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INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT APPLICABLE FOR SEPTEMBER 2020 EXAMINATION

 

HR Audit

1. John & Co is a family run business, which has been in existence for many years. The MD, Mr. John, knew each and every employee in his company and ran the company like his extended family. He was personally involved in every performance and increment discussion and would take the final decision for each employee. The employees were quite happy in this set-up. After a few decades, Mr. John decided to retire from the company and put in place a professional management team to run the company. The new management team has been hired from other companies and has been given a free hand to run the company. To understand the capabilities of the staff in the company, the team has your company to do a HRD audit, with a focus on Competency Audit. As the HRD Auditor in charge of the audit, explain HRD Audit and Competency Audit aspects of HRD Audit including the reasons for such an audit, what it examines and a brief note on the process, giving the contextual examples from the case. (10 Marks)

2. Dingo Tech, a technology start-up has grown rapidly since its inception 4 years ago. While the company is increasing manpower at the rate of 30% per annum, it is also experiencing high levels of attrition and losing a lot of key people. You have been appointed as the external HR Auditor for this company. What are the different Methods of HR Audit you will use to audit the attrition in the company?

3. SuperFoods Enterprises, an MNC based in France has planned to enter the Indian market by taking over a small family owned enterprise called Usha foods. The company plans to significantly ramp up the existing operations through an aggressive hiring strategy. Not only is the company planning to increase its workforce, it is also adding more roles in the structure. The key to the success of this venture is how well the company is able to attract and hire quality talent in a short span of time. To prepare for this, SuperFoods has hired your team to do an audit of the Recruitment and Selection process.

a. As the auditor, give a note detailing a checklist of questions, along with the reason for the question, to be addressed while conducting the audit, adding relevant points from the case.

b. Give a detailed note on the steps you will take to conduct this audit.

 

Strategic HRM

1. XYZ Ltd is a leading financial institution in India. Company is considering to outsource some of its HR functions as it wants to concentrate more on core activities in the organization. Due to limited experience in the area of HR Outsourcing, company has hired you as a consultant as you are an HR outsourcing expert. Company has requested you to suggest functions in which outsourcing can be undertaken. Point out those areas for XYZ Ltd.

2. E LEARNING is new start up in India based in Bengaluru. The company has started getting its hold in private coaching sector and now they are planning to expand. For this, company needs more employees. So far company is used to follow an informal recruitment method. You, as an HR Manager of the company, are asked to suggest a formal recruitment process for the company.

3. INFOTICS is an Information Technology company in India since 2010. The company, off late, is facing a problem of low employee retention. You, as an HR manager, are asked to suggest solution to this problem. In this background, explain the following processes:

a. Career planning

b. Succession planning.

 

International Business

1. Comment on the following statement: “Since the U.S. imports more than it exports, it is necessary for the U.S. to import capital from foreign countries to balance its current account deficits.”

2. Why is the Documentary Letter of Credit collection method most popular mode of collecting payment by the exporters? How is an irrevocable L/C different from back to back L/C?

3. Read the passage and answer the questions given below it: The European Union (EU) has finally adopted duties on shoe imports from China and Vietnam in a dispute over alleged dumping of cheap footwear. The announcement came after a vote by trade officials from the 25 EU nations earlier this month highlighted divisions over the planned tariffs. While Italy and Portugal wish to protect their own shoe firms, others like the cheaper Far Eastern imports. But the European Commission voted in favor of the measure on Thursday. In a statement, the EU's executive body said that it had "identified clear evidence of disguised subsidies and unfair state intervention to the leather footwear sector in China and Vietnam". Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has proposed duties of 16.8% against Vietnam and 19.4% on China to be phased in over five months, starting at 4% in April. “We do not target China and Vietnam's natural competitive advantages, only unfair distortions of trade”. Mr. Mandelson said that tariffs were necessary to correct the damage that cut-price shoe imports were doing to EU firms. But he added: "It is important that we act against unfair trade while encouraging legitimate and competitive trade from emerging economies. China has urged the EU to reconsider its action, saying the planned measures are unfair. Chinese officials say there is no evidence of dumping and question whether the duties conform with World Trade Organization rules. China exported 1.2bn pairs of shoes to Europe last year, while Vietnam exported 265m pairs. According to the Commission, the tariffs will add £1 to the average import price of the footwear of about £6.

a. Analyze the above situation and discuss whether EU should impose anti-dumping duty on China.

b. What is the role of WTO (World Trade Organization) in International Trade Dispute Resolution?

 

Organisational Theory, Structure and Design

1. Asha Foods is a company that is into operating restaurants in Mumbai. The owner of this company, Mr. Shetty, now wants to move into International waters by setting up a restaurant in Singapore. He plans to have his existing operations head move to Singapore and hire a few local employees to make up the team. He wants to ensure that with multiple geographies, his organization structure should not lose its effectiveness. What are the 7 Principles of effective organisation structure that Mr. Shetty should keep in mind while planning the structure?

2. HozClean is a cleaning service, providing office cleaning and maintenance solutions for customers. It has a limited number of staff, divided into 6 teams. Each team consists of a supervisor with a crew of 8 members. Each team works an 8-hour shift, during which it gets two 15-minute paid rest breaks and one 30 minute lunch break. The breaks taken by the teams varies, primarily based on the level of strictness enfored by their team leaders – some are very strict and other are lax. The company has adopted the strategy of having a small workforce that performs high-quality work at a reasonably rapid pace. The teams are highly productive compared to their competitors and this productivity is the key to the company's success. Recently, there was an incident at one of the sites and the workers decided to go on strike. When the management team met the striking workers, several issues came up as reasons for conflict, but the majority of the complaints fell into these categories:

1) Differential treatment by team supervisors with respect to break times and lunch breaks

2) varying performance expectations, and

3) lack of growth opportunities

The company decided to follow the porcess of negotiation to resolve the conflict.

What are the 4 sources of conflict, giving examples from the case? Also what is the process of Negotiation for conflict resolution?

3. Surya Enterprises is in the business of setting up Solar Power plants. Given that the solar sector is male dominated, the company has always hired young male engineers for entry-level roles in the company. To reduce the gender skew, the CEO and the Head HR decided to increase the gender diversity by hiring women engineers. This was met with stiff opposition from the department heads. Their concerns were that since the solar projects were in remote locations, safety and security of the women engineers could not be guaranteed at the project sites. The CEO assured them that he would invest in additional security to ensure the safety of the women engineers. At this point, some managers also voiced a view that women engineers would not have the physical strength to handle the rigorous field conditions or also the mental strength to be so far away from city life. The CEO then asked the Head HR why there was so much dissonance in his team. You are the Head HR for this company.

a. Give a detailed note on reasons why people oppose diversity in organisations, giving points from the case wherever applicable.

b. Share a detailed note on benefits of increasing organisation diversity to share with all the managers of the company.

 

International HR Practices

1. INTERIT Systems Ltd is a leading Indian IT company based in Mumbai. The company has expanded to South America in 2019. There are many possible cross cultural problems that the employees of INTERIT will face in South America. You, as an HR Manager, are asked make these employees aware of these cross cultural problems. Point out these problems.

2. Your Company is a leading bank in India and you are planning to expand your operations to the countries in Europe. It is important for an organization to have a performance management system for international employees. In this case, which factors will affect the performance of expatriate in European Countries?

3. DHARTI Telecom, a leading Indian telecom company, recently acquired KAIN Telecom, a leading telecom operator in Nigeria. Company has decided to send a team 100 expatriates in Nigeria to perform different roles. You are an HR Manager of DHARTI Telecom. In this background, answer the following questions:

a. Which factors will you consider for selecting expatriates?

b. What could possibly be the reasons for failure of expatriates?

 

Insurance & Risk Management

1. “Insurance is an important part in the financial sector that contributes significantly to the economy of a country” With regard to the given statement elaborate the Contribution of Insurance on economic growth in India.

2. An insurance contract is a document representing the agreement between an insurer and the insured. Discuss the essentials of a valid contract. (10 Marks)

3. Pratik and shayam are very good friends. Pratik is an insurance advisor in a reputed insurance company and have taken few policies including life insurance policy. Shayam do not believe in buying any life insurance. Being a good friend of Shayam

a. Suggest any five need for buying life insurance policy to Pratik

b. Explain briefly the various types of life insurance policies.

 

International Banking & Foreign Exchange Management

1. Girish has joined the forex department of the bank and was asked by his manager to prepare a report on the limits- based risk management framework based on regulatory minimum requirements and the risk appetite of the bank. Help Girish to prepare report on any four limits.

2. Alpha Ltd was an Indian firm and was doing good in the Indian Market. The management of the company were planning to expand their operations globally by getting into export import transactions. Prepare a short report on the different modes of payment that can be used by the firm for foreign trade.

3. ABC Ltd was planning to raise money from international markets for its global operations. The manager of the company was asked to analyze and prepare a report on- whether Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) could be a good source of funding or not. Help manager to prepare a report on:

a. Various advantages if the company raises fund through FCCB

b. Various disadvantages if the company raises fund through FCCB

 

Treasury Management in Banking

1. Explain the concept of duration in bonds. Select at-least two bonds each from the below bonds with long term and short term maturities (eg 10 years as long term bond and 1-3 years as short term bond) and calculate their duration etc. Suggest which of these will outperform/ underperform in declining and rising interest rate scenarios. (Assume interest are being paid annually). You can use excel function (DURATION) to calculate duration

Symbol	Coupon rate	YTM	Face value	Last traded price	Maturity date
NHAI	8.3	5.6384	1000	1235	25-Jan-27
NHAI	8.2	5.6276	1000	1133	25-Jan-22
SBIN	9.95	7.886	10000	11445	16-Mar-26
IFRC	8	5.1262	1000	1137	23-Feb-22
IIFCL	8.66	6.034	1000	1152.11	22-Jan-24
HUDCO	7.64	5.9595	1000	1180	08-Feb-31
IIFCL	8.91	5.8239	1000	1350	22-Jan-34
M&MFIN	9	9.0053	1000	1022.01	06-Jun-26

 

2. Below excerpts are from the balance sheet of a bank.

Balance Sheet for Hypothetical Bank

Particulars	Assets	Duration (macaulay)	Particulars	Liabilities	Duration (macaulay)
Current Assets	800	12years	Current liabilities	500	5 Years
Fixed Assets	200		Other Liabilities	200
			Equity	300
	1000			1000

1. What kind of risk you can able to demonstrate out of this balance sheet (The current market interest rates are 6%).

2. The bank wants to reduce this risk. Explain what tools are available for the bank to mitigating these risks?

3. Case Study:

The treasury team of XYZ bank is expecting the interest rates to increase in near future and hence decrease in the investment portfolio. The average YTM of the bonds in its portfolio is 8% and it is expecting it to go up to 9%.. The three months Libor is currently quoted at

a. Explain how interest rate futures help the bank to hedge this risk in short term. Explain this with various interest rates scenarios (5 Marks)

b. In another transaction this bank has entered into a 3x9 month forward. The three months MIBOR is 4% and 1 year MIBOR is at 5%. At what price the bank should quote this forward to the client? The markup spread of the bank is 1%.

 

 

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