ISBM DMS EXAM ANSWER SHEET AND ISBM DMS THESIS REPORT

 ISBM DMS EXAM ANSWER SHEET AND ISBM DMS THESIS REPORT 

Course : Doctorate in Management Studies (DMS)

Subject : Business Environment

Answer the following question.

Q1. What are the major shortcomings of Indian commercial banking. (10 marks)

Q2. Give highlights of labour management relation. (10 marks)

Q3. What do you think about airport privatisation. (10 marks)

Q4. Can India achieve a growth rate of 8% GDP? (10 marks)

Q5. What are the issues relating Intellectual Property Rights. (10 marks)

Q6. What does management transfer involve. (10 marks)

Q7. What are major consequences of expansion in the money supply. (10 marks)

Q8. Write a note on socio-cultural environment of Business. (10 marks)

Business Management

Answer the following question.

Q1. What is economic equality? Explain (10 marks)

Q2. Give advantages of card index system (10 marks)

Q3. Discuss legal restriction on sole trade (10 marks)

Q4. Explain sole tradership (10 marks)

Q5. Explain origin of business policies (10 marks)

Q6. What are projects (10 marks)

Q7. Explain strategies (10 marks)

Q8. Explain principle of universality of management (10

Business Planning and Policy

Answer the following question.

Q1. How to build an ethical organization? (10 marks)

Q2. Explain McKinsey’s 7-S model. (10 marks)

Q3. What is the effect of internet on competitive strategies? (10 marks)

Q4. What is a value chain? How to conduct value chain analysis? (10 marks)

Q5. What are the steps in SWOT analysis? (10 marks)

Q6. What is the importance and advantages of vision? (10 marks)

Q7. Define strategic management. What are the characteristics of strtegic management? (10 marks)

Q8. How has strategic management changed in 21st century?

Finance Management

Answer the following question.

Q1. What is meant by capital budgeting decision? (10 marks)

Q2. Why does diversification reduce risk? (10 marks)

Q3. State the decisions involved in Financial management (10 marks)

Q4. List and explain the three financial factors that influence the value of a business (10 marks)

Q5. Define the Diversifiable Risk and Market Risk and Causes of Risk. (10 marks)

Q6. Briefly define the terms proprietorship, partnership, and corporation. (10 marks)

Q7. Differentiate the real assets and securities. (10 marks)

Q8. Briefly explain what call provision is and in which case companies use this option.

Quantitative Methods

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Total Marks: 80

Note : All Questions are Compulsory

Each Question Carries Equal Marks

1. Three numbers, whose sum is 12, are in AP. If 1,2 and 6 are added to them, the resultin g

numbers are in GP. Find the numbers

2. Average rainfall on a city from Monday to Saturday is 0.3 inch. Due to heavy rainfall on

Sunday, the average rainfall for the week increased to 0.5 inch. What was the rainfall on

Sunday?

3. Calculate median from the following data

Marks 10-25 25-40 40-55 50-70 70-85 85-100

Frequency 6 20 44 26 3 1

4. Given the following results of the height and weight of 1000 students. The mean height is 170

cm, the mean weight is 75 kg. the standard deviation of the height and weight are 6 cm and 6

kg respectively r = 0.6. amit weighs 50 kg, sumeet is 1.5 m tall. Estimate the height of Amit

from his weight and the weight of sumeet from his height

5. In a sample of 500 people from a village in rajasthan, 280 are found to be rice eaters and rest

wheat eaters. Can we assume that both the food articles are equally popular?

6. In a binomial distribution 31% of the items are under 45 and 8% are over 64. Find the mean

and variance of the distribution

7. In a large number of group of children 55% are under 60 cm heighty nd 40% are between 60

and 65 cm. Assuming a normal distribution, find the mean and SD of height

8. Construct index number form the data by applying Marshall edge worthmethod

Commodity Price 2004 Quantity Price 2006 quantity

A 2 8 4 6

B 5 10 6 5

C 4 14 5 10

D 2 19 2 13

Research Methodology

Answer the following question.

Q1. Discuss Interview as a technique of data collection. (10

marks)

Q2. Compare the steps of a qualitative & quantitative research. (10

marks)

Q3. Discuss the philosophical foundation of Qualitative Methodology. (10

marks)

Q4. Explain 'Data Reduction' and 'Data Display' in Qualitative Research (10

marks)

Q5. The monthly income of two persons are in the ratio 4:5 and their monthy expenditures are in the ratio 7:9. If each

saves rs. 50 per montrh, find their monthly incomes.

(10

marks)

Q6. A manufacturer can sell x items per month at a price of P = 300 – 2x rupees. Producing x items cost the manufacturer

y rupees where y = 2x + 1000. How much production will yield maximum profit.

(10

marks)

Q7.

There are two branches of an establishment employing 200 and 160 persons respectively. If the AMs of the monthly

salaries paid by the two branches are rs. 550 and rs. 450 respectivvely, find AM of the salaries of the employees of the

establishment as a whole.

(10

marks)

Q8. The monthly income of two persons are in the ratio 4:5 and their monthy expenditures are in the ratio 7:9. If each

saves rs. 50 per montrh, find their monthly incomes.