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 ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY

DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

M.B.A. INFORMATION SYSTEMS

FIRST YEAR

Academic Year 2021 - 2022

ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the

assignments for SEVEN papers as per instructions.

Last date for submission : 16.03.2022

Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 19.04.2022

NOTE:

1. Assignments sent after 19.04.2022 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 R.SINGARAVEL

DIRECTOR

1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the

Universality of Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.

2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian

corporate sector than before.” – Discuss.

3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a

leader in today's turbulent environment.

4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be

converted into productive utilities. - Do you agree? Give reasons.

1.2 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analyzing

business decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific

decision-making, managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces

that shape day-to-day decision-making”. Critically analyze the above

statement.

2. “Outline the various steps which would be necessary if you were asked to

forecast demand for a typical mass consumption item”.

3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale

everywhere, the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing.” –

Comment.

4. “Short-run average variable cost curve is saucer-shaped but the short-run

average total cost curve cannot be saucer-shaped”. Discuss in detail.

1.3 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR MANAGERS

1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the

related formula.

2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” – Comment.

3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.

However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash

flow analysis for such an investment decision. How do you explain this

paradox?

4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem

examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates

wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement

1.4 MARKETING MANAGEMENT

1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation?

Suggest the segmentation strategy for the following products: edible oil, table

top wet grinder and business magazine.

2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of

PLC? Identify one product and one service for each stage in the plc. Give

reasons for your answer.

3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different

pricing techniques that you would recommend for the following products.

Laptop, sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.

4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional

MEDIA? Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under

what circumstances online advertisements would be highly recommended.

1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of

human resources.” In the light of this statement, analyze the significance of

human resource planning.

2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing

organization and explain the functions.

3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is

new. Now you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your

process of pay fixation.

4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which

they need to improve –Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable

methods.

1.6 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

1. Suggest the factors governing the choice of site for a manufacturing plant in a

city or sub- urban part of a city.

2. Give a specimen of Gantt Charts which is normally used in the production

planning and control department and describe briefly how it could be used for

checking the actual progress of a job against the schedule.

3. 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?

4. Elaborate the various costs that are involved in inventory problems with

suitable examples. How are they inter related?

1.7 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT

1. “Research is much considered with proper fact finding, analysis and

Evaluation.” – Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate your view with

the following situation. You are the HRD Manager with ABB (India) .ABB has

recently taken over a major unit in Kolkata. You are sent on a posting there

and are given the task of introducing a new operation scheme which your

parent organization feels will improve efficiency. But you perceive during your

stay that there is an underlying dissatisfaction amongst the employees and it is

essential to gauge their views and opinion about the takeover and their

expectations before introducing the scheme.

2. In order to improve the importance of chi square analysis, correlation analysis

and t test. Create tables with imaginary and appropriate values and explain the

results.

3. “Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to

multi method of data collection is only going to compound the biases”. How do

you critique this statement?

4. “Data processing is an intermediary stage of work between data collection and

data analysis”- Explain the statement by enumerating the various operations

involved in it.