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MS- 01: Management Functions and Behaviour

1. What are the pre-conditions/ pre-requisites for institutionalizing effective control in an organisation? What are the options available to the organizations in exercising control? Explain with suitable examples and experiences from the organization you have been working with or you are aware of. Briefly describe the organization and the context you are referring to.

2. What is the relevance of Johari Window Model in developing interpersonal skills? Briefly explain the stages of relationship development. Explain with your own experience in the organization/ system you have been working in / familiar with. Briefly discuss the organization and the situations you are referring to.

3. What is the relevance and utility of the concepts viz; Mission, Objectives, Strategy and Policies in day-to-day functioning of an organisation. Critically explain as to how these concepts influence the extent of applicability and level of compliance of these concepts in the behavioral dynamics of the oragnisation, with the experience you have had in the organizational situations or the ones you are aware of. Briefly explain the history and evolutionary road map of the organization you are referring to.

4. Is MBO still relevant in organizational set up in the present day business environment? Briefly discuss the process involved in it. Does it add any value to organizational functioning and effectiveness? If yes, how? Explain with examples from your experience in the organization you have been working in or the ones you are aware of. Briefly describe the structure of the organization you are referring to.

 

MS-02: Management of Human Resources

Q1. Explain the concept of Human Resource Management focusing on its objectives and process. How has Human Resource Management evolved over the past and what is its relevance in the present?

Q2. Explain the concept and process of Human Resource Planning. With the help of real life job situation, explain the importance of Organizational Socialization for Human Resource Planning.

Q3. What is competency approach to job analysis? What are its uses and advantages. Explain various methods of competency approach to job analysis with special focus on Assessment Centres.

Q4. Explain the foundation and needs of effective Human Resource Management. Critically analyse the role of training in Human Resource Development with the help of examples.

Q5. How does the Worker's Empowerment contributes to the Industrial Democracy? Explain various forms of Workers' Participation in Management citing examples.

 

MS-03: Economic and Social Environment

1. Do you agree that a thorough understanding of economic and social environment of business is essential for running enterprises successfully. Briefly discuss the statement citing examples.

2. Discuss the different viewpoints about the role of Government? Analyse the role of Government in today’s context.

3. Explain the role and importance of Small Scale Industry (SSI) in a developing economy and examine its growth.

4. Briefly analyse the impact of regulatory and promotional policy framework on industrial structure and performance.

5. Collect data on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for the past decade and analyse its implications.

6. Highlight the basic concept of the theory of public finance and explain how do they help in understanding the fiscal system of an economy.

MS-04: Accounting and Finance for Managers

1. Explain the purposes of Accounting Information? Which purpose, in your opinion, is most important and why?

2. The following are the summarized Balance Sheets of ABC Ltd as on 31st December, 2019 and 31st December 2020, respectively:

Balance Sheets as at 31st December

2019

2020

(Rs. In thousands)

Assets:

Freehold Property at Cost

33.00

24.00

Plant and machinery (cost less depreciation)

20.80

60.30

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Inventories

30.35

32.85

Sundry Debtors

20.10

24.75

Cash and Bank

9.25

16.80

Preliminary Expenses

1.20

114.70

0.60

159.30

Liabilities:

Issued Share Capital

60.00

75.00

Share Premium Account

-

5.00

Capital Reserve

-

17.00

Profit & Loss Account

21.50

21.20

Sundry Creditors

27.20

32.60

Proposed Dividends

6.00

8.50

114.70

159.30

No plant and machinery was sold during the year 2020. Depreciation written off during 2020 was Rs 7,500. Net Profit for the year was Rs. 8,200. dividend paid during 2020 in respect of previous year was Rs. 6,000 . Capital reserve represented a profit on sale of freehold premises. You are Required to prepare:

(i) a Statement showing Changes of Working Capital during 2020; and

(ii) A Funds Flow Statement for the same period.

3. Discuss the techniques of Absorption Costing and Marginal Costing using a suitable example.

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4. Explain the different types of Budgets prepared in an Organization of your choice and discuss the relevance of these budgets to that organisation.

5. Alpha Ltd is considering a capital investment proposal where two alternatives, involving differing degrees of mechanization, are being considered.

New machinery would cost Rs. 2,78,000 in option 1 and Rs. 8,05,000 in option 2. Both these investments would have a five year life, however it is anticipated that the scrap values after 5 years would be Rs. 28,000 and Rs. 1,50,000 respectively. Depreciation is provided on a straight line basis. Annual Cash Inflows, expected to be generated for option 1 is Rs. 1,00,000 and Rs. 2,50,000 for option 2. The cost of capital is 15%.

You are required to calculate the following for each option:

(i) The payback period

(ii) The Accounting rate of return, based on average book value

(iii) The Net Present Value

(iv) The Internal Rate of Return.

As a Manager which option you would prefer, give reasons for your preference.

 

MS-05: Management of Machines and Materials

1. “Product development and design is basically a research and development activity”. Elaborate the statement with suitable examples.

2. “Job design is the consciously planned structuring of work effort performed by an individual or a team of persons”. Explain the statement.

3. What do you understand by the term “batch production”? Explain the advantages and disadvantages of batch production.

4. Critically examine the following statement: “Value Engineering is more of human relations, team building and motivation programme than anything else”.

5. “Inventory management for slow moving expensive items should focus more on lead time reduction than anything else”. Critically examine the statement.

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MS-06: Marketing for Managers

1. (a) Take an example one each from a product and a service offering of your choice and discuss the marketing function as an exchange process between a firm and its customers/ client leading to customer satisfaction.

(b) Distinguish product marketing from marketing of services. Explain the characteristics of services that makes them challenging in the process of marketing.

2. (a) Elaborate the concept of a Market Vs the Concept of a segment with suitable illustration.

(b) Why marketing research is of primary importance for a Manager in the decision making process? Discuss.

3. (a) Explain the concept of product life cycle (PLC). Discuss the elements of marketing mix strategies at the different stages of PLC in case of any Industrial product of your choice.

(b) Select any 4 Newspapers (Nation/Regional) advertisements for any specific consumer goods. Evaluate the advertising appeal in each advertisement and identify which need(s) product is supposed to satisfy (according to Maslow’s needs of hierarchy).

4. (a) List out the major objectives of pricing policy. Discuss the importance of “Pricing” both for the sellers and buyers in the exchange process. Explain the nature and use of price discounts among FMCG category.

(b) What is Sales forecasting? Discuss why sales forecasting is being considered as one of the grey areas of marketing function of every business.

MS-07: Information Systems for Managers

1. “Input output devices are used as a medium of communication between the external environment and the CPU”. Elaborate the statement. Also name and explain any two output devices.

2. Explain “an organization as a socio-technical system”.

3. “Information is the processed form of statistical data”. What are the things one need to keep in mind while processing the data?

4. “System analysis is the analysis of the problem that the organization will try to solve with an information system”. Explain the statement.

5. “Data warehouse helps to facilitate strategic decision-making”. Explain the statement highlighting the characteristics of data warehouse.

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MS-08: Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications

1. The total cost, C(x) associated with producing and marketing x units of an item is given by

C (x) = 0.005x3 -0.02x2 -30x +3000

Find (i) Total cost when output is 4 units.

(ii) Average cost of output of 10 units.

(iii) Marginal cost when output is 3 units.

2. “The success of collecting data through a questionnaire depends mainly on how skillfully and imaginatively the questionnaire has been designed”. Explain some important points to be kept in mind while drafting a questionnaire.

3. In a society of 5000 people, 1200 are above 30 years of age and 3000 are female. Out of the 1200 who are above 30, 200 are female. Suppose after a person is chosen you are told that the person is a female. What is the probability that she is above 30?

4. A sample size 25 is picked up at random from a population which is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and variance of 36. Calculate:-

(a) Pr{ ͞X≤99}

(b) Pr{98≤ ͞X≤100}

5. “Economic or business oriented time series are made up of various components”. What are those components and also explain the relationship between them.

 

MS-09: Managerial Economics

1. Explain Equi Marginal Principle. Discuss how a rational decision maker would allocate resources in such a way that the ratio of marginal returns and marginal costs of various uses is the same?

2. How does market demand curve calculates the total of the quantities demanded by all individual consumers in the economy or market area?

3. How can Price Elasticity be estimated for many goods and services? Explain the influence of Price Elasticity on decision making.

4. Explain the Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns. How does the Marginal Product of the variable input declines when other inputs are kept constant?

5. Describe the characteristics of a perfectly competitive market. Explain giving an example.

6. Write short notes on any two of the following:-

(a) Constrained Optimisation Technique.

(b) Expert opinion

(c) Breakeven Ouput Level

 

MS - 10: Organisational Design, Development and Change

Q1. a) Briefly describe the factors which are essential for designing an organization.

b) Briefly explain the difference between effectiveness and efficiency with reference to an organisation, giving examples.

Q2. Describe different approaches to organizing and analyzing work and their relevance in the present day context.

Q3. Explain the concept and purpose of organizational diagnosis and discuss and describe the elements that need to be reviewed for analyzing an organisation.

Q4. Discuss and describe any two methods of organizations diagnosis and their merits and demerits.

Q5. Explain the role of an OD intervention. Briefly discuss and describe T-Group training as an OD intervention with an example.

 

MS-11: Strategic Management

1. Perform a SWOT analysis on an organization of your choice and try to identify the challenges and opportunities faced by the organization in the present complex situation arising out of COVID-19 outbreak.

2. What is a ‘niche’ strategy? How is it different from other strategies? Explain. Illustrate with the help of examples.

3. List and explain various strategic issues arising when an organization follows integration as a part of its growth strategy.

4. Using the published information about a company of your choice which has gone through a major shift. Write a brief case study showing the strategic development and the current competitive position of the company.

5. Discuss the relationship between the level of operations of a business and its market share in terms of the macro environment. Illustrate with the help of examples.

 

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MS-21: Social Processes and Behavioral Issues

1. Describe and discuss different organizational behaviour models and their relevance. Give examples.

2. What is power and how is it different from authority and influence? Describe different sources of power and discuss how power can be used ethically with examples.

3. Briefly describe the factors influencing perception. Discuss the problems encountered in social perception with examples and the strategies to minimize them.

4. Discuss the relationship between stress and performance. Describe the techniques to manage stress with relevant examples.

5. Discuss the relevance of having optimism in work place and how it helps the organisation to have better performance, with relevant examples.

 

MS-22: Human Resource Development

1. Why is competency mapping assuming greater importance in the functioning and effectiveness of management/ governance in organisational setups? What are the essential steps in the direction of institutionalizing competency mapping in an organization? Explain with examples from your own experiences working in an organizational setup or the ones you are aware of. Briefly describe the organization you are referring to.

2. Does 360° system of feedback contribute in improving the performance, effectiveness and efficiency of the organization? What are the objectives and advantages of 360° feedback? Explain with your organizational experiences or the ones you are aware of. Briefly describe the organization and its reporting relationships, you are referring to.

3. What is the significance of Knowledge Management in the development processes of an organization? Briefly discuss different approaches to Knowledge Management. Critically evaluate the relevance and utility of Knowledge Management in the organisational setup as has been experienced by you working in an organisation or the ones you are aware of. Briefly discuss the oragnisation, you are referring to.

4. How does audit complement and play as part of control function in an organisational setup? What are the relevance of HRD audit in the orgnisations in the present day business environment. Critically analyse on the basis of your organisational experiences whether well structured HRD Audit provides and edge to the oragnisation. Briefly describe the organisation and the context you are referring to.

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MS-23: Human Resource Planning

1. Explain the role of HR professional in human resource planning process in organizations. Describe the barriers to Human Resource planning and bring out the requisites for effective planning.

2. Explain the concept of competency and competency approach to job analysis. Discuss the major benefits of competency approach to job analysis.

3. Explain the various approaches to role definition. Describe the role description and explain the uses of role description.

4. What is a career? What are the factors which go into the shaping of a career? Name atleast two ways that career planning might benefit an individual.

5. Explain the need, purpose and the scope of HR Audit. Describe the similarities and differences between the HR Audit and Financial Audit.

 

MS – 24: Industrial Relations

Q1. How industrial relations evolved in India? Also explain the constitutional framework of industrial relations.

Q2. How did employers’ organizations grow India? How trade unions can be managed for effective industrial relations?

Q3. What are the recent collective bargaining issues in India? How negotiation skills can ensure effective collective bargaining?

Q4. Why do participative schemes fail in India? How its Design and dynamics contribute towards its failure?

Q5. Explain the role ethics and values in corporate leadership. How does strategies and structure influences corporate culture?

 

MS-41: Working Capital Management

1. Take the latest monetary policy and discuss the important highlights of this policy.

2. You are required to prepare a Cash Budget for the months of May, June and July 2021on the basis of the information given below :

(a) Income and Expenditure Forecasts

Months

Credit Sales

Credit Purchases

Wages

Manu-facturing Expenses

Office Expenses

Selling

Expenses

March

60,000

36,000

9,000

4,000

2,000

4,000

April

62,000

38,000

8,000

3,000

1,500

5,000

May

65,000

33,000

10,000

4,500

2,500

4,500

June

58,000

35,000

8,500

3,500

2,000

3,500

July

56,000

39,000

9,500

4,000

1,000

4,500

August

60,000

34,000

8,000

3,000

1,500

4,500

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(b) Cash balance on 1st May, 2021 is Rs 8,000.

(c) Plant costing Rs 16,000 is due for delivery in July, payable 10% on delivery and the balance after 3 months.

(d) Advance tax of Rs 8,000 each is payable in March and June.

(e) Period of credit allowed

(i) by suppliers – two months, and

(ii) to customers – one month.

(f) Lag in payment of manufacturing – ½ months.

(g) Lag in payment of office and selling expenses – one month

3. As a Finance Manager what are the sources that you would prefer to raise short term loans from the money market for meeting working capital needs of your business and why?

4. XYZ Ltd. is in the business of manufacturing water filters. The current ratio at the end of the last year was 3:1 which appeared to be comfortable. However, the cash flow position, is rather weak and the company finds it difficult to make payments to the suppliers and workers on time. The composition of working capital as per the last balance sheet is provided here:

(Rs.)

Current Assets:

Inventories 18,00,000

Receivables 12,00,000

Cash and bank balances 1,00,000

Loans and advances 20,00,000

51,00,000

Current Liabilities 17,00,000

Mention specific possibilities of what might be causing cash flow difficulties in this context. Suggest any better ratios which the company might use to gauge its liquidity in future.

 

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MS- 42: Capital Investment and Financing Decisions

1. Explain the concept of Cost of Capital. How is the cost of capital for various individual components of capital computed and aggregated to compute the weighted cost of capital?

2. What do you understand by Economic Appraisal? List out the various factors taken into consideration while performing a Social Cost Benefit analysis of a project.

3. Explain the various techniques used for measurement of project risk.

4. What are the various instruments through which the firms procure finance? For each of these instruments discuss when and why they should be used to raise capital. Also explain non traditional sources of long term financing used by firms.

5. What is dividend? Explain the various dividend theories. Discuss the factors influencing dividend policy.

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MS- 43: Management Control System

1. Discuss the inter linkages between TQM, JIT, Activity Based Costing, with the Management Control Systems.

2. Select any Organization of your choice and study how the performance of Investment Centres are measured in that organisation? Give your views on the method that is being practiced by that organization.

3. You are required to prepare a Flexible Budget for the production at 80 percent and 100 percent activity on the basis of the following information:

Production at 50 % capacity 5,000 units

Raw materials Rs. 80 per unit

Direct labour Rs. 50 per unit

Direct expenses Rs. 15 per unit

Factory expenses Rs. 50,000 (50% fixed)

Administrative expenses Rs. 60,000 (60% variable)

4. As a manager of a Multinational Company what are the difficulties that you may be confronted with while adopting management control practices across various countries.

5. Study the ‘Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore’ Case given in Block 5 of this course and answer the questions given at the end of the case.

 

MS – 51: Operations Research

1. Five candidates are approved for appointment as personal secretaries to five members of the board of a company. The preferences of each member are given below. How would you make allocations so that satisfaction level is maximized?

Board Members

Candidates

1

2

3

4

5

A

1

2

1

2

3

B

2

3

3

1

1

C

4

1

5

3

4

D

5

4

2

5

5

E

3

5

4

4

2

2. In an engineering workshop, motor breakdown at an average of 5 per day, the number of breakdown being Poisson distributed. The present unqualified mechanic can repair motors at an average rate of 6 per day and is paid Rs. 100 per day. A qualified mechanic offers his services at Rs. 200 per day and is capable of repairing at an average of 8 motors per day. When a motor is idle, there is downtime cost incurrence at the rate of Rs. 100 per day. Would it be worthwhile to employ the qualified mechanic in place of the present mechanic? Justify on cost/ benefit analysis.

3. Determine which course of action Player B will not use in the following game. Obtain the best strategies for both players and the value of the game.

Player B

I II III

Player A I -3 -1 7

II 4 1 -2

4. “Operations Research is a logical and systematic approach to provide a rational basis for decision making.” Explain the phases and processes of Operations Research Study.

5. Write the short note on the following:-

(a) Binomial Distribution

(b) Cutting plane method for solving Integer Programming

(c) Limitations of Simulation

(d) Objectives of Inventory

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MS – 52: Project Management

1. “An important dimension of project management includes management of the expenditure incurred on the project”. Explain in the view of the statement, Cost Management as a tool of Project Management.

2. What is the concept of “Free Float “(Primary slackness) and “Total Float” (Secondary slackness)? Bring out their significance in project management.

3. “Design a simple reporting format which monitors conversion of purchase indents with orders. Assuming that no purchase indent shared be delayed more than eight weeks, how would you incorporate it in the above report.

4. Explain how commissioning is handled in large organizations.

5. Write short note on the following:-

1. Levels of demand forecasting.

2. Network based material management

3. Empowering Project Personnel.

4. Elements of control in projects.

 

MS – 53: Production/Operations Management

1. “Productivity is one of the major performance criteria for evaluating a production system”. Explain.

2. What do you mean by the term “Forecast”? Explain the need of forecast in operations management.

3. Explain facility planning along with its objectives.

4. Compare and contrast “push type of production system with the “pull” type of production system and justify which one is better?

5. “Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) systems provide an integrated approach to production processes through efficient information handling for overall improvements in product quality and productivity. Explain the statement.

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MS-54: Management Information Systems

1. “Internal Information is used for day-to-day decision making whereas external information is crucial for long-term planning”. Comment.

2. “Real-time system makes output available quickly enough to control real-life activity”. Explain the statement.

3. “Iso-chronous is a technique which makes use of both synchronous and asynchronous modes”. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.

4. “SQL is one of the most important relational data manipulation languages”. Explain the statement. Also, explain query processing.

5. “Computer virus is a major threat to computer security”. Justify the statement.

 

MS-61: Consumer Behaviour

1. With the help of examples discuss the characteristics that distinguish organizational buying from individual buying.

2. Define personality. Explain the differences between the „trait theory‟ and the „psychoanalytic theory‟ of personality.

3. What do you understand by the term „Culture‟? Explain the need for cross cultural understanding of consumer behaviour for marketers.

4. What do you understand by reference group influence? Explain the degree of reference group influence with regard to the purchase of the following products and their respective brand choice.

(a) Clothes

(b) Membership of health club

(c) Bathing Soap

5. Explain the concept of family life cycle. How do the family life cycle stages affect the consumption patterns? Give its implications for the marketers of life insurance policies.

6. “Understanding how consumers learn is very important to marketers”. Do you agree with the statement? Justify your answer.

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MS-62: Sales Management

1. (a) Explain with a suitable example the major differences/ activities performed between Sales and Marketing function performed in a FMCG Company.

(b) Discuss the sales process that you would adopt in the following situations and why?

(a) IT company selling Banking software

(b) Company selling Buses for State Road Transport

2. (a) What do you understand by selling skills in sales function? Explain with a suitable example the different kinds of selling skills that a saleman ought to possess.

(b) Discuss the objectives of recruitment and selection functions in any firm that you are associated or familiar with.

What recruitment sources will you recommend for the following & why?

(i) Missionary Salesman for a Pharma Company

(e) Salesman for promoting Banking products

3. (a) When and why training assumes importance for a Salesman? Discuss. Do you agree that sales training should be a continued and an on going activity? Elaborate.

What is sales planning? Why territory planning is of strategic importance for sales function?

Briefly explain the approaches to territory design.

4. (a) Explain the need for sales Organisation in a FMCG company of your choice.

(b) Discuss the role and responsibilities of:

(a) Sales Executive of a courier company.

(b) Sales Manager of a Academic Publishing House.

 

MS-63: Product management

1. Distinguish between convenience, shopping, and specialty goods giving suitable examples.

2. How can you use ‘Attribute Analysis’ to generate new product ideas for a toothpaste? Discuss.

3. Taking the example of a product of your choice, explain how a company’s marketing mix strategy may vary depending on different stages of its product life cycle.

4. Taking the example of packaged fruit juice, explain the alternative bases available to the marketers for its positioning. .

5. Explain the factors that can be responsible for the failure of a new product, giving suitable examples.

6. Discuss the importance of packaging for a marketer of consumer goods.

 

MS-64: International marketing

1. An organization presently operating in domestic market only wants to go international. Advise the organization regarding various options available to reach foreign markets.

2. Explain the various product – communication strategies available to an international marketer, giving suitable examples.

3. “Conducting marketing research across different parts of the globe poses different issues and challenges”. Do you agree with the statement? Discuss with the help of suitable examples.

4. Explain the contents and significance of the following documents:

(a) Bill of lading

(b) Letter of credit

5. Why is an understanding of different cultures important to an international marketer? Discuss with the help of suitable examples.

6. What do you understand by the term „political risk‟? Discuss the strategies for management of political risk at the pre-investment stage.

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MS-65: Marketing of services

1. Explain the importance of physical evidence for the following:

(a) A distance education institute

(b) A hospital

2. Why do customers switch service providers? Can you do anything as a marketer to prevent the customers from switching? Discuss.

3. Explain how important it is for hotels to use ‘promotions’ during these pandemic times. Identify possible sales promotion schemes they can offer.

4. Explain the Gronroos Model of service quality, taking the example of a restaurant.

5. Explain the product support services that a car manufacturer can provide to its customers for gaining competitive advantage.

6. How is information search behaviour different in case of services as compared to goods? Explain giving suitable examples.

 

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MS-91: Advanced Strategic Management

1. Explain the concept, nature and significance of corporate strategy and discuss various schools of thought on corporate strategy formulation.

2. Identify an organisation (Name and describe the organisation) where good corporate governance has resulted in the increase in performance of the organisation.

3. Explain the role of Information Technology (IT) in implementation of strategy. How can IT assist in implementation of strategy and in enhancing the competitiveness of a firm?

4. Explain the concepts of innovation and creativity. How does creativity contribute to the success of an organisation. Discuss giving examples.

5. What do you understand by corporate philanthropy? Identify an organistion (Name and describe the organisation) which has undertaken philanthropy aligning social and economic goals and improving organistion’s long-term business prospects.

6. Write short notes

(a) Market Structures and Sustainable Competitive Advantage

(b) Stable Environment

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MS-92: Management of Public Enterprises

1. “The dilemmas of the public enterprise system are the dichotomies of public accountability and autonomy.” Discuss.

2. Briefly discuss the methods of parliamentary control in public enterprises with respect to the following.

(a) Legislative Questions

(b) Legislative Debates

3. What are the factors that are taken into account to evaluate the performance of public enterprises?

4. How is Collective Bargaining an important tool of negotiation between workers and owners in the industrial sector?

5. Explain the important steps involved in disinvestment process. How is preparation for sale different from valuation of enterprise?

6. Write short notes on any two of the following:-

(a) Capitalism

(b) Growth of Central Public Sector Enterprises

(c) Labour Redundancy

 

MS-93: Management of New and Small Enterprises

1. Explain major entrepreneurial competencies. How is information seeking different from persuasion?

2. Why there is a need for market assessment? Explain the variables which determine market demand.

3. List the differences between Private and Public Limited Company stipulated under the Companies Act, 2013.

4. Discuss the promotional tools which are available to an entrepreneur. How is advertising different from sales promotions?

5. Explain the government initiatives for internationalization of small business.

6. Write short notes on any two of the following:-

(a) Family Business

(b) Special Features of MSMEs

(c) State Financial Corporation

 

MS-95: Research Methodology for Management Decisions

1 1. “Analysis of covariance is a combination of the two techniques – analysis of variance and regression”. Explain the statement along with the uses of analysis of covariance. 2. Compare and contrast the various attitude measurement techniques. When will you use each of them? Discuss briefly. 3. What type of information is there in the “cover and the title page and introductory page of a report”? 4. “Regression analysis is probably the most widely applied technique amongst the analytical models of association used in business research”. Do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer. 5. In an agricultural field experiment, three different fertilizers were used on sample plots and yields were recorded. On the basis of these data, test the hypothesis that there is no significant difference in yields from three different fertilizers (using The Kruskal-Wallis Test). Yield (in MT) Fertilizer A 2.48 3.25 3.94 3.45 3.0 4.0 3.6 3.87 Fertilizer B 2.84 3.1 3.5 2.27 3.88 2.87 3.27 2.8 Fertilizer C 3.4 3.17 2.85 2.46 3.15 2.69 2.88 3.44

 

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MFP-1: Equity Markets

1. Select any Regulator of your choice and study the Structure , Functions and Role of that regulator in Financial Markets.

2. As a Finance Manager what are the different sources that you will use for raising equity capital. Explain the reasons for preferring those sources?

3. What would be the grievance redressal mechanism that you will adopt as an investor in the following situations:

(a) If there is a delay in payment of interest on debentures

(b) In case if dividends are not received by you

(c) If you lose money due to insider trading activities on a script

(d) If the advertisements are misleading

4. Select any company from the Financial Services Sector and perform a Company analysis. Prepare a report on your findings.

5. Taking a suitable example, explain how rate of return is calculated using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

 

MFP-2: Equity Derivatives

1. What are derivatives? Briefly explain about the various derivative products and discuss in detail the mechanism of various SWAP contracts.

2. What are Index and Stock futures? How can index and stock futures be used to hedge an equity portfolio?

3. What is an ‘Option’? Differentiate between at the money (ATM), In the money (ITM) and Out of the money (OTM) options. How is the minimum price of an option decided?

4. Discuss the factors used in Call option Pricing. Explain the option strategies used for the purpose of Hedging and Arbitrage.

5. What is Value at Risk (VAR)? How it is computed? Describe the application of VAR in deciding margins applicable to exposures taken by investors.

 

MFP-03: Commodity Markets

1. Discuss the significance of Commodity Markets and the different components of commodity markets ecosystem. What are the basic characteristics that entitle a commodity for futures trading?

2. Meet a Trader who trades in Commodity Markets and discuss the delivery and settlement procedure for trades in the Commodity Markets. Write a note on your discussions.

3. What is Exchange Risk Management? Explain the various measures adopted by the Commodity Exchanges for the purpose of Exchange Risk Management.

4. What is ‘Emissions Trading’? Discuss the use of futures on carbon credits for mitigating risk of increasing costs in pollution control.

5. What are the different Base Metals? Discuss the factors that impact the prices of Base Metals with the support of examples.

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