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MBA EM II YEAR
2.1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Job analysis is just
another burden placed an organisations through governmental legislation.” Do
you agree or disagree? Discuss.
2. You are appointed as HR
manager for a large size company of your choice. Now you are asked to fix pay
scale for the employees. Explain your process of pay fixation.
3. “Human
Resource Management is a proactive approach and personnel management is a
reactive approach to perform the same set of functions related to managing
human resources.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain.
4. “HR Outsourcing has become
a common practice throughout the world.” Discuss the implications of HR
outsourcing on HRM functions.
2.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. In Indian business, firms
personal selling is skewed in favour of customers (merchant middlemen). Discuss
this statement and describe the current status of personal selling in India.
2. “Physical distribution has
been described as the other half of marketing and economy’s Dark Continent.” Do
you agree with this statement? Explain.
3. “Packaging has been
criticized as being expensive giving no additional value and often deceptive.”
How would you justify marketer’s use of packaging?
4. Do you think that social
media advertisements would kill all other traditional media? Give your views
with proper justification. Also explain under what circumstances online
advertisements would be highly recommended.
2.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. If your company wants to
raise long term loans from the capital market for meeting its future needs, as
a Finance Manager which sources you would prefer and why?
2. If the use of financial
leverage magnifies the earnings per share under favourable economic conditions,
why do the companies not employ a very large amount of debt in their capital
structures?
3. “Efficient cash management
will aim at maximizing the availability of cash inflows by decentralizing
collections and cash outflows by centralizing disbursements”. Discuss from the
point of cash conversion cycle.
4. Design an appropriate
capital structure which yield more profitability for a service industry.
Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
2.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Investigate any firm of
your choice to determine how the materials management function fits into its
organization. Prepare an organizational chart for the firm.
2. Selecting a facility
location usually involves a sequence of decisions. This sequence can include a
national decision, a regional decision, a community decision and a site
decision. Elucidate your views with reference to the above context.
3. What is statistical process
control for fraction defectives? With a suitable example of a real life
problem, explain the step-by-step procedure for designing a statistical process
control chart for fraction defectives.
4. “Spending Money for
Maintenance is an Investment” — substantiate your views.
2.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Prepare a project report
for starting a BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) centre at Chennai.
2. How State and Central
Governments motivate to develop new entrepreneurs? As a consultant give
suitable tips to motivate new entrepreneurs to avoid unemployment problems.
3. Evaluate the support
programmes undertaken by the Government of India for the promotion of
entrepreneurship in India.
4. How the women
entrepreneurship plays major role in improving the Indian economy? Explain.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. ‘Strategic choice is made
in the context of decision situation as well as decision making’. Explain this
and show various objective and subjective factors that affect strategic choice.
2. Describe the strategic
approaches that Japanese companies have adopted in terms of TQM and continuous
improvement.
3. Critically examine the
strategies adopted by private Airlines companies to attract more passengers.
Assume yourself as the GM of Indian Airlines and chart out a plan of action to
counteract your competitors.
4. “Strategies involving
mergers and acquisitions are particularly vulnerable to cultural problem”
comment with suitable examples.
2.7.1 HRM : (a) LABOUR WELFARE
AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. “Labour welfare is not a
barrier liability or useless expenditure but a wise investment.” — Comment upon
this statement.
2. Write an essay on the
scope, object and the constitutional validity of the Employees Provident Funds
Act.
3. Explain the impact of
technological changes in Industrial Relations
4. In the present situation,
critically evaluate the term “Collective Bargaining” in India. Suggest the
principles for making the process of collective bargaining as a successful one.
2.7.1 HRM: (b) TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT
1. “Skills can be imported,
knowledge may be gained but attitudes once hardened cannot be changed.” As a
trainer suggest a method to change the attitude.
2. Design a Training Programme
for a graduate engineer trainee in a large size engineering organization of
your choice.
3. “Training and development
is a liability to organization” Explain and give your views.
4. Enumerate problems an HR
executive may face while planning and implementation of training programme for
semiskilled and unskilled employees.
2.7.2 MM : (a) SALES AND
DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1. Some people opine that a
middleman increases the cost of marketing, while others praise it as it adds
value to the product. How would you reconcile these two opposite views?
2. If your firm is considering
changing the shape of certain territories, what actions would you take to
lessen the protests of the sales force who may be upset about this type of
change?
3. How sales target are fixed
by companies? Discuss about the application of sales forecasting techniques in
fixing the target. Do you feel that fixing sales target is useful? Give
reasons.
4. What are the different
channels available for distribution? How do you select a right channel? Suggest
suitable channel for the following products.
2.7.2 MM : (b) MARKETING
RESEARCH AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. Illustrate with suitable
example various sampling techniques used in marketing research. Suggest a
suitable sampling plan to collect information from the students of a university
regarding the recreation facility available.
2. What are the influences of
groups in purchase behaviour? “An individual’s family plays a prominent role in
influencing his buying behaviour than groups.” Do you agree? — Discuss.
3. When measuring attitudes,
is it Important to consider the situation in which behaviour takes place?
Enlist different situations and give suitable examples of how situations might
influence attitudes.
4. Discuss the essentials of a
good questionnaire. Construct a questionnaire for studying the consumption
behaviour of tea in shopping markets and in government offices.
2.7.3 FM : (a) INVESTMENT,
SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the present state
of Indian capital market. What measures would you take to make the Indian
capital market more vibrant?
2. Elucidate the recent
developments in stock market wherein interventions of SEBI are in a sterilised
market condition. Critically examine the developments in post intervention period.
3. “Explain how the technical
indicators will be helpful in Indian stock market for a new investor in picking
up the share for investment.
4. Recently many specialized
types of mutual funds have appeared. They invest in many companies in the same
industry, some invest in the same types of securities of many different forms
in different industries. Among these two strategies which is more advisable?
Analyse from investor and company point of view.
2.7.3 FM: (b) MANAGEMENT OF
FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. “Liberalisation and
globalization measures have encouraged the introduction of new financial
services in India.” — Explain.
2. Examine the impact of the
entry of foreign institutional investors in the Indian Stock Market.
3. Elucidate the services
rendered by the credit rating agencies. ICRA, CRISIL and CARE.
4. Explain the impact of
foreign direct Investment in Insurance and Banking sector in India.
2.7.4 PM: (a) PRODUCTION,
PLANNING, CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE
1. Discuss the various methods
of scheduling and loading used in the product layout in Automobile Industries.
Bring out the merits & Demerits.
2. Briefly explain the
breakdown maintenance. How does the Breakdown time distribution help in
determining the maintenance policy?
3. Discuss the significance of
Material Requirements Planning (MRP). Prepare a detailed MRP for a company
engaged in the manufacturing of computer peripherals.
4. A two wheeler industry
fixed a target of producing one vehicle per minute and they are following JIT
concept. Design a detailed scheduling chart.
2.7.4 PM : (b) QUALITY
MANAGEMENT
1. Select a product or service
on your own and describe how the dimensions of quality influence its
acceptance.
2. Give a detail plan to
implement TQM in an educational institution.
3. Compare the application of
Keizen, JIT, Poka Yoke and Benchmarking. Identify the industries which are most
suitable for these concepts.
4. Why corporate should do
quality audit? Discuss the salient features of ISO 14000. Why this ISO 14000 is
critically important for leather industries?
2.7.5 SYSTEMS: (a) PERSONAL
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
1. How do you set a style
sheet in MS-Word to prepare a document? Exemplify the various options available
in style sheet.
2. How do you add photos,
videos and sound in your power point presentation. Explain the other options
available in power point.
3. Name and describe briefly
any five types of 3D charts that are available in the chart wizard of Excel.
What are the various types of stock available in Excel? Explain the necessary
row and column setting to draw these stocks charts?
4. What are the three major
steps that Auto content wizard of power point takes its users through? Explain
the options available in each step, taking an example of presentation for a
Brain Storming session?
2.7.5 (b) INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
1. Discuss the possibility of
occurrence of cyber crime in e-commerce. Do you feel there should be separate
law for e-commerce? If so, discuss the merits and demerits of enforcing such a
law.
2. Develop a database for a
functional area of your choice in an organization.
3. Majority of the companies
are implementing an ERP system or intend to do so in the coming years. Discuss
the managerial implications.
4. Discuss the various payment
systems in e-commerce. What precautionary measures are required?
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MBA FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT II
YEAR
2.1 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL
SERVICES
1. Why companies go for
leasing rather than purchasing agreement? What steps are involved in a lease
agreement?
2. Analyze the trends in
mutual funds and how the fresh fund capitals are mobilized during past five
years.
3. In the recent past many
investors lost money on stocks and mutual funds because of an economic downturn
caused by global banking and financial crises. At the same time many experts
argued that this was a “Real Investment Opportunity” because of the depressed
price for many stocks and mutual funds. Do you think today is a good time to
begin an investment program? Justify your answer.
4. If an entrepreneur
approaches you for an advice regarding financing of a project wherein he
intends to expand his existing project. What resources you should suggest him
to raise his funds?
2.2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. Define the balance of
payments. The balance of payments records all types of international
transactions. What are the three main types of international transaction in
balance of payment accounts?
2. “Multilateral setting
process is good to read in print, but when it comes to implementation, there
are bottlenecks.” What does this statement imply? Discuss in detail.
3. India’s Tariff and quota
system is restricting international trade especially for Agri Business. — Do
you agree with this statement? If Yes / No — substantiate your answer with
suitable example.
4. Critically evaluate the
success of STC of India in achieving the objectives for which it was
established.
2.3 DERIVATIVES MANAGEMENT
1. How the valuation of
Interest Rate SWAP, Currency SWAP and FRN are made? Explain them.
2. What is a lower bound price
of a 4 month call option on a non dividend paying stock when the stock price is
28 $, strike price is 25$ and risk free interest rate is 8% per annum.
3. Examine the risks in
financial derivatives and suggest measures to minimise them.
4. Write a note on role of
clearing house with special emphasis upon ‘delivery mechanism’ in futures
market
2.4 RISK MANAGEMENT AND
INSURANCE
1. You are the newly appointed
Risk Manager within an organisation and have noted that there is no written
risk management philosophy or statement in place. Advise to the Board regarding
the advantages of adopting a risk
document, describing the
elements that should be referenced within it.
2. Discuss the loss control
measures are to be taken by any manufacturing company of your choice.
3. ‘Insurance is a risk
management technique of the corporate sector’– Analyse the statement.
4. Critically examine the role
of government in regulation of insurance business in India
2.5 INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. How do operators on a stock
exchange affect the economic life of a nation? Is it necessary to control the
stock exchange in the present situation? Give your views.
2. “Companies with high credit
risk are the ones that cannot access fixed rate market directly. They are the
companies that are most likely to be paying fixed and receiving floating in an
interest rate swap”. Do you think it increases or decreases the risk of a
financial institutions swap portfolio? Assume that companies are most likely to
default when interest rates are high.
3. “A fundamental analysis
estimate of intrinsic value is different from the present value of all income”.
Is this statement true, false or uncertain? Justify your views with appropriate
examples.
4. A stock split should have
no effect on value but it does seem to affect a firm stock price. How would you
reconcile this contradiction? Substantiate with suitable examples.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. What are the six sigma
strategies? Is this strategies has suitable to all the organization? If yes
explain briefly if no justify your answer.
2. A leading steel company
approaches you for strategies formulation and implementation in the changing
environment. Suggest them a combination of strategies for productivity
improvement (Make necessary assumptions).
3. Consider the shampoo market
in India. Prepare a table showing the differences between the strategies
adopted by top 5 brands. Explain each point.
4. Differentiate between
competitive advantage of a country and a corporate. Discuss how this can help a
firm to win over competition and grab more market share.
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. What type of electronic
payment systems are required in E-Commerce? Why are there different types of
payment systems? Explain the necessary characteristics of each type of payment
system and give an example of each where it is used.
2. Describe the current
e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future prospect of e-commerce
3. Take an example of any two
e-commerce companies in India providing high end e-commerce solutions and
describe how they established customer confidence, trust and ensured privacy
and security of the e-commerce transactions.
4. What is meant by Home
entertainment? How it is related to E-Commerce and explains the size of the
Home Entertainment Market?
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH
METHODS
1. Why do business
organizations need research? A company, faced with the problem of increasing
rate of work force turnover, wants you to conduct a research on this problem.
Prepare a blueprint on the research process, you will follow.
2. “Research is much concerned
with proper fact finding, analysis and evaluation”. Do you agree with this
statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.
3. “Whenever possible, it is
advisable to use instruments that have already been developed and repeatedly
used in published studies, rather than develop our own instruments for our
studies” — Do you agree? Discuss the reasons for your answer
4. “Every data collection
method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to multi-methods of
data collection is only going to compound the biases”, How would you critique
this statement?
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MBA
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
II YEAR
2.1 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
1. Examines some of the models
of OD. Which do you think would be more appropriate for Indian Industries?
2. “Human beings have a
tendency to get merged to a group. This happens when majority of the groups
have changed ultimately creating pressures on individuals to fall in line with
change.” Do you think this a desirable or an undesirable phenomenon? Give your
views.
3. “Many managers believe the
effectiveness of third party peace making intervention rather than
comprehensive intervention”. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your
views.
4. “A well established company
manufacturing readymade garment plans to introduce new machines and new methods
of production. The workers in the factory numbering five hundred are fearful of
the change resisting it in many ways.” Advice the management how to solve the
problem through derive the appropriate strategy.
2.2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Assume yourself as a CEO of
a Yarn Export Company, how will you design effective training policies in your
company? Enumerate the various logistics arrangements needed for conducting
training programmes in your company.
2. “Most of the training
programme fails due to improper need identification”. If this is true, as a Trainer
how will you identify the need for training of an organization? Express your
views.
3. Explain the merits and
demerits of different types of training programs. Discuss their suitability in
industries like power generation plant, mines and automobile assembly line.
4. Device a mechanism of
evaluating training and development effectiveness to assess whether training
and development investment gives commensurate return. Justify your answer.
2.3 LABOUR WELFARE
1. “Labour welfare is not a
barrier liability or useless expenditure but a wise investment.” — Comment upon
this statement.
2. “Safety of workers in mines
is much more riskier than any other industrial establishments. We need to
evolve a separate policy on their welfare and safety.” — Do you think so? If
so, given your opinion either supporting or
defending this statement.
3. In what way industrial
hazards can be reduced? Can we prevent accidents by weeding out accident —
prone workers? Suggest suitable ways to reduce accidents in factories (choose an
industry of your choice).
4. Why worker’s education is
important? How do workers educations improve the productivity? Discuss.
2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. What are the causes of poor
Industrial relations? What are the effects? Give your suggestions to improve
the legislation concerning industrial Relations in our country.
2. Critically evaluate the
unfair management practices and unfair union practices. Evaluate a strategy for
balancing these two extremes, so as to ensure both are happy and end up with win-win
situation.
3. Enumerate the various
factors involved in effective negotiation process. Explain the emerging issues
in the administration of Collective Bargaining agreements in global context.
4. “Enlightened Trade Unions
are highly useful both to the working class and the management’. — Examine the
recent issues happened in Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) as an example for
the above statement.
2.5 WAGES AND SALARY
ADMINISTRATION
1. What are the guidelines to
be followed in preparing a wage structure at the enterprise level in a steel
production company? Enlist the various problems in it.
2. When all employees are paid
fundamentally the same amount of compensation, what is the likely impact upon
satisfaction and behaviour? What effect would secrecy — of — pay policy have
upon the situation?
3. Outline the purpose of a
pay commission. How is it constituted? Critically examine the recommendations
of any four central pay commissions of your choice.
4. “If selection and placement
decisions are done effectively, individual performance should not vary a great
deal, therefore, an incentive system is not necessary” — Discuss.
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. What is the six sigma
strategies? Is this strategies has suitable to all the organization? If yes
explain briefly if no justify your answer.
2. A leading steel company
approaches you for strategies formulation and implementation in the changing
environment. Suggest them a combination of strategies for productivity
improvement (Make necessary assumptions).
3. Consider the shampoo market
in India. Prepare a table showing the differences between the strategies
adopted by top 5 brands. Explain each point.
4. Differentiate between
competitive advantage of a country and a corporate. Discuss how this can help a
firm to win over competition and grab more market share.
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. What type of electronic
payment systems are required in E-Commerce? Why are there different types of
payment systems? Explain the necessary characteristics of each type of payment
system and give an example of each where it is used.
2. Describe the current
e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future prospect of e-commerce
3. Take an example of any two
e-commerce companies in India providing high end e-commerce solutions and
describe how they established customer confidence, trust and ensured privacy
and security of the e-commerce transactions.
4. What is meant by Home
entertainment? How it is related to E-Commerce and explains the size of the
Home Entertainment Market?
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH
METHODS
1. Why do business
organizations need research? A company, faced with the problem of increasing
rate of work force turnover, wants you to conduct a research on this problem.
Prepare a blueprint on the research process, you will follow.
2. “Research is much concerned
with proper fact finding, analysis and evaluation”. Do you agree with this
statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.
3. “Whenever possible, it is
advisable to use instruments that have already been developed and repeatedly
used in published studies, rather than develop our own instruments for our
studies” — Do you agree? Discuss the reasons for your answer.
4. “Every data collection
method
Do has its own built-in biases. Therefore,
resorting to multi-methods of data collection is only going to compound the
biases”, How would you critique this statement?
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