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ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2020 - 2021
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the
assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.
Last date for submission : 31-03-2021
Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2021-04-2019
NOTE:
1. Assignments sent after 15-04-20213will 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. A. RAJASEKARAN
DIRECTOR
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Take any country with which you are familiar and discuss how a factor in the
educational environment imparts on managing an enterprise.
2. Choose the organization where matrix type of departmentation is appropriate?
Compare the pros and cons of this type over the others.
3. "A misconceived and incapable leader may take his followers to dangers of life".
Explain the statement. Describe the qualities and trait of any two successful,
Entrepreneurs in India.
4. The job of the supervisor is many more difficult than that of higher level managers’.
Examine the major responsibilities of a supervisor in an agro based Industry.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What kinds of sales promotion techniques are available for laptop computers?
Based on the schemes available in the market, suggest a suitable scheme for a
company planning to launch a Laptop.
2. How do marketers disaggregate a market into a number of sub-markets/District
sub-units of buyers – What are the constraints a marketer will face to a
homogeneous market – Explain?
3. Do you think the market segmentation criteria bring market opportunities to
product marketer? If so, identify them. Also identify some leading brands
currently positioned for women in these segments. Can you think of few for
your own innovative product concepts targeted at these segments?
4. In today’s India the growth of online marketing is going with upward trend.
Discuss the pros. & cons. Which segment of consumers and what kind of
products dominates online marketing?
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. Due to over capitalization the company may collapse which would certainly
affect its employees, society, consumers and its shareholders. What remedies
you would suggest? Give suitable examples.
2. Assume that you are a financial manager of medium sized company. Explore the
possibilities of generating the different sources of capital at fair rate.
3. The contention that dividends have an impact on the share price has been
characterized as the bird-in-the hand argument. Explain the essential of this
argument. Why this argument is considered fallacious?
4. Identify the macro factors which are prevailing in the global economy, leading to
mergers and acquisitions.
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1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the various inventory models used in industries. Do you think JIT
inventory is successful in India? Explain.
2. How an MRP system does helps management, monitor the performance of
the inventory system? Give a specific example of what the system does to
direct management’s attention to problem areas?
3. Bring out the arguments for and against 'make' or 'buy' decisions. How is the
problem of make-or-buy resolved? Explain this by considering a bike
manufacturing company.
4. 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?
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Design a process for promoting internal candidates. How does the process differ
from the one used for selecting external applicants?
2. Explain the principles of disciplining employees. What are the consequences of
enforcing discipline without prior information?
3. As a frontline supervisor, what indicators would you need in order to decide
whether a low-performing subordinate was a selection mistake are merely needs
training? Illustrate this dilemma with suitable examples.
4. A growing number of employees are reluctant to accept overseas assignments.
Why do they refuse? What benefits and services would you offer to them to
accept such transfer?
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. a) Write clearly the relationship between binomial Poisson distribution.
b) Five hundred television sets are inspected as they come off the production
line and the number of defects per set is reordered below:
No. of defects : 0 1 2 3 4
No. of Television : 368 72 52 7 1
Estimate the average number of defects per set and the expected
frequencies assuming Poisson distribution.
2. There is a general belief that high income families send their children to
government school. For this, 1000 families were selected in a city and the
following results were obtained.
Income Public school Government school Total
Low 100 200 300
High 500 200 700
Total 600 400 1000
Use chi-square test to determine whether income level and the type of
schooling are associated.
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3. From the following data
X 25 22 28 26 35 20 22 40 20 18
Y 18 15 20 17 22 14 16 21 15 14
a) Calculate regression equation X on Y and Y on X.
b) Estimate X when Y = 20
c) Estimate Y when X=20
d) Calculate Karl Pearson's coefficient of
correlation
e) Check whether Regression line is a good fit.
4. Define the inverse of a matrix. Solve the following system of equations using
matrix inversion method?
2x + 4y + 2z = 12
5x – 2y + 6z = 07
3x + 3y – 4z = 5
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Elaborate on the merits and demerits of using technology in business
communication.
2. “Body language is one of the ways to communicate to the employees down the line” –
Do you consider that it is effective? Explain.
3. The President of the company has asked for a study of the employee's
attitude over company's personnel policies. Write a research proposal on the
specific topic of your choice.
4. You have recently joined a branch of a company as its manager. Write a
report to the head office on the defects in the routine work of the branch.
Also, suggest remedies for those defects.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. A distinguished professor has stated “a statement of changes in financial
position is like a motion picture, explaining the difference between two
photographs, the balance sheet as of the end of the current year and the
balance sheet as of the end of the preceding year.” Do you agree with this
analogy? Justify your response.
2. “A branch or business segment that shows negative operating income should be
shutdown.” Do you agree or not? Justify your views for and against.
3. “The interest coverage ratio does not tell us much about the debt servicing
ability of a firm” – Comment.
4. Indirect method of reporting cash flows from operating can create an erroneous
impression about non-cash expenses (such as depreciation). What kind of
impression it can create and why is it erroneous.
M.B.A. Assignment/FM/ 1ST YEAR/ AUP/ / C-500
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY PRESS 2020 - 21
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. FINANCIAL 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 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 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 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Why companies go for leasing rather than purchasing agreement? What steps
are involved in a lease agreement?
2. Analyze the trends in mutual funds and how the fresh fund capitals are
mobilized during past five years.
3. In the recent past many investors lost money on stocks and mutual funds
because of an economic downturn caused by global banking and financial
crises. At the same time many experts argued that this was a “Real Investment
Opportunity” because of the depressed price for many stocks and mutual
funds. Do you think today is a good time to begin an investment program?
Justify your answer.
4. If an entrepreneur approaches you for an advice regarding financing of a project
wherein he intends to expand his existing project. What resources you should
suggest him to raise his funds?
2.2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. Define the balance of payments. The balance of payments records all types of
international transactions. What are the three main types of international
transaction in balance of payment accounts?
2. “Multilateral setting process is good to read in print, but when it comes to
implementation, there are bottlenecks.” What does this statement imply?
Discuss in detail.
3. India’s Tariff and quota system is restricting international trade especially for
Agri Business. – Do you agree with this statement? If Yes / No –
substantiate your answer with suitable example.
4. Critically evaluate the success of STC of India in achieving the objectives for
which it was established.
2.3 DERIVATIVES MANAGEMENT
1. How the valuation of Interest Rate SWAP, Currency SWAP and FRN are made?
Explain them.
2. What is a lower bound price of a 4 month call option on a non dividend paying
stock when the stock price is 28 $, strike price is 25$ and risk free interest rate
is 8% per annum.
3. Examine the risks in financial derivatives and suggest measures to minimise
them.
4. Write a note on role of clearing house with special emphasis upon ‘delivery
mechanism’ in futures market
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2.4 RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE
1. You are the newly appointed Risk Manager within an organisation and have
noted that there is no written risk management philosophy or statement in
place. Advise to the Board regarding the advantages of adopting a risk
document, describing the elements that should be referenced within it.
2. Discuss the loss control measures are to be taken by any manufacturing
company of your choice.
3. ‘Insurance is a risk management technique of the corporate sector’– Analyse the
statement.
4. Critically examine the role of government in regulation of insurance business in India
2.5 INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. How do operators on a stock exchange affect the economic life of a nation? Is it
necessary to control the stock exchange in the present situation? Give your
views.
2. “Companies with high credit risk are the ones that cannot access fixed rate
market directly. They are the companies that are most likely to be paying fixed
and receiving floating in an interest rate swap”. Do you think it increases or
decreases the risk of a financial institutions swap portfolio? Assume that
companies are most likely to default when interest rates are high.
3. “A fundamental analysis estimate of intrinsic value is different from the present
value of all income”. Is this statement true, false or uncertain? Justify your
views with appropriate examples.
4. A stock split should have no effect on value but it does seem to affect a firm
stock price. How would you reconcile this contradiction? Substantiate with
suitable examples.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. What are 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.
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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. Assignment/FM/ 2ND YEAR/ AUP/ / C- 1000
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