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NMIMS Solved Assignment First year Solution September 2019 Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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2. There are three models of decision making, explain the model that will apt for purchasing a house. Explain the same with reason. Also, suggest the reason for not accepting the remaining models for purchase of the house 3. a. As per Maslowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need of hierarchy model where do you stand in the model if you are: Situation A: Purchasing the house for your personal stay and usage. Situation B: Purchasing the house for investment purpose. Explain the above given points with detail reasons. 3. b. As per Alderferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ERG Model where do you stand in the model if you are: Situation A: Purchasing the house for your personal stay and usage. Situation B: Purchasing the house for investment purpose. Explain the above given points with detail reasons. Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD

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MCom.,MPhil.,PhD for his timely help in the assignments and projects and MBA subject coaching. You can call him on his mobile no. 09025810064 (whatsapp available) or mail him at palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question. If urgent or any query’s, Please feel free to call him on his mobile no. 9025810064 (whatsapp available) or do mail on palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question Business Communication and Etiquette 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. FashionStation.com is an online apparel store. You are the Online Customer Service Manager. A disgruntled customer has written a rude email complaining that the chiffon blouse she purchased a month ago has torn and shrunk, after just machine-washing it once. Your website clearly mentions that delicate materials like chiffon can only be hand-washed. She is asking for a replacement or a complete refund of Rs. 2000. How would you respond to this complaint? Draft an email. 3 a. You’ve just finished the first document draft of a crucial proposal you are to send out next week. Explain the different tactics you may use to proofread it. b. You’ve been shortlisted for an interview at your dream company. What are the different common types of Interviews you should mentally prepare yourself for? Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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MCom.,MPhil.,PhD for his timely help in the assignments and projects and MBA subject coaching. You can call him on his mobile no. 09025810064 (whatsapp available) or mail him at palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question. If urgent or any queryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Please feel free to call him on his mobile no. 9025810064 (whatsapp available) or do mail on palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question Information Systems for Managers 1. The Government of India has planned to harness the benefits of the cloud and has undertaken the ambitious initiative "GI Cloud" which has been named as "MeghRaj". The aim of this initiative is to facilitate quick delivery of e-services in the country to the citizens while optimizing ICT spending of the Government. This will ensure optimum utilization of the infrastructure and speed up the development and deployment of eGov applications. Meghraj will provide services to the government departments, citizens and businesses through internet as well as mobile connectivity. What are the expected benefits from this initiative to the citizens? What could be the challenges in this initiative?

2. The Indian Banking scenario has undergone a radical change in the last two decades. While it was once necessary to visit the branch to carry out various transactions, customers today have an access to multiple platforms to conduct various transactions. Royal Bank of India, a leading bank in India is facing several challenges with their existing approach of systematically engaging with their customers and making the correct product offering. As a result, it is failing to boost its revenues. In order to address this challenge, the bank plans to use analytics to analyze customer requirements and journey better. How in your opinion can Royal Bank of India use analytics to engage better with customers by predicting their behaviour? 3. A food-tech start-up plans to use Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to help automate all the tasks within the organization. As the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to this start-up, a. What factors will you consider when you select the right ERP vendor for your start-up? b. Would you select an open source ERP software or an on premise solution for your implementation? Give justification for your answer. Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD

For

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from Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management, Information Systems, International Business and General Specializations. He has written many research papers and case studies.

Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD organizes online MBA subject coaching / MBA Assignment help and MBA Project help. Many clients national and

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MCom.,MPhil.,PhD for his timely help in the assignments and projects and MBA subject coaching. You can call him on his mobile no. 09025810064 (whatsapp available) or mail him at palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question. If urgent or any query’s, Please feel free to call him on his mobile no. 9025810064 (whatsapp available) or do mail on palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question Organisational Behaviour 1. Rajesh and Karan are peers and they are working as sales executive in a pharma company. While Rajesh loves his work and find it very interesting but under same circumstances Karan detests his job, also finds it to be very taxing. Select the best school of thought on stress to explain that with the same working condition and same treatment why Rajesh and Karan are feeling so differently. 2. Sana is finding it very difficult to make friends at her workplace. She stays aloof and does not bond with anyone. Her performance is also not great. She proactively met a psychologist to understand herself better. The facts which unraveled were associated with her young age that she was raised by a caretaker who used to beat her from infancy. Also no one supported her for the decisions she took. Sana’s family never understood her and also her childhood friend betrayed. Imagine you are Sana’s psychologist and hence need to explain her the Freudian Stages of personality development and how it had impacted her. Conclude by giving your suggestion to Sana to overcome this issue.

3. Sameer is working as Vice President (IT) and Jatin is Advisor to the CEO. Sameer never arrives for any meeting on time and also delays the work given to his team. He likes to make people wait for him as he knows with the input of IT head the meeting would never be successful. Jatin on the other hand is very friendly with the people and also makes ally with other heads and influential people in order to get things done from Sameer. Whenever he discusses any topic with Sameer he makes minutes of it and marks a copy to the CEO. All these activities done makes sure that Sameer completes his work on time Based on the above scenario, answer these a. What is the source of power for Sameer? Discuss the same. b. What are the power tactics being used by Jatin? Explain Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD

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MCom.,MPhil.,PhD for his timely help in the assignments and projects and MBA subject coaching.

You can call him on his mobile no. 09025810064 (whatsapp available) or mail him at palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question. If urgent or any query’s, Please feel free to call him on his mobile no. 9025810064 (whatsapp available) or do mail on palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question Business Economics 1. What is Demand forecasting? Explain different qualitative methods of demand forecasting. State which of the methods described is most suitable for forecasting the demand for “newspaper” and why? 2. Complete the hypothetical table below and explain in brief, the law of variable proportions. Quantity Total Product

Average

Margina

Product

l product

3. a. Explain the types of elasticity of demand. Calculate elasticity of demand for the following data. Price

Apple Quantity

(Rs.)

demanded (KGs)

100

3. b. Distinguish between the features of perfect competition and monopolistic competition. Give real world examples of each of these types of markets. Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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1. Pick & choose a Sustainability report of an Indian company in the Services domain only & choose any one Water Management initiative & any one Rural Management initiative being undertaken by the organisation. Analyze and explain the initiative’s qualitative and quantitative data in the form of a case, such that it showcases all the benefits, financial and non-financial that accrue to the company. 2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai (CSIA) has offered a job role to you in the capacity of a CSR Head. The Airport has created this position recently & has no previous experience in CSR. Describe in brief atleast 10 innovative initiatives that you will implement & drive in this new organization of yours. 3. One of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal is ‘Zero Hunger’. The primary objective behind this goal is to ensure availability & sustainable management of food for all. a. What according to you are five compelling reasons behind the existence of Hunger issues in India? b. Suggest five strategies/action plan that can be adopted by businesses to make Zero Hunger an achievable target in India in the coming years. Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD

For

last

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has taught various subjects

from Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management, Information Systems, International Business and General Specializations. He has written many research papers and case studies.

Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD organizes online MBA subject coaching / MBA Assignment help and MBA Project help. Many clients national and

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Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,

MCom.,MPhil.,PhD for his timely help in the assignments and projects and MBA subject coaching. You can call him on his mobile no. 09025810064 (whatsapp available) or mail him at palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question. If urgent or any queryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Please feel free to call him on his mobile no. 9025810064 (whatsapp available) or do mail on palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question Essentials of HRM 1. Discuss the process of induction (not a traditional one) being followed in any organisation. (It should not be the traditional way of induction, please cite only those which are different from traditional methods) 2. Kiara Enterprises is a very small organisation dealing with export rejected clothing. They are growing slowly but steadily. Kiara, the owner now wants to expand it a bit more and hence opts for Human Resource planning. It is advised to them to go for qualitative methods for demand forecasting as they have limited funds. Discuss all three qualitative methods of demand forecasting. Conclude by suggesting the best method suited for Kiaraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organisation. 3. Swati and Prashant are both working as sales managers. Swati was chosen for Assessment Centre whereas Prashant for Development Centre, of which they were not clearly aware. Few months later Swati got promoted which agitated Prashant as

he thought his performance was also good. Prashant went to the HR head to discuss the same. In context of the case answer these questions: a. Explain to Prashant why Swati got promoted. b. Explain to Prashant what a Development Centre is. Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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cities. The founder Mr. Ashish is of the opinion to do a detail and through market scanning before entering into the market. Mr. Ashish appoints you as a consultant for M/s Swadeshi that deals in manufacturing and selling clothes online and offline stores. The company plans to give competition to brands like Manyavar and Mohey. The company plans to provide quality product at lower price. The company plans to save lot of cost because of online selling. The website URL is www.swadeshi.com. The Company differentiates itself by selling only Indian Traditional clothes for all age groups. 1. As a consultant you have been asked to prepare a STEEP analysis report and present the findings to the top management. 2. Analyze the business www.swadeshi.com from Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach to industry analysis perspective. 3. Answer the below questions: a. Prepare a SWOT Analysis for www.swadeshi.com. b. Explain any two types of forecasting techniques that company should use for analyzing future demand. Explain the same with reason. Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

MBA

Business

schools.

Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD

For

last

fifteen

years

has taught various subjects

from Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management, Information Systems, International Business and General Specializations. He has written many research papers and case studies.

Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD organizes online MBA subject coaching / MBA Assignment help and MBA Project help. Many clients national and

international

has

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Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,

MCom.,MPhil.,PhD for his timely help in the assignments and projects and MBA subject coaching. You can call him on his mobile no. 09025810064 (whatsapp available) or mail him at palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question. If urgent or any queryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Please feel free to call him on his mobile no. 9025810064 (whatsapp available) or do mail on palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question Marketing Management M/s Tikhalal sells pickle and spices across the country and wants to enter into the international market. The company is known for their quality ingredients. The company sells the product at higher price but customers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to pay the price as the quality is premium. Their brands Mr. Tikha, Mr. Hara, Mr. Laal, which are various pickles and spices are a hit brand in the Indian Market. The company has decided to enter in US Market as it has a major market for Indian pickles and spices. 1. Explain various Micro and Macro environment factors that the company should analyze before entering into the international market. Explain the points with reason. 2. The company is planning to take Mr. Tikhalal online in India. Explain various ways to promote the brands of pickles and spice on Social Media Platforms.

3. M/s Tikhalal is also planning to sell paapads with the brand name Mr. Crisp. The company is planning to sell papads at a price higher than its competitors. The company also plans to launch various variety of papads with different shapes and sizes. a. How should company segment the consumer market for Paapads? b. To introduce the product in the market what are the various sales promotion techniques that should be used for the brand Mr. Crisp? Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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1. Explain the mechanism of a Digital Signatures which is recognized under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and state at least two (2) of its applications 2. Explain in details two (2) real-life instances of Anti-Competitive Agreements which have been prohibited by the Competition Commission of India. 3. Abhay and Seema have entered into a commercial agreement to license content. However, Abhay did not deliver the content to the satisfaction of Seema. Hence, there are disputes arisen between Abhay and Seema. Abhay and Seema do not want to go through a protracted litigation process in Indian courts. Can you advise them on: a. What should be done to conduct an arbitration between Abhay and Seema to resolve their disputes b. The difference between Arbitration, Conciliation and Mediation? What is the advantages and disadvantages of each of these Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD

For

last

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has taught various subjects

international

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Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,

MCom.,MPhil.,PhD for his timely help in the assignments and projects and MBA subject coaching.

You can call him on his mobile no. 09025810064 (whatsapp available) or mail him at palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question. If urgent or any queryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Please feel free to call him on his mobile no. 9025810064 (whatsapp available) or do mail on palaniappanmail@gmail.com. He does help/guide for the below question Business Statistics 1. What is sampling distribution? An automobile manufacturer claims that a particular model gets 28 KM per liter of petrol, but the Environmental Protection Agency, using a sample of 50 automobiles of this model, finds the sample mean to be 26.8 km/ltr. From previous studies, the population standard deviation is known to be 5 km/ltr. Could we reasonably expect (within 2 standard errors) that we could select such a sample if indeed the population mean is 28 km/ltr? Justify. 2. Raj studios a Tollywood casting company, is selecting a group of extras for a movie. The ages of the first 30 men to be interviewed are. 50

The director of the movie wants men whose ages are grouped around 50 years. The director suggests that a standard deviation of 3 years would be acceptable. Does this group of extras qualify to the director’s requirement? 3. Historically, diesel has mostly been cheaper than petrol in South Africa, though this has not always been the case, and not a trend seen around the world. One of the key differences in the pricing of diesel versus petrol, is that diesel prices reflect wholesale prices, not the price you would pay at the pumps. For example, the wholesale inland diesel price for August was at R10.96 at the beginning of the month, while Caltex’s retail version – Caltex 50 diesel with Techron – sells at R11.33 per litre. Over the past decade, both the petrol and diesel prices have seen some significant fluctuations, but petrol (95 grade) has seen the biggest overall increase, having jumped 75.4% since 2006. The graph and table below show how the prices have changed year-on-year, between August 2006 and August 2016.

Year

Petrol-

Diesel 0.05%

Unleaded 93

Unleaded 95

2006

R6.92

R7.04

R6.54

2007

R6.88

R7.01

R6.51

2008

R10.20

R10.40

R11.27

2009

R7.52

R7.69

R6.65

2010

R8.02

R8.17

R7.38

2011

R9.91

R10.09

R9.30

2012

R10.83

R11.04

R10.25

2013

R13.32

R13.55

R12.48

2014

R14.08

R14.33

R12.84

2015

R13.01

R13.26

R10.94

2016

R12.08

R12.35

R10.96

Source: Department of Energy; Inland prices, August The fuel price is affected by two major components: the global oil price, and the currency exchange rate between the rand and the dollar. Between 2014 and 2016, fuel prices (both diesel and petrol) have shown a year-on-year decline, boosted by a much lower global oil price, which has dropped below $50 a barrel, with little hope that it will balloon past that level in the near future. However, much of the benefit delivered by lower oil prices has been undone by weakness in the rand â&#x20AC;&#x201C; brought about by a struggling economy, poor growth policies and a number of political scandals involving president Jacob Zuma. (Source: https://businesstech.co.za/news/energy/134400/petrol-vs-diesel-prices-insouth-africa-2006-2016/)

a. Explore the trend in the petrol price (for both unleaded 93 and unleaded 95) using regression trend analysis. Using the data, forecast the petrol price for 2017, 2018 and 2019. b. Explore the trend in the diesel price using regression trend analysis. Using the data, forecast the diesel price for 2017, 2018 and 2019. Out of the three regression models, which model is the strongest in predicting the fuel price? Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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1. A dealer of Mobile TV has the following items in inventory as on March 31, 2018 PLEASE FIND THE TABLE BELOW Item

Quantity

Cost

Price Market price

per unit

Nokia

100000

98000

Samsung

88000

90000

Sony

100

120000

115000

Motorola

75000

76000

Discuss the accounting standard which talks about inventory valuation. Also, find out and define the overall value of inventories as per the applicable accounting standard. 2. Define and Discuss the concepts of prepaid expenses and outstanding expenses and their impact on the income statement and Balance Sheet of an Entity? In case of firm A which largely has the balance of prepaid expenses and another firm B which largely has the balance of outstanding expenses, what does this reflects? Discuss 3. a. A logistics company sold a car of Rs 2.5 lacs. The company had purchased the car three years back for Rs 10 lacs and had depreciated the same using straight line method of depreciation, assuming its useful life to be five years and a residual value of Rs77760. Calculate the WDV after charging depreciation for third year, accumulated depreciation for three years and profit on sale, if any. b. Consider the following transaction pertaining Ammarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business1. started business with cash Rs 3 lacs

2. Purchased goods for cash Rs 1.2 lacs 3. purchased goods on credit Rs 60000 4. purchased furniture for cash Rs 20000 5. deposited RS 50000 in the bank Perform transaction analysis for each transaction undertaken and present accounting equation for these transactions. Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD. has 15 years of teaching experience

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Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,MCom.,MPhil.,PhD

For

last

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has taught various subjects

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appreciated

Prof.Dr.N.Palaniappan.,MBA.,