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M.B.A. (E-BUSINESS) FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the Universality of
Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.
2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian corporate
sector than before”- Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a leader in
today's turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be
converted into productive utilities - Do you agree? Give reasons.
1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation/ suggest the
segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table top wet grinder and
Business magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of PLC.
Identify one product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give reasons for your
answer.
3. What are objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing
techniques that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop, Sports utility
vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional media?
Discuss your answer with proper justification. Also explain under what circumstances
online advertisements would be highly recommended.
1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good profit. It is
profitable for companies not to declare any dividend even when they are making good
profits. What will be the reaction of the shareholder? Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of compromising
the conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment. What strategy should the
finance manager develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a service
industry. Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.

4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s earnings are
computed, distributed and retained”- Comment on this statement.
1.4 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Discuss the various update operation on relation and types of integrity constraints that
must be checked for each update operation?
2. Explain various levels of Data abstraction in database system?
3. Why is concurrency control needed? Explain lost update, Inconsistent retrievals and
uncommitted dependency anomalies.
4. Construct an ER diagram for Bank transactions.
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human
resources”. In the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human resource
planning.
2. Explain a sample HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing organization
and explain the functions.
3. You are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new. Now
you are asked to fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of pay fixation.
4. Performance Appraisal System helps employees to identify the areas in which they need
to improve – Do You agree or disagree? Justify with the suitable methods.
1.6 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. A Company decided to implement a highly integrated management information system.
Any transaction entered in to the system would immediately affect all related functional
subsystem at all levels of activity. The system was never implemented successfully. Why
do you think it was a failure? 2. Explain a hierarchical database organisation. Give an
example of data that has a ‘natural’ Hierarchical order. What are the limitations of a
network organisation? 3. Discuss the amount of centralization that PBS has and whether
this is functional or dysfunctional. 4. Discuss the role of MIS in the fields of education. 4
1.7 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. A public library is considering the implementation of a computer-based system to help
administer book loan at libraries. Identify the stakeholders in such a project. What might
be the objectives of such a project and how might the success of the project be measured
in practical terms? 2. Assume that a company has decided on a COTS solution that will
replace the whole of the existing maintenance accounting system rather than simply
plugging in additional modules to deal with group accounts. Write a memorandum to the

company’s legal department outlining the important provisions that a contract to supply
this system should have.
3. An organization is contemplating the purchase of a project planning software tool such
as MS project and has decided to draw up quality specifications for the package. The
features that they are particularly concerned are, to set up details of new projects and
updating the project details with information about actual work completed. Draw up
quality specifications in respect of the qualities of 1) Usability 2) Reliability 3)
Recoverability
4. ABC software company is to develop software for effective counselling for allotment of
engineering seats for students with high scores ranking from top colleges. The product has
to be upgraded if the common entrance score is to be considered. Describe the appropriate
product development life cycle and the standard skills required.
1.8 FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall effectiveness and specify the related
formula.
2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of valuation.” Comment.
3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision. However,
depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow analysis for such an
investment decision. How do you explain this paradox?
4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of foresight and not post-mortem examination; it
turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and eliminates wastes”. Discuss in detail this
statement.
ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. (FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT)
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2019 - 2020
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
1. Management is said to have universal application. How do you justify the Universality of
Management? Give examples to illustrate your arguments.

2. “The importance of strategic planning is now fully realized by the Indian corporate sector than
before” – Discuss
3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a leader in today's
turbulent environment.
4. Without effective management the resources will remain as resources cannot be converted into
productive utilities – Do you agree? Give reasons.
1. What is market segmentation? What are the different ways of segmentation? Suggest the
segmentation strategy for the following products: Edible oil, Table top wet grinder and Business
magazine.
2. What strategies you would recommend to be followed during the four stages of PLC? Identify one
product and one service for each stage in the PLC. Give reasons for your answer.
3. What are the objectives of pricing strategies? Discuss the merits of different pricing techniques
that you would recommend for the following products. Laptop, Sports utility vehicle, designer tiles.
4. Do you think that social media advertisements would kill all other traditional media? Discuss your
answer with proper justification. Also explain under what circumstances online advertisements would
be highly recommended.
1. It is usual to declare good dividends when the company is making good profit. It is profitable for
companies not to declare any dividend even when they are making good profits. What will be the
reaction of the shareholders? – Discuss.
2. “In managing working capital the finance manager faces the problem of compromising the
conflicting goals of liquidity and profitability”. – Comment. What strategy should the finance manager
develop to solve this problem?
3. Design an appropriate capital structure which yield more profitability for a service industry.
Illustrate your answer with the help of EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. “The success of a business concern depends upon the way in which it’s earnings are computed,
distributed and retained”- Comment on this statement.
1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Elaborate the role of SAP software applications on supply chain management.
2. As an automobile production manager, how will you take Make or Buy decision in your unit?
3. "Spending Money for Maintenance is waste" – Discuss.

4. Describe the steps in ISO quality certification process by any Agency in India.
1. “Human resource planning is a pre-requisite for effective management of human resources”. In
the light of this statement, analyse the significance of human resource planning. 2. Explain a sample
HR departmental structure for a large manufacturing organization and explain the functions. 3. You
are appointed as HR manager for a mid size leather company which is new. Now you are asked to
fix pay scale for the employees. Explain your process of pay fixation. 4. Performance Appraisal
System helps employees to identify the areas in which they need to improve – Do You agree or
disagree? Justify with the suitable methods. 1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS 1. Develop a
research problem that requires the use of discriminate analysis. Use ‘entered college’ ‘did not enter
college’ as dependent variables. Discuss with basic functions 2. A Statistical survey is a scientific
process of collection and analysis of numerical data. Explain the stages of statistical survey.
Describe the various methods for collecting data in a statistical survey. 3. Two groups of 100 people
each were taken for testing the use of vaccine. 15 persons contracted the disease out of the
inoculated persons, while 25 contracted the disease in the other group. Test the efficiency of the
vaccine, use X square value (at 5 percent level for one degree of freedom the value of X square =
3.82) 4. A panel of two judges P and Q graded seven dramatic performance by independently
awarding marks as follows Performance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Marks by P: 46 42 44 40 43 41 45 Marks by Q
40 38 36 35 39 37 41 4 The eighth performance, for which judge Q could not attend, was awarded
37 marks by judge P. If judge Q has also been present, how many marks would be expected to have
been awarded by him to the eighth performance? 1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION 1 You
have recently joined a branch of a Bank as its manager. Write a report to the head office on the short
falls in the routine work of the branch. 2. Design an Agenda and Minutes of an annual general body
meeting. (Assume your own choice of company) 3. Explain the process of designing and developing
oral presentation. Also, prepare a five minutes presentation to address your managers on any matter
of your choice. 4. Develop a complaint letter as a dealer to the manufacturer about the replacements
of defective products. Highlight the complaints pointed out by the customers regarding the products.
1.8 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS 1. Enumerate the ratios that measure a firm’s overall
effectiveness and specify the related formula. 2. “Depreciation is a process of allocation and not of
valuation.” – Comment. 3. It is said that only cash cost are relevant for capital budgeting decision.
However, depreciation which is a non-cash cost is a prominent part of cash flow analysis for such an
investment decision. How do you explain this paradox? 4. It is said, “cost accounting is a system of
foresight and not post-mortem examination; it turns losses into profit, speeds up activities and
eliminates wastes”. Discuss in detail this statement.
ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. FIRST YEAR (GENERAL)
Academic Year: 2017 - 2018

1. What do you see as the main difference between a successful and an unsuccessful
decision? How much does luck versus skill have to do with it? Give a detail note on it.
2. Take any two Indian companies and examine how they have succeeded or failed due to
poor strategic planning.
3. Suggest a method of departmentation for a large multi-product organization with a huge
market spread over the whole country. Explain the reasons for your suggestions.
4. ‘Motivation is the core of management’. Comment. What practical suggestions would
you offer to management to motivate its staff in an industrial organization?
1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
1. Arun the managing director is surprised that his profit every year is quite different from
what he wants or expects to achieve. Someone advised him to install a formal system of
budgeting. He employs a fresh accountant to do this. For two years, the accountant
faithfully makes all budgets based on previous year accounts. The problem remains
unsolved. Advise Arun the managing director and the accountant on what steps they
should take. Make assumptions about what is lacking.
2. In a factory, actual fixed cost overheads were different from the standard fixed
overheads because the actual output, actual time consumed, actual rate per hour and per
unit of output differed. Compute the variances taking assumed figures.
3. A company has to decide whether to Make or Buy. Through differential cost analysis,
how will you ascertain the net difference between the two alternatives so as to assist the
management in their decision making? Use hypothetical figures to illustrate.
4. As a management accountant you are asked to introduce a system of capital
expenditure control for your organization. Explain the important feature you want to
incorporate in the system you propose to introduce with the suitable example of a project
involving capital expenditure.
1.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analyzing business
decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific decision -making,
managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces that shape day-to-day
decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “The quantity demanded of any good appears to depend upon utility, price and income”.
Elucidate the above statement with appropriate example.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale everywhere,
the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing”. Comment
4. “If there is active price competition and free entry, the equilibrium output under
monopolistic competition will be very close to the minimum cost-output. However, if firms
avoid price competition and instead enter into non-price competition there will be excess
capacity in each firm”. Comment the above statement.
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. The Indian contract Act, 1872 is not a complete code dealing with all branches of the
law of contract” .Comment
2. Mr. Vipin of Delhi engaged Mr. Abhishek as his agent to buy a house in west extension
area. Mr. Abhishek bought a house for Rs. 20 lakhs in the name of a nominee and then
purchased it himself for Rs 35 lakhs. He then sold the same house to Mr. Vipin for Rs 40
lakhs. Mr. Vipin later comes to know the mischief of Mr. Abhishek and tries to recover the
excess amount paid to Mr. Abhishek. Is he entitled to recover any amount from Mr.
Abhishek? If so, how much can he recover? Explain.
3. One of the benefits of listing is the easy transferability of the securities listed on a stock
exchange. If so justify this statement.

4. “The memorandum of association is the fundamental law or a charter defining the
objects and limiting the powers of a company” - Explain
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS
1. “Human Lock” a leading human security force company has planned to know the
employee satisfaction level and the problems faced by employees in their job at various
levels. As a consultant you are requested to complete the task. Design a suitable
questionnaire for this purpose by considering different dimensions related to human
security force, and suggests a suitable sampling design for the collection of data.
2. You are the R & D Manager of a research consultancy company. You have been
assigned to conduct a customer satisfaction study about cosmetic products of a leading
cosmetic company in India. You conducted the study and you are ready to submit the
report. How will you prepare the research report for your client? (Use your own data and
other relevant information)
3. Mr. Puneeth, the personnel manager of a Textile Mill is recruiting its graduate trainees
through two consultancy agencies. The performance index (0 – 10 scale) of the trainees
from each consultancy agency follows normal distribution. The variance of the
performance index of the trainees selected through a Consultancy Agency X is 12 and that
of the trainees selected through another Consultancy Agency Y is 6. The manager feels
that the mean performance index of the trainees selected through the Consultancy Agency
X is less than that of the trainees selected through the Consultancy Agency Y. To test his
intuition, he has drawn a sample of 64 trainees selected through the Consultancy Agency
X and their mean performance index is found to be 8. Similarly, he has drawn a sample of
81 trainees selected through the Consultancy Agency Y and their mean performance index
is found to be 6.5. Test the intuition of Mr. Puneeth at a significant level of 0.01.
4. “The economy of a nation depends on the quantum of research and development
activities” – Comment on the statement and substantiate your views with real time
examples.
1.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. “Some argue that WTO is the third pillar of global business. But many argue that WTO
is the wrong grade organization.” – Critically comment.
2. Do you believe that political stability leads to business development and Vice versa? If
yes state your answer with examples.
3. Analyse the steps taken by Indian government to globalize the economy.
4. Do you justify that the working pins would really link the present scenario of
international business with that of the future?
1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
1. Communication has its own merits and demerits based on the types? Discuss the above
with an example of your own.
2. It is difficult to study the growth of a firm without proper recordings of the proceedings –
Discuss the essentials of maintaining such activities in detail.
3. Success of an individual is based on the way he communicates with the people around
him – Discuss the above statement in relation with a HR Department.
4. Noise is from both external and internal sources, what are they and how can it be
overcome – Discuss in detail.
1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Some changes in organizations are unplanned, where as others are the result of
strategic plans. Give examples of each of their verities of change and explain their
implications for organizational functioning.

2. Once you are established in your careers, what special challenges are you likely to
confront? What can you do to enhance your chance of having a fully satisfying successful
career?
3. Explain how the field of organization behaviour stands to benefit by taking a global
perspectives. What would you say are the major challenges associated with such a
perspectives.
4. Do you believe that organizational politics is inevitable or that it can be curtailed?
Explain your answer with examples.
ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. (HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT)
FIRST YEAR
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
3. Suggest a method of departmentation for a large multi-product Organisation with a
huge market spread over the whole country. Explain the reasons for your suggestions.
you offer to management to motivate its staff in an industrial Organisation?
1. “Chinese computer and electronic products possess advantages in design, innovation,
rapid response and global market flexibility”- comment.
2. “Legal aspects protect competitors and consumers from many unethical pricing
strategies that unscrupulous marketers may wish to attempt”. Critically analyse the
statement.
3. “Advertising on the internet has changed significantly over the past decade and some
might argue that it is for the worse" Do you agree or disagree? Discuss with practical
illustrations.
4. Examine the challenges encountered by the pharmaceutical wholesale distributor for
surviving and thriving in this new and ever changing environment

1. “The consequences of over- capitalization are far more serious and fatal than under-
capitalization”. Discuss.
2. “An optimal combination of the decisions relating to investment, financing and
dividends will maximize the value of the firm to its shareholders”. Examine
3. “Efficiency inventory management is reflected in the liquidity and profitability of the
firm.” Explain.
4. “A low dividend payout Ratio promotes the welfare of stock holders because long-term
capital gains are treated more favourably than dividend income from the tax point of view.”
1. Operations management is the area of creating competitive advantage. Do you agree?
Justify your answer.
2. A manufacturer requires 10,000 items per year. Price discount as follows:
Rs.4 up to 2000 items, Rs. 3.80 between 2000 and 4000 items. Rs.3.70 for quantities
above 4000. Ordering cost = Rs. 50.
Comparative inventory cost=25% per year of average inventory price. Determine the
optimum purchase policy under discount.
3. Explain JIT. Do you think it is practically feasible in India? What is your suggestion for
implementing JIT?
4. Operations personnel usually have a large volume and variety of resources at their
command. They should endeavor to make effective and efficient use of these resources to
achieve the largest outputs. Comment! What are the approaches for enhancing the
utilization of resources?
1. “The field of HRM changes so rapidly that had become necessary for one to constantly
review procedures and laws so that the practices will be effective and legal”. Critically
evaluate this statement.
2. “Majority of the testing techniques for selection do not accurately assess the
characteristics of the job. In fact most of the executives would divulge that the testing had
no impact on future job performance. Do you accept or not? Discuss with justification.
3. “Identify the paramount barriers to effective training programme in IT field and how to
crush them”. Explain with real life examples.
4. Technological advancements and automation are causing high stress and burn out
among employees, which results negatively and unable to reap the benefit of automation”.
Do you agree or disagree? State your view.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. A random sample of 1000 workers from south India show that their mean wages are Rs.
47 per week with a standard deviation of Rs. 28. A random sample of 1500 workers from
North India gives a mean wage of Rs. 49 per week with a standard deviation of Rs. 40. Is
there any significant difference between their mean level of wages?
2. Calculate seasonal indices for the data given below by the link relative method
Quarter Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
I 45 48 49 52 60
II 54 56 63 65 70
III 72 63 70 75 84
IV 60 56 65 72 66
3. The following is the summary of a survey on the color of pens purchased by persons
belonging to different age groups. use chi-square test at 5 % level of significance to find
whether the age of the person has any association with the choice of color.

Color
Age Group Blue Black Red
Less than 20 8 12 20
20-50 10 15 10
Above 50 10 10 5
4. The following data represents rainfall (x) and yield of paddy per hectare (y) in a
particular area.
x 113 102 95 120 140 130 125
y 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.1 2.0 1.7
a) Fit the regression equation x on y
b) Estimate y when x = 145
c) Calculate karl pearson’s coefficient of correlation.
d) Calculate regression coefficient x on y and y on x
e) Check whether the regression line is a good fit.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Some changes in Organisations are unplanned, where as others are the result of
implications for Organisational functioning.
career?
3. Explain how the field of Organisation behaviour stands to benefit by taking a global
perspectives.
4. Do you believe that Organisational politics is inevitable or that it can be curtailed?
Explain your answer with examples.
ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS)
FIRST YEAR

3. Suggest a method of departmentation for a large multi-product organisation with a huge
you offer to management to motivate its staff in an industrial organisation?
1.2 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
1. Make out a trial balance with imaginary figures. Draw the Profit and Loss Account and
Balance Sheet from the trial balance which you have constituted.
2. “Price differences in different geographic segments make international accounting a
challenging Endeavour”. How experts overcome this challenge?
3. ‘'Some knowledge of International Accounting may be necessary for a company even if it
is not a multinational." Do you agree with this statement? If so, explain your position.
4. Why do companies need to prepare a Funds Flow Statement, when they are already
preparing many other financial statements to present their financial position?
1.3 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1. “Liberalisaton and Globalisation of trade policies have an impact on the growth of
domestic trade”. Comment the above statement.
2. “IMF is a key to economic development of all countries in the world”. Do you accept or
not.
3. “The concept of foreign trade multiplier is one of the major thing in any International
Business Environment”. Briefly discuss the above with current example.
4. Briefly comment on what way international trade is helpful to correct the disequi librium
in the balance of payments position of a nation.
1.4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
1. Give an Overview of the international Business Environment in the developing countries
like India.
2. Give your opinion on Foreign direct Investment and State the present structure of the
foreign direct Investment in India
3. State the role of MNCs in India and the government of India policy towards MNCs.
4. Take any company and discuss how its marketing strategy is different in its home
country and foreign country give the reason on it had to be different.
1.5 FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
1. Discuss in detail India’s international trade scenario and also discuss which countries
are India’s export and import partners and what are their shares in India’s international
trade.
2. Elucidate India’s institutional framework (trade promotion bodies) set up by the
Government of India for the promotion of India’s international trade.
3. Write a note on export promotion councils and commodity boards, their roles in India’s
trade development.
4. Discuss how EXIM Bank and ECGC facilitate exporters and importers in India and
abroad.
1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE

1. Explain the potential benefits of cloud computing in the e-commerce. What is the
infrastructure required for it to be adopted on large scale by the users?
2. What are virtual shopping malls? Explain with examples various portals which are very
popular for online business especially in India.
3. Enlist the emerging issues involved in marketing and pricing related issues in online
banking sectors in Indian market scenario. Suggest more appropriate strategies to improve
online services in banking industry. Justify your views with suitable examples.
4. Explain the characteristics of large companies that involve B2G and B2C transactions
in their business, which require roboust, capable and scalable electronic commerce
system.
1.7 COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS
1. How will you design you presentation for a general body meeting – elucidate in detail the
procedure involved in it with the above context.
2. Submit a report on the drought situation in your district and send to the editor of a
news paper.
3. Choosing proper channel far your presentation is more important for written & oral
presentation – Brig out the importance & what set back you will confront in choosing the
above.
4. Noise that affects the process of communication can be overcome by proper planning,
how it can be done & what is the noise that hinders the process.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Same changes in organisations are unplanned, where as others are the result of
implications for organisational functioning.
career?
3. Explain how the field of organisation behaviour stands to benefit by taking a global
perspectives.
4. Do you believe that organisational politics is inevitable or that it can be curtailed?
Explain you answer with examples.
ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. (INFORMATION SYSTEMS)
FIRST YEAR

1.2 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analyzing business
decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific decision -making,
managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces that shape day-to-day
decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “The quantity demanded of any good appears to depend upon utility, price and income”.
Elucidate the above statement with appropriate example.
3. “If the production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale everywhere,
the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing.” – Comment.
4. “If there is active price competition and free entry, the equilibrium output under
monopolistic competition will be very close to the minimum cost-output. However, if firms
avoid price competition and instead enter into non-price competition there will be excess
capacity in each firm”. – Comment the above statement.
1.3 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR MANAGERS
1. Arun the managing director is surprised that his profit every year is quite different from
what he wants or expects to achieve. Someone advised him to install a formal system of
budgeting. He employs a fresh accountant to do this. For two years, the accountant
faithfully makes all budgets based on previous year accounts. The problem remains
unsolved. Advise Arun the managing director and the accountant on what steps they
should take. Make assumptions about what is lacking.
2. In a factory, actual fixed cost overheads were different from the standard fixed
overheads because the actual output, actual time consumed, actual rate per hour and per
unit of output differed. Compute the variances taking assumed figures.
3. A company has to decide whether to Make or Buy. Through differential cost analysis,
how will you ascertain the net difference between the two alternatives so as to assist the
management in their decision making? Use hypothetical figures to illustrate.
4. As a management accountant your are asked to introduce a system of capital
expenditure control for your organization. Explain the important feature you want to
incorporate in the system you propose to introduce with the suitable example of a project
involving capital expenditure.
rapid response and global market flexibility.” – Comment.
strategies that unscrupulous marketers may wish to attempt.” – Critically analyse the
statement.
might argue that it is for the worse" Do you agree or disagree? Discuss with practic al
illustrations.

review procedures and laws So that the practices will be effective and legal”. Critically
crush them.” Explain with real life examples.
1.6 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
1. Production and materials management is the area of creating competitive
advantage. Do you agree? Justify your answer.
a) Rs.4 upto 2000 items, Rs. 3.80 between 2000 and 4000 items. Rs.3.70 for quantities above
4000. Ordering cost = Rs. 50.
b) Comparative inventory cost = 25% per year of average inventory price.
c) Determine the optimum purchase policy under discount.
implementing JIT?
4. Discuss the impact of new technologies on the role of an production Manager in an
organization? Give suitable examples.
1.7 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT
1. “Human Lock” a leading human security force company has planned to know the
employee satisfaction level and the problems faced by employees in their job at various
levels. As a consultant you are requested to complete the task. Design a suitable
questionnaire for this purpose by considering different dimensions related to human
security force, and suggests a suitable sampling design for the collection of data.
2. You are the R & D Manager of a research consultancy company. You have been
assigned to conduct a customer satisfaction study about cosmetic products of a leading
cosmetic company in India. You conducted the study and you are ready to submit the
report. How will you prepare the research report for your client? (Use your own data and
other relevant information)
3. Mr. Puneeth, the personnel manager of a Textile Mill is recruiting its graduate trainees
through two consultancy agencies. The performance index (0 – 10 scale) of the trainees
from each consultancy agency follows normal distribution. The variance of the
performance index of the trainees selected through a Consultancy Agency X is 12 and that
of the trainees selected through another Consultancy Agency Y is 6. The manager feels
that the mean performance index of the trainees selected through the Consultancy Agency
X is less than that of the trainees selected through the Consultancy Agency Y. To test his
intuition, he has drawn a sample of 64 trainees selected through the Consultancy Agency
X and their mean performance index is found to be 8. Similarly, he has drawn a sample of
81 trainees selected through the Consultancy Agency Y and their mean performance index
is found to be 6.5. Test the intuition of Mr. Puneeth at a significant level of 0.01.
4. “The economy of a nation depends on the quantum of research and development
activities.” – Comment on the statement and substantiate your views with real time
examples.

ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. (MARKETING MANAGEMENT)
FIRST YEAR
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
statement.
illustrations.
1. “The consequences of over- capitalization are far more serious and fatal than under-
capitalization”. – Discuss.
dividends will maximize the value of the firm to its shareholders”. – Examine
3. “Efficiency inventory management is reflected in the liquidity and profitabili ty of the
firm.” – Explain.
4. “A low dividend payout Ratio promotes the welfare of stock holders because longterm
– Comment

Rs.4 up to 2000 items, Rs. 3.80 between 2000 and 4000 items. Rs.3.70 for quantities
above 4000. Ordering cost = Rs. 50.
Comparative inventory cost = 25% per year of average inventory price.
Determine the optimum purchase policy under discount.
implementing JIT?
command. They should endeavor to make effective and efficient use of these resources to
review procedures and laws so that the practices will be effective and legal”. – Critically
no impact on future job performance. Do you accept or not? – Discuss with justification.
crush them.” – Explain with real life examples.
among employees, which results negatively and unable to reap the benefit of automation.”
– Do you agree or disagree? State your view.
1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
1. A random sample of 1000 workers from south India show that their mean wages are Rs.
47 per week with a standard deviation of Rs. 28. A random sample of 1500 workers from
North India gives a mean wage of Rs. 49 per week with a standard deviation of Rs. 40. Is
there any significant difference between their mean level of wages?
2. Calculate seasonal indices for the data given below by the link relative method
Quarter Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
I 45 48 49 52 60
II 54 56 63 65 70
III 72 63 70 75 84
IV 60 56 65 72 66
3. The following is the summary of a survey on the color of pens purchased by persons
belonging to different age groups. use chi-square test at 5 % level of significance to find
whether the age of the person has any association with the choice of color.
Color
Age Group
Blue Black Red
Less than 20 8 12 20
20-50 10 15 10
Above 50 10 10 5
4. The following data represents rainfall (x) and yield of paddy per hectare (y) in a
particular area.
x 113 102 95 120 140 130 125
y 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.1 2.0 1.7
a) Fit the regression equation x on y
b) Estimate y when x = 145

c) Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation.
d) Calculate regression coefficient x on y and y on x
e) Check whether the regression line is a good fit.
1.8 ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION
1. Explain advertising layout and comment on the role played by advertising in India,
2. Promotion is more beneficial for markets than for either consumers or society. Do you
agree? Explain the reason.
3. Write an essay in support of “advertising as a promotional tool”. Are they effective? Give
your suggestions.
4. Briefly discuss the top five advertising agencies in India and how do they function?
ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. (MARKETING MANAGEMENT)
SECOND YEAR
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
2.1 PRODUCT AND SERVICES MARKETING
1. “Every service needs a product and every product needs a service” comment.
2. Assume you are a team member of the marketing research department of a low cost
domestic airline. Your manager has asked you to evaluate the service quality of the airline.
How would you go about It.? What service quality dimensions would you use to evaluate
the same?
3. Assume you are the marketing manager of a company manufacturing fully automatic
washing machines. What product support services would you provide to the customer to
have competitive advantage?
4. Customer waiting can be managed only by operations management’. Do you agree with
the statement? Justify your answer giving suitable examples.
2.2 MARKETING RESEARCH

1. Marketing Research has been suggested as a training ground for advancement in the
firm. Do you agree with this or do you feel that researchers should stay within thei r
specialty?
2. Assume you wish to determine whether men are brand-conscious when they are
shopping for suits. How could this question be studied using the observation method?
Using the questionnaire method?
3. Mr. Puneeth is running a FMCG production company which has market nationality for
the past 50 years. As it reaches maturing stage in its product life cycle, it has planned to
diversify its market from FMCG to Yarn exports. As a Chief Executive Officer of the
company how will you do marketing research for this new business to find out the market
potential?
4. Mr. Adithya, the Managing Director of ANC Limited has given a task to Mr. Sarath, the
R & D Manager to conduct a customer satisfaction survey for their brand of shampoo
among general public in major cities of Tamil Nadu. He has done the customer satisfaction
survey for the past six months. Now, Mr. Sarath has to prepare the research report of his
study. Assist Mr. Sarath in preparing the report considering data and other necessary
details for your own.
2.3 CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. Consumer protection is an important issue. What areas of consumer behavior appear to
be most in need of increased regulation and / or consumer education?
2. Assume that you are a marketing officer for a large furniture retailer. Prepare a
marketing program that would be successful in reaching consumers in the 25-34 age
groups.
3. Assume that a soft-drink marketer wanted to increase penetration in the Hispanic
market. Prepare a set of recommendations for doing so.
4. Assume that a French manufacturer of women’s apparel is seeking to expand markets
by exporting to Canada. What marketing program should be recommended for maximum
effectiveness?
2.4 RURAL MARKETING
1. Discuss the important dimension of the rural market demographics and their
implications for marketers of consumer doubles.
2. Explain the important communication concept relevant to the rural markets what is the
significance of usage of symbols and principle, colour and music and rural marketing
communication.
3. Looking at the profile of the rural consumers on Indian today. What are the key
challenges passed for Indian marketers in the rural marketing segments?
4. As the product manager of an established consumer goods company, how would you
handle the menace of spurious brands in the rural markets?
2.5 SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1. Write an essay on wholesaling? Explain the different marketing functions performed by
wholesaler-distributors for manufacturers with the help of suitable examples.
2. What is the purpose of Sales Organization? What steps will you take for setting up a
Sales Organization? Explain with the help of suitable examples.
3. What are the different sources of Sales Force Recruits? Illustrate with the help of
suitable examples.
4. What special distribution challenges exist in India? What is the best way for foreign
companies to deal with these challenges? Explain
2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

1. If strategic planning is essentially a program, can it display the degree of adaptiveness
that 21st century enterprises need? Would ‘strategic improvisation’ be a plausible
alternative? Explore the practical consequences of strategic improvisation for enterprise
management.
2. Select an Automobile industry in India, and evaluate its competitive business strategy
using Porter’s five force model? What strategies can you suggest to convert the
unattractive forces in to attractive ones?
3. “Complementary mergers may result in each firm filling in the missing pieces of their
firm with pieces from other firm.” – Examine the validity of the statement in the Indian
context with necessary examples.
4. ‘Formality is the enemy of creativity and innovation’. ‘Informality is the enemy of
disciplined and reliable performance’. Is it consequently impossible for an enterprise to be
both innovative and disciplined? Investigate how these qualities can be combined.
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future prospect of e-
commerce.
in their business, which require roboust, capable and scalable electgronic commerce
system.
3. Visit the following sites:
www.olx.com / www.labour.tn.gov.in / www.clicks.co.za / www.digitalplanet.co.za
a. For each site determine whether it is in the exposure stage, interaction stage, e -
commerce stage or e-business stage. Provide reasons for your answer.
b. Determine whether each site is B2C, C2C, C2B or B2B and why.
c. Critically discuss the process of setting up a free-standing website and evaluate the
potential of e-commerce for small business development in India.
4. Consider the development of a portal for a Retailer shop. Discuss the various
technologies, tools and components involved in designing the same.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. Below is the gist of an article from Business Week. After reading it
(a) identify the broad problem area,
(b) define the problem, and
(c) explain how you would proceed further.
“While Chrysler‘s minivans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles take a big share of the
truck market, its cars trail behind those of GM, Ford, Honda, and Toyota.
Quality problems include, among other things, water leaks and defective parts”.
2. It is advantageous to develop a directional hypothesis whenever we are sure of the
predicted direction. How will you justify this statement?
3. If a control group is a part of an experimental design, one need not worry about
controlling other exogenous variables. Discuss this statement
4. 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.
ASSIGNMENTS

M.B.A. (E. BUSINESS)
SECOND YEAR
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
2.1 E-COMMERCE
1. Electronic Commerce is commonly known as e-commerce, is a process of buying and selling of goods
or services using electronic systems. Listout the applications and benefits of e-commerce.
2. Discuss the role of data mining techniques and data visualization in ECommerce.
3. Compare the communication system in traditional business and on-line business.
4. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of e-commerce in Indian Software Industry.
2.2 E-COMMERCE: APPLICATION AND SECURITIES
1. “Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business - The Supporting Pillars of Successful E-Commerce
Business” – Do you agree this statement or not, substantiate your views.
2. Elaborate the role of the Web in the marketing communication mix.
3. Digital Asset Management from an Intranet Perspective – Discuss.
4. Explain the Role of Human Resource Information Systems in Human Resource Planning.
2.3 INTERNET AND JAVA PROGRAMMING
1. If you look for the best internet tools online to have a leg up on the competition, assemble the top list of
internet tools and describe them with suitable illustrations.
2. HTML has been traditionally used for building web applications and web pages that in turn, help in
building a dynamic website. By using HTML programming language develop a business website for your
own online business.
3. Method overloading in Java supports compile-time (static) polymorphism. Discuss about Method
Overloading with its rules and every concept with suitable example.
4. Develop a JDBC application for storing and retrieving the vendor details from a database of a Jewelry
shop.
2.4 ADVANCED WEB DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN TOOLS
1. Design and develop web page with Java script for calculating the total price amount of the online
purchased items of an electronics shop.

2. i) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of VB Script. ii) Explain the data types, Variables,
Operators and error dealing in VB Script.
3. Explain the three types of session bean and its applications. Explain the steps in creation of stateless
EJB.
4. Develop an application to demonstrate the features and advantages of servlet.
2.5 ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
Identify the Organization that has requirement for ERP systems implementations and make an
introspection of the functionality that requires such implementation. On behalf of the Organization
prepare: 1) A hardware Requirement details and submit.
2) A user Interface details and submit.
3) A gap analysis report and submit
4) Identify the Organization that has requirement for ERP systems implementations and make an
introspection of possible failure source to ERP implementation.
1. Take an imaginary situation relating to pricing or investment policy in a selected industry in which there
are few sellers and show how the adoption of different strategies by a leading player defines different
possible paths. Use a decision tree to illustrate these different possible paths.
2. Carry out SWOT analysis of Indian Railways. Suggest measure to run it profitable.
3. Nowadays Product Diversification is a mandatory process in Indian Industry. Give an example for
success and failure. Give reasons for the success and failure.
4. “Technological factors represent major opportunities and threats, which must be taken into account
while formulating strategies.” – Discuss. How will a firm build a sustainable technology based competitive
advantage?
2.7.1 GLOBAL MARKETING
1. Give a detailed note on balance of payments in International Trade.
2. Elaborate Tariff and Non Tariff barriers in International Trade.
3. Examine the role of IMF and World Bank in International Trade.
4. Illustrate the various measures taken for export promotion and give a detailed note on export licensing
procedure.
2.7.2 STRUCTURED SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
1. Develop a Conceptual and ER model with DFD for online education student centric learning process.
2. Describe how logical and physical design with dialogues can use in system development and
implementation with real time example.
3. Elaborate the various types of databases available and its use in business applications.

4. Why some of the new system implementation fails? Explain how this can be overcome and identify
ways to increase the success rate.
ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. (FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT)
SECOND YEAR
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
2.1 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Discuss the present state of the Insurance in India and outline causes for their high
growth.
2. Discuss elaborately the role and the progress of commercial banks in the industrial
financing of this country.
3. Explain the role of venture capital in the overall economy and how the venturecapital
industry actually works as a whole and also discuss some of the biggest successes and
failures of venture capital.
4. What do you understand by Credit Rating? Go to any financial institution , get your
credit rating and share your experience.
2.2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. The international financial environment has become very volatile.’ – Do you agree?
Discuss it by taking into account all relevant factors.
2. Do you know the foreign exchange rates fluctuate? How do these fluctuations affect us?
What can be done to minimize these fluctuations?
3. Discuss the international monetary system, why did the international monetary system
move from a fixed exchange rate system to floating exchange rate system? What has been
its impact?
4. The responsibilities of the foreign banks in the export finance area have today increased
tremendously as compared to earlier years of 20th Century comment.
2.3 DERIVATIVES MANAGEMENT
1. Cipla has a market price of Rs.890. The volatility on the share is 0.32; the riskfree
interest rate is 5 percent. What would be the price of the call with a strike price of Rs.880,
if the expiry date is 20 days ahead? Assume there has not been any dividend
announcement.
2. You are given three call options on a stock at exercise price (k) of Rs 40, Rs.45 and
Rs.50 with the expiration date in 3 month and the premium of Rs.4, Rs.2 and Rs.1
respectively. Show how the call options can be used to create a butterfly spread. Construct

a table with different market prices and show how profit changes with stock price ranging
from Rs 30 to Rs 60 for a butterfly spread.
3. You are a portfolio manager who has just been exposed to the possibilities of stock
index futures. Respond to the following situations.
(a) Assume that you have the resources to buy and hold the stocks in the S&P 500. You
are given the following data. (Assume that today is January 1)
i) Level of the S & P 500 index = 258.90
ii) June S&P 500 futures contract = 260.15
iii) Annualized Rate on T. Bill expiring June 26 (expiration date) = 6%
iv) Annualized Dividend yield on S&P 500 stocks = 3%
v) Assume that dividends are paid out continuously over the year. Is there potential for
arbitrage? How would you go about setting up the arbitrage?
(b) Assume now that you are known for your stock selection skills. You have 10,000
shares of Texaco in your portfolio (now selling for 38) and are extremely worried about the
direction of the market until June. You would like to protect yourself against market risk
by using the December S&P 500 futures contract (which is at 260.15). If Texaco's beta is
0.8, how would you go about creating this protection?
4. What are various types of derivative instruments traded at NSE? What are various
products available for trading in Futures and Options segment at NSE?
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 the Board of
the advantages of adopting a risk document, describing the elements that should be
referenced within it.
2. You are the Internal Audit Manager within an organisation. At a recent Board meeting,
you were asked to prepare for an internal audit of the risk management process.
(a) State the aim of an Internal Audit team as defined by the Institute of Internal Auditors
(IIA).
(b) Explain the role and assurances that the internal audit has to provide in relation to
risk management.
(c) Explain how the responsibilities of the internal audit function differ from those of the
risk management committee.
3. Discuss the need and growing importance of Liability insurance policies in India quoting
relevant examples with specific reference to Professional indemnity liability policy in the
backdrop of the recent corporate scams.
4. “Claims handling requires specialized skills.” Do you agree? What makes insurance
claims processing difficult and complicated and unpleasant especially in general
insurance. Refer to the relevant IRDA guidelines for speedy settlement of claims.
2.5 INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. Cite recent examples of political, social, or economic events (market risk) that have
excited (a) The stock market, and (b) Stocks in a specific industry, to surge ahead or
plummet sharply.
2. “Public issue of securities through prospectus is not only most popular but also the best
method of raising fresh capital.” – Critically evaluate.
3. ‘Stock market indices are the barometers of the stock market.’ – Discuss.
4. Technical analysts believe that one can use past price changes to predict future price
changes. How do you justify this belief?

that 21st Century enterprises need? Would ‘strategic improvisation’ be a plausible
management.
firm with pieces from other firm” – Examine the validity of the statement in the Indian
both innovative and disciplined? Investigate how these qualities can be combine d.
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
commerce.
in their business, which require roboust, capable and scalable electgronic commerce
system.
www.olx.com /www.labour.tn.gov.in/www.clicks.co.za/www.digitalplanet.co.za
technologies, tools and components involved in designing the same..
(a) identify the broad problem area,
(b) define the problem, and
While Chrysler‘s minivans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles take a big share of the truck
market, its cars trail behind those of GM, Ford, Honda, and Toyota.
Quality problems include, among other things, water leaks and defective parts.
controlling other exogenous variables. Discuss this statement
ASSIGNMENTS

M.B.A. SECOND YEAR (General)
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
review procedures and laws to that the practices will be effective and legal”. Critically
crush them”. Explain with real life examples.
statement.
illustrations.
1. “The consequences of over- capitalisation are far more serious and fatal than under-
capitalisation.” – Discuss.
dividends will maximise the value of the firm to its shareholders”. – Examine
3. “Efficiency inventory management is reflected in the liquidity and profitability of the
firm.” – Explain.
4. “A low dividend payout Ratio promotes the welfare of stock holders because long-term
– Justify
a) Rs.4 up to 2000 items, Rs. 3.80 between 2000 and 4000 items. Rs.3.70 for quantities above
4000. Ordering cost = Rs. 50.

b) Comparative inventory cost = 25% per year of average inventory price.
c) Determine the optimum purchase policy under discount.
implementing JIT?
command. They should endeavour to make effective and efficient use of these resources to
2.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Describe two areas in a manufacturing project where there is a high level of uncertainty.
How do you tackle these uncertainties?
2. Explain how to break the total project works and some major parts of the works into
smaller and manageable item. Relate your answer to project phases, cost account, work
package, activities and project schedule.
3. Sensitivity to environmental factors is crucial for an entrepreneur. Explain with your
own experience relevant to the statement.
4. (a) Evaluate the support programmes undertaken by the Government for the promotion
of entrepreneurship in India.
(b) Explain how the women entrepreneurship plays major role in improving the economy of
India
management.
2.7.1 HRM: (a) LABOUR WELFARE AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. “Labour Union meant for the right of the employees”- Do you agree - Substantiate your
views.
2. “Ensuring Industrial Relations is the important task of Human Resource Manager”. Do
you agree or Disagree, Substantiate your views.
3. Elaborate Labour Welfare practice prevails currently in India and detail about the
impact of Labour Welfare practice on Indian Economy.
4. “Due importance are given to Working Conditions in Indian Industry”- Do you agree or
not, Give your reasons.
2.7.1 HRM: (b) TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. A leading FMCG company in India decides to train its entire population of employees
and managers to provide “Legendary Customer Service.” Suggest and explicate a design for
evaluating the impact of such a massive training effort.

2. Is training transfer an important issue in the automobile manufacturing companies?
How transfer is evaluated in those companies? Design an action plan sheet that a manager
and employee could use to facilitate transfer of training. Justify each category included in
the action plan.
3. In a financial services company where 100 employees are working in information
technology department had a high employee turnover rate. A survey of employees revealed
that the reason most left was dissatisfaction with the level of training. The average
turnover rate was 23 percent per year. The cost to recruit and train one new employee was
Rs. 56,625/-. To address the turnover problem, the company developed a skills training
program that averaged 80 hours per year per employee. The average employee wage was
Rs. 35/- per hour. Instructor, classroom, and other costs were Rs. 170,000/-.
a) What is the total cost of training? The total cost of turnover?
b) If the turnover rate dropped 8 percent (from 23 percent to 15 percent), what was the
financial benefit of the training program?
c) What was the ROI of the training program?
d) How much would the turnover rate have to be reduced (from 23 percent) for the training
program to show a benefit?
4. Assume you are a personnel manager in an service organization, if you had an
opportunity to choose between adventure learning and action learning for developing an
effective team in your organisation, which would you prefer? Defend your choice with
precise justification.
2.7.2 MM: (a) SALES AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1. Write an essay on wholesaling? Explain the different marketing functions performed by
wholesaler-distributors for manufacturers with the help of suitable examples.
2. What is the purpose of Sales Organization? What steps will you take for setting up a
Sales Organization? Explain with the help of suitable example.
3. What are the different sources of Sales Force Recruits? Illustrate with the help of
suitable examples.
4. What special distribution challenges exist in India? What is the best way for foreign
companies to deal with these challenges? – Explain.
2.7.2 MM: (b) MARKETING RESEARCH AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. “Application of Marketing Research is helpful in promoting a product” – Comment this
statement with a proper research design.
2. 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.
3. “Can the acceptance level of the product be determined through Market Research
Process?” – Discuss the above statement with an example of your choice.
4. “In India, family, social class and caste play considerable role in shopping consumer
behaviour.” – Discuss this statement and highlight the role of other sociological
determents of consumer behaviour.
2.7.3 FM: (a) INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. Cite recent examples of political, social, or economic events (market risk) that have
excited (a) The stock market, and (b) Stocks in a specific industry, to surge ahead or
plummet sharply.
2. “Public issue of securities through prospectus is not only most popular but also the best
method of raising fresh capital.” – Critically evaluate.
3. ‘Stock market indices are the barometers of the stock market’ – Discuss.

4. Technical analysts believe that one can use past price changes to predict future price
changes. How do you justify this belief?
2.7.3 FM: (b) MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Discuss the present state of the Insurance in India and outline causes for their high
growth.
2. Discuss the statement in detail “Reserve Bank of India is Banker’s Bank. – Do you
agree?
3. If an entrepreneur approaches you for an advice regarding financing of a project
wherein he intends to expand his existing project. What sources you would suggest him to
raise his funds?
4. “Mutual funds provide stability to share prices, safety to investors and resources to
prospective entrepreneurs.” – Discuss.
2.7.4 PM: (a) PRODUCTION, PLANNING, CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE
1. Is lead time in inventory really important? How can mismanaging lead time costs
company?
2. Material handing not only adds value to the product instead, add to its cost. –
Elucidate.
3. Draw an arganization chart suitable to production and control department. Which one
do you recommend a centralized or decentralized one?
4. Preventive maintenance is often viewed as a long–term approach to reliability. Why?
2.7.4 PM: (b) QUALITY MANAGEMENT
1. Explain the steps followed in Total Quality Management (TQM) in manufacturing
industries in detail.
2. Chose an organization of your choice having a specific quality programme. Discuss the
quality programme followed by the organization and how it has helped the organization to
sustain in the competitive world.
3. List and explain the four major quality eras. Choose an organization of your choice and
evaluate its present status regarding the quality eras.
4. Suppose that you are working in an organization, which wants to develop an effective
implementation methodology for ISO 9000 Quality Management System. How will you help
your organization in developing an effective implementation methodology?
2.7.5 SYSTEMS: (a) PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
1. List and describe the other features available with spreadsheet software in addition to
its ability to calculate members.
2. Describe the procedure for managing electronic mail. What are the problems relating to
attaching files in an electronic mail?
3. What should you include in a formula, to ensure that the formula will operate on a
specific value, no matter where the formula might be moved on copied?
4. How can you generate a series of values in excel? Explain with an example.
2.7.5 (b) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1. “E-Business and the reason for going online.” – Express your views;
2. As a manager of a company, bring out the phases of moving the company from products
to services.
3. How a computer is connected through network? Explain with diagram
4. Discuss your views about the knowledge discovery of internet data.

ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. (HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT)
SECOND YEAR
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
2.1 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
1. “OD is the prescription for the process of planned change in organisations”- Discuss.
2. “A collection of suitable interventions, built on humanistic- democratic values, that
seeks to improve organisational effectiveness and employee well-being”- Discuss.
3. “Change is easy to devise but difficult to implement and impossible to sustain”-
Examine this statement and offer your comments.
4. “Learning organisations attack fragmentation, competitiveness, and reactiveness”-
Elaborate this statement?
2.2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. A leading FMCG company in India decides to train its entire population of employees
and managers to provide “Legendary Customer Service.” Suggest and explicate a design for
evaluating the impact of such a massive training effort.
2. Is training transfer an important issue in the automobile manufacturing companies?
How transfer is evaluated in those companies? Design an action plan sheet that a manager
and employee could use to facilitate transfer of training. Justify each category included in
the action plan.
3. In a financial services company where 100 employees are working in information
technology department had a high employee turnover rate. A survey of employees revealed
that the reason most left was dissatisfaction with the level of training. The average
turnover rate was 23 percent per year. The cost to recruit and train one new employee was
Rs. 56,625/-. To address the turnover problem, the company developed a skills training
program that averaged 80 hours per year per employee. The average employee wage was
Rs. 35/- per hour. Instructor, classroom, and other costs were Rs. 170,000/-.
a) What is the total cost of training? The total cost of turnover?
b) If the turnover rate dropped 8 percent (from 23 percent to 15 percent), what was the
financial benefit of the training program?
c) What was the ROI of the training program?
d) How much would the turnover rate have to be reduced (from 23 percent) for the trai ning
program to show a benefit?
4. Assume you are a personnel manager in an service organisation, If you had an
opportunity to choose between adventure learning and action learning for developing an
effective team in your organisation, which would you prefer? Defend your choice with
precise justification.

2.3 LABOUR WELFARE
1. Elucidate the objectives scope and need of the voluntary welfare measures.
2. Discuss the various welfare measures available to protect the female labour and the
Agricultural labour mention the social assistance available to them.
3. Write the various statutes enacted by Indian Parliament from time to time and various
schemes implemented by government for the welfare of child, female and contact labours
in India.
4. Explain the psychological issues relating to the employment and measures to be taken
to prevent adverse impact on overall health of employees.
2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. Describe the new perspectives of 1990s. Discuss the implications of post modernism for
employment relations. Explain the latest developments in HRM for industrial relations
issues with suitable examples.
2. Explain the historical perspective of Industrial relations in India. Discuss the issues and
challenges facing by the organisations related to industrial relations in an organisation
you are familiar with.
3. Explain the meaning, origin and growth of trade unions in India. Describe the present
trade union scenario of an industrial area with which you are familiar. What are your
suggestions for strengthing the trade unions in India.
4. Define grievance and discuss the role of Human Resource department in grievance
handling. Explain various approaches of grievance resolution, in your opinion which
approach is most effective and why?
2.5 WAGES AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION
1. ‘‘Indian managers are poorly paid compared to their counterparts abroad’’. Examine this
statement and offer your comments on it with suitable evidences.
2. ‘‘Hard workers get poor wage where as the workers hardly work get high wage.’’ Do you
agree to this statement? Justify your stand with valid evidences.
3. Do you agree that the objectives of collective bargaining are to reduce the areas of
conflict and to crate work atmosphere geared to productivity? Elucidate.
4. “If selection and placement decisions are done effectively, an individual performance
should not vary a great a deal; therefore, an incentive system is not necessary”. Dou you
agree to this statement? Justify your view.
management.
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE

commerce.
system.
www.olx.com / www.labour.tn.gov.in / www.clicks.co.za / www.digitalplanet.co.za
a. For each site determine whether it is in the exposure stage, interaction stage,
ecommerce stage or e-business stage. Provide reasons for your answer.
(a) identify the broad problem area, (b) define the problem, and
“While Chrysler‘s minivans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles take a big share of the
truck market, its cars trail behind those of GM, Ford, Honda, and Toyota.
Quality problems include, among other things, water leaks and defective parts”.
controlling other exogenous variables. –Discuss this statement.
ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS)
SECOND YEAR
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
2.1 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. MNEs are often forced to deal with staffing issues when opening new subsidiaries
abroad. Describe the main characteristics of the ethnocentric, polycentric and geocentric
approach to staffing and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each of these
approaches.
2. A Human Resources manager working for a multinational company would be expected
to have a much broader knowledge of employment related matters compared with a
counterpart in a domestic company. What types of knowledge would you expect an

international HR Manager to have? List and explain five items that you think most
important in this regard?
3. A Singapore SME relocates an engineer from Singapore to China. As HR manager it is
your job to determine the compensation components this engineer will receive. Describe
the two methods you would use and the advantages and disadvantages of each. What is
your preferred remuneration method for this assignment?
4. How many institutional theory support both localization adaptation of HRM policy to
local specificities and a country-of-origin effect in the HRM activities of MNCs? Explain
with examples.
2.2 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. “An adaptation strategy is particularly important for industry like Hosiery that exports
the products because it ensures that the product meets local cultural and regulatory
requirements” – Discuss.
2. “In geographic pricing strategy, a firm may change a premium in one market,
penetration price in another market and a discounted price in the third”. Critically
3. Identify and analyze the importance of six ‘C’s of the channel strategy in international
distribution marketing.
4. Interview with friends and prepare the report and find out who would they go for
information for the products mentioned below and also indicate why do you view her/him
as the source of information and advice?
a) Computer note book
b) Cell phones
c) Holiday resort
d) Toys
2.3 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. What is euroband market? How international stock market operation does is an
important aspect to a MNC.
2. Critically evaluate the SEBI guidelines with regard to investments by foreign
institutional investors.
3. What do you understand by double taxation relief? Comment on the indo- Mauritius
double taxation avoidance treaty. Also highlight the salient features of Singapore India
double taxation avoidance agreement.
4. How can inflation influence project appraisal? What remedies are available to nutrali se
the effects of inflation on project appraisal.
2.4 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
1. Critically examine the present concept of Logistics for settling dispatching disputes.
Give your suggestions.
2. “Facility network structure requires greater flexibility for global operations compared to
domestic operations” – Comment on this statement
3. Assume that you are the manager for a logistics, how will you develop your
organization? In that condition how would you manage disputes? Discuss and elaborate
the statement.
4. “Supply chain management is the need of the hour for current business scenario” –
Substantiate your views for the above statement by explaining the real time success
stories of any three business firms of your choice.
2.5 GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

1. Choose strategic developments for an organization that you are familiar with and compare
the resources configuration implication. What advice would you give the management based on
your analysis?
2. “Location and coordination have become the critical strategic issues for corporations facing
the challenges of globalization.” – Justify your views.
3. “Assessment of the strategic capability of the organization centers on appraisal of its
performance in different functional areas.” Critically examine the statement
4. Take an organization with which you familiar, and use relevant tools and frameworks to
identify and access the potential sources of competitive advantage. To What extent will the
sustainability of this competitive advantage depend upon the organization strategic capabilities
or its position within the industry?
2.6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES AND DOCUMENTATION
1. 8th November, 2016 is considered as very important day for Indian economy, what
happened on that day? What were the impacts of that incident on USD: INR Value?
2. Do developing countries face special problems in financing their international trade? If
so, what are these problems? Discuss.
3. Analysis the WTO, what role does the WTO play with respect to the Indian economy.
4. Do you known the International trading companies and types of trading companies?
How do they assist the flow of imports and exports?
2.7.1 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING RESEARCH AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. “Experimental method of research is not suitable in management field.” Discuss, what
are the problems in the introduction of this research design in business organisation?
2. How can educational and business institutions assist the international marketer in
overcoming the problems posed by marketing relativism and the unconscious use of the
self-reference criterion? Discuss with examples.
3. Define ‘extensive problem solving’, ‘limited problem solving’, and ‘routinised response
behaviour’. What are the differences between the three decisionmaking approaches? What
type of decision process would you expect most consumers to follow in their first purchase
of a new product or brand in each of the following areas? Justify your views
a) Chewing gum
b) Sugar
c) Men’s aftershave lotion
d) Carpet
e) Paper towels
f) Mobile telephone
g) New bank account
h) Luxury car.
4. A marketer in the cosmetics industry once remarked: “In the factory, we make
cosmetics; in the drugstore we sell hope” how does this relate to the marketing concept
and the need of the marketers to understand consumer behavior?
2.7.2 EXPORT AND IMPORT FINANCE
1. Do you think marine insurance is necessary one in export? Comment on it.
2. a) Explain the factors affecting the balance of trade. Briefly discuss how trade balances
effects upon nation’s GDP?
3. Describe the general provisions related to import under the Foreign Trade Policy (EXIM
Policy) of Government of India. Do you think that these provisions facilitate the foreign
trade?
4. What do you understand by word Letter of Credit? What is the importance of Letter of
Credit in the export and import finance? Elaborate different types of Letter of Credits
prevailing in business?

ASSIGNMENTS
M.B.A. (INFORMATION SYSTEMS)
SECOND YEAR
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
2.1 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Same changes in organizations are unplanned, where as others are the result of
implications for organizational functioning.
career?
3. Explain how the field of organization behaviour stands to benefit by taking a global
perspectives.
4. Do you believe that organizational politics is inevitable or that it can be curtailed?
Explain you answer with examples.
2.2 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. What do you know about Top management responsibility? Give suitable examples for
responsibility
2. What will affect the System planning and the mutual investigation? Illustrate with
suitable example input/output design.
3. You are asked to write the System Development Life cycle. Explain this statement by
using examples.
4. If you were the vice president of a company, what system would you use to develop the
management information system?
2.3 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1. Draw the various schemes of baking system and explain the involvement of view levels
of data abstraction.
2. Draw an E-R diagram for ordering an item in the inventory control system.
3. Develop a conceptual data model for a Hospital Information System and write a PL/SQL
program using oracle to perform the following tasks.
4. Print the patient details – according to room wise.
a) Print the patient details – according to the disease wise.
b) Print the patient details – according to the doctors attending them
c) Consider a real system of your interest and give the skeleton of the development of DSS
for that system.
2.4 E-COMMERCE

commerce.
system.
www.olx.com /www.labour.tn.gov.in /www.clicks.co.za /www.digitalplanet.co.za
2.5 ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
1. Large corporations like General Motors (GM), Ford, Hewlett Packard (HP), and Digital
primarily viewed themselves as manufacturing companies until the 1980s. With the
globalization of operations and the proliferation of computer networks, it was important
that the manufacturing organizations extend their information system across the supply
chain with ERP solutions. Discuss your views on this aspect.
2. As you are a General Manager in a reputed manufacturing firm and you wish to
implement ERP to replace the existing system. But the employees were unaware about the
new methodologies. How will you react and successfully implementing the ERP.
3. Imagine that you are a manager in a firm and the implemented ERP system is failed in
your company, What type of strategies that you will follow to recover it?
4. Implementation of an ERP system is a major investment and commitment for any
organization, but still many ERP implementations fail. What are factors that contribute to
the failure of ERP implementation?
2.6 DATA WAREHOUSING AND DATA MINING
1. Outline the major research challenges of data mining in one specific application
domain, such as stream/sensor data analysis, spatiotemporal data analysis, or
bioinformatics.
2. Data quality can be assessed in terms of several issues, including accuracy,
completeness, and consistency. For each of the above three issues, discuss how data
quality assessment can depend on the intended use of the data, giving examples. Propose
two other dimensions of data quality
3. A data warehouse can be modeled by either a star schema or a snowflake schema.
Briefly describe the similarities and the differences of the two models, and then analyze
their advantages and disadvantages with regard to one another. Give your opinion of
which might be more empirically useful and state the reasons behind your answer.
4. Data cubes and multidimensional databases contain nominal, ordinal, and numeric
data in hierarchical or aggregate forms. Based on what you have learned about the
clustering methods, design a clustering method that finds clusters in large data cubes
effectively and efficiently
2.7.1 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. Identify the key aspects in which modern software project management practices differs
from those of traditional software project management.
2. Assume the size of an organic type software product has been estimated to be 32,000
lines of source code. Assume that the average salary of a software engineer is Rs.75,000

per month. Determine the effort required to develop the software product and the nominal
development time.
3. (a) List any four attributes that contribute to the quality software product. Discuss how
they influence software quality.
(b) Develop a set of guidelines for conducting a formal technical review.
4. Illustrate with a software, the process in determining the software WBS architecture,
populate the software WBS and in determining the cost categories for the software.
2.7.2 ADVANCED WEB DESIGN
1. Develop a XML application to get the details of Book s(Title, Author Name, ISBN No,
Publisher details). List out the details of Management related books. Write DTD, Schema,
XZL wherever required?
2. A. Discuss abut EJB architecture and its Components with neat diagram.
B. Describe the important services provided by a container to an enterprise bean?
3. Develop an employee Payroll system using (RMI) Techniques, the primary methods of
Payroll calculation should be accessed from remotely.
4. Design web page for hospital Management system with all DHTML features and display
the hospital name in all pages using Cookies in JSP.

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