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Assignment Applicable for December
2018 Examination
SEMESTER 1
Corporate Social Responsibility
1. Climate change is
the current focus of business community globally and businesses worldwide are
including climate change related considerations in their strategic business
decisions as well as long term plans. Choose any one current and live company,
Indian or Multinational and explain how it is implementing any two climate
change policies /actions to reduce their negative climate change impacts and
why do they look at climate change as part of risk management?(refer to the
sustainability report of the chosen company)
2. With the
introduction of Companies Act 2013 for the first time CSR has been legally
acknowledged. Study the section 135, CSR rules as well as Schedule VII of
Companies Act 2013. According to you explain 10 benefits that will accrue to
business as well as society due to this regulation.
3. Child labour is a
violation of human rights. India is sadly the home to the largest number of
child labourers in the world. Children are engaged as household servants and
are also employed by hotels, service stations, food stalls, workshops,
construction sites, carpet industries, etc. They are even employed in hazardous
and unhygienic forms of labour in textile, leather and cracker industries,
depriving the children of their childhood, and harming their mental, emotional
and physical development & well-being.
a. What according to
you are five compelling reasons for the existence of child labour in India?
b. Suggest four
strategies/action plan that can be adopted by business to make child labour
unattractive and non viable.
Course: Business Communication
1. Large
organizations where there are many people working closely, create unofficial
and informal channels of communication. What is this kind of communication known
as and what purpose does it serve in large organizations? List different types
of this communication along with drawbacks if any.
2. Explain the
various forms that non-verbal communication takes which impacts cultural aspect
of communication. How does verbal and non-verbal communication relate to each
other?
3. Zenstar
Technologies has the task of collating feedback from its customers before the
launch of its new product next fortnight. They need their customers to
participate and be forthright in the opinions they present to improvise and
make any last minute course corrections to garner the best response for the
product launch.
a. Which computer
tool for collecting information will be most suitable for the requirements of
Zenstar Technologies and why?
b. Advice on how they
should conduct the whole exercise of gathering feedback from their customers?
Course: Business Economics
1. The manager of a
company was analysing the trend of the products of its company (Commodity Y)
getting replaced by another substitute product available in the market which
gives the same level of satisfaction to the consumers. Calculate the rate of
Marginal Rate of Substitution and analyse the result.
|
Combination
|
Units of Commodity
Y
|
Units of Commodity
X
|
Total Utility
|
|
a
|
40
|
10
|
U
|
|
b
|
25
|
14
|
U
|
|
c
|
17
|
19
|
U
|
|
d
|
10
|
27
|
U
|
|
e
|
7
|
38
|
U
|
2. Neha has just
completed her MBA and joined a startup company. The company was planning to
launch a new product in the market so the management wanted to understand the
different factors that can impact the demand and supply of their products in
the market. Help Neha to prepare a report on the factors impacting demand and
supply of products in the market.
3. Alpha Ltd market
share was declining due to high competition in the market so it decided to
enter a new segment. It wanted to determine the relationship between change in
the quantity demanded of the product due to change in the price of the product
in the market. Assume that at the price of ₹100, the demand for the product is
400 units. If the price of the product increases to ₹120, the demand decreases
to 250 units. Calculate the price elasticity:
a) Using Arc
elasticity method
b) Using Percentage
method
Course: Information Systems for Managers
1. Social media and
data analytics are changing the scene for most industries today. It is said
that social media played a key role in propelling the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) to power in 2014. It is no surprise that with the elections round the
corner in 2019, parties are getting their social media warriors ready to help
them combat this war in the digital space. In your opinion, can Social media be
used to influence voter behaviour? Can political parties actually leverage data
analytics solutions to reach out to probable voters? Justify your answer.
2. Malkan
Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is operating in the pharmaceutical industry with
a number of drug formulations in the form of tablets, capsules, powder and
syrup. These drugs are available to the patients through chemists or online
pharmacies on prescriptions of registered practitioners only. Besides, the
company has some over-the-counter products that are available to any person
without prescriptions. The company markets its products through a network of
wholesalers, who in turn have their retailer network. The company is finding it
difficult to maintain the inventory of the stocks that it has at its disposal,
warehousing processes and associated transactions including shipping,
receiving, put-away and picking. In order to streamline its operations to
achieve efficiency, the company is planning to invest in a SCM software. How
would this help the company in achieving its objectives? What are the risks in
implementing the same?
3. You have been
assigned as a project manager to deploy ERP System in a new start-up company
having multi-location in India, with standalone and disparate systems. This
company has manual processes, a high dependency on people for information,
leading to a delay in timely decision making. The organization has embarked on
a journey to implement ERP system-duly integrating all process and functions
for quality transactions and availability of information.
a. Elaborate the
steps you would take for effective implementation.
b. What are the
critical issues that you need to address for the successful implementation of
ERP?
Course: Management Theory and Practice
1. M/s Subodh
Enterprise is failing to make profit from last five years. The company has no
proper vision and direction to follow. The Directors have decided to replace
the current leader who shows less concern for people as well as profit. They
appoint you as a consultant to guide them on the various types of leader and
suggest them one type of leader that will be suitable for this organization
with reasons.
2. Mr. Ajay wants to
purchase new printers for the organization as the current printers are outdated
and the cost per print is high. Whenever the printers stop working the service provided
from the company is very poor. It takes them seven days to resolve minor issues.
This is affecting the productivity of people. There are seven departments and all
the departments’ printer need to be replaced. Explain the decision making
process that Ajay should follow for purchase of best printers for the
organization.
3. Mr. Amit is the
departmental head of Marketing and has seven employees directly reporting to
him. The seven members of the team are never in consensus with each other on
major important decisions. There had been heated discussion among them in various
meeting scheduled by Mr. Amit. The team members are not having great rapport
with Production and R&D departments’ Head because of lack of coordination within
the team. There is total chaos and confusion in the organization. Mr. Amit is
worried about the online course that he has joined and has not been able to commit
himself for the course. He is not able to give time to solve the assignments, check
the MCQs, and participate in the discussion forum which are a part of the
course. Mr. Amit’s relationship with the seniors is cordial. He doesn’t like
the Production Department head as the latter doesn’t provide him with regular
reports and delivery status.
a. Enumerate types of
conflicts and identify various types of conflict in the above case?
b. What are the
various ways to resolve the conflict?
Course: Organisational Behaviour
1. Shanaya works as a
creative head in the entertainment industry, where she is often required to
work for long hours. Her reporting authority Kiran is very inflexible who wants
the work to be done according to her liking. Shanaya tried to talk to her on several
occasions and explain her as well as other team members’ point of view but in
vain, as Kiran would not budge. If anything is not done according to Kiran’s
way she reprimands Shanaya in front of her peers and subordinates. Kiran would
pile Shanaya with excess work and make her work from home even during holidays.
Keeping the above scenario in mind, discuss the pitfalls of leadership as
demonstrated by Kiran.
2. Anay works as a
project lead in a pharmaceutical company. He is very famous amongst his team
members because of his approach towards them. Whenever his team performs well
he always rewards them. This reward comes in many forms like appreciation mail,
gift voucher, and acknowledgement certificate. Because of this practice in
Anay’s team they are regarded as the best performers in the office. Analyse the
situation and explain the elements of reinforcement used by Anay.
3. Shiva and Sanjay
work in an Information Technology (IT) multi-national company (MNC) in the same
team as management trainees. They both got selected through campus placement.
It has been six months since they joined the company. While filling up their
confirmation forms Shiva came to know that Sanjay draws more remuneration than
him. This had visibly upset Shiva and he started dumping all his work to Sanjay.
The strained relationship between them could be sensed by their colleagues as
well. Sanjay probed for this and from one of Shiva’s new confidante he came to
know the reason.
a. What kind of
conflict was between Shiva & Sanjay? Discuss the same with suitable
concepts & reasons.
b. How can the
conflict be resolved or managed by Shiva. Discuss
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