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MSMS- 01: Man Ma nage me nt Functions Functions and a nd Behavio Behavio ur School of Management Studies INDIRA INDIR A GANDHI GANDHI NATIONAL N ATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-01 Course Title : Management Functions and Behaviour Assignment Code : MS- 01/TMA/SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30t h April, 2018 to the coordinator o f your study cente cente r. 1. Briefly describe descr ibe the Man Ma nagement processes. Expl Exp lain a ny one of them with respect to its significance significance and impo importance rtance in organisati organisat ional perf per fo rmance and a nd efficie efficie ncy. Explain Expla in with with your org or ganisati an isatio o nal experience. Briefly describe the organisat io n, you are referring to. to. 2. What are the techniques used in different steps of Decision-making? Based on your o rganisatio rganisatio nal experi exper ience, discuss d iscuss the importance and rul r ules es of Bra instorming instorming in the process. Briefly Briefly descri descr ibe the organisation and t he situation, you are referring to. 3. What are the major antecedent conditions for change? Based on your organisa organisati tio o nal e xperien perie nce, discus d iscusss t he necessity necessity or ot he rwise of ‘why all organi or ganisations sations must change’ change ’ in the background of ‘how an organisation orga nisation grows’. grows’. Explain the situation and organisat organisatiio na l settings you are are referr referring ing to. 4. 4. Base on your org or ganisati an isatio o nal exper ience/exposure ence/e xposure critically discuss discuss the role and impact of formal and informal groups on ‘Management’. Bri Br iefly descr ibe the organsat organsational ional setting, you are are refe refe rring to.
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MS – 2: 2: Management of o f Human Human Resources School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-2 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 2 Course Title : Management of Human Resources Assignement Code : MS-2 /TMA/SEM – I/2018 I/2018 www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.in For more detail cont co ntact act
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[email protected] Coverage : All Blocks Note: Attem Attemp p t all the questio ns and submit this assignment o n or befo befo re 30th April, 2018 to the the coordinator o f yo yo ur stud stud y cen center ter.. 1. Explain the process of human resource planning. Describe how HR forecast is carried carried out o ut in the organisation you are are work work ing with or an a n organisation organisation yo u are familiar with. 2. Discuss Discuss the co ncept of o f ‘performa ‘performa nce appraisal’. Explain Explain a ny two met met hods o f performance appraisa appraisall that that yo u are are fa miliar miliar with citing suitable organisational examples. 3. Define mentoring and distinguish it from performance coaching. Assume you are responsible for mentoring of employees in a large organisation. Discuss how you will make ak e me me ntoring a strategic strate gic func func tion. Illustrate. Illus trate. 4. Discuss Discuss the laws co vering vering wages. Analyse the recent amen ame nd men ts and trends in laws covering wages in India. 5. Critically evaluate the state of workers’ workers ’ participation in Management in the present day business business scena sce nario. rio. Explain with exampl examp les your answer a nswer giving giving du d ue deta ils ils of the organizations and the the so urces urces you are refer ring to. to. Management Management Programm Progr ammee ASSIGNMENT FIRST SEMESTER 2018
MS - 03: Economic and Social Environment School of Management Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI 110 110 068
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MS-03 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 03 Course Title : Economic and Social Environment Environment Assignment Code : MS-03/TMA/SEM MS-03/TMA/SEM - I/2018 /2018 Coverage : All Blocks Blocks Note : Attempt all the questions and submit submit this assignment on or be fore 30th April, 2018 to
the coordinator of your study center. 1. Discuss the critical elements of macro-economic macro-economic policie s. How economic economic e nvironment gives a direction to the changes in the economic planning? 2. Dif ferentiate between Economic Economic Gr owth and Economic Development. Why is growth and development synonymously used in economic discussion? 3. Discuss the genesis of mixed economy framework in India. 4. “An important factor which influences the Balance of Payment of an economy is the exchange rate of its currency vis-à-vis other major currencies”. Explain Explain the statement
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given above. 5. How the twin objective of e quity and justice was met by the economic reforms of 1991? Explain. Explain. 6. Write short notes on the following: (i) Trade Union Movement (ii) Public Accountability (iii) Administered pr ices
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MS - 04: Accounting and Finance for Managers School of Management Studies INDIRA INDIR A GANDHI GANDHI NATIONAL N ATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-04 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-04 Course Title : Accounting and Finance for Managers Assignment Code : MS-04/TMA/SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions questio ns and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. 1. How is ‘Finan ‘Fina ncial Accounting’ d ifferent ifferent form ‘Management ‘ Management Accounting’ Acco unting’?? Discuss Discuss the role and activities o f a n Accountant. 2. The Balance Balance Sheets of o f XYZ Ltd as o n 31st Dece Dece mber, 2016 a nd 2017 are are as give give n bel be low: Liabilities 2016 2017 Assets Asse ts 2016 2017 Share Capital Goodwill General Buildings Buildings 24,000 24,000 Reserve Reserve 2,00,000 2,00,000 Plant Plant 80,000 72,000 Profit Profit a nd Loss 28,000 36,000 Invest Investment mentss 74,000 72,000 Account 32,000 26,000 Stock 20,000 22,000 Creditors 16,000 10,800 Bills Bills 60,000 46,800 Bills Bills Pay Pa yable ab le 2,400 1,600 Receivable 4,000 6,400 Provision Provision for 32,000 36,000 Debtors Debtors 36,000 38,000 Taxation 800 1,200 Cash and ban ba nk 13,200 30,400 Provision for bal ba lances doubtful debts 3,11,200 3,11,600 3,11,200 3,11,600
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(i) Depreciatio Depreciation n pro pro vid vid ed on pl p la nt was was 8,000 a nd on building was Rs. Rs. 8,000. (ii) Provision for taxation made during the year is Rs. 38,000. (iii) Interim dividend paid d uring the the year is Rs. 16,000. From the above inform infor mat ion, yo u are required to prepare Sched ule ule of o f changes in Working Capital and Funds Flow Statement. 3. What do you understand by CVP Analysis. Explain the effect of Price and Volume on the Net Profit, with the help help of o f a suitable illustration. 4. The Management of ABC Ltd. is consider consider ing a proposal p roposal to purchase an impro impro ved ved model of a machine which gives increased output. Its existing machine which has been in operation for 2 years has current market value of Rs. 1,00,000, its remaining estimated useful life is 10 years, yea rs, with no no salv sa lvaa ge value at the e nd. The relevant particulars particulars are as follows: New Machine Existing Existing M achine achine Purchase price Rs. 2,40,000 Rs. 4,00,000 12 years 10 years Estimated life Salvage value Annual Operating hours 2,000 2,000 Selling Selling pric p ricee per unit Outp Outp ut p er hour
Rs. 10 15 units
Rs. 10 20 units
Material cost co st per unit Labour cost per unit Consumable Consumable store s toress per year year
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Repairs and Maintenance per year 9,000 6,000 Working Capital 25,000 40,000 The comp comp any follows the straight- line line met hod o f deprec ia tio tio n and is subject to 50% tax. Should Should the existing machine be replaced? Assume that the the company’s company’s required req uired rate of return is 15% and that the loss on sale of Assets is tax deductible. 5. As a Finance Finance Ma nager nager how would would you determine the Optimal Cash balanc bala ncee that wo uld uld be required by your Organisation? What measures you would take to ensure the smooth and effic effic ient Managemen Managementt of Cashflows in the Orgnisation? Orgnisation?
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MS - 05: Management of Machines and Materials School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-05 www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i n For more detail contact
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[email protected] ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-05 Course Title : Management of Machines and Materials Assignment No. : MS-05/TMA /SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. 1. It is generally felt that “rural areas are good for locating large plant, semi-urban semi-urban areas for lo cating medium-s ized ized plant p lants, s, a nd urba urban n areas fo fo r small-sca small-scale le plants”. plants”. Comment. 2. (a) Define job design. How has management viewed job design since the ind ind ustrial revolution? (b) List the important factors that must be addressed in job design and briefly discuss the impo importan rtance ce o f each one. 3. Under what circumsta circumsta nces would wo uld you use PERT PE RT a s opposed to CPM in pro ject managemen management? t? Give some example of o f p rojects rojects where where each would would be b e more app licable licable than the other. 4. What do you understand by acceptance sampling? In what situations it is used? Briefly discuss discuss the t he samp samp ling ling p lans. 5. “Inventory management for slow moving expensive items should focus more on lead time reduction than anything else” else ”. Critically Cr itically examine the statem state ment. en t. 6. Write short notes on any three of the following: (a) Intermittent Intermittent flow flow processes proce sses (b) Uses of work sampling (c) Helgeson Helgeson a nd Birnie Birnie Method of line balanc ing (d) Benefits Benefits of value value engineering eng ineering (e) Objectives of codification.
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MS - 06: Marketing for Managers School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS- 06 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 06 Course Title : Marketing for Managers Assignment Code : MS-06 /TMA/SEM - I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Attemp t all the question questio ns and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, Note : Attemp 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study centre. 1. (a) Define Define the term „Marketing‟ with w ith suitable suitable exa mp les. Disc Disc uss th t he scope and www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in n For more detail contact
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significance of marketing funct funct io n in a develop developing ing and fast emerging economy like India. (b) What are the various components/ elements of marketing mix in case of products and ser ser vices vices marketing. Discuss with w ith suitable suitable exam e xamples ples of o f your your c hoice. hoice. 2. (a) Explain the concept o f Product Life Cycle Cycle b y taking an example one eac h fro fro m a consumer durable and any service offering of your choice. (b) Dist Distinguish inguish the concept of market vs the t he co co ncep nceptt of a segme segme nt and th t heir re lationship lationship in marketing, with suitab suitab le illustratio illustration. n. 3. (a) Discuss the various steps involved in the marketing research process that help in decision making process. process. Briefly d iscuss a few application areas of o f market market ing research in the current business business environme nt. (b) Dist Distinguish inguish a Product from a Bra Bra nd with suitable suitable examples. e xamples. Expl Exp lain packa ging as a market development tool. 4. (a) Why pricing and pro mo tio tio nal e leme nts of marketing marketing mix mix primarily decide the success of any brand? Explain. Discuss the strategic a nd tactical deci dec isions sio ns that a manager should consider in p ricing and promoting the firms offe o ffering. ring. Take o ne product a nd one service offering and discuss discuss their t heir success success story. (b) “Consumer” Co nsumer” is the the king k ing does thi t hiss statem state ment still holds holds good in the era of o f o nline nline/di /digital gital marketing? If yes or no subs s ubstantiate tantiate and justify accordingly.
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MS - 07: Information Systems for Managers School of Management Studies INDIRA INDIR A GANDHI GANDHI NATIONAL N ATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-55: LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MS-07 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-07 Course Course Title : Informatio Information n Systems Sys tems for Manage rs Assignment Code : MS-07/TMA/SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 30th April, 2018 to the the coordinator o f yo yo ur stud stud y cen center ter.. 1. Why is the Central Processing Unit (CPU) is called the “Brain” of o f the Co mp uter? uter? What What are t he components of a CPU? What factors affects the sp sp eed of a compu comp uter? www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in n For more detail contact
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2. Define data and information. What is the t he difference difference betwee n the two? What are the main characteristics of info info rmation? 3. What are the types of inventory management systems? Define them and partition them into further further c lasses. Also, bri br iefly explain expla in each s ubdivisi bd ivisio o n. 4. How can you use the Web as a data source for your data warehouse? What types of information can you get from the Web? Explain briefly the steps needed to ensure that only good good quality, q uality, reliable reliable data is loaded into into the data warehouse from the Web. 5. What What are e xpert systems? Mention the t he wo wo rking prin pr incip cip les of o f expert system syste ms. Also Also discuss how know ledge ca n be represen represe nted in expert systems. 6. Write short notes on any three of following: (a) Redundant Array of Independent Di D isks (RAID ( RAID)) (b) Polymorp Polymorp hic viruses (c) Busine Busine ss software so so lutions firm Microso Microsoft ft (d) Features Features of o f JAVA. JAVA. (e) Online Analytica Analyticall Processing (OLAP)
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MS - 08: Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications School of Management Studies INDIRA INDIR A GANDHI GANDHI NATIONAL N ATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-08 ASSIGNMENTS Course Code : MS 08 Course Title : Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications Assignment No. : MS-08/TMA/SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, Note : Attemp 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. 1. A sample survey of 100 families belonging to the middle income group revealed the following distrib distributi utio o n accord accord ing to their annual a nnual savings. savings. Find a) a vera ge annual sayings, using the efficient efficient method, et hod, b) 5t h decile, decile, and c) 90th 90t h perce ntile. ntile. Savings (Rs ‘000) 05-09 05-09 09-13 13-17 17-21 21-25 25-30 30-35 Number o f Families 07 10 15 23 25 14 06 2. It is known that the number of heavy trucks arriving at a railway station follows the Poisson distrib distribution. ution. If the average number of o f truck arriv arr ivaa ls during a specified specified period p eriod of half an hour is 2, find the probabilities that during a given half an hour a) no heavy truck will arrive, b) at least least two two heavy truck truckss will will arrive, c) at the most 3 heav heavy y truc tr ucks ks will arrive, and d) between 1 and 3 heavy trucks will arrive. arrive. www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in n For more detail contact
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3. A samp samp le survey of o f tax-paye tax-pa yers rs be longing on ging to business class and professional class yielded the following results: Business Business c lass Professional class Samp le size n1 = 400 n2 = 420 Defaulters in tax payment x1 = 80 x2 = 65 Test the hypothesis at α = 0.01 level of significance that a) defaulter rate is the same for the two classes of tax-payers, and b) defaulter rate rate is higher higher in the b usiness class than in the professio professio nal class by 0.03. 4. A set of paired data on X and Y has mean of X as 36, mean of Y as 85, standard deviation of X as 11, standard de viat viatiio n of Y as 8, and coe fficient fficient of o f correlation co rrelation between X and a nd Y as 0.66. Obtain a) the two regression equations, and a nd b) value value o f X when when Y= 75. 5. Write short notes on any three of the following: (a) Absolute value function (b) Baye’s Baye’s Theorem (c) Multistage Sampling (d) Delphi method of forecasting
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MS - 09: Managerial Economics School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-09 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-09 Course Title : Managerial Economics Assignment Code : MS-09/TMA/SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Attemp t all the questions qu estions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, Note : Attemp 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. 1. Explain Explain the t he Opportunity Cost Principle? Su S ubstantia bsta ntiate te with w ith the the help of an exampl examp le how production possibility possibility refle re flects cts opportuni opport unity ty costs? co sts? 2. How are Demand, Price Elast Elastiicity an a nd Revenue determined? Explain Expla in P rice Elasticity with the help help of o f any particular example o f your your c hoice. hoice. 3. Discuss Discuss Economies and Diseco Diseco nomies o f Scale. How Ho w is Economies of Scope differe differe nt from Economies of Scale? Explain. 4. Explain “Barriers to Entry” of a firm. Differentiate between legal barriers and natural b arriers arriers with w ith the the help o f any an y e xample of your choice. 5. Trace Trace the t he chro chro nology of deregulation of Indian Indian Telecom from 1992 to 2003. Explain www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in n For more detail contact
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the special role role playe pla yed d by b y Teleco Teleco m Reg Regul ulatory atory A uthority of India (TRAI). 6. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a) Dec Dec ision sio n under risk risk (b) Biome Biome tric forecasting forecasting (c) Kinked demand curve
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MS - 10: Organisational Design, Development and Change School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-10 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 10 Course Title : Organisational Design, Development and Change Assignment Code : MS-10/TMA/SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Attemp p t all the questions and submit this assignment o n or before 30th April, Note: Attem 2018 to the the coordinator o f yo yo ur stud stud y cen center ter.. 1. Describe Describe the factors factors that t hat affect organisational or ganisational design a nd explain different approaches in assess assess ing organisati organisat io nal effectiveness effectiveness with w ith the the help o f examp les. 2. Describe and discuss the trends in the present day work organisations and the role of management in ‘quality of work life’. 3. What are the different sources of resistance to change? Describe the process of overcoming resistance resistance to change. D iscuss iscuss with w ith examples. examples. 4. Enlist Enlist the t he types types o f organisati organisat io n structure. Discuss few organisati organisat ional str uctures uctures and identify their type. 5. Explain Explain the t he concept of workplace and a nd architectural ergonomics with the help of examples.
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MS-11: Strategic Management School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-11 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-11 Course Title : Strategic Management Assignment No. : MS-11/TMA/SEM-I/2018 www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i n For more detail contact
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Note: Note: There are five questions in this assignment. Attempt all the questions and send them on or befo befo re 30th April, April, 2018 to t he Coordinat Coord inator or of the Study St udy Centre Centre you are attached w ith. ith. 1. Discuss in what sense the top management takes decisions for a company and in what sense it does not takes the strategic decisions for a company alone alo ne?? Illustrate with suitable examples. 2. Explain any two of the growth strategies you have studied and highlight the conditions under which each is the most appropriate. Illustrate your answer with the help of examples. 3. Identify two companies that have recently merged. Read the published information on both the companies. Based on the study, identify the issues and challenges the two com co mpanies are currently facing in co co mbining their respective respective org or ganizational an izational cultures. cultures. 4. Select an organization of yo ur choice cho ice which has adopted focus strategy. Analyze as to how the focus strategy has been useful for the organization to build its competitive advantage. 5. Describe different styles of leadership for Top Management with the help of real world examples.
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MS – 21: 21: Social Processes and Behavioral Issues School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-21 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 21 Course Title : Social Processes and Behavioral Issues Assignment Code : MS-21/TMA/SEM - 01 /2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note: a. There are two sets of assignments. Set A is for the students who have registered for MS-21 prior to Ja Ja nuary nuary 2018. Set B is is for students who have regi re gistered stered for MS-21 MS- 21 in January, 2018 b. Attempt Attempt a ll the the qu q uesti est io ns and submit this this assignment on or bef be fore 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. SET A 1. Describe Describe the e merging scenar io of o f organizations. Explain the steps to be taken b y management into bring in the mindset mindset of em e mp loyees conduciv conduc ivee to changing reality of bus iness iness in an organization you are aware aware o f. Briefly d escribe the the organiz o rganizat at ion you yo u are referring to. to. 2. Explain Explain the t he relevance o f behavio ur mod modification ification in organizations and brie fly d iscuss www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in n For more detail contact
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the role of ethics in behaviour modification. 3. Briefly d iscuss how organizational culture can be de veloped veloped and a nd describe the attributes of work culture culture and their rele rele vance. 4. Describe Describe the process of perception. percep tion. How be havio havio ur is influe influenced nced by b y percept percept ion? Explain with the help of examples 5. Roles Roles a nd norms are control mechanisms of gro gro ups. Discuss Discuss with w ith the the help o f examp les. SET B 1. Discuss Discuss the modern t heories of leadership citing relevant examples. 2. Different Differentiiate between bet ween counseli counse ling, ng, guidance and p sychotherapy. Explain various approaches to counseling counseling with the the help o f examp les, 3. Explain Explain a ny two two theori theor ies o f mo mo tiva tiva tio tio n citing relevant re levant e xamples, 4. What What is or gani an isati sat io nal citizenship citizenship behav be haviio ur? ur? D iscuss iscuss different approaches to OCB. 5. Explain Explain the statem sta tement, ent, “Words are symbols and meaning exist in mind”. Supplement with with rel re leva nt examples. MS-22
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MS- 22: Human Resource Development School of Management Studies INDIRA INDIR A GANDHI GANDHI NATIONAL N ATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-22 Course Title : Human Resource Development Assignment Code : MS- 22/TMA/SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, Note : Attemp 2018 to the coordinator o f your study cente cente r. 1. What is the Concept of Career? In our society people face many career transition in changing their pro pro fession, organ organisati isatio o n, and geographi geograp hicc location, locatio n, to to name a fe fe w. What is the role of HRD in dealing with this issue at organisational level? Explain with the organisa organisati tio o nal e xamples you are a re awa awa re of. Briefly describe the situ s ituation ation and a nd the the organisa organisati tio o n, you are referring to. to. 2. What are the major methods and movements to increase organisational performance? Explain Explain any a ny one of them based o n your orga nisational nisational experience. Briefly describe descr ibe the organisat organisat ion, yo u are referring to. 3. What What are the basic tenets of Rewarding System? Briefly Briefly ex e xp lain with organisational examples examples you have com co me across a cross.. Explain the situation and the or ganisati an isatio o n, you are www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in n For more detail contact
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referring to. to. 4. “Managing Diversity is currently enjoying a great deal of support from the world of business. Proponents o f d iversity in o rganisations have emp hasized hasized its be nefits, nefits, and managing diversity is portrayed as a product prod uct of enlighte ned ned corporate self interest.” interest. ” Elaborate the above state me nt and discuss the underlying underlying conce co ncep p ts based based on on organisa organisati tio o nal e xperien perie nce, you have or yo u are are awar a waree of. o f. Briefly describe the organisa organisati tio o n, you are referring to. to.
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MS – 23: 23: Human Human Resource R esource Planning School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-23 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 23 Course Title : Human Resource Planning Assignment Code : MS-23 /TMA/SEM - I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions qu estions and submit this t his assignme assignme nt on or be fore 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study centre. 1. Explain Explain the concept o f human reso reso urce forecasting. Describe various techniq techniq ues used in forecasting human resource planning. 2. Discuss Discuss the objectives of o f job evaluation. Explain Explain the t he various job evaluation methods. methods. Briefly describe describe the recent de velopments in job e valuation system. 3. Discuss Discuss the aims a nd object objectiv ives es o f career planning. p lanning. Describe the be nefits of career p lanning. What What are the t he factors factors which w hich go into into the shaping of a career? 4. Explain Explain the t he significance significance of information system in Human Huma n Reso Reso urce urce Ma nage nage me nt. Describe the the vari v ario o us approaches to managing information at the macro macro a nd micro micro lev le vel. 5. Explain Explain the t he concept, need and scope of HR a udit. udit. Descri Descr ibe the essential steps being involved in the Auditing process.
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MS – 24: 24: Employment Employment Relations Re lations School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-24 ASSIGNMENT www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i n For more detail contact
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[email protected] Course Code : MS - 24 Course Title : Employment Relations Assignment Code : MS-24 /TMA/SEM - I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions qu estions and submit this t his assignme assignme nt on or be fore 30th April, 2018 to the the coordinator o f yo yo ur stud stud y cen centr tre. e. 1. Explain the procedure for registration of a Trade Union under the Trade Unions Act. Discuss the objects general and political funds are spent under the Trade Union Act. 2. Describe Describe the present prese nt positio positio n of Trade Unions in I nd ia. What are your suggestions for strength stre ngthening ening the Trade Unions U nions in India. 3. Explain Explain the t he meaning a nd concept o f Coll Co llect ect ive ive Bargaining. Describe the process of colle colle ctive bargaining. Discuss Discuss the conditions co nditions for success o f collectiv collect ivee bargaining. bargaining. 4. Discuss Discuss the aims a nd object objectiv ives es o f workers workers participation in Manageme nt. nt. Describe the workers participation, employee involvement practices of any organisation you are familiar with. 5. Explain Explain various cultural cultural aspects aspec ts of employment re lat io ns. Discuss the recent developments in employment relations. Discuss the impact of specializat specializat ion, centrali centra lizat zatiion and globalisatio globalisatio n on new emp emp loyment relations.
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MS – 41: 41: Working Capital Management Manage ment School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-41 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-41 Course Title : Working Capital Management Assignment No. : MS-41/TMA /SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. 1. The annual figures of Alpha Ltd are as follows: (i) Sales Sa les at at home, at a t 1 month credit Rs. 12,00,000. (ii) Export at 3 months credit, S.P. 10% below the home price Rs. 5,40,000. (iii) Materia Mate rialls used, suppliers extend 2 months months credit Rs. 4,50,000.
(iv) Wages pa id, half month in arreas arreas Rs. 3,60,000. (v) Manufact Manufact uring expens e xpenses, es, pa id one o ne month in arreas Rs. 5,40,000. (vi) Depreciatio Depreciation n o n fixed assets assets Rs. 60,000. (vii) (vii) Admini Ad ministrat strative ive expenses, expenses, paid pa id one mo nth in arrear arrear Rs. 1,20,000. (viii) Sales Sa les promotion promotion e xpen pe nses, payabl payab le quarterly in advance ad vance Rs. 60,000. www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in n For more detail contact
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Alpha Ltd. sells goods in the domestic market on a gross profit of 25%. It keeps one month stock of raw materials as well as finished product and believes in keeping Rs. 1,00,000 available to it. Yo u are are required to calculate the working cap ital ital requirem req uiremen entt of the compa compa ny, assuming assuming 15% saf sa fe ty mar mar gin. gin. 2. Give Give a complete co mplete overview of the different marketable securities that are a va ilable ilable for investments. 3. Select any financial financia l Institut Institutiio n/ Organisati Organisa tio o n of your choice and obtain information information about the important components of its credit policy and the attributes that they take into considerat considerat ion w hile hile deciding the credit wortheness about its cus c ustomers. tomers. 4. Describe the creation of Euro Money and Eurocurrency Markets? Discuss the factors co ntrib ntributi uting ng to the t he gro gro wth o f the Euromarkets. Euromarkets. 5. ‘The ‘The Working Wo rking Captal Module is divi d ivided ded into into three additional add itional parts be yond the the investment information prese prese nted nted in the Capital Investment (CI) module’. module’. Discuss of objectives and operatio operatio n sequential operation of o f the wo wo rking capital module. Discuss the objectives and operatio operatio n o f each these three parts.
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MS – 42 42 Capital Investment and Financing Decisions School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-42 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-42 Course Title : Capital Investment and Financing Decisions Assignment No. : MS-42/TMA /SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. 1. What is meant by a firm's capital structure? Explain the Modigilian - Miller (MM) theory and Traditio Traditio nal approach to cap ital ta l structur struct uree of o f a firm. 2. Explain Explain the t he concept of project life life cycle? How are the work breakdown structu struct ure and linear respo respon nsibil sib ility ity chart prepared? 3. What is Project Risk? Briefly explain the techniques used for the measurement of project risk 4. Explain the various instruments through which corporates procure finance both for long term and short term. Discuss the circumstances under which they are preferred. Give reasons for the same. www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in n For more detail contact
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5. What is Corporate Restructuring? What factors motivate an enterprise to undertake restructuring exercise?
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MS – 43: 43: Management Management Control C ontrol Systems School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-43 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-43 Course Course Title : Management Management Control Systems Sys tems Assignment No. : MS-43/TMA/SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the Coordinator of your study st udy center. center. 1. Explain Explain the t he concept of Strategy? Strate gy? Describe the the diff d iffere erent nt Models that help in formulating business business unit strategies. 2. Explain the ARM’s ARM’s length pr incip incip le and a nd discuss its application. 3. Discuss Discuss in detail de tail the the three three organisational o rganisational Ince Ince ntives systems viz the Scanl Sca nlon on plan, p lan, the Kaiser-U Kaiser-Unit nited ed Steel Workers plan and profit sharing and explain their applicability. applicability. 4. Select any Bank/ Insurance com co mpany pan y of you yo ur choice and a nd discuss the management control system, that is is pre vale vale nt, in that Instituti Institut io n. 5. Study the ‘Christian Medica ‘Christian Medicall Co llege llege and Hospit Hosp ital, al, Vellore’ Vellore’ case and answer the questio questio ns given give n at the end of th t he case.
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MS - 51: Operations Research School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-51 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 51 Course Course Title : Operations Research Rese arch Assignment Code : MS-51/TMA/SEM - I /2018 Coverage : All Blocks
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1. Solve graphically: Minimize Z=6x1 + 14x2 Subject to 5x1 + 4x2 ≥ 60 3x1 + 7x2 ≤84
x1 + 2x2 ≥ 18 x1, x2 ≥ 0 2. Five Five emplo emplo yees of a company compa ny are to be assign ass igned ed to five jobs, which ca n be done by any of them. The workers get different wages per hour. These are: Rs 5 per hour for A, B, and C each, and Rs 3 per hour for D and E each. The amount of time taken by each employee to do a give give n job job is given in the follow follow ing table. Determine the assignmen assign mentt pattern patter n that
(a) minimizes the total time taken, and (b) minimizes the total cost, of getting five units of work done. Employee Job 1 2 3 4 5
A 7 6 3 1 6
B 9 1 4 5 6
C 3 6 9 2 9
D 3 6 10 2 4
E 2 5 7 4 2
3. What is the importance of integer programming models in supporting managerial decisio decisio ns? Describe Describe the rational rationa le behind be hind Cutting Plane Method used for solving integer programming models. 4. A wholesaler supplies 30 stuffed dolls each day to various shops. Dolls are purchased from the manufacturer in lots of 120 each at Rs. 1200 per lot. Every order incurs a handling charge of Rs 60 plus a freight charge of Rs 250 per lot. Multiple and fractional lots can also be ordered, and a ll orders orders are met the the next day. The incremental cost c ost is Rs
0.60 per year to store a doll in inventory. The wholesaler finances inventory investments by paying its hold hold ing company 2% monthly fo fo r borro borro wed fund fund s. How many dolls should be ordered at a time in order to minimize the total annual inventory cost? Assume that that there are 250 week- days in a year. How frequently should he order? 5. What is simulation? Describe the simulation process. State the major two reasons for using simulat simulat io n to solve a problem prob lem.. Wh W ha t are the advanta ges and limitations limitations of simulation?
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Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinator o f your study center. 1. What What are the phases of a project deve lopment op ment cycle? Give the salient tasks under each eac h phase. phase. W hat hat are the outlines of opportunity studies in pro pro ject management? How do there impact upon project project feas ibility stu st ud ies? 2. “Doubled “Doubled Project Pro ject Report (DPR) (DP R) forms forms the foundation on which the entire superstructure of the project is built – built – if if it is weak, project cannot weather the turbulent times ahead.” ahead. ” Bring out the do‟s and don‟ts of a good DP DP R. 3. “Meti Met iculo us Mana gement gement o f act ivities ivities on the criti cr itical cal path is cruci cruciaa l to compl co mplet et ing projects on time.” time. ” How can we „beat‟ the critical path and improve our on-time on-time performance? 4. A good tem-work speed up project implementation justify. Developing self directed project teams teams is the key ke y to to improving improving effec e ffectiveness tiveness in project ma nageme nt. Elucidate. 5. Explain Explain the t he importance of „project revi re view‟ ew‟ in the context of control of a project. How Ho w are cybernetics concepts applied to project management?
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MS - 53: Production/Operations Management School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-53 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 53 Course Title : Production/Operations Management Assignment Code : MS-53/TMA/SEM - I /2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. 1. Over the years many variations on classical Delphi have been forwarded. Discuss these variants. 2. Capacity will be mod modified ified in response to demand. Deman Dema nd will b e modified modified in www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i n For more detail contact
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response to to capacity. capacity. Which Whic h of these these two two state ment is correct? Why? 3. (a) What is Line-Bal Line-Ba lancing o f assem asse mbly operati opera tio o ns? I llustrate llustrate with examples. (b) What approach would you suggest for increasing throughput rate of assembly lines and why? 4. Inve Inve ntory of material ateria ls pro vides vides operatio nal flexib flexib ility. But, many flexibl flexib le operational ope rational systems need need litt little le inventor inventory y. Explain Explain this th is seeming seeming contradictio n. 5. Discuss Discuss prev pre ventiv en tivee maintenance. In I n wha wha t ways is preventive maintenance maintena nce absolutely necessary in JIT/ kanban/ p ull manufact manufact uring as opposed to p ush manufacturing ma nufacturing.. 6. Write Write s hort notes on any three of the foll fo llowing: owing: (a) Quality and profitability relationship. (b) Stopwatch Time Study method. (c) The KANBAN System (d) Manufacturing Reso Reso urce P la nning (MRP II) II) (c) Classification Classification of manufacturing technology.
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MS - 54: Management Information Systems School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-54 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 54 Course Course Title : Mana M anage gem ment Information Information System Syste ms Assignment Code : MS-54/TMA/SEM - I /2018 Coverage : All Blocks
Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinator of your study center. 1. How the functional areas can be separated from MIS point of view. List down major subsystems and the typical generated within the functional area in your organization. 2. How much importance importance should be accorded to implementatio implementatio n phase as part of o f the total MIS MIS de velop ment en t activity? activity? Exp lain. Bri B riefly efly discus d iscusss t he various ar ious impleme impleme ntation strategies. Under what circumstances are they suitable? 3. What What are expert e xpert systems and how do th t he y help in decision-m decisio n-making? aking? Ca n you give examples to illustrate the same? What kinds of decisions can be appropriately programmed on expert systems? systems? Give G ive examples. examples. 4. Outline Outline the bas ic sequence of steps to acquiring acq uiring a DMBS. What steps are t he mists importa importa nt? Why s ho uld uld an a n organization be careful care ful about p lacing over reliance reliance on “benchmark” benchmark ” tests tests in selecting a DBMS? 5. Different Differentiiate am a mo ng Troja Troja ns, Worm Wor ms and Virus V iruses. es. Give G ive one example example fo r each. www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i n For more detail contact
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“Computer virus is a major threat to computer security sec urity”. ”. Justify the statement.
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MS – 61: 61: Consum Cons umer er Beh Be haviour School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-61 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 61 Course Title : Consumer Behaviour Assignment Code : MS-61 /TMA/SEM - I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Attemp t all the questions qu estions and submit this t his assignme assignme nt on or be fore 30th April, Note : Attemp 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study centre. 1. What do you understand by the term ‘consum ‘cons umer er be havi av io ur’? Explain the scope of cons umer umer be havio havio r giving suitable suitable examp les. 2. With the help of examples discuss the characteristics that distinguish organizational buying fro fro m ind ind ivid ivid ual buying. 3. Explain Explain the t he concept of learning a nd discuss its marketing implications. 4. What is a reference group? Name two reference groups that are important to you. In what ways do the y influe influen nce you in your purch purchasing asing behaviour? 5. Explain Explain the t he concept of c ulture ulture an a nd subculture. Discuss D iscuss the relevance of subc subcultural ultural segmentati segme ntatio o n in case of the following products: (a) Ready to to eat food products (b) Apparels 6. As a marketer of o f co co nsumer durables lik lik e refrigerators, washing wash ing machines machines etc., wha w hatt strate strate gies gies woul wo uld d you adopt for responding respond ing to post purchase feelings o f your your cons umers? Discuss.
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MS-62: Sales Management School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS- 62 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 62 Course Title : Sales Management Assignment Code : MS-62 /TMA/SEM - I/2018 www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i n For mo re detail contact
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Note: Attempt Attempt all the q uestions uestions and submit this assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study centre. 1. (a) Discuss the role and responsibilities of a Sales Manager, associated with a fast moveing consumer goods goods firm with w ith pan pa n India operati operat ions. (b) Why is Personal Selling method is still very much in vogue in the current market environment. Elaborate with suitable examples. Briefly discuss the various situations conductive for Personal selling other than the list mentioned in the study/ course material.
2. (a) Disc Disc uss th t he AIDAS AIDAS theor y of selling selling b y taking a suitable exampl examp le of o f you yourr choice. What are its merits and drawbacks of this theory. (b) What are Selling skills. List out and explain the various types of skills. How does these skills help a salesman salesman in e ffectively ffectively discharging the responsibilities responsibilities assigned to him. him. 3. (a) As a Sales Manager of a Publishing House what methods would you adopt in identifying training needs for the the sal sa le s force. force. Discuss D iscuss b riefly the various step stepss in training process. proce ss. (b) What are the basic componen compo nents ts o f a compensation co mpensation package? Why W hy and how the compensation package package differ d iffer between between t he com co mp anies selling similar similar a nd different different types of products? 4. (a) Discuss Discuss the importance of Sales planning function in the following (i) Single Prod Product uct firm target target ing North Nor th India India Market. Marke t. (ii) Multi Product firm firm targ tar geting all a ll Ind Ind ia Market. Market. What is territory Planning? What are the steps involved in territory Planning and its importance in achieving achieving th t he sa les objectives. Discus D iscuss. s. (b) Discuss the meaning and importance of Sales Budgeting. What are the differe differe nt methods of Sales Bud Bud geting that are generally adopted by a firm.
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MS – 63: 63: Product Management Management School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-63 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 63 Course Course Title : Pro Pro duct Manage Ma nagem ment Assignment Code : MS-63 /TMA/SEM - I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions qu estions and submit this t his assignme assignme nt on or be fore 30th April, 2018 to the www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in n For more detail contact
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coordinato coordinato r of your study centre. 1. What is a product? Taking the example of T.V., explain the anatomy of the product i.e. the core benefits, benefits, ta ngible ngible specificatio ns, ns, an a nd augment a ugmented ed features. features. 2. Briefly explain exp lain the concept o f Product Life Cycle Cycle (PLC). (P LC). Do all the products fo llo llo w the bell shaped shaped curve of PLC? Discuss giving suitable suitable exa mp les. 3. What are the objectives of test marketing? How would you go about test marketing a new new chocolate? chocolate? Discus D iscuss. s. 4. Explain the stages involved in new product development process, giving suitable examples. 5. Ind Ind ian toothpaste market is witnessing a lot of c hanges, hanges, with many FMCG companies, Indian as well as MNCs, launching ‘herbal’ ‘herba l’ too toothpast thpastes. es. This T his se se gment is growing fast and every player wa wa nts to to corner co rner a significant significant share s hare of it. You You are a prod product uct manager- inc inc harge of toothpaste category-in category- in a FMCG compa ny which also intends to e nter nter ‘herbal toothpaste’ toothpaste’ segment seg ment.. (a) How can you use ‘Attribute Analysis’ to generate new product ideas for the proposed herba herball too toothpast thpaste? e? Discus D iscuss. s. (b) Suggest alter native basis for positioning of the new product. (c) Discuss Discuss the functions that packaging packa ging can perfor perfor m in in marketing o f toothpaste. toot hpaste. (d) Suggest a brand name for the new product to be introduced by the com co mpany, giving giving reasons why your c hoice hoice is a good on o ne.
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MS – 64: 64: International Marketing School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-64 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 64 Course Title : International Marketing Assignment Code : MS-64 /TMA/SEM - I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Attemp t all the questions qu estions and submit this t his assignme assignme nt on or be fore 30th April, Note : Attemp 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study centre. 1. Describe Describe the differences between bet ween ethnocentric, polycent polyce ntric, ric, regiocentri regioce ntricc and geocentric orientations. orientations. How do these ori or ientations entatio ns affect international marketing practices? Explain Explain with the t he help of examples. 2. Discuss Discuss the s ignificance ignificance o f letter letter of o f cred it in internat internatiio nal marketing market ing.. Explain Explain the t he www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogspot.i www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot.in n For more detail contact
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operations of a letter of credit. 3. Explain Explain the t he scope of o f internationa internationa l marketing marketing research. What are the advantages and limitat limitat io ns of online surveys? 4. How does culture influence international marketing decisions? Explain with the help of suitable examples. 5. You are the marketing exe e xecutive cutive in a food processing company compan y prod producing ucing and marketing fruit juices juices and frozen vegetab les in India. India. The company is exploring the the possi po ssibilities bilities of entering international markets. The management has asked you to prepare a preliminary report covering the following ollow ing five five aspects: (a) Ad Ad vantages and and challenges for the company in entering the international markets; (b) Different modes of entering international markets and potential difficulties involved with each option; (c) Whether Whether making e xerc ises for produc prod uctt adaptation for different mark mark ets is wo wo rth it; (d) Physical Physical d istrib istribution ution implications a nd (e) Support the company can receive from the institutional framework for export available in India.
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MS – 65: 65: Marketing of Services School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-65 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 65 Course Course Title Title : Marketing Marketing of Services Services Assignment Code : MS-65 /TMA/SEM - I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Attemp t all the questions qu estions and submit this t his assignme assignme nt on or be fore 30th April, Note : Attemp 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study centre. 1. What are the implications of the services marketing triangle? Explain giving suitable examples. 2. What What are the differences differences between bet ween ‘search ‘search’, ’, ‘experi ‘exper ience’ ence ’ and ‘credence’ ‘crede nce’ qualities? qualities? Explain Expla in with with th t he help o f examp les. www.ignousolvedassignmentsmba.blogs www.ignousolve dassignmentsmba.blogspot pot.. in For mo re detail contact
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3. Explain Explain the import impo rtance ance of p hysica hysicall evidence evide nce fo fo r the fo fo llo llo wing: (a) A restaurant (b) An insurance insurance co mpany. pa ny. 4. As a customer relationship manager of a luxury resort, you have a received a mail from
a guest who stayed with his family at your resort last week. He has complained that the quality of food served was not satisfactory. Also, he has criticized the staff members that they did not listen to his complaint properly. What steps would you take in response to this letter? Discuss. 5. Explain Explain the ro le of o f non-monetary co co sts in pricing o f services b y taking the examp examp le of a service of your choice. 6. Identify and explain explain the prod uct support support services whi w hich ch a washing machine achi ne marketer can offer fo fo r gaining competitive competitive adva ntage. ntage. Management Management Programm Progr ammee ASSIGNMENT FIRST SEMESTER 2018
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submit this assignment on or be fore 30th April, 2018 to Note : Attempt all the questions and submit the coordinator of your study center. 1. Explain the role of Strategists in Corporate Management. Discuss with reference to a ny company of your choice. 2. Discuss how good Corporate Governance as a system of governance is essential from all points of view. Explain Explain wit h reference to Corporate Corporate Gover nance at TISCO. TISCO. 3. Briefly describe the main modes of entering a foreign market. 4. What are Web-based Business Models? Explain the impact of E-Business on organizations. 5. How do w e relate strategic philanthropy and economic economic motivations? Disc uss. 6. How do Lupin Lupin Human Welf are and Research Foundation built up long term supply arrangements and manufacturing capacity?
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MS - 92: Management of Public Enterprises School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-92 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 92 Course Title : Management of Public Enterprises Assignment Code : MS-92/TMA/SEM - I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. 1. How is Ownership Ownership an a nd Management M anagement decided for Pu P ub lic lic Sector Sec tor Enterprises? Enterprises? Why is coordinatio coordinatio n a nd control co ntrol an importan importa nt aspect of P ublic Enterprises? Explain. 2. Describe Describe the thr t hree ee phases p hases of devel de velop opment ment of P ublic Sector Enterprises in India. Explain in detail the reasons for disinv dis invest estment ment of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) with re ference ere nce to to any a ny particular particular PSU PS U of your choice. 3. What What are the distinct distinct modes a nd services of In I nd ia’s ia’s transport system. Explain the role of Ministry Ministry of o f Road Transport and Highways in the de velopment of Road Tra nsport and Highways. 4. “Wage Poli Po licc y is part of Compensation Manageme nt.” t. ” Trace the evo lution lution of of Wage Policy in India India from Payment Pay ment of Wa ges Act 1936 to Pay Commi Co mmissi ssio o ns keeping in mind the institutions institutions related related to compensation co mpensation for for priv pr ivate ate sec tor and public sector. 5. What are the oldest and the traditional form of Public Enterprises and how does the government undertake and perform various economic and soc ial strategic funct functiio ns? C ite examples from any two of the PSUs. (a) Hindusta Hindusta n Aero Aero nautics nautics Limited Limited (HAL) (b) Bha Bha rat Earth Movers Movers Limited Limited (BEML) ( BEML) (c) Bharat Electronics Electronics Limit L imited ed (BEL) (B EL)
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[email protected] School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-93 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS - 93 Course Course Title : Management of Ne w a nd S mall Ente Ente rprise rprise s Assignment Code : MS-93/TMA/SEM - I /2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. 1. Define Competence. Competence. What are the var ious co mpon po ne nts of entrepreneurial competencies? Explain any particular entrepreneurial competency which is most important for an entrepreneur. 2. Differentiate between Marketing and Selling? Explain the need for market assessment. Why is se lling more more impo im porta rtant nt than mar marketing keting explain expla in w ith reference to a ir trave trave l?
3. What are the general financing schemes of the banks with respect to MSME? Briefly explain the financing programme progra mmess of SIDBI. 4. How do you explain expla in prod uctivity? Su S ubstantiate work measu meas ure ment and work measurement techniques. 5. Explain Explain Producti Prod uctio o n Schedule Sc hedule as an evaluation and control tool. 6. Write short notes on any two of the following:(a) SEBI (b) Manpower (c) Partnership
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MS - 95: Research Methodology for Management Decisions School of Management Studies INDIRA INDIR A GANDHI GANDHI NATIONAL N ATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 110 068 MS-95 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-95 Course Title : Research Methodology for Management Decisions Assignment No. : MS-95/TMA /SEM-I/2018 Coverage : All Blocks Note : Attemp Attemp t all the questions q uestions and submit this t his assignment assignment o n or before 30th April, 2018 to the coordinato coordinato r of your study center. 1. How would you distinguish distinguish between bet ween a mana mana gement gement decisi dec ision on problem proble m and a www.ignousolve dassignmentsmb www.ignousolvedassignments mba. a.bl blogspot.i ogspot.i n For mo re detail contact
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management research research problem? p roblem? Do all decision de cision problem proble ms require research? Ex E xp lain a nd illustrate illustrate with examples. 2. ‘Majority ‘Majority of th t he researc researc hes mak makee use use of o f p rimary so so urces of data and secondary secondar y data sources do not really contribute to a scientific scientific enquiry. e nquiry.’’ Do you agree/ disagree with this state state ment. ment. Explain. 3. Explain Explain a n itemized itemized rating scale. What are the vari var io us issu iss ues involved invo lved in co co nstruct nstruct ing an itemized rating scale? 4. A researcher conducts a survey to find out whether the inhabitants of a metro town are in favour of cap ita l p unishme unishme nt (F) or against it (A). The sequence o f respons respo nses es to the questi q uestio on asked is given be given bello w. Use Use th t he run test at α = 0.05 to test whet her the responses are random. FFAFFFA AAAA FFAA AFFAAAAAAFFAAA AAAFFFAAAFAFFFF AAAAFFFAAAFF
5. Explain the following concepts. (a) Null (a) Null and alternat alternat ive ive hypothesis hypo thesis (b) One and two-tailed test (c) Type I and type II error error (d) Level of significance (e) Power of test
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