaviour prepare a
Behavioural frame work for a newly established IT company in Chennai. –
Student can imagine the size and turnover of the industry.
2. To understand the importance of the concepts personality, perception, and
attitude of employees in an organization, prepare an interview schedule,
conduct an interview with 2-3 executives of any one organization and present
the results.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership, have a discussion with
one or two real world leaders of your choice and present the outcome.
4. Identify a suitable case to understand Organizational Culture, analyze the case
and present it with issues and strategies.
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M.B.A. SECOND YEAR
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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers as specialisation.
Last date for submission: 28.02.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.2020
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
2.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
2.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
2.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
2.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Identify five common project risk strategies employed to address the threats in
the new Mall construction. Give an example of each.
2. How the software projects are different from other project. Describe the various
phases of software project life cycle with the illustration.
3. Critically examine the generic strategies that can help an entrepreneur to
maintain competitive advantage of their products. Use the relevant examples to
support the answer.
4. Does Government of India policy measures are promoting Women
entrepreneurship in India? Suggest the ways to develop women entrepreneurs.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry. Give
an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and failure.
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” –Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 HRM : (a) LABOUR WELFARE AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. “Favourable working environment enhances the efficiency of workers and
includes proper illumination, safety, temperature, ventilation, sanitation,
cleanliness and canteen facilities”. Comment
2. Do you agree that the problems of social security in industries have become
complex due to inadequate training, lack of education, low wages and the
failure to make provisions against the industrial hazards by industries? Justify
your stand with valid reasons.
3. “Collective bargaining assumes collective wisdom of both management and
labour”-Discuss.
4. Why trade unions in India suffer from multiplicity, inter-union rivalry and
politicization? Suggest remedial measures to be taken to safeguard the trade
unions from these issues.
4
2.7.1 HRM: (b) TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. If training is the possible solution, then find out the best approaches in a given
situation like coaching, mentoring, feedback, classroom training, team building
– Give example.
2. Evolve a new evaluation scheme for training of bank officials to eliminate the
disadvantages of existing evaluation scheme
3. HR functionaries are better suited to become trainers than line managers. They
don’t require training as they are experts in training. Give at least four
arguments for against this statement.
4. Prepare a developmental job assignment for a newly joined marketing trainee
who is found to be having high potential – Give example.
2.7.2 MM : (a) SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1. Give the picture of Impact of sales motivation on FMCG organizational
performance of P&G.
2. Is Personal selling practices the best way to enhance sales of industrial Products
in power sector? Give your answer and justify.
3. Discuss the sales promotions and advertising effect on sales performance of
consumer goods of Unilever.
4. ‘GIG’ Economy and freelancers as distribution agents in food delivery service.
Bring out its future trend in India.
2.7.2 MM: (b) MARKETING RESEARCH AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. How marketing research helps for the FMCG manufacturing company for
segmenting the market.
2. Develop a questionnaire for conducting survey for meaning hospital service
quality.
3. Marketing research agencies plays a major role in today’s business world
though it has demerits – Explain with example.
4. What are the application areas of market research in present scenario and
explain about any three of them with examples.
2.7.3 FM: (a) INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. As an investment advisor what feature would you suggest being included in the
investment bunch of a client? And also suggest where an investor should be
careful. Consider the above statements and keep the present situation in mind
Give your suggestions.
2. The technical analyst places a great deal of importance on supply and demand
in stock pricing. Presumably the fundamental analyst also believes that supply
and demand are important. In what ways do the two groups disagree on the
subject?
5
3. ”The concept of a random walk in stock prices is bizarre and implies totally
irrational behaviour by the investing public. Nothing could be further from the
truth than random walk. Prices are related to fundamental economic worth is
misleading.” – Comment.
4. Comment on the following statement “since Markowitz portfolio theory requires
so many assumptions, the notion that investors should be concerned with the
risk of the overall portfolio rather than the risk of the individual securities is
misleading”.
2.7.3 FM: (b) MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Discuss the features of the framework of regulation of the credit information
companies in India. What are the regulatory and supervisory objectives of the
RBI in relation to the NBFCs? Explain the main elements of the RBI framework
of NBFC regulation.
2. Do you think credit analysis is essential before providing loan to customers?
Explain various credit appraisal techniques used by commercial banks to
analyse the credit worthiness of borrowers.
3. “Tax considerations give a definite advantage to hire purchase financing option”
Do you agree? Explain
4. What kind of changes needed in the venture capital financing when an economy
is in the recession? Suggest some strategies approaches that are well suited for
venture capital financing for industrial activities.
2.7.4 PM: (a) PRODUCTION, PLANNING, CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE
1. Write your own idea about the Concept of division of labour and how it
can be applied to Production planning and control.
2. Is the Production planning and control function getting to be increasingly
people-centric? If so, what may be the reason?
3. Write your prognosis for the future of Production planning and control
discipline in general.
4. Assume yourself as a Maintenance manager in a Hotel Industry. Write your
views about the merits and demerits of different types of Maintenance that can
be practiced in Hotel Industry.
2.7.4 PM: (b) QUALITY MANAGEMENT
1. The plan-do-check-act (PDCA) principles are another essential tool for
implementing a TQM programme successfully in Indian organisations. Are you
agreeing PDCA also referred to as the Deming Wheel, is the principles of
continuous improvement?
2. Cross functional management recognises that no organisational unit can by
itself control every aspect of the business operations to ensure that the
customer’s requirements are met.
6
3. Quality policy is a broad guide to action. It is a statement of principles. A policy
differs from a procedure which details how some activity shall be accomplished.
Thus a quality policy might state that quality cost will be measured.
4. To organise companywide QC circle symposiums of which the results of QC
circle activities can be announced. Making presentation of QC circle activities is
a valuable method of ensuring the QC circle summarizes the results of their
activities.
2.7.5 SYSTEMS: (a) PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
1. Prepare an Advertisement for launching a new product using Superscript,
format the cells and make a macros and mail merge the final copy. Prepare a
links for the highlighted products.
2. Prepare an Excel Sheets purchase of new machineries to XYZ Company by
using Various Mathematical Functions, Statistical functions, financial
functions, and Text functions. Attach the copy of excel sheets for each
functions.
3. Discuss the procedure and advantages of creating Personal signature file
message. Attach the image of this and discuss the steps followed in creating the
personal signature file. Explain the role of ISDN and ISP in creation process.
Attach the image for all the process.
4. With the rise of social media, many small businesses have had to alter their
operational strategies to adapt. Social media affects business of all sizes in
several different ways. Because of social media, businesses must make their
brands more personal, market their products differently and communicate with
customers in new ways – Comment this statement with reasonable points.
2.7.5 (b) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1. Few eBay users believe that the use of sniping software is unfair and that eBay
should prohibit its use. Present the facts and logical arguments that would
convince eBay to prohibit the use of sniping software.
2. Visit the website of Air India (www.airindia.in) & Spice Jet (www.spicejet.com)
and compare them.
3. Visit the applications area of www.oracle.com and www.microsoft.com to find
any difference between Oracle’s ERP and Microsoft’s Dynamics. Submit detailed
report regarding this.
4. Construct an ER diagram for a departmental store. Take the entities to define
different activities (like purchase, sales), different types of employees (e.g.
manager, supervisor), section (e.g. cosmetics, kids), customers and other
departments of the store. Take appropriate attributes to define the entities.
Construct appropriate table from the diagram.
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Academic Year : 2018 – 2019
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 28-02-2019
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-03-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15-03-2019 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments
will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics).
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management can be defined as ” A process of bringing about improvement in
knowledge, skill, habit and attitudes of the employees in an organization”.
Discuss.
2. “Decision making is the most critical managerial task.” Discuss the above
statement in light of decision-making process.
3. Select a business or political leader whom you admire, and identify his or her
style of leading by applying the managerial grid or the continuum-of-behaviour
model of Tannenbaum and Schmidt.
4. ‟The only planning tool we need in the company is the budget. If everyone meets
his or her budget, we need nothing else, and management by objectives would
be an unnecessary frill”. Comment.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. What are the significant assumptions we make while comparing financial ratio
of various companies in the same industry? Discuss the implications of the
above assumptions for a user of financial ratios.
2. Suppose you are the co-owner and manager of a retail store that sells and
repairs mountain bikes. Provide one example of a financial accounting report
that would be useful to you and your co-owner. Provide two examples of
managerial accounting reports that would be useful to you as the manager.
3. Discuss how internal rate of return (IRR) method differs from the net present
value method (NPV). Be sure to include an explanation of what the IRR method
is and what the NPV method is.
4. Imagine that, you are the owner of a business. Pass journal entries with 20
different transactions. Prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did
your firm earn profit or made a loss at the end of all transaction? Make a small
comment on your firm’s position at the end.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Decision making is the most important function of business managers. Decision
making is the central objective of Managerial Economics. Discuss – Scope of the
Economics in Decision Making and Different Decision Making Models.
2. Monopolistic Competition is a special case of imperfect completion. It stance
between monopoly and perfect completion and accordingly the pricing decision
are determined by the market forces – Discuss.
3. Since different decision are affected by difference type of cost, it is essential for a
manager to understand the relevant cost in decision making. Comment in
detail.
4. The concept of price velocity is very useful in the total revenue planning of your
firm. Comment on the validity of this statement. Derive a relationship between
price velocity and marginal revenue of a firm.
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1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Enumerate and explain the characteristics of contracts and differentiate from
Government contract. Assess the present methods of discharge of a contract.
2. Classify negotiable instruments. In what way the negotiable instruments differ
from one another. Discuss the recent amendments in negotiable instruments.
3. Describe the principles of law of insurance. How do these characteristics differ
for marine, life and fire insurance?
4. Describe the essentials of an arbitration agreement. Explain the composition
and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Assume that you want to evaluate a training programme. Discuss various types
of experimental research designs that can be adopted and give suitable
situations for each type.
2. Prepare a questionnaire to study the attitude of students who are pursuing
Masters’ programme in Business Administration through distance education
mode.
3. Consider mobile phone as a product. List the attributes that are considered by
consumers while buying the product. Assume that you need to segment the
product market. What analysis you will use for this objective and how you
progress to reach it.
4. Assume that there are three judges evaluating the candidates appearing for
selection process at preliminary level. At final level you wish to have only two of
them and how will you decide which two can be selected for final process of
selection. Assume that an individual’s performance is based on his education,
experience, ability, emotional intelligence and self confidence. Explain
independent and dependent variables in this case. Assume that you are
applying regression analysis what are the criterion you will look for to interpret?
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Discuss the impact of recent global financial meltdown on the prospects of
world trade. Give your suggestions to overcome the crisis.
2. What are the control devices used by authorized dealers in regulating foreign
exchange in the country?
3. State the balance of payment position of India. What steps that government,
public and corporations can take to improve the position.
4. Assume that you are interested in starting an export firm. Explain the
procedure for getting license for exporting.
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1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Assuming you are a Chief Personnel Manager of a leading MNC, draft a letter
calling a candidate for an interview in reply to his application for the position of
Chief Financial Executive.
2. Assume yourself as a Customer Relationship Manager of a bank. You have received
a letter from your customers who have complained to you about the rude
behaviour of a computer clerk. Since the customer is an important person, write a
letter to convince the customer.
3. Communication is lifeblood of an organization and without it organization cannot
exists. Discuss this statement.
4. The problem of communication arises because there are various obstacles which
may entirely prevent a communication or filter part of it, or present it incorrect.
Comment and discuss.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Understanding the basic concepts of Organizational Behaviour prepare a
Behavioural frame work for a newly established IT company in Chennai. –
Student can imagine the size and turnover of the industry.
2. To understand the importance of the concepts personality, perception, and
attitude of employees in an organization, prepare an interview schedule,
conduct an interview with 2-3 executives of any one organization and present
the results.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership, have a discussion with
one or two real world leaders of your choice and present the outcome.
4. Identify a suitable case to understand Organizational Culture, analyze the case
and present it with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. – 1ST Year – Assignment- UAP/551/C-700
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2018 – 2019
1
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. SECOND YEAR
Academic Year : 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers as specialisation.
Last date for submission: 28.02.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.2020
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2020 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
Dr. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
2.1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
2.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
2.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
2.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
2.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Identify five common project risk strategies employed to address the threats in
the new Mall construction. Give an example of each.
2. How the software projects are different from other project. Describe the various
phases of software project life cycle with the illustration.
3. Critically examine the generic strategies that can help an entrepreneur to
maintain competitive advantage of their products. Use the relevant examples to
support the answer.
4. Does Government of India policy measures are promoting Women
entrepreneurship in India? Suggest the ways to develop women entrepreneurs.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry. Give
an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and failure.
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” –Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 HRM : (a) LABOUR WELFARE AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. “Favourable working environment enhances the efficiency of workers and
includes proper illumination, safety, temperature, ventilation, sanitation,
cleanliness and canteen facilities”. Comment
2. Do you agree that the problems of social security in industries have become
complex due to inadequate training, lack of education, low wages and the
failure to make provisions against the industrial hazards by industries? Justify
your stand with valid reasons.
3. “Collective bargaining assumes collective wisdom of both management and
labour”-Discuss.
4. Why trade unions in India suffer from multiplicity, inter-union rivalry and
politicization? Suggest remedial measures to be taken to safeguard the trade
unions from these issues.
4
2.7.1 HRM: (b) TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. If training is the possible solution, then find out the best approaches in a given
situation like coaching, mentoring, feedback, classroom training, team building
– Give example.
2. Evolve a new evaluation scheme for training of bank officials to eliminate the
disadvantages of existing evaluation scheme
3. HR functionaries are better suited to become trainers than line managers. They
don’t require training as they are experts in training. Give at least four
arguments for against this statement.
4. Prepare a developmental job assignment for a newly joined marketing trainee
who is found to be having high potential – Give example.
2.7.2 MM : (a) SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1. Give the picture of Impact of sales motivation on FMCG organizational
performance of P&G.
2. Is Personal selling practices the best way to enhance sales of industrial Products
in power sector? Give your answer and justify.
3. Discuss the sales promotions and advertising effect on sales performance of
consumer goods of Unilever.
4. ‘GIG’ Economy and freelancers as distribution agents in food delivery service.
Bring out its future trend in India.
2.7.2 MM: (b) MARKETING RESEARCH AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. How marketing research helps for the FMCG manufacturing company for
segmenting the market.
2. Develop a questionnaire for conducting survey for meaning hospital service
quality.
3. Marketing research agencies plays a major role in today’s business world
though it has demerits – Explain with example.
4. What are the application areas of market research in present scenario and
explain about any three of them with examples.
2.7.3 FM: (a) INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. As an investment advisor what feature would you suggest being included in the
investment bunch of a client? And also suggest where an investor should be
careful. Consider the above statements and keep the present situation in mind
Give your suggestions.
2. The technical analyst places a great deal of importance on supply and demand
in stock pricing. Presumably the fundamental analyst also believes that supply
and demand are important. In what ways do the two groups disagree on the
subject?
5
3. ”The concept of a random walk in stock prices is bizarre and implies totally
irrational behaviour by the investing public. Nothing could be further from the
truth than random walk. Prices are related to fundamental economic worth is
misleading.” – Comment.
4. Comment on the following statement “since Markowitz portfolio theory requires
so many assumptions, the notion that investors should be concerned with the
risk of the overall portfolio rather than the risk of the individual securities is
misleading”.
2.7.3 FM: (b) MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Discuss the features of the framework of regulation of the credit information
companies in India. What are the regulatory and supervisory objectives of the
RBI in relation to the NBFCs? Explain the main elements of the RBI framework
of NBFC regulation.
2. Do you think credit analysis is essential before providing loan to customers?
Explain various credit appraisal techniques used by commercial banks to
analyse the credit worthiness of borrowers.
3. “Tax considerations give a definite advantage to hire purchase financing option”
Do you agree? Explain
4. What kind of changes needed in the venture capital financing when an economy
is in the recession? Suggest some strategies approaches that are well suited for
venture capital financing for industrial activities.
2.7.4 PM: (a) PRODUCTION, PLANNING, CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE
1. Write your own idea about the Concept of division of labour and how it
can be applied to Production planning and control.
2. Is the Production planning and control function getting to be increasingly
people-centric? If so, what may be the reason?
3. Write your prognosis for the future of Production planning and control
discipline in general.
4. Assume yourself as a Maintenance manager in a Hotel Industry. Write your
views about the merits and demerits of different types of Maintenance that can
be practiced in Hotel Industry.
2.7.4 PM: (b) QUALITY MANAGEMENT
1. The plan-do-check-act (PDCA) principles are another essential tool for
implementing a TQM programme successfully in Indian organisations. Are you
agreeing PDCA also referred to as the Deming Wheel, is the principles of
continuous improvement?
2. Cross functional management recognises that no organisational unit can by
itself control every aspect of the business operations to ensure that the
customer’s requirements are met.
6
3. Quality policy is a broad guide to action. It is a statement of principles. A policy
differs from a procedure which details how some activity shall be accomplished.
Thus a quality policy might state that quality cost will be measured.
4. To organise companywide QC circle symposiums of which the results of QC
circle activities can be announced. Making presentation of QC circle activities is
a valuable method of ensuring the QC circle summarizes the results of their
activities.
2.7.5 SYSTEMS: (a) PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
1. Prepare an Advertisement for launching a new product using Superscript,
format the cells and make a macros and mail merge the final copy. Prepare a
links for the highlighted products.
2. Prepare an Excel Sheets purchase of new machineries to XYZ Company by
using Various Mathematical Functions, Statistical functions, financial
functions, and Text functions. Attach the copy of excel sheets for each
functions.
3. Discuss the procedure and advantages of creating Personal signature file
message. Attach the image of this and discuss the steps followed in creating the
personal signature file. Explain the role of ISDN and ISP in creation process.
Attach the image for all the process.
4. With the rise of social media, many small businesses have had to alter their
operational strategies to adapt. Social media affects business of all sizes in
several different ways. Because of social media, businesses must make their
brands more personal, market their products differently and communicate with
customers in new ways – Comment this statement with reasonable points.
2.7.5 (b) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1. Few eBay users believe that the use of sniping software is unfair and that eBay
should prohibit its use. Present the facts and logical arguments that would
convince eBay to prohibit the use of sniping software.
2. Visit the website of Air India (www.airindia.in) & Spice Jet (www.spicejet.com)
and compare them.
3. Visit the applications area of www.oracle.com and www.microsoft.com to find
any difference between Oracle’s ERP and Microsoft’s Dynamics. Submit detailed
report regarding this.
4. Construct an ER diagram for a departmental store. Take the entities to define
different activities (like purchase, sales), different types of employees (e.g.
manager, supervisor), section (e.g. cosmetics, kids), customers and other
departments of the store. Take appropriate attributes to define the entities.
Construct appropriate table from the diagram.
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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
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4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
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2.1 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
1. Organizational development is in enviable and continuous process. As a
consultant how do you accept this statement? Give your views.
2. Power and politics are associated factors .As a management student how would
you relate and compare both power and politics in organizational development
context.
3. Organizational interventions are different in its significance. How would you
classify and apply those interventions for organizational development. Discuss.
4. As OD consultant what type of changes and levels of changes you would observe
and study in any organization.
2.2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Evolve a new evaluation scheme for training Bank officials training programmes
that is capable of eliminating the disadvantages from the existing evaluation
scheme – Discuss.
2. Identify the ways and options to fill performance gaps- with example.
3. HR functionaries are better suited to become trainers than line managers. They
don’t require training as they are experts in training. Give at least four
arguments for against this statement.
4. Prepare a developmental job assignment for a newly joined marketing trainee
who is found to be having high potential – Give example.
2.3 LABOUR WELFARE
1) Elucidate and discuss the various obstacles in the growth of Trade Unions in
India.
2) Explain the concept and objectives of ‘Social Security’. Give a brief account of
the various social security schemes available in India.
3) Enumerate the contributions of Labour Legislations in India towards Industrial
growth.
4) Explain the following in detail
a) Suggestions to Strengthen Trade Unions in India
b) Benefits of Collective Bargaining
c) Prevention of Industrial Disputes in India
d) Need and Importance of Labour Welfare in India.
2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. In analyzing industrial relations, the role of social change cannot be overlooked.
As it equally influences both employee and management, which is obvious from
the fact that today’s management has increasingly become professional, there is
a greater thrust on the use of behaviour techniques in dealing with human side
of enterprise – Do you agree with the statement? Justify.
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2. “The responsibility of nurturing a healthy industrial climate lies with the
management, the unions and the government. The political parties, the
community and the society should also play a decisive role in improving the
existing industrial relations and if there is any dispute or conflict, it should be
settled by mutual negotiation or conciliation or voluntary arbitration” –
Comment on the above statement and suggest the ways of promoting industrial
peace at this juncture.
3. The industrial relations can be viewed from the various angles which may range
from the economic and social, political to the legal, psychological and
managerial. But none of these give a perfect view of industrial relations but
certainly adds to our intellectual dimensions in this context – Critically evaluate
the statement and relate any two approaches of industrial relations system to
the above circumstances.
4. The effect of both strikes and lockouts are the same, as they both ensure that
workers will be away from work. Examine whether and why management wants
to declare lockouts and when workers want to go on strikes. Also identify the
ways and means of resolving such disputes within the organisation and
through alternative mechanisms.
2.5 WAGES AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION
1. Compare and contrast wage fixation principles and practices in public and
private sector.
2. What is the basis for occupational wage differentials support with live
examples?
3. Write an essay on executive compensation practices in India.
4. Why pay commission abolition proposed by government of India? Give SWOT
analytical report.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry.
Give an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and
failure.
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4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” – Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. “Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of
buying and selling of goods or services using electronic systems. List-out the
applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in
E-Commerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line
business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” –Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with the
following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India). ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
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Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 1ST YEAR/AUP/ 709/ C-2000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
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M.B.A. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
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Academic Year : 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
1. “Cost volume profit analysis is an important analysis which is commonly applied
by the irresponsive of industries”. Do you accept? What are your comments
towards this statement? Discuss.
2. Inflation is a key factor and it must be duly considered while preparing all sorts
of budgets”. Do you agree? Justify your stand with your valuable inputs.
3. “There is a vast amount of practical gap on application of accounting practices
between Domestic and International Accounting”. Comment on this with your
valuable supportive arguments.
4. “Several issues are existing in International Financial statement Analysis and at
the same time many meaningful unlocking tools are there”. What is your
opinion? Comment on this.
1.3 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1. Do you find any correlations among Oil, Gold and exchange rates in terms of
their price change? Explain the interaction among them in the international
market survey.
2. Compare the benefits of liberalization with globalization, which influence the
economic growth of India in last two decades.
3. Whether under developed countries in WTO succeed their demands? Justify
your views with strong reasons.
4. Can you say that the modern theory of HECKSHER & OHLIN applies to the
Indian Economy in the post or pre-liberalization? Illustrate with supporting
data.
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1.4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
1. “Knowledge of International Business Environment is essential for the players of
International Business” – Elaborate with an example of multinational company.
2. “When is the time deemed to be the essence of the contract in performance of
contract and with what consequences? Pinch out the rules of law relating to the
time and place of performance in modern business environment.
3. “The effect of country’s political system on its business environment and
economic development”-Discuss
4. “India’s competitive advantage in industries like IT, Textiles, Gems and jewellery
–Strength and Threats”. Illustrate the statement.
1.5 FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
1. “Trends in foreign trade and the composition of imports and exports along with
its composition over the past years” – Discuss
2. Discuss India’s participation in UN peace keeping and its claim for a permanent
seat in the Security Council
3. Analyse the relevance of non-alignment in the post cold war period
4. In what way India’s foreign policy is instrumental/detrimental for the promotion
of India’s international trade? Illustrate your answer
1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE
1. Give an example of e-learning system implemented in India. Identify the
hardware, software and personal requirement for purpose of implementation of
such an educational system.
2. Discuss the security requirements of internet and Ecommerce application and
how these requirements are fulfilled by various hardware and software systems.
3. Compare and contrast the traditional business with electronic commerce in an
apparels business.
4. Once a company has acquired customer, the key to maximizing revenue is
keeping them. Explain how e-commerce is helpful in customer retention?
1.7 COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS
1. “For productive business meetings, listening and non verbal communication
skills are the key attributes”. Explain with appropriate examples.
2. “A cry of agony is more powerful than the tale of woe”. Elaborate this statement
in the context of Non-verbal communication. State the positive and negative
gesture in non-verbal communication.
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3. Elucidate the measures that have to be considered in managing the cross
cultural communication with examples.
4. “Pen is mightier than sword”. Explain this statement, elaborating the strength
of written communication.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
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ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 2020
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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
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assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
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instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers as specialization.
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Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
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2.1 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Assume yourself as a managing director of a multinational corporation; what
are the measuring tools you will utilize to evaluate the impacts of inter country
differences on HRM? Justify your views with appropriate examples.
2. Place yourself in the position of being the head of HR department, how might
formally written job description help you to manage your work unit? What
would happen if your company decided not to use any job description at all?
3. What steps do you propose to take in case of a lay off caused by
(a) Seasonal fluctuations in demand
(b) Corporate restructuring
(c) Breakdown of machinery and equipment.
4. Give some examples of situation in which you wanted to do a great job but were
prevented from doing so. What was the impact on you, and what would this
suggest to you in your efforts to motivate other people to perform
2.2 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. How Domestic Marketing is different from global marketing? What factors
caused the growth of Internationalism since World War II? Discuss in Detail.
2. Explain the Different methods used by a researcher in conducting research in
an International Environment? Which method can be most effective while
collecting data about brand loyalty and why?
3. In general where do you think McDonald’s stands in the range of
standardization in terms of its global marketing?
4. Amazon.com has been an early winner in the on-line book business. Which
market segment has Amazon served? Are the Amazon target market segments
in the United States and the rest of the world identical?
2.3 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. Understand the factors that affect exchange rates in the short and long run and
how disequilibrium may occur in the exchange rate market
2.”In the absence of a common currency throughout the world, a series of problems
arise in International cash management.” What are these problems? How can
these problems be overcome?
3. An export company wants to raise capital from international markets. What are
the basic considerations the firm should take into account while making this
international financing decision? Explain
4. “An alterative to investing in foreign stock is to invest in the shares of domestic
MNCs”. – Discuss. Are MNCs likely to provide a reasonable substitute for
International portfolio investment?
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2.4 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
1. In today’s business environment, what (in your opinion) are the most important
responsibilities of a logistics manager in overcoming competition? Support your
views.
2. “Many innovations on technology-based approaches are well-suited to the
enhancement of the effectiveness of Supply Chain Management”-Justify the
statement by giving few applications of information technology in SCM.
3. “Companies are giving more importance to supply chain while deriving business
strategy” – Substantiate your views with suitable examples in International
context.
4. As tough competition is going on in the market in all the fields, device
strategies to face competition of chain of stores like Big Bazaar. Explain
your views based on logistics management.
2.5 GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. McDonalds Expansion strategies in India: Whether beefing up or Beefless?
Substantiate your views and give suggestions as Management consultant.
2. There are number of strategies being practiced or followed by companies
globally. Still Recession takes place. In this context, do you suggest new
strategy or you face the recession with the existing strategies. How? Explain.
3. “Strategic planning deals with formulating, implementing and evaluating
strategies to perform the cross functional decision of the company” Do you
agree or disagree? Substantiate your views.
4. Discuss the age diversity issues at Ashok Leyland Limited (ALL), India’s second
largest commercial vehicle manufacturers. Explain how can eliminate this issue
from all.
2.6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES AND DOCUMENTATION
1. Elucidate the export and import financing schemes provided by the
government.
2. “BOT has a clear and dynamic role in advising government on relevant issues
connected with foreign trade” – Discuss.
3. Exports made on re-export basis shall not be counted for reorganization, why?
4. “Permissible credits in the EEFC.” –Discuss.
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2.7.1: INTERNATIONAL MARKETING RESEARCH AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. Design an international marketing research for a multinational company
product.
2. Identify the principal methods that companies might use in assessing and
reviewing opportunities across international markets. Suggest alternate means
by which firms can prioritise and segment international markets.
3. How can you draw a strategy canvas for a software company for international
positioning of its products and services?
4. How do social and cultural influence the impact on international consumer
behaviour.
2.7.2 EXPORT & IMPORT FINANCE
1. Pre-shipment credit will help the exporter in Indian scenario – Discuss.
2. Inflation rate as well as interest rates will affect the value of currency rates –
Discuss.
3. “Export incentives are major factors to encourage the EXIM business”- Are you
agree?
4. “Credit Insurance agencies will help the exporter & importer in financial
payments” – prove it.
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FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2018 – 2019
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management can be defined as ” A process of bringing about improvement in
knowledge, skill, habit and attitudes of the employees in an organization”.
Discuss.
2. “Decision making is the most critical managerial task.” Discuss the above
statement in light of decision-making process.
3. Select a business or political leader whom you admire, and identify his or her
style of leading by applying the managerial grid or the continuum-of-behaviour
model of Tannenbaum and Schmidt.
4. ‟The only planning tool we need in the company is the budget. If everyone meets
his or her budget, we need nothing else, and management by objectives would
be an unnecessary frill”. Comment.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. What are the significant assumptions we make while comparing financial ratio
of various companies in the same industry? Discuss the implications of the
above assumptions for a user of financial ratios.
2. Suppose you are the co-owner and manager of a retail store that sells and
repairs mountain bikes. Provide one example of a financial accounting report
that would be useful to you and your co-owner. Provide two examples of
managerial accounting reports that would be useful to you as the manager.
3. Discuss how internal rate of return (IRR) method differs from the net present
value method (NPV). Be sure to include an explanation of what the IRR method
is and what the NPV method is.
4. Imagine that, you are the owner of a business. Pass journal entries with 20
different transactions. Prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did
your firm earn profit or made a loss at the end of all transaction? Make a small
comment on your firm’s position at the end.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Decision making is the most important function of business managers. Decision
making is the central objective of Managerial Economics. Discuss – Scope of the
Economics in Decision Making and Different Decision Making Models.
2. Monopolistic Competition is a special case of imperfect completion. It stance
between monopoly and perfect completion and accordingly the pricing decision
are determined by the market forces – Discuss.
3. Since different decision are affected by difference type of cost, it is essential for a
manager to understand the relevant cost in decision making. Comment in
detail.
4. The concept of price velocity is very useful in the total revenue planning of your
firm. Comment on the validity of this statement. Derive a relationship between
price velocity and marginal revenue of a firm.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Enumerate and explain the characteristics of contracts and differentiate from
Government contract. Assess the present methods of discharge of a contract.
2. Classify negotiable instruments. In what way the negotiable instruments differ
from one another. Discuss the recent amendments in negotiable instruments.
3. Describe the principles of law of insurance. How do these characteristics differ
for marine, life and fire insurance?
4. Describe the essentials of an arbitration agreement. Explain the composition
and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Assume that you want to evaluate a training programme. Discuss various types
of experimental research designs that can be adopted and give suitable
situations for each type.
2. Prepare a questionnaire to study the attitude of students who are pursuing
Masters’ programme in Business Administration through distance education
mode.
3. Consider mobile phone as a product. List the attributes that are considered by
consumers while buying the product. Assume that you need to segment the
product market. What analysis you will use for this objective and how you
progress to reach it.
4. Assume that there are three judges evaluating the candidates appearing for
selection process at preliminary level. At final level you wish to have only two of
them and how will you decide which two can be selected for final process of
selection. Assume that an individual’s performance is based on his education,
experience, ability, emotional intelligence and self confidence. Explain
independent and dependent variables in this case. Assume that you are
applying regression analysis what are the criterion you will look for to interpret?
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Discuss the impact of recent global financial meltdown on the prospects of
world trade. Give your suggestions to overcome the crisis.
2. What are the control devices used by authorized dealers in regulating foreign
exchange in the country?
3. State the balance of payment position of India. What steps that government,
public and corporations can take to improve the position.
4. Assume that you are interested in starting an export firm. Explain the
procedure for getting license for exporting.
4
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Assuming you are a Chief Personnel Manager of a leading MNC, draft a letter
calling a candidate for an interview in reply to his application for the position of
Chief Financial Executive.
2. Assume yourself as a Customer Relationship Manager of a bank. You have received
a letter from your customers who have complained to you about the rude
behaviour of a computer clerk. Since the customer is an important person, write a
letter to convince the customer.
3. Communication is lifeblood of an organization and without it organization cannot
exists. Discuss this statement.
4. The problem of communication arises because there are various obstacles which
may entirely prevent a communication or filter part of it, or present it incorrect.
Comment and discuss.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Understanding the basic concepts of Organizational Behaviour prepare a
Behavioural frame work for a newly established IT company in Chennai. –
Student can imagine the size and turnover of the industry.
2. To understand the importance of the concepts personality, perception, and
attitude of employees in an organization, prepare an interview schedule,
conduct an interview with 2-3 executives of any one organization and present
the results.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership, have a discussion with
one or two real world leaders of your choice and present the outcome.
4. Identify a suitable case to understand Organizational Culture, analyze the case
and present it with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. – 1ST Year – Assignment- UAP/551/C-700
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2018 – 2019
ANNAMALAI MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED WHATSAPP 91 9924764558
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A.
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2018 – 2019
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management can be defined as ” A process of bringing about improvement in
knowledge, skill, habit and attitudes of the employees in an organization”.
Discuss.
2. “Decision making is the most critical managerial task.” Discuss the above
statement in light of decision-making process.
3. Select a business or political leader whom you admire, and identify his or her
style of leading by applying the managerial grid or the continuum-of-behaviour
model of Tannenbaum and Schmidt.
4. ‟The only planning tool we need in the company is the budget. If everyone meets
his or her budget, we need nothing else, and management by objectives would
be an unnecessary frill”. Comment.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. What are the significant assumptions we make while comparing financial ratio
of various companies in the same industry? Discuss the implications of the
above assumptions for a user of financial ratios.
2. Suppose you are the co-owner and manager of a retail store that sells and
repairs mountain bikes. Provide one example of a financial accounting report
that would be useful to you and your co-owner. Provide two examples of
managerial accounting reports that would be useful to you as the manager.
3. Discuss how internal rate of return (IRR) method differs from the net present
value method (NPV). Be sure to include an explanation of what the IRR method
is and what the NPV method is.
4. Imagine that, you are the owner of a business. Pass journal entries with 20
different transactions. Prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did
your firm earn profit or made a loss at the end of all transaction? Make a small
comment on your firm’s position at the end.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Decision making is the most important function of business managers. Decision
making is the central objective of Managerial Economics. Discuss – Scope of the
Economics in Decision Making and Different Decision Making Models.
2. Monopolistic Competition is a special case of imperfect completion. It stance
between monopoly and perfect completion and accordingly the pricing decision
are determined by the market forces – Discuss.
3. Since different decision are affected by difference type of cost, it is essential for a
manager to understand the relevant cost in decision making. Comment in
detail.
4. The concept of price velocity is very useful in the total revenue planning of your
firm. Comment on the validity of this statement. Derive a relationship between
price velocity and marginal revenue of a firm.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Enumerate and explain the characteristics of contracts and differentiate from
Government contract. Assess the present methods of discharge of a contract.
2. Classify negotiable instruments. In what way the negotiable instruments differ
from one another. Discuss the recent amendments in negotiable instruments.
3. Describe the principles of law of insurance. How do these characteristics differ
for marine, life and fire insurance?
4. Describe the essentials of an arbitration agreement. Explain the composition
and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Assume that you want to evaluate a training programme. Discuss various types
of experimental research designs that can be adopted and give suitable
situations for each type.
2. Prepare a questionnaire to study the attitude of students who are pursuing
Masters’ programme in Business Administration through distance education
mode.
3. Consider mobile phone as a product. List the attributes that are considered by
consumers while buying the product. Assume that you need to segment the
product market. What analysis you will use for this objective and how you
progress to reach it.
4. Assume that there are three judges evaluating the candidates appearing for
selection process at preliminary level. At final level you wish to have only two of
them and how will you decide which two can be selected for final process of
selection. Assume that an individual’s performance is based on his education,
experience, ability, emotional intelligence and self confidence. Explain
independent and dependent variables in this case. Assume that you are
applying regression analysis what are the criterion you will look for to interpret?
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Discuss the impact of recent global financial meltdown on the prospects of
world trade. Give your suggestions to overcome the crisis.
2. What are the control devices used by authorized dealers in regulating foreign
exchange in the country?
3. State the balance of payment position of India. What steps that government,
public and corporations can take to improve the position.
4. Assume that you are interested in starting an export firm. Explain the
procedure for getting license for exporting.
4
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Assuming you are a Chief Personnel Manager of a leading MNC, draft a letter
calling a candidate for an interview in reply to his application for the position of
Chief Financial Executive.
2. Assume yourself as a Customer Relationship Manager of a bank. You have received
a letter from your customers who have complained to you about the rude
behaviour of a computer clerk. Since the customer is an important person, write a
letter to convince the customer.
3. Communication is lifeblood of an organization and without it organization cannot
exists. Discuss this statement.
4. The problem of communication arises because there are various obstacles which
may entirely prevent a communication or filter part of it, or present it incorrect.
Comment and discuss.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Understanding the basic concepts of Organizational Behaviour prepare a
Behavioural frame work for a newly established IT company in Chennai. –
Student can imagine the size and turnover of the industry.
2. To understand the importance of the concepts personality, perception, and
attitude of employees in an organization, prepare an interview schedule,
conduct an interview with 2-3 executives of any one organization and present
the results.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership, have a discussion with
one or two real world leaders of your choice and present the outcome.
4. Identify a suitable case to understand Organizational Culture, analyze the case
and present it with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. – 1ST Year – Assignment- UAP/551/C-700
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2018 – 2019
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA ASSIGNMENT 2019-20 ANSWER KEYS PROVIDED WHATSAPP 91 9924764558
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A.
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2018 – 2019
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management can be defined as ” A process of bringing about improvement in
knowledge, skill, habit and attitudes of the employees in an organization”.
Discuss.
2. “Decision making is the most critical managerial task.” Discuss the above
statement in light of decision-making process.
3. Select a business or political leader whom you admire, and identify his or her
style of leading by applying the managerial grid or the continuum-of-behaviour
model of Tannenbaum and Schmidt.
4. ‟The only planning tool we need in the company is the budget. If everyone meets
his or her budget, we need nothing else, and management by objectives would
be an unnecessary frill”. Comment.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. What are the significant assumptions we make while comparing financial ratio
of various companies in the same industry? Discuss the implications of the
above assumptions for a user of financial ratios.
2. Suppose you are the co-owner and manager of a retail store that sells and
repairs mountain bikes. Provide one example of a financial accounting report
that would be useful to you and your co-owner. Provide two examples of
managerial accounting reports that would be useful to you as the manager.
3. Discuss how internal rate of return (IRR) method differs from the net present
value method (NPV). Be sure to include an explanation of what the IRR method
is and what the NPV method is.
4. Imagine that, you are the owner of a business. Pass journal entries with 20
different transactions. Prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did
your firm earn profit or made a loss at the end of all transaction? Make a small
comment on your firm’s position at the end.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Decision making is the most important function of business managers. Decision
making is the central objective of Managerial Economics. Discuss – Scope of the
Economics in Decision Making and Different Decision Making Models.
2. Monopolistic Competition is a special case of imperfect completion. It stance
between monopoly and perfect completion and accordingly the pricing decision
are determined by the market forces – Discuss.
3. Since different decision are affected by difference type of cost, it is essential for a
manager to understand the relevant cost in decision making. Comment in
detail.
4. The concept of price velocity is very useful in the total revenue planning of your
firm. Comment on the validity of this statement. Derive a relationship between
price velocity and marginal revenue of a firm.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Enumerate and explain the characteristics of contracts and differentiate from
Government contract. Assess the present methods of discharge of a contract.
2. Classify negotiable instruments. In what way the negotiable instruments differ
from one another. Discuss the recent amendments in negotiable instruments.
3. Describe the principles of law of insurance. How do these characteristics differ
for marine, life and fire insurance?
4. Describe the essentials of an arbitration agreement. Explain the composition
and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Assume that you want to evaluate a training programme. Discuss various types
of experimental research designs that can be adopted and give suitable
situations for each type.
2. Prepare a questionnaire to study the attitude of students who are pursuing
Masters’ programme in Business Administration through distance education
mode.
3. Consider mobile phone as a product. List the attributes that are considered by
consumers while buying the product. Assume that you need to segment the
product market. What analysis you will use for this objective and how you
progress to reach it.
4. Assume that there are three judges evaluating the candidates appearing for
selection process at preliminary level. At final level you wish to have only two of
them and how will you decide which two can be selected for final process of
selection. Assume that an individual’s performance is based on his education,
experience, ability, emotional intelligence and self confidence. Explain
independent and dependent variables in this case. Assume that you are
applying regression analysis what are the criterion you will look for to interpret?
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Discuss the impact of recent global financial meltdown on the prospects of
world trade. Give your suggestions to overcome the crisis.
2. What are the control devices used by authorized dealers in regulating foreign
exchange in the country?
3. State the balance of payment position of India. What steps that government,
public and corporations can take to improve the position.
4. Assume that you are interested in starting an export firm. Explain the
procedure for getting license for exporting.
4
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Assuming you are a Chief Personnel Manager of a leading MNC, draft a letter
calling a candidate for an interview in reply to his application for the position of
Chief Financial Executive.
2. Assume yourself as a Customer Relationship Manager of a bank. You have received
a letter from your customers who have complained to you about the rude
behaviour of a computer clerk. Since the customer is an important person, write a
letter to convince the customer.
3. Communication is lifeblood of an organization and without it organization cannot
exists. Discuss this statement.
4. The problem of communication arises because there are various obstacles which
may entirely prevent a communication or filter part of it, or present it incorrect.
Comment and discuss.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Understanding the basic concepts of Organizational Behaviour prepare a
Behavioural frame work for a newly established IT company in Chennai. –
Student can imagine the size and turnover of the industry.
2. To understand the importance of the concepts personality, perception, and
attitude of employees in an organization, prepare an interview schedule,
conduct an interview with 2-3 executives of any one organization and present
the results.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership, have a discussion with
one or two real world leaders of your choice and present the outcome.
4. Identify a suitable case to understand Organizational Culture, analyze the case
and present it with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. – 1ST Year – Assignment- UAP/551/C-700
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2018 – 2019
ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31.03.2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2020
NOTE:
Assignments sent after 15.04.2020 will not be evaluated
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each
Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks
(2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 1ST YEAR/AUP/ 709/ C-2000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission: 31-03-2020
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2020-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15-04-20203will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each topic the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 topics). You are expected to write two topics for every subject.
DR. M. ARUL
DIRECTOR
2
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before” – Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of numerical
data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various methods for
collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
4
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks
would be expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
M.B.A. Assignment/FM/ 1ST YEAR/ AUP/ 709/ C-1500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED WHATSAPP 91 9924764558
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before” – Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of numerical
data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various methods for
collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
4
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks
would be expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
M.B.A. Assignment/FM/ 1ST YEAR/ AUP/ 709/ C-1500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
2.1 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Discuss the features of the framework of regulation of the credit information
companies in India. What are the regulatory and supervisory objectives of the
RBI in relation to the NBFCs? Explain the main elements of the RBI framework
of NBFC regulation.
2. Do you think credit analysis is essential before providing loan to customers?
Explain various credit appraisal techniques used by commercial banks to
analyse the credit worthiness of borrowers.
3. “Tax considerations give a definite advantage to hire purchase financing option”
Do you agree? Explain
4. What kind of changes needed in the venture capital financing when an economy
is in the recession? Suggest some strategies approaches that are well suited for
venture capital financing for industrial activities.
2.2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. Describe the current trends in the balance of payments of some of the countries
of the Asia- pacific region.
2. “The International economy is fast turning into a borderless global economy”
Critically analyze in relation to International Financial system.
3. As an executive of a leading institution, what factors should you critically
evaluate with respect to a large industrial project, from the perspective of
environmental and economic viability.
4. “Exchange rate is focal point to understand the whole mechanism of monetary
system” Justify the statement with illustration
2.3 DERIVATIVES MANAGEMENT
1. “The basic purpose of derivatives instruments is to provide commitments to
price for future dates for giving against adverse movement in future prices.”
Discuss and critically examine the statement.
2. Options are the safest instrument for the investors for the investment purpose.
Options writer has limited profit and unlimited losses whereas option buyer has
limited losses and unlimited profits.” Critically evaluate the above statements
with suitable examples.
3. “Besides serving as a barometer of the economy /market, the index also has
other applications in finance.” – Elaborate the application of index.
4. “Forward contracts act as force runners of futures market” – Critically evaluate
the statement in the light of growth of forward market worldwide.
3
2.4 RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE
1. Elaborate the loss control measures of any manufacturing company of your
choice.
2. Describe the structure of Indian general insurance industry and explain the
products being offered by them.
3. From the balance sheet of a company of your choice, analyze all risk and ERM
from asset side and from liability’s side. Create a list of actions for the ERM
functions.
4. “Privatization of insurance sector has led to substantial growth in the insurance
business in India and also led to improvement in confidence among policy
holders.” – Give your comments
2.5 INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. As an investment advisor what feature would you suggest being included in the
investment bunch of a client? And also suggest where an investor should be
careful. Consider the above statements and keep the present situation in mind
Give your suggestions.
2. The technical analyst places a great deal of importance on supply and demand
in stock pricing. Presumably the fundamental analyst also believes that supply
and demand are important. In what ways do the two groups disagree on the
subject?
3. ”The concept of a random walk in stock prices is bizarre and implies totally
irrational behaviour by the investing public. Nothing could be further from the
truth than random walk. Prices are related to fundamental economic worth.”
Comment
4. Comment on the following statement “since Markowitz portfolio theory requires
so many assumptions, the notion that investors should be concerned with the
risk of the overall portfolio rather than the risk of the individual securities is
misleading.”
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry.
Give an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and
failure.
4
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” – Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of
buying and selling of goods or services using electronic systems. List out the
applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in ECommerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line
business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate your view with the
following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India). ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
M.B.A. Assignment /FM/ 2ND Year/AUP/709/ C-1500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA FINANCE MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED WHATSAPP 91 9924764558
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before” – Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
3
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of numerical
data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various methods for
collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
4
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks
would be expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1 You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
2.1 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Discuss the features of the framework of regulation of the credit information
companies in India. What are the regulatory and supervisory objectives of the
RBI in relation to the NBFCs? Explain the main elements of the RBI framework
of NBFC regulation.
2. Do you think credit analysis is essential before providing loan to customers?
Explain various credit appraisal techniques used by commercial banks to
analyse the credit worthiness of borrowers.
3. “Tax considerations give a definite advantage to hire purchase financing option”
Do you agree? Explain
4. What kind of changes needed in the venture capital financing when an economy
is in the recession? Suggest some strategies approaches that are well suited for
venture capital financing for industrial activities.
2.2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. Describe the current trends in the balance of payments of some of the countries
of the Asia- pacific region.
2. “The International economy is fast turning into a borderless global economy”
Critically analyze in relation to International Financial system.
3. As an executive of a leading institution, what factors should you critically
evaluate with respect to a large industrial project, from the perspective of
environmental and economic viability.
4. “Exchange rate is focal point to understand the whole mechanism of monetary
system” Justify the statement with illustration
2.3 DERIVATIVES MANAGEMENT
1. “The basic purpose of derivatives instruments is to provide commitments to
price for future dates for giving against adverse movement in future prices.”
Discuss and critically examine the statement.
2. Options are the safest instrument for the investors for the investment purpose.
Options writer has limited profit and unlimited losses whereas option buyer has
limited losses and unlimited profits.” Critically evaluate the above statements
with suitable examples.
3. “Besides serving as a barometer of the economy /market, the index also has
other applications in finance.” – Elaborate the application of index.
4. “Forward contracts act as force runners of futures market” – Critically evaluate
the statement in the light of growth of forward market worldwide.
3
2.4 RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE
1. Elaborate the loss control measures of any manufacturing company of your
choice.
2. Describe the structure of Indian general insurance industry and explain the
products being offered by them.
3. From the balance sheet of a company of your choice, analyze all risk and ERM
from asset side and from liability’s side. Create a list of actions for the ERM
functions.
4. “Privatization of insurance sector has led to substantial growth in the insurance
business in India and also led to improvement in confidence among policy
holders.” – Give your comments
2.5 INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. As an investment advisor what feature would you suggest being included in the
investment bunch of a client? And also suggest where an investor should be
careful. Consider the above statements and keep the present situation in mind
Give your suggestions.
2. The technical analyst places a great deal of importance on supply and demand
in stock pricing. Presumably the fundamental analyst also believes that supply
and demand are important. In what ways do the two groups disagree on the
subject?
3. ”The concept of a random walk in stock prices is bizarre and implies totally
irrational behaviour by the investing public. Nothing could be further from the
truth than random walk. Prices are related to fundamental economic worth.”
Comment
4. Comment on the following statement “since Markowitz portfolio theory requires
so many assumptions, the notion that investors should be concerned with the
risk of the overall portfolio rather than the risk of the individual securities is
misleading.”
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a
selected industry in which there are few sellers and show how the adoption
of different strategies by a leading player defines different possible paths.
Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it
profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry.
Give an example for success and failure. Give reasons for the success and
failure.
4
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which
must be taken into account while formulating strategies.” – Discuss. How
will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive advantage?
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of
buying and selling of goods or services using electronic systems. List out the
applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in ECommerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line
business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate your view with the
following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India). ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
M.B.A. Assignment /FM/ 2ND Year/AUP/709/ C-1500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 – 20
OPERATION MANAGEMENT ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED WHATSAPP 91 9924764558
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
4
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
M.B.A. Assignment/ HRM/ 1ST YEAR/AUP/ 709/ C-2000
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019 -20
LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED WHATSAPP 91 9924764558
M.B.A.
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year : 2018 – 2019
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management can be defined as ” A process of bringing about improvement in
knowledge, skill, habit and attitudes of the employees in an organization”.
Discuss.
2. “Decision making is the most critical managerial task.” Discuss the above
statement in light of decision-making process.
3. Select a business or political leader whom you admire, and identify his or her
style of leading by applying the managerial grid or the continuum-of-behaviour
model of Tannenbaum and Schmidt.
4. ‟The only planning tool we need in the company is the budget. If everyone meets
his or her budget, we need nothing else, and management by objectives would
be an unnecessary frill”. Comment.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. What are the significant assumptions we make while comparing financial ratio
of various companies in the same industry? Discuss the implications of the
above assumptions for a user of financial ratios.
2. Suppose you are the co-owner and manager of a retail store that sells and
repairs mountain bikes. Provide one example of a financial accounting report
that would be useful to you and your co-owner. Provide two examples of
managerial accounting reports that would be useful to you as the manager.
3. Discuss how internal rate of return (IRR) method differs from the net present
value method (NPV). Be sure to include an explanation of what the IRR method
is and what the NPV method is.
4. Imagine that, you are the owner of a business. Pass journal entries with 20
different transactions. Prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did
your firm earn profit or made a loss at the end of all transaction? Make a small
comment on your firm’s position at the end.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Decision making is the most important function of business managers. Decision
making is the central objective of Managerial Economics. Discuss – Scope of the
Economics in Decision Making and Different Decision Making Models.
2. Monopolistic Competition is a special case of imperfect completion. It stance
between monopoly and perfect completion and accordingly the pricing decision
are determined by the market forces – Discuss.
3. Since different decision are affected by difference type of cost, it is essential for a
manager to understand the relevant cost in decision making. Comment in
detail.
4. The concept of price velocity is very useful in the total revenue planning of your
firm. Comment on the validity of this statement. Derive a relationship between
price velocity and marginal revenue of a firm.
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1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Enumerate and explain the characteristics of contracts and differentiate from
Government contract. Assess the present methods of discharge of a contract.
2. Classify negotiable instruments. In what way the negotiable instruments differ
from one another. Discuss the recent amendments in negotiable instruments.
3. Describe the principles of law of insurance. How do these characteristics differ
for marine, life and fire insurance?
4. Describe the essentials of an arbitration agreement. Explain the composition
and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Assume that you want to evaluate a training programme. Discuss various types
of experimental research designs that can be adopted and give suitable
situations for each type.
2. Prepare a questionnaire to study the attitude of students who are pursuing
Masters’ programme in Business Administration through distance education
mode.
3. Consider mobile phone as a product. List the attributes that are considered by
consumers while buying the product. Assume that you need to segment the
product market. What analysis you will use for this objective and how you
progress to reach it.
4. Assume that there are three judges evaluating the candidates appearing for
selection process at preliminary level. At final level you wish to have only two of
them and how will you decide which two can be selected for final process of
selection. Assume that an individual’s performance is based on his education,
experience, ability, emotional intelligence and self confidence. Explain
independent and dependent variables in this case. Assume that you are
applying regression analysis what are the criterion you will look for to interpret?
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Discuss the impact of recent global financial meltdown on the prospects of
world trade. Give your suggestions to overcome the crisis.
2. What are the control devices used by authorized dealers in regulating foreign
exchange in the country?
3. State the balance of payment position of India. What steps that government,
public and corporations can take to improve the position.
4. Assume that you are interested in starting an export firm. Explain the
procedure for getting license for exporting.
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1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Assuming you are a Chief Personnel Manager of a leading MNC, draft a letter
calling a candidate for an interview in reply to his application for the position of
Chief Financial Executive.
2. Assume yourself as a Customer Relationship Manager of a bank. You have received
a letter from your customers who have complained to you about the rude
behaviour of a computer clerk. Since the customer is an important person, write a
letter to convince the customer.
3. Communication is lifeblood of an organization and without it organization cannot
exists. Discuss this statement.
4. The problem of communication arises because there are various obstacles which
may entirely prevent a communication or filter part of it, or present it incorrect.
Comment and discuss.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Understanding the basic concepts of Organizational Behaviour prepare a
Behavioural frame work for a newly established IT company in Chennai. –
Student can imagine the size and turnover of the industry.
2. To understand the importance of the concepts personality, perception, and
attitude of employees in an organization, prepare an interview schedule,
conduct an interview with 2-3 executives of any one organization and present
the results.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership, have a discussion with
one or two real world leaders of your choice and present the outcome.
4. Identify a suitable case to understand Organizational Culture, analyze the case
and present it with issues and strategies.
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/
suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC. Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop,
Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
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1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity
constraints that must be checked for each update operation?
2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
3. Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals
and uncommitted dependency anomalies.
4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information
system. Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all
related functional subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never
implemented successfully. Why do you think it was a failure?
2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an example of data that has
a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a network
organisation?
3. Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether this is
functional or dysfunctional.
4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education.
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1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system
to help administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a
project. What might be the objectives of such a project and how might the
success of the project be measured in practical terms?
2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will replace the
whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a
memorandum to the company’s legal department outlining the important
provisions that a contract to supply this system should have.
3. An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software
tool such as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for
the package. The features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up
details of new projects and updating the project details with information about
actual work completed. Draw up quality specifications in respect of the qualities
of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3) Recoverability
4. ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for
allotment of engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top
colleges. The product has to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be
considered. Describe the appropriate product development life cycle and the
standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
1.2 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
1. “Cost volume profit analysis is an important analysis which is commonly applied
by the irresponsive of industries”. Do you accept? What are your comments
towards this statement? Discuss.
2. Inflation is a key factor and it must be duly considered while preparing all sorts
of budgets”. Do you agree? Justify your stand with your valuable inputs.
3. “There is a vast amount of practical gap on application of accounting practices
between Domestic and International Accounting”. Comment on this with your
valuable supportive arguments.
4. “Several issues are existing in International Financial statement Analysis and at
the same time many meaningful unlocking tools are there”. What is your
opinion? Comment on this.
1.3 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1. Do you find any correlations among Oil, Gold and exchange rates in terms of
their price change? Explain the interaction among them in the international
market survey.
2. Compare the benefits of liberalization with globalization, which influence the
economic growth of India in last two decades.
3. Whether under developed countries in WTO succeed their demands? Justify
your views with strong reasons.
4. Can you say that the modern theory of HECKSHER & OHLIN applies to the
Indian Economy in the post or pre-liberalization? Illustrate with supporting
data.
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1.4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
1. “Knowledge of International Business Environment is essential for the players of
International Business” – Elaborate with an example of multinational company.
2. “When is the time deemed to be the essence of the contract in performance of
contract and with what consequences? Pinch out the rules of law relating to the
time and place of performance in modern business environment.
3. “The effect of country’s political system on its business environment and
economic development”-Discuss
4. “India’s competitive advantage in industries like IT, Textiles, Gems and jewellery
–Strength and Threats”. Illustrate the statement.
1.5 FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
1. “Trends in foreign trade and the composition of imports and exports along with
its composition over the past years” – Discuss
2. Discuss India’s participation in UN peace keeping and its claim for a permanent
seat in the Security Council
3. Analyse the relevance of non-alignment in the post cold war period
4. In what way India’s foreign policy is instrumental/detrimental for the promotion
of India’s international trade? Illustrate your answer
1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE
1. Give an example of e-learning system implemented in India. Identify the
hardware, software and personal requirement for purpose of implementation of
such an educational system.
2. Discuss the security requirements of internet and Ecommerce application and
how these requirements are fulfilled by various hardware and software systems.
3. Compare and contrast the traditional business with electronic commerce in an
apparels business.
4. Once a company has acquired customer, the key to maximizing revenue is
keeping them. Explain how e-commerce is helpful in customer retention?
1.7 COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS
1. “For productive business meetings, listening and non verbal communication
skills are the key attributes”. Explain with appropriate examples.
2. “A cry of agony is more powerful than the tale of woe”. Elaborate this statement
in the context of Non-verbal communication. State the positive and negative
gesture in non-verbal communication.
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3. Elucidate the measures that have to be considered in managing the cross
cultural communication with examples.
4. “Pen is mightier than sword”. Explain this statement, elaborating the strength
of written communication.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
1.2 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analysing
business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific
decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces
that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to
forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale
everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing.”
– Comment.
4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run
average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.
1.3 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR MANAGERS
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the
related formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow
analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem
examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates
wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement
3
1.4 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the plc. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
MEDIA? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources.” In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
1. Suggest the factors governing the choice of site for a manufacturing plant in a
city or sub- urban part of a city.
2. Give a specimen of Gantt Charts which is normally used in the production
planning and control department and describe briefly how it could be used for
checking the actual progress of a job against the schedule.
3. Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an industry. Explain some
methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an industrial purchasing. Why
should the purchasing documents be legally sound?
4. Elaborate the various costs that are involved in inventory problems with suitable
examples. How are they inter related?
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1.7 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT
1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and
Evaluation.” – Do you agree with this statement. Substantiate your view with
the following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India) .ABB has
recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there and
are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your parent
organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your stay
that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is
essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their
expectations before introducing the scheme.
2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis
and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the
results.
3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do
you critique this statement?
4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and
data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations
involved in it.
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1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. What are the significant assumptions we make while comparing financial ratio
of various companies in the same industry? Discuss the implications of the
above assumptions for a user of financial ratios.
2. Suppose you are the co-owner and manager of a retail store that sells and
repairs mountain bikes. Provide one example of a financial accounting report
that would be useful to you and your co-owner. Provide two examples of
managerial accounting reports that would be useful to you as the manager.
3. Discuss how internal rate of return (IRR) method differs from the net present
value method (NPV). Be sure to include an explanation of what the IRR method
is and what the NPV method is.
4. Imagine that, you are the owner of a business. Pass journal entries with 20
different transactions. Prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did
your firm earn profit or made a loss at the end of all transaction? Make a small
comment on your firm’s position at the end.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Decision making is the most important function of business managers. Decision
making is the central objective of Managerial Economics. Discuss – Scope of the
Economics in Decision Making and Different Decision Making Models.
2. Monopolistic Competition is a special case of imperfect completion. It stance
between monopoly and perfect completion and accordingly the pricing decision
are determined by the market forces – Discuss.
3. Since different decision are affected by difference type of cost, it is essential for a
manager to understand the relevant cost in decision making. Comment in
detail.
4. The concept of price velocity is very useful in the total revenue planning of your
firm. Comment on the validity of this statement. Derive a relationship between
price velocity and marginal revenue of a firm.
3
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. Enumerate and explain the characteristics of contracts and differentiate from
Government contract. Assess the present methods of discharge of a contract.
2. Classify negotiable instruments. In what way the negotiable instruments differ
from one another. Discuss the recent amendments in negotiable instruments.
3. Describe the principles of law of insurance. How do these characteristics differ
for marine, life and fire insurance?
4. Describe the essentials of an arbitration agreement. Explain the composition
and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals.
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. Assume that you want to evaluate a training programme. Discuss various types
of experimental research designs that can be adopted and give suitable
situations for each type.
2. Prepare a questionnaire to study the attitude of students who are pursuing
Masters’ programme in Business Administration through distance education
mode.
3. Consider mobile phone as a product. List the attributes that are considered by
consumers while buying the product. Assume that you need to segment the
product market. What analysis you will use for this objective and how you
progress to reach it.
4. Assume that there are three judges evaluating the candidates appearing for
selection process at preliminary level. At final level you wish to have only two of
them and how will you decide which two can be selected for final process of
selection. Assume that an individual’s performance is based on his education,
experience, ability, emotional intelligence and self confidence. Explain
independent and dependent variables in this case. Assume that you are
applying regression analysis what are the criterion you will look for to interpret?
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Discuss the impact of recent global financial meltdown on the prospects of
world trade. Give your suggestions to overcome the crisis.
2. What are the control devices used by authorized dealers in regulating foreign
exchange in the country?
3. State the balance of payment position of India. What steps that government,
public and corporations can take to improve the position.
4. Assume that you are interested in starting an export firm. Explain the
procedure for getting license for exporting.
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1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Assuming you are a Chief Personnel Manager of a leading MNC, draft a letter
calling a candidate for an interview in reply to his application for the position of
Chief Financial Executive.
2. Assume yourself as a Customer Relationship Manager of a bank. You have received
a letter from your customers who have complained to you about the rude
behaviour of a computer clerk. Since the customer is an important person, write a
letter to convince the customer.
3. Communication is lifeblood of an organization and without it organization cannot
exists. Discuss this statement.
4. The problem of communication arises because there are various obstacles which
may entirely prevent a communication or filter part of it, or present it incorrect.
Comment and discuss.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Understanding the basic concepts of Organizational Behaviour prepare a
Behavioural frame work for a newly established IT company in Chennai. –
Student can imagine the size and turnover of the industry.
2. To understand the importance of the concepts personality, perception, and
attitude of employees in an organization, prepare an interview schedule,
conduct an interview with 2-3 executives of any one organization and present
the results.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership, have a discussion with
one or two real world leaders of your choice and present the outcome.
4. Identify a suitable case to understand Organizational Culture, analyze the case
and present it with issues and strategies.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
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4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
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FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table
top wet grinder and business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –Comment.
What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
3
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human
resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine.
15 persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while
25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine,
use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of
X square = 3.82)
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4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45
Marks by Q 40 38 36 35 39 37 41
The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded 37
marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be
expected to have been awarded by him to the eighth performance?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. You have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the
head office on the short falls in the routine work of the branch.
2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body meeting. (Assume your
own choice of company)
3. Explain the process of designing and developing oral presentation. Also, prepare a
five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter of your choice.
4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers
regarding the products.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Prepare an interview schedule for the concept Personality and its components,
conduct an interview with a few executives of any one organization known to
you and present the results with critical analysis.
2. To highlight the concept, components, process, and importance of Groups in an
organization prepare a role play script and explain group dynamics.
3. After listing out the qualities and theories of leadership view YouTube on
executive leadership and present the outcome of your perception on leadership.
4. Make telephone calls to your friends and seniors working in various
organizations and collect information about their Organizational Culture,
analyze them and present them with issues and strategies.
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the
Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian
corporate sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today’s turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?
Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table
top wet grinder and Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of
PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give
reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different
pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.
Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional
media? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what
circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good
profit. It is profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when
they are making good profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholders?
– Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of
compromising the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. –
Comment. What strategy should the finance manager develop to solve this
problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a
service industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s
earnings are computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this
statement.
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1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision
in your unit?
3. “Spending Money for Maintenance is waste” – Discuss.
4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of
human resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of
human resource planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing
organization and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new.
Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of
pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which
they need to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable
methods.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. Develop a research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use
‘entered college’ ‘did not enter college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with
basic functions
2. A Statistical survey is a scientific process of collection and analysis of
numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey. Describe the various
methods for collecting data in a statistical survey.
3. Two groups of 100 people each were taken for testing the use of vaccine. 15
persons contracted the disease out of the inoculated persons, while 25
contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the vaccine, use
X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of X
square = 3.82)
4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by
independently awarding marks as follows
Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45