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ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY

DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

FIRST YEAR

Academic Year 2021 - 2022

ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

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

assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.

Last date for submission: 20-12-2021

NOTE:

1. Assignments sent after 20-12-2021 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 foolscap 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 topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For

each topic the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries

25 marks (2 topics).

DR. M. ARUL

DIRECTOR

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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- capitalization are far more serious and fatal than

under-capitalization”. Discuss.

2. “An optimal combination of the decisions relating to investment, financing and

dividends will maximize 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

long-term capital gains are treated more favourably than dividend income from

the tax point of view.” – Comment

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1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

1. Operations management is the area of creating competitive advantage. Do you

agree? Justify your answer.

2. A manufacturer requires 10,000 items per year. Price discount as follows:

Rs.4 upto 2000 items, Rs. 3.80 between 2000 and 4000 items. Rs.3.70 for

quantities above 4000. Ordering cost = Rs. 50.

Comparative inventory cost = 25% per year of average inventory price.

Determine the optimum purchase policy under discount.

3. Explain JIT. Do you think it is practically feasible in India? What is your

suggestion for implementing JIT?

4. Operations personnel usually have a large volume and variety of resources at

their command. They should endeavor to make effective and efficient use of

these resources to achieve the largest outputs. Comment! What are the

approaches for enhancing the utilization of resources?

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 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS

1. A random sample of 1000 workers from south India show that their mean wages

are Rs. 47 per week with a standard deviation of Rs. 28. A random sample of

1500 workers from North India gives a mean wage of Rs. 49 per week with a

standard deviation of Rs. 40. Is there any significant difference between their

mean levels of wages?

2. Calculate seasonal indices for the data given below by the link relative method

Quarter Years

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

I 45 48 49 52 60

II 54 56 63 65 70

III 72 63 70 75 84

IV 60 56 65 72 66

3. The following is the summary of a survey on the color of pens purchased by

persons belonging to different age groups. use chi-square test at 5 % level of

significance to find whether the age of the person has any association with the

choice of color.

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Color

Age Group

Blue Black Red

Less than 20 8 12 20

20-50 10 15 10

Above 50 10 10 5

6. The following data represents rainfall (x) and yield of paddy per hectare (y) in a

particular area.

x 113 102 95 120 140 130 125

y 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.1 2.0 1.7

a) Fit the regression equation x on y

b) Estimate y when x = 145

c) Calculate karl pearson’s coefficient of correlation.

d) Calculate regression coefficient x on y and y on x

e) Check whether the regression line is a good fit.

1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION

1. Communication has its own merits and demerits based on the types? Discuss the

above with an example of your own.

2. It is difficult to study the growth of a firm without proper recordings of the

proceedings – Discuss the essentials of maintaining such activities in detail.

3. Success of an individual is based on the way he communicates with the people

around him – Discuss the above statement in relation with a HR Department.

4. Noise is from both external and internal sources, what are they and how it can be

overcome – Discuss in detail.

1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS

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 were 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. [F.M.] – 1ST YEAR – Assignment / C- 1200

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