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Master of Business Administration Semester I MB0038 Management Process and Organizational Behaviour - 4 Credits (Book ID:B1127) Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks) For Answer visit www.studenthelp.tk
Q1. Q2. Q3. Q4. Explain the four processes of Social Learning Theory. What are the hindrances that we face in perception? Describe the bases of power. Ms.Chanchal Das Gupta is a recruitment specialist. For the post of QC Manager, she interviews candidates. Candidate Mr.Ravi Physical Characteristics Muscular, thick skin, rectangular shaped. Thin, delicate build, large brain, tall. Soft, round shaped, underdeveloped muscles. three candidates. Given below are the physical characteristics of the

Mr.Gineesh

Mr.Ramgopal

From the above descriptions, what personality traits can Ms. Chanchal derive out of the candidates as per Sheldons theory of personality? Q5. Q6. What are the consequences of conflict in organisations? Explain sensitivity training.

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Master of Business Administration Semester I MB0038 Management Process & Organizational Behaviour - 4 Credits (Book ID:B1127) Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks)
For Answer visit www.studenthelp.tk Q1. State the characteristics of management. Q2. Mr. Suresh Kumar is the VP- HR of a leading Financial services company. He is having a meeting with Ms. Rejani Chandran leading HR consultant. Mr. Suresh is concerned about creating an environment that helps in increasing the job satisfaction amongst employees. Assume that you are Ms. Rejani, the HR consultant. What suggestions you will give to Mr. Suresh, for creating an environment that increases job satisfaction? Q3. Define emotional intelligence. Explain Golemans model of emotional intelligence. Q4. Explain the different leadership styles as per Managerial Leadership Grid Theory. Q5. Distinguish between internal and external forces of change. Q6. What are the 14 principles of management of Henri Fayol?

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Master of Business Administration Semester I MB0039 Business Communication - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1128) Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks)
For Answer visit www.studenthelp.tk Q1.List the importance of effective communication in the workplace Q2. Explain the different aspects of non-verbal communication Q3. Write short notes on (a) Upward communication (b) Downward communication (c) Horizontal communication Q4.Explain the different barriers to listening .List the differences between discriminative listening and comprehension listening Q5.Discuss the principles of business writing Q6. Explain the advantages of oral communication with the help of suitable example.

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Master of Business Administration Semester I MB0039 Business Communication - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1128) Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks)

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Q1. List the differences between extensive reading and intensive reading Q2. Explain the different advantages and disadvantages of intranet. Q3. List the different principles of business letter writing.

Q4. Write short notes on (a) corporate identity advertising (b) institutional advertising Q5. Discuss the different types of business reports Q6. List the different steps involved in report preparation

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Master of Business Administration Semester 1 MB0040 STATISTICS FOR MANAGEMENT- 4 Credits (Book ID: B1129) Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks) For Answer visit www.studenthelp.tk
1. (a) Statistics is the backbone of decision-making. Comment. (b) Statistics is as good as the user. Comment. 2. Distinguish between the following with example. (a) Inclusive and Exclusive limits. (b) Continuous and discrete data. (C) Qualitative and Quantitative data (d) Class limits and class intervals. 3. In a management class of 100 students three languages are offered as an additional subject viz. Hindi, English and Kannada. There are 28 students taking Hindi, 26 taking Hindi and 16 taking English. There are 12 students taking both Hindi and English, 4 taking Hindi and English and 6 that are taking English and Kannada. In addition, we know that 2 students are taking all the three languages. i) If a student is chosen randomly, what is the probability that he/she is not taking any of these three languages? ii) If a student is chosen randomly, what is the probability that he/ she is taking exactly one language? 4. List down various measures of central tendency and explain the difference between them? 5. Define population and sampling unit for selecting a random sample in each of the following cases. a) Hundred voters from a constituency b) Twenty stocks of National Stock Exchange c) Fifty account holders of State Bank of India d) Twenty employees of Tata motors.

6. What is a confidence interval, and why it is useful? What is a confidence level?

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Master of Business Administration Semester 1 MB0040 STATISTICS FOR MANAGEMENT- 4 Credits (Book ID: B1129) Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks) For Answer visit www.studenthelp.tk
1. (a) What are the characteristics of a good measure of central tendency? (b) What are the uses of averages? 2. Your company has launched a new product .Your company is a reputed company with 50% market share of similar range of products. Your competitors also enter with their new products equivalent to your new product. Based on your earlier experience, you initially estimated that, your market share of the new product would be 50%. You carry out random sampling of 25 customers who have purchased the new product ad realize that only eight of them have actually purchased your product. Plan a hypothesis test to check whether you are likely to have a half of market share. 3. The upper and the lower quartile income of a group of workers are Rs 8 and Rs 3 per day respectively. Calculate the Quartile deviations and its coefficient? 4. The cost of living index number on a certain data was 200. From the base period, the percentage increases in prices wereRent Rs 60, clothing Rs 250, Fuel and Light Rs 150 and Miscellaneous Rs 120. The weights for different groups were food 60, Rent 16, clothing 12, Fuel and Light 8 and Miscellaneous 4. 5. Education seems to be a difficult field in which to use quality techniques. One possible outcome measures for colleges is the graduation rate (the percentage of the students matriculating who graduate on time). Would you recommend using P or R charts to examine graduation rates at a school? Would this be a good measure of Quality? 6. (a) Why do we use a chi-square test? (b) Why do we use analysis of variance?

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Master of Business Administration Semester I MB0041 Financial and Management Accounting - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1130) Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks)
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Q1. Distinction between book-keeping and accountancy

Q2.Pass journal entries for the following transactions: . a) b) c) d) e) Madan commenced business with cash Rs. 70000 Purchased goods on credit 14000 Withdrew for private use 3000 Goods purchased for cash 12000 Paid wages 5000

Q3. Write short notes on : a. Outstanding Expenses b. Prepaid Expenses

Q4. Given variable cost Rs.5,00,000. Fixed cost Rs.3,00,000. Net profit Rs.1,00,000. Sales Rs.10,00,000. Find (a) MCSR (b) BEP (c) Profit when sales amounted Rs.12,00,000

(d) sales required to earn a profit of Rs.2,00,000. Hint: Your answers should match this (a)600000 ; (b) 600000; (c) 600000 ; (d) 1000000 Q5. Explain the meaning of Depreciation. Mention the different types of depreciation with examples Q6. Show the rectification entries for the following: a. The Sales account is undercast by Rs.15,000 b. Goods returned by the customer Mr.X of Rs.5650 has been posted in the Return Inward Account as Rs.5560 and in Mr.X a/c as Rs.6,550.

c. Salary paid Rs.6,000 has been posted to Rent account d. Cash received from Ram posted to Shyam account Rs.7,000

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e. Cash received from Jadu Rs.8,640 has been posted to the debit of Madhus a/c

Master of Business Administration Semester I MB0041 Financial and Management Accounting - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1130) Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks)
For Answer visit www.studenthelp.tk Q1. Distinguish between Management Accounting and Financial Accounting Q2. Enter the following transactions in the single column cash book of Gopichand. March, 2003 1st Commenced business with cash 2nd Bought goods for cash 3rd Sold goods for cash 4thGoods purchased from Ravi Kumar 10thPaid to Ravi Kumar 14thCash sales 18thPurchased furniture for office 22nd Paid wages 25thPaid rent 30thReceived Commission 30th Withdrew for personal purpose 31stPaid salary Hint: Goods Purchased from Ravi Kumar is a credit 20000 5000 4000 10000 7000 8000 4000 500 600 4000 1000 900

purchase balance c/f should be 17000

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Q3. What is cash flow statement and how is the cash flow statement subdivided?
Q4. A large retail stores makes 25% of its sales for cash and the balance on 30 days net. Due to faulty collection practice, there have been losses from bad debts to the extent of 1 % of credit sales on average in the past. The experience of the store tells that normally 60 % of credit sales are collected in the month following the sale, 25% in the second following month and 14 % in the third following month. Sales in the preceding three months have been January 2007 Rs.80,000, February Rs.1,00,000 and March Rs.1,40,000. Sales for the next three months are estimated as April Rs.1,50,000, May Rs.1,10,000 and June Rs.1,00,000. Prepare a schedule of projected cash collection

Hint : Cash Receipts: April Rs. 1,27,650, May Rs. 1,31,750, June Rs. 1,17,325 Q5. What are the guidelines that deal with reserve for discount on debtors? What is Bad debts also Mention the accounting treatment of bad debts.
Q6. Prepare a statement of changes in working capital from the following information. Particulars April March 1 31

Share Capital Retained earnings Fixed Assets at cost Provision for Depreciation on Fixed Assets Investments in shares of subsidiaries Government securities 8% Debentures (redeemable in 5 equal annual installment of Rs.20,000 each, from the current year Prepaid expense Outstanding expenses Creditors and Bills Payables Debtors and Bills Receivables Cash and Bank balances Provision for Doubtful Debts

50,000 14,000 80,000 22,000 15,000 6,0000 20,000

50,000 48,000 90,000 27,000 15,000 12,000 -

21,000 5,000 30,000 18,000 5,000 4,000

4,000 12,000 25,000 20,000 13,000 2,000

Prepare Statement of Changes in Working Capital Note: If the investments are in the form of Government Securities, it is treated as

current assets. Hint: working capital: Balance as on April1st 11000 and 31st March 20000

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Master of Business Administration Semester I MB0042 Managerial Economics - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1131) Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks)
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Q1. What is a business cycle? Describe the different phases of a business

cycle. Q2. What is monetary policy? Explain the general objectives and instruments of monetary policy Q3. A firm supplied 3000 pens at the rate of Rs 10. Next month, due to a rise of in the price to 22 rs per pen the supply of the firm increases to 5000 pens. Find the elasticity of supply of the pens.
Q4. Give a brief description of a.Implicit and explicit cost b. Actual and opportunity cost

Q5. Explain in brief the relationship between TR, AR, and MR under different market condition. Q6. Distinguish between a firm and an industry. Explain the equilibrium of a firm and industry under perfect competition.

Master of Business Administration Semester I MB0042 Managerial Economics - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1131) Assignment

Set- 2 (60 Marks)

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For Answer visit www.studenthelp.tk Q1. Suppose your manufacturing company planning to release a new product into market, Explain the various methods forecasting for a new product. Q2. Define the term equilibrium. Explain the changes in market equilibrium and effects to shifts in supply and demand. Q3. Explain how a product would reach equilibrium position with the help of ISO - Quants and ISO-Cost curve Q4. Critically examine the Marris growth maximising model Q5. What do you mean by pricing policy? Explain the various objective of pricing policy of a firm. Q6. Discuss the various measures that may be taken by a firm to counteract the evil effects of a trade cycle.

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Master of Business Administration Semester I MB0038 Human Resource Management - 4 Credits (Book ID:B1132) Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks)
For Answer visit www.studenthelp.tk Q1. Trace out the growth of Human Resource Management in India. Q2. What are the factors that impact recruitment in organizations? Q3. State the major career development activities found in organizations. Q4. What are the major problems faced in benefits management? Q5. Assume yourself as an HR Manager of a publishing house. You find that the morale of the employees is generally low. What steps would you take to improve employee morale? Q6. Explain the general procedures followed in the case of a disciplinary action.

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Master of Business Administration Semester I MB0038 Human Resource Management - 4 Credits (Book ID:B1132) Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks)
For Answer visit www.studenthelp.tk Q1. What are the objectives of human relations? Q2. Explain the need for human resource planning. organizations? Q4. Assume yourself as an HR Manager. You have been given the responsibility of promoting the rightful employees. For this, performance appraisal of the employees must be carried out. What appraisal method would you choose? Justify. Q5. Q6. What are the objectives of job evaluation? Why is it important to handle grievances carefully?

Q3. How can we evaluate the effectiveness of training programs conducted in