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INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ANDADMINISTRATION
AN ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL B-SCHOOL
Marks : 80
Course : Doctorate in Management Studies (DMS)
Subject : Business Environment
Answer the following question.
Q1.
What is stakeholder's dialogue approach.
(10marks)
Q2.
What are problems with progressive Income Tax?
(10marks)
Q3.
Give the constitution of SEBI Board and explain SEBI functions.
(10marks)
Q4.
What do you think about airport privatisation.
(10marks)
Q5.
Distinguish between Government type intervention and Laiseez-fair capitalism.
(10marks)
Q6.
Is India sharing a comfortable position with regard to natural resources?
(10marks)
Case Studies
CASE STUDY
(20Marks)
Reducing Environmental Burden through Improved Management Efficiency. The aim to eliminate waste and reduce timpact on the environment at all stages of the product lifecycle extends to all Canon companies. For Canon Ocean(Canon Australia and Canon New Zealand), this has translated into the following actions being taken: • Carbon footprcalculation, this provided the opportunity to identify where improvements can be made. Activities that have becompleted as a result include: a) Purchasing green energy.
b) Converting to more energy efficient lighting in somoffices. c) Reducing the size and efficiency of Canon’s branch offices by moving in to new energy efficient premises. Reduction of 22 percent in overall greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand between 2007 and 2008 due to significadecrease in business flights. While Canon already had effective recycling processes in place, additional opportunitiwere identified to extend Canon’s participation in reducing the environmental issues associated with the end-of-ltreatment of its equipment by customers. As a result, Canon has been very active in the following local industry recycliprograms to address this issue:
a) Byte back – a pilot project between the Australian Information Industry Associati(AIIA) and the Victorian Government to collect and recycle end-of-life consumer IT products.
b) Cartridges for Planet A(C4PA) - one of the world’s most successful cartridge recycling programs which allows business customers aconsumers to recycle toner and ink cartridges with a zero waste guarantee. C4PA recently recycled its 10th milliocartridge after 7 years in operation.
c) e.Day – a regular event held throughout New Zealand to collect end-of lconsumer eWaste. d) Australian Battery Recycling Initiative (ABRI) – a new industry association aimed at encouragingnational product stewardship approach to all types of batteries.
Answer the following question.
Q1.
What is the utility of Carbon footprint calculation? Discuss.
Q2.
Explain the actions taken by Canon through local industry recycling programs to address theenvironmental issue.
Subject : Business Management
Answer the following question.
Q1.
what are the characteristics of a partnership firm
(10marks)
Q2.
Write a note on organizing
(10marks)
Q3.
Describe the type of outgoing letters
(10marks)
Q4.
Give essentials of an efficient organization
(10marks)
Q5.
Give disadvantages of soletradersh
(10marks)
Q6.
Discuss procedures
(10marks)
Q7.
Discuss marketing of the product
(10marks)
Q8.
Explain the managerial functions
(10marks)
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Business Planning and Policy
Answer the following question.
Q1.
How to build an ethical organization?
(10marks)
Q2.
What are the components of financial strategy?
(10marks)
Q3.
Explain Lewin’s Three-step model.
(10marks)
Q4.
Explain McKinsey’s 7-S model.
(10marks)
Q5.
How can you expand internationally?
(10marks)
Q6.
What does strategic management planning involves?
(10marks)
Q7.
What are diversification strategies? Explain with types?
(10marks)
Q8.
What are the elements of strategic management?
Corporate Finance Management
Answer the following question.
Q1.
In what projects are we going to invest our shareholders money (capex)?
(10marks)
Q2.
Explain The stages of investment decisions :-Generation of ideas
(10marks)
Q3.
Why Profit maximization is not the same as shareholder wealth maximization?
(10marks)
Q4.
Explain The managerial art of investment selection:-Stifling the entrepreneurial spirit
(10marks)
Case Studies
CASE STUDY
(20Marks)
Suppose Stock in Wills Corporation has a beta of ·80. The market risk premium is 6
per cent and the risk free rate ispercent. Wills Corporation last dividend was $ 1.20
per share, and the dividend is expected to grow at 8 per ceindefinitely. The stock
currently sells for $ 45 per share.
Answer the following question.
Q1.
What is Wills Corporation cost of equity capital?
Q2.
In addition to the information given in the above case, suppose Wills Corporation has a target debtequity ratio of 50 per cent. Its cost of debt is 9 percent before taxes. If the tax rate is 35 percent, what isweighted Average Cost of Capital?
Q3.
What will be the new WACC if the debt equity ratio changes to 60 per cent in the above question No 2?
Q4.
What are your suggestions to the Company on the basis of the above calculations of cost of equitycapital?
CASE STUDY
(20Marks)
The day long corporation is considering a change in credit policy. The current policy is
cash only, and sales per periare 2000 units at a price of $ 110. If credit is offered the
new price will be $ 120 per unit, and the credit will be extendfor one period. Unit
sales are not expected to change, and all customers are expected to take the credit. Day
loanticipates that 4 percent of its customers will default.
Answer the following question.
Q1.
If the required return is 2% per period, is the change a good idea?
Q2.
What if only half the customer take the offered credit?
Q3.
Do you think the change of policy is going to be beneficial?
Q4.
What better policy will you recommend?
Corporate Law
Answer the following question.
Q1.
What are the circumstances under which agency terminates?
(10marks)
Q2.
Distinguish cheque and Bill of Exchange
(10marks)
Q3.
Differentiate between offer and invitation to offer
(10marks)
Q4.
Is it safe to go in for oral contracts?
(10marks)
Q5.
Discuss power to impose lesser penalty
(10marks)
Q6.
What is the mode of giving a public notice
(10marks)
Q7.
What are the duties and rights of a pledgor?
(10marks)
Q8.
How to maintain liquid assets
Financial Management
Answer the following question.
Q1.
Which ratios would a potential long-term bond investor be most interested in? Explain.
(10marks)
Q2.
Where will you show purchase of furniture in cash flow statement ?
(10marks)
Q3.
Why Capital budgeting decisions are more important?.
(10marks)
Q4.
What is meant by capital budgeting decision?
(10marks)
Q5.
Define Financial Management.
(10marks)
Q6.
What is the financial management function?
(10marks)
Q7.
How does production cycle effect working capital?
(10marks)
Q8.
Different types of investments time horizons.
Human Resource Management
Answer the following question.
Q1.
State the importance of HRIS?
(10marks)
Q2.
Define HRM and state its importance?
(10marks)
Q3.
Write the various methods of training?
(10marks)
Q4.
What do you understand by employee benefits?
(10marks)
Q5.
Explain the selection process?
(10marks)
Q6.
Explain Job Description and Job Specification.
(10marks)
Q7.
Explain the Cultural Nature of GHRM?
(10marks)
Q8.
Explain the Objective and Function of HRM?
International Business
Answer the following question.
Q1.
What do you mean by UNCITRAL ?
(10marks)
Q2.
Discuss in detail World Bank and its functions ?
(10marks)
Q3.
Discuss the two modern theory of trade.
(10marks)
Q4.
Define inflation rate with example.
(10marks)
Q5.
Discuss about cottage sector & handicrafts in EXIM measures.
(10marks)
Q6.
What political risks are associated with FDI ?
(10marks)
Q7.
What is meant by Technology? What is its influence on business?
(10marks)
Q8.
What is international business environment?
Marketing Management
Answer the following question.
Q1.
Explain Types of advertising.
(10marks)
Q2.
Explain Channel conflicts.
(10marks)
Q3.
What is Inventory Management?
(10marks)
Q4.
Explain Promotion to the Dealer: Its demerits.
(10marks)
Q5.
Define the term Marketing Mix. Explain the significance of appropriate marketing mix in the presentcompetitive environment. Cite examples to support your answer.
(10marks)
Q6.
What do you mean by the term Physical Distribution? Explain briefly the nature & importation in thesphere of physical distribution.
(10marks)
Q7.
A New brand of a ‘Tyre –that-Never –punctures’ is to be launched in India by a multinational companywith your advice about concept – testing and test - marketing Justify your contention.
(10marks)
Q8.
What do you mean by the term product Life Cycle (PLC) Explain the stages of PLC. Find out in whichstage of PLC are are the Following product in India, and suggest suitable marketing strategies foreach- a) Tooth Powder b) Micro-wave Ovens c) Bicycles d) VCRs.
Quantitative Techniques
Answer the following question.
Q1.
What factors should be considered in industrial analysis?
(10marks)
Q2.
Which factors influence operating environment?
(10marks)
Case Studies
Case
(20Marks)
Since 9/11•terrorism has cased threat attacks which have drawn the attention of political and media world. The US hto launch. a 'war on terror' and applied a range of counteract terrorism safety measures towards aviation, pubtransportation, ports, borders, public Hermie places, etc. While these steps may show cheap course of act!on government and security services, it is quite expensive. According to the calculations done by Mueller and Stewa(2011), the expenditure of US homeland and security has gone over 1.1 trillion dollars, which includes federal, state adomestic government, and private sector, and also the cost of opportunity. The Iraq an Afghanistan wars have added 1trillion dollars to this expenditure. The expenditure of federal, state and local US government on home ground securhas been estimated to 75 billion dollars more than the last levels of 2001. It is seen that US is not the only country to in these high level of expenses, even though no other country can match its per capita or GDP expenditure. Fexample, increased expenditure• on homeland security in UK, Canada and Australia is nearly one half to one quarter US expenditure per capita or GDP. Nevertheless, in 2009, the government spent nearly 141.6 billion dollars each yeon homeland security. This figure is expected to reach about 300 billion dollars by 2016.
After 9/11, the main objectihas been to prevent or alleviate any harm or casualty as a result of terrorism. The main issue is, if this expenditure counteracting terrorism been invest.ed in a way that has increased the cost of security of the public efficiently or noHence, the commission report of 9/11, among other issues, was called upon
• the US government to execute safemeasures which show evaluation of risks and effectiveness of expenditure. Nevertheless, while the US needs tevaluate expenditure benefits for government regulations, such evaluation seems co have not been done for homelasecurity in general, or for the DHS (department of homeland security). One of the causes could be that DHS is not abto take up such evaluation.
The NRC (national research council) committee of the National Academics of ScienceEngineering and Medicine, made a request through S Congress to evaluate the functions of DHS, which was working the project for almost 2 years, came up with some surprising result-. Besides e'•aluation of natural disasters, tcommittee 'did not find any DHS risk analysis capabilities and methods that are yet adequate for supporting DHdecision making.' Due to which, very less confidence could be had in most of the risk evaluation done by DHS. Tcommittee said that "it is not yet clear that DHS is on a
I ! trajectory for development of methods and capability thatsufficient
to ensure reliable risk analyses".
usually the government and their rigid agencies shoo a neutral behavtowards their decision making. Stewart says that "the standard criterion for deciding whether a government; programmcan be justified on economic principles is net present value - the discounted monetized value of expected net benef
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(i.e., benefits minus costs)" and that "expected values (an unbiased estimate) is the appropriate estimate for use" (UM1992).
Answer the following question.
Q1.
What are the reasons that show that DHS is incapable in evaluating the risks of national security?(Hint: while the US needs to evaluate expenditure benefits for government regulations, such evaluationseem to have not been done for homeland security in general, DHS is not able to take up suchevaluation.)
Q2.
The government spent nearly 141.6 billion dollars each year on (Hint: homeland security)
CASE STUDY
(20Marks)
The bulbs manufactured by a company gave a mean life of 3000 hours with standard
deviation of 400 hours. If a bulbselected at random, what is the probability it will
have a mean life less than 2000 hours?
Answer the following question.
Q1.
Calculate the probability.
Q2.
In what situation does one need probability theory?
Q3.
Define the concept of sample space, sample points and events in context of probability theory.
Q4.
What is the difference between objective and subjective probability?
Case
(20Marks)
The railways play an important role in the economy and infrastructure of Britain. Not very many people traveled back the 1920 as compared to present time, in spite of 50% reduction in rain routes as compared to the 1960s. Rail is alused for transporting goods around Britain. Rail proves to be• more eco-friendly and safest means of transportation compa;ed to other vehicles so, not surprisingly, the number of people commuting have gone 40% more since the paten years. By 2034, this figure can go up. The work of network rail has to look after the tracks, bridges and tunnels whicomprises of the British rail network. The railway infrastructure is made up of signals and level crossings. It has to loafter the 20,000 mile long track and 40,000 bridges and tunnels. Britain's 18 main rail stations, from Edinburg Waverlto London King's Cross, are looked after by the Britain rail system.
Ten years ago, when the network rail took up theresponsibilities, • it had to face some challenges. The rail network was facing some problems. Trains were running latthe costs were too high and there was shortage of assets in both the people and machinery. Due to these issues, peophad less confidence in the rail network. Ever since then, rail network has aimed at sustaining operations to reduce texpenses. There has been 28% reduction in expenses mainly because of economy of scale. New tracks and machinehave been bought, and there has been 90% rise in the rail punctuality. Huge projects have been given on time atowards th budget, as a result the confidence of the people has improved. Rail network has moved from 'find and fix' 'predict and prevent' policy. This has proved to be more cost effective and competent and enabled in avoiding delay obstruction for the people in their travel. The rail network invested approx. 12 billion pounds between 2009 and 201towards the rail network. Britain has the fastest developing network in whole of Europe.
By investing in people, the rnetwork is investing in the future to.
.B ritain has the largest working personnel of 35,000 workers. It has people workiin various positions, like, engineers for maintenance and signaling to project managers. Each area offers an opportunto work. They also consist of HR (human resources), IT (information technology), and finance and customer servicNetwork Rail needs to employ and keep capable engineers in order to get the work done. Presently, its engineers adoing some oi the most stimulating projects in Europe. The projects include HS2, which is the new super spted rail libetween the north and south Britain, and the project of London Crossrail. Some of the biggest and busiest rail statioare being upgraded, like, London King's Cross and Birmingham New Street. The main focus of the HR of Network Railto recruit various personnel. This not only deepens the culture of business but it also makes sure that it can reach evetalent. It offers training for every applicant, whether he is a school drop-out or a graduate, whether male or female,continued flow of appropriate talent is ensured to keep its long term project going. The company abo gives maopportunities to its workers to receive recognized qualifications, such as an exclusive programmer in post graduatiosponsoring the Master's Degree in project management and trainee.
Answer the following question.
Q1.
What is the new super speed rail link between the north and south Britain called? (Hint: HS2)
Q2.
What were the initial problems that Network Rail of Britain face? (Hint: It has to look after the 20,000mile long track and 40,000 bridges and tunnels. Trains were running late, the costs were too high andthere was shortage of assets in both the people and machinery)
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Research Methodology
Answer the following question.
Q1.
Discuss Interview as a technique of data collection.
(10marks)
Q2.
Compare the steps of a qualitative & quantitative research.
(10marks)
Q3.
Explain different levels of measurement giving appropriate example of each level.
(10marks)
Q4.
Explain 'Data Reduction' and 'Data Display' in Qualitative Research
(10marks)
Q5.
For the cost function y = 500x - 40x2 + 3x3 for x units, find the average cost, marginal cost andmarginal average cost.
(10marks)
Q6.
Discuss the purpose of 'Research Design'.
(10marks)
Q7.
A manufacturer can sell x items per month at a price of P = 300 – 2x rupees. Producing x items costthe manufacturer y rupees where y = 2x + 1000. How much production will yield maximum profit.
(10marks)
Q8.
The monthly income of two persons are in the ratio 4:5 and their monthy expenditures are in the ratio7:9. If each saves rs. 50 per montrh, find their monthly incomes
