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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1

MB0038 –Management Process and Organizational Behaviour - 4 Credits

(Book ID:B1621)

Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks)

Note: Each Question carries 10 marks. Answer all the questions.

Q1. Explain strategy as an organisational process.

Q2. What are the factors that influences span of control?

Q3. What are the types of plans found in organisations?

Q4. What are the characteristics of an effective team?

Q5. What are the internal and external forces of organisational change?

Q6. Ms. Janice Alisha is a General Manager of Production in a company. She finds that there is a need to

improve the motivation level of the employees. Suggest some of the motivational tools that she can

use to improve employee motivation in her organisation.

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(Book ID:B1621)



Q1. What are the principles of management?

Q2. What are the characteristics of leading?

Q3. Briefly explain the four main approaches to Organisational Behaviour.

Q4. Explain the five major leadership styles as per the Managerial Grid theory.

Q5. List some of the commonly found perceptual biases.

Q6. Suppose you are the Team Manager in a multinational company with team strength of 12 members.

You are given the responsibility of ensuring that the team gives excellent performance or results.

What are the key issues you have to handle in team building?

Fall/August 2012


MB0039 – Business Communication - 4 Credits

(Book ID: B1624)

Assignment Set - 1 (60 Marks)

Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.

1. Explain briefly the characteristics of communication.

2. Name the communication channel to which teleconferencing, Email, and telephone

belongs to. Explain teleconferencing.

3. “Informal communication network is not just for idle rumours and may be useful in many

ways.” Justify.

4. Explain some of the approaches for handling customer complaints and listening to

customers.

5. Explain briefly the four steps of the review process.

6. Explain the different delivery styles that speakers can select for their presentation.

Fall/August 2012


MB0039 – Business Communication - 4 Credits

(Book ID: B1624)



1. Explain the five steps of SQ3R techniques of reading.

2. Write a note on the responsibilities of chairperson during a meeting.

3. When you write a memo what language and writing style will you follow, explain.

4. What is sampling? Briefly explain the various methods of sampling.

5. Explain the principles that you need to follow while using emails for business

communication.

6. Select a company of your choice. Write a sales letter in the AIDA format to a prospective

customer, persuading him/her to buy the company’s product.

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MB0040 – Statistics for Management - 4 Credits

(Book ID: B1623)



1. Mention the characteristics of Statistics. Explain any two applications of

Statistics.

2. Distinguish between primary and secondary data. What are the methods of

collecting primary data?

3. Find Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient between the sales and expenses from

the data given below:

Sales

(Rs. Lakhs)

50 50 55 60 65 65 65 60 60 50

Expenses

(Rs. Lakhs)

11 13 14 16 16 15 15 14 13 13

4. The incidence of occupational disease in an industry is such that the workers

have a 20% chance of suffering from it. What is the probability that out of six

workers 4 or more will contract the disease?

5. Use chi-square test to test if the two attributes (Performance and Training) in the

following table are independent. Test at 5% level of significance.

Performance

Training

Intensive Good Average Total

Above Average 100 150 40 290

Average 100 100 100 300

Poor 50 80 150 280

Total 250 330 290 870

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6. Construct index numbers of price for the following data by applying:

i) Laspeyre’s method

ii) Paasche’s method

iii) Fisher’s Ideal Index number

Commodity

Base year Current year

Price Quantity Price Quantity

A 2 8 4 6

B 5 10 6 5

C 4 14 5 10

D 2 19 2 13

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MB0040 – Statistics for Management - 4 Credits

(Book ID: B1623)



1. Distinguish between Classification and Tabulation of data. What are the types of

Classification of data?

2. Calculate mean and median for the following data

Marks 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120 120-140

No of

Students

4 26 22 10 9 6 3

3. Calculate the regression equations of X on Y and Y on X from the following data:

X 1 2 3 4 5

Y 2 5 3 8 7

4. What is sampling? Briefly explain the various methods of sampling.

5. A company appoints four salesmen, A, B, C and D, and observes their sales in

three seasons- summer, winter and monsoon. The figures ( in lakhs) are given in

the following table:

Season

Salesman

A B C D Total

Summer 36 36 21 35 128

Winter 28 29 31 32 120

Monsoon 26 28 29 29 112

Total 90 93 81 96 360

Carry out an analysis of variance at 5% level of significance.

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6. The mean wage is Rs. 75 per day, SD wage is Rs 5 per day for a group of 1000

workers and the same is Rs 60 and Rs 4.5 for the other group of 1500 workers.

Find mean and standard deviation for the entire group.

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MB0041 – Financial And Management Accounting - 4 Credits

(Book ID: B1624)



1. Explain the process involved in accounting.

2. The salaries paid in 2004 is Rs. 5,00,000; Salaries outstanding is

Rs. 20,000; Salaries paid in advance for 2004 is Rs. 30,000. What is the actual salary

expenditure for 2004? Which accounting principle is involved in this and explain that

principle.

3. Find the value of the following:

a. If the total assets are Rs. 87,000 and the liabilities are Rs. 47,000, find out the

amount of capital.

b. If the capital of proprietor is Rs. 4,00,000 and the total assets are Rs. 6,00,000,

what is the amount of liabilities to outsiders?

c. If creditors are Rs. 56,000, bank overdraft is Rs.1,00,000, and outstanding

expenses are Rs. 8,000, what is the total amount of assets?

d. Fixed assets are Rs.70,000 and current assets are Rs.1,00,000 and the creditors

are Rs.30,000. What is capital?

4. Enter the following transactions in the single column cash book of Gopichand.

March, 2003

1st. Commenced business with cash 20000

2nd. Bought goods for cash 5000

3rd. Sold goods for cash 4000

4th. Goods purchased from Ravi Kumar 10000

10th. Paid to Ravi Kumar 7000

14th. Cash sales 8000

18th. Purchased furniture for office 4000

22nd. Paid wages 500

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25th. Paid rent 600

30th. Received commission 4000

30th. Withdrew for personal purpose 1000

Cash balance 170000

Hint: Goods Purchased from Ravi Kumar is a credit purchase.

5. Find out the missing figures.

Office stationery Consumables

Opening stock 5000 8000

Purchased during the year 25000 ?

Closing stock 3000 6000

Consumed for the year ? 24000

Hint : Office stationery consumed for the year =27000

Consumables purchased during the year = 22000

6. Explain the tools of management accounting.


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MB0041 – Financial and Management Accounting- 4 Credits

(Book ID: B1624)



1. Compute trend ratios and comment on the financial performance of Infosys

Technologies Ltd. from the following extract of its income statements of five years.

(in Rs. Crore)

Particulars 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07

Revenue 27,501 22,742 21,693 16,692 13,893

Operating Profit

(PBIDT) 8,968 7,861 7,195 5,238 4,391

PAT from ordinary

activities 6,835 6,218 5,988 4,659 3,856

(Source: Infosys Technologies Ltd. – Annual Report)

Hint: The Revenue and Operating Profit (PBIDT) have almost doubled in four years. The

PAT from ordinary activities has increased by 77.26% in the same period.

2. What is fund flow analysis? What are the objectives of analysing flow of fund?

From the following balance sheets of Joy Ltd., prepare a cash flow statement under indirect

method.

Liabilities 2005 2006

Equity share capital 3,00,000 4,00,000

8% redeemable pref. share capital 1,50,000 1,00,000

General reserve 40,000 70,000

Profit and loss 30,000 48,000

Proposed dividend 42,000 50,000

Sundry creditors 55,000 83,000

Bills payable 20,000 16,000

Provision for taxation 40,000 50,000

Total 6,77,000 8,17,000

Assets

Goodwill 1,15,000 90,000

Land and building 2,00,000 1,70,000

Plant 80,000 2,00,000

Sundry debtors 1,60,000 2,00,000

Stock 77,000 1,09,000

Bills receivable 20,000 30,000

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Cash 15,000 10,000

Bank 10,000 8,000

Total 6,77,000 8,17,000

Additional Information

a) Depreciation of Rs.10,000 and Rs.20,000 has been changed on plant and

building during the current year.

b) An interim dividend of Rs.20,000 has been paid during the current year.

c) Rs.35,000 was paid during the current year for income tax.

Hint: Cash flow from operating activities Rs.1,25,000; Cash flow from investing activities

(Rs.1,20,000); Cash flow from financing activities (Rs.12,000).

3. Calculate the cost of raw materials purchased from the following data:

Opening stock of raw materials Rs.10,000

Closing stock of raw materials Rs.15,000

Expenses on purchases Rs.5,000

Direct wages Rs.50, 000

Prime costs Rs.1, 00,000

Hint: Cost of Raw Materials purchased is Rs.50,000

4. Distinguish between absorption costing and marginal costing

5. The Anchor Company Ltd. produces most of its electrical parts in its own plant. The

company is at present considering the feasibility of buying a part from an outside supplier for

Rs.4.50 per part. If this is done, monthly costs would increase by Rs.1,000.

The part under consideration is manufactured in department 1 along with numerous other parts.

On account of discontinuing the production of this part, department 1 would have somewhat

reduced operations. The average monthly usage production of this part is 20,000 units. The

costs of producing this part on per unit basis are as follows.

Material Rs. 1.80

Labour (half-hour) 2.40

Fixed overheads 0.80

Total costs 5.00

Should the company produce this part or should it buy from an outside supplier?

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Hint:

Differential costs 7,000 per month

Favouring making of the parts 0.35 er unit

6. Explain the essential features of budgetary control.

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MB0042 – Managerial Economics - 4 Credits

(Book ID:1625)



1. Explain the importance of managerial economics.

2. Discuss the determinants of price elasticity of demand.

3. Explain trend projection method of demand forecasting with illustration.

4. Explain factors determining elasticity of demand.

5. Explain how a product would reach equilibrium position with the help

of –iso-quants and iso-cost curve.

6. Explain cost output relationship with reference to:

a. Total fixed cost and output

b. Total variable cost and output

Fall 2012


MB0042 – Managerial Economics - 4 Credits

(Book ID: B1625)



1. Write a note on Marris growth maximising model.

2. Explain in brief the relationship between TR, AR and MR under perfect market

conditions.

3. What is perfect competition? Explain the equilibrium of a firm under perfect competition

in the long run.

4. What is oligopoly? Explain the features of oligopoly market.

5. Explain wholesale price index with suitable illustration.

6. What is investment function; discuss the various factors that determine the investment

function.

Fall/August 2012


MB0043 –Human Resource Management - 4 Credits

(Book ID:B1626)



Q1. Explain the role of HR executives in an organisation.

Q2. What are the steps involved in HR planning?

Q3. What are the different types of on-the-job and off-the-job training?

Q4. What are the benefits of carrying out performance appraisal in organisations?

Q5. What are the methods of carrying out job analysis?

Q6. Ms.Varuna Agarwal is the HR Manager of Milestones Pvt Ltd. She wants to ensure that employee

discipline is well maintained. What are the important principles that have to be observed in the

maintenance of discipline?

Fall/August 2012



(Book ID:B1621)



Q1. Explain the elements of a career planning programme.

Q2. Explain the application of HRIS in human resource management.

Q3. What are the factors that affect recruitment?

Q4. Write a short note on minimum wage, fair wage and living wage.

Q5. List the advantages and limitations of job evaluation.

Q6. Mr.Ajit Sakarkar is the HR Manager of a BPO. He feels that the organisation must provide flexi timing

for the employees as an HR initiative. What are benefits that you feel Mr.Ajit’s initiative will bring to

the organisation and to the employees?

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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1 MB0038 … 1(1).pdf · 2012. 11. 6. · Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1 MB0039 – Business Communication - 4 Credits