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ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. E. BUSINESS
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2020 - 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialisation.
Last date for submission: 01.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.2021
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned
and not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand
corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA
Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25
marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
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2.1 E-COMMERCE
1. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future
prospect of e-commerce.
2. Consider the development of a portal for a Retailer shop. Discuss the various
technologies, tools and components involved in designing the same.
3. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software
Industry.
4. Explain the characteristics of large companies that involve B2G and B2C
transactions in their business, which require robust, capable and scalable
electronic commerce system.
2.2 E-COMMERCE: APPLICATION AND SECURITIES
1. Elucidate the management challenges and issues in online Banking.
2. Outline the various needs of security in E-Commerce Industry.
3. Narrate the characteristics of supply chain management in E-Commerce and its
application in software.
4. What are the critical success factors for building successful e-business
relationships with customers? Planning.
2.3 INTERNET AND JAVA PROGRAMMING
1. Majority of the corporate practice electronic supply chain management. List out
any two organizations of your choice and illustrate the practices applied there.
2. Write a java program for college admission system with AWT packages and handle
its events using their modules.
3. Discuss the java database connectivity. Write an AWT program to explain JDBC
connectivity for employee payroll calculation.
4. E-business and business process outsource is possible from anywhere, while
publishing and other cyber crimes are also increasing. In this regard, jurisdiction is
a major problem to solve the issues. Discuss the above perspectives with suitable
examples.
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2.4 ADVANCED WEB DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN TOOLS
1. Develop a XML application to get the details of Books (Title, Author Name, ISBN
No, Publisher details). List out the details of Management related books. Write
DTD, Schema, XZL wherever required?
2. Create an online application for monitoring user events using JSP.
3. Using Servlet, JSP, JDBC and XML, create a web application for a tourist
company to provide online help in the searching for tourist places across the
country, and other details like cost, and how to reach these places.
4. Create a student enquiry system using EJB through which a student could
enquire about the program / Courses on offer by the different School of Studies
of a particular University.
2.5 ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
1. Imagine that you are a manager in a firm and implemented ERP system but that
is failed in your company, what type of strategies that you will follow to recover
it?
2. Implementation of an ERP system is a major investment and commitment for
any organization, but still many ERP implementations fail. What are factors
that contribute to the failure of ERP implementation?
3. A Leading Software Company wants to implement ERP Software. Select a
software of your interest and give the steps of implementing that ERP software
in the company.
4. Enlist the general problems faced during implementation of ERP and the
solution for it.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Comment on this statement. “Often neither the least expensive strategy nor
the most expensive may be the most productive strategy”.
2. Will the time come when most consumer purchases are made with selfscanner?
Explain yours answer.
3. Congruence and co-ordination among strategies should take place through
vertical and horizontal fit. Explain.
4. In what way can timing and competitor reaction be crucial for a strategic
choice? Discuss.
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2.7.1 GLOBAL MARKETING
1. An international company is planning to introduce a ultra modern luxury car.
How will you develop this new product? Explain.
2. Discuss the cultures and ethical issues that affect the global trade with suitable
example.
3. What criteria should Global marketers consider while making product design
decisions?
4. What, in your view, are the key principles of global marketing? Explain their
importance towards marketing success.
2.7.2 STRUCTURED SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
1. How can CASE tools be used to support requirements determination? Which
types of CASE tools are appropriate for use during requirements determination?
2. With examples, explain how interfaces and dialogues are designed.
3. Design a set of files for supporting a common payroll system. Comment on the
Data security issues of the file system you have designed.
4. Assume that you are in charge of designing software to be installed in bank
ATM. Which kind of architecture would you chooses? Give reasons for your
selection and draw the architecture diagram of the system.
M.B.A. Assignment/E.B./2ND YEAR/ AUP/709/ C-125
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SECOND YEAR
Academic Year 2020 - 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and
Viva-Voce.
Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per
instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialization.
Last date for submission: 01.03.2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.202115-03-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2021 will not be evaluated.
2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and
not type-written or printed or photocopied.
3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.
4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner
on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription
“MBA Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.
5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with
Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.
6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial
assignments will not be considered.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For
each questions the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries
25 marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.
DR. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
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2.1 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
1. Examines some of the models of OD. Which do you think would be more
appropriate for Indian Industries?
2. “Human beings have a tendency to get merged to a group. This happens
when majority of the groups have changed ultimately creating pressures on
individuals to fall in line with change.” Do you think this a desirable or an
undesirable phenomenon? Give your views.
3. "Many managers believe the effectiveness of third party peace making
intervention rather than comprehensive intervention". Do you agree with
this statement? Justify your views.
4. “A well established company manufacturing readymade garment plans to
introduce new machines and new methods of production. The workers in
the factory numbering five hundred are fearful of the change resisting it in
many ways.” Advice the management how to solve the problem through
derive the appropriate strategy.
2.2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Assume yourself as a CEO of a Yarn Export Company, how will you design
effective training policies in your company? Enumerate the various logistics
arrangements needed for conducting training programmes in your
company.
2. “Most of the training programme fails due to improper need identification”. If
this is true, as a Trainer how will you identify the need for training of an
organization? Express your views.
3. Explain the merits and demerits of different types of training programs. Discuss
their suitability in industries like power generation plant, mines and automobile
assembly line.
4. Device a mechanism of evaluating training and development effectiveness to
assess whether training and development investment gives commensurate
return. Justify your answer.
2.3 LABOUR WELFARE
1. “Labour welfare is not a barrier liability or useless expenditure but a wise
investment.” – Comment upon this statement.
2. “Safety of workers in mines is much more riskier than any other industrial
establishments. We need to evolve a separate policy on their welfare and
safety.” – Do you think so? If so, given your opinion either supporting or
defending this statement.
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3. In what way industrial hazards can be reduced? Can we prevent accidents
by weeding out accident - prone workers? Suggest suitable ways to reduce
accidents in factories (choose an industry of your choice).
4. Why worker’s education is important? How do workers educations improve
the productivity? Discuss.
2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. What are the causes of poor Industrial relations? What are the effects? Give your
suggestions to improve the legislation concerning industrial Relations in our
country.
2. Critically evaluate the unfair management practices and unfair union
practices. Evaluate a strategy for balancing these two extremes, so as to
ensure both are happy and end up with win-win situation.
3. Enumerate the various factors involved in effective negotiation process.
Explain the emerging issues in the administration of Collective Bargaining
agreements in global context.
4. “Enlightened Trade Unions are highly useful both to the working class and
the management’. – Examine the recent issues happened in Neyveli Lignite
Corporation (NLC) as an example for the above statement.
2.5 WAGES AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION
1. What are the guidelines to be followed in preparing a wage structure at the
enterprise level in a steel production company? Enlist the various problems in
it.
2. When all employees are paid fundamentally the same amount of
compensation, what is the likely impact upon satisfaction and behaviour?
What effect would secrecy – of – pay policy have upon the situation?
3. Outline the purpose of a pay commission. How is it constituted? Critically
examine the recommendations of any four central pay commissions of your
choice.
4. “If selection and placement decisions are done effectively, individual performance
should not vary a great deal, therefore, an incentive system is not necessary” –
Discuss.
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2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. What is the six sigma strategies? Is this strategies has suitable to all the
organization? If yes explain briefly if no justify your answer.
2. A leading steel company approaches you for strategies formulation and
implementation in the changing environment. Suggest them a combination
of strategies for productivity improvement (Make necessary assumptions).
3. Consider the shampoo market in India. Prepare a table showing the differences
between the strategies adopted by top 5 brands. Explain each point.
4. Differentiate between competitive advantage of a country and a corporate.
Discuss how this can help a firm to win over competition and grab more
market share.
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. What type of electronic payment systems are required in E-Commerce? Why are
there different types of payment systems? Explain the necessary characteristics
of each type of payment system and give an example of each where it is used.
2. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future
prospect of e-commerce
3. Take an example of any two e-commerce companies in India providing high end
e-commerce solutions and describe how they established customer confidence,
trust and ensured privacy and security of the e-commerce transactions.
4. What is meant by Home entertainment? How it is related to E-Commerce and
explains the size of the Home Entertainment Market?
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. Why do business organizations need research? A company, faced with the
problem of increasing rate of work force turnover, wants you to conduct a
research on this problem. Prepare a blueprint on the research process, you will
follow.
2. "Research is much concerned with proper fact finding, analysis and evaluation".
Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.
3. “Whenever possible, it is advisable to use instruments that have already been
developed and repeatedly used in published studies, rather than develop our
own instruments for our studies” - Do you agree? Discuss the reasons for your
answer.
4. "Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to
multi-methods of data collection is only going to compound the biases", How
would you critique this statement?
M.B.A. – 2ND Year / HRM – Assignment- AUP/ C-1600
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 – 2021
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