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MS-1 Management Functions and Behaviour
1. What are the essential components of a System?
How does inter-relationship of the sub-system affect the functioning and processes of an organization. Explain with the example known to you or you are familiar with.
Briefly describe the context and the system you are referring to.
2. Briefly discuss the process and significance of formulation of strategy, policies, and procedures in the life of an organization. Support your reply with your experience or the one you are aware of. Briefly discuss the nature and functioning of the organization, you are referring to.
3. Why are changes always resisted in an organizational set up?
Briefly describe the Evolutionary and Revolutionary Changes in the organizational context, and their relationship with the Age and the Size of the organization. Explain with suitable example you are aware of. Briefly describe the organization and the context you are referring to.
4. Define and describe the dynamics of Group formation. Briefly explain the types and role of groups in a formal organizational set up. Explain with your organizational experience, or the ones you are aware of. Describe the situation and the organization you are referring to.
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MS-2 Management of Human Resources
1. Why there is a need of managing human resource management in changing scenario? Discuss how various perspectives of human resource management is originating with due course of globalization.
2. How Outsourcing recruitment process is helpful in extracting a pool of talented candidates for an organization? “Socialization and mobility helps individuals to identify their organization roles”, explain the statement in your own words.
3. Training and development is an age old concept of in an organizational which is getting replaced with learning organization”, explain. How does mentoring and coaching influences learning organization?
4. How does Workers’ Participation in Management influence to industrial democracy? Is it necessary to empower individuals at lower levels for democratic organization?
5. Why does an organization face reluctance towards performance appraisal within an organization? How does performance counseling can address such issues?
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MS-3 Economic and Social Environment
1. a) State the impact of social environment on business.
b) Examine how sociological environment affects and gets affected by the economic environment of business. Give examples.
2. State the main objectives of industrial policy, 1991. Critically assess the industrial policy of India particularly with respect to economic liberalization and globalization.
3. “Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is increasingly important in economic development because of its close links in trade, financial flows and technology transfer”.
Explain the above statement and examine the policy of the government in promoting foreign capital in India.
4. Discuss the role of public sector in India. Examine the achievements by public sector of India.
5. Write short notes:
a) Small Scale Industries.
b) Globalization.
c) Balance of Payments.
d) Social Responsibilities of Business. Such issues?
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MS-4 Accounting and Finance for Managers
1. Explain the meaning of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles? Discuss in brief about the Accounting Concepts that are being followed in your Organisation. Give your suggestions if any.
2. Discuss the methods of depreciation and how these methods differ from each other.
3. You are required to Compute all variances for a product X, the standard cost data per unit of output for which are as follows:
The costs incurred and other relevant information for the month of June2020 are as under
Assume no stocks of work-in-progress or finished goods at the beginning or at the end of the month.
4. Alpha Ltd is considering the purchase a new machine, the details of the machines from which it is to select one are as follows:
The company follows the straight line method of depreciation, the estimated salvage value of both the types of machines is zero. You are to advise which is the most profitable investment based on (i) Pay back period (ii) Accounting Rate of Return and (iii) Net Present Value assuming a 10% cost of capital.
5. Explain the Concepts of Working Capital. Why is management of working capital important for any business? Discuss the various factors that are taken into consideration while deciding the working capital requirements of the business.
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MS-5 Management of Machines and Materials
1. “Operations Management is essentially a function concerning decision-making with respect to a production / operation system so as to render the necessary customer satisfaction at lowest cost.” Comment on the statement.
2. What do you understand by the term capacity? Explain the process for capacity planning.
3. “Work measurement is concerned with the determination of the amount of time required to perform a unit of work”. Explain the work measurement procedure and techniques in brief.
4. What is mass production? Explain its nature. Explain when one has to go for mass production.
5. Why is store accounting important for a firm? Discuss various systems that may be followed and their impact on product pricing.
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MS-6 Marketing for Managers
1. (a) Explain the term Marketing and discuss the scope and its relevance in an enterprise. Discuss the elements of marketing mix in the below mentioned products:
(i) Detergent soap brand
(ii) 125 CC motorcycle
(b) Define segmentation. Discuss how the concept of segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP) strategies help in marketing.
2. (a) What are the major considerations involved in designing a marketing organization? Discuss with a suitable example of your choice.
(b) Why it is important to have a sound knowledge of consumers in marketing of products and services? Explain with suitable examples.
Explain the four major factors that influence consumer buying behavior.
3. (a) What is a brand? Explain the distinct advantages that firms get from branding decisions. Suggest how companies can build brand, by taking examples of
(i) Deodorant
(ii) Edible cooking oil
(b) What is a price? Discuss the major pricing strategies available to the marketers.
4. (a) Distinguish advertising from publicity. Discuss the statement “Advertising is paid for, publicity is prayed for”.
When and why personal selling is more effective than other methods of promotion? Illustrate with an example.
(b) What are the various costs associated with physical distribution? Discuss each of these in detail.
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MS-7 Information Systems for Managers
1. “The technology plays an important role in delivering timely and error free information to its recipients” Explain the meaning of information technology and discuss types of information system in brief.
2. “Information system are used in all functional areas and operating divisions of business”. Comment on the statement. Also explain the framework for understanding management information system (MIS).
3. “In Human Resource Management, the Personnel Manager has the responsibility of executing multifarious activities pertaining to recruitment, training of the employees etc”. Explain the various subsystems of Human Resource Management in the light of the statement.
4. “The emergence of a global economy has stimulated worldwide interest in achieving quality”. Explain how quality can be ensured with information system.
5. “Metadata in a data warehouse is similar to the data dictionary in the context of a database” Comment and explain various types of metadata in brief.
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MS-8 Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications
1. The prices (in Rs.) of three X, Y and Z are x, y and z per unit respectively. A purchases4 units of Z and sells 3 units of X and 5 units of Y. B purchases 3 units of Y and sells 2units of X and 1 Unit of Z. C purchases 1 unit of X and sells 4 Units of Y and 6 units ofZ. In the process A, B and C earn Rs. 6000, Rs. 5000 and Rs. 13000 respectively.
Using matrics, find the prices per unit of three commodities.
2. Calculate Quartile derivation.
Monthly Wages (Rs.) No. of Workers
Below 850 12
3. Four Cards are drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards, find the probability that
(i) They are a king, a queen, a jack and an ace,
(ii) Two are king and two are queens,
(iii) Two are black and two are red,
(iv) They should be one from each suit.
4. Based on a nationwide poll, a seller of printed advertisements estimates that 56% of all adults usually open all the mail they receive. If this is still the current rate at which adults open mail, what is the probability that in a random sample of 1000 adults, the number who usually open all of their mail will be
(a) Less than 541
(b) 570 or more?
5. Write short note on any three of the following:
a) Poisson Distribution.
b) Purposive Sampling.
c) Geometric Mean.
d) Rank Correction.
e) Advantages of Quantitative Approach of Management.
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MS-9 Managerial Economics
1. Discuss the three choice problems as a central issue of an economy.
2. Distinguish between the three important sources of data used in forecasting:-
(a) Expert Opinion
(b) Surveys
(c) Market experiments
3. Briefly analyze the behavior of cost functions in the short run.
4. Explain the classification of markets based on their characteristics.
5. What is Price Discrimination? Explain first, second and third degree pricediscrimination.
6. Write short notes on the following:-
(a) Managerial Economics and other disciplines
(b) Arc Price Elasticity
(c) Economies and Diseconomies of Scale
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MS-10 Organisational Design, Development & Change
1. Describe and discuss T-Group Training and Team Building as interventions to organisation development, giving examples. Briefly discuss their merits and demerits.
2. Describe the importance of organization diagnosis. Discuss and describe organizational analysis perspectives and their relevance in the present day context.
3. Explain the evolutionary process of organizational design and describe Mintzberg's Typology as to how it provides linkage between organisational business strategy and organisational design and its relevance in the present day organisations.
4. Briefly discuss the role of Change Agent and describe the competencies required for aChange Agent to be effective and successful.
5. Describe and discuss Quality of Work-life and its importance, giving examples
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MS-11 Strategic Management
1. Explain with the help of examples as to how the top management takes strategic decisions in the company and in what sense it does not take the strategic decisions alone.
2. What is the difference between goals and objectives for an organization? Illustrate With the help of examples. Also explain why it is essential for the objectives of an organization to be verifiable.
3. Identify two companies that have merged recently. Read the published information on the two companies and based on your research identify the problems the two companies are currently facing in combining their respective organizational cultures.
4. What is the relationship between level of operations of a business and its market share goals in terms of the macroenvironment? Discuss with the help of examples.
5. What is the role of strategic control in balancing the interaction between the internal and the external environment of a business? Explain with the help of examples.
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MS-91 Advanced Strategic Management
MS-95 Research Methodology for Management Decisions
MS-100 Project Work (equivalent to two courses)
MS-21 Social Processes and Behavioural Issues
MS-22 Human Resource Development
MS-23 Human Resource Planning
MS-24 Industrial Relations
MS-41 Working Capital Management
MS-42 Capital Investment and Financing Decisions
MS-43 Management Control Systems
MS-51 Operations Research
MS-52 Project Management
MS-53 Production/Operations Management
MS-54 Management Information Systems
MS-61 Consumer Behaviour
MS-62 Sales Management
MS-63 Product Management
MS-64 International Marketing
MS-65 Marketing of Services
MS-92 Management of Public Enterprises
MS-93 Management of New and Small Enterprises
MFP-1 Equity Markets
MFP-2 Equity Derivatives
MFP-3 Commodity Markets
MS-25 Managing Change in Organisations
1. Describe and discuss turnaround and work redesign as methods in order to bring change in the organisations. Cite Examples.
2. What are the reasons for change to occur in an organisation? Discuss and Describe Giving examples.
3. Describe and discuss the sources of resistance to change in an organisation. Discuss With reference to an organisation and explain how the organisation overcome resistance.
4. Describe and discuss two types of interventions to bring change in an organisation and their merits and demerits.
5. Discuss the need for indigenous management in developing countries and the complexity of management of change. Give examples.
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MS-26 Organisational Dynamics
1. Define and differentiate between Group and Team. Briefly describe the nature and purpose of Team and the probable effects of Group processes on Team performance.
Explain with the help of your organizational experience or the one you are aware of.
Describe the organization you are referring to.
2. Define and discuss the concept and systems of Role in an organizational set-up.
Explain with example the mapping of Role Systems in respect of Social, Personal, and Organisational Roles. Explain with appropriate exhibits depicting your role and other roles in both the Role Systems in your organization. Describe organisational structure of the organization you are referring to.
3. Define and differentiate between Delegation and Decentralisation. Briefly discuss the forces which influence Delegation in a formal organizational set-up. Explain with suitable examples from your organizational experience or the experience you are aware of. Briefly describe the organization, you are referring to.
4. Define Diversity and briefly describe the sources / dimensions of Diversity and the institutions for promoting Diversity. Explain with the help of your organizational experience or the one you are aware of. Briefly describe the organisation and the context you are referring to.
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MS-27 Compensation and Rewards Management
MS-28 Labour Laws
1. Explain the concept of social justice in relation to industrial jurisprudence. Briefly Describe the genesis of labour legislation in India.
2. Describe the scope and applicability of Factories Act, 1948. Explain the provisions relating to Annual leave with Wages under the Act.
3. Explain the procedure for registration and cancellation of a Trade Union. What is the legal status and rights of a registered Trade Union?
4. Discuss briefly the scope and coverage of the Mines Act, 1952. Discuss briefly and describe the provisions for enforcement of the Act.
5. Define and discuss the objectives of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Explain the provisions regarding Lay-off, Retrenchment and closure under the Act.
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MS-29 International Human Resource Management
1. Briefly explain the Performance Management of International Employees and discuss the challenges being faced in the effectiveness of the International PerformanceManagement System. Give Examples.
2. Discuss Leadership in Organisations from International Perspective and describe universalism in leadership. Are there any differences in the leadership because of cross cultural issues? Discuss.
3. Describe and discuss the role of Trade Unions and International Industrial Relations.Give examples.
4. Who is an expatriate? Discuss the reasons for expatriate failure and how to overcome these? Give Examples.
5. Describe Hofstede’s Frame Work of Cultural differences and discuss Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck frame work. Explain the difference between the two. Briefly discuss the strategies for dealing with cultural differences, Giving examples.
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MS-44 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
MS-45 International Financial Management
MS-46 Management of Financial Services
MS-55 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
MS-56 Materials Management
MS-57 Maintenance Management
MS-58 Management of R&D and Innovation
MS-66 Marketing Research
MS-68 Management of Marketing Communication and Advertising
MS-611 Rural Marketing
MS-612 Retail Management
MS-94 Technology Management
MS-96 Total Quality Management
MS-97 International Business Management
MFP-4 Currency and Debt Markets
MFP-5 Professionals in Financial Markets Practice
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