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Wednesday, 8 January 2020

NMIMS APRIL 2020 SOLVED ASSIGNMENTS 9967480770


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INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT APPLICABLE FOR APRIL 2020 EXAMINATION

Business Communication
1. The AlphaPlus Project that your company has been working relentlessly for is unfortunately being cancelled due to competition concerns and the state of the national economy. You, as the Project Lead, are to write an email to the employees working on the Alpha Plus Project. Since this is a case of negative news that might come as a shock to your employees, you decide to start the email with an effective buffer. What is a buffer? What are the different types of buffers? Give examples of any 4 buffers you might use in the above situation. (10 Marks)
2. Convert the following sentences from active voice to passive voice. Discuss which sentence version is more effective.
a) We cannot authorize the repair of your Smart TV since you have allowed the warranty period to expire.
b) I cannot give you a cash refund for items that you purchased over 60 days ago.
c) Hinduja Hospital does not accept patients who are not members.
d) You must submit all reports by Friday 5 PM.
e) You added the 2 columns instead of subtracting them, thus producing the incorrect total. (10 Marks)
3. You have just finished drafting a proposal for a coveted project. You want to make sure that you haven’t overlooked anything.
a. What are the different proofreading techniques you’d employ to make sure your proposal is error-free? (5 Marks)
b. How would you make sure your proposal is readable? Name 2 Readability Indices you could use. (5 Marks)

Business Economics
1. The concept of elasticity for demand is importance for determining the prices of various factors of production. Discuss the various factors that influences the price elasticity of demand. (10 Marks)
2. Complete the hypothetical table below and explain in brief, the behaviour of each type of cost.
Quantity Total Fixed
Cost
Total
Variable
Cost
Total
Cost
Average
Fixed Cost
Average
Variable
Cost
Average
Total
Costa
Marginal
Cost
0 0
1 25
2 40
3 50
4 60
5 100 80
6 110
7 150
8 300
9 500
10 900
(10 Marks)
3. Demand forecasting in an organisations plays a vital role in business organisations It provides reasonable data for the organization's capital investment and expansion decision.
a. Keeping the above statement in consideration. Discuss the various steps involved in demand forecasting (5 Marks)
b. Discuss the various needs for demand forecasting in business organisations? (5 Marks)

Corporate Social Responsibility
1. Select any listed Indian or International Public Limited Company and list down its CSR activities. Also provide any 3 alternative CSR activities that the company should implement. (10 Marks)
2. Assume you plan to develop and implement one of the CSR activities in the organization, explain the steps that you would follow for CSR development and implementation strategy in the organization. (10 Marks)
3. a. “It is the government’s job to do CSR activities and corporates should focus their attention on Profit” and “Companies should only focus on profit”. Explain your view point on both these statements. (5 Marks)
3. b. Explain at least 4 voluntary Codes of CSR that you would want an organization to apply. Explain the reasons for your selection. (5 Marks)

Information Systems for Managers
1. Pais Industries Limited operates in five business verticals viz. engineering, construction, instrumentation, software services, and consumer electronics. Its Corporate Information Technology Division (CITD) is looking for adopting cloud and has invited you to provide recommendation for cloud deployment model. You are required to provide a brief report explaining pros and cons of each cloud deployment model and recommend the most appropriate deployment model. (10 Marks)
2. With the number of transactions increasing online daily, cyber-crime is gaining foothold. Individuals and organizations need to take measures to ensure that they do not fall prey to such vicious activities. Cybercriminals have found different ways in which they can cause harm to the users. Give two examples of any organizations being prey to cyber-crime in 2019. (10 Marks)
3. The Sadpat Group started operations in the year 1992 with a vision to provide unparalleled quality service to a spectrum of Maritime and Oil & Gas Industry. Sadpat is now one of the major players in Dry Docking and Ship Repair in India. Sadpat has also become a formidable group in providing offshore logistics to support the Oil and Gas industry. Recently a company that makes ERP software has approached them to provide a complete solution so that it can integrate its business processes. They wish to invest in a solution which will enable them to manage all their activities namely offshore engineering, offshore logistics, coastal logistics and port services, dry docking and ship repairs and inland waterways.
a. What are the benefits of implementing an ERP software that the software company needs to highlight? (5 Marks)
b. In your opinion, what challenges do you think Sadpat may face while implementing an ERP package? (5 Marks)

Management Theory and Practice
Raj is working as a consultant in an MNC M/s Swadeshi ltd. that deals with Fast Moving Consumer Products. Raj has been appointed by the directors of the organisation. The company wants Raj to take care of a few problematic areas that the company is facing currently. The following issues are being faced by the organisation:
a) Excessive internal communication - The Company has opened multiple channels of communication for its employees. They can communicate with each other via Email, Whatsapp for Business, Internal Messenger, SMS, etc. The same message gets posted on multiple platforms and in the process the employees waste lots of time in checking notifications and then replying.
b) The employees are involved in taking lots of print outs for all the documents even if it's not required. This is adding a lot of cost and it has an adverse environmental impact.
c) The employees believe in individual achievement and growth but lack the quality of working in a team. The coordination among employees from various departments is missing.
d) There are some employees who are reporting to two or three bosses and it leads lot of chaos in work completion.
e) The employees have this habit of ordering every organisational requirement two months in advance. This adds to a lot of cost of holding inventory.
1. Suggest solutions to Raj to handle various problems that exist in the organisation. (10 Marks)
2. M/s Swadeshi Ltd is facing an issue of non-motivated employees. There is no motivation among employees to work, no one takes initiatives. Employees feel that their work never gets recognised and rewarded. Explain various ways to motivate the employees of the organisation. (10 Marks)
3. a. Explain the change management process that M/s Swadeshi Ltd should follow to improve the functioning of the organisation. (5 Marks)
3. b. An autocratic leader at the top makes employees feel unsecured. The CEO never consults the team for taking decisions. Explain with reason, the leadership style that will be suitable for M/s Swadeshi Limited. (5 Marks)

Organisational Behaviour
1. Joey works for a media company as a project coordinator. His boss, Ross is not sensitive and wants every chore to be done according to his way without even considering team’s perspective. If Joey commits any insignificant mistake, then also he is reprimanded in front of the entire team. Ross wants Joey to stay late beyond office hours, even when his work is complete. Considering this situation explain the pitfalls in leadership shown by Ross. (10 Marks)
2. As Organisational behaviour is gaining importance in this world of disruptive technology and constant changes. Several challenges have also been posed. As a coin has two sides; challenges also brings in a lot of opportunities. Analyse the contemporary situation and list down some opportunities and challenges of OB (10 Marks)
3. Case:
Kushal is a trainer for Yummy Tummy a home grown brand, in FMCG business. He is very hard working and did brilliantly with the managers on their writing and helped them to feel more confident about it. Kushal worked with top executives as well as the shop floor level. He then realized that teaching and training people at ground level was his calling. Kushal was one of the top paid employees. Kushal met Mark, his superior and explained to him that he wanted to be associated in teaching and training only the ground level employees as there is a huge gap and area of improvement. He also agreed to work on reduced salary and started offering language classes as an add on benefit to the trainees. It was noticed that in due course of the time their productivity increased and some of them even began to apply for supervisory positions.
Case Questions
a. Which Content theories of motivation would explain why Kushal was unhappy despite his high income? (5 Marks)
b. Kushal seems to have drifted into being a teacher. Given his needs and motivations, do you think teaching is an appropriate profession for him? (5 Marks)

Business Law
1. Explain the types of Alternate Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and differentiate between them? (10 Marks)
2. Explain in details two (2) real-life instances where the consumer courts in India have granted compensation due to medical negligence. Please explain the facts of the case and respective decision of the consumer courts. (10 Marks)
3. Ria and Mia are two adult sisters. Ria is the elder sister and Mia the younger one. Both the sisters were orphan but had huge properties bequeathed to them by their now deceased parents. Mia first got married to Ravi whereupon Ria started living in the same residence with Ravi and Mia together. Ria met with an accident and lost both her legs, Ravi and Mia started taking great care of her even using their savings to bear medical expenses of Ria. Ria after 2 years thereon decided to gift all her share of the properties to Mia. After 5 years, Mia then conceived a child and found it difficult to take care of Ria. She requested Ria to go to a hospice, where she could be taken care of. Ria angered by this refused to do so and started living separately with a maid, she demanded that the gift of the properties made by her to Mia should be cancelled. Mia refused to do so. Assuming you are the judge of the civil court hearing the matter, can you decide on the following questions:
a. Whether the gift of properties by Ria to Mia is valid? Whether Ria can oppose and seek for cancellation of the gift? If yes on what grounds under Contract Act, 1872? (5 Marks) b. Can Mia claim from Ria the expenses undertaken by her for Ria’s medical expenses? Explain with legal provisions in Contract Act, 1872? (5 Marks)

Business Statistics
TABLE GIVEN BELOW
Mfr 1- Life of bulf (in hrs) Mfr 2- Life of bulf (in hrs) 684 819 831 907 859 952 893 994 922 1016 939 1038 972 1096 1016 1153 697 836 835 912 860 959 899 1004 924 1018 943 1072 977 1100 1041 1154 720 888 848 918 868 962 905 1005
1. A sample of 20 bulbs each was picked from the manufacturing facility of two bulb manufacturers – Mfr 1 and Mfr 2. The table above provides the life of bulbs for the two manufacturers. You are a quality testing person and are presented with this data:
i. Which manufacturer has better performance on the life of bulbs? What are the different measures you can consider to calculate performance?
ii. How would you assess the variability in performance of the two bulb manufacturers?
iii. Would your answer to the first question change based on your assessment of the variability in performance of bulb manufacturers? (10 Marks)
2. For the data in the table below: (10 Marks)
i. What do the correlation coefficients of 1, shaded in yellow, indicate?
ii. The highest correlation coefficient is 0.84, shaded in green. What can you infer from that score about the relationship between the two variables?
iii. The two lowest correlation coefficients are 0.06 and -0.06. What can you infer from that score about the relationship between the two variables?
r correlation coefficient Assets Expense Ratio Return 2006 3-Year Return 5-Year Return Assets 1 Expense Ratio -0.29 1.00 Return 2006 0.08 -0.13 1.00 3-Year Return 0.07 -0.11 0.70 1.00 5-Year Return 0.06 -0.06 0.59 0.84 1.00
3. The Indian cricket team is visiting New Zealand to play a test series comprising five matches. In each match, assume that the Indian team has a 70% chance of winning. Further, assuming that the matches are independent of each other, what is the probability that:
a. The Indian team will win the series? (5 Marks)
b. The team will win all five matches, and that the team will lose all? (5 Marks)

Essentials of HRM
1. There is a lot of prominence given to the fact that the processes like HR audit and HR accounting can only be successful if accurate HR information is available. Throw light to authenticate this statement with proper explanation on needs and application of HRIS in relation to retention strategy & performance appraisal. Also, conclude by emphasizing the significance of HRIS in today’s era. (10 Marks)
2. Often it is noticed that employees do not find their performance evaluation quite a progressive experience. Adding to the misery is a fact that most managers will avoid discussing performance issues related to behaviour. It’s more about discussing concrete job responsibilities, skills and goals. There may be a grave concern that is never brought up because the manager is afraid of the reaction or may lack the ability to translate it into the right words. Keeping in view the above scenario/ situation discuss any two performance appraisal methods where feedback to the employee is essential and can help resolve such problems. (10 Marks)
3. Rachel joined Shimmer Net a software company as program developer. On the very first day of her joining she was handed over some literature and asked to take notes as well as cues from it which can be utilized at her work. Learning the job role and responsibilities by herself was becoming quite a task so she went to her peers for help when needed. It was seen that her peers started avoiding her as they had their own work and Rachel’s queries were disturbing them. Rachel was in crossroads and sad hence resigned from her work within two months of joining. The HR department analyzed and came to a conclusion that the prominent reason is lack of induction.
a. What innovative approach should the HR department come up with in terms of Induction? Discuss (5 Marks)
b. Explain the purpose of induction that how things could have been different for Rachel if the organisation followed a proper induction pattern. (5 Marks)

Financial Accounting & Analysis
1. Ind AS norms are converged with the International Financial Reporting Standards, but these are not equivalent to IFRS. Further, there are key differences between the requirements of INDIAN GAAP, IFRS and Ind AS. Discuss five key differences among these reporting standards. (10 Marks)
2. Mehra & Sons purchased a second hand light motor Vehicle at a cost of Rs 2 lacs. Additionally, various accessories costing Rs50000 were also purchased along with the Vehicles which are required to be replaced on a yearly basis. Mr. Mehra wants to write off the overall outflow in Income statement Discuss, whether he is correct or not? Discuss the need to differentiate between the capital and revenue items? How these items are to be treated in the financials of the company? Give reasons supporting the same (10 Marks)
3. a. All India Insurance Company received an insurance premium of Rs 50 lacs on an insurance policy whose coverage extends till the mid of the next accounting year. (5 Marks)
3. b. Additionally, the company has a monthly salary expense of Rs 25 lacs. For the accounting year ended on March 31, 2019 the company paid 275 lacs on account of salary. The salary for the month end is paid in the first week of April 2019. Discuss the treatment of both of these payments in the books and disclosures in the financial statements, as on 31st March 2020 ( 5 Marks)

Marketing Management
Dolls, Cars, activity kits, board games are toys liked by kids. M/s Wonderkids, a company that has multiple businesses has been eying the opportunity to target kids with various toys. The company has launched a doll with the name “Pari” and a car with the name “Speedy”. The company plans to distribute the products across the country. The doll “Pari” is available in the range of Rupees 400 – 600 whereas the speedy car is available in the range of Rupees 350 -550. The company plans to target B2B customers by selling bulk quantity to kids based park, play groups. The company has just launched the product and it has hired you to handle the marketing activities of the new launched products.
1. Explain various ways to segment consumer market. (10 Marks)
2. What is the distribution channel that you will use to distribute the product across Indian market? Explain the same with reason. (10 Marks)
3. a. Who will you select as a brand ambassador for “Pari” and “Speedy”? Explain the same with reason. (5 Marks)
3. b. Explain various types of consumer products and state which type of consumer product is “Pari” and “Speedy”? (5 Marks)

Strategic Management
1. You are the owner of a multi-million-dollar Retail business in India. Since the past 5 years, your financial reports are showcasing a consistent drop in revenues & have entered into a loss-making position. Your market share is also falling & your organization is now believed to be in a weak market position. Which set of corporate strategies will you explore? Finalize the corporate strategy you would finally choose & how will you execute the plan?
(10 Marks)
2. As the Chief Strategy Officer of Kia Motors & having entered India recently, you have to decide on a Strategy Implementation tactic to take on the fiercely contested automobile car market space in India. Which Market Location tactic would you plan to choose to take on other automotive rivals in this space? Justify with reasons? (10 Marks)
3. You are the Head-Manufacturing of Godrej Industries. You are planning to set up a brand-new Manufacturing plant at a village in rural Maharashtra.
a. Perform a Stakeholder analysis & suggest which all stakeholders will be taken into confidence & also what would be your communications approach plan to bring them into your point of view? (5 Marks)
b. Highlight some of the creative & innovative initiatives that you would undertake to convince the stakeholders that you mean good for all the stakeholders. (5 Marks)


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