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Financial Management
Financial Management



Financial Management

Q1. (a) What is the adjusted present value (APV) approach? How does it differ from the conventional net present value approach of evaluating a target firm?

Q1. (b) What are the factors that determine the dividend policy of a company? Do you believe it will be justifiable for a company to obtain a short-term loan from a bank to allow payment of a dividend?

Q2. (a) Explain the organizational structure required for the implementation of effective credit administration and risk management systems of banks and FIs, within the framework of the RBI guidelines.

Q2. (b) Assuming that the daily volatility of the Nifty is 1.75 and trading happens on 256 days in a year compute the sigma figure used in the Black Scholes formula.

Q3. (a) What is the value of a call option on maturity? When the call option owner is said to be at break-even? Can the value of call option be negative?

Q3. (b) "The important aspect of exit stage of VC financing is the decision regarding the realizing/disinvestment alternatives which are related to the type of investment". Elaborate.

Q4. (a) Distinguish between import lease and cross-border lease. What are the advantages of the latter?

Q4. (b) Discuss the symbols and their implications used by (i) CRISIL (ii)ICRA,(iii)CARE and (iv)FITCH India for rating debentures.

Q5. (a) Explain the pre-emptive rights of the ordinary shareholders. How is their financial interest affected by the issue of rights shares?

Q5. (b) How can the effect of profitability on designing an appropriate capital structure be analyzed? Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.

Q6. (a) Give a critical appraisal of the traditional Approach and (a) traditional approach and (b) the Modigliani-Miller Approach to the theory of capital structure.

Q6. (b) What is meant by the term leverage'? What are its types? With what type of risk is each leverage generally associated? Why is increasing leverage also indicative of increasing risk? State the situation when there is neither a financial risk nor business risk.
General Management
General Management



General Management

Q1. (a) Discuss the importance of management in the present-day world.

Q1. (b) "Managers at all levels required some competence in each of the technical, human and conceptual skills, albeit with difference in emphasis." Analyze this statement with suitable examples from your work experience."

Q2. (a) What is the major task of manager according to the contingency approach?

Q2. (b) Describe in detail the social performance of business in India.

Q3. (a) What is the different between a policy and a procedure? Should a policy be permanent or subject to changes?

Q3. (b) What do you understand by the process of decision-making? What are the main stages in the process of rational decision-making?

Q4. (a)  What is the importance of sales forecasting in planning? A sales forecast is often regarded both as a plan and as a premise. Comment!

Q4. (b) What is meant by departmentalization? Explain different types of departmentalization.

Q5. (a) What do you understand by "span of management"? How is this taken into account in preparing an organization structure?

Q5. (b) "Authority is an all inclusive principle of management from which all other principles are derived." Do you agree? Give your reasons.

Q6. (a) "Coordination and communication are the sine qua non of managements."

Q6. (b) Describe the difference between a formal and an informal organization.
International Business
International Business

International Business



Q1. (a) What kind of economic system did India operate under during 1947 to 1990?  What kind of system is it moving toward today? What are the Impediments to completing this transformation?

Q1. (b) What does the Matsushita case teach you about the relationship between societal culture and business success?

Q2. (a) In retrospect, could  the large Western pharmaceutical have responded differently to the 1997 South African law? How might they have better taken the initiative?

Q2. (b) How will China's increasing involvement in global trade help that country? How will it help the world's developed economies? What potential problems are associated with moving work to China

Q3  (a) Do you think that R&D contracts from NASA and the pentagon benefit Boeing's commercial aerospace business? How?

Q3. (b) Do you think the successful conclusion of a multilateral agreement to liberalize regulations governing FDI will benefit  the world economy? why?

Q4. (a) By establishing facilities in Mexico, Dixon became a multinational company. Why has Dixon become a multinational? What are the economic benefits to Dixon of becoming an international business?

Q4. (b) If the U.S. dollar had appreciated against the euro and Canadian dollar, instead of depreciating, which company would have done better? Why?

Q5. (a) Over the last decade many foreign firms have invested in China and used their Chinese factories to produce goods for export. If the Yuan is allowed to float freely against the U.S. dollar on the foreign exchange markets and appreciates in value, how might this affect the fortunes of those enterprises?

Q5. (b) By the 2000s, what strategy was Black & Decker pursuing in the global Market place? How would you characterize its structure? Fit the strategy and environment?

Q6. (a) Discuss how the need for control over foreign operations varies with firms' strategies and core competencies. .What are the implications for the choice of entry mode?

Q6. (b) What evidence is there in the case that Toyota is becoming more of a global corporation? What are the implications of this for the long-term competitive advantage of the company?
Marketing Management
Marketing Management

Marketing Management



Q1. (a) Analyze the existing business portfolio of any one company using BCG matrix, GE matrix, and Ansoff model.

Q1. (b) Discuss the Macro environment of a pharmaceutical company.

Q2. (a) Explain the components of MIS.

Q2. (b) Explain the Henry assail model of buying decision behavior.

Q3. (a) Discuss the segmentation strategy of a cement company.

Q3. (b) Explain the relevance of VALS to Marketing.



Q4. (a) Critically analyze the product mix strategies of a beverage company.



Q4. (b) What is private brand? Explain private brand strategy of a retailer



Q5. (a) Explain the partner relationship management at Airtel.



Q5. (b) Critically analyze the five best advertisements released in this year.



CASE STUDY – INFOSYS



Q6a1. Do you think ticket based pricing will provide continuous revenue to Infosys in the long term?

Q6a2. Compare three pricing strategies discussed here and choose any one as your choice.



CASE STUDY – KURKURE



Q6b1. Explain the viability of market expansion strategy of Kurkure.



Q6b2. Critically analyzes the consumer behavior towards snacks products.
Operation Management
Operation Management



Operation Management



Q1. (a) "Project Control should always focus on the critical path" comment.

Q1. (b) Discuss the product design philosophy behind industrial design and design for manufacturing and assembly. Which one do you think is more important in a customer focused product development?

Q2. (a) Explain how having more work in process inventory can improve the Efficiency of a process. How can this be bad?

Q2. (b) Is there an inconsistency when a company requires precise time standards and encourages job enlargement?

Q3. (a) How does the production volume affect break even analysis?

Q3. (b) What is meant by a process? Describe its important features.

Q4. (a) What is the objective of assembly line balancing? How would you deal with the situation where one worker, although trying hard, is 20 percent slower than the other 10 people on a line?

Q4. (b) Consider a department store. Which departments probably should not be Located near each other? Would any departments benefit from close proximity?

Q5. (a) List some occupations or sporting events where the ending is a dominant element in evaluating success. Explain?

Q5. (b)  "If line employees are required to work on quality improvement activities, their productivity will suffer." Discuss.

Q6. (a) What recent changes have caused supply chain management to gain importance?

Q6. (b) Management may choose to build up capacity in anticipation of demand or in response to developing demand. Cite the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches.

 

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Business Communication
Business Communication

Business Communication



Q1. (a) How is communication classified? State the advantages and disadvantages of formal communication.

Q1. (b) Discuss the levels of listening and state the factors that can make listening ineffective.

Q2. (a) Discuss the principles of an effective presentation.

Q2. (b) How is a meeting planned? Discuss the factors to be kept in mind while planning a meeting.

Q3. (a) How can the purpose of business writing be classified? What are the characteristics of effective writing?

Q3. (b) Explain the preparation of an effective CV. Why is it important to send a cover letter with CV?

Q4. (a) Different between office circulars, office orders and office notes. State the standard parts of business letter.

Q4. (b) Discuss the steps involved in writing a case analysis.

Q6. (a) - 1: Discuss the ler.els where the communication systems failed resulting in the tragedy.

Q6. (a) - 2: Prepare a bullet presentation of the incident.

Q6. (b) - 1: Who was at fault the dentist for not putting his diagnosis in writhing or the patient for not fully understanding the services?

Q6. (b) - 2: How could some of these misunderstandings have been avoided?

Q6. (b) - 3: What services should have been communicated orally and what ones in writing?
Business Communication
Business Communication

Business Communication



Q1. (a) How is communication classified? State the advantages and disadvantages of formal communication.

Q1. (b) Discuss the levels of listening and state the factors that can make listening ineffective.

Q2. (a) Discuss the principles of an effective presentation.

Q2. (b) How is a meeting planned? Discuss the factors to be kept in mind while planning a meeting.

Q3. (a) How can the purpose of business writing be classified? What are the characteristics of effective writing?

Q3. (b) Explain the preparation of an effective CV. Why is it important to send a cover letter with CV?

Q4. (a) Different between office circulars, office orders and office notes. State the standard parts of business letter.

Q4. (b) Discuss the steps involved in writing a case analysis.

Q6. (a) - 1: Discuss the ler.els where the communication systems failed resulting in the tragedy.

Q6. (a) - 2: Prepare a bullet presentation of the incident.

Q6. (b) - 1: Who was at fault the dentist for not putting his diagnosis in writhing or the patient for not fully understanding the services?

Q6. (b) - 2: How could some of these misunderstandings have been avoided?

Q6. (b) - 3: What services should have been communicated orally and what ones in writing?
Accounting Management
Accounting Management



Accounting Management

Q1. (a) What is the logic in using contribution approach in pricing decisions? Explain with a help of an example.

Q1. (b) “The real justification for variable costing lies in its managerial use.” Explain.

Q2. (a) "The major defect of variable costing is that it ignores fixed costs, which are becoming increasingly important in business enterprises today." Do you agree? Explain.

Q2. (b) "Responsibility accounting, budgeting and reporting to organization and responsibilities". Explain.

Q3. (a) What is the significance of classifying manufacturing overheads as fixed, variable and semi-variable? Explain the behavior of them.

Q3. (b) Explain the formulae to calculate all possible kind of materials variances.

Q4. (a) Are standard costs applicable to non- manufacturing activities? Explain.

Q4. (b) "Budgets and standards are not the same thing. They have different relation hip exists between them". Elucidate.

Q5.(a) "Discounted payback ensures that you don't accept an investment with negative NPV, but it can't stop you from rejecting project with negative NPV, but it can't stop you from rejecting projects with a positive NPV." Illustrate why this can happen?

Q5. (b) Why is the attitude of top management crucial for the success of budgeting system? Explain.

Q6. (a) Explain the assumptions underlying the break-even analysis. How do they make the breakeven analysis unrealistic?

Q6. (b) Would it be really important for the cost volume-profit interrelations to allocate fixed costs to individual product lines.
Consumer Behavior
Consumer Behavior



Consumer Behavior



Q1. (a) What is the difference between primary and secondary research? Under what circumstances might the availability of secondary data make primary research unnecessary?

Q1. (b) What is opinion leadership?

Q2. (a) What are the strengths and weaknesses of motivational research?

Q2. (b) What is social class?

Q3. (a) What is the relationship between Brand loyalty and brand equity? What role do concepts play in the development of marketing strategies?

Q3. (b) Sony is introducing a new 27- inch TV with a picture-in-picture feature. How should the company position and advertise the product to (i) Generation-X Consumers (ii)   Affluent’ baby boomers.

Q4. (a): Are there any circumstances in which information from advertisement likely to be more influential than word of mouth?

Q4. (b) Find two ads that depict two different defence mechanisms and discuss their effectiveness.

Q5. (a) How can marketers use measures of recognition and recall to study the extent of consumer learning?

Q5. (b) What is market Segmentation? How is the practice of market segmentation related to the marketing concept?

Q6. (a) What is cross-cultures consumer analysis? How can a multinational company use cross-cultural research to design each factor in its marketing mix?

Q6. (b) How should marketers promote products and services to working women? What appeals should they use? Explain.

Q6. (c) For what kinds of audiences could you consider using comparative advertising? Why?Business Market Management
Business Market Management

Business Market Management



Q1. (a) Why business market managers must be adopt at analyzing understanding. Building & playing an active part in work teams working relationships & Business network?



Q1. (b) How do firms make new offering realization more market oriented?



Q2. (a) How can one ensure that value is delivered?



Q2. (b) How can one strengthen reseller reformation?



Q3. (a) What do you mean by A General Realization process model?



Q3. (b) Explain the resource-based view of the firm creating market strategy?



Q4. (a) Define market segmentation & explain the progressive and conventional bases of Segmentation.



Q4. (b) Is it essential that business market managers recognize which prospective Customer firm is having a buying orientation?



Q5. (a) How can business market managers sustain customer through connected Relationship?



Q5. (b) Explain the way of fulfilling supplier commitments to deliver value.



Q6. (a) Explain how manager use CRM to evaluate customer relationship?



Q6. (b) What is value in business markets?



Q6. (c):  State the importance of gaining customer feedback.

 Business Ethics
Business Ethics

Business Ethics



Q1. (a). "Ethics has no place in business." Discuss this statement.

Q1. (b) "An ethic of caring conflicts with morality because morality requires impartiality." Discuss this criticism of an ethic of caring.



Q2. (a) "From an ethical point of view, big business is always bad business." Discuss the pros and cons of this statement.

Q2. (b) "Equality, justices and a respect for rights are characteristics of the American economic System. Would you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?



Q3. (a)Do you agree with the claims that (i) future generations have no rights, and (ii) the future generations to which we have obligations actually include only the generation that will immediately succeed us? Explain your answer. If you do not agree with these claims, state your own views and provide arguments to support them.

Q3. (b) Discuss the arguments for and against the 3 main theories of a producer's duties to the customer. In your judgment, which theory is most adequate? Are there any marketing areas where one theory is more appropriate than the others?



Q4. (a) In your judgment was the historical shift in emphasis from intentional/isolated discrimination to non-intentional/ institutionalized discrimination good or bad? Justify your statement.

Q4. (b) Kohlderg's views on moral development show that the more morally mature a personal becomes, the more likely it is that the person will obey the moral morms of his or her socieity." Discuss.



Q5. (a) In view of contractual agreement that every employee makes to be loyal to the Employer. Do you think that the Whistle blowing is ever morally justified? Explain your answer.

Q5. (b) In your judgment, is it wrong, from an ethical point of view, for the auto companies to submit plans for an automobile to China? Explain your answer.



Q6. (a) "Utilitarianism is the view that so long as an action provides with more measurable economic benefits than costs, the action is morally right." Identify all of the mistakes contained in this definition of utilitarianism.

Q6. (b) "Any pollution law is unjust because it necessarily violates people's right to liberty and right to property." Discuss.

Q6. (c) Evaluate the desirability of the "caring organization."

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Course: Business Economics
Internal Assignment Applicable for April 2017 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
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1. Calculate the following: (10 Marks)
Quantity Total Fixed
Cost
Total Variable
Cost
Total
Cost
Average
Cost
Marginal
Cost
10 10 15 ? ? ?
11 10 18 ? ? ?
12 10 21 ? ? ?
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2. Determine the market equilibrium price for the following demand and supply
equation:
D = 9p + 6
S = 10p – 5
Determine the equilibrium quantity if price is the same as above
D = 3p – 3q
S = 8q – 3p (10 Marks)
3. Calculate the following:
a) Assume that a business firm sells a product at the price of ₹500. The firm
has decided to reduce the price of the product to ₹350. Consequently, the
demand for the product is raised from 30,000 units to 35,000 units. In this
case calculate the price elasticity of demand. (5 Marks)
b) Suppose the monthly income of an individual increases from ₹6,000 to
₹11,000. Now, his demand for clothes increases from 30 units to 60 units.
Calculate the income elasticity of demand. (5 Marks)
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Course: Information System for Managers
Internal Assignment Applicable for April 2017 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
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1. Businesses are trying to get closer to the customer by using information and
communication technology (ICT) so that they can create long-term relationships and gain
more knowledge from and about the customers. The airline industry is no exception to
this. It has reached a crossroad. While on one hand fuel and labour costs continue to be
key issues, the phenomenal growth in passenger traffic has created new opportunities for
growth. With the help of an example from the airlines industry such as Emirates, explain
how airlines use customer relationship management (CRM) for improving their customer
service? (10 Marks)
2. Discuss the role of information systems in managing the supply chain of an organization
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3. A) The e-commerce giants in India offer exclusive sales during the festive season and
have people visiting their websites in huge numbers such that they run out of stocks for
a few coveted products in just a few minutes. Keeping in mind the traffic volume that
visits these websites, each e-tailer wants to ensure the performance of the system is not
compromised on at any cost, the transactions are safe and secure and customers are
attracted to the new design layout for the festive design. As a developer of such a system,
what tests will you perform during SDLC, to ensure the smooth functioning of these
websites? (5 Marks)
3. B) Maggster Co., a publishing house is making a transition to using an enterprise-wide
system, an ERP software, to streamline the operations. You have been appointed as a
consultant to Maggster, how will you try to ensure smooth implementation of such an
ERP software? (5 Marks)
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Assignment Marks: 30
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1. Markets evolve on a continuous basis and the challenge is not just to stay relevant
but lead the change rather than be a victim of change. Companies like Blackberry,
Apple & Kodak have had their opportunities and threat with change. Discuss any
of these 2 companies and their ways of handling change and comment upon them.
Your comments must include your understanding of where they failed / succeeded
with reference to the change management process and factors that resist Change.
Give examples (10 Marks)
2. You have recently joined ANB Company as their Operations Head. You are
required to deliver the KRAs from the very first quarter. The pressure is high but so
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employees. You have recently completed your Management studies, and have
learnt about Motivational theories. Using the Traditional models (any 2), explain
how will you motivate your team to perform to their best. (10 Marks)
3. Leadership styles differ from leader to leader, however it is observed that there is
no one leadership style that they limit themselves to.
Discuss the leadership styles with examples (5 Marks)
Why, in your opinion leaders change their style, give examples (5 marks)
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Course: Organisational Behaviour
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Assignment Marks: 30
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1. Shritika is an entrepreneur, she has her own HR consultancy firm. In her work
Shritika gets to meet a lot of client which she really enjoys. Whenever she is stressed
because of her work, she goes out with her friends or family and then resumes work
with new enthusiasm and energy. She is one such boss that whenever the employees
face any problem they do not hesitate to share with her. At times when the client is
annoyed and loses his cool Shritika still maintains her composure and tries to solve
his concerns. Based on all the above narration discuss Shritika’s personality on the
basis of Big Five. (10 Marks)
2. Tony recently joined as an Assistant Manager Purchase in a real estate firm. He
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with the vendors, clients and other department colleagues. Tony also noticed that his
manager also gets his work done on time. Now when the Boss is out for his yearly
vacation, Tony is dealing with everyone in the same way. To his surprise he is able
to pull off the job well and hence he is very much interested to apply this
behaviour/approach in his personal life as well. Which theory of learning would
apply here? Discuss. (10 Marks)
3. Rohan is sales head for a pharmaceutical company. He has a team of 12 individuals
under him. Rohan feels very sad to state that it isn’t a team but a group of individuals
working under him as they do not show any team spirit. Akhil who is Rohan’s best
friend also happens to be the HR manager. When Rohan shared his concerns with
Akhil he asked Rohan to
a. Analyze the problems he (Rohan) is facing in teamwork (5 Marks)
b. Also, what all methods Akhil can suggest Rohan for creating effective team
in his department? Discuss (5 Marks)
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Logistics and Supply Chain Management-AN1-2015
Logistics and Supply Chain Management-AN1-2015

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1. Mr. Aravind has recently opened a logistical service agency. When he enters in to the business, many agencies face different legal problems related to logistical operations. Mr. Aravind does not know how to run the business without any legal problem. As a logistical legal consultant, advise Mr. Aravind about various transport regulations to overcome legal problems.



2. Customer-based inventory management strategies allow the use of different service levels (availability) by the customer. Discuss the rationale for such an approach. Are such strategies discriminatory? Justify your position.



3. Assume that you are a warehouse designer. Mr. Adithya has decided to construct a warehouse in the central part of the state. Counsel Mr. Adithya in designing the warehouse with different sizes and shapes and explain its relationship with material-handling system. Suggest the reason for constructing square design warehouse and rectangular design warehouse.



4. "Operational objectives of logistics are the primary determinants of logistical performance" – Discuss the statement. Select any two operational objectives, and provide examples of how a firm would satisfy those objectives if logistics was positioned as a core competency.
Management Information System-AN1-2015
Management Information System-AN1-2015

Management Information System

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Q1. “Different models of decision makers have been proposed to explain their behaviour in decision process; some suggest complete rationality, others suggest bounded rationality”. Describe these models and snow how they contribute to arrive at a decision.

Q2. “In designing structure for information systems, a variety of forms can be used”. Discuss these forms and the situations in which each of these can be usef effectively.

Q3. Draw an interface matrix between following application areas establishing all sub modules in that application. Personnel, finance & production.

Q4. In managing the business of a restaurant , what are some decisions that must be made in the areas of Strategic planning, managerial control, and operational control.
Marketing Management-AN1-2015
Marketing Management-AN1-2015

Q1. Describe "The evolution of retail in India' in your words, highlighting the latest trends in Indian retail. Critically examine the future of Indian retailing if global players are allowed to enter India.



Q2. Many marketers have tried and failed with "Green marketing" programs. Identify and describe the main problems with such campaigns. Recommend suitable remedies to overcome the problems.



Q3. Identify tope three advertising agencies in India, and describe the main reasons for their success. List out recent successful campaigns of these agencies.



Q4. 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.
Organisational Behaviour-AN1-2015
Organisational Behaviour-AN1-2015

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Q1. As an IT manager of a medium sized organization, design an information system for that organization and explain how this system transforms organization and management to address the end–user needs.



Q2. “Honesty and Loyalty are so critical in today’s competitive environment of ecommerce” – Validate the above statement assuming you are a manager in charge of e-commerce in a large scale organization.



Q3. You are appointed as a system analyst in a medium sized sugar mill, conceive and design an HR information system for that company.



Q4. It is widely perceived that government plays a key role in developing ecommerce. As an e-commerce strategist of an organization substantiate the above statement and contribute your ideas and suggestions for furthering ecommerce development.
Organisational Behaviour-AN2-2015
Organisational Behaviour-AN2-2015

Organisational Behaviour

1. While managing workforce, “Participation is an excellent method for identifying differences and resolving conflicts”. Do you agree or disagree? Illustrate with real life examples.

2. Many organizations begun to supplement their traditional pay systems with “Pay – for – Performance”. Of these plans, discuss the role of individual vs. group incentives.

3. “Give specific attentions in implementing employee empowerment”- Discuss its operationalization and implications for effective outcomes.

4. “Learning is involved in almost everything that everyone does”. Substantiate your views and identify the applications of learning in positive and negative reinforcement’s strategy.
Principles of Management-AN1-2015
Principles of Management-AN1-2015

Principles of Management



Q1. ‘Management is the force which leads, guides and directs an organization in the accomplishment of pre-determined objectives’. Do you agree or disagree? Justify.

Q2. Management is regarded as an art by someone, science by others but in reality science should have many more. The truth seems to be somewhere in between. In the light of this statement, explain to exact nature of management.

Q3. ‘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.

Q4. “A good leader is not necessarily a good manager”. Take one example from service industry as per your choice and compare the role of leaders and managers

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International Trade Policies and Documentation-AN1-2015
International Trade Policies and Documentation-AN1-2015

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1. "Documentary credit method of payment reconciles the conflicting interests of buyer and seller"- Discuss and also explain the mechanism of realign payment under documentary credit arrangement.



2. Account for the growing significance of services, both in developed and developing countries. What are the major service areas from the viewpoint of international trade? Suggest measures to boost exports of services from the developing countries.



3. Describe the major changes that have taken place in the composition and direction of India's foreign trade after the country adopted the policy of economic reforms. Also discuss the general provisions regarding import



4. Evaluate critically the industrial policy of India since 1956. Do you think that the industrial policy since 1991 has a favorable impact on the economy? Explain
International Marketing Management-AN1-2015
International Marketing Management-AN1-2015

Solution of only Two Question

1. "Competitive strength of a product in international marketing depends upon several factors" Explain the statement by taking up a particular product



2. "In domestic marketing both variable cost and fixed cost policies are followed, but there is probably not so much use of variable cost pricing as there is in international marketing" Comment on this statement with the aid of some examples



3. The vice president of a export house has asked you to prepare a market profile of leather-footwears in Saudi Arabia. What factors would you consider in preparing the profile? What sources of information will you look for in preparing the above profile?



4. "A world in which exchange rates fluctuate constantly is a threat to international marketing" - Discuss
International Human Resource Management -AN1-2015
International Human Resource Management -AN1-2015

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International Human Resource Management



1. Assume that you are working for a medium-sized, high tech firm that faces intense competition on a daily basis. Change seems to be the only constant in your work place, and each worker's responsibilities shift from project to project. Suppose you have the major responsibilities for filling the job openings in your company. How would you go about recruiting and selecting best people? How would you identify the best people to work in this environment?



2. Some people believe that most employees will act ethically even though they have a chance to take advantages of an incentive system through inappropriate behavior. Do you agree? Explain



3. Do you believe that managers should be given more autonomy to make personnel decisions such as hiring, appraising and compensating subordinates? If so, what are the potential drawbacks to granting them this authority? Explain.



4. Do you agree that an employment approach to improving safety can yield positive results? Do you think the trade off may be worth it? Why or why not? Discuss

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E-Commerce-AN1-2015
E-Commerce-AN1-2015

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1. Discuss the current situation and emerging trends in electronic commerce.

2. Discuss the IT infrastructure necessary to implement e-commerce system for the inventory process.

3. Describe how E-Commerce technologies have allowed firms to achieve global market reach.

4. Describe and evaluate one B2B e-Commerce site and one B2B e-Commerce site in terms by answering the following questions for each site.

          A. What is the role of this site in the firm’s business? That is, is it the sole medium of transactions or supplemental?

          B. What is the medium for transactions on the site? That is , how do customers pay for products/services?

          C. How are prices determined on the site? Does the customer have any influence over price?

          D. In what ways does the design of the site stimulate customer purchases? Fail to do so. Explain your answer


Enterprise Resource Plannig-AN1-2015
Enterprise Resource Plannig-AN1-2015

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1. A Leading software company wants to implement ERP Software. Select software of your interest and give the steps of implementing that ERP software in the company.

2. Enlist the general problems faced during implementation of ERP and the solution for it.

3. Draw a business model for an organization with which you are familiar. Identify major processes and entities and show them in figure.

4. Rank the various ERP packages in the order of their market share. Give your reason whether ERP domain is shrinking or expanding.


Financial Management-AN1-2015
Financial Management-AN1-2015

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Financial Management



Q1. Select an organistion of your choice and discuss the cash Management system in that organization. Give your Views or suggestions on the prevailing system of cash management in that organization and any suitable changes to be brought about, to improve the present system.



Q2. Discuss the critical decisions that you need to take in working capital management. Emphasize the important ways in which these decisions differ from those concerned with the management of the fixed capital of a business.



Q3. “High dividend payout ratio goes in hand with high price earnings ratio and low dividend payout ratio goes hand in hand with low price earnings ratio.” Comment your views on this statement elobrately.



Q4. Identify the macro factors which are prevailing in the global economy, leading to mergers and acquisitions.
Global Strategic Management-AN1-2015
Global Strategic Management-AN1-2015

Global Strategic Management

Attention: Only 2 Answers

1. Several CEOs of larger corporations in recent times are forced to resign when they are unable to deliver superior performance. Discuss this in the light of nuances of strategy execution.



2. Choose an industry or sector which you are familiar and describe the ways in which new technologies or products diffused into the market. Who have been winners and losers? Why?



3. Six Sigma is just another name for TQM then why applied heavy investment with no clear line of sight to return on Investment. – Discuss



4. What was the situation of the term competitive advantage in India prior to 1991? And also explain how competitive advantage can be leverage with?
Human Resource Management-AN1-2015
Human Resource Management-AN1-2015

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Human Resource Management



Q1. “HR Managers should have a seat at the Strategic-Management table, but only when they earn it”. Discuss.



Q2. Suppose a key employee has just resigned and you are the department manager. After you have sent your request for replacement, how could you help the recruiter to find the best replacement?



Q3. Suppose you are going to design a training programme for newly hired first-line sales managers results from the needs assessment indicate that they will need training on company policies and procedures, handling customer complaints, and motivating sales personnel. What learning principles will you build into the programme? What training methods would you choose? Explain your choices.



Q4. 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?

International Financial Management-AN1-2015
International Financial Management-AN1-2015

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International Financial Management



1. In an Integrated world financial market, a financial crisis in a country can be quickly transmitted to other countries, causing a global crisis. What kind of measures would you propose to prevent the recurrence of an Asia type crisis?



2. How are foreign exchange transactions between international banks settled? Why does most interbank currency trading worldwide involved in US dollar?



3. Researchers found that it is very difficult to forecast future exchange rates more accurately than the forward exchange rates or the current spot exchange rate. How do you interpret this finding?



4. As an investor, what factors would you consider before investing in the emerging stock market of a developing country?

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Database Management Systems-AN1-2015
Database Management Systems-AN1-2015

Database Management Systems

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Q1: A university registrar’s office maintains data about the following entities:

    a) Courses, including member, title, credits, syllabus and prerequisites
    b) Course offerings, including course number, year, semester, section number, instructor, timings and classroom
    c) Students, including student- ID, name, and Program; and
    d) Instructors, including identification number, name, department and title. Further, the enrolment of students in courses and grades awarded to students in each course they are enrolled for must be appropriately modelled.



Construct and E-R diagram for the registrar’s office. Document all assumptions that you make about the mapping constraints.





Q2: Explain in detail about Relational Algebra, Domain Relational Calculus and Tuplr Relational Calculus with suitable examples.



Q3: Describe about the Multi-Valued Dependencies and Fourth normal form with suitable examples.



Q4: Construct a B+ tree to insert the following key elements (order of the tree is 3) 5,3,4,9,7,15,14,21,22,23.

Data Warehousing and Data Mining-AN1-2015
Data Warehousing and Data Mining-AN1-2015

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Q1. What is a multiprocessor architecture? List and discuss the steps involved in mapping a data warehouse to a multiprocessor architecture.

Q2. Discuss the typical OLAP operation and types of OLAP server with an example.

Q3. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of decision tree over the classification technique and briefly outline the major steps of decision tree classification.

Q4. With an example, explain the two-category Bayesian classification in data mining.
Business Mathematics and Statistics-AN1-2015
Business Mathematics and Statistics-AN1-2015

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Business Mathematics and Statistics



Q1. A random sample of 1000 workers from south India shows that their mean wage is 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?



Q2. A tea company appoints four salesmen A, B, C, D and observes their sales in three seasons – summer, winter and monsoon. The figures ( in lakhs ) are given in the following table:

Test whether there is any significant difference in the salesman and in the seasons, so far as sales are concerned.



Q3. Fit a straight line trend by the method of least squares to the following data concerning the sales of a certain firm.

Year
   

2005
   

2006
   

2007
   

2008
   

2009
   

2010
   

2011
   

2012
   

2013

Sales Rs(‘000)
   

48
   

55
   

63
   

65
   

72
   

84
   

90
   

87
   

82

Make an estimate of sales for the year 2015.



Q4. A sample of 400 students of undergraduate and 400 students of postgraduate classes is taken to know their opinion about autonomous colleges. 290 of the undergraduate and 310 of postgraduate students favoured the autonomous status. Present these facts in the form of a table and test at 5% level, that the opinion regarding autonomous status of colleges is independent of level of classes of students.

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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT (PGDM)
FOR PROGRAM CODE: B1, 42, 75, P3,89
S. NO     SUBJECT CODE     SUBJECT
1     FM02     MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS
2     FM03     SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
3     FM04     INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
4     FM05     CORPORATE FINANCE
5     FM06     MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
6     FM11     FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
7     FM12     FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
8     GM02     ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
9     GM03     BUSINESS STATISTICS
10     GM04     MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
11     GM06     BUSINESS LAW & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
12     GM07     RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
13     GM11     MGMT. FUNCTIONS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
14     GM12     BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
15     GM13     ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT
16     GM14     STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT & ETHICS
17     HR01     HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
18     HR02     ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
19     HR03     PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
20     HR04     TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
21     HR06     INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
22     HR07     MANAGING CHANGE THROUGH ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
23     HR08     MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP
24     IB02     INDIAN FOREIGN TRADE
25     IB03     IMPORT EXPORT DOCUMENTATION
26     IB06     INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
27     IS01     INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
28     IS04     COMPUTER NETWORKS
29     IS05     FUNDAMENTALS OF E-COMMERCE
30     IS06     SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
31     IS07     DATABASE MANAGEMENT
32     IS09     MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
33     MM01     MARKETING MANAGEMENT
34     MM02     SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
35     MM03     ADVERTISING AND BRAND MANAGEMENT
36     MM04     INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
37     MM05     MARKETING OF SERVICES
38     MM07     CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
39     OM01     OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
40     OM02     TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
41     OM03     PROJECT MANAGEMENT
42     OM05     SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
43     OM08     QUALITY MANAGEMENT
44     OM09     OPERATIONS STRATEGY




ASSIGNMENTS
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (PGDITM)
FOR PROGRAM CODE: 01, 02, 07, 08, 56, 59
S. NO     SUBJECT CODE     SUBJECT
1     FM03     SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
2     FM12     FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
3     GM03     BUSINESS STATISTICS
4     GM11     MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
5     HR06     INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
6     HR07     MANAGING CHANGE THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
7     HR08     MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP
8     ITM101     MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSYTEMS
9     ITM102     OPERATING SYSTEMS
10     ITM103     ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
11     ITM104     WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
12     ITM201     COMPUTER NETWORKS
13     ITM202     DATABASE MANAGEMENT
14     ITM203     MARKETING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
15     ITM204     SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
16     ITM311     DATA STRUCTURES, ALGORITHMS & PROGRAMMING
17     ITM312     OBJECT ORIENTED ANALYSIS & DESIGN
18     ITM313     KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
19     ITM314     NETWORK SECURITY MANAGEMENT
20     ITM315     SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT
21     ITM316     IT GOVERNANCE
22     ITM321     IT APPLICATIONS IN RETAIL BANKING
23     ITM322     IT APPLICATIONS IN NON-BANKING FINANCIAL SERVICES
24     ITM323     PROJECT FINANCE
25     ITM324     DEVELOPING FINANCIAL PORTALS
26     ITM325     FINANCIAL ENGINEERING
27     ITM331     FUNDAMENTALS OF RETAILING
28     ITM332     IT APPLICATIONS FOR MERCHANDISING
29     ITM333     IT APPLICATIONS FOR RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
30     ITM334     BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
31     ITM335     ECRM
32     ITM336     e-RETAILING
33     ITM341     ADVANCED OPERATIONS RESEARCH
34     ITM342     IT APPLICATIONS FOR FACILITY PLANNING
35     ITM343     CHANGE MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING
36     ITM344     PROJECT MANAGEMENT
37     ITM345     IT APPLICATIONS IN SERVICE OPERATIONS
38     ITM346     SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
39     ITM351     PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
40     ITM352     TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
41     ITM353     HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
42     ITM401     SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
43     ITM402     DATA WAREHOUSING & DATA MINING
44     ITM403     ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
45     ITM404     INFORMATION RISK MANAGEMENT
46     ITM405     e-COMMERCE
47     ITM406     ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION
48     OM01     OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT


PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT (OPERATIONS SYSTEMS)
FOR PROGRAM CODE: C2
S. NO     SUBJECT CODE     SUBJECT
1     ITM341     ADVANCED OPERATIONS RESEARCH
2     ITM342     IT APPLICATIONS FOR FACILITY PLANNING
3     ITM343     CHANGE MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING
4     ITM344     PROJECT MANAGEMENT
5     ITM345     IT APPLICATIONS IN SERVICE OPERATIONS
6     ITM346     SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT


PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN MANAGEMENT (OPERATIONS SYSTEMS)
FOR PROGRAM CODE: 45
S. NO     SUBJECT CODE     SUBJECT
1     ITM341     ADVANCED OPERATIONS RESEARCH
2     ITM342     IT APPLICATIONS FOR FACILITY PLANNING
3     ITM343     CHANGE MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING
4     ITM344     PROJECT MANAGEMENT
5     ITM345     IT APPLICATIONS IN SERVICE OPERATIONS
6     ITM346     SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT


ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN MANAGEMENT (ACM)
FOR PROGRAM CODE: 01, 02, 07, 08, 56, 59
S. NO     SUBJECT CODE     SUBJECT
1     DFM03     SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
2     DFM04     INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
3     DFM10     FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
4     DFM15     BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND VALUATION
5     DHR06     INTERNATIONAL HRM
6     DHR10     INDUSTRIAL RELATION & LABOUR LAWS
7     DHR11     WAGES & SALARY ADMINISTRATION
8     DHR12     ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT
9     DIS04     COMPUTER NETWORKS
10     DIS08     KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
11     DIS11     SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
12     DITM01     INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
13     DMM05     MARKETING OF SERVICES
14     DMM06     INTERNET MARKETING
15     DMM08     PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
16     DMM09     CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
17     DOM03     PROJECT MANAGEMENT
18     DOM05     SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
19     DOMM01     MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT
20     DRM01     SAMPLING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
21     DRM02     HYPOTHESIS TESTING
22     DRM03     DATA EDITING AND CODING
23     DRM04     INTRODUCTION TO SPSS
24     DSCM01     LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

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DSCM01

    Logistics & Supply Chain Management
    Assignment – I

Assignment Code: 2016DSCM01B1                                     Last Date of Submission: 15th November 2016
                                                          Maximum Marks: 100
Attempt all the questions. All the questions are compulsory and carry equal marks.
    Section-A (50 marks)  

1.    Consider a firm redesigning its logistics network. What are the advantages of having a small number of centrally located warehouses? What are the advantages to having a larger number of warehouses closer to the end customer?                           (25 Marks)

2.    What factors should a manger consider while deciding to go for Fixed Order Quantity Approach (Condition of Certainty); Fixed Order Quantity Approach (Condition of Uncertainty).Explain with suitable example                           (25 Marks)

                               SECTION B (50 Marks)
Case Study
KLM Catering Services is the largest provider of aircraft catering and supply at Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam. Every day the company, which employs 1200 people, prepares around 30000 meals and services 200 flights for KLM and about 35 for other operators. It is now far more than just a food preparation operation, most of its activities involve organizing all on board services, equipment food and drinks, newspapers, towels, earphones, and so on.

KLM Catering Services places considerable emphasis on working in unison with cleaning staff, baggage handlers and maintenance crews to ensure that the aircraft are prepared quickly for departure. Normally, no more than 40 minutes are allowed for all these activities, so complete preparation and a well ordered sequence of working are essential. These requirements for speed and total dependability would be difficult enough to achieve in a stable environment, but there is a wide range of uncertainties to be managed. Although KLM Catering Services is advised of the likely members of passengers for each flight ( forecasts are given 11 days, four days and 24 hours in advance), the actual minimum number of passengers for each class is only fixed six hours before take-off ( although numbers can still be increased after this, due to late sales ). The agreed menus are normally fixed six months periods, but the actual requirements for each flight depend on the destination, the type of aircraft and mix of passengers by ticket class. Finally, flight arrivals are sometimes delayed, putting pressure on everyone to reduce the turnaround times, and upsetting work schedules.

An additional problem is that, although KLM uses standardized items ( such as food trolleys, cutlery, trays and disposables), other airlines have completely different requirements. The inventory of all this equipment is moved around with the planes. Some gets damaged or lost, and it can easily accumulate at a remote airport. If an aircraft arrives without a full inventory of equipment and other items, the company is obliged to fill the gaps from its local inventory, which amounts to over 15000 different items.

Questions:

1. Why would an airline use KLM Catering services rather than organize its own onboard services?

2.  What are the main supply chain issues that the case talks about for KLM to manage?




DSCM01

    Logistics & Supply Chain Management
    Assignment – II

Assignment Code: 2016DSCM01B1                                     Last Date of Submission: 15th November 2016
                                                          Maximum Marks: 100
Attempt all the questions. All the questions are compulsory and carry equal marks.
    Section-A (50 marks)  
1.    In the IT based supply chain management, what are the criteria be recommended to measure the performance of manufacturing organization? Explain the merits and demerits of your recommendations                                       (25 Marks)
2.    What is the need for Supply Chain Performance Measures? What are the factors that contribute to management’s need for new types of measures for managing the supply chain?                                                                                 
                                                   (25 Marks)
SECTION B (25 Marks)
Case Study
Passenger Interchange
In most major cities the amount of congestion on the roads is increasing. Some of this is due to commercial vehicles, but by far the majority is due to private cars. There are several ways of controlling the number of vehicles using certain areas. These include prohibition of cars in pedestrian areas, restricted entry, limits on parking, traffic calming schemes, and so on. A relatively new approach has road-user charging, where cars pay a fee to use a particular length of road, with the fee possibly changing with prevailing traffic conditions.
Generally, the most effective approach to reducing traffic congestion is to improve public transport. These services must be attractive to people who judge them by a range of factors, such as the comfort of seating, amount of crowding, handling of luggage, availability of food, toilets, safety facilities in waiting areas. Availability of escalators, lifts, and so on. However, the dominant considerations are cost, time and reliability.
Buses are often the most flexible form of public transport, with the time for a journey consisting of four parts:
•    joining time, which is the time needed to get to a bus stop
•    waiting time, until the bus arrives
•    journey time, to acnrallg do the travelling
•    leaving time, to get from the bus to the final destination.
Transport policies can reduce these times by a combination of frequent services, well-planned routes, and bus priority schemes. Then convenient journeys and subsidised travel make buses an attractive alternative.
One problem, however, is that people have to change buses, or transfer between buses and other types of transport, including cars, planes, trains, ferries and trams. Then there are additional times for moving between one type of transport and the next, and waiting for the next part of the service. These can be minimised by an integrated transport system with frequent, connecting services at 'passenger interchanges'.
Passenger interchanges seem a good idea, but they are not universally popular. Most people prefer a straight-through journey between two points, even if this is less frequent than an integrated service with interchanges. The reason is probably because there are more opportunities for things to go wrong, and experiences suggests that even starting a journey does not guarantee that it will successfully finish.
In practice, most major cities such as London and Paris have successful interchanges, and they are spreading into smaller towns, such as Montpellier in France. For the ten years up to 2001, the population of Montpellier grew by more than 8.4 per cent, and it moved from being the 22nd largest town in France to the eighth largest. It has good transport links with the porti of Sete, an airport, inland waterways, main road networks and a fast rail link to Paris. In 2001, public transport was enhanced with a 15 kilometer tramline connecting major sites in the town centre with other transport links. At the same time, buses were rerouted to connect to the tram, cycling was encouraged for short distances, park-and-ride services were improved, and journeys were generally made easier, As a result, there has been an increase in use of public transport, a reduction in the number of cars in the town centre, and improved air quality. When the tram opened in 2000, a third of the population tried it in the first weekend, and it carried a million people within seven weeks of opening. In 2005, a second tramline will add 19 kilometers to the routes.
Questions:
(a)     Are the problems of moving people significantly different from the problems of moving goods     or Services?
(b)     What are the benefits of public transport over private transport? Should public transport be     encouraged and, if so, how?
(c)     What are the benefits of integrated public transport systems ?

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DRM04

Introduction to SPSS
   
Assignment

Assignment Code: 2016DRM04B1                                     Last Date of Submission: 15th November 2016
                                                        Maximum Marks: 100


SECTION – A

(Each question is of 25 marks)

              Q1.  a)      Explain the difference between the “Data View”  and “Variable View” in SPSS file.
                    b)  In the variable view explain how we enter the “Value Label”, “Missing Values”, “Values”.

          Q2.  Explain the steps to carry out the following analysis:
         a)      To obtain basic descriptive statistics along with the histograms, Normality check,             box and whisker plot etc.  with one command.
         b)      To obtain one way Analysis of Variance with Post hoc tests.
    c)       How to enter variables for conducting a Paired ‘t’ test.

Section-B (50 Marks)

Case Study
This is a questionnaire is to study the behavior of individual investor and your kind cooperation will help us in understanding individual investor.

Q1.   Your Gender  
  
                     Male  ?                Female ?

Q2.  Specify your age

     Below 25 years  ?    25 – 35 years   ?                      35 – 45 years  ? 

     45- 55 years       ?    > 55 years    ?

Q3.  Specify your occupation:

         Salaried Employee                ?                           Business-man       ?
         Self Employed professional  ?                         Any Other ( pls specify)  __________

Q4. Specify your monthly income( Rs):

         < 10000                ?                       10000- 20000  ?                20000 – 40000     ?

          40000 -  60000    ?           60000 – 100000 ?                          > 100000    ?  

Q5.  If you save, please specify reasons for saving  (Tick (v)  as many as applicable )

         Planning for retirement  ?                                   Purchase of Property                ?

         Marriage of Children      ?                                   To Claim IncomeTax Benefit  ?

         For Children’s education ?

Q6. If you save, your would prefer instruments which are
                    Low risk  ?                       Moderate risk         ?             High risk   ?


Q7.  Which of the following instruments you usually prefer to invest?
         ( Rank in order of preference with 1 being the most preferred )
           
a. Bank Fixed Deposit
   
b. Public Providend Fund  
   
c.  Life Insurance Policy
   
d.  Medical Insurance Policy
   
e.  Mutual Funds
   
f.  Shares of Listed Companies
   
g.  Property / Real Estate
   

Q8.  Your preference for an investment instrument is influenced by
         (Tick v the option that is most appropriate )

           Parents     ?                                  Collegues   ?                           Friends   ?
        
           As advised by my Tax Consultant    ?

Q9.  The following are certain opinion statements concerning investment behavior. There is no right / wrong answers. Mark the extent of your agreement with each of these statements.
 SA = strongly agree     A = Agree       N = Neutral      DA = Disagree     SDA = Strongly disagree

a. My earning is just enough for the family to survive .
    SA    A    N    DA    SDA
b. Saving is an important habit    SA
    A    N    DA    SDA
c.  There is no use of saving as money always depreciates
    SA    A    N    DA    SDA
d. My saving is forced because  of the Income Tax Benefits I get.
    SA    A    N    DA    SDA
e. My family urges me to save.
    SA    A    N    DA    SDA
f. I save because I do not want to depend on my children
    SA    A    N    DA    SDA
g. Saving has been taught to me by my parents
    SA    A    N    DA    SDA
h. Saving in the share market is risky for a person like me
    SA    A    N    DA    SDA
i.  I do not save as I do not have much information on different schemes
    SA    A    N    DA    SDA

Questions:
a)  For the following questions indicate the scale in which the various variables are measured.
b)  Provide the coding and explain how these would be entered in an SPSS sheet.

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DRM03
Data Editing and Coding
Assignment
Assignment Code: 2016DRM03B1                                     Last Date of Submission: 15th November 2016
                                                        Maximum Marks: 100
Attempt all the questions. All the questions are compulsory and carry equal marks.
    Section-A (50 marks)  
Q1.     Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Questionnaire as a Data Collection tool.     Differentiate between open ended and close ended questionnaire.
Q2.     Discuss Sampling Technique in Detail.

Section B (Case Study)

Develop a questionnaire & obtain the following information from people in your colony:
1.    Submit copy of the questionnaire prepared.
Obtain:
a.    Average amount per week spent on the consumption of soft drinks.
b.    Average amount per week spent on the consumption of other nonalcoholic beverages (milk, coffee, tea, fruit juices etc.)
c.    Frequency of weekly soft drink consumption. Measure this as a categorical variable with the following question:”How often do you consume soft drinks? (1)once a week or less often, (2) two or three times a week, (3) four to six times a week. And (4) more than six times a week.”
d.    Sex of the respondent.

2.    Administer this questionnaire to 40 persons. Code the data and transcribe them for computer analysis. As compared to males, do females (i) spend more on soft drinks, (ii) spend more on other nonalcoholic beverages, (iii) consume more soft drinks?

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DRM02

Hypothesis Testing
   
Assignment

Assignment Code: 2016DRM02B1                                     Last Date of Submission: 15th November 2016
                                                        Maximum Marks: 100


SECTION – A

(Each question is of 25 marks)

Q1. a)     For the purpose of conducting a test of difference of two means, explain the levels of     measurement for the different variables that are involved.
       b) A retailer that sells home entertainment systems accumulated 10451 sales invoices     during     the previous year. The total of the sales amount on these invoices as claimed by     the company is Rs. 63,84,675. In order to estimate the true total sales for last year, an     independent auditor randomly selects 350 of the invoices and determines the actual     sales amounts by contacting the purchasers. The mean and standard deviation of the     350 samples sales amounts are Rs.532 and standard deviation 168. Find the point and     interval estimate given that a 95% confidence is required. Do you think that the amount     of invoices claimed by the accounts department is correct?

Q2.      FedEx and UPS are the world’s two leading cargo carriers by volume and revenue.     According to the Airports Council International, the Memphis International Airport     (FedEx) and Louisville International airport (UPS) are two of the ten largest cargo     airports in the world. A sample of cargo handled in the two airport were recorded and     based on the same can we conclude that there is a difference in the cargo handled by     the two airports.

Memphis    9.1    15.1    8.8    10    7.5    10.5    8.3    9.1    6    5.8    12.1    9.3
Louisville     4.7    5.0    4.2    3.3    5.5    2.2    4.1    2.6    3.4    7.0    6.3    5.8
    Use 5% level of significance to verify the above question.

SECTION – B
Mr. LePew, the advertising manager of a medium sized manufacturer of rug and room deodorizers, has developed three preliminary advertising campaigns for the company’s line of deodorizers. The three campaigns are tested in an independent sample of 24 cities across the US and the sales in each city are monitoried.( note: cities are randomly assigned to each campaign and cities are comparable in terms of various socioeconomic and demographic variables)
    Sales in the cities
Adv 1    10    6    8    12    6    8    9    7
Adv 2    9    7    6    10    6    4    5    5
Adv 3    12    10    8    13    11    10    9    7

The data for the above were analyzed for basic descriptive statistics and the results are given below:
                

Figure 1


    Table 1        Tests of Normality

     type of ad campaign    Kolmogorov-Smirnov(a)    Shapiro-Wilk
          Statistic    df    Sig.    Statistic    df    Sig.
sales    adv1    .173    8    .200(*)    .933    8    .542
     adv2    .220    8    .200(*)    .917    8    .408
     adv3    .125    8    .200(*)    .983    8    .975
*  This is a lower bound of the true significance.
a  Lilliefors Significance Correction

    Descriptives  Table 2

     type of ad campaign         Statistic    Std. Error
sales    adv1    Mean    8.2500    .72580
          Median    8.0000   
          Variance    4.214   
          Skewness    .743    .752
          Kurtosis    .142    1.481
     adv2    Mean    6.5000    .73193
          Median    6.0000   
          Variance    4.286   
          Skewness    .773    .752
          Kurtosis    -.448    1.481
     adv3    Mean    10.0000    .70711
          Median    10.0000   
          Skewness    .000    .752
          Kurtosis    -.700    1.481
   
                                      Table 3
Levene Statistic    df1    df2    Sig.
.023    2    21    .978

    Multiple Comparisons

Dependent Variable: sales
Tukey HSD                                           Table 4
(I) type of ad campaign    (J) type of ad campaign    Mean Difference (I-J)    Std. Error    Sig.    95% Confidence Interval
                         Lower Bound    Upper Bound
adv1    adv2    1.75000    1.02062    .223    -.8225    4.3225
     adv3    -1.75000    1.02062    .223    -4.3225    .8225
adv2    adv1    -1.75000    1.02062    .223    -4.3225    .8225
     adv3    -3.50000(*)    1.02062    .007    -6.0725    -.9275
adv3    adv1    1.75000    1.02062    .223    -.8225    4.3225
     adv2    3.50000(*)    1.02062    .007    .9275    6.0725
*  The mean difference is significant at the .05 level.

Case Questions:
a)     State the null and alternative hypothesis for the above problem.
b)      Carry out the appropriate hypothesis at 5% level of significance. ( table value  = 3.47)
c)      State all the assumptions for carrying out the above test. Verify based on the output     given in the question whether each of the assumptions are satisfied and justify your     answer.
d)      Based on the data given in table 4 as well as that obtained by you in part (b) above ,     interpret the complete result and state your recommendation.  

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DRM01

Sampling Methods and Techniques
   
Assignment

Assignment Code: 2016DRM01B1                                     Last Date of Submission: 15th November 2016
                                                        Maximum Marks: 100


SECTION – A

Section – A (Each question is of 25 marks)

Q1. a)      Why   is    it    important    to   understand   the concept of  Central Tendency, Dispersion,     Skewness and Kurtosis of any distribution.

       b)      In any population if the variation of the dependent variable   is  not constant for  each of     the values of the independent variable, then how does this affect the process of taking a     sample.

Q2.      Explain what is meant by Sampling and Non sampling Errors. What are the different     sources of Non Sampling Errors?


Section-B (50 Marks)

Case Study
Q1.     Is the educational achievement level of students related to how much the state in which     they reside spends on education? This is one important questions raised by policy     makers while allocating money towards education. In order to study the same data was     collected among 35 states of a well developed economy on the expenditure (spending)     per student (in thousands) and the composite score (score) for the average student     recorded. The summary of the data obtained is as follows:

? spending =  1774.09   ;  ? score =  2209.10  ;   ?(spending)2 = 93933.25
? (score)2 = 139690.61 ;  ? (spending x score) =  112322.20 ; 
? (spending-mean spending)2 =  4007.67 ;  ? (score-mean score)2 = 258.53

    The regression output obtained was as follows:
    Model Summary
Model    R    R Square    Adjusted R Square    Std. Error of the Estimate    Durbin-Watson
1    **    **    **    **    .286
    ANOVA
Model         Sum of Squares    df    Mean Square    F    Sig.
1    Regression    **    **    **    **    .045(a)
     Residual    228.54    **    **        
     Total    **    **             
    Coefficients
Model         Unstandardized Coefficients    Standardized Coefficients    t    Sig.
          B    Std. Error    Beta        
1    (Constant)    **    2.1535         27.273    .000
     Independent variable    **    **    .341    **    .045

Case Questions:

a)      Identify the dependent and independent variables.
b)      Fill up the blanks marked as (**) in the different tables given above.

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DOMM01
Manufacturing Management
Assignment – I

Assignment Code: 2016D0MM01B1                                 Last Date of Submission: 15th November 2016
                                                        Maximum Marks: 100
Section-A
Each question carries 25 Marks.
Q1.     Discuss the role that efficient logistics system plays in encouraging a high level of     foreign trade.
Q2. (a) Distinguish between standards and benchmarks in Manufacturing Management.
       (b). “Customer is sole centre of any TQM process.”Comment.

Section – B Case Study (50 Marks)
Siddhi Pharama is a leading manufacturer of various pharmaceutical formulations such as tables, capsules, syrups etc. Besides the generic formulations, a number of products in their brand name are also produced. Although a young company, Siddhi Pharma has made significant achievements in the pharmaceuticals industry. This is the result of their focus on quality.
 Siddhi Pharama was established in the year 1990 to manufacture quality pharmaceutical formulations. Its Directorss, who are Pharmacy graduates, back the organization. With the knowledge base and the firm’s dedicated efforts, the firm’s product range has been expanded and the quality has been improved upon. The objective is to make the products market friendly in India. The major markets of the Siddhi Pharama in India are the supplies to DGS&D. The firm is also supplying to the marketers who are further controlling the distribution system. Due to increased competition the company is planning to go in for export market.
Thus, Siddhi Pharama is today a growing firm. The company’s manufacturing facility is strategically located in the backward area of U.P. All the major inspecting authorities such as the Drugs Control Department of the Director General of Health Services have approved their manufacturing facilities. For quality control and development of products the company has their own in-house and well-equipped laboratory, duly approved by the aforesaid inspecting authorities. Besides, the well-equipped testing laboratory, Siddhi has the following sections.
Tablet section for the manufacturing of uncoated tablets, sugar coated tablets, film coated tablets. Liquid syrup section for manufacturing of different syrups, suspensions and solution etc.
As far as quality related costs are concerned at Siddhi Pharama, the awareness among the Director, related to the topic is very less. The Company does’nt have any organized structure to deal with the problem. The Company does’nt work open it, but yes, they come to know about the cost of poor quality or cost of non-quality when the whole of the batch of medicines or syrups is rejected in any stage of the supply chain and the debit note is raised in favour of them.
Quality assurance has long been a tradition with Siddhi Pharama Quality is the priority in all activities carried out in the company. This can very well be understood while looking at their operations deeply. The company has a well equipped testing laboratory comprising of machines like HPC testing machine, UV machine for raw material. DT machine (disintegration time). PH meter to check acid content.
Prevention costs: This cost can very well the understood by looking at the internal environment of the company. The company has a structured way to provide a dust free environment, which is ultimately reflected in their products when they clear every stage of inspection. The company pro-videos quality training to its staff members in order to deal with the problem and to prevent costs of poor quality. The company has a proper maintenance department to ensure smooth working of machine.
Appraisal costs: This cost can be looked upon in their well-equipped testing laboratory. Each of the tests performed in the Lab are to avert any kind of cost, which can arise in future. For e.g., UV machine in the Lab is to check raw material and the absence of this machine can set up huge costs for them when the whole batch of tablets is found defective in further tests. Thus we can see that the company has invested in the appraisal cost but this all is to save future costs which the company will have to bear in the absence of the well-equipped laboratory.
Internal Failure: The costs related to internal failure are very high if the batch is found Defective. For e.g., if medicine is found defective in the later stages but inside the factory and costs could be very high because then the whole lot has to be scrapped. But if defect is found in the initial stage, the costs attached to it could be less. So the costs attached to internal failure completely depend upon which stage the defect is detected.
External Failure: External failure means a lot to the company because this mean loss of image and goodwill. Company’s representative continuously visits the medical practitioners and if any patient comes with the complaint then this completely destroys the company’s image in the market and the company could have to invest a lot again to build goodwill. External failures could also be looked into when the whole of the batch is rejected at the customers place and the company have to invest a lot to come out of the problem.
Questions:
1.    Analyse the case in the light of quality cost implementation.
2.    What are the improvements you can suggest to the company for expansion?






















DOMM01
Manufacturing Management
Assignment – II

Assignment Code: 2016D0MM01B1                                 Last Date of Submission: 15th November 2016
                                                        Maximum Marks: 100
Section-A
Each question carries 25 Marks.
Q1.    Explain the concept of Re-engineering in manufacturing sector. Explain its role in     Cost Effectiveness.
Q2. (a) Distinguish between restructuring and benchmarks in Manufacturing Management.
       (b) Explain the relevance between Distribution and inventory in Manufacturing sector.


Section – B Case Study (50 Marks)
 “There are many missing underlying foundation required to support the general framework from which good and sound supply chain management in India can begin with to develop and thrive.”Discuss this statement with reference to India, and reasons why it can emerge as an important manufacturing hub in the near future. What and where are the types of infrastructure investment needed for this?