MBA (Revised) First Semester Assignments

MBA (REVISED)

FIRST SEMESTER

ASSIGNMENTS

MB0022 Management Process and Organizational Behaviour

(3 credits)

Assignment 1

(4x10 = 40 marks)

Answer the following questions:

1. Explain the contribution of different disciplines for the development of organizational behaviour.
2. Compare and contrast Maslow, Alderfer and Hertzberg theory of motivation.
3. "Resistance to change is an irrational response". Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
4. Describe the four approaches to understand stress.

MB0022 Management Process and Organizational Behaviour

(3 credits)

Assignment 2

(4x10 = 40 marks)

Answer the following questions:

1. Bring out the importance of Biographical characteristics in influencing individual behaviour.

2. Explain the concept of learning in detail and with examples. How does
learning differ from the change in behaviour that occurs due to natural
growing up such as a baby "learning" to talk?

3. What behaviour predications might you make if you knew that an employee had

i. Locus of control

ii. A low Mach score

iii. Low self-esteem

4. Explain the terms Job enlargement; Job enrichment and Job rotation

MB0023 Business Communication

(3 credits)

Assignment 1

(6x 10 = 60 Marks)

Answer the following questions:

1.Describe any situation in your experience where the communication went wrong. Analyze the situation by pointing out which of the elements of the communication process (sender, receiver, etc.) contributed to the failure and why. (10 marks)

2. List and briefly describe the five most important guidelines, in your opinion, to be followed when making oral business presentations. (10 marks).

3. What are the biggest barriers that prevent you from listening effectively? Explain how you could overcome these barriers. (10 marks)

4. You are the Marketing Manager of a consumer durables company, manufacturing washing machines. Write a letter of apology to a customer in response to his written complaint regarding a defect in the product (10 marks)

5.In your opinion, what are the most common mistakes made during business meetings and why? (10 marks)

6. List and briefly describe some strategies to be adopted for success before a job interview, during the interview and after the interview. (10 marks)

MB0023 Business Communication

(3 credits)

Assignment 2

(6x 10 = 60 Marks)

Answer the following questions:

1. Briefly describe any situation in your own experience where the communication failed because the non-verbal behavior sent a negative message. Which aspect of non-verbal communication contributed to the failure? How would you correct this? (10 marks)

2. List out some of the “do’s” and “don’ts” to be kept in mind when using different types of visual aids to make oral presentations more effective. (10 marks).

3. You are a management trainee reporting to the Marketing Manager of an organization. You have been asked to go through business publications and summarize articles related to Branding. Explain the purpose of reading in this case and the type of reading that you will be required to do. (10 marks).

4. You have just completed your MBA from SMU. Write a job application letter in response to an appointment advertisement for a position in your area of specialization, addressed to the HR Manager of the organization. (10 marks).

5. List and briefly explain ten guidelines for writing effective business reports.

(10 marks).

6. What is a case-based group discussion? ( 5 marks). What are some of the skills required to participate in a case-based GD? ( 5 marks).

MB0024 Statistics for Management

(3 credits)

Assignment 1

(6 ´ 10 = 60 Marks)

Answer the following questions:

1. Briefly explain the functions and limitations of Statistics in your own words
2. A Survey of 128 smokers revealed the following frequency distribution of daily expenditure on smoking of these smokers. Find the mean daily expenditure.

Expenditure (Rs.)	10-20	20-30	30-40	40-50	50-60	60-70	7 70-80
No. of smokers	23	44	35	12	9	3	2

3. What do you mean by Marginal Probabilities under statistical dependence?
4. The probabilities of three events A , B and C occurring are P(A) = 0.35 , P(B) = 0.45 and P(C) = 0.2 . Assuming that A , B and C has occurred , the probabilities of another event X occurring are P(X/A) = 0.8 , P(X/B) = 0.65 and P(X/C) = 0.3.Find P(A/X) , P(B/X) and P(C/X).
5. Write short notes on Bernoulli Distribution
6. What do you mean by Stratified Sampling?

MB0024 Statistics for Management

(3 credits)

Assignment 2

(6 ´ 10 = 60 Marks)

Answer the following questions:

1. A bank calculates that its individual savings accounts are normally distributed with a mean of Rs. 2000 and a standard deviation of Rs. 600 . If the bank takes a random sample of 100 accounts . What is the probability that the sample mean will lie between Rs 1900 and Rs 2050?
2. Briefly explain in your own words “ The Central Limit Theorem”
3. What are the criteria of a good estimator ?
4. From a population of 540 , a sample of 60 individuals is taken . From this sample the mean is found to be 6.2 and the standard deviation S.D. to be 1.368

(a) Find the estimated standard error of the mean.

(b) Construct a 96% confidence interval of the mean.

5. In 120 throws of a single die , the following distribution of faces was obtained

Faces	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
f	30	25	18	10	22	15	120

Do these results constitute an example of the “ equal probability”

6. Calculate Karl Pearsons coefficient of correlation from the following data

Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Index of production	100	102	104	107	105	112	103	99
Number of unemployed	15	12	13	11	12	12	19	26

MB0025 Financial and Management Accounting

(3 credits)

Assignment 1

Answer the following questions:

1. What are the basic accounting concepts ? Explain their implications. (10 Marks)
2. Enter the following transactions in a cashbook with cash, bank and discount columns. (15 Marks)

2008

Jan.1 Commenced business with Rs.16,000 in cash

Jan.2 Paid into bank Rs. 14,500

Jan.3 Bought goods for Rs. 3,850 and paid by cheque.

Jan.4 Bought furniture for cash Rs. 680

Jan.5 Sold goods for cash Rs. 2,600 and deposited the same into bank.

Jan.10 Bought goods for Rs. 4,850 and paid by cheque.

Jan.11 Bought stationery for Rs. 185

Jan.15 Received cash from Hegde Rs.680 allowing him a discount of Rs. 20

Jan.20 Paid Raj his dues by cheque Rs. 240 receiving a discount of Rs.10

Jan.25 Paid Chandra by cheque Rs. 400

Jan.26 Sold goods for cash Rs. 585 and remitted the same into the bank.

Jan.27 Our cheque to Chandra returned dishonored.

Jan.29 Drew cheque for salary Rs. 2,365

Jan.31 Drew cheque for personal use Rs 100

3. The following financial information is furnished by Aditya Mills Ltd. for the current year : (15 Marks)

Balance Sheet as on 31-3-2008

Liabilities	Amount	Assets	Amount
Equity Share Capital	1000000	Plant & Equipment	640000
Retained Earnings	368000	Land & Buildings	80000
Sundry Creditors	104000	cash	160000
Bills Payable	200000	Sundry Debtors	320000
Other Current Liabilities	20000	Stock	480000
		Prepaid Insurance	12000
	1692000		1692000

Income statement as on 31-3-2008

Sales	4000000
Less : Cost of Goods Sold	3080000
Gross Profit	920000
Less : Operating Expenses	680000
Operating Profit	240000
Less : Taxes (0.35)	84000
Net Profit after taxes	156000

Calculate :

(i) Current ratio

(ii) Acid-Test ratio

(iii) Stock Turnover Ratio

(iv) Debtors Turnover Ratio

(v) Creditors Turnover ratio

(vi) Gross Profit Ratio

(vii) Net Profit Ratio

(viii) Return on equity capital

4. What is the significance of the term “variance” related to standard costing ? What types of variances are computed for (a) Materials, (b) Labour and (c) Overheads

(10 Marks)

5. “ The Analysis of flow of funds through an organization can be very useful to the management.” Elucidate (10 Marks)

MB0025 Financial and Management Accounting

(3 credits)

Assignment 2

Answer the following questions:

1. “Is the agreement of trail balance a conclusive proof of the accuracy of a book keeper? If not, what are the errors, which remain undetected by the trail balance ?

(10 Marks)

2. From the following trail balance extracted from the books of Mr. Ram, prepare Trading A/c, P&L A/c and Balance Sheet for the year ending 31^st March 2008.

(15 Marks)

Trail Balance as at 31^st March 2008

	Dr.(Rs.)	Cr. (Rs.)
Stock as on 1-4-2007	62500
Purchases & Sales	90300	137200
Returns	2200	1300
Capital		30000
Drawings	4500
Land and Buildings	30000
Furniture & Fittings	8000
Sundry Debtors and Creditors	25000	45000
Cash in Hand	3500
Investments	10000
Interest		2500
Commission		3000
Direct expenditure	7500
Postages, Stationery and Phones	2500
Fire Insurance Premium	2000
Salaries	11000
Bank Over Draft		40000
	259000	259000

Additional Information :

i) Closing Stock is Valued at Rs. 65,000

ii) Goods worth Rs.500 are reported to have been taken away by the proprietor for his personal use at home during 07-08

iii) Interest on Investments Rs.500is yet to be received

iv) Depreciation is to be provided on Land & Buildings @ 5% and on Furniture & Fittings @10%

v) Make provision for Doubtful debts @ 5%

3. The sales and Profit of a manufacturing concern for the year 2007 and 2008 is as follows : (15 Marks)

	2007	2008
Sales	Rs. 1,50,000	Rs. 2,00,000
Cost	Rs. 1,44,000	Rs. 1,90,000

Determine :

ii) P/V Ratio

iii) Fixed Cost

iv) Break-Even Point

v) Profit at Sales of Rs. 2,50,000

vi) Sales to earn a desired profit of Rs. 20,000

4. Define the budgetary control and discuss the objectives of introducing a budgetary control system in the business organization. (10 Marks)

5. Enumerate, in brief, the cost recording procedure in a job order cost system. Illustrate your answer with examples. (10 Marks)

MB0026 Managerial Economics

(3 credits)

Assignment 1

(6 ´ 10 = 60 Marks)

Answer the following questions:

1. Briefly explain the factors influencing the price elasticity of demand.
2. Explain the techniques adopted by a company to forecast the demand for a new product.
3. Distinguish the following:

a) Income elasticity and cross elasticity of demand;

b) Monopoly and perfect competition; and

c) Fixed cost and variable cost

4. Critically evaluate the economist theory of firm.
5. Explain the law of variable proportions with suitable diagrams.
6. “ The Cost concept is important for decision making “ Elucidate

MB0026 Managerial Economics

(3 credits)

Assignment 2

(6 ´ 10 = 60 Marks)

Answer the following questions:

1. “Pricing decisions are constrained by product-policy decisions and considerations of corporate planning.” Comment
2. Bring out the relationship between total, marginal and average revenue functions.
3. Discuss how consumer’s surplus is converted into producer’s surplus and vice versa in different market structure.
4. State law of Demand? What are its exceptions ?
5. Differentiate Induced investment and autonomous investment.
6. “Externalities are common in every area of economic activity” Elucidate

MB0027 Human Resource Management

(3 credits)

Assignment 1

(4 ´ 10 = 40 Marks)

Answer the following questions:

1. Elaborate on the evolution of Human Resource Management.

2. What are the various techniques of Performance Appraisal? Explain in details.

3. What is a managerial grid? Describe the Grid Relationship skills.

4. Write short notes on:

a) Promotions & Transfer

b) McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y

MB0027 Human Resource Management

(3 credits)

Assignment 2

(4 ´ 10 = 40 Marks)

Answer the following questions:

1. Mr. Subramaniyam was an HR Manager of Niccom Communications. Mr. Atul Nigam was a supervisor of the production department. The management of Niccom Communications decided to conduct training for the employees on improving productivity. Mr. Subramaniyam was assigned to nominate people from the Production dept. for the training. Mr. Subramaniyam was a good friend of Mr. Atul and thus asks him to get his friends for the Training to be organized. Mr. Atul gets five of 10 of his close friends from the department for the training. Is there any wrong in the whole scenario? Identify the ideal process for the organization to make effective training.

2. “Pay Packet alone is not adequate to attract and retain competent employees” Elaborate the statement and discuss the related concepts.

3. Write short notes on:

a) Arbitration

b) Leadership Style

4. As an HR Manager, what will you do to improve the interpersonal relationship in your organization.?