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ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL 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 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
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