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Assignment Marks: 30
1. Assume that you are the HR manager of
a multinational manufacturing
organization.
Devise a compensation plan to accommodate
the needs of the employees.
(10 Marks)
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2. Analyse the current reward trends and
comment on the pros and cons of those
trends.
(10 Marks)
3. “A competitive compensation plan is
not only favourable for the employees but
it
also perks up the company’s performance.
It alters an employee’s focus towards
generating more revenue for their
organization and empowers them to
overcome
their departmental schedules”.
a. Do you agree with the above statement?
Explain your reasons with examples.
(5 Marks)
b. What approach can be adopted by
companies to make the compensation plan
more
holistic? (5 Marks)
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Course: Industrial Relations & Labour
Laws
Internal Assignment Applicable for June
2018 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
1. Anil is a rural worker, working in an
establishment which carries manufacturing
of
plastic sacks used for packing cement.
This establishment is owned by a
registered
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corporation. This establishment has 4
units, each carrying out a particular
task relating
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to manufacturing process. The number of
workers work in two shifts, with each
shift
lasting for around 7 hours. The total
number of workers employed by the
establishment
is 154. Anil and the other workers have
issues with their health as the unit is
not kept
clean. They have to face problems with
regard to drinking water also. Sunil,
another
employee, suffered an accident because
the unit was not well lit. The owners do
not
take the complaints seriously stating
that none of the labour laws apply to the
manufacturing unit.
Advise Anil. (10 Marks)
2. Amit was working in a factory. He was
employed in lifting the goods with a
crane.
Abhay another employee was given the job
of stacking the goods together, before
they
could be lifted by the crane. Abhay had
to go home early, but the owner refused
to
leave him until he completed his task. In
a hurry to complete the job Abhay
overburdened the goods. When Amit, lifted
the goods with the crane, the goods
toppled
and fell an Arvind, an employee, who was
standing below. This accident resulted in
the
death of Arvind.
After a few days, the dependents of
Arvind came to the employer and claimed
for
compensation. The employer refused
stating that it was not his fault that
led to the
accident and it was the carelessness and
negligence of Amit and Abhay which led to
the
accident.
Advice the Dependants. (10 Marks)
3. A) An organization was in operation
for the past 20 years. The organization
gave a
bonus every year during Diwali. For the
past two years the organization did not
give a
bonus stating the reason that the company
had not earned any profits. However, the
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balance sheet reflected clear profits.
When the workers raised this issue the
employers
did not pay any heed as the workers were
lacking a collective bargaining power.
Without a trade union existing the
workers found it difficult to fight for
their rights.
The employers also threatened to file a
criminal conspiracy case against the
workers.
Analyze the case and advice the workers
on a suitable solution. (5 Marks)
3. B) Arjun was Director in a company.
The company has units across the country
– 2 in
cities and 4 in rural areas. Each unit
has approximately 30 to 40 workers
working.
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The
wages of each employee are different.
Also the employees doing the same work
but
working in different units were not paid
the same wages. An employee who was
transferred from a rural unit raised this
issue with the trade union. The trade
union
asked Arjun to get all the wages of all
the employees at par. Arjun replied
stating that
disparities in wages was allowed.
Is Arjun justified in giving different
wages to different employees working in
different
areas? (5 Marks)
***************
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School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Manpower Planning, Recruitment
and Selection
Internal Assignment Applicable for June
2018 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
1. Performance appraisal has been one of
the core functions of HRM. In the
scenario today
when attrition has increased and cost
savings are the need of the hour, do you
feel that
Performance Appraisal is still a required
function? Why? (10 Marks)
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2. Why is Succession Planning important
for companies? Give atleast two examples
from
Indian / Foreign businesses. (10 Marks)
3. A training program on Customer Service
was designed for petrol pump attendants
in
the state of Gujarat. Due care was taken
to include matters most relevant to the
petrol
pump attendants and that would contribute
to their productivity. The training
program
was not found effective inspite of it
being conducted in the local language and
by
experienced trainers.
a. What according to you may be the
possible reason for the failure of the
program?
(5 Marks)
b. Discuss factors that should be
considered while designing a effective
training
program. (5 Marks)
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Course: Organisation Culture
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2018 Examination
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Assignment Marks: 30
1. ABC Ltd, a medium sized IT firm, has
hired you as a consultant to help the
company correctly understand the cultural
patterns in the organization. Before
this,
there was no attempt made to look at the
culture of the organization. You decide
to
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use Hofstede’s model of organizational
culture to make the company understand
cultural patterns. In this background,
explain Hofstede’s model.
(10 Marks)
2. Consider the following two
characteristics of XYZ Ltd, an online
retail start up.
•Promoters don’t have proper awareness
of firm’s strengths and weaknesses
•Promoters are not aware of
opportunities and threats
Based on the above characteristics,
identify the type of culture that XYZ has
and
then point out other characteristics of
the same type.
(10 Marks)
3. In the fresh recruitment drive, 25 new
employees have joined your organization
which is a medium sized textiles
manufacturing firm. One of the tasks on
your
hands is to make these fresh employees
well aware of present organizational
culture. Explain how will you use
following ways to make these new
employees
learn the organizational culture?
a) Stories (5 Marks)
b) Material symbols (5 Marks)
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Course: Organisational Theory, Structure
and Design
Internal Assignment Applicable for June
2018 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
1. You are a consultant at Super
Manufacturing; a family owned company is
having 4
members of the family as the main
decision maker. Generally they take
decisions
with experience. The company is facing a
big problem of low performance and low
morale of the employees. Discuss the
various approaches of organizational
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effectiveness and find out the most
suitable approach to effectiveness in
such
situation (10 Marks)
2. Megha recently joined Capex Healthcare
Pvt. Ltd.’ As a Factory Manager.
Before joining she was working as a
factory manager of Index Healthcare
Solutions. Comparatively a small system
with a simple organizational
structure. Generally, a simple
organisational structure is followed in
smallorganisations comprising of the
owner and a few employees. As the number
of
employees increases, the layers in the
organisational structure also multiply,
which results in a complex structure of
the organization. Thus, a complex
organisational structure is a result of
various divisions of an organisation
spread across the globe. Discuss the
common problems Ms. Megha will face in
managing new organization. What she can
do to overcome with this problem.
(10 Marks)
3. ‘Pebble Pharmaceuticals’ is facing a
big issue of conflict between Amit the
production head and Prashant the head of
Purchase department. A full lot of
cough syrup is ready but cannot be
dispatched because labels are not
available.
The purchase department takes labels once
in a year to reduce the cost. If any
specific demand will come from the
departments they follow the due process
of
purchase. Although the store department
already made a request for labels when
cough syrup production started but
Prashant is waiting on the request from
Mr
Amit the head of production. It happened
because last year Amit and Prashant
had a big conflict of sub-standard
purchase, huge raw material was rejected
by
production department due to substandard
quality. Prashant has taken it a
personally and trying to play politics
against him.
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a) Describe the type of conflict
discussed and what are the possible
outcomes of
such conflicts. (5 Marks)
b) Suggest how the organization can avoid
such conflicts. (5 Marks)
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Course: Compensation & Benefits
Internal Assignment Applicable for June
2018 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
1. Assume that you are the HR manager of
a multinational manufacturing
organization.
Devise a compensation plan to accommodate
the needs of the employees.
(10 Marks)
NMIMS Global Access
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Course: Compensation & Benefits
Internal Assignment Applicable for June
2018 Examination
2. Analyse the current reward trends and
comment on the pros and cons of those
trends.
(10 Marks)
3. “A competitive compensation plan is
not only favourable for the employees but
it
also perks up the company’s performance.
It alters an employee’s focus towards
generating more revenue for their
organization and empowers them to
overcome
their departmental schedules”.
a. Do you agree with the above statement?
Explain your reasons with examples.
(5 Marks)
b. What approach can be adopted by
companies to make the compensation plan
more
holistic? (5 Marks)
***************
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Course: Industrial Relations & Labour
Laws
Internal Assignment Applicable for June
2018 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
1. Anil is a rural worker, working in an
establishment which carries manufacturing
of
plastic sacks used for packing cement.
This establishment is owned by a
registered
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Course: Industrial Relations & Labour
Laws
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corporation. This establishment has 4
units, each carrying out a particular
task relating
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to manufacturing process. The number of
workers work in two shifts, with each
shift
lasting for around 7 hours. The total
number of workers employed by the
establishment
is 154. Anil and the other workers have
issues with their health as the unit is
not kept
clean. They have to face problems with
regard to drinking water also. Sunil,
another
employee, suffered an accident because
the unit was not well lit. The owners do
not
take the complaints seriously stating
that none of the labour laws apply to the
manufacturing unit.
Advise Anil. (10 Marks)
2. Amit was working in a factory. He was
employed in lifting the goods with a
crane.
Abhay another employee was given the job
of stacking the goods together, before
they
could be lifted by the crane. Abhay had
to go home early, but the owner refused
to
leave him until he completed his task. In
a hurry to complete the job Abhay
overburdened the goods. When Amit, lifted
the goods with the crane, the goods
toppled
and fell an Arvind, an employee, who was
standing below. This accident resulted in
the
death of Arvind.
After a few days, the dependents of
Arvind came to the employer and claimed
for
compensation. The employer refused
stating that it was not his fault that
led to the
accident and it was the carelessness and
negligence of Amit and Abhay which led to
the
accident.
Advice the Dependants. (10 Marks)
3. A) An organization was in operation
for the past 20 years. The organization
gave a
bonus every year during Diwali. For the
past two years the organization did not
give a
bonus stating the reason that the company
had not earned any profits. However, the
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balance sheet reflected clear profits.
When the workers raised this issue the
employers
did not pay any heed as the workers were
lacking a collective bargaining power.
Without a trade union existing the
workers found it difficult to fight for
their rights.
The employers also threatened to file a
criminal conspiracy case against the
workers.
Analyze the case and advice the workers
on a suitable solution. (5 Marks)
3. B) Arjun was Director in a company.
The company has units across the country
– 2 in
cities and 4 in rural areas. Each unit
has approximately 30 to 40 workers
working.
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The
wages of each employee are different.
Also the employees doing the same work
but
working in different units were not paid
the same wages. An employee who was
transferred from a rural unit raised this
issue with the trade union. The trade
union
asked Arjun to get all the wages of all
the employees at par. Arjun replied
stating that
disparities in wages was allowed.
Is Arjun justified in giving different
wages to different employees working in
different
areas? (5 Marks)
***************
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School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Manpower Planning, Recruitment
and Selection
Internal Assignment Applicable for June
2018 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
1. Performance appraisal has been one of
the core functions of HRM. In the
scenario today
when attrition has increased and cost
savings are the need of the hour, do you
feel that
Performance Appraisal is still a required
function? Why? (10 Marks)
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2. Why is Succession Planning important
for companies? Give atleast two examples
from
Indian / Foreign businesses. (10 Marks)
3. A training program on Customer Service
was designed for petrol pump attendants
in
the state of Gujarat. Due care was taken
to include matters most relevant to the
petrol
pump attendants and that would contribute
to their productivity. The training
program
was not found effective inspite of it
being conducted in the local language and
by
experienced trainers.
a. What according to you may be the
possible reason for the failure of the
program?
(5 Marks)
b. Discuss factors that should be
considered while designing a effective
training
program. (5 Marks)
***************
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Assignment Marks: 30
1. ABC Ltd, a medium sized IT firm, has
hired you as a consultant to help the
company correctly understand the cultural
patterns in the organization. Before
this,
there was no attempt made to look at the
culture of the organization. You decide
to
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2018 Examination
use Hofstede’s model of organizational
culture to make the company understand
cultural patterns. In this background,
explain Hofstede’s model.
(10 Marks)
2. Consider the following two
characteristics of XYZ Ltd, an online
retail start up.
•Promoters don’t have proper awareness
of firm’s strengths and weaknesses
•Promoters are not aware of
opportunities and threats
Based on the above characteristics,
identify the type of culture that XYZ has
and
then point out other characteristics of
the same type.
(10 Marks)
3. In the fresh recruitment drive, 25 new
employees have joined your organization
which is a medium sized textiles
manufacturing firm. One of the tasks on
your
hands is to make these fresh employees
well aware of present organizational
culture. Explain how will you use
following ways to make these new
employees
learn the organizational culture?
a) Stories (5 Marks)
b) Material symbols (5 Marks)
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Course: Organisational Theory, Structure
and Design
Internal Assignment Applicable for June
2018 Examination
Assignment Marks: 30
1. You are a consultant at Super
Manufacturing; a family owned company is
having 4
members of the family as the main
decision maker. Generally they take
decisions
with experience. The company is facing a
big problem of low performance and low
morale of the employees. Discuss the
various approaches of organizational
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2018 Examination
effectiveness and find out the most
suitable approach to effectiveness in
such
situation (10 Marks)
2. Megha recently joined Capex Healthcare
Pvt. Ltd.’ As a Factory Manager.
Before joining she was working as a
factory manager of Index Healthcare
Solutions. Comparatively a small system
with a simple organizational
structure. Generally, a simple
organisational structure is followed in
smallorganisations comprising of the
owner and a few employees. As the number
of
employees increases, the layers in the
organisational structure also multiply,
which results in a complex structure of
the organization. Thus, a complex
organisational structure is a result of
various divisions of an organisation
spread across the globe. Discuss the
common problems Ms. Megha will face in
managing new organization. What she can
do to overcome with this problem.
(10 Marks)
3. ‘Pebble Pharmaceuticals’ is facing a
big issue of conflict between Amit the
production head and Prashant the head of
Purchase department. A full lot of
cough syrup is ready but cannot be
dispatched because labels are not
available.
The purchase department takes labels once
in a year to reduce the cost. If any
specific demand will come from the
departments they follow the due process
of
purchase. Although the store department
already made a request for labels when
cough syrup production started but
Prashant is waiting on the request from
Mr
Amit the head of production. It happened
because last year Amit and Prashant
had a big conflict of sub-standard
purchase, huge raw material was rejected
by
production department due to substandard
quality. Prashant has taken it a
personally and trying to play politics
against him.
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Course: Organisational Theory, Structure
and Design
Internal Assignment Applicable for June
2018 Examination
a) Describe the type of conflict
discussed and what are the possible
outcomes of
such conflicts. (5 Marks)
b) Suggest how the organization can avoid
such conflicts. (5 Marks)
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