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ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MS-01
Course Title: Management Functions and Behaviour
Assignment Code: MS- 01/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage: All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
1. What are the assumptions of different
decision making models which either describe how decisions are made, or
prescribe how decisions should be made? Identify varying degrees of knowledge
under which the decisions are made. Explain with examples, you are familiar
with. Briefly describe the context and the organization, you are referring to.
2. Define and describe strategic and
operational planning. What are the essential steps involved in planning for an
enterprise? Explain with the examples you are familiar with. Briefly introduce
the organisation, you are referring to.
3. Briefly describe the responsibilities
a professional manager has towards various stakeholders with respect to
sustainability of a business organisation. Explain with examples you are
familiar with. Briefly describe the organisation, you are referring to.
4. What is the process of communication?
What are the intentional and unintentional barriers that prevent communications
to be effective? What measures can be taken to prevent these barriers. Explain
with examples you are familiar with. Briefly describe the organisation, you are
referring to.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 2
Course Title : Management of Human Resources
Assignement Code : MS-2 /TMA/SEM – I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
Q1. Explain how environmental perceptive
of HRM helps in developing effective Human resource management system. Explain
why personnel research is a major component of HRM function.
Q2. Discuss in detail why Socialisation,
Mobility and separation are important things to consider, in order developing
effective and efficient workforce within an organisation. Explain how
compensation structure of an organisation proved to be a motivator for
employees.
Q3. Why there is a need of Human resource
planning and what major problems an organisation may encounter during HRP
process? What are the focal point of Job analysis and why critical incident
technique is one of the effective techniques of Job analysis?
Q4. Explain how HRIS transforming HRM and
simplifying performance appraisal process? How competency mapping can help in
building trust between employees and managers?
Q5. What is team efficiency and role
efficacy? How these can be enhanced? Discuss how grievances can be identified
and redressed? Explain how trade unions and employer association strengthens
the status of employer employee relations.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-03
Course Title : Economic and Social Environment
Assignment No. : MS-03/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all questions and submit
this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your study
centre.
1. What do you understand by social
responsibility of business? Discuss in detail the arguments for and against
business assuming social responsibility citing examples.
2. Explain the importance and objectives
of public sector and analyse how far these objectives have been achieved.
3. Examine the growth of Small Scale
Industry (SSI) in the post-reform period and briefly discuss the measures to
overcome the constraints faced by SSI.
4. State the merits and demerits of
foreign capital. Briefly discuss India’s foreign investment policy in the post
reform period.
5. Discuss the overall impact of
Industrial Policy 1991on Indian industry.
6. Write short notes.
(a) Inflation
(b) Development Banks
(c) Role of Government
(d) EXIM Policy
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-04
Course Title :
Accounting and Finance for Managers
Assignment No. :
MS-04/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note : Attempt all questions
and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of
your study centre.
1. Why are Accounting Practices
Standardised? What progress has been made regarding Standardization of
Accounting Practices in India?
2. What do you understand by the
term Working Capital? Why is it required in a business and how do you determine
the requirement of Working Capital in a Business?
3. You are required to compute all
Variances for ABC Ltd. The company is producing a single product for which the
standard cost data per unit of output is as given below:
Direct Material 20 Kg @ Rs 10 per
kg
Direct Labour 12 hours at Rs 5.50
per hour
Variable Overheads 12 hours at Rs
10 per hour
Fixed Overheads Rs. 9,00,000 per
month based on a normal volume of 60,000 direct labour hours
Selling Price Rs 600 per unit
The costs incurred and other
relevant information for the month of November 2018 are as under.
Direct Material used 1,00,000 Kg at
a cost of Rs. 10,50,000
Direct Wages Paid Rs 3,10,000 for
62,000 hours worked
Overheads Rs. 15,26,000 out of
which a sum of Rs. 9,40,000 is fixed.
Actual Output Rs. 4,800 units sold
for Rs. 28,32,000.
Assume no stocks of
work-in-progress or finished goods at the beginning or at the end of the month.
4. XYZ Ltd. is planning to invest
20,000 crore in a project which is expected to generate Cash Flow, over the
next ten years, as follows.
|
Project Cash Flow over the years
of XYZ Ltd. Year
|
Cash Flow (in crores)
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Year
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Cash Flow (in crores)
|
|
0
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-20,000
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6
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4,000
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|
1
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1,000
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7
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5,000
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|
2
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1,700
|
8
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5,500
|
|
3
|
2,000
|
9
|
5,500
|
|
4
|
2,500
|
10
|
5,500
|
|
5
|
3,000
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-
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-
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The WACC of the project is 10%.
Compute the NPV and IRR of the Project. You are supposed to advise XYZ Ltd on
the basis of your findings whether it should accept or reject the project under
consideration.
5. Discuss the purpose of dividend
policy. What are the different types of dividend policies? Describe the factors
that affect dividend decisions.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-05
Course Title : Management of Machines and Materials
Assignment No. : MS-05/TMA /SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
1. “Materials handling is the art and
science involving the movement, packaging and storing of substances in any
form”. In the light of statement, explain the objectives and types of material
handling system.
2. What do you understand by work
measurement? Explain the various principal techniques used to measure work.
3. What do you understand by the term
maintenance management? Discuss the various types of maintenance systems?
4. Define Value Engineering. Briefly
explain the seven phases of value engineering job plan.
5. “Classification of materials involves
grouping of items according to some criteria”. What are the criteria on the
basis of which materials are classified? Explain briefly.
6. Write short notes on any three of the
following:-
(i) Behavioural Dimensions of Job
Design.
(ii) Plant Layout Factors
(iii) Line of Balance (LOB) for
production Control
(iv) Input-Output Waste (I-O-W) Model
(v) Role of Scientific methods in
Operations Management
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 06
Course Title : Marketing for Managers
Assignment Code : MS-06 /TMA/SEM - I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study centre.
1. (a) What do you understand by the
terms “Needs and Wants”? Why and when these terms assume significance in the
context of marketing. Elaborate with a hypothetical example of your choice.
What is marketing? Discuss the various
tasks necessary for successful marketing.
(b) Distinguish strategy from marketing
strategy. Explain the process involved in the formulation of marketing strategy
for the following:-
(i) Knocked down furniture.
(ii) Battery operated small sized
passenger car
2. (a) What is a product? When and why
do firms generally diversity their product portfolio? Discuss with an example
from FMCG category.
(b) Describe the concept of Product Life
Cycle (PLC). Select any two brands in the recent past where PLC concept was
considered as tool for market development. Discuss.
3. (a) Distinguish product from Brand.
What are the various branding decisions that are available for marketers with
regard to brand name situation in the following:-
(i) New Product offering by the firm.
(ii) Premium/Niche variant of an
existing product.
(b) Discuss the major determinants of
pricing and their limitations if any for the following:-
(i) FMCG Product
(ii) Home Appliances (Non electronic)
(iii) Cab Services for an organized
player
4. (a) What is personal selling? Discuss
the steps involved in the selling process for the following:
(i) Software product for Banking Sector
(ii) Industrial Water Purifier.
(b) What is sales forecasting? Select
the most commonly used methods by the marketers and the reasons for their
choice.
Explain the role of distribution channel
in the success of a brand.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-07
Course Title : Information Systems for Managers
Assignment Code : MS-07/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
1. “Communication is the transmission of
a signal by a way of particular medium from a
sender to a receiver.” In the light of
statement explain the pathway/ mediums through
which communication takes place.
2. What is a computer virus? Explain the
various types of viruses and how to prevent these viruses?
3. What are the managerial decisions?
Explain the various types of managerial decisions. Which one is preferred in
what situations?
4. “If a firm doesn’t want to use its
own internal resources to build and operate information systems, it can hire an
external organization that specializes in providing these services”. Explain
the above statement with the help of advantages and disadvantages of
outsourcing.
5. What do you understand by the term
data models? What are the various types of data models? Explain them in brief.
6. Write short notes on any three of the
following:-
(i) Operating System
(ii) Organization and Information
System-Two-way-relationship
(iii) Marketing Management Sub-System
(iv) Transaction Processing Systems
(TPS)
(v) Operational database vs Data
Warehouse.
ASSIGNMENTS
Course Code : MS
08
Course Title :
Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications
Assignment No. :
MS-08/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note : Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
coordinator of your study center.
1. “The field of statistics provides the
methods for collecting, presenting and meaningfully interpreting the given
data”. What are these methods? Explain them.
2. You are supplied the following data
about height of boys and girls studying in a college.
Boys
Girls
Number 72
38
Average height (inches) 68 61
Variance of distribution 9 4
You are required to find out:
(a) In which sex, boys or girls, is
there greater variability in individual heights.
(b) Common average height in boys and
girls.
3. In an aptitude test administered to
900 college students, the mean is 50 and the standard deviation is 20. Find:-
(i) The number of students securing
between 30 and 70.
(ii) The number of students exceeding
the score of 65.
(iii) The value of the score exceeding
by the top 90 students.
4. Strength tests carried out on samples
of two yarns spun to the same count gave the following results:-
No.
in sample Sample mean Sample variance
Yarn A 4
50
42
Yarn B 9
42
56
The strength are expressed in pounds.
Does the difference in mean strengths indicate a real difference in the mean
strengths of the yarns? Apply appropriate test and comment.
5. Write short notes on any three of the
following:-
(i) Type I and Type II error
(ii) Primary Data vs Secondary Data
(iii) Correlation Coefficient
(iv) Probability Sampling Methods
(v) Guidelines for choosing the classes.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code :
MS-09
Course Title :
Managerial Economics
Assignment Code
: MS-09/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note : Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
coordinator of your study center.
1. Discuss the fundamental nature of
Managerial Economics. How are the three choice problems of an economy solved?
2. Briefly discuss the determinants of
demand. Explain graphically increase and decrease of demand.
3. Explain the increasing, constant and
decreasing returns to scale. Use diagrams to substantiate your answer.
4. Explain Price Rigidity and Kinked
Demand Curve under Oligopoly.
5. What is Two- Part Tariffs and how it
is determined?
6. Write short notes on any two of the
following:-
(a) Opportunity Cost Principle
(b) Income Elasticity of Demand
(c) Economies of Scope
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 10
Course Title:
Organisational Design, Development and Change
Assignment Code : MS-10/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
1. Describe any three organizational
structures and their advantages and limitations. Illustrate with reference to
an organization you are familiar with how restructuring help in the
effectiveness of their organization.
2. Discuss the importance of quality of
work life in the present day work – situation. Comment on the quality of
working life at your present workplace or a workplace you are familiar with and
if there needs any improvement suggest methods.
3. Explain how organizational analysis
helps in the development of an organization. Illustrate an intervention which
is used for the development of the organization which you are familiar with.
Briefly describe the organization you are referring to.
4. What is an interview? Discuss how
different types of interview methods citing examples.
5. Briefly describe the competencies
required for a change agent and discuss the diverse roles of a change agent.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code :
MS-11
Course Title :
Strategic Management
Assignment No. :
MS-11/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note
:
Attempt all questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019
to the coordinator of your study centre.
1.
Explain the purpose of strategy? What are the different levels of strategy in
an organization? Discuss these levels with the help of an illustration.
2.
Discuss as to why the organizations pursue strategic alliances? Explain with
the help of a recent strategic alliance.
3.
What do you understand by a Balanced Scorecard (BSC)? What are the challenges
faced by a strategist while developing and implementing a BSC? Discuss.
4.
What is an organizational culture? Is there a relationship between service and
culture of an organization? Justify with the help of an example.
5.
Discuss why evaluation of a strategy is important for an organization. Support
your answer with the help of an example from the business world.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MS - 21
Course Title: Social Processes and Behavioral Issues
Assignment Code: MS-21/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage: All Blocks
Note: a. There are two sets of
assignments. Set A is for the students who have registered for MS 21 prior to
January 2018. Set B is for students who have registered for MS 21 in January,
2018 and after.
b. Attempt all the questions and submit
this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your study
center.
SET A
1. Describe the emerging scenario of
organizations. Explain the steps to be taken by management into bring in the
mindset of employees conducive to changing reality of business in an
organization you are aware of. Briefly describe the organization you are
referring to.
2. Describe the socialization process.
How does socialization influence on personality, attitudes and values? Explain with
the help of examples from the organization you are aware of. Briefly describe
the organization you are referring to.
3. What is persuasion? Explain the
relevance of persuasion in organizations citing examples.
4. Briefly discuss how organizational culture
can be developed and describe the attributes of work culture and their
relevance.
5. Define political behaviour and enlist
the factors that contribute to organisational politics citing examples.
SET B
1. Explain behavior modification process
citing suitable examples.
2. Discuss the benefits of CSR and
enumerate the current status of CSR in India citing examples.
3. What are the basic elements in
perceptual process? Discuss the factors influencing perception with the help of
examples.
4. Explain what is diversity at
workplace and the reason behind rise of diversity. Illustrate with suitable
examples.
5. Discuss the modern theories of
leadership citing few organizational examples.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MS-22
Course Title: Human Resource Development
Assignment Code: MS- 22/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage: All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
1. What is Cognitive Age? Discuss what
an employee wants in a career and the career problems usually encountered in
the process. Briefly discuss individual and organizational strategies for
career development. Explain with examples, you are familiar with. Briefly
describe the organistion, you are referring to.
2. What is Competency Mapping? What
purpose does it serve in an organisational set up? Discuss the steps involved
in Competency mapping. Explain with examples you are familiar with. Briefly
describe the organisation, you are referring to.
3. Define and differentiate between
profession and occupation. What are the requirements to be called a ‘HRD
professional’? Briefly discuss the knowledge base of HRD in India. Cite
suitable examples.
4. Define HRD and explain its salient
features. Briefly describe how to manage technological change in an
organizational setup. Explain with relevant examples, you are familiar with.
Briefly describe the organisation, you are referring to.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MS - 23
Course Title: Human Resource Planning
Assignment Code: MS-23 /TMA/SEM - I/2019
Coverage: All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study centre.
1. Describe the review process of human
resource planning. Discuss how it balances the competing and conflicting
elements.
2. What do you mean by job analysis?
Describe various methods of collecting information for job analysis.
3. What is Orientation? Explain the
importance of Orientation and tell how you would orient a new management
trainee?
4. Explain the significance of
Information System in Human Resource management. Describe the various
approaches to managing information at the macro and micro level.
5. What is recruitment? Explain the
methods and techniques of recruitment. Discuss several advantages of recruiting
from internal sources and external sources.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 24
Course Title : Employment Relations / Industrial
Relations
Assignement Code : MS-24 /TMA/SEM – I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
Q1. Discuss in brief various privileges
and rights enshrined in Indian constitutions for fair labour practices? How
employer organisation, manager union and trade union in India has transformed
the relation of employer and employee.
Q2. What are the recent trends in the
labour supply that fluctuates with demographic, economic and societal
conditions? Explain with the help of examples how collective bargaining in
private sector is different from public sector.
Q3. Articulate various issues involved
in the Participative Forums in India and how these forums should be design to
address these issues.
Q4. How leaders perform a significant role
in strategic management? What do you understand by corporate culture and
relevance of ethics and values for a corporate culture?
Q5. How globalisations exert influence
on employment relation? “Individualism vs. Collectivism” and “Trust and
integrity” are key recent developments in employment relation for an effective
employer- employee relationship, explain.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code :
MS-41
Course Title :
Working Capital Management
Assignment No. :
MS-41/TMA /SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note : Attempt all
questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
coordinator of your study center.
1. What are the major changes that were
made by RBI in the Fifth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy statement for 2018-19?
2. You are required to suggest XYZ Ltd.
as to which Credit Policy it should adopt. The company has a present annual
sales level of 10,000 units at Rs 300 per unit. The Variable cost is Rs 200 per
unit and the Fixed costs amount to Rs 3,00,000 per annum. Presently the company
allows 1 month credit period which it intends to increase to 2 months and 3
months. The estimates made are as follows:
|
Credit policy
|
Existing 1 month
|
Proposed
|
|
|
|
2 Months
|
3 Months
|
|
Increase in Sales
|
-
|
15%
|
30%
|
|
% of Bad debts
|
1%
|
3%
|
5%
|
There will be increase in fixed cost by
Rs 50,000 on account of increase in sales beyond 15% of present level. The
company plans on a pre-tax return of 20% on investment in Receivables.
3. Taking a Suitable Example explain how
Permissible Bank Finance can be assessed under the First, Second and Third
method of Lending. How do these methods differ from each other?
4. If you are a Finance Manager of an
MNC, what circumstances would you consider using Euro-Currency Markets? Also
explain why you have selected these markets instead of borrowing from Domestic
Markets.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-42
Course Title : Capital Investment and Financing
Decisions
Assignment No. : MS-42/TMA /SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
1. What do you understand by cost of
capital? Explain in detail how the cost of capital for various components of
capital is computed?
2. What do you understand by project
planning? Explain the various aspects on which Economic Appraisal of a project
is done.
3. What is project risk? Explain the
various techniques used for measurement of project risk.
4. Explain in detail the various non
traditional financial arrangements through which long term financing can be
procured.
5. What is financial engineering?
Discuss the factors that have contributed to the evolution of financial
engineering?
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code :
MS-43
Course Title :
Management Control Systems
Assignment No. :
MS-43/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note : Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
coordinator of your study center.
1. Explain the concept of Strategy.
Discuss the Models which are used for formulating Business unit Strategies.
2. What is Transfer Pricing? Describe
the ARM’s Length Principle and its Applications in detail.
3. In an Organization of your choice try
to find out the type of short term and long term incentive plans that are being
followed by the Organisation. Give a detailed report of your findings.
4. Design a Management Control System
for an Organization which is working in the field of training Local Farmers for
Organic Farming.
5. Study the case of ‘Dakshin Rasayan
Nigam Limited’ and answer the questions given at the end of this case.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code :
MS-51
Course Title :
Operations Research
Assignment No. :
MS-51/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note : Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
Coordinator of your study center.
1. Solve the following problem through
SIMPLEX method.
Minimize Z = -3x1+x2+x3
Subject to
x1-2x2+x3≤11
-4x1+x2+2x3≥3
-2x1 +x3=1
x1≥0, x2≥0 and x3≥0
2. A refueling station is served by a
single pump machine for providing service to the petrol vehicles. The arrival
process has shown that the distribution of times between arrivals is negative
exponential with a mean of 10 minutes. Similarly, service times were found to
be adequately described by a negative exponential distribution with a mean of 6
minutes. Waiting space is unlimited. Determine:
(i) Probability that the customer has to
wait.
(ii) Mean number of customer in the
system.
(iii) Percentage utilization of the
service station.
(iv) Steady-state probability of having
four customers in the system.
3. “In a goal programming, we attempt to
“satisfy‟ or come as close as possible to satisfying the various goals,”
Discuss.
4. What is simulation? Describe the
simulation process. State the major two reasons for using simulation to solve a
problem. What are the advantages and limitations of simulation?
5. Write short notes on any five of the
following:
(a) GOAL Programming
(b) GOMORY‟s cutting plane Algorithm
(c) Selective Inventory Control
(d) Pure and Mixed Strategy
(e) Sensitivity Analysis
(f) Monte Carlo Simulation
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-52
Course Title : Project Management
Assignment No. : MS-52/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the Coordinator of your
study center.
1. Describe the important phases of a
project life cycle. What are the outlines of opportunity studies in project
management? How do these impact project feasibility studies?
2. “Doubled Project Report (DPR) forms
the foundation on which the entire superstructure of the project is built – if
it is weak, project cannot weather the turbulent times ahead.” Bring out the
do‟s and don‟ts of a good DPR.
3. What should be the decision criteria
for selecting a suitable method for demand forecasting? Discuss the various
methods of economic analysis of project from societal viewpoint.
4. “Meticulous Management of activities
on the critical path is crucial to completing projects on time.” How can we
„beat‟ the critical path and improve our on-time performance?
5. Explain the importance of „project
review‟ in the context of control of a project. How are cybernetics concepts
applied to project management?
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 53
Course Title : Production/Operations Management
Assignment Code : MS-53/TMA/SEM - I /2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
1. What do you understand by the term
forecasting? Explain the steps in forecasting
process.
2. What is job design? What are the
various traditional engineering techniques and behavioural approaches of job
design? Explain behavioural approaches in detail.
3. “Several rules have been developed to
decide the next job to be selected from amongst the various jobs waiting for
loading on the machine”. Discuss these rules? Also explain the general
principles of scheduling.
4. “As per major activity groups
involved in materials management in any manufacturing organization, several
issues emerge, which need to be considered while discharging its functions”.
What are these issues? Explain in brief.
5. Write short notes on any three of the
following:-
(a) Upcoming issues of Production
systems.
(b) Operations sub-systems that need
forecasting.
(c) Conventional approach for developing
product layout
(d) Just-in-time (JIT)
(e) Chronic and Sporadic Losses
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-54
Course Title : Management Information Systems
Assignment No. : MS-54/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the Coordinator of your
study center.
1. “The way organizations cannot exist without
MIS, even information does not exist without organization.” Discuss.
2. Describe the major phases in MIS
design. Can you compare these phases with Research and development projects?
3. Trace the evolution of data modeling
concepts with examples which are different from the ones given in the preceding
text.
4. Outline the basic sequence of steps
to acquiring a DMBS. What steps are the mists important? Why should an
organization be careful about placing over reliance on “benchmark” tests in
selecting a DBMS?
5. Differentiate among Trojans, Worms
and Viruses. Give one example for each. “Computer virus is a major threat to
computer security”. Justify the statement.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS
- 61
Course Title :
Consumer Behaviour
Assignment Code
: MS-61 /TMA/SEM - I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note: Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
coordinator of your study centre.
1. What do you understand by the term
‘consumer behaviour’? Discuss the applications of consumer behavior in
marketing.
2. What is organisational buying
behavior? Discuss the characteristics of organizational buying that distinguish
it from individual buying.
3. What is meant by consumer perception?
Discuss the stages of perception with the help of suitable examples.
4. What is a reference group? Name two
reference groups that are important to you. In what ways do they influence you
in your purchasing behaviour?
5. How do family life cycle stages
affect the consumption patterns? Give its implications for the marketer of
domestic holiday packages.
6. As a retailer of readymade garments
propose how you would use lifestyle approach to succeed in your venture.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS
- 62
Course Title :
Sales Management
Assignment Code
: MS-62 /TMA/SEM - I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study centre.
1. (a) What are the major objectives of
Sales Management in an enterprise? Discuss the role and responsibilities of a
Sales Manager with the firm you are associated or familiar with.
(b) Distinguish Personal Selling from
Direct Marketing. What are the requisite qualities and abilities of a good
sales personnel? Elaborate.
2. (a) Discuss the stages in personal
selling process. Is it necessary that the salesman should follow all the
stages? If yes or no, illustrate with suitable examples in either case.
(b) List out and discuss with suitable
examples the various types of selling skills that the field sale personnel
should possess in discharging their responsibilities.
3. (a) Make an attempt to study the
sales force management of a firm you are associated or familiar with and
analyze the job analysis and job description of each sales job in practice.
(b) What is the criteria to identify the
relevant recruitment sources for hiring salesman? Discuss each of these source
and highlight their inherent benefits.
4. (a) What are the objectives of
training of sales force? Describe the various methods of identifying training
needs in the following situations.
(i) OTC Products sales man
(ii) Door to Door salesman (Home
appliances)
(iii) Industrial Water Cooler
(Institutional salesman)
(b) Explain the purpose and the need for
sales control in sales function with an example. Discuss the various methods
used to control the performance of sales personnel and bring out the
limitations if any in each of these methods.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS
- 63
Course Title :
Product Management
Assignment Code
: MS-63 /TMA/SEM - I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note: Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
coordinator of your study centre.
1. Distinguish between convenience,
shopping and speciality goods giving suitable examples.
2. Taking the example of ready to eat
snacks, explain how you can generate new product ideas using:
(a) Attribute analysis
(b) Focus groups
3. Discuss the various functions
performed by packaging in marketing of consumer goods giving suitable examples.
4. Taking the example of any product of
your choice, explain how a company’s marketing mix strategies may vary
depending on different stages of its product life cycle.
5. What do you understand by the term
‘product positioning’? Explain the alternative basis of positioning that you
can apply for cooking oil.
6. What are the objectives of test
marketing? How would you go about test marketing a new breakfast cereal?
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS
- 64
Course Title :
International Marketing
Assignment Code
: MS-64 /TMA/SEM - I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note: Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
coordinator of your study centre.
1. A garment manufacturer presently
operating in domestic market only wants to go international. Advise the
organization regarding various options available to reach foreign markets.
2. What do you understand by the term
‘Political Risk’? Explain the strategies available to international marketers
for managing political risks in the post-investment period.
3. Explain the contents and significance
of the following documents.
(a) Bill of lading
(b) Letter of credit
4. Why do you think a company should or
should not market the same product in the same way around the world? Discuss
giving suitable examples.
5. Explain the scope of international
marketing research. How does internet affect international marketing research?
6. What is the effect of ‘terms of
delivery’ on the price to be quoted by an exporter? Explain giving an example.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS
- 65
Course Title :
Marketing of Services
Assignment Code
: MS-65 /TMA/SEM - I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note: Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
coordinator of your study centre.
1. Give examples of services that are
high in credence qualities. How do high credence qualities affect consumer
behaviour for these services?
2. Discuss the importance of physical
evidence in the context of airline industry.
3. As a manager of a full service
restaurant, what strategies would you use to overcome demand and supply
challenges?
4. Study ‘Activity 4’ given in section
10.5 of Unit 10, Block-3 of your course material and prepare your plan of
action for the same.
5. ‘Pricing strategy includes much more
than determining what to charge’? Examine the statement with regards to pricing
of services, giving suitable examples.
6. Assume you are the marketing manager
of a company marketing consumer durables like refrigerators, washing machines
etc. What product support services would you provide to the customers to have a
competitive advantage?
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-91
Course Title : Advanced Strategic Management
Assignment No. : MS-91/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all questions and submit
this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your study
centre.
1. Explain the major components of
corporate strategy. What are the various levels at which strategy may exist?
2. What is the need for corporate
governance? What are the major recommendation of Kumara Mangalam Committee
Report on corporate governance.
3. “Different market structures adopt
different pricing strategies”. Discuss each pricing strategy with reference to
different market structures.
4. Discuss the characteristics of
innovative organizations.
5. Describe the scope and objectives of
social audit and discuss the various types of social audit.
6. Write short notes:
(a) Stable Environment
(b) Business Ethics
(c) Corporate Policy
(d) Development of R&D Strategy.
Course Code: MS - 92
Course Title: Management of Public Enterprises
Assignment Code: MS-92/TMA/SEM - I/2019
Coverage: All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
1. Discuss the rationale behind
formation of Public Sector.
2. Briefly discuss the recommendations
of various committees on corporate governance.
3. Discuss the objectives of Performance
Evaluation in Public Enterprises.
4. Define collective bargaining. Explain
the origin and history of collective bargaining.
5. Briefly discuss the strategic issues
involved in disinvestments.
6. Write short notes on any two of the
following:-
(a) Autonomy and Accountability
(b) Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
(c) State Level Public Enterprises
(SLPEs)
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS
- 93
Course Title :
Management of New and Small Enterprises
Assignment Code
: MS-93/TMA/SEM - I /2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note : Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
coordinator of your study center.
1. What are the support needs required
for making the business environment conducive for the development of MSMEs?
2. How does the company make decision
regarding its final product/service design?
3. Describe a Company. Explain the
characteristics of a company.
4. Describe market segmentation. How is
market segmented on the basis of many defining variables?
5. Explain whether family business is a
viable proposition in the present times?
6. Write short notes on any two of the
following:-
(a) Entrepreneurial competencies
(b) Marketing Orientation
(c) Working capital computation.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-95
Course Title : Research Methodology for Management
Decisions
Assignment No. : MS-95/TMA /SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
1. Describe the terms “Unit of
analysis”, “Characteristics of Interest” and “Decision-Making Unit”. Why is
there confusion between the first two?
2. What is stratified sampling? How
allocation of sample to different strata is done? Discuss the benefits of such
an approach.
3. What is the objective of doing factor
analysis? Explain the terms involved in Factor Analysis? How many factors one
need to take.
4. A physical instructor claims that a
particular exercise when done continuously for 7 days reduces body weight by
3.5 kg. Five overweight girls did the exercise for 7 days and their body weight
were found as under:
|
Girls
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|
Weight before
Exercise
|
70
|
72
|
75
|
71
|
78
|
|
Weight after
exercise
|
66
|
70
|
72
|
66
|
72
|
Making use of the sign test, verify the
claim at 
that the exercise reduces weight by at least
3.5 kg.
5. Discuss the major elements of
communication dimensions that are relevant to a presentation.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-423
Course Title : Marketing of Financial Services
Assignment Code : MS-423/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the coordinator of your
study center.
1. Explain the characteristics of
services and discuss the implications that they create for marketers of
financial services.
2. What are Pricing Objectives? Explain
the various pricing methods and discuss the traditional pricing approach used
by the banks.
3. Briefly explain traditional
instruments used for project financing. Discuss in detail the new financial
instruments used for project financing.
4. Differentiate between life and
general insurance and explain the strategy to expand insurance business in
rural areas.
5. What are the emerging issues in the
financial services marketing? How these issues are necessitating change in the
marketing of financial services?
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-424
Course Title : International Banking Management
Assignment Code : MS-424/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and
submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the Coordinator of your
study center.
1. Explain the role of International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and discuss the different financing facilities extended by
IMF to its member countries. Comment, briefly, on the trends of financing by
the IMF to its member countries in the last two years.
2. What is the rationale for
‘Regulation’ of International Banking? Explain the different forms of
regulation.
3. Explain the importance of ‘Choice of
Law’ in the context of International Banking and discuss the factors
influencing the Choice of Law.
4. Meet the Bank Manager of your choice
and discuss with him/ her, the role of a Corporate Treasury and the traditional
activities in which they are involved. Write a note on your discussions.
5. Discuss the different types of
financial risks that are relevant for International Banking.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS-425
Course Title : Electronic Banking and IT in Banks
Assignment Code : MS-425/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All Blocks
Note:
Attempt all the questions and submit on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
Coordinator of your study center.
1. What do you understand by Decision
Support System (DSS)? Explain the Interactive decision making process of DSS
and its essential characteristics.
2. Meet the Bank Manager of your choice
and discuss with him/her the Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)
technology used in the clearing house operations. Also find out how the MICR
cheques processing is different from the Truncation of cheques system?
3. Explain the meaning of ‘Supply Chain
Management’ (SCM) and discuss its functions. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of Supply Chain Management?
4. Describe the widely used Biometric
techniques. What are the pros and cons of Biometric security.
5. What do you understand by a Data
warehouse? Why is a Data warehouse required? Describe the major steps involved
in a Data warehouse building process.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code :
MS-494
Course Title :
Risk Management in Banks
Assignment Code
: MS-494/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note : Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
Coordinator of your study center.
1. What do you understand by Asset
Liability Management? Briefly explain the ALM process and discuss the role and
functions of various sub-committees of Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) in a
Bank.
2. Meet the Bank Manager of your choice
and discuss with him/ her, the different techniques used for the measurement
and management of interest rate risk in Banks. Write a note on your
discussions.
3. What is liquidity risk and how is it
different from other risks? Explain two different measures of finding out the
liquidity risk.
4. What is currency risk? Discuss the
importance of managing such risk. How are various currency derivatives used to
manage currency risk?
5. What do you understand by Capital to
Risk-weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR)? Why has this ratio been prescribed by the
Reserve Bank of India for banks? Give the main details of this requirement.
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code :
MS-495
Course Title :
Ethics and Corporate Governance in Banks
Assignment Code
: MS-495/TMA/SEM-I/2019
Coverage : All
Blocks
Note : Attempt all
the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2019 to the
coordinator of your study center.
1. What do you understand by societal
culture? Explain how is attitudes to activities like gambling, drugs and child
labor analyzed?
2. What are the ethical issues involved
in marketing function and advertising business?
3. Briefly discuss the disclosure and
transparency requirements for listed banks.
4. How is Corporate Social
Responsibility integrated into every aspect of Company’s day to day working?
Discuss.
5. How did Global Trust Bank (GTB) climb
to the pinnacle and fell from grace? How was a moratorium imposed by Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) on GTB?
6. Write short notes on any two of the
following:
(a) Integrated Sustainability Reporting
(b) Triple Bottom line Approach of CSR
(c) Equator Principles
