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Financial Accounting and Analysis 1. This pandemic situations has drawn the attention of a lot of individuals to actively watch and participant in the Indian financial market. As a life-long learner, you also decide to understand the fundamentals of certain companies listed on the stock exchanges in India. One of your friends advised you to look in to the various techniques of financial analysis, as one of the way of evaluating the financials of business entities. You are done with getting an understanding about various techniques of financial analysis. Elaborate any five of the said techniques for financial analysis. 2. Mahesh wants to start his business and for that he decides that he will take loan for Rupees 7 Lakhs from the Bank of Baroda. He also decides to use his saving worth 3 lakhs in the bank account to start the business. Discuss how these two transactions will be recorded in the books of accounts by passing the relevant journal entries? How these transactions will be reflected in the Books of accounts (that’ is in the financial statements)? Lastly, conclude your answer by stating the applicability of which accounting assumption/s you did the above mentioned accounting treatment/ recognition and presentation in the books of accounts. 3. Take Britannia Industries Ltd as a case. a. In the context of its financial statements and annual report answer the following a. It’s a largely acceptable practice among the corporate entities to pay dividend to its shareholders. Take Britannia Industries Ltd as a case. Discuss and differentiate the types of dividend the company paid for the financial year 2020-2021. Also, mention your understanding about what could be the accounting treatment of Dividend in the books of Britannia Industries Ltd.
b. Discuss and share your understanding on any three profitability ratios which you feel relevant to assess the profitability of the company. NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment Business Economics 1. “Demand forecasting is an important tool for predicting the demand for an organization’s products or services in a specified time period in the future” Enumerate any three needs for demand forecasting and discuss the steps involved in demand forecasting. 2. From the given table calculate TR, MR and AR and highlight the relationship between total revenue (TR) and marginal revenue (MR). (10 Marks) Quantity 50 60 70 80 90
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3. A. The disposable income of Mehta family increases from Rs 5000 to Rs 15,000. As a result, the family‘s demand for milk and milk goods has increased from 30 liters to 60 liters per month. Calculate the income elasticity of demand. (5 Marks) 3. B. A drop in the price of lemons from Rs 100 per kg to Rs 60 Per Kg increases the quantity demanded from 1.75 to 7 kg per week. Calculate the price elasticity of demand.
NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment Organizational Behaviour 1. Do you think the modern approach of OB is relevant in current times? Support your views with in-depth justification. 2. Briefly explain the Big Five personality traits & rate any 2 individuals from your personal (relative or friend) / professional life (manager / client / co-worker) on the same. 3. As effective as technology has proven to be during lockdown for most organizations across the globe, work from home for extended hours has its own set of challenges. Without much face-to-face human interaction with coworkers and clients, it becomes difficult to connect with our professional counterparts. These leaders to a drop in motivation levels and overall productivity. a. In the given scenario, how can Goal Setting Theory be applied to improve performance? b. How will you apply McClelland’s Needs Theory to enhance motivation at the workplace? NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment Marketing Management 1. You want to buy a car for your personal usage. As a potential customer, explain the stages that you will follow in the process of buying a car.
2 Health and Nutrition Start-Up, Habbit makes consumer debut with a range of innovative & delicious Products. The Habbit Super Shake is a daily nutrition drink for the entire family. A glass of Habbit Super Shake covers all your essential nutrition requirements. It consists of all essential fibers, healthy omega, vitamins and minerals with zero added sugar to give a super start to your day. Considering that they have entered in consumer market for the first time, how the brand should be positioned in the market? 3 Read the following Case & solve the questions given: Bharat Motors has been selling the “Konard” brand of passenger cars in India for the last 60 years. Their car has been the leading car market share wise for the last 50 years. But, for the last 5 years the scenario has changed. Many multinational car companies have entered the country and introduced highly fuel efficient, user friendly, & high performance models in the country. The buyers have thus seen the market change from sellers to buyers’ market. Spectacular product characteristics have become the rule of the day. Resultantly Konard has rapidly and constantly lost the market share. Realizing that the company has no other alternative, they have tied up with a leading car company of Korea and are now ready to launch an absolutely new and drastically improved version of the old faithful Konard. Questions: a. Is the company’s strategy of tie up with Korea car manufacturer and the readiness to launch a completely newer version of Konard a wise decision? Justify your answer. b. Suggest promotional tools which the company can use to help it develop a completely new image for its product.
NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment Information Systems for Managers 1. Identify some of the Green IT practices being followed by any company of your choice to offset the adverse impact of their business on the environment. Please provide the benefits of using Green IT practices in quantitative numbers/statistics (for e.g Reduced energy consumption by 25%) 2. The subject of “Information Systems for Managers” has impacted you so positively that you decide to convert your own house/building/apartment into a Smart Building. Suggest 5 innovative solutions towards a Smart Building & enlist their benefits for yourself and your neighbourhood. 3. You are a medium sized Travel & Tourism company based in Mumbai by the name of “Kesari Travels”. Owing to the past developments of terrorist attacks & heavy flooding in Mumbai, you are very keen to have a Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plan in place. a. What Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity features will you introduce for your company? Suggest & briefly describe at least 2 such innovative initiatives? b. If your IT consultant provides you a choice between ‘Real-time mirroring of your data’ OR ‘Periodic back-up of your data’ which one of the proposed solutions will you choose as CIO of Kesari Travels? Justify with 2 reasons behind your choice & decision
NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment Business Communication
1. Give examples of the following types of Biases in a sentence: Gender bias, Racial bias, Age bias, Disability bias. How can they be avoided? 2. Sharman Ahuja, CEO of Innotek Systems has to communicate to his team that their casual leaves are going to be cancelled and all leaves will be considered as LWP (Leave without pay). Amidst the pandemic and the tough economic climate, the HR has had to take this tough decision. Sharman will be the bearer of this news and has chosen to write an email to all Innotek employees. The direct and indirect approaches can be used to convey written negative messages effectively. Describe how Sharman will go about deciding whether to use the direct or the indirect approach in this situation. 3. a. As the Chief Marketing Officer of IntellySense, you have to communicate to your team that the annual sales review meeting will be conducted virtually this year. Explain each step in this communication process through the 8-step business communication model. b. Today’s digital, social and mobile world has had an impact on business communication, the social communication model explains how. What is the social communication model? Give examples of any 2 social media. NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment Business Law 1. Please explain Clayton’s Rule of Appropriation by pointing out the relevant provisions of law. 2. Explain in detail two (2) real-life cases where provisions of information has been denied on grounds of the exemption stated in Right to Information Act, 2005.
3. Jean Valjean has an adventure sports equipment shop. This shop is the only adventure sports equipment shop in the city of Nagpur. Cosette a young (adult) adventure enthusiast intends to begin a start up by setting up an adventure sports equipment shop along with adventure experience services like hiking, trekking, nature trail cycling etc. Understanding Cosette as a competitor, Jean Valijean looks at an opportunity to tie-up with Cosette and both agree to the following deal and have signed a contract to that extent: i. Both will divide the territory of Nagpur in two parts between themselves and each one will sell and market in their respective territory only. In case of any sale queries coming from the other’s territory, they will inform them. ii. Both will share the price list and adhere to the price. In other words neither of them will sell below the price. iii. They will create an adventure certification program and tie up with Nagpur local authorities for endorsement. This program will be made compulsory for anyone starting a shop, outlet or startup for adventure sports equipment in the city of Nagpur. a) Is the Agreement between Jean Valjean and Cosette valid or illegal. Please support your answer with reasons and legal provisions b) Which authority has the jurisdiction to decide the legality of such transactions and what are the powers of such authority (Note: please quote your answers to the above question in context of the facts provided) NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment Strategic Management
1. You have been appointed as a Strategy Consultant to Godiva Chocolatier which is a Turkish-owned chocolate maker which is jointly owned by Turkish conglomerate Yıldız Holding and MBK Partners wanting to enter India. Godiva was founded in Belgium. Which one of Porter’s Generic Strategies would you choose to be operational in India & Explain the reasons in detail behind your choice of strategy? Once the strategy has been chosen, explain the categories of customers you would target along with the price points? 2. Carrefour, a French Retail chain of stores wishes to enter India. Conduct a PESTLE analysis for Carrefour in India & suggest whether Carrefour should enter India or otherwise. 3. You are the Head-Manufacturing of Godrej Industries. You are planning to set up a brand-new Manufacturing plant at a village in rural Maharashtra. 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? 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. NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment Operations Management 1. 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.
2. Discuss the various inventory control/classification techniques prevalent in the industry mentioning the basis of each classification. Discuss any three of these techniques as applicable to an organization in the Retail sector like Big Bazaar or Dmart for effective management of their inventories (you can assume inventories of your choice to explain. 3. NM Ltd a leading corporate in India in FMCG has decided to diversify into Foods & Beverages and get in the manufacturing of a flavored soft drink and a health drink. The company would like to have a major presence with a pan India distribution network. a. Assuming that the business idea would have a very encouraging response, suggest a suitable plant location to set up the beverage manufacturing. Give reasons for the same. b. Defining the concept of aggregate plan for operational capacity management, which strategy (Level or Chase) do you think would be best applicable for the company? NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment Essential of HRM 1. Assume you are the HR manager in a highly homogenous company that now wants to better reflect the diversity of the target client group in its employee population. What must you consider as you think about implementing your new recruitment strategy? 2. Why do you think organizations can only achieve competitive advantage by investing on human resources and not on any other resources? Describe the
transformation that HR underwent over the years. Discuss how the various challenges contributed to the evolution in HR. 3. Case study: A New Compensation Program to Motivate Performance Marie started her chain of 10 wedding boutiques approximately five years ago. She presently operates within South Delhi and has been enjoying record profits. Marie’s wedding boutiques provide full-service amenities to future brides, including wedding planning services, custom fittings, and locating hard to find wedding dresses. Marie’s customer service philosophy is that customers are number one and must be satisfied with their purchases. However, recently there has been a rise in complaints regarding the lack of friendly service being provided, and three long standing employees have threatened to leave unless their compensation is adjusted in response to servicing Marie’s very demanding clients. Currently, Marie pays all of her staff the same base salary without any benefits. Marie feels that this approach promotes equity and eliminates any perceptions of favoritism between employees regarding compensation. Since receiving the negative complaints and the threats of some of her staff leaving, Marie has decided she needs to rethink her compensation philosophy and needs your help. a. What are the specific problems with Marie’s current compensation program? b. Discuss the types of compensation programs and plans available to Marie to motivate and retain her existing staff. NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment Decision Science
1: Calculate the Mean and Standard Deviation using Total MSMEs, Total Manufacturing MSMEs, and Total Service MSMEs. Write your comment if mean is affected by extreme observation. 2: Three airlines serve a small town in Rajkot District. Airline A has 50% of all the scheduled flights, airline B has 30%, and airline C has the remaining 20%. Their on-time rates are 80%, 65%, and 40%, respectively. A plane has just left on time. What is the probability that it was airline A? Note: Draw the Tree-diagram using Paint App. 3: Here is the Agri-Data, mention the name of dependent and independent variables. Part A: Prepare the line of regression Y on X. Part B: Calculate r2 (coefficient of determination). Interpreted the by x. Contact: Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD Mail ID: palaniappanmail@gmail.com Ph: - 9025810064 (whatsapp available)
NMIMS Ready Sep 2021 1st Year Customized Assignment