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MS-01: Management Functions and Behaviour
1. “Hiring good people is still a relatively
simple task as compared to the task of retaining them. People may join a
company because of its favorable image but will stay on only if they find
appreciation for, and satisfaction from, their work.”
Elaborate this statement underlying the
role of a manager in the process. Explain with example from you own experience
or the one you are familiar with. Briefly describe the organization/s and the
situation/s you are referring to.
2. ‘Policies, Programmes, and Procedures
play as main stay of organizational growth and sustainability’. Do you agree?
Substantiate your answer with
suitable examples from your organizational experiences or the ones you have
come across. Suitably describe the organizational history and events while
supporting your point of view.
3. Why is socialization an important
process both for the individual employee and also for the organization?
Enumerate the discuss the significance of its stages and their role in shaping
the culture and ethos of the organization.
Discuss with examples you are aware
of. Briefly describe the organization /organizational situations you are
referring to.
4. What are the types of power? Do you see
any relationship between ‘Power concept’ and ‘Successful versus effecting
leadership’?
Explain the concepts with the help
of experiences you have /had in your organization or the organization you are
familiar with.
Rationally describe the leadership
situation and Power type alongwith organizational background to support your
response.
MS-02:
Management of Human Resources
1 What are different perspectives of Human
Resource Management? How do you see organizations pursuing these perspectives
to meet their goals and strategic objectives in the present day business
environment?
Discuss
underlying concepts with the help of examples you are familiar with. Briefly
describe the organizational antecedents to support your answer.
2 What are the major ‘problems/errors’
which came in the way of ‘Effective Performance Appraisal Systems’ of any
organization?
Describe
and explain with the help of your organizational experiences or the ones you
are familiar with. Briefly explain the organization, situation and its fall out
too support your reply.
3 What are the “Principles of Learning”
which are followed in developing ‘Effective Training Programmes’?
Critically
evaluate the ‘Training Environment’ you are exposed to vis-à-vis the
‘Principles of learning’ followed/not followed or the ones you are aware of.
Briefly
describe the situation and the organization to logically support your replies.
4 Critically evaluate the state of
workers’ participation in Management in the present day business scenario.
Explain
with examples your answer giving due details of the organizations and the
sources you are referring to.
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MS-03:
Economic and Social Environment
1. Suppose you have to set up a new business.
What would be the purpose of visiting selected industrial departments in the
Ministry of Industry and also indicate their functions.
2. Explain the growth and structure of the
private sector in India.
3.
Identify the industrial policy of India in which industries were classified
into three categories. Explain why this industrial policy is called ‘economic
constitution’ of the country.
4.
Discuss the Foreign Trade Regime with special emphasis on analytical phases and
changes overtime.
5.
Briefly discuss the financial sector reforms recommended by the Narasimham
Committee.
6. Write Short Notes on the
following:
a) Sick Industrial Companies Act, 1985
b) Public Accountability
c) Administered Prices
MS-04:
Accounting and Finance for Managers
1. a) Distinguish between Revenue expenditure
and Capital expenditure. How are they treated while preparing the final
accounts? If by mistake the accountant of a firm treats a capital expenditure
as revenue expenditure, how will it affect the final accounts of the firm? Give
an example.
b) Why is depreciation charged? Explain the two
methods of charging depreciation. In which method the value of the asset is
reduced to zero earlier. Which one is more rational? Explain why?
2. What is meant by appropriate capital
structure? Discuss the determinants and features of an appropriate capital
structure for a corporate body.
3. Explain the important determinants of
the Working Capital needs of a firm. Can two firms with different Working
Capital achieve the same amount of sales? If so, explain how.
4. a)
What do you understand by Budgetary Control? How is it exercised? What
steps should be taken for installing a Budgetary Control System in an organization?
Discuss.
b)
What is Rolling Budget? How does it differ from flexible Budget? What
purpose do these budgets serve?
5. Following are the balance sheets of a
limited company as on 31st December, 2000 and 2001.
Liabilities
2000
Rs.
2001
Rs.
Assets
2000
Rs.
2001
Rs.
Share
Capital
54,000
74,000
Goodwill
3,000
2,520
Reserves
13,000
15,500
Buildings
50,950
48,000
P.
& L. A/c
8,600
8,800
Plant
35,000
43,000
Bank
Loan (Long-term)
25,000
-
Stock
25,500
18,800
Creditors
28,000
24,000
Debtors
22,000
16,200
Bills
Payable
8,000
8,500
Cash
150
180
Bank
-
2,100
1,36,600
1,30,800
1,36,600
1,30,800
Taking
into account the following additional information, you are required to prepare
funds flow statement and statement of change in working capital.
(a) Dividend paid was Rs. 6,000.
(b) Rs. 3,600 was written off as depreciation on
plant and Rs. 2,950 on buildings.
(c) Profit on sale of plant was Rs. 3,000.
MS – 05:
Management of Machines and Materials
1. Explain in detail the framework
of planning, organizing and controlling the decisions in production
systems. Give suitable examples to
explain the framework.
2. Explain key issues that govern the
selection of process in a manufacturing set up.
3. What are the major techniques of
work measurement? Discuss two important techniques with suitable examples.
4. Under what circumstances would
you use PERT as opposed to CPM in project management? Give some example of
projects where each would be more applicable than the other.
5. Explain the basic concept of
value engineering. Choose any product, system or procedure that you are
conversant with and apply the value tests to find out if there is a scope for
value improvement in it.
6. Explain the following:
(i) Wastivity Indices
(ii) Taxonomy of waste
MS-6;
Marketing for Managers
1. (a) Distinguish between the terms
“Marketing and Selling” and discuss the various
activities carried out in the following
situations.
i. Company selling Xerox machines
ii. Multi-specialty hospital services
iii. Space selling by Advertising Agency
(b)
Why a sound knowledge of consumer behavior in essential for marketer? Discuss.
2. (a)
Indentify the elements of Marketing Mix for Services. Explain each of
these
elements by taking an example of any
service offering of your choice.
(b) Discuss the significance of Marketing
Organization in the light of the firms
Marketing objectives.
3. (a) “Marketing Research (MR) is the
corner store for the success of a company”.
Discuss the above statement by picking an
example of your choice where the role of
MR has contributed to the firm’s success.
(b) Elaborate the importance of the
stages in the Buyer Decision Process and its impact
on the business.
4. (a)
Why and when firms embark on New Product Development Initiatives?
Discuss.
(b) What is STP Strategy? What are the benefit
and their limitations?
MS-07:
Information Systems for Managers
1. What is the purpose of a computer aided
decision support system? What are the major components of such a system? How
does it help the decision making process?
2. What are the determinants of MIS design
according to Zani? Explain the following statement, “there is a two way
relationship between organization and Information Systems”.
3. What is computerized maintenance
management? Explain the conceptual model through which the maintenance function
can achieve its objectives on a sustained
4. In which phase of system life cycle the
following are performed? Defining the problem, indentifying its causes,
specifying the solution, and identifying the information requirements.
5. What are expert systems? Mention the
working principles of expert systems. Also discuss how knowledge can be
represented in expert systems.
MS 08:
Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications
1. The distribution of Intelligence
Quotient (I.Q.) scores measured for 100 students in a test is as follows:
I.Q.*
40-50
50-60
60-70
70-80
80-90
90-100
Number
of Students
10
20
20
15
15
20
*
The data is recorded with origin as 40, i.e. students with I.Q. between 80 and
90 are included in the first interval. The intervals included the upper class
value but not the lower.
Find:
Arithmetic Mean, Median, First and Third Quartiles, 90th percentile and 6th
Decile.
2. A candidate is selected for
interview for 3 posts. For the first post, there are 3 candidates, for the
second, 4 and for the third post there are 2 candidates. What is the
probability that the candidate is selected for at least one post?
3. The lifetimes of a colour TV
picture tube is normally distributed, with a mean of 8 yrs and a standard
deviation of 2 years.
(i) What is the probability that a
picture tube will last more than 10 yrs?
(ii) If the firm guarantees the picture
tube for 4 yrs, what percentage of the tubes sold will have to be replaced?
4. Make a list of formulae for all
confidence intervals, sample size determination and tests of hypothesis that
you have read in your study material.
5. What is a time – series? Discuss
four components of a time – series. Why is it generally assumed that the impact
of these components is multiplicative?
MS-09:
Managerial Economics
1. What is opportunity cost? Explain with
the help of an example, why assumption of constant opportunity cost is very
unrealistic?
2. (a)
Explain law of demand with the help of a demand schedule and demand
curve.
(b) Calculate point elasticity of
demand for demand function Q=10-2p for
decrease in price from Rs 3 to
Rs 2
3. “Cost function expresses the relationship
between the cost and its determinants.” Discuss this statement giving examples
from any firm of your choice.
4. “A characteristic of oligopolistic
market is that, once the general price level is established it tends to remain
fixed for an extended period of time.” Discuss the economic rationale
underlying this phenomenon.
5. In any firm of your choice, try
to find the effect of change in demand and change in supply on price and
quantity of product.
6. Write Short Notes on the
following:
(a) Value Maximization
(b) Envelope
Curve
(c) Peak Load Pricing
MS – 10;
Organisational Design, Development and Change
1. Describe the evolutionary process of
organization design and different perspectives of organization design and their
relevance.
2. Explain the meaning and purpose of Job
design and briefly discuss the impact technology has on Job design.
3. Discuss the purpose of organizational
analysis and briefly describe the tools which could be used for organizational
analysis and their effectiveness.
4. Identify different kinds of change which
take place in organization and strategies which are used for change and their
effectiveness. Discuss how resistance to change can be handled before
implementing it. Give examples.
5. Discuss the process of institution
building and the role of chief executive in institution building with an
example.
MS – 11:
Strategic Management
Q1. Select a company of your choice.
Recollect the current events and identify the important macro environmental
factors which had an impact on the company. List out the opportunities and the
threats posed to the company due to the macro environmental factors.
Q2. What role do organization’s mission,
goals and objectives play in strategic control? Explain with the help of an
example.
Q3. Take a case of a recent merger and
explain the reasons which led to the merger.
Q4. What is ‘survival strategy? Explain
different variants of survival strategy giving recent examples.
MS – 21:
Social Processes and Behavioral Issues
1. Briefly discuss the challenges faced by
organizations because of globalization and the strategies to deal with it. Give
examples.
2. Describe the importance of understanding
human behavior in organizations. Describe and discuss the characteristics of
type A and B personalities and their impact on organizations performance with
relevant examples.
3. What are the salient features of
counseling? Briefly discuss the process of counseling in organizations and its
importance.
4. Describe the growing role of Teams in
organizations and how leader plays an important role in Teams. Discuss the
effectiveness and sustenance of Teams.
5. Describe and discuss different attributes
of work culture and their significance. Discuss how culture plays on important
role in the performance of organization. Give relevant examples.
MS – 22: Human
Resource Development
1. Explain the concept of Human
Resource Development. Describe HRD System and Sub-systems being followed in
your organization or any organization you are familiar with. Briefly describe
the organization you are referring to.
2. Explain the concept and objectives
of coaching and mentoring. Describe the process of coaching and mentoring that
have been followed in any organization you are familiar with. Discuss
significance of coaching and mentoring in employee development. Briefly
describe the organization you are referring to.
3. Explain the objectives of
compensation-cum-reward system. Describe the compensation system of any
organization you are aware of. Discuss the psychological basis of rewards.
Briefly describe the organization you are referring to.
4. Explain basic objectives of HRD in
Government Systems. Describe a new approach to an integrated HRD system in
government administration. Discuss the current systems of HRD in government
with suitable examples.
5. Explain the concept of HRD Audit.
Describe the process of HRD audit being done in any organization you are
familiar with. Discuss the multi source feedback system of HRD audit. Briefly
describe the organization you are referring to.
MS – 23: Human
Resource Planning
1. Explain the meaning and definition of
Human Resource Planning. Describe the planning process that has been followed
in any organization you are familiar with. Discuss the barriers to Human
Resource Planning. Briefly describe the organization you are referring to.
2. What is job analysis? Describe the process
and steps in the job analysis process being followed in an organization you are
aware of. Discuss the design of job description of any organization you are
familiar with. Briefly describe the organization you are referring to.
3. Explain recruitment purpose, recruitment
policy, recruitment function and recruitment process. Describe the methods and
techniques of recruitment that have been used in any organization you are
familiar with. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of them. Briefly
describe the organization you are referring to.
4. Explain the concept, need and the scope of
Human Resource Audit. Describe the essential steps of Auditing process and
research techniques in Human Resource Auditing being followed in any
organization you are familiar with. Briefly describe the organization you are
referring to.
5. Explain the concept of Human Resource
forecasting. Describe various techniques used in forecasting human resource
planning in your organization or any organization you are familiar with.
Briefly describe the organization you are referring to.
MS – 24:
Employment Relations
1. Explain the concept and scope of
Industrial relations. Describe the approaches to industrial relations which are
being followed in any organization you are familiar with. In your opinion which
approach to industrial relations is effective and why? Briefly describe the
organization you are referring to.
2. Explain the evolution of managerial unions
in India. Describe the activities of managerial unions in your organization or
any organization you are familiar with. Distinguish between the workers trade
unions and managerial trade unions. Briefly describe the organization you are
referring to.
3. Explain the collective bargaining process.
Describe the settlements and agreements which have taken place in any
organization you are familiar with. Discuss the conditions for success of
collective bargaining. Briefly describe the organization you are referring to.
4. Describe the factors responsible for failure
of participative schemes in India. Discuss the strategies for making
participative forums effective. Illustrate with reference to an organization
you are familiar with. Briefly describe the organization you are referring to.
5. Explain the impact of specialization,
centralization and globalization on new employment relations. Describe how
power and authority play a role in Industrial relations with examples from an
organization you are familiar with. Briefly describe the organization you are
referring to.
MS-91:
Advanced Strategic Management
Q1. What is the role of strategists in
Corporate Management? Discuss with the help of some real life examples.
Q2. Collect the material related to
Starbucks. Analyze its strategies for global markets.
Q3. Discuss the recent development with
respect to the code and laws of Corporate Governance in markets other than
India.
Q4. Enlist the steps involved in developing
R&D strategy and explain each one of them with the help of examples.
Q5. ‘The new Companies Act 2013 urges the
organizations to actively take up social causes, by making corporate social
responsibility (CSR) statutory’. Elucidate the statement and its implications
on the business integrated view of CSR.
MS-95:
Research Methodology for Management Decisions
1. Make a comparison of Completely
Randomized Design (CRD), Randomized complete Block Design (RBD) and Latin
Square Design (LSD) in terms of role, the model and the assumptions embodied in
the model.
2. You are given a sample of 100
people and are asked to do an image study of three neighbourhood multiplexes.
Assume any average ratings based on people's attitude and construct a Semantic
Differential Scale by defining appropriate adjectives.
3. What is multiple regression? In
what ways can multiple regression be used to forecast some industry’s sales?
4. Describe, in brief, the
importance of editing, coding, classification, tabulation & presentation of
data in the context of research study.
5. The values below are the scores
(maximum 20) obtained in an aptitude test by a random sample of 11
graduates. It is known that for the
non-graduate population the median score is 12. Is there evidence, at the 10%
significance level, that graduates achieve a higher median score than the
non-graduate population?
14
15
9
10
10
13
14
19
12
16
13
MS-01 -
Management Functions and Behavior
1.
What are the Institution Building Skills of the Top Executives in
organisational set up? Explain with examples from various Institution Building
Personalities quoting their role relating to various skills which contributed
in Institution Building. Briefly describe the organisational history you are
referring to.
2.
What are the common barriers to effective Decision making? How can they be
overcome? Quote and describe the instances from your own experiences or the
experiences you are aware of relating to and substantiating the answers to this
question. Briefly describe the organisation and the situation, you are
referring to.
3.
Conflict is an integral part of organisational functioning. Briefly describe
and discuss the impact of conflict on organisational functioning. Draw from
your own experience or the situations and effect you are aware of in
organisational set up with reference to the various impacts listed in the study
material. Briefly describe the organisation, and the situation you are
referring to.
4.
How do you see the relationship between leadership styles and leadership
Theories? Describe, explain and relate your answer with the experience you have
had in the organisational set up yourself or you are aware of. Describe the
situation and the organisation briefly, which you are referring to.
MS-02 -
Management of Human Resources
1.
What are the primary objectives, focus, and purpose of Selection Tests and
Interview in the whole process of Hiring in organisational set up? Critically
examine their usefulness, and importance in the short term and long term
functioning and culture of the organisation. Draw from the experiences you are
familiar with. Describe the organisation and the situation you are referring
to.
2.
What are the problems usually encountered in the Performance Appraisal in
organisations? How are and whether these problems taken care of at the ground
level reality in organisational set up? Critically examine and substantiate
your answers with examples you are familiar with. Briefly explain the
situation, you are referring to.
3.
Do you agree with the statement that “Training is not fulfilling its proper
role in various organisations”? Briefly describing the roles the Training is
expected to play, substantiate your answer with suitable examples. Critically
examine the expected contribution of training and its status at the ground
level in the corporate Sector, referring to credible information sources and
findings in Indian context.
4.
How is the function of Reward Management being applied/used/effectively used/
by the organised sector and other organisations in Indian context? Explain with
suitable examples, and base your answer on the credible studies and findings
available in this regard. Give proper references and details wherefrom you draw
your answers.
MS-03 -
Economic and Social Environment
1.
“All modern economies have certain economic problems to deal with”. Examine and
illustrate the statement.
2.
Briefly examine the growth of SSI in the post-reforms period.
3.
Critically analyze the achievements and adverse effects of regulatory framework
in the course of India’s industrialization.
4.
Distinguish between free trade and protection. Discuss the merits and demerits
of free trade vs. protection for a developing country like India.
5.
Collect data on foreign technical and financial collaborations for the period
2005-2012 and write a note on the trends of these collaborations.
MS-04 -
Accounting and Finance for Managers
1.
Explain the various accounting concepts and examine the role of accounting
concepts in the preparation of financial statements.
2.
Explain the meaning of fund flow statement. How would you compute funds from
operations in order to prepare sources and usage statement of funds?
3.
What is CVP analysis? How does it differ from break-even analysis?
4.
An analytical statement of Altos Limited is shown below. It is based on an
output (sales) level of 80,000 units.
Rs.
Sales
9,60,000
Variable
Cost
5,60,000
Revenue
before fixed costs
4,00,000
Fixed
Costs
2,40,000
1,60,000
Interest
60,000
Earning
before tax
1,00,000
Tax
50,000
Net
Income
50,000
Calculate
the degrees of (i) operating leverage, (ii) financial leverage and (iii) the
combined leverage from the above data.
5.
What is meant by capital structure? Explain the theories of capital structure
in brief.
MS-05 -
Management of Machines and Materials
1.
Explain Product design. How does it influence the Process Design?
2.
Define Job Design. Identify the important factors and their influences in
designing the Job.
3.
What do you mean by Production Planning & Control (PPC)? Explain the role
of aggregate planning in PPC.
4.
What is value Engineering and Analysis.
Explain how to organize value engineering function in shoe manufacturing
organization.
5.
Explain with the help of block diagram the purchasing decision making process
in an engineering organization. Briefly discuss the process of vendor rating.
6.
Write short notes on:
a)
Capacity Planning
b) Work Sampling
c) Line Balancing
d) Acceptance Sampling
e) Waste Management
MS – 06 -
Marketing for Managers
1. (a) “Marketing in the performance of business
activities that directs the flow of goods and services from the produces to
consumers”. Discuss the above statement by taking two suitable examples of your
choice.
(b)
Discuss the concept of service and report on the reasons for the growth of the
service sector.
2. (a) What are the various elements of
marketing mix? Explain each of there elements and their importance in the
marketing planning process of a consumer durable company manufacturing room air
conditioner.
(b)
Discuss the procedure of conducting marketing research in the Indian
Context.
3.
(a) Who is a consumer? Define consumer behavior and discuss why a knowledge
of consumer behavior in essential for
Marketers.
(b) Discuss Product Life Cycle concept and
elaborate on the importance of PLC as a tool
for monitoring and nurturing a the brand. Illustrate with suitable examples.
4.
(a) What do you understand by the term Marketing Communication and its role
in the promotion of a firms product or
service. Discuss with two suitable examples one choosing from FMCG & other
from a service offering.
(b)
Discuss the importance and relevance of sales and distribution function in a
manufacturing and marketing organization of your choice.
MS – 07 -
Information Systems for Managers
1.
Describe the main components of a network including hardware & software and
various types of networks. Distinguish between LAN & WAN and distinguish
between Internet and Intranet.
2.
Discuss why management needs information. Is it possible for the management of
an organization to make effective decisions without the aid of an information
system? Discuss.
3.
What are integrated software applications? Talk about their advantages and
business utility. Write notes on the business software solutions provided by:
a)
SAP
b)
PeopleSoft
c)
Oracle
d)
Microsoft
4.
What are the different phases of traditional system life cycle? In which phase
of system life cycle the following are performed? Defining the problem,
identifying its causes, specifying the solution, and identifying the
information requirements.
5.
It is said,” Information and communication are most of the time complementary
and sometimes supplementary to each other”. Elaborate!. What do you understand
by competitiveness of ICT? Highlight the impact of ICT for the developing
nations with respect to the economic activities.
MS – 8 -
Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications
1.
“Statistical unit is necessary not only for the collection of data, but also
for the interpretation and presentation”. Explain the statement.
2.
Find the standard deviation and coefficient of skewness for the following
distribution
Variable
0-5
5-10
10-15
15-20
20-25
25-30
30-35
35-40
Frequency
2
5
7
13
21
16
8
3
3.
A salesman has a 60% chance of making a sale to any one customer. The behaviour
of successive customers is independent. If two customers A and B enter, what is
the probability that the salesman will make a sale to A or B.
4.
To verify whether a course in Research Methodology improved performance, a similar
test was given to 12 participants before and after the course. The original
marks and after the course marks are given below:
Original
Marks
44
40
61
52
32
44
70
41
67
72
53
72
Marks
after the course
53
38
69
57
46
39
73
48
73
74
60
78
Was
the course useful? Consider these 12 participants as a sample from a
population.
5.
Write short notes on
a) Bernoulli Trials
b) Standard Normal distribution
c) Central Limit theorem
MS-9 -
Managerial Economics
1.
Explain the discounting principle. Using the discounting principle calculate
the present value of an annuity of five years at Rs. 500 payments made at the
end of each of the next five years at 10% interest.
2.
With reference to the marketing approach of demand measurement explain any two
important sources of data used in demand forecasting.
3.
How are Isoquants different from Isocost? Illustrate using graphs.
4.
“An analytical tool frequently employed by managerial economists is the break
even chart, an important application of cost functions.” Discuss this statement
giving examples from any firm.
5.
Describe how oligopolistic competition exists in the real world giving examples
from FMCG Companies.
6.
Write short notes on the following:
(a) Product Differentiation
(b)
Equi - Marginal Principle
(c)
The Price Elasticity of Demand
MS – 10 -
Organisational Design, Development and Change
1.
Briefly describe the factors which affect organisational design and explain the
four approaches in assessing organisational effectiveness.
2.
Describe and discuss different perspectives of organisation design and their
relevance. Explain different restructuring strategies.
3.
Describe and discuss the trends in the present day work organisations and the
role of Management in quality of work life.
4.
What is organisational diagnosis? Discuss the importance of it. Briefly discuss
interview as a method for organisational analysis.
5.
What are the different sources of resistance to change? Discuss with examples.
Describe the process of overcoming resistance to change.
MS – 11 -
Strategic Management
1.
What is the purpose of strategy? Explain. What are the different levels of
strategy in an organization? Explain these levels with the help of an
illustration.
2.
Discuss the concept of strategic alliances. Why do organizations pursue
strategic alliances? Explain with the help of an example.
3.
What is the balanced scorecard (BSC)? As a strategist what challenges will you
face while developing and implementing a BSC? Discuss.
4.
What do you understand by an organizational culture? Is there a relationship
between service and culture of an organization? Justify with the help of a case
of an organization.
5.
Discuss as to why evaluation of a strategy is important for an organization.
Support your answer with the help of an example from the corporate world.
MS – 25 -
Managing Change in Organisations
1.
What is Turnaround Management? Explain how turn around Management can be used
for bringing change in organisations. Give examples.
2.
State the reasons for the change to occur in organisations and substantiate it
with illustrations.
3.
Explain the importance of interventions to be used in bringing about change in
organisations. Describe any two interventions and their merits and demerits in
the context of organisations.
4.
Differentiate between Transactional and Transformational leadership. Describe
the competencies and skills required for a leader in order to bring change in
organisations.
5.
Describe various steps involved in organisational change to occur. Briefly
discuss the role of chief implementer in bringing change in organisations.
MS – 26 -
Organisational Dynamics
1.
What is alienation? Explain the Sociological and Psychological approach to
alienation. Discuss how alienation can be dealt with an example.
2.
Describe how stress can be managed and identify the strategies to cope with
stress and burn out. Illustrate with reference to an organisation as to what
strategies they use to deal with stress.
3.
Discuss the importance of delegation and the forces which influence delegation.
Describe how delegation improved the effectiveness of an organisation with an
example.
4.
Describe the importance of ethics in present day environment of organisations.
Discuss how organisations can promote ethical behavior. Illustrate.
5.
Discuss and describe various dimensions of Diversity and the approaches to deal
with Diversity.
MS – 27 - Wage
and Salary Administration
1.
Explain the role of Compensation. Why is an effective Compensation Policy an
important function of Management? Discuss.
Describe
the compensation structure of an organisation you are familiar with.
2.
Explain the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. Is the employer liable to pay minimum
bonus even in case of loss in the establishment? Discuss.
Describe,
when an employee can become disqualified to claim bonus citing suitable example
from an organisation you are familiar with.
3.
Explain the Concept of job-evaluation. Describe the methods and systems of
job-evaluation that have been followed in an organisation you are familiar
with. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of them.
4.
Explain what is Performance Linked Reward System? Describe various steps
involved in designing a Performance Linked Reward System. Examine the current
issues and trends in linking performance with reward system of any organisation
you are familiar with.
5.
Discuss compensation issues and problems. Describe the characteristic features
of managerial compensation. What type of compensation system normally motivates
the executives? Explain with suitable examples from an organisation you are
familiar with.
MS – 28 -
Labour Laws
1.
Explain the concept, origin and objectives of Labour Legislations. Describe the
regulative protective and wage related labour legislations which have been
followed in an organisation you are familiar with. Briefly describe the
organisation you are referring to.
2.
Explain the scope and coverage of the Mines Act, 1952. Describe the enforcement
of the Act. Discuss the provisions regarding working hours for adults under the
Act.
3.
Explain the principal objectives, scope and coverage of the Industrial Disputes
Act, 1947-1. Describe the various machineries for investigation and settlement
of disputes under the Act.
4.
Explain the objective, scope and coverage of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936.
Describe the rules for the Payment of Wages regarding the responsibility for
payment. Does this Act create the legal right of workers to receive their
earned wages?
5.
Explain genesis, scope, coverage and definitions of the Workmen’s Compensation
Act, 1923. Discuss what are the circumstances under which the employer is not
liable to pay compensation for injury to a workman? What are the various
benefits payable under the Act?
MS – 29 -
International Human Resource Management
1.
Explain the term ‘International Human Resource Management’. Discuss in detail
the differences between domestic and international HR practices.
2.
a) Briefly explain the importance of Performance Management from international
context.
b) What criteria should be evolved before
assessing an expatriate?
c) Discuss an expatriate Performance
Management Model.
3.
Discuss in detail different barriers to cross-cultural communication and the
challenges related to it.
4.
Briefly discuss the issues relating to international Industrial relations. Give
few examples as to how trade unions have responded to Multinationals.
5.
What is Cultural Sensitivity? Briefly discuss the strategies for dealing with
cultural differences citing examples.
MS – 44 -
Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
1.
What do you understand by risk? Explain the various types of risks.
2.
Discuss the objectives and functions of Securities and Exchange Board of India.
3.
Why is Company Analysis important for equity investment decision? What are the
different methods of quantitative analysis used for equity investment
decisions?
4.
What are Formula Plans? Critically evaluate the various formula plans.
5.
Discuss the concept of mutual funds and describe various types of schemes
issued by mutual funds.
MS – 45 - International Financial Management
1.
Explain in detail how the financial architecture has evolved over a period of
time.
2.
What are international financial flows? Explain the structure of the balance of
payments and discuss the basic principles governing recording of the flows.
3.
Explain in detail the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and the Interest Rate
Parity (IPR)
4.
Why is cost of capital different across countries?
5.
What are the factors responsible for the recent surge in international
portfolio investment?
MS – 46 -
Management of Financial Services
1.
What do you mean by ‘Financial System’? Explain the various components of
financial systems detailing their purpose and functions.
2.
What is a depository system? Discuss the process of dematerialization and the
process of creating pledge of securities held in depository.
3.
Describe in detail the important aspects of the pre issue activities.
4.
Explain the concepts of leasing and hire purchase and point out the difference
between the two.
5.
What are maritime perils? What is the difference Marine Cargo Policies and
Marine hull policies?
MS – 56 -
Materials Management
1.
If the responsibility for maintaining the quality of the product and incurring
less cost on its production is the responsibility of the “production/
operation” and deciding the price of the product and finding the customers that
will buy it comes under “marketing”. What do the “materials management
function” does?
2.
How does JIT differ from MRPII? Briefly discuss the basic requirements and
assumptions of JIT implementation.
3.
What do you understand by the term codification? What type of information
should be built into a code?
4.
Differentiate between
Purchasing
and subcontracting
Independent
and dependent demand
Competitive
Bidding and Negotiation
MS-57 -
Maintenance Management
1.
Elaborate your understanding about maintenance planning and scheduling.
2.
Explain the importance of maintenance budgeting. Discuss the advantages of Zero
Based Budget.
3.
What do you understand by the term ‘Total Safety Management’? Differentiate
between investigation of incidents and audits.
4.
What do you mean by Reliability? How it is different from Quality? Explain
BATH-TUB CURVE.
5.
Explain Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) and its process of
implementation.
6.
Write the short notes on the following
a) Terotechnology
b) Spare Parts Inventory
c) Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
d) Condition Based Maintenance (CBM)
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MS – 65 -
Marketing of Services
1.
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?
2.
Explain the importance of physical evidence and word of mouth communication for
a health service provider.
3.
Explain the role of non-monetary costs in pricing of services taking example of
any service industry.
4.
Being the marketing manager of a leading domestic tours and travels company of
your country, discuss what kind of demand and supply challenges you may
face. How would you overcome those
challenges? Explain.
5.
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?
6.
Explain the service marketing mix by taking example of educational services.
7.
Explain the difference between search and experience qualities giving suitable
examples. Also discuss their implications for services marketers.
MS – 66 -
Marketing Research
1.
(a) As a Researches, you have been assigned
a primary research project to be undertaken. Discuss the research
process that you would adopt to complete the given task.
(b)
Discuss between exploratory and descriptive research designs.
2.
(a) What is data? Discuss the various types of data and their sources available
to the researcher. Evaluate each of
there sources in terms of their merits, demerits and limitations.
(b) Discuss the importance of developing a
questionnaire in a research project. What are the do’s and dont’s that should
be considered while designing the questionnaire.
3.
(a) Elaborate on Qualitative Vs Quantitative research approaches. Explain any
two methods of conducting Qualitative research and their limitations.
(b) Why and when multi-dimensional
scaling technique can be applied in marketing research? Discuss.
4. (a)
What is conjoint analysis? Explain its application in marketing
Research.
(b) What are the different types of
probability sampling methods? Explain with the help of suitable examples
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MS – 68 -
Management of Marketing Communication and Advertising
1. (a) Explain the concept of Marketing
Communication. What marketing communication tools would you recommend in the
following situations?
(a) Newly introduced diesel midsize
car launched by a leading Japanese car maker.
(b) Change in company logo.
(b) What is mass media? In what situation
is mass media employed? Pickup any two examples of your choice and explain its
relevance.
2.
(a) Suggest what message strategies and order of presentation should be used
for the following products and services and why?
(a) Safe driving habits for youth
(b) SUV from a leading automobile
company
(b)
Discuss the relevance and significance of creativity in adverting with
suitable Illustrations.
3. (a)
Explain advertising pre-testing and post testing with two examples for each of
these activities.
(b) Discuss briefly the different forms of
marketing communication available to the marketer or advertiser and the
benefits and limitations associated with each of these methods.
4.
(a) Discuss at length the role and responsibilities of an Adverting agency in providing suitable services to its
clients.
(b) What are the reasons for internet
growing as a strong medium for adverting and marketing? Discuss.
MS-91 -
Advanced Strategic Management
Q1.
a) What is the significance of corporate policy in today’s changing scenario?
b) Select an organization of your choice
(Name and describe the organization) and briefly discuss the various types of
policies it has adopted.
Q2.
a) Identify the unique competencies of Ranbaxy Laboratories.
b) Discuss in detail the various modes
of entry adopted by Ranbaxy. (Refer to the case study given in Block 3)
Q3.
How can creativity be encouraged within an organization? Discuss with the help
of an example of a creative organization.
Q4.
No business can exist without ethics. In the light of this, explain the
importance of ethics for a business.
Q5.
Write short notes on the following:
a) Need for Corporate Governance
b) Strategic Choice
c) Knowledge Management.
MS – 94 -
Technology Management
1.
Every now and then we witness many technological changes that affect our day to
day functioning and the production of goods and services. Discuss any such
technological change and its impact on our day to day life.
2.
Discuss giving examples, the importance of generation, up gradation or
improvement of technology.
3.
Explain different types of technology transfer and discuss how the impact of
such transfers is assessed. Support your answer with relevant examples.
4.
How important is technology to:
Economic
development
Progress
of society
Improvement
in the quality of life?
Illustrate
giving relevant examples.
5.
Chose an organization of your choice. Identify the groups/agencies involved in
managing the technology of that organization and analyze their roles and
linkages.
MS – 95 -
Research Methodology for Management Decisions
1.
Discuss the significance and importance of the elements that make up the
complete research problem
2.
How would you use a Likert scale to ascertain the image of a leading Computer
Brand among some consumers?
3.
A group of 11 students selected at random secured the grade points: 1.5, 2.2,
0.9, 1.3, 2.0, 1.6, 1.8, 1.5, 2.0, 1.2 and 1.7 (out of 3). Use the sign test to
test the hypothesis that intelligence is a random function (with a median of
1.8) at 5% level of significance.
4.
Write shot notes on
Regression
Analysis
Discriminant
Analysis
Factor
Analysis
5.
Write a brief note on the important elements of communication dimensions namely
Purpose, Audience, Media, Message, Time, Place and Cost.
MS – 96 -
Total Quality Management
1.
Explain the salient features of Total Quality Management (TQM) approach and
their relevance in the present competitive environment.
2.
List out the 14 steps give by Crosby in TQM. Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of Crosby’s “Absolute Quality Management”.
3.
Do you think leadership is an important aspect for successful application of
Quality Management in an organization? Justify giving examples.
4.
Explain “P-D-C-A cycle”. Discuss how it is helpful in problem solving.
5.
Discuss the objectives and structure of ISO 9000.
MS-97 -
International Business
1.
What is the concept of comparative cost advantage? Critically examine the
concept with suitable examples.
2.
Bring out the recent trends in distribution of FDI flows and reasons for
growing marginalization of the LDCs in their global distribution.
3.
Briefly discuss the evolutionary patterns in the organization structure of
international business.
4.
Compare the global strategies and the organizational structures of MNEs of any
two countries of your choice.
5.
What are different types of subsidiary roles? Discuss by citing examples that
you know.
6.
What is partial productivity? How does it differ from total productivity?
MS – 612 -
Retail Management
1.
(a) What do you understand by the term Retailing? Discuss the major
activities performed by a retailer in
the Indian Context.
(b)
Explain “Wheel of Retailing” with suitable illustrations
2.
(a) Who is an retail customer? Briefly
list out the characteristics of a retail customer and the various consumer
behavior patterns that you are familiar with
(b) Explain the process of choosing a
store location and elaborate the various criteria for evaluating location
aspects in the following situation
(a)
a chain of hair dressing salon for the elite.
(b)
Multibrand footwear retailer
(c)
PDS for lower income group by the government
3. (a) What constitute Retail Mix? Discuss
various considerations to be kept in mind which planning for store merchandise
(b) Explain the term sourcing and discuss
the challenges associated in sourcing merchandise by the following retailers
Grocery
Retailer
Multibrand
Woman garments.
4. (a) Enumerate and discuss the various issues
that impact retail business in India.
(b) What are the reasons for growth in
non-store retailing? Discuss.
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