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Internal Assignment Applicable for SEPTEMBER
2018 Examination
Course: Industrial Relations
& Labour laws
1.
An industry in a rural part of Gujarat, has employed a total of 500 workers,
which are spread over 3 units. The workers have faced different labour problems
at various occasions. There is a manager who supervises the work carried in
these 3 units. The employers travel to the industry once in 4-6 months. The
employees find it difficult to meet the management. The manager also is
incapable to effectively communicate the problems of the employees. The manager
suggested that the employees to start a trade union and register it. The
employees agree with the suggestion but are not convinced to register the
union. The manager informs them that forming a trade union would be beneficial
for them and registering the trade union would give them a legal status. Advise
the workers. (10 Marks)
2.
An employee filed a complaint against a cable manufacturing factory over
alleged safety-related lapses at its manufacturing facilities at Solapur, in
Maharashtra. Two persons were burnt to death in fire that broke out in one of
the unit's at night. The deceased, were badli workers. They were carrying
materials to the unit, when electrical sparks led to the fire which spread
rapidly. According to the complaint filed, the occupier did not comply with the
statutory safety provisions and accused him of using unskilled workers for
skilled jobs. The company suspended the existing occupier pending the decision
of the complaint filed and appointed a new occupier and instructed him to
comply with all the statutory safety norms. Advise the occupier as to the
statutory safety norms. (10 Marks)
3a.
A workman drawing a monthly wage of Rs. 3000 meets with an accident while
working on a machine and died on 12th April,2018. He was born on 14th July,
1982. Calculate the amount of compensation payable to the employee. (5 Marks)
b.
An employee was murdered in communal riot when he was on his way to the
workplace. His wife and children were depending on the wages earned by the
employee. The employer refused compensation on the ground that he did not die
in the workplace. Are the wife and children entitled to compensation? (5 Marks)
Course: Performance
Management System
1.
Neerja is a First Time Manager and is bring trained on goal setting. You are
her HR Coach. As her coach you are required to explain the concept of goal
setting to Neerja along with 5 examples of goals covering the following
functions / departments, i.e. HR, Accounts, IT, Sales and Operatoins. (10
Marks)
2.
Sandeep is the Operations Head of Arihant Enterprises, an organization that
manufactures fans and motors. Sandeep is always rated ‘’excellent’’ in his
domain, i.e. operations. He is, however, an impatient, hasty person and a
common complaint by all his team members is that he does not invest time to
give them performance feedback. He rushes through the annual performance
feedback process in less than 5 minutes. If you are to being about a change in
Sandeep’s approach, what is the advice you would give him on performance
feedback process. (10 Marks)
3.
Natraj industries is a 5-year old company with apparel stores across major
cities in India. The store has 500 retail staff who interact with customers.
You are the HR manager at Natraj industries.
a.
What steps will you take before introducing 360 degree feedback process (5
Marks)
b.
Provide 2 illustrations of 360 degree questions for feedback from customers. (5
Marks)
Course: Taxation – Direct
and Indirect
1.
Mr. Kumar is a small trader. His annual turnover has never exceeded Rs. 1500000
during the last 5 years. In the earlier indirect tax regime, he did not have
any VAT or Service Tax registration. He is undecided whether to register for
GST, and has approached you for guidance. Prepare a detailed report, advising
him regarding benefits of GST Registration. (10 Marks)
2.
Ravi has two houses, both of which are self occupied. The particulars of the
houses for Previous Year 2017 – 18 are as under:
Particulars
House
I
House
II
Municipal
Value per annum
100000
150000
Fair
Rent per annum
75000
175000
Standard
Rent per annum
90000
160000
Date
of Completion
31.03.1999
31.03.2001
Municipal
taxes paid during the year
12%
8%
Interest
on money borrowed for repair of property
NIL
55000
Compute
Ravi’s income from house property for the Assessment Year 2018 – 19 and suggest
which house should be opted by Ravi to be assessed as self occupied to minimize
his tax liability. (10 Marks)
3.
A) Joseph, a foreign citizen, visits India since 1995 every year for a period
of 100 days. Determine the residential status of Joseph for the assessment year
2018-19? (5 Marks)
Course: Capital Market and
Portfolio Management
1.
The following data shows the return of Alpha Ltd and the market:
Year
Return
on Alpha(%)
Return
on Market (%)
1
50
45
2
35
30
3
30
28
4
28
30
5
25
25
Calculate
the beta of Alpha Ltd and interpret. (10 Marks)
2.
SBI and HDFC are two mutual funds. SBI has observed return of 15% and fund HDFC
has observed return of 20%. HDFC has a beta of 1.5 and SBI has a beta of 1. The
respective standard deviations are 18% of SBI and 22% of HDFC. The mean return
for market index is 0.12, while the risk-free return is 9%. Suggest which
fund’s performance is better based on Sharpe and Treynor ratio. (10 Marks)
3.
Anita has two securities in her portfolio. The proportions, expected return and
standard deviations of her securities are as given in the table. She approached
her friend who was a portfolio manager to understand the total risk which was
associated with her investment in the portfolio and also the return that she
was expecting from the portfolio. The details of portfolio of Anita is:
Security
1
Security
2
Security
Expected Return
10%
12%
Standard
Deviation
13%
15%
Weight
30%
70%
Covariance
of security 1 and 2 is 0.0049.
Calculate:
a)
Variance of the portfolio so that Anita can estimate total risk of her
portfolio.
(5
Marks)
b)
Return per unit of risk of the portfolio (5 Marks)
Course: Corporate Finance
1. A
company has sales of 4,00,000 units at ₹ 5 per unit, variable cost ₹ 0.60 per
unit, fixed cost ₹ 2,00,000 and interest charges of ₹ 3,500. Compute degree of
operating leverage and financial leverage and comment on the values of each
leverage.
(10
Marks)
2. A
choice is to be made between the two competing proposals which require an equal
investment of ₹ 50000 and are expected to generate net cash flows as under:
Years
Project
A(₹)
Project
B (₹)
1
25000
10000
2
15000
12000
3
10000
18000
4
Nil
25000
5
12000
8000
6
6000
4000
Cost
of capital of the company is 10%. Which proposal should be selected using NPV
method? (10 Marks)
3.
Gamma Corporation was a 20 years old company and its capital structure
consisted of 1000 equity shares of ₹100 each, 500 preference shares(10%) of ₹50
each and 500 debentures(8%) of ₹30 each. The management of the company wanted
to estimate what would be the value of EPS if the values of EBIT were changed
and tax rate is 35%.
a)
Calculate EPS if the level of EBIT is ₹1,00,000 (5 Marks)
b)
Calculate EPS if the level of EBIT is ₹1,50,000 (5 Marks)
Course: Cost &
Management Accounting
1.
The Managing director of a fairly new consumer durables company has a new
problem at hand. The company is finding it difficult to cope with the recently
introduced GST, and has been the subject of numerous missed deadlines, demand
notices and penal interest from the tax authorities. The frequency and severity
of the issues have led them to be a key focus area for the management. The
Managing Director has approached you to review the Management Accounting
process in the company in the light of the above events. Critically analyze the
issues at hand, and suggest a suitable roadmap for the company to revamp its
Management Accounting process. (10 Marks)
2. A
work order for 100 units of a commodity has to pass through three different
machines of which the machine hour rates are given:
Machine No. 1 — Rs. 1.25,
Machine No. 2 — Rs. 2.50, and
Machine No. 3 — Rs. 3.00
The
following expenses have been incurred on the work order: materials Rs. 8000 and
wages Rs. 500.
Machine
No. 1 has been engaged for 200 Hrs, Machine No.2 for 160 Hrs and Machine No. 3
for 240 Hrs. After the work order has been completed, materials worth Rs. 400
are found to be surplus and are returned to stores. Office overheads used to be
40% of works costs, but on account of all round rises in the cost of
administration, distribution and sales, there has been a 50% rise in the office
overhead expenditure.
Moreover,
it is known that 10% of the production will have to be scrapped as not being up
to the specialization and the sale proceeds of the scrapped output will be only
5% of the cost of sales.
The
manufacturer wants to make a profit of 20% on the total cost of the work order.
You are required to help in determining the selling price of a unit of
commodity ready for sale. (10 Marks)
3. A
small company produces two products, A and B. Both products need the same raw
material X, and the labour force is skilled enough to work on both production
lines. The following particulars are obtained from the costing records of the
factory.
Particulars
A -
Per unit (Rs.)
B -
Per unit (Rs.)
Direct
Material @ Rs.20/kg
80
320
Direct
Labour @ Rs.10/hr
100
200
Variable
overhead
40
80
Selling
Price
400
1000
Total
fixed overheads
Rs.
30000
In
the recent past, the company has faced problems with inadequate supplies of raw
material X, and severe labour absenteeism, which have severely hampered their
production schedule. The Management has decided that henceforth in such crises,
the company will focus exclusively on any one product, with the objective of
maximizing profits by properly utilizing the scarce input.
a.
Which product should the company focus on if they experience shortage of supply
of raw material X? (5 Marks)
b.
Which product should the company focus on if they experience shortage of supply
of labour? (5 Marks)
Course: Marketing of
Financial Services
1.
Develop a Public Relations campaign for a Bank of your choice to highlight the
“Digital Banking” advantage that your Bank offers. (10 Marks)
2.
Your client avoids investing in equities for his long term goals. He found
equity investments are too risky and is confused about the appropriate time to
take an entry or exit route from the financial market. Explain some investment
techniques that can help him in negating the biases involved in investing. (10
Marks)
3.
You are a Financial Planner. Your client Amit Advani aged 37 years, works with
an IT company earning Rs 15 lakhs per year. His wife Deepti, aged 34 years, is
a homemaker. They have one daughter Rimmi aged 5 years. The couple requires
your help to make some financial decisions. (You can make any assumptions to
further build up your case.)
a)
Amit wants to buy a Pure Risk Life Insurance cover of Rs 1.5 crore. He is
confused whether he should buy a ULIP, Endowment or a Term Plan. Recommend the
product best suited for his requirement. (5 Marks)
b)
Amit and Deepti want your help to invest for Rimmi’s higher education which
they estimate would be required after 16 years. (5 Marks)
Course: Retail Banking
Q1.
A leading private bank, having presence mostly in metros and other Tier I cities
has decided to open branch operations in a Tier II city (assume a city of your
choice)? Discuss the various retail banking products the banks can offer in
this city. (10 Marks)
Q2.
Banking today has become a fiercely competitive industry due to the entry of so
many foreign and private banks. Discuss how a recently established bank can
reach out to customers to understand their needs and hence cater specifically
to their needs so as to provide satisfactory service. (10 marks)
Q3.
The banking sector (including both retail and corporate banking) has reached
out to global customers crossing boundaries in recent times. With reference to
retail banking briefly discuss the following aspects of globalization in retail
banking
a.
What are the various marketing strategies adopted by banks to attract customers
across various geographical boundaries? (5 Marks)
b.
Discuss how can banks offer various distribution channels for customer so as to
serve them in an efficient manner, without the customer using physical branch
operations and still be able to make all required financial transactions. (5
Marks)
Course: Strategic Cost
Management
1.
Neha was working with the strategic team of the company. The company was
planning to analyse the business proposals to understand if it was beneficial
for the company to go ahead or not. The company wanted to understand the steps
that should be followed in order to perform the cost benefit analysis. Help
Neha to prepare the report that can be presented to the management for
successful strategic cost benefit analysis. (10 Marks)
2.
Alpha Ltd was making losses since last two years and was thinking of changing
their work style, try to improve customer service, cut operational costs, and
become world-class competitors. Before they could initiate the change they
wanted to understand the factors that would contribute to the success and
failure of re-engineering of Business process. Discuss. (10 Marks)
3.
Mr. Gupta was the head of finance and wanted to understand the relationship
between contribution and sales in order to estimate the profitability of the
firm. He wanted to analyse the ratio as well as estimate the changes in the
ratio due to changes in variable cost or selling price. The data was provided
to him by his team. Calculate:
3a)
P/V ratio if Selling price ₹ 30 per unit and Variable cost ₹ 20 per unit
(5
Marks)
3b)
Revised P/V ratio if 10% increase in variable cost is assumed (5 Marks)
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