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M.B.A. E-BUSINESS
FIRST YEAR
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1.
What do you see as the main difference between a successful and an
unsuccessful
decision? How much does luck versus skill have to do with it? Give
a
detail note on it.
2.
Take any two Indian companies and examine how they have succeeded or failed
due
to poor strategic planning.
3.
Suggest a method of departmentation for a large multi-product organization with
a
huge market spread over the whole country. Explain the reasons for your
suggestions.
4.
‘Motivation is the core of management’. Comment. What practical suggestions
would
you offer to management to motivate its staff in an industrial
organization?
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1.
“Chinese computer and electronic products possess advantages in design,
innovation,
rapid response and global market flexibility”- comment.
2.
“Legal aspects protect competitors and consumers from many unethical pricing
strategies
that unscrupulous marketers may wish to attempt”. Critically analyse
the
statement.
3.
“Advertising on the internet has changed significantly over the past decade and
some
might argue that it is for the worse" Do you agree or disagree? Discuss
with
practical illustrations.
4.
Examine the challenges encountered by the pharmaceutical wholesale distributor
for
surviving and thriving in this new and ever changing environment.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1.
“The consequences of over- capitalisation are far more serious and fatal than
under-capitalisation”.
Discuss.
2.
“An optimal combination of the decisions relating to investment, financing and
dividends
will maximise the value of the firm to its shareholders”. Examine
3.
“Efficiency inventory management is reflected in the liquidity and
profitability of
the
firm.” Explain.
4.
“A low dividend payout Ratio promotes the welfare of stock holders because
longterm
capital
gains are treated more favourably than 1 dividend income from the
tax
point of view.” – Comment.
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1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1.
Draw various schemes of ordering system and explain the involvement of views
levels
of data abstraction.
2.
Draw an E-R diagram for ordering an item in the inventory control system.
3.
Develop a conceptual data model for a Hospital Information System and write a
PL/SQL
program using oracle to perform the following tasks.
4.
Print the patient details – according to room wise.
a)
Print the patient details – according to the disease wise.
b)
Print the patient details – according to the doctors attending them
c)
Consider a real system of your interest and give the skeleton of the
development
of DSS for that system.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1.
“The field of HRM changes so rapidly that had become necessary for one to
constantly
review procedures and laws so that the practices will be effective and
legal”.
Critically evaluate this statement.
2.
“Majority of the testing techniques for selection do not accurately assess the
characteristics
of the job. In fact most of the executives would divulge that the
testing
had no impact on future job performance. Do you accept or not?
Discuss
with justification.
3.
“Identify the paramount barriers to effective training programme in IT field
and
how
to crush them”. Explain with real life examples.
4.
Technological advancements and automation are causing high stress and burn
out
among employees, which results negatively and unable to reap the benefit of
automation”.
Do you agree or disagree? State your view.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1.
What do you know about Top management responsibility. Give suitable
examples
for responsibility.
2.
What will affect the System planning and the mutual investigation? Illustrate
with
suitable example input/output design.
3.
You are asked to write the System Development Life cycle. Explain this
statement
by using examples.
4.
If you were the vice president of a company, what system would you use to
develop
the management information system?
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1.7 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.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTING
1.
Arun the managing director is surprised that his profit every year is quite
different
from
what he wants or expects to achieve someone advised him to install a formal
system
of budgeting. He employs a fresh accountant to do this. For two years, the
accountant
faithfully makes all budgets based on previous year accounts. The
problem
remains unsolved. Advise Arun the managing director and the accountant
on
what steps they should take. Make assumptions about what is lacking.
2.
In a factory, actual fixed cost overheads were different from the standard
fixed
overheads
because the actual output, actual time consumed, actual rate per hour
and
per unit of output differed. Compute the variances taking assumed figures.
3.
A company has to decide whether to Make or Buy. Through differential cost
analysis,
how will you ascertain the net difference between the two alternatives so
as
to assist the management in their decision making? Use hypothetical figures to
illustrate.
4.
As a management accountant you are asked to introduce a system of capital
expenditure
control for your organization. Explain the important feature you want
to
incorporate in the system you propose to introduce with the suitable example of
a
project involving capital expenditure.
M.B.A. INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
FIRST YEAR
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1.
What do you see as the main difference between a successful and an
unsuccessful
decision? How much does luck versus skill have to do with it? Give
a
detail note on it.
2.
Take any two Indian companies and examine how they have succeeded or failed
due
to poor strategic planning.
3.
Suggest a method of departmentation for a large multi-product organisation with
a
huge market spread over the whole country. Explain the reasons for your
suggestions.
4.
‘Motivation is the core of management’. Comment. What practical suggestions
would
you offer to management to motivate its staff in an industrial
organisation?
1.2 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
1.
Make out a trial balance with imaginary figures. Draw the Profit and Loss
Account
and Balance Sheet from the trial balance which you have constituted.
2.
“Price differences in different geographic segments make international
accounting
a challenging Endeavour”. How experts overcome this challenge?
3.
‘'Some knowledge of International Accounting may be necessary for a company
even
if it is not a multinational." Do you agree with this statement? If so,
explain
your
position.
4.
Why do companies need to prepare a Funds Flow Statement, when they are
already
preparing many other financial statements to present their financial
position?
1.3 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1.
“Liberalisaton and Globalisation of trade policies have an impact on the growth
of
domestic trade”. Comment the above statement.
2.
“IMF is a key to economic development of all countries in the world”. Do you
accept
or not.
3.
“The concept of foreign trade multiplier is one of the major thing in any
International
Business Environment”. Briefly discuss the above with current
example.
4.
Briefly comment on what way international trade is helpful to correct the
disequilibrium
in the balance of payments position of a nation.
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1.4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
1.
Give an Overview of the international Business Environment in the developing
countries
like India.
2.
Give your opinion on Foreign direct Investment and State the present structure
of
the foreign direct Investment in India
3.
State the role of MNCs in India and the government of India policy towards
MNCs.
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.
Discuss in detail India’s international trade scenario and also discuss which
countries
are India’s export and import partners and what are their shares in
India’s
international trade.
2.
Elucidate India’s institutional framework (trade promotion bodies) set up by
the
Government
of India for the promotion of India’s international trade.
3.
Write a note on export promotion councils and commodity boards, their roles in
India’s
trade development.
4.
Discuss how EXIM Bank and ECGC facilitate exporters and importers in India
and
abroad.
1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND
E-COMMERCE
1.
Explain the potential benefits of cloud computing in the e-commerce. What is
the
infrastructure required for it to be adopted on large scale by the users?
2.
What are virtual shopping malls? Explain with examples various portals which
are
very popular for online business especially in India.
3.
Enlist the emerging issues involved in marketing and pricing related issues in
online
banking sectors in Indian market scenario. Suggest more appropriate
strategies
to improve online services in banking industry. Justify your views
with
suitable examples.
4.
Explain the characteristics of large companies that involve B2G and B2C
transactions
in their business, which require roboust, capable and scalable
electronic
commerce system.
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1.7 COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS
1.
How will you design you presentation for a general body meeting – elucidate in
detail
the procedure involved in it with the above context.
2.
Submit a report on the drought situation in your district and send to the
editor
of
a news paper.
3.
Choosing proper channel far your presentation is more important for written
&
oral
presentation – Brig out the importance & what set back you will confront in
choosing
the above.
4.
Noise that affects the process of communication can be overcome by proper
planning,
how it can be done & what is the noise that hinders the process.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1.
Same 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.
2.
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?
3.
Explain how the field of organisation behaviour stands to benefit by taking a
global
perspectives. What would you say are the major challenges associated
with
such a perspectives.
4.
Do you believe that organisational politics is inevitable or that it can be
curtailed? Explain you answer with
examples.
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