MMPC010: Managerial Economics

1. What is Opportunity Cost? Explain with the help of an example why assumption of constant opportunity costs is very unrealistic.

2. Explain law of demand with the help of a demand schedule and demand curve. Does law of demand exist in the real world, explain with the help of an example.

3. How are Isoquants different from Isocost? Illustrate using graphs.

4. Monopoly has been stated as undesirable? Take any real life example of Monopoly in India and state its advantages and disadvantages.

5. Write short notes on the following:-

(a) Value Maximization

(b)Direct Costs and Indirect Costs

(c) Bundling

MMPC011 Social Processes and Behavioural Issues

1. What is organizational Behaviour? Discuss the society- environmentorganisation interface impact on the behavior of individuals, citing examples.

2. Briefly discuss different models to understand human behavior and explain their relevance in organisations. What are the determinants of personality and explain how personality traits impacts the orgnaisational behaviour, citing examples.

3. What is stress and explain it’s impact on organisations. Explain different types of stress and it’s effects. How can stress be minimized, explain with relevant examples.

4. Discuss the concept and evolution of organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Describe the antecedents of OCB and explain how organisation benefits with OCB, citing examples.

5. (a) Briefly explain the dimensions of optimism and discuss how having optimism in work place helps organisaitons.

(b) Briefly discuss the concept of spiritual intelligence in organisations and how spiritual intelligence has effect on managerial leadership. Explain with examples.

MMPC012: Strategic Management

1. What is the process of strategic management? Explain.

2. Describe the process for analyzing the external environment.

3. Explain the Resource Based View Model in light of the resources being the key to support the organizational performances.

4. Describe the various factors involved in formulating the competitive strategy.

5. Discuss different types of strategic controls with respect to the strategy of an organization

MMPC013: Business Law

1. Discuss the modes of dissolution of a partnership and explain the grounds on which a court can order dissolution of a firm.

2. What is the objective of the Foreign Exchange Management Act? Discuss the mechanism for acquiring property in India by a non-resident and outside India by a resident.

3. Explain the necessity for the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC-2016) and briefly discuss the four pillars of Institutional Infrastructure under IBC-2016.

4. Discuss the role of ‘Privacy’ in the context of Digital World. Discuss the personal Data Protection Bill, 2019.

5. Explain the applicability of Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 and discuss the duties and liabilities of e-commerce entities under these rules.

MMPC014: Financial Management

1. Discuss the concepts of ‘Profit maximisation’ and ‘Wealth maximisation’ and analyse which concept is superior to be an objective of a Firm.

2. Meet the Finance Manager of a company/firm of your choice and discuss with him the different sources of Working capital available to the firm. Also discuss which source is better for his firm and why? Write a note on your meeting.

3. Explain the relevance Theories of Dividend and comment which theory is more suited to the Indian Business Environment.

4. Good garden Company has currently an ordinary share capital of Rs 25 lakh, consisting of 25,000 shares of Rs 100 each. The management is planning to raise another Rs 20 lakhs to finance a major programme of expansion through one of four possible financing plans. The options are as under :

(a) Entirely through ordinary shares.

(b) Rs. 10 lakh through ordinary shares, and Rs. 10 lakh through long-term borrowings at 15% interest per annum.

(c) Rs. 5 lakh through ordinary shares, and Rs. 15 lakh through long-term borrowings at 16% interest per annum.

(d) Rs. 10 lakh through ordinary shares, and Rs. 10 lakhs through preference shares with 14% dividend.

The company’s expected EBIT will be Rs. 8 lakh. Assuming a corporate tax rate of 50%, determine the EPS in each alternative, and comment on the implications of financial leverage

5. Arun Engineering Co. is considering two investments. Each requires an initial investment of Rs 1,80,000. The cost of capital is 8%. The total cash inflow after tax and depreciation for each project is as follows:

Year Project A (Rs.) Project B (Rs.)

1 30,000 60,000

2 50,000 1,00,000

3 60,000 65,000

4 65,000 45,000

5 40,000 --

6 30,000 --

7 16,000 --

Calculate the Payback Period, Profitability Index and Net Present Value of both the projects.

MS01: Management Functions and Behaviour

1. Briefly discuss different tasks of a professional manager in order to achieve goals and objectives of an organisation.

2. Briefly describe the evolution and need of ‘Management by Objectives’ (MBO) and it’s process. Discuss the benefits of MBO and how effectively it can be implemented in an organisation, citing examples.

3. Describe and discuss the factors influencing the choice of structure in an organisation. Explain how organizational structure can be integrated with organizational objectives with examples.

4. How does ‘controlling’ play as an important function in an organisation? Explain the strategies to be used by organisation to exercise control, with examples.

5. Explain the determinants of Interpersonal Behaviour. Identify the skills required for developing interpersonal relationship to be an effective Manager.

MS02: 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 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. 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.

4. 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.

5. Define collective bargaining in your own words. Critically evaluate the state of collective bargaining in the present day business scenario. Explain with examples your answer giving due details of the organizations and the sources you are referring to.

MS03: Economic and Social Environment

1. a) Examine the interaction between Economic Environment and Business Management.

b) Discuss the relationship between economic and non-economic factors with the help of interaction matrix, giving examples.

2. What is the rationale for private sector development? Critically examine the problems and prospects of privatization.

3. Discuss the merits and demerits of currency convertibility for a developing economy.

4. a) Briefly discuss the significance and need for financial reforms.

b) What reforms have taken place in the small scale sector? Discuss with examples.

5. Examine the impact of economic reforms on growth rate of GDP and FDI.

6. Write short notes: a) Public Sector in the present scenario b) Economic Development c) Importance of Balance of Payments d) Role of Government.

MS04: Accounting and Finance for Managers

Q1. Explain the following Accounting concepts a) Business entity concept b) Accrual concept c) Money measurement concept d) Periodicity concept

Q2. Compute cash generated from Operations during the year 2021-22, from the following data:

Particulars April 1, 2021 March 31, 2022

Sundry debtors R. 30,000 R. 40,000

Sundry creditors 48,000 30,000

Outstanding expenses 3,000 6,000

Outstanding income 1,000 1,000

Stock in trade 55,000 60,000

Prepaid expenses 3,000 2,000

Accumulated depreciation (no retirements during the year) 50,000 60,000

Provision for doubtful accounts 1,500 2,000

Dividends payable -- 3,000

Bills receivable 10,000 12,000

Bills payable 8,000 6,000

Net income before taxes (as per profit and loss account)

Q3. The Colour Flow Ltd’s income statement for the preceding year is presented below. Except as noted, the cost/revenue relationship for the coming year is expected to follow the same pattern as in the preceding year. Income statement for the year ending March 31 is as follows:

Sales (20,000 bottles @ R. 25 each) R5,00,000

Variable costs R3,00,000

Fixed costs 1,00,000 4,00,000

Pre-tax profit 1,00,000

Less: Taxes (0.35) 35,000

Profit after tax 65,000

1. What is the break-even point in amount and units?

2. Suppose that a plant expansion will add R 50,000 to fixed costs and increase capacity by 60 per cent. How many bottles would have to be sold after the addition to break-even?

3. At what level of sales will be company be able to maintain its present pretax profit position even after expansion?

4. The company’s management feels that is should earn at least R 10,000 (pre-tax per annum) on the new investment. What sales volume is required to enable the company to maintain existing profits and earn the minimum required return on new investments?

5. Suppose the plant operates at full capacity after the expansion, what profit after tax will be earned?

Q4. What are the various types of investment proposals? Explain the various discounted cash flow techniques used to evaluate investment proposals.

Q5. What is ‘Capital Structure’? Explain the features of an appropriate capital structure and discuss factors determining capital structure of a firm.

MS05: Management of Machines and Materials

1. Depending upon the focus of layout design there are some basic or classical types of Layouts.” Explain, in view of the statement, the types of plant layouts.

2. “The firm has to take into consideration both the technology of production and the social aspects of the work environment.” Comment on the statement.

3. What do you understand by mass production system? Explain the features of the mass production system.

4. Explain the concept of value engineering. Also, explain the various phases involved in the value engineering process.

5. “A purchase requisition is the primary and authorization document describing the needed items.” Comment on the statement. Also, explain the three most common types of requisition forms.

MS06: Marketing for Managers

1. (a) Discuss the meaning and scope of Marketing function. Explain the elements of Marketing mix and their importance in designing Marketing Strategy.

(b) Elaborate the role of Marketing is a developing country like India and areas of relevance (you may access secondary/internet sources.

2. (a) Discuss the concept of Product Life Cycle (PLC). Explain in what stage of PLC the forming products are: i) Any brand of SUV of your choice ii) Base mobile phone hand set.

(b) Who is consumer? Why it is vital to have a good knowledge of consumers and their behavior for marketers? Illustrate with an example.

3. (a) When and why a firm embarks on the idea of a new product development process? Discuss. Explain with reference to any consumer durable company of your choice and the reasons there of.

(b) Discuss the determinants of pricing for a product/service. Briefly explain various pricing methods used by the marketers and their advantages and limitations.

4. (a) Explain and discuss your understanding of sales forecast. If you were to forecast sales potential for a leading top end mobile brand how would you go about in undertaking the task. Discuss.

(b) A company is planning to launch a range of multigrain biscuits for health conscious senior citizens category. Suggest a suitable brand name and the distribution strategy for the said product. Give reasons for your choice.

MS07: Information Systems for Managers

1. "An operating system is a set of computer programs that control the computer hardware and acts as an interface with the application programs." Comment on the statement.

2. "The value of information is measured in terms of benefits to the organization". Explain, in view of the statement, the value and cost of information.

3. "Microsoft Business Solutions offers integrated business applications for small and mid-sized organizations and divisions of large enterprises as well." Comment on the statement.

4. "The traditional system life cycle divides the project into a series of steps, each of which has distinct deliverables, such as documents or computer programs." In view of the statement, explain the system development life cycle (SDLC) in brief.

5. "Metadata in a data warehouse is similar to the data dictionary in the context of a Database." Comment on the statement.

MS08: Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications

1. A car is purchased for Rs. 80,000. Depreciation is calculated at 5% per annum for the first 3"years and 10% per annum for the next 3 years. Find the money value of the car after a period"of 6 years.

2. “Whether to use primary data or secondary data depends on several factors.” Explain, in view"of the statement, the various factors affecting the choice of data.

3. A multiple choice quiz has 200 questions, each with 4 possible answers, out of which only"one is correct. What is the probability (using normal approximation to binomial distribution)"that sheer guesswork yields 25 to 30 correct answers for 80 problems (out of 200 problems)"about which the student has no knowledge?

4. What do you understand by sampling? What are the two types of sampling? Name them."Explain in brief any one type of sampling.

5. “Time series analysis is one of the most powerful methods in use, especially for short-term"forecasting purposes.” Comment on the statement.