MBA AY 10-11 I year (1)

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TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITYChennai - 25

School of Management Studies

SPOT ASSIGNMENT

COURSE MBA COURSE CODE YEAR

MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONSAND BEHAVIOUR

MSP - 10 AY 2010 2011

Time: 1 Hour Total Marks: 25

Part A (2 x 5 = 10 Marks)

Answer any two questions. Each question carries equal marks.

1. Explain the need and importance of Departmentation.

2. Why is Feed back important as a control tool.

3. Briefly outline the determinants of Personality.

Part B (1 x 15 = 15 Marks)Answer any one question.

4. Why do managers plan? Explain the various types of Plans.

5. Discuss about the OD process. Explain any three OD techniques practiced in

the organizations.

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SPOT ASSIGNMENT


MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS MSP - 11 AY 2010 2011




1. Define Managerial Economics and explain its scope.

2. Differentiate between Monopolistic and Monopoly competition.

3. What are the difficulties in measuring National Income?

Part B (1 x 15 = 15 Marks)

Answer any one question.

4. Explain the law of demand. Discuss the various methods of demand forecasting.

5. Define BEP and briefly explain the assumptions under lying BEP. Explain its role in

the management of an organisation.

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SPOT ASSIGNMENT


FINANCIAL & MANAGEMENTACCOUNTING

MSP - 12 AY 2010 2011




1. Discuss the nature of accounting information and the usefulness in managerial

decision making with suitable illustration.

2. Mention any three financial ratios and explain its significance

3. Write short notes on (a) P/V Ratio (b) Margin of safety.



4. On 31.12.2001 the following Trail Balance was prepared from the books of Raju:

Dr. (Rs.) Cr. (Rs.)

Sundry Debtors

Sundry Creditors

Bills ReceivablePlant & Machinery

Purchases

Capital

Freehold Premises

Salaries

Wages

Postage and Stationery

Carriage In

Carriage Out

50,600

-

5,00075,000

90,000

-

50,000

11,000

14,400

750

750

1,000

10,000

--

-

70,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

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Bad Debts

Bad Debts Provisions

General Charges

Cash at Bank

Cash in Hand

Bills Payable

ReserveSales

Closing Stock

950

-

1,500

5,300

800

-

--

30,000

-

350

-

-

-

5,000

20,0002,31,700

-

Total 3,37,050 3,37,050

The following adjustments are required:

1. Raju gets a salary of Rs.9,000 p.a.

2. Allow 5% interest on capital.

3. Bad Debts provision to be adjusted to 2 % on sundry debtors.

4. 2% of the net profit to be credited to Reserve.

5. It was discovered in January 2001 that stock sheets as on 31.12.2000 were

overcast by Rs.1,000.

You are required to prepare Trading and Profit and Loss account for the year ended

31st December, 2001 and a Balance Sheet as at that date.

5. The Balance Sheet of National Co. as on 31st December, 1999 and 31st December

2000 are as follows:

Liabilities &

Capital

1999

Rs.

2000

Rs.

Assets

Rs.

1999

Rs.

2000

Rs.

Share Capital

Profit & Loss

General Reserve

Sundry Creditors

Bills PayableExpenses O/S

5,00,000

1,00,000

50,000

1,53,000

40,0007,000

7,00,000

1,60,000

70,000

1,90,000

50,0005,000

Land and Buildings

Plant and Machinery

Stock

Debtors

Cash

80,000

5,00,000

1,00,000

1,50,000

20,000

1,20,000

8,00,000

75,000

1,60,000

20,000

8,50,000 11,75,000 8,50,000 11,75,000

Additional Information

1. Rs. 50,000 depreciation has been charged on Plant and Machinery during

2000.

2. A piece of Machinery was sold for Rs. 8,000 during the year 2000. It had cost

Rs.12,000 ; depreciation of Rs.7,000 had been provided on it.

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Prepare a Schedule of changes in Working Capital and a Statement showing the

Sources and Application of Funds for 2000.

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SPOT ASSIGNMENT


QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES MSP - 13 AY 2010 2011




1. Mention any five applications of Statistics in business.

2. If A =

69

57

41

B =

1282

7514

find AB and BA. Is AB=BA?

3. What is correlation Analysis? Explain the rank method for computation of the co-

efficient of Correlation.



4. ABC Director of School of Management conducted an entrance examination for

MBA admission. This score along with the respective candidates university mark in

their UG programme is given below. Find the Co-efficient of correlation.

Sl.No Mark Score Sl.No. Mark Score

1 68.8 3.72 9 61.6 3.45

2 64.7 3.44 10 59.4 3.33

3 65.2 3.21 11 56.7 3.07

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4 60.8 3.29 12 54.2 2.86

5 68.0 3.91 13 55.1 2.91

6 617 3.28 14 57.3 2.99

7 55.7 3.0215 71.8 3.88

8 59.9 3.13

5. A logistic company estimated its time required (in days) to deliver goods and the

distance it has covered (in miles) to effect the delivery under ten different

shipments. The data is given below. By fitting a suitable straight line, estimate the

time required to deliver a consignment to a distance of 750 miles.

Shipment Distance Miles Delivery time

Days

1 825 3.5

2 215 1.0

3 1070 4.0

4 550 2.0

5 480 1.0

6 920 3.0

7 1350 4.5

8 325 1.59 670 3.0

10 1215 5.0

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SPOT ASSIGNMENT


MANAGEMENT INFORMATIONSYSTEMS

MSP - 14 AY 2010 2011




1. Discuss the scope of Management Information System.

2. Explain the characteristics of distributed system.

3. Write short notes on Outsourcing.



4. Explain the types of Modern Information Systems and in organisations.

5. Discuss the application of Information System in Marketing and Sales.

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SPOT ASSIGNMENT


MARKETING MANAGEMENT MSP - 15 AY 2010 2011




1. With illustrations, enumerate the present Indian Marketing environment.

2. What is Product Life Cycle?

3. Write short notes on Marketing of Services.



4. What is Market Segmentation? Suggest a suitable segmentation for a marketer

dealing with consumer durable product. Make suitable assumptions.

5. Explain in detail the various stages in New Product Development. Bring out the

recent trends in retailing and wholesaling in the Indian market.

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SPOT ASSIGNMENT


FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MSP - 16 AY 2010 2011


Duration : 1 Hr. Max. Marks : 25 Marks

MSP 16Part A (2 x 5 = 10 Marks)


1. Briefly explain the basic financial decisions.

2. What is the stable dividend policy? Why should it be followed?

3. Briefly explain the concept of working capital.



4. Define cost of capital. Explain the significance in financial decision making.

5. Define operating leverage and financial leverage. How can you measure the

degree of operating leverage and financial leverage illustrate with example.

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SPOT ASSIGNMENT


HUMAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT

MSP - 17 AY 2010 2011




1. Explain the concept of Human Resource Planning.

2. Write short notes on a. Promotion b. Transfer

3. Explain how rewards can be used to motivate employees.



4. What is training? What purpose does it serve? Explain the various on the job

training techniques.

5. Explain the strategies and techniques adopted by the management to keep their

plants union-free.

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SPOT ASSIGNMENT


OPERATIONS RESEARCH MSP - 18 AY 2010 2011




1. What is degeneracy in a transportation model? How is it resolved?

2. Mention the scope and use of game theory.

3. Distinguish between risk and uncertainty in decision making?



4. The manager of an oil refinery must decide on the optimal mix of two possible

blending processes of which the inputs and outputs per production run are as

follows:

Inputs Outputs

Process Crude A Crude B Gasoline X Gasoline Y

1 5 3 5 82 4 5 4 4

The maximum amounts of available crudes A and B are 200 units and 150 units

respectively. Market requirements show that at least 100 units of gasoline X and 80

units of gasoline Y must be produced. The profits per production run from process

1 and process 2 are Rs. 300 and Rs.400 respectively. Formulate and solve the

LPP.

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5. Obtain the optimal strategies for both persons and the value of the game for zero-

sum two person game whose pay-off matrix is as follows:

Player

B

Player A

1 3 -1 4 2 -5

-3 5 6 1 2 0

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SPOT ASSIGNMENT


RESEARCH METHODS MSP - 18 AY 2010 2011




1. Why is business research essential?

2. What is pilot study? Why is it required?

3. What is discriminate analysis? Give example where this method can be applied.



4. Elaborate the considerations you have to have while designing questionnaire.

5. What is multiple regression? Give example where this technique can be used.

Explain the application of the technique.

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