NMIMS 2ND SEMESTER APRIL 2022 CUSTOMIZED ANSWER SHEET by Prakash Singh

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1. A new café has been set up in addition to new coffee machines in your organization. The new machines, besides dispensing regular coffee also dispense Cappuccino, Latte, and clear vegetable soup. This has made the workplace more interesting for the employees. However, it has been observed by the management that the employees are frequently taking the breaks and are often found relishing snacks at the new café. This has seriously hampered the productivity of the employees. Most of them are now not able complete the usual tasks in the stipulated time. Draft a memo to address the situation politely, requesting the employees to restrict the duration of coffee breaks to a maximum of 10 minutes and to limit the number of breaks to two coffee breaks a day. 2. You attitude is an important element to be observed in business communication. Justify the statement and rewrite the following sentences using You attitude. a. We give an added discount of 15% if you visit our shop before 31st October. b. The company will not reimburse the medical and phone bills with this month’s salary if the details and supporting documents are not submitted before 10th of this month. c. We will give you an extra one-day stay in out resort if you book it for 3 days and 2 nights in the monsoon season. d. Avail ‘Buy 1 get 3’ offer in the stock clearance sale at Humphrey’s e. We are giving the facility to pay in easy monthly installments for the latest German built home theatres by Bosch. f. Our team is always there to address your issues. g. We now have all out products available in our newly designed online stores.

h. We have a wide network of medical practitioners worldwide available for online consultation. 3. Bennet and Bennet a leading and trusted name in FMCG was established in the Indian markets in 1930. Since then, it has been catering to its clients with beauty products, health and wellness products, and baby products. The company is however experiencing a continuous decline in the profit margins for the last 5 years. Annie Bennet, the heir to Bennets’ Business has recently joined the family business after achieving an MBA from one of the prestigious institutes. She has been updated with the present condition of the business. After making a careful study she has come to the conclusion that one of the leading factors for loss of clients is that Bennets have not adapted themselves to the changing marketing and communication strategies. The pervasiveness of online shopping sites have given the customers the comfort of shopping from their homes. As a business graduate in Digital Marketing, she immediately resorts to online marketing and communication strategies for better visibility and branding of Bennet & Bennet. Within a year the store shows a significant rise in profit and also has succeeded in restoring their old customers. a. With the fast-changing scenario of using mobile technology for business communication how must Annie have changed her communication strategies/techniques with her clients? b. One of the strategies used by Annie for brand visibility and better communication with clients, is the development of a website. What should she keep in mind in order to design a successful website for Bennet and Bennet?

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1. Jinen Dedhia wants to start a business and he is exploring to start a partnership firm. However, he requires clarity on the difference between partnerships under Partnership Act,

1932 and Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 to take a decision on what kind of partnership suits his requirement. So kindly elucidate the difference between the partnership under the two separate laws. 2. Please give two (2) practical examples of enforcement actions against violation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). 3. John Doe wants to draft a contract for his client where he will provide consultancy services. Kindly help John Doe with the following queries: a. What are the essential elements of contracts? b. Describe the events which make a contract, though executed or entered into, a voidable contract?

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1. The table mentioned below shows the “Gross Production of Energy by Two Sources in India from 2010-11 to 2015-16”. Adopt Exponential Smoothing Method. Consider the Alpha (α) values 0.2, 0.5, 0.7 and find out the one that is comparatively good for the prediction. Forecast the value for year 2016-17. Year 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Coal - (Million Tones) 532.7 539.95 556.4 565.77

Lignite - (Million Tones) 37.73 42.33 46.45 44.27

2014-15 609.18 2015-16 639.23 Source: Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India

48.27 43.84

2. Consider the following Decision alternative for the Raman Pahwa, he wants to invest in stocks, and thought about two situations about tomorrow’s market condition. The figures (in INR) in the following table exhibit profit per unit of stock-investment. payoff table: Lakshmi pvt ltd Mehta Groups of industries Surya LT energy

Favorable market 55 43 29 15

Unfavorable market 26 38 43 51

1. Draw the decision tree 2. If we assign the following probabilities to the states of nature, then determine the EMV decision. P(s1) = .4 P(s2) = .1 P(s3) = .3 P(s4) = .2 3.a. The proportion of eligible voters in the next corporation election (in tumkur) who will vote for the incumbent is assumed to be 55%. What is the probability that in a random sample of 500 voters less than 49% say they will vote for the incumbent? Write your conclusion. 3.b. The top-selling Amar tire is rated 70,000 KMs, which means nothing. In fact, the distance the tires can run until they wear out is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 82,000 KMs and a standard deviation of 6,400 KMs. What is the probability that a tire wears out before 70,000 KMs? What is the probability that a tire lasts more than 100,000 KMs? Note: You may use Z-table for this. Z-table link- Normal Table.xls

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1. Explain what human resource management. Briefly discuss and illustrate three important trends influencing human resource management. 2. Discuss the pros and cons of at least four performance appraisal methods. 3. Managers are proactively improving the employee selection process with various strategies that will ideally enhance corporate success. Some of these strategies focus on improving the quality of the individuals who apply for work, as well as those individuals who are actually hired into the organization. Other strategies target the selection process itself and seek to improve the various activities involved in proper hiring. The overriding theme of these efforts is that the staffing/selection function is a key component of an organization’s strategy because the process ideally provides highly motivated and qualified employees who can ultimately impact the financial and operational well-being of a company. Hallmark Cards is one company that emphasizes selection. It recently developed a recruiting metric called “staffing index” that enables management to track the degree to which newly hired employees are performing as expected on the job. A series of evaluations are conducted over time, and scores are compared to obtain a longitudinal perspective on the quality of the hiring decisions. United Health Group is another organization that has improved its selection activities with proper strategic planning and execution. The company’s vice president of recruitment services decided to modify hiring procedures within the organization by splitting job candidates into two basic groups. The first group of individuals was comprised of high-level professionals who would be recruited by internal staffing specialists, while the second group included various staff and line personnel who would be acquired with outsourcing contacts. This “two pronged” strategy enabled the company to save money through increased control and efficiency. These various strategic selection approaches enable companies to improve the manner in which employees are hired and placed within a hierarchy of jobs. Many other strategies could be employed in different employment situations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness

of selection. Overall, these efforts should increase the degree of fit between employees and organizations and increase the completion of strategic objectives. a. Compare and contrast the two selection strategies used by the organizations discussed in the case. b. What other strategies might help organizations better utilize and manage selection activities?

1. Discuss the various inventory management/control techniques prevalent in the industry. Discuss how some of these techniques would be applicable to a retail store in the FMCG sector for effective management of their inventories; i.e soaps, household supplies, etc. (you can assume inventories of your choice to explain). 2. List and explain in brief the various types of plant layout concepts in operations management, highlighting the objective, considerations of a good layout design. Give examples on where each of these types can be employed respectively. Briefly explain a layout for a Banking branch operations (mention the type of layout applicable). 3. Assume you are a part of the Operations team in an automobile manufacturing setup. You are also working in coordination with other departments. Discuss the following aspects of the operations of your organisation. a. Define Quality & list and discuss in brief the various dimensions of quality in operations.

b. Discuss the concept of EOQ in brief. Using the data below, find EOQ, and the reorder point. Annual Demand: 15,000 units; Weeks Operating: 50 weeks/year; Ordering Costs: Rs. 60/order & Holding Costs: Rs. 7/unit/year; Lead-Time: 5 weeks & Safety Stock: 250 units.

1. It is rumoured that a Chinese car brand FAW Haima plans to enter India. The company will also be launching FAW Haima 8S, a mid-size SUV in India. You are in charge of Mahindra & Mahindra SUV division. Suggest 5 innovative ideas to source information about your Competitor FAW Haima so that your company is better prepared to take on this new challenge. (Please assume that Covid-19 pandemic is over). 2. L1 technologies, a US based Defence contractor wishes to enter India. Conduct a PESTLE analysis for L1 technologies in India & suggest whether L1 technologies should enter India or otherwise. (Please assume that Covid-19 pandemic is over). 3. You are the Head-Manufacturing of Tata Steel. You are planning to set up a brand-new Manufacturing plant at a village in rural Karnataka. a Perform a Stakeholder analysis & suggest which all stakeholders will be taken into confidence & also what would be your communications approach plan to bring them into your point of view? (Please assume that Covid-19 pandemic is over). b Highlight some of the creative & innovative initiatives that you would undertake to convince the stakeholders that you mean to do good for all the stakeholders. (Please assume that Covid-19 pandemic is over).

1. As a Prospective investor, Ramesh is very confused on the various definitions of stock price. While attempting to invest, he comes across terms like par value, market Value and book value. Please help ramesh decipher the meaning of these terms, identifying the most relevant among the three and why? 2. What is industry life cycle models? Discuss the various phases in the life cycle of an industry and the implications, limitations of each stage in forecasting the industry performance. 3.a. From the following information of Best Ltd. ascertain the current intrinsic value of each share of the company:     

Recent EPS = INR 2.00 Growth rate (constant) = 5% Dividend Payout Ratio = 50% Required Rate of Return = 10% After five years the P/E ratio is 10.5

3.b. Find below the data of five securities for the year 2020 and 2021. Using the price- Weighted index, calculate: The price return index for the year 2021. Securities A B C

Price at the end of 2020($) 42 38 30

Price at the end of 2021 ($) 40 45 38

D E

32 58

42 47

1. Only through the fair treatment of all parties can the investment management profession maintain the confidence of the investing public. Elaborate this statement with examples with reference to the relevant standard. 2. Exercise diligence, independence and thoroughness in analyzing investments, making investment recommendations and taking investment actions. Elaborate this statement with examples with reference to the relevant standard. 3. Nimisha Shah resigned from NextGeek Technologies as a market analyst who is also a candidate of CFA. She has accepted a position with a company abroad who operates in different industry not a direct competition to NextGeek. When packing up her office, she had collected all the things that belonged to her while doing that she found a copy of analytical sector report that she worked on during her tenure at NextGeek. Nimisha wanted to take the hardcopy of that report as it was her work and she had pride in it, she took it along with her while leaving. a. Explain the relevant Standard in this situation. b. In the given situation, do you think was there any violation or non-violation of the standard? Justify.

1. A company's capital structure is said to be "Complex Capital Structure" when the company has issued FOUR types of securities and in such case the EPS is presented as Basic EPS and Diluted EPS. Which of the securities constitute the complex capital structure? Suppose that ABC Limited provides the below information pertaining to FY21: Basic EPS = INR 1.37 per share. EBIT = INR 12 millions. The company also has 11% convertible preference share capital of INR 25 millions (face value of INR 50 each). The company's applicable tax rate is 20%. Compute the basic and diluted EPS of the company for FY21. Also explain why the Diluted EPS will always be less than or equal to Basic EPS. 2. XYZ Ltd closes its books every year on 31-March. It reported a profit of INR 500 crores and INR 550 crores for the accounting years 2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively. The company claims that the profits of the company have increased by 10%, despite the COVID pandemic. Mr. Advik is an analyst and is keen to know if the company delivered a similar performance from the cash generation perspective by its operational activities. He collects additional information as below: Depreciation on PPE were INR 75 Crores both the years, there was a sale of a fully written down machinery on 30-Sep-2020 and the sale proceeds included INR 25 crores (adjusted for taxes) and the company had paid interests of INR 10 crores and INR 12.5 crores in FY20 and FY21 respectively (Company's policy is to treat interest costs as financing cash flow, but makes no adjustments to tax expense due to the interest component). Taxes paid were at 25% on PBT both the years. Assume that there were no changes in working capital items. Give any two reasons why companies may have higher profits in their income statement, yet show a lesser cash generation during the same period. Compute and compare the cash flow from operations of FY20 and of FY21.

3. Pyramid Limited is a company that manufactures semi-finished components used in automobiles industry. You are provided below with the Summarized Balance Sheet and Summarized Income Statement along with the industry average. Pyramid Limited Balance Sheet (in Rs. Lacs) Particulars I. EQUITY AND LIABILITIES (1) Shareholders' Funds (a) Share Capital (b) Reserves and Surplus Total Equity (2) Non-Current Liabilities (a) Long-term Liabilities (b) Other long-term Liabilities Total Long-term Liabilities (3) Current Liabilities (a) Trade Payables Total Current Liabilities TOTAL EQUITY & LIABILITIES II. ASSETS (1) Non-current Assets (a) Fixed Assets (b) Non-current Investments Total Non-Current Assets (2) Current Assets (a) Inventories (b) Trade Receivables (c) Cash and Bank Balances Total Current Assets TOTAL ASSETS

2012

₹ 4,562.85 ₹ 1,261.30 ₹ 5,824.15

₹ 6,975.25 ₹ 3,990.50 ₹ 10,965.75

₹ 1,000.50 ₹ 540.25 ₹ 1,540.75

₹ 750.35 ₹ 200.55 ₹ 950.90

₹ 590.65 ₹ 590.65 ₹ 7,955.55

₹ 1,030.50 ₹ 1,030.50 ₹ 12,947.15

₹ 4,890.50 ₹ 1,390.00 ₹ 6,280.50

₹ 8,980.55 ₹ 2,600.65 ₹ 11,581.20

₹ 365.00 ₹ 740.50 ₹ 569.55 ₹ 1,675.05 ₹ 7,955.55

₹ 150.55 ₹ 900.65 ₹ 314.75 ₹ 1,365.95 ₹ 12,947.15

Pyramid Limited Income Statement (Rs. Lakhs) Particulars REVENUES Less: Direct Expenses (COGS) Gross Profit Less: Indirect Expenses EBITDA (Cash Operating Profit) Less: Depreciation & Amortisation EBIT (Operating Profit)

Industry Average

2012 ₹ 12,145.28 ₹ 6,597.65 ₹ 5,547.63 ₹ 2,038.35 ₹ 3,509.29 ₹ 929.20 ₹ 2,580.09

Industry Average ₹ 20,994.20 ₹ 9,654.78 ₹ 11,339.42 ₹ 5,876.82 ₹ 5,462.60 ₹ 1,347.08 ₹ 4,115.52

Less: Non-Operating Expenses (Interest) EBT (Pre-tax Profit) Less: Taxes PAT (Net Profit) Additional Assumptions: Number of Outstanding Shares (Rs. 10 each) Dividends Paid Market Price of Share

₹ 120.06 ₹ 2,460.03 ₹ 738.01 ₹ 1,722.02

₹ 456.29 ₹ 861.01 ₹ 99.61

₹ 86.29 ₹ 4,029.23 ₹ 1,208.77 ₹ 2,820.46

₹ 697.53 ₹ 1,410.23 ₹ 134.65

You are required to: a. Comment on the financial performance/position of Pyramid Limited by computing the following ratios: (i) Return on Equity (ii) Return on Total Capital (iii) Operating Profit Ratio (iv) Net Profit Ratio (v) Price to Earnings Ratio. b. Comment on the financial performance/position of Pyramid Limited by computing the following ratios: (i) Debt to Asset Ratio (ii) Interest Coverage Ratio (iii) Current Ratio (iv) Quick Ratio (v) Dividend Payout Ratio.

1. A portfolio is constructed with 40% in stock A, whose standard deviation is 20% and 60% in bonds, whose standard deviation is 12%. The correlation between the returns of the stock and the bond is 0.45. What will be the standard deviation of portfolio returns? How would the standard deviation change, if the correlation coefficient would be -1 or 0 or 1?

2. As a portfolio manager, you will be dealing with multiple kinds of clients, each of whom come with unique preferences. In this context, explain the different types of investors and their characteristics. Wherever possible, provide a real life example. 3. An analyst collated the below data: Stock SAI CICIC FDHC ICFD MKB

Current Market Price 100 10 60 1110 457

Expected Price after a year 115 12 72 1190 501

Expected Dividend during the year 10 0.50 0 50 10

Beta 1.0 0.75 1.25 1.10 1.65

The risk free rate can be taken as 5.5% and the market risk premium according literature can be taken as 10%. a. Draw the Security Market Line & suggest an appropriate trading advise for each of the three stocks. b. What are the assumptions made while applying CAPM.

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Quantitative Methods - Concepts and Applications

1. Differentiate between the various measures of dispersion with specific applications to business analysis.

2. Comment on the concept of Hypothesis Testing with suitable examples. 3.a. What do you mean by estimation? 3.b. Differentiate between the sampling techniques used in business analysis.