ANNAMALAI MBA FIRST YEAR AND SECOND YEAR ASSIGNMENT ANSWER SHEETS
PROVIDED. DR. PRASANTH MBA PH.D. DME MOBILE
/ WHATSAPP: +91 9924764558 OR +91 9447965521 EMAIL: prasanththampi1975@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.casestudyandprojectreports.com
M.B.A. FIRST YEAR
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF
MANAGEMENT
1. Choose one academic administrator and another public
administrator and
conduct interview and then ask them how their job differs from
that of business
managers. How do they know how well their department, institution
or
organization is performing, Since profit is probably not one of
the criteria for
assessing effectiveness and efficiency?
2. Design a interview schedule and conduct the interview a manager
in your
locality and ask him how many subordinates he has. Are different
numbers of
subordinates supervised at the top, the middle, and the bottom of
the
organizational hierarchy? What really determines the span of
management in
the organization.
3. “There are two notions about relationship between job
satisfaction and
productivity: a happy worker is a productivity one; a happy worker
is not
necessarily a productive one. Critically evaluate this statement
and bring out the
situations under which each statement is true”.
4. “Planning is the basis, delegation is the key, information is
the guide, and action
is the essence of control of.” Trace the relationship between
control and other
functions with real life examples.
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR
MANAGERS
1. How a financial statement
helps the investors and creditors for a service based
company and manufacturing company. Give your views by taking any
of the one
company of your choice on both the sector.
2. Identify the financial ratio on which type of retail stores
adopted. Further analyse
the various importance of those ratio and give your views. How it
will help the
retail store.
3. Discuss various applications of the Break Even Chart. Enumerate
the various
criticism usually levelled against Break Even Charts.
Differentiate how this
Break Even chart helps the service sector and manufacturing
sector.
4. From the following particulars, prepare the Balance Sheet of
Sri Mohan Ram.
Current Ratio -- 2
Working Capital -- Rs.
4,00,000
Capital block to Current
Assets -- 3:2
Fixed Asset to turnover --
1:3
Sales Cash / Credit -- 1:2
Stock Velocity -- 2 months
Creditor’s velocity -- 2
months
Debtor’s velocity -- 3
months
Capital block Net Profit --
10% of turnover
Debentures / Share Capital
-- 1:2
Gras Profit Ratio -- 25%
(to Sales)
Reserve -- 2.5% of turnover
3
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Out of your own experience find out the reasons for failure of
business
forecasting even in the experienced companies.
2. Take the IT sector as an example for perfect competition and
analyse the
character.
3. Prepare an essay to show the growth of National Income in India
after
Independence
4. Explicit the empirical production and explain optimum
combination of inputs
with diagrams..
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF
BUSINESS
1. “A contract which is regular in all respects may still fail if
there is no Conesus
ad idem”. Explain
2. “No one can give what he himself has not”. Discuss the
exceptions
3. “The property of the company is the property of its members”.
Comment
4. “It is compulsory for every company to register articles of
association”. Comment
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
AND STATISTICS
1. “Creative Management, whether in Public Administration or
Private Industry,
depends on Methods of Inquiry that Maintain Objectivity, Clarity,
Accuracy and
Consistency.” Examine the significance of research and this
statement –Discuss.
2. A random sample of size 70- is taken from an infinite normal
population, which
has its mean and variance as 200 and 750, respectively. What is
the probability
that the sample mean is greater than 205?
3. Consider any research problem of interest to you. Structure it
in terms of an
appropriate hypothesis to be tested. Also, mention the possible
errors and
recommendation associated with your hypothesis. Illustrate your
answer with
the help of suitable examples.
4. An agricultural officer wants to study the effect of four
different fertilizers on the
yield (in tons) of a specific crop. The corresponding data are as
shown below.
Fertilizer
Plot
A B C D
1 100 150 120 70
2 80 70 110 100
3 68 90 85 78
4 125 138 60 124
Check whether there is a significant difference between the yields
of different
fertilizers using the Krurkal – Wallis test at a significance
level of 0.01.
4
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. “A company that fails to go global is in the danger of losing
its domestic business
to competitors with lower costs, greater experience, better
products and, is a
nutshell, more value for customer. – Discuss.
2. “IMF and World Bank serve the interests of industrialized
nations rather than
those of the developing countries.” – Discuss
3. Do you justify that the working pins would really link the
present scenario of
International Business with that of the future?
4. Do you think that international financial institution help in
competency building
of world nation and thereby enhance the magnitude the diversity of
global
business? Explain.
1.7 MANAGERIAL
COMMUNICATION
1. Compare the barriers to oral and written communication. Which
is more
challenging? provide the ways and means of overcoming these
challenges.
2. What is the relationship between leadership behaviour and
effectiveness of
communication? as a leader draft a letter to your subordinates to
propose new
product ideas.(Assume a FMCG company of your choice)
3. What are Blogs? How Blogs can be used to promote business for a
company selling
designer leather goods? List out the essential characteristics of
a good blog.
4. In what way business and academic reports differ? Draft a
business report to be
submitted by a Regional sales manager to Vice President of a
company
marketing medical equipments.
1.8 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
behavioural perspective.
4. ‘Organisational development involves the development of
organization in the
light of its future expansion plan’. Elaborate your views.
M.B.A. SECOND YEAR
2.1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1.
“One reason for implementing global training programmes is the need to avoid
business
losses due to cultural insensitivity”. What sort of training programme
would
you recommend to avoid such cultural insensitivity?
2.
Bring out some real life examples of how to use interest inventories to improve
employee
selection. In doing so, suggest some examples of occupational
interests
that you believe might predict success in various occupations including
Professor,
Accountant and System Analyst.
3.
Design a graphic rating scale for the below mentioned professions:
i)
Secretary
ii)
Engineer
iii)
Web Designer.
4.
Develop an incentive plan for the following positions:
i)
Chemical Engineer
ii)
Plant Manager
iii)
Used car sales force
iv)
First-line supervisor
Examine
the factors that you have to consider in reaching your conclusions.
2.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1.
Examine the suitable demographic segmentation variables other than age and
sex
for the following industry
•
Two wheeler
•
Brewery
•
Insurance
2.
You have been selected by the ABC pharmaceutical company to be a sales force
for
the period of three years. Identify and describe how you would progress
through
the steps in effective selling.
3.
Select an example of a new product failure in the recent context. Explore and
prepare
a report highlighting the causes for its failure. Do you think a better
understanding
of consumer behaviour could have contributed to its success in
the
market place? Do you accept or not? Justify your stand.
4.
Design a questionnaire to determine repeat purchase behaviour and brand
loyalty
with respect to
•
Fairness cream
•
Mobile
•
Sports shoe
•
Ready-to-wear garments
3
2.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1.
Design an appropriate capital structure which yields more profitability of a
service
industry of your choice. Illustrate your answer with the help of an
EBIT-EPS
analysis.
2.
“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.
3.
“The goal of capital management is the maximisation of long run earning to
present
share holders” – Comment.
4.
You are a finance manager in a manufacturing organization. You came to
know
the sales are very low when compared to the last year. So you have
decided
to do credit sales. Draft a proposal highlighting the decision areas to
be
concentrated to avoid non-payment.
2.4 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT
1.
Why are some Industries located near the source of raw materials, whereas some
other
Industries are located near the market? Justify your answer with practical
examples.
2.
Explain the different types of plant layout? Write the advantages and
disadvantages
of each types of layouts with exam.
3.
Describe the requirements of effective system of production and planning
control
in
any steel plant.
4.
Describe the method of drawing X and R charts. State the formula you would use
in
both cases.
2.5 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1.
“A company that fails to go global is in the danger of losing its domestic
business
to competitors with lower costs, greater experience, better and
products
and is a nutshell, more value for customer. – Discuss.
2.
“IMF and World Bank serve the interests of industrialized nations rather than
that
f the developing countries.” – Discuss.
3.
Do you justify that the working pins would really link the present scenario of
International
Business with that of the future?
4.
Do you think that International Financial institution help in competency
building
of World nation and thereby enhance the magnitude the diversity of
global
business? Explain.
2.6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1.
Should we combine debt – related cash flows with project cash flow? Why?
Discuss
the issues related to the principle of treating the financing cash flow
separately
from the investment cash flow.
2.
Demand estimate is an important part of a project feasibility study. What are
the
points we should consider is estimating demand?
3.
Write a detailed not EON the purpose of post – completion audits and the
strategy
employed. Is there any problem faced with the audit of mutually
exclusive
projects? Discuss.
4.
How can entrepreneurs develop a position of ethical leadership in business
today?
4
2.7.1 HRM : (a) LABOUR WELFARE AND INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS
1.
Describe “employee – employer relations” in both organized and unorganized
sectors
of this economy?
2.
Workers education helps a worker to solve his problems not as an individual
but
is a member of his social class discuss?
3.
Describe various kinds of statutory welfare programmes available to labourers
in
India?
4.
Describe the different machinery for the prevention and settlements of
industrial
disputes in India?
2.7.1 HRM : (b) TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT
1.
Devise a development program for the managerial personnel of an MNC.
2.
Identify the procedures and their pitfalls for the effective implementation of
MDP
in
organizations and suggest suitable measure to avoid pitfalls.
3.
Discuss the training methods available for the development of various skills of
Public
Sector employees with suitable illustrations.
4.
Examine the training evaluation practices in Indian industries.
2.7.2 MM : (a) SALES AND DISTRIBUTION
MANAGEMENT
1.
“Salesman should be assigned to that particular territory where his relative
contribution
to profit is the maximum”. Discuss this statement and describe the
determinants
of sales territory.
2.
“The job of personal selling is not merely of booking orders” In the light of
this
statement,
describe the nature of the selling job and the process of selling in this
present
competitive world.
3.
As a marketing manager for a nondurable manufacturing company, what factors
would
you consider and what process would you adopt to select a distribution
channel?
Explain.
4.
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?
2.7.2 MM : (b) MARKETING RESEARCH AND
CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1.
How are psychographics distinct from demographics? Why would it be
necessary
to study psychographics to better understand marketing and
consumer
behaviours?
2.
In the early stages of development consumer behaviour was known as buyer
behaviour.
What important aspect of the exchange process does this change in
name
reflect?
3.
What is secondary data? What are the various sources available for secondary
data?
How will you evaluate the merits of secondary data?
4.
Analyze the consumer decision making process and problems in buying a
luxury
car with appropriate examples?
5
2.7.3 FM : (a) INVESTMENT, SECURITY
AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1.
As an individual investor, what aspects of public issues you should be familiar
with?
Discuss your views with relevant to the recent trends in primary market.
2.
If the market price per share is equal to the book value per share, the
following
are
equal :
Return on equity, Earnings price
ratio, Total yield.
Elucidate with few examples.
3.
Describe the procedure developed by Markowitz for choosing the optimal
portfolio
of risky assets with suitable examples.
4.
How and when will you adopt (1) Portfolio Reconstruction (2) Portfolio
Rebalancing
and Upgrading and (3) Performance attribution when you are an
efficient
portfolio manager?
2.7.3 FM : (b) MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS
1.
As a management accountant you are asked to introduce a system of capital
expenditure
control for your organisation. Explain in detail the important
feature
you want to incorporate in system you propose to introduce, with a
suitable
example of a project involving capital expenditure.
2.
“Efficient inventory management is reflected in the liquidity and profitability
of
the
firm”. Do you agree? Justify your statement.
3.
“Lease financing has proved its unique adaptability to various financial
problems”.
Explain with suitable examples.
4.
If sales forecast is subject to error, then there is no purpose of budgetary.
Do you
agree
(or) disagree. Give your views by appropriate examples.
2.7.4 PM : (a) PRODUCTION, PLANNING,
CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE
1.
List out the different phases of production planning and control in a MNC and
briefly
discuss each.
2.
Discuss the need for demand forecasting in planning. As a manager discuss the
benefits
in an organization.
3.
Discuss the techniques involved in quality control. Point out the advantages
and
limitations.
4.
Assume that you are a production manager for TATA Steel, How will you deal
break
down
maintenance cost? What types of maintenance you will adopt for them.
2.7.4 PM : (b) QUALITY MANAGEMENT
1.
Discuss the characteristics of an effective leader regarding quality of daily
usage
products
in the present economic circumstances.
2.
List out measures to be taken by a manufacturing organization to handle
customer’s
complaints in order to retain them.
3.
An acceptance control chart has limits that are based on the specification
limits
for
the product rather than limits which differentiate between random and
assignable
causes. Under which circumstance should a quality manager
consider
using an acceptance control chart?
4.
According to current quality management thinking, what type of approaches to
quality
improvement is least likely to produce positive results?
6
2.7.5 SYSTEMS : (a) PERSONAL
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
1.
Create a document and write brief notes on applying following operations.
a.
Put Bullets and Numbers
b.
Apply various Font parameters.
c.
Apply Left, Right, and Centre alignments.
d.
Apply hyperlinks
e.
Insert pictures
f.
Insert ClipArt
g.
Show the use of WordArt
h.
Add Borders and Shading
i.
Show the use of Find and Replace.
j.
Apply header/footers
2.
Compare the cost, overheads and sales figures of a company for last three years
through
appropriate chart in MS-Excel.
3.
Students will prepare for their upcoming test over mail merge by practicing
three
different types of mail merge; from a MS-Access database, an MS-Excel
spreadsheet,
and using the Mail-Merge function built into MS-Word.
4.
Briefly write the advanced features of the software used in making the
presentation.
2.7.5 (b) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1.
As an Information Technology employee express your opinion about client server
network
along with its advantages and disadvantages in any company.
2.
As a manager of amazon.com how you handle this model and also explain under
which
model do Amazon.com comes.
3.
As an info entrepreneur, assess your options for growth in software project.
4.
How does an ERP system enforce best practices for an Indian organization?
M.B.A. (HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT)
FIRST YEAR
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1.
Choose one academic administrator and another public administrator and
conduct
interview and then ask them how their job differs from that of business
managers.
How do they know how well their department, institution or
organization
is performing, Since profit is probably not one of the criteria for
assessing
effectiveness and efficiency?
2.
Design a interview schedule and conduct the interview a manager in your
locality
and ask him how many subordinates he has. Are different numbers of
subordinates
supervised at the top, the middle, and the bottom of the
organizational
hierarchy? What really determines the span of management in
the
organization?
3.
“There are two notions about relationship between job satisfaction and
productivity:
a happy worker is a productivity one; a happy worker is not
necessarily
a productive one. Critically evaluate this statement and bring out the
situations
under which each statement is true”.
4.
“Planning is the basis, delegation is the key, information is the guide, and
action
is
the essence of control of.” Trace the relationship between control and other
functions
with real life examples.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1.
Examine the suitable demographic segmentation variables other than age and
sex
for the following industry
•
Two wheeler
•
Brewery
•
Insurance
2.
You have been selected by the ABC pharmaceutical company to be a sales force
for
the period of three years. Identify and describe how you would progress
through
the steps in effective selling.
3.
Select an example of a new product failure in the recent context. Explore and
prepare
a report highlighting the causes for its failure. Do you think a better
understanding
of consumer behaviour could have contributed to its success in
the
market place? Do you accept or not? Justify your stand.
4.
Design a questionnaire to determine repeat purchase behaviour and brand
loyalty
with respect to
•
Fairness cream
•
Mobile
•
Sports shoe
•
Ready-to-wear garments
3
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1.
Design an appropriate capital structure which yields more profitability of a
service
industry of your choice. Illustrate your answer with the help of an EBITEPS
analysis.
2.
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.
3.
The goal of capital management is the maximisation of long run earning to
present
share holders.-Comment
4.
You are a finance manager in a manufacturing organization. You came to know
the
sales are very low when compared to the last year. So you have decided to do
credit
sales. Draft a proposal highlighting the decision areas to be concentrated
to
avoid non-payment.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1.
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.
2.
Why is the management of projects a challenge for most of the managers in
production
systems? How do these managers meet those challenges? What tasks
must
the project team perform before the project begins? What tasks must the
project
team perform as the project progresses?
3.
Rane is a medium size manufacture of oil field pumps. The firm has developed a
new
model of high-pressure, secondary-recovery purge pump which improved
performance.
Hemalatha, manager of process engineering, is trying to decide
whether
Rane should make or buy the electronically controlled input valve for
the
new pump. Her engineers have developed the following estimates:
Make
(Process A)
Make
(Process B)
Buy
Annual volume 10000 units 10000 units
10000 units
Fixed cost/year Rs.100,000 Rs.300,000
---
Variable cost/unit Rs.75 Rs.70 Rs.80
a)
Should Rane make the valve using Process A, make the valve using Process
B,
or buy the valve?
b)
At what annual volume should Rane switch from buying to making the valve
using
Process A?
c)
At what annual volume should Rane switch from Process A to Process B?
4
4.
A JIT implementation team is evaluating lot sizes and setup times throughout
the
factory. The first machine to be evaluated currently requires about 20
minutes
for the machine operator to complete a changeover between different
part
types. Each part requires 1.2 minutes for processing. Parts are currently
produced
in batches of 60 units. The labor rate is Rs.14.50 per hour.
a)
What is the current average labor cost per part, including changeovers?
b)
If the changeover time could be reduced to 10 minutes, how much labor cost
per
part would be saved using the current batch size of 60 units?
c)
If the changeover time could be reduced to 10 minutes, how much could the
batch
size be reduced in order to achieve the current average labor cost per
unit?
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1.
“One reason for implementing global training programmes is the need to avoid
business
losses due to cultural insensitivity”. What sort of training programme
would
you recommend to avoid such cultural insensitivity?
2.
Bring out some real life examples of how to use interest inventories to improve
employee
selection. In doing so, suggest some examples of occupational
interests
that you believe might predict success in various occupations including
Professor,
Accountant and System Analyst.
3.
Design a graphic rating scale for the below mentioned professions:
i.
Secretary
ii.
Engineer
iii.
Web Designer
4.
Develop an incentive plan for the following positions:
i.
Chemical Engineer
ii.
Plant Manager
iii.
Used car sales force
iv.
First-line supervisor
Examine
the factors that you have to consider in reaching your conclusions.
5
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1.
The personal director of a company wishes to select applicant for advanced
training
without regard to sex. Let ‘W’ denote Women and ‘M’ Denotes men and
the
pattern of arrival be M WWW MMM WW M WWW MMMM W M W MM WWW
MM
W MMMM WW M WW MMMM WW M WWWW MM WW M W M WW. Will
you
conclude that the applicants have arrived in a random fashion?
2.
The following represent the number of unit of production per day turned out by
four
different workers using five different types of machine:
Machine Type
Worker A B C D E Total
1 4 5 3 7 6 25
2 5 7 7 4 5 28
3 7 6 7 8 8 36
4 3 5 4 8 2 22
Total 19 23 21 27 21 111
On
the basis of this information , can it be concluded that (1) the Mean
Productivity
in the same for different Machine, (II) the worker’s don’t different
with
regard to productivity
3.
The average monthly sales of 5000 firms are normally distributed, its mean and
standard
deviation are 36,000 and 10,000 respectively, Find.
a.
The number of firm have sales over 40,000
b.
The percentage of firms having sales between Rs. 38,500 and Rs 41,000
c.
The number of firm having sales between Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 40,000
The
relevant extract of the area table (under normal curve ) is given below
Z 0.25 0.40 0.5 0.6
Area 0.0987 0.1554 0.1915 0.2257
4.
Mr. Ramana and Miss. Lalita, Researchers of Management department, Adopted
different
sampling techniques while investigating the sample of the students to
know
the number of students falling in different intelligence level. The results
are:
Researcher Below Average Average Above
Average Genius
Ramana 129 90 66 15
Lalita 80 66 50 4
On
the basis of the above data, can we say that the two researchers have adopted
significantly
different sampling techniques? Test the hypothesis at (a) 0.05 and
(b)
0.01 level significance.
6
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1.
Compare the barriers to oral and writtern communication. Which is more
challenging?
Provide the ways and means of overcoming these challenges.
2.
What is the relationship between leadership behaviour and effectiveness of
communication?
As a leader draft a letter to your subordinates to propose new
product
ideas. (Assume a FMCG company of your choice)
3.
What is Blogs can be used to promote business for a company selling designer
leather
goods? List out the essential characteristics of a good blog.
4.
In what way business and academic reports differ? Draft a business report to be
submitted
by a Regional sales manager to Vice President of a company marketing
medical
equipments.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL 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.
‘Organisational development involves the development of organization in the
light
of its future expansion plan’. Elaborate your views.
M.B.A. (HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT)
SECOND YEAR
2.1 ORGANISATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
1. The issues that arise in consultant-client relationship are
preventable? How?
Explain.
2. "Change does not occur in a vacuum" Discuss the
factors operating both within
and outside the organisation.
3. Change is a process that can be enabled, not managed. Discuss.
4. T-Groups are probably the oldest OD intervention but still now
we are using it
why? Substantiate your views?
2.2 TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT
1. Devise a development program for the managerial personnel of an
MNC
2. Identify the procedures and their pitfalls for the effective
implementation of MDP
in organizations and suggest suitable measure to avoid pitfalls.
3. Discuss the training methods available for the development of
various skills of
Public Sector employees with suitable illustrations.
4. Examine the training evaluation practices in Indian industries.
2.3 LABOUR WELFARE
1. Discuss the legal provisions governing sanitary and hygiene
facilities under the
factories Act.1948.
2. Explain the milestones in the development of labour welfare in
India.
3. Discuss "arising out of and in course of employment"
as used in Workmen's
Compensation Act.1923.
4. What are the measures that can be taken to improve the working
conditions?
Quote an example of a large industrial unit.
3
2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. Sketch the existing models of Workers Participation in
Management followed in
Indian industries? Critically evaluate and identify their
limitations and suggest
suitable measures to overcome it.
2. “Trade unions are inevitable for Industrial democracy” –
Comment on this
statement with regard to its principles and functions.
3. Critically assess the administrative machinery set up by
Central and State
Governments for resolving industrial disputes in India. How far
it is effective?
Bring out your suggestions to make them more effective?
4. With recent examples, explicate the collecting bargaining
practices followed in
Indian Public sectors. How far it differs from Private Sectors?
2.5 WAGES AND SALARY
ADMINISTRATION
1. Is wage paid to the person for the job done by him or for the
designation what he
holds? Examine this statement with the help of the evidences from
industry.
2. “Equal pay for equal job”. Do you agree with this statement?
Justify your stand
by quoting examples from the pay structures of State and Central
Governments
for the same job.
3. Why does collective bargaining fail in most of the time?
Identify the reasons for
the failure and suggest fruitful measures to make the collective
bargaining
success.
4. Do fringe benefits motivate the employees to enhance
productivity? If yes, quote
few examples from Government and Private sector companies. If not,
identify the
rationale behind offering such fringe benefits.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Trace the path taken from organizational resources and
organizational behavior
to the development of strategic advantage.
2. In what way can timing and competitor reaction be crucial for a
strategic choice?
Discuss.
3. Congruence and co-ordination among strategies should take place
through
vertical and horizontal fit. Explain.
4. Companies should evaluate performance on the basis of a
combination of
quantitative and qualitative criteria. Why? Discuss.
4
2.7.1 E-BUSINESS
1. Give a detailed presentation on designing, developing and
deploying the on-line
business system for textile industry.
2. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in
Indian Software
Industry.
3. “EDI is not especially complex or convoluted, but many EDI
projects fail when
responsibility is thrust wholly on the IT staff”. Discuss in
detail.
4. Globalization has put increased pressure on organizations to
operate at entirely
new level of effectiveness. This can be managed through
application of BPR tools
to reduce procedures and the use of IT for effective
decision-making. Present
your perspectives elaborately.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH
METHODS
1. Consider the following research questions,
(a) How do the minority groups at a certain university view the
students
counseling program?
(b) Examine the relationship between intelligence and creativity
among the
students.
Indicate:
(i) The type of research that would best answer the question
(ii) An appropriate sampling method
(iii) The best method of collecting the data.
2. Discuss the role of Regression analysis in business and
industry. How are
Regression Coefficients helpful in analysing the Regression lines?
3. The mean weekly sales of soap bars in department stores was
146.3 bars per
store. After an advertising campaign, the mean weekly sales in 22
stores for a
typical week was increased to 153.7 and showed a standard
deviation of 17.2.
Was the advertising campaign successful?
4. Prepare questionnaire for the following research problem.
“Identify the factors influencing recently married couples
striking a divorce”
No comments:
Post a Comment