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INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT
APPLICABLE FOR JUNE 2021 EXAMINATION
Information Systems for Managers
1. The recent Covid-19
pandemic has turned the world upside down with several businesses shutting shop
owing to mounting losses. Yet, in these pandemic times, e-commerce is one
twinkling star that has been gathering strength after strength. How has Direct
Selling Experience via Amazon India helped small scale manufacturers of
handicrafts or any other item of your choice during these pandemic times. As an
external consultant, try to analyse the reasons behind the success of these
small-scale manufacturers. Provide some statistics on how technology has made
the lives of small-scale manufacturers simpler? In your opinion, do you see
this as a future once the Covid-19 crisis gets over or do you see manufacturers
trying to sell their handicraft/other products face to face again? (10 Marks)
2. There has been a greater
emphasis being placed on E-Governance in India which refers to the usage of
e-commerce and e-business technologies by governments & their departments
to conduct their own business. Choose your own city/town municipality & write
down the salient features of any Government to Citizen (G2C) initiative
conducted in your area recently. Also highlight the key benefits of this G2C
initiative in your area to the common man. How has it changed the life of a
common citizen? Support the benefits section with some statistics or
Quantitative data (For example: Number of citizen complaints fell down by 65%).
(In case you are living in a rural area, please choose the nearest city of your
region, in case you are living abroad, you are free to choose your local
foreign city to explain) (10 Marks)
3. The city of Leh is the
joint capital & the largest town of the union territory of Ladakh in India.
Leh is at an altitude of 3,524 metres (11,562 ft), and is connected via
National Highway 1 to Srinagar in the southwest and to Manali in the south via
the Leh-Manali Highway. You have been invited as an external IT consultant by
Government of India with a mandate to convert Leh into a “Smart City”
a. Which “Smart” city in the
world will you choose as a benchmark to emulate some of the best practices of
that city into Leh? Provide atleast 3 reasons with brief descriptions behind
your choice of choosing that particular city as a benchmark? (5 Marks)
b. Suggest & describe
atleast 2 innovative technology enabled services that you will introduce into
Leh so that it can be called as a “Smart city”?
Organisational Behaviour
1. Explain how GLOBE study has
helped managers across the world understand the complex relationship between
culture and organizational success.
2. What problems do you
usually encounter in teamwork at your organization? What is your approach to
overcome them? (10 Marks)
3. Essex Enterprises is a
renowned logistics company which has spread its operations in 7 countries
across the globe. They are recognized as the best learning organization due to their
policies and processes and systems. One of the reasons for their success is
that they have successfully applied the Reinforcement Theory of Learning since
their inception.
a. Why is Reinforcement Theory
also called as Behaviour Modification Theory? (5 Marks)
b. How can reinforcement be
administered effectively?
Financial Accounting & Analysis
1. Discuss and analyze the
following transactions for X Ltd, using the concept of accounting equation
(Assets, Liabilities and Equities).
1. Purchased Furniture for Rs675000
2. Capital Introduced by the
business Owner by depositing 12 Lakhs in the bank account
3. Goods purchased on credit
from Aman Enterprises for Rs105000
4. Goods sold on credit for Rs
400000. The cost of the goods sold was Rs 300000
5. Purchased goods from Sneha
Enterprises for Rs 600000 and made the payment from the business's bank account
2. Love Doddle is a gifting
enterprise of Ms. Dorati. The enterprise generates inflows by arranging gift
hampers for the customer's loved ones. The inflows arises from the sale of gift
hampers Rs 505000 and from bank interest, dividend receipt Rs4200. Ms. Dorati
is confused on how to record these inflows. She would like to understand from
you about the concepts Revenue from operation and other income, so that she can
record the information so as to prepare the profit and loss statement of the
enterprise. Define, share examples, and elaborate on your understanding towards
the terms Revenue from Operation and Other Income (10 Marks)
3. The following information
is given with respect to the ratio's of two companies Aman Ltd Roger Ltd
Current ratio 2:01 1.60:1
Quick Ratio 1.35:1 1:01
Return on investment 15% 13%
Debt Equity Ratio 2.5:1 1:01
a. Define the concepts of
Current and Quick ratio’s and also, reflect on your understanding towards the
financial performance of the companies by looking to the above information (2marks
for defining and 3 marks for interpretation and reasoning) (5 Marks)
b. Define the terms- Return on
Investment and Debt equity ratio and also, reflect on your understanding
towards the financial performance of the companies (2marks for defining and 3
marks for interpretation and reasoning) (5 Marks)
Business Economics
1. From the give table
calculate Elasticity of Price, Total Revenue and Marginal Revenue. Also,
explain the relationship between AR and MR?
Price
|
Quantity
|
Total
Revenue
|
Marginal
Revenue
|
|
6
|
0
|
|
|
|
5
|
100
|
|
|
|
4
|
200
|
|
|
|
3
|
300
|
|
|
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2
|
400
|
|
|
|
1
|
500
|
|
|
|
0
|
600
|
|
|
2. Demand forecasting is not a
speculative exercise into the unknown. It is essentially a reasonable judgement
of future probabilities of the market events based on scientific background.
Explain the statement by elaborating different qualitative and quantitative methods
of demand forecasting. (10 Marks)
3.a. Define elasticity of
supply and find the price from the given statement:
If Es of a good is 2 and a
firm supplies 200 units at price of Rs 8 per unit, then at what price will the
firm supply 250 units. (5 Marks)
3.b. Calculate the elasticity
of supply if a 15 %increase in the price of soya bean oil increases its supply
from 300 to 345 units
Marketing Management
1. As a newly appointed
Product Manager by Balaji wafers, you are asked to develop New Product Planning
for new flavor of potato wafer. How would you develop new product planning
process? (10 Marks)
2. Health and Nutrition
Start-Up, Habbit makes consumer debut with a range of innovative &
delicious Products. Habbit Wise Creams are the lowest calorie ice creams in the
world. Every serving has less than 50 calories, which is less than half an
apple. Available in 6 gourmet flavours such as Blueberry Crumble, Salted
Caramel, Lychee Blush, etc. Wise Creams contain zero added sugar and are keto +
diabetic friendly. Prepare an appropriate Segmentation Strategy for the new
launch. Considering that they have entered in consumer market for the first
time, how should the brand be positioned in the market? (10 Marks)
3. Read the following Case
& solve the questions given:
Mr. Ramesh of Unique
Industries is contemplating to enter the men’s top end shirts category. The
company already has a brand “CLINGERS” in the middle segment (₹350-700). The
brand is very popular amongst the target audience. Having got the volumes, Mr.
Ramesh now wants to play the value game and enter the top end (₹700+) category.
He knows there are some formidable brands like Farow etc. that will make life
extremely difficult for Unique Industries. But there are certain advantages
which Unique Industries enjoys. It has one of the best retail networks in the
country. They have their own factory, which ensures regular quality supply.
They are the pioneers of branded shirts in India.
Mr. Ramesh has decided to keep
the brand name as “Clingers Gold”. He has decided to allocate ₹10 crores for sales
promotion and advertising budget. Unique Industries is simultaneously entering
the readymade trousers market and shoes market. Mr. Ramesh has decided to keep
the same brand name “CLINGERS” to leverage the success of the brand name to the
two new categories.
a. Do you think the brand name
“Clingers Gold” is right for the top end segment? Justify your answer. (5
Marks)
b. Which factors you think
needs to be studied before making such entry in the market?
Management Theory and Practice
1. Tanishq Jewellers want to
set up MIS in their organization in order to manage the information better
across the organization. Can you guide them about the same along with the
characteristics, components, advantages and limitations? (10 Marks)
2. Premier Automobiles plans
to set up a base in various countries across Europe. Can you please explain
that how can they analyze the culture using Hofstede’s five dimensions of culture
before setting up a base in those countries? (10 Marks)
3. A two-year-old start-up
company dealing in 3D Printing is undergoing a major overhaul due to COVID 19
and require your help
a. They are facing a lot of
resistance to the changes being implemented and want to understand the reasons
for this resistance? (5 Marks)
b. Can you help them manage
these resistances to change?
Essentials of HRM
1. In your experience what are
the barriers which prevent oneself from being an effective communicator? What
were the challenges you faced? Suggest some ways to handle such challenges. (10
Marks)
2. Suppose that you are the HR
manager at a firm where hiring-freeze has been declared due to the ongoing
pandemic. The plan is to downsize through attrition. What steps would you take
to ensure that you reap the advantages of this strategy while minimizing the
disadvantages.
3. Rahul and Priyanka are
partners in a content writing company named as ‘Writing4You’. Rahul says it’s
quite clear whether any particular employee of the company is doing their job
properly or not, as they monitor, observe and give them feedback regularly.
Being a small company Rahul feels a formal appraisal process is of no use
because they (both Rahul & Priyanka) can keep in touch with every employee
on a regular basis. Priyanka on the other hand, feels that sitting down and
giving formal feedback will reinforce what employees are doing right and get
them to modify things they may be doing wrong. Now, they want you, their
management consultant to advise them on what to do.
a. What performance appraisal
problems will ‘Writing4You’ encounter if they continue on the course of not
using formalized performance appraisals? (5 Marks)
b. What guidelines would you
recommend to ‘Write4You’ partners for developing an effective appraisal system?
Business Communication
1. You worked as an intern at
SuperEventz Event Management Solutions in the summer of 2018. You were
reporting to Maneka Sharma, the head of digital marketing for SuperEventz. You
are now applying for a job opportunity at Manendra & Manendra for the
position of Social Media Manager. The HR department of Manendra & Manendra needs
a letter of recommendation as part of their hiring process. Write an email to
Maneka Sharma requesting for a recommendation. Use your creativity to make up
any details you need in order to craft an effective message.
2. MaxPlus Cottons is closing
its Chennai manufacturing plant amidst a slow economic climate. Mahesh Kumar,
Chief Operating Officer needs to be the bearer of bad news. The silver lining
is that all employees will be redeployed to other plants, and there will be no job
cuts. Considering the nature of the news, Mahesh has decided to use the
indirect approach while writing the email. He is thinking of an effective
buffer to use in the opening paragraph. What is a buffer? Explain any 5 types of
buffers, illustrate with examples. (10 Marks)
3.a. Rewrite these sentences
to reflect your audience’s viewpoint or the “You” Attitude:
1. Your email order cannot be
processed; we request that you use the order form on our website instead.
2. We insist that you always
bring your credit card to the store.
3. We want to get rid of all
our 15-inch LCD screens to make room in our warehouse for the new 19-, 23-, and
35-inch monitors. Thus, we are offering a 25 percent discount on all sales of
15-inch models this week.
4. I am applying for the
position of accounting intern in your office. I feel my grades prove that I am
bright and capable, and I think I can do a good job for you.
5. As requested, we are
sending the refund for Rs.4500
3.b. Revise the following sentences
to be positive rather than negative: (5 Marks)
1. You have not filled in
every section of the questionnaire we sent you.
2. It’s clear that you have
not understood the question.
3. It is very obvious that you
are doing everything you can to avoid your responsibility for refunding all my
costs.
4. You failed to specify the
colour of the blouse that you ordered.
5. You must understand that by
using the water jet cleaner without reading the instructions carefully means
that you are very likely to damage the machine or possibly cause injury to
yourself through incorrect operation.
Strategic Management
1. You have been appointed as
a Strategy Consultant to an Italian Luxury Sports Car manufacturing brand
namely “Pagani Huayra” wanting to enter India. Which one of Porter’s Generic
Strategies would you choose to be operational in India & explain the reasons
in detail behind your choice of strategy? Once the strategy has been chosen, explain
the categories of customers you would target alongwith the price points?
2. Kikkoman, a Japanese soy
sauce manufacturer wishes to enter India. Conduct a PESTLE analysis for
Kikkoman in India & suggest whether Kikkoman should enter India or
otherwise.
3. You are the Chairman of a
French FMCG company in India by the name of “FrenchShine”. You are operating in
the “Soaps & Detergents” category & are facing tough rivals like HUL,
Nirma & P&G. You have been operating in India since 2016. During 2020,
there has been a steady decline in your revenues & profitability. Your market
share has also fallen from 6% to 2.5% during 2020. Your competitors are eating into
your market share slowly & steadily during Covid-19 pandemic times.
a. What turnaround strategies
can you suggest to arrest the decline of revenues & profitability of your
company? (5 Marks)
b. In your opinion, would it
be considered appropriate to pursue a Strategic Alliance or a JV Strategy or
should “FrenchShine” go it alone in India? State your response with appropriate
justifications & reasons. What would be the advantages & disadvantages
of such a strategy?
Business Law
1. List out the implied
warranties under the Sales of Goods Act, 1930 and provide an example explaining
each implied warranty. (10 Marks)
2. Explain in detail two (2) real-life
cases of penalties being imposed for offences under Information Technology Act,
2000. Please explain the facts and the nature of the offence in detail. (10
Marks)
3. Rehan’s father died due to
COVID-19 complications but Rehan felt that the negligence of the hospital
authorities led to his father dying. The hospital in which his father was admitted
is a government hospital. Now, Rehan wants to file a case against the hospital towards
this negligence. He requested the hospital to provide the case papers of his
father health records, admission records and other details of his stay in the
hospital. However, the hospital refused it.
a. Under what law can Rehan
apply to obtain the documents and records from the government hospital in light
of the refusal of the government hospital to provide the same? Please explain
the answer with reasons (5 Marks)
b. Can the government hospital
refuse the provision of the documents, if yes under which law? Please explain
the answer with reasons
Operations Management
1. What are various decision
criteria for deciding a location for a business setup? Explain these decision
criteria with reference to a location decision for setting up operations of a
Large Hospitality Setup (like a Resort. etc). (10 Marks)
2. List down briefly the
various inventory management techniques prevalent in the industry. Discuss how
some of these techniques would be applicable to a Medical Store in effective management
of their inventories, i.e medical supplies. (10 Marks)
3. Many business organizations
have operations in which operations management is a daily and constant process.
Managing a Restaurant is one such business, wherein the procurement and
managing various resources is a very strategic process. Explain the following
concepts (with atleast one example) in Operations of a Restaurant business, and
conclude how relevant is it in the business?
a. Define Quality and list and
discuss in brief the various dimensions of quality in operations
b. Bill of Material (BOM)
Decision Science
1. Nemi Mehta is owning 50 Hectares of land near Junagadh. On
his Farm, he cultivates Giloy, which is a medicinal plant in Ayurveda. The
below-given table shows the sales of ‘Giloy Vati’ that his team is preparing as
per one Ayurveda script (book), and the amount they spend on the Advertisement
of it. Nemi’s problem is to analyze the effect of Advertisement on sales.
Firstly, He wants to understand the presence of a linear relationship between
the sales and ‘amount spent in advertisement’. He also wants to run a
correlation and regression to know whether he should keep spending money on
Advertisements or not. If sales figures are not affected by advertisement, he
should not spend money on it. So, take the EXCEL output of the following and
write the interpretation.
· Appropriate type of Graph which can exhibit the linear relation
b/w variables.
· Karl Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient
· Regression Analysis
· Graph that shows predicted v/s actual sales figures.
|
Region
code
|
Sales
(1NR 000s)
|
Advertising (TV spots per month)
(in INR, 000s)
|
|
1
|
260.3
|
5
|
|
2
|
286.1
|
7
|
|
3
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279.4
|
6
|
|
4
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410.8
|
9
|
|
5
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438.2
|
12
|
|
6
|
315.3
|
8
|
|
7
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565.1
|
11
|
|
8
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570.0
|
16
|
|
9
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426.1
|
13
|
|
10
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315.0
|
7
|
|
11
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403.6
|
10
|
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12
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220.5
|
4
|
|
13
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343.6
|
9
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|
14
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644.6
|
17
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15
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520.4
|
19
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16
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329.5
|
9
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17
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426.0
|
11
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18
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343.2
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8
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19
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450.4
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13
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20
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421.8
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14
|
2. The table given below is the ‘single year age population’
(taken from census 2011). This table shows the population of people (age-wise)
living in Leh at the time of the census 2011 survey. Transform this ungrouped
data into Grouped data by forming age groups (only five age groups), and then
find out Mean, Variance, Standard deviation, Ogive, and Histogram. Write the
summary based on your calculations.
|
Age in
Years
|
Popula
tion
|
Age in
Years
|
Popula
tion
|
Age in
Years
|
Popul
ation
|
Age in
Years
|
Popul
ation
|
Age in
Years
|
Popul
ation
|
|
|
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11
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1998
|
22
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2839
|
33
|
2696
|
44
|
1652
|
|
1
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1958
|
12
|
1916
|
23
|
2935
|
34
|
2781
|
45
|
1806
|
|
2
|
1725
|
13
|
2138
|
24
|
3601
|
35
|
2799
|
46
|
1460
|
|
3
|
1814
|
14
|
2139
|
25
|
4110
|
36
|
2450
|
47
|
1226
|
|
4
|
1768
|
15
|
2096
|
26
|
4089
|
37
|
2142
|
48
|
1225
|
|
5
|
1871
|
16
|
2044
|
27
|
3716
|
38
|
2114
|
49
|
1006
|
|
6
|
1888
|
17
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2027
|
28
|
3702
|
39
|
1725
|
50
|
1454
|
|
7
|
1768
|
18
|
2065
|
29
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3084
|
40
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2218
|
|
|
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8
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1712
|
19
|
2013
|
30
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3475
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41
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1802
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|
|
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9
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1780
|
20
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2459
|
31
|
2844
|
42
|
1751
|
|
|
|
10
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1862
|
21
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2594
|
32
|
2684
|
43
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1659
|
|
|
3.a. The given table shows
the rainfall of Gujarat Region. Forecast the rainfall using Exponential
Smoothing. Use Alpha =0.2, 0.5 and 0.8. Data is available from 1997 to 2016,
use this series for the calculation and forecast the rainfall for the year
2017. To know, what extent the prediction is correct, actual rainfall for 2017
(1024.4 millimeters) is provided. Based on MSE and MAD, find out which alpha
values among the three suggestions are relatively near to actual value?
SUBDIVISION YEAR ANNUAL (in
MM)
Gujarat Region 1997 1068.9
Gujarat Region 1998 1070
Gujarat Region 1999 568.4
Gujarat Region 2000 550.6
Gujarat Region 2001 849
Gujarat Region 2002 637.2
Gujarat Region 2003 1160.3
Gujarat Region 2004 1005.8
Gujarat Region 2005 1316.4
Gujarat Region 2006 1478
Gujarat Region 2007 1178.9
Gujarat Region 2008 911.1
Gujarat Region 2009 641.6
Gujarat Region 2010 1088.7
Gujarat Region 2011 890.5
Gujarat Region 2012 714
Gujarat Region 2013 1118.6
Gujarat Region 2014 705.7
Gujarat Region 2015 622.9
Gujarat Region 2016 764.9
Source: Data.Gov.in
3.b. A new gas-electric
hybrid car has recently hit the market. The distance traveled on 1 gallon of
fuel is normally distributed with a mean of 65 miles and a standard deviation
of 4 miles. Find the probability of the following events. (show the concerned region
by z curve)
1. The car travels more than
70 miles per gallon.
2. The car travels less than
60 miles per gallon.
3. The car travels between
55 and 70 miles per gallon.
Business: Ethics, Governance & Risk
1. We are all concerned with
the serious health impacts of the escalating pollution problem in a country
like India where regulation oversight is comparatively lax and penalties &
punishments too few and far? Identify and select any one pollution reducing/mitigating
initiative practiced and embedded in its business by a listed company that
impresses you. Explain this initiative along with the short term & long term
positive impact of the same on the environment & people. (refer to
Sustainability Report and/or Business Responsibility Report of the company) (10
Marks)
2. If business ethics is
understood under the concept of universal values then most of the conflict
among ethical values, the laws of state and the codes of the corporate world could
be eliminated. Any individual, professional, corporation or small & medium business
can make one or more of these universal values the focal point of their business;
be it trust, integrity, fairness, compassion etc and the rest of the values
will follow. Identify which two universal values influence you OR your organization/business
and discuss how this influence & focus has led to ethical decision making
and a better reputation for you OR your organization (Write about any ONE - yourself
or your organization). (10 Marks)
3a. Gender bias is one of the
ills of our society and thus impacts our workplace too. Most progressive
businesses are moving towards gender neutral policies for talent acquisition
& talent management. Explain how are businesses doing it? (5 Marks)
3b. How has the study of
Business Ethics as a subject helped you make ethical decisions & choices to
navigate your professional life better.
Research Methodology
1. Last Week When Suryadev
Menon went to the Byculla market for purchasing Fruits, he has observed that
most of the vendors are using WhatsApp. He has observed that these traditional
vendors have started using WhatsApp for their business-related communications.
One question came to Suryadev’s mind that “How WhatsApp can be useful to these
WhatsApp-users who are running their fruit shops in Byculla, Mumbai?”. He wanted
to survey this. During the literature review process, Suryadev found TAM
(Technology Acceptance Model) as a suitable framework. Help him to design a
questionnaire accordingly. Also, cite the material (if any) being used for gaining
insights for the formulation of questions. (10 Marks)
2. Rewrite the Literature for
your Research by referring to the mentioned paper, this can be a part of your
literature study. Imagine you wanted to work with the following research
question: “In India, which factors motivate the vendors (running small/ micro firms)
to utilize WhatsApp?”.
Instruction: Imagine yourself
working on the above research, and refer the mentioned paper as a major part of
your literature study. Cite most of the past researches mentioned in this paper
and prepare a literature write-up not exceeding 1000 words. Make sure your
literature write-up is aligned with the research question mentioned above. For
more information about any research that has been referred by Modak and Mupepi,
you may download it using NMIMS digital Library. Download this paper: Dancing
with WhatsApp: Small businesses pirouetting with social media
Link:
www.sba.oakland.edu/Faculty/Fliedner/mwdsi/Proceedings Archive/2017
MWDSI Proceedings Final -
April 30.pdf#page=51
Note: the mentioned paper is
available on page 51.
3. A particular government
department of Maharashtra wanted to survey “challenges faced by Companies
during the Covid-19 pandemic”. A team of three belongs to that government
Department, has downloaded data of all listed companies from OGD platform. Now,
they strongly believe that their target group of the current study is; ‘Active companies’. As a part of writing a
basic introduction, they wanted to summarize the data they have received from
OGD platform by keeping only ‘Active Companies’.
a. Simply Identify the
measurement type of each column that exists in the data file and mention it
along with the variable name. (5 Marks)
b. Summarize the data (prepare
frequency table) only for the “PRINCIPAL_BUSINESS_ACTIVITY_AS_PER_CIN “variable
and write basic interpretation along with an appropriate graph.
Data link: Company Master Data
of Maharashtra upto 28th February 2019 | Open
Government Data (OGD) Platform
India
International
Finance
1. Explain different accounts
maintained under balance of payments with its components. Also, explain why a
stronger rupee could enlarge the India’s balance of trade deficit and why a
weaker rupee could affect the India balance of trade deficit. (10 Marks)
2. A US based IT firm required
GBP 100000 in 180 days. The company feels that exchange rates are expected to
fluctuate in the next 6 months. Their near accurate estimate based on a good
quality research were as below:
Current Rate of GBP = USD 1.50
180 days forward rate for GBP
= USD 1.48
Call premium USD 0.02 (strike
price of USD 1.50 for 180 days)
Interest Rates in London for
deposits – 4.5% and for loans – 5.1%
Interest Rates in New York for
deposits – 4.5% and for loans – 5.1%
A fair estimate of exchange
rate after 180 days is expected to be USD 1.44 with a probability of 20%, USD
1.46 with a probability of 60% and USD 1.53 with a probability of 20%.
Advise the company on a good
hedging strategy. Make suitable assumptions if required and state the same (10
Marks)
3. Conduct the below exercise
Step-1: Click the link
https://www.imf.org//media/Files/Publications/WEO/2021/Update/January/English/data/WEOJan2021update.ashx
Step-2: Answer the below
questions
a. What do you understand by
Real GDP? What is the Real GDP Growth Rate of India and China in 2019? What is
the estimated real GDP growth rate of India and China in 2020? What is the
projected real GDP growth rate of India and China in 2021 and 2022?
b. What is the estimated 2022
GDP Loss (in percentage) in comparison to pre-covid levels (January 2020
forecast) in China and Other Emerging Economies in Asia other than China?
Strategic
Financial Management
1. Compute Discounted Payback
Period, Net Present Value and Profitability Index of a project which costs Rs
50,000, cost of capital is 8% and is expected to generate following cash
inflows:
Year Cash inflows(Rs)
1 12,000
2 15,000
3 25,000
4 28,000
5 20,000
6 22,000
On the basis of Net Present
Value and Profitability Index, suggest if the project is to be accepted or not.
(10 Marks)
2. Crown Ltd has the following
book value capital structure. Equity capital (shares of Rs 10 par value each)
Rs 15 crore, 12% Preference capital (Rs 100 par value each) Rs 1 crore.
Retained earnings Rs 20 crore, 11.5% Debentures (Rs 100 par value each) 10 crore
and 11% Term loan Rs 12.5 crore. The next year expected dividend on equity is Rs
3.6 per share and has an expected growth rate of 7%. The market value is Rs 40/share.
Preference stock, redeemable after 10 years is currently trading at Rs 75 per share.
Debentures, trading at Rs 80 are redeemable after 6 years. Corporate tax rate
is 40%. Calculate the WACC as per book value weights. Comment on the relevance
of calculation of WACC. (10 Marks)
3. Walter and Gordon model
analyse the impact of distribution of dividends on the valuation of the firm
but the formula used in both the cases are different. Company ABC Ltd wanted to
evaluate the price of the share in both cases. The company earns ₹ 50 per share
and expects the same for the next year. The cost of capital to the firm is 11%.
The company earns return on investment of 15% and the firm is planning dividend
payout ratio of 60%. Calculate:
a. Price of the share using
Walter Model. Comment on the relationship between return on investment and cost
of capital in the case above and decision of the firm whether dividend is to be
declared or not. (5 Marks)
b. Price of the share using
Gordon model. Comment on the relationship between return on investment and cost
of capital in the case above and decision of the firm whether dividend is to be
declared or not.
Financial
Institutions and Markets
1. Explain the way Indian
Capital Markets is organized. Over the last 3 decades various reforms have
taken place to make the capital markets in India more and more structured and
scam-free. Explain any five such significant reforms (10 Marks)
2. Describe how the prevailing
interest rates in a country affect its exchange rates with the currency of its
major trading partner (10 Marks)
3. Explain different types of
money market instruments. In each of the below cases, which money market
instruments would you recommend and why?
a. A mutual fund manager has
INR 450 million of cash, which he needs to park for a period of less than 180
days, where he will move this to equity (5 Marks)
b. An oil refining company
wishes to borrow INR 1500 million for a period of 90 days to fund its
settlement of invoices
Treasury
Management in Banking
1. Risk Management is a
predominant function of the Treasury unit in a Bank. Relate the concept of Risk
Management and types of risks in the context of various activities of the Treasury
unit in a Bank (10 Marks)
2. Cash Management unit within
Bank’s Treasury has multiple functions to perform to remain profitable. Study
the roles and functions of cash management and briefly describe the various
direct activities within the Treasury as well as the collaborative activities
with other business segments of the Bank. (10 Marks)
3. Global Banking of today
calls for an efficient, effective, and profitable Treasury unit in each Bank.
Assume that you have joined the Bank as a Management Trainee and you have been
asked to study the Treasury unit and do the following:
a. Study and briefly document
the key objectives of the Treasury unit (5 Marks)
b. Briefly describe the best
practices for a typical Banking Treasury unit to be effective, efficient, and
profitable (5 Marks)
International
Banking & Foreign Exchange Management
1. ABC Ltd was a small firm
and used to make goods and export it to Japan. Due to current economic
condition and competition pressure in the market, firm was being forced to
provide longer credit period to clients. Due to lack of capital, and delay in realization
of funds from debtors it was difficult for the firm to start new production. If
you are the finance manager of the firm, provide information to the firm
regarding different sources through which firm can avail credit after shipping
the goods and before the realization of export proceeds. (10 Marks)
2. XYZ Ltd was a
well-established company in India and had borrowed money from Indian Capital
Market in the form of equity. The company was planning to expand and have its
presence in foreign countries as well but was not very sure about the source of
funding from the international market. If you are the finance manager suggest
any five sources of funding to the company from the international market. (10
Marks)
3. Neeta has completed her
management education and has joined the International Banking Division of the
Bank. She was supposed to deal with currencies and so it was required for her
to understand the concepts of direct and indirect quote. She was little confused
between direct and indirect quote so she decided to approach his manager for the
same. If you are her manager explain:
a. Concept of Direct Quote
with an example (5 Marks)
b. Concept of Indirect Quote
with an example (5 Marks)
Insurance
& Risk Management
1. The Indian regulator of
Insurance Business IRDAI, has been very instrumental to innovate the insurance
products, sales along with the regulatory control. Please describe the IRDAI’s
duties and responsibilities in context with the given statement. (10 Marks)
2. Insurance is given on the
trust, basis the facts mentioned in the proposal form. What is your
understanding of this statement with reference to the basic principals of
Insurance? (10 Marks)
3. Simran a seasoned
professional working with a well-known IT company, earning around Rs. 1.50 Lacs
per month. Her husband Samarjeet Singh is a Doctor and a successful practicing
surgeon earning around Rs. 5.00 Lacs per month. They have a daughter, 3- year-old
Simarpreet Kaur. Simran and Samarjeet are planning to buy a house for a price of
Rs. 5.00 Cr. in next 2-3 months and taking a loan from a Bank. While having a conversation
with them you got to know that the total Insurance Cover is only Rs 5.00 lacs
in the family put to gather all the insurance and only a Health Insurance of
Rs. 2 Lacs given by Simran’s company. As a consultant to Dr. Samarjeet and
Simran you are expected to:
a. Do a comprehensive
calculation of Human Life Value and identify the exact amount of the Insurance
Cover to be given. (5 Marks)
b. As per your understanding
what all Insurance Products would you like to suggest them as a complete
financial protection for the family. (5 Marks)
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