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INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT APPLICABLE FOR APRIL 2023
EXAMINATION
Business: Ethics, Governance & Risk
1.
Locate the Business Responsibility Report (under Directors Report) of the
Annual Report (2020-21) of any ONE listed company (refer to: top 200 companies
by revenue - NSE or BSE List). Go through the disclosures on the following 3
Principles;
a)
Principle 3: Business should promote the well being of employees
b)
Principle 4: Business should respect the interest of and be responsive towards
all stakeholders, specially those who are disadvantages, vulnerable and
marginalised
c)
Principle 5: Business should respect and promote Human Rights
Collate
the information disclosed under these 3 principles and prepare a note (in your own
words) on the company’s philosophy, approach/policy and initiatives that showcase
its People commitment. (10 Marks)
2.
Protecting data privacy is urgent and complex. This protection is necessary
because of the all-pervasive, technology-driven and information-intensive
environment, typical of today’s corporations. Multiple risks involved in data
management is propelling information/data protection to the top of the
corporate management agenda. What according to you are the two ethical risks
faced by the business in relation to data protection and can you choose and
explain any two Data Protection Principles applicable to businesses in India?
(10 Marks)
3. a.
Do you think pollution is consumer responsibility as well? Why do you think so?
Who are the other stakeholders around this issue and how are they contributing
to the
escalating
problem? (5 Marks)
3. b.
Analyse atleast two ethical dilemmas faced by companies while trying to reduce
their pollution levels. (5 Marks)
Custom Shipping and Insurance
1.
During an interview with a Shipping company your interviewer asks you to
explain the Section 106 of The Customs Act 1962 as it pertains to any
conveyance. Please give your answer in a simple language. (10 Marks)
2. You
are handling cargo insurance of your company. Your company has imported one consignment.
You have received a mail from the shipping company stating that your consignment
has been thrown into the sea to lessen the weight and save the ship and other goods.
Shipping company informs that your loss will be compensated. Your company received
this new with shock and asks you under which clause this can take place. Explain
this clause in marine insurance policy to the management. (10 Marks)
3.
Your customs clearing agent (now customs broker) asks your advice whether to
clear your imported consignment under First check or second check. Give your
advice on the following:
a.
What is first check and second check? (5 Marks)
b.
Which one you will advise to your customs clearing agent and why? (5 Marks)
Export Import Procedures and Documentation
1. You
have joined an export import trading company who are in a dilemma on one
product i.e. whether to import or procure locally. Your head of the dept seeks
your opinion to take a decision on this. You suggested to import the goods as
they are quality sensitive. Your HOD requests you to put your views in writing
on the reasons for this international trade (10 Marks)
2.
Your friend has got an interview with an export oriented organization. He wants
your help in explaining various export assistance available in India so that he
can face the question in the interview Give your inputs on Export Assistance in
India (10 Marks)
3.
Your Company has given you a new assignment in Insurance Dept. You have to
handle cargo insurance. Company wants to know the following so that the
department can be organized better:
a.
What is cargo insurance (5 Marks)
b.
What are the perils covered under cargo insurance so that the company can cover
the
insurance
of export goods accordingly (5 Marks)
India's Foreign Trade
Scenario
Domestically
well-established pharmaceutical company called ZEN Pharma having their cGPM
certified manufacturing unit in MIDC Nashik, Maharashtra. They are marketing their
products in India and also overseas successfully for more than a decade. Now
they would like to put up their new plant in exclusive SEZ zone:
1.
Discuss in detail what are the major benefits Zen Pharma can get having their
plant in SEZ (10 Marks)
2. Do
you think ZEN Pharma’s decision was in the right direction, and what are the
most common challenges they may encounter if they have plant ins exclusive SEZ
zone. (10 Marks)
3. a.
Do you think having new plant in SEZ zone can give opportunity for ZEN Pharma
to go
for
manufacturing for overseas companies brands, elaborate your thoughts (5 Marks)
3. b.
What kind of financial benefits ZEN Pharma can anticipate (5 Marks)
International Business
1.
Globalization has not only brought people closer but also it has led to the
integration of ideas, cultures and values.” In the light of this statement,
explain the advantages and disadvantages of Globalization. (10 Marks)
2.
“The major objectives of sourcing globally are to lower production costs and to
maintain the required quality standards of products and services ” . In the
light of above statement explain the reasons, benefits and challenges of Global
Sourcing. (10 Marks)
3.
Gillette Targets Emerging Markets’
As it
entered the twenty-first century, Gillette faced a difficult choice. Should it
continue targeting emerging markets or not? Its strategy to move aggressively
into markets in the developing world and the former Soviet bloc had been hailed
as a success only a few years before. Recent poor earnings, however, had
management considering whether this choice had been a wise one. The
Boston-based firm was founded in 1895 and is still best known for its original
products, razors and razor blades. By the end of the twentieth century,
Gillette had grown into a global corporation that marketed. its products in 200
countries and employed 44,000 people worldwide. About 1.2 billion people use
Gillette products every day. Its sales are about equally distributed among the
United States (30 per cent), Western Europe (35 per cent), and the rest of the
world (35 per cent). As markets matured in developing countries, Gillette
sought growth through product diversification, moving into lines such as home
permanents, disposable lighters, ballpoint pens, and batteries. In the
mid-1990s, Gillette targeted several key emerging markets for growth. Among
them were Russia, China, India and Poland. Russia was already a success story.
Gillette had formed a Russian joint venture in St.Petersburg and within 3 years
Russia had become Gillette’s third-largest blade market. Gillette’s move into
the Czech Republic had prospered as well and in 1995 Gillette bought Astra, a
10caI; privately-owned razor blade company.
Astra
gave Gillette expanded brand presence in the Czech market. Astra’s relatively
strong position in export markets in East Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia
proved a boon to Gillette in those markets as well. Jus.t as in other markets
in the developing world, 70 per cent of East European blade .consumers used the
older, lower-tech double-edge blade. In more developed markets, consumers appreciated
product innovation and the shaving market had moved to more high-tech systems
such as Gillettes Sensor.) Then disaster struck. A financial crisis that began
in Thailand quickly spread across Asia. Many wary investors responded by
pulling money out of other emerging markets as well as depressing economies
across the globe. Bad economies meant slower sales for Gillette, especially in
Asia, Russia and Latin America. In Russia, wholesalers could not afford to buy
Gillette products. Consequently, these products disappeared from retail stores
and Gillette’s Russian sales plummeted 80 per cent in a single month.
Gillette
found it could not meet its projected annual profit growth of 15-20 per cent.
The price of Gillette shares tumbled 36 per cent in 6 months. To save money,
Gillette planned to close 14 factories and layoff 10 per cent of its workforce.
Despite its recent bad experience in developing countries and in the former
Soviet bloc, Gillette was still moving ahead with plant expansion plans in
Russia and Argentina that would total $64 million. Some even suggested that
this was a good time to expand in the emerging markets by buying up smaller
competitors that had been hurt even worse by the crises. Meanwhile, back in the
developed world, another large global consumer products firm, Unilever,
announced that it would be entering the razor market.
a. Why
do companies such as Gillette target emerging markets? Do you agree with this
strategy? (5 Marks)
b.
What are the dangers to Gillette of targeting emerging markets? (5 Marks)
International Finance
1. ABV
company, leading manufacturer of women apparels in India, wants to expand its business
overseas. Assume that company has no experience in doing business in international
markets and how to raise the funds for the same. You work in an investment bank.
Suggest different methods of international trade with pros and cons to the
company management. Explain the concept and types of different international
financial markets. (Limit the description to maximum one page for international
markets (10 Marks)
2. A
forex trader from Mumbai collects the below information regarding the exchange
rate
between
INR and GBP
Bid
Price: INR / GBP = 96.10
Ask
Price: INR / GBP = 96.20
You
are required to help him with the below questions he has:
(a)
What is the direct exchange rate of INR-GBP for the trader?
(b)
What is the indirect exchange rate of INR-GBP for the trader?
(c)
What is a cross rate? If the bid and ask rate for EUR-USD are available as GBP
1.2100-1.3100/USD,
what would be the bid-ask rates for INR/USD, using the crossrate method.
(10
Marks)
3. XYZ
ltd. has imported raw material of Euro 14 million from Germany with the credit
of 30 days. The finance officer of XYZ ltd. wants to hedge this transaction for
foreign exchange risk exposure. The prevailing interest and exchange rates in
the markets are:
Spot
Rate: Euro 80.49/ INR
Forward
Rate: Euro 80.79/ INR
30 day
Put Option on INR EURO 0.012/ Euro at 1% premium
30-day
Call option on INR EURO 0.024/ Euro at 1 % premium
EURO
interest rate: 7%
INR
interest rate: 14%
Based
on the above data, answer the following questions:
a.
Explain different hedging options available to XYZ ltd? (5 Marks)
b.
What is the hedged cost of XYZ ltd payable using forward market hedge, put
option hedge and money market hedge? (5 Marks)
International Logistics & Supply Chain Management
1. An
Indian beauty products manufacturer is planning to embark on international expansion
starting with Nepal. Given its strong brand presence in India and the similarity
between the Indian & Nepalese market, the company is confident about good response
from the Nepalese customers & is upbeat about its sales volumes. Help the company
in its supply chain planning & suggest a supply chain strategy for its
foray into Nepal. (10 Marks)
2. A
Goa-based craft brewery supplies three canned variants to outlets across Goa.
The brewery aims to increase its reach by expanding distribution first to outlets
across the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra. Along with expanding its
geographical reach, the brewery has also planned to launch bottled versions of
its products. The brewery is evaluating the logistics & supply chain
requirements for these plans. What are the logistical considerations to
implement these plans? Explain the most suitable choice of logistics strategy
(in-house / 3PL / 4PL etc.) for them. (10 Marks)
3. An
Indian company specializes in trading & exports of plastic woven sacks
& tarpaulins.
a.
Explain the warehousing requirements of the company and suggest the type of warehouse
suitable for its needs. (5 Marks)
b.
Which mode of transportation must the company prefer for exports? (5 Marks)
International Marketing
1. You
are a manufacturer of cycles from India and are keen on expanding your business
globally. Discuss the challenges of marketing your product globally? (10 Marks)
2. “Go
Local “is a term that is having resonance with countries today to promote Local
consumption. In your view is it positive for nations to produce locally and
avoid globalization? (10 Marks)
3.
Read the following case study carefully and then answer the questions that
follow: India achieved a record food grain production of 281.37 million metric
tons due to fertile soil, good rainfall and use of genetically modified seeds.
From a net importer of food India today exports food grains to various
countries like, Iran ,Qatar, UAE, Indonesia etc. Ironically India is home to
the largest number of hungry people. Around 213 million go hungry and are
malnourished people as they do not get proper two meals a day. Food
distribution channels are weak and about 10 % of the stored food grains is
being wasted and eaten up by rats and birds while human population is deprived
of food.
a.
Explain whether India should continue to export food grains to various other
countries? (5 Marks)
b.
Suggest a strategy how India can solve the above dilemma and embark on large
scale food grain exports? (5 Marks)
Operations and Supply Chain Strategies
1. Mr.
Shah is supply chain manager at NMart one of the leading retail organization.
In the initial days of COVID 19 there was sudden rise in demand of FMCG
products. It was different kind of the disruption for the retail industry. In
such scenario every business required some competitive edge to sustain in
market. Discuss different supply chain drivers with Mr. Shah that ultimately
helps NMart to enables entire supply chain. (10 Marks)
2. Mr.
Mittal was working with reputed tuition classes and having rich experience in teaching.
One day innovative idea came to his mind to start online classes. This idea will
give Mr. Mittal more students and better geographic reach. Suddenly he left the
job and started his online classes business. He struggle a lot in initial days
of business but later he manage his business in break even. Explain existing
situation of online learning classes with respected to industry life cycle. (10
Marks)
3.
IRCT Ltd Tourism Company running business from last ten years and have many
good clients. Company also operated offices in multiple cities. But due to
COVID 19 company faced a lots of challenges. Because of such pandemic situation
people were not traveling and not using any of company’s service. At the same
time company was not able to generate revenue and not able provide salaries to
employees.
a. You
are appointed as business consultant in the organization. Suggest some
corporate level strategies that ultimately helps them. (5 Marks)
b.
Should company use retrenchment strategy or not? Discuss (5 Marks)
Project Management
1. As
an event manager, you have to organize a conference with more than 100 guests.
Prepare the project charter and a project detailed project budget. (10 Marks)
2. To
complete the same conference successfully, note down the strategies to be
applied in different phases of the project life cycle, considering the triple
constraint. (10 Marks)
3. As
an accountable project manager for the same conference, you may have to
contract out some parts from a third party for successful completion.
a.
Create a work break down structure (5 Marks)
b.
Suggest the contract type to be useful for different work packages with
corresponding reasons. (5 Marks)
Research Methodology
1.
Which type of research is used for identifying the problems in a business where
no prior
information
is available. Dove is launching a new shampoo for kids, develop a research methodology
to identify the opportunities from market. (10 Marks)
2.
Literature review provides an insight into the past studies and elaborates on
the work done in a particular area. Conduct a literature review using 8-10
research papers on your area of interest. (10 Marks)
3.
Airbnb has provided an opportunity to local people to earn by providing guest
hosting facilities. This is a two-way benefit: first, it provides raw
experience about culture and village lifestyle to consumer and second, it
provides income to host. With new government, policy of 50% allow work from
home, many business professionals are choosing to ‘work from the himalayas’.
Airbnb wants to understand specific customer requirements for such niche
market. Also, it needs to understand the hosts perspective on such change.
a.
Develop a detailed questionnaire to survey the consumer for understanding their
needs. (5 Marks)
b.
Identify 5 home stays and enlist their experience with such stays, problems
faced and expectations. (5 Marks)
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