MBA Semester 1 Summer 2014

MB0038 - Management Process and Organizational Behaviour

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Q1. What do you mean by Span of Control? Differentiate between narrow span of co
ntrol and wide span of control. Describe the factors that influence the span of
control.
Q2. Define the term controlling. What are the pre-requisites of effective contro
l?
Q3. Define the term personality. Describe Cattells Personality Factor Model.
Q4. Discuss the contemporary theories of motivation.
Q5. What are the factors that affect group behaviour?
Q6. Define the term leadership. Write a brief note on Contingency Theories of Leade
rship
MB0039 Business Communication
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Q1. As a speaker you are addressing a group of people. Explain the elements invo
lved in this communication.
Q2. What is the importance of Kinesics and Proxemics in communication? Explain w
ith examples.
Q3. How does internal business communication affect the organization? Discuss th
e role of each stakeholder in this.
Q4. Imagine a new product from food industry. Write a persuasive letter to custo
mers, persuading them to buy your companys product.
Q5. You are going to face a job interview for the post of Manager-operations. Wh
ich aspects you will keep in mind while facing the interview?
Q6. Write short notes on:
a) SQ3R technique of reading
b) Circulars
MB0040 Statistics for Management
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Q1. Distinguish between Classification and Tabulation. Explain the structure and
components of a Table with an example.
Q2. a) Describe the characteristics of Normal probability distribution.
b) In a sample of 120 workers in a factory, the mean and standard deviation of w
ages were Rs. 11.35 and Rs.3.03 respectively. Find the percentage of workers get
ting wages between Rs.9 and Rs.17 in the whole factory assuming that the wages a
re normally distributed.
Q3. a) The procedure of testing hypothesis requires a researcher to adopt severa
l steps. Describe in brief all such steps.
b) Distinguish between: i. Stratified random sampling and Systematic sampling ii
. Judgement sampling and Convenience sampling.
Q4. a) What is regression analysis? How does it differ from correlation analysis
?
b) Calculate Karl Pearsons coefficient of correlation between X series and Y seri
es.
X 110 120 130 120 140 135 155 160 165 155
Y 12 18 20 15 25 30 35 20 25 10
Q5. Briefly explain the methods and theories of Business forecasting.
Q6. Construct Fishers Ideal Index for the given information and check whether Fis
hers formula satisfies Time Reversal and Factor Reversal Tests.
Items P0 Q0 P1 Q1
A 16 5 20 6
B 12 10 18 12
C 14 8 16 10
D 20 6 22 10
E 80 3 90 5
F 40 2 50 5
MB0041 Financial and Management Accounting
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Q1. Inventory in a business is valued at the end of an accounting period, at eit
her cost or market price, whichever is lower. This is accepted convention or a p
ractice in accounting. Give a small introduction on accounting conventions and e
lucidate all the eight accounting conventions.
Q2. Analyse the following transactions according to traditional approach.
a. 1.1.2011 Sunitha started his business with cash Rs. 5,00,000
b. 2.1.2011 Borrowed from Malathi Rs. 5,00,000
c. 2.1.2011 Purchased furniture Rs. 1,00,000
d. 4.1.2011 Purchased furniture from Meenal on credit Rs. 1,50,000
e. 5.1.2011 Purchased goods for cash Rs. 50,000
f. 6.1.2011 Purchased goods from Ram on credit Rs. 2,50,000
g. 8.1.2011 Sold goods for cash Rs. 1,25,000
h. 8.1.2011 Sold goods to Shyam on credit Rs. 55,000
i. 9.1.2011 Received cash from Shyam Rs. 25,000
j. 10.1.2011 Paid cash to Ram Rs. 90,000
Q3. The following items are found in the trial balance of M/s Sharada Enterprise
on 31st December, 2000.
Sundry Debtors Rs.160000
Bad Debts written off Rs 9000
Discount allowed to Debtors Rs. 1800
Reserve for Bad and doubtful Debts 31-12-1999 Rs. 16500
Reserve for discount on Debtors 31-12-1999 Rs. 3200
You are required to provide the bad and doubtful debts at 5% and for discount on
debtors at 2%. Show the adjustments for bad debts, bad debts reserve, discount
account, and provision for discount on debtors.
Q4. The reports prepared in financial accounting are also used in the management
accounting. But there are few major differences between financial accounting an
d management accounting. Explain the differences between financial accounting an
d management accounting in various dimensions.
Q5. Draw the Balance Sheet for the following information provided by Sandeep Ltd
.. a. Current Ratio : 2.50 b. Liquidity Ratio : 1.50 c. Net Working Capital : Rs
.300000 d. Stock Turnover Ratio : 6 times e. Ratio of Gross Profit to Sales : 20
% f. Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio : 2 times g. Average Debt collection period : 2
months h. Fixed Assets to Net Worth : 0.80 i. Reserve and Surplus to Capital : 0
.50
Q6.Write the main differences between cash flow analysis and fund flow analysis.
Following is the balance sheet for the period ending 31st March 2011 and 2012.
If the current years net loss is Rs.38,000, Calculate the cash flow from operatin
g activities.
31st MARCH
2011 2012
Short-term loan to employees 15,000 18,000
Creditors 30,000 8,000
Provision for doubtful debts 1,200 -
Bills payable 18,000 20,000
Stock in trade 15,000 13,000
Bills receivable 10,000 22,000
Prepaid expenses 800 600
Outstanding expenses 300 500
MB0042 Managerial Economics
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Q1. Define the term Business Cycle and also explain the phases of business or tr
ade cycle in brief.
Q2. Monopoly is the situation there exists a single control over the market prod
ucing a commodity having no substitutes with no possibilities for anyone to ente
r the industry to compete. In that situation, they will not charge a uniform pri
ce for all the customers in the market and also the pricing policy followed in t
hat situation.
Q3. Fiscal policy is a package of economic measures of the government regarding
public expenditure, public revenue, public debt or borrowings. It is very import
ant since it refers to the budgetary policy of the government. Explain the fisca
l policy and its instruments in detail.
Q4. Explain the various methods of forecasting demand.
Q5. Define monopolistic competition and explain its characteristics.
Q6. When should a firm in perfectly competitive market shut down its operation.
MB0043 Human Resource Management
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Q1. What do you mean by Human Resource Management? Describe the functions of Hum
an Resource Management.
Q2. Discuss the elements of a Career Planning Programme. Explain some of the ben
efits of a Career Planning program to an organization.
Q3. What do you mean by HRIS? Explain the components of HRIS. Describe the diffe
rent applications of HRIS in Human Resource Management.
Q4. Discipline in the broad sense means orderliness-the opposite of confusion. Wha
t do you mean by Discipline? Explain the basic guidelines of a Disciplinary poli
cy.
Q5. Suppose you have joined as an HR and you have been assigned a task to carry
out the grievance handling procedure in your organization. What according to you
are the causes of Grievance? Describe in detail the Grievance handling procedur
e.
Q6. Write a short note on the following :
a)Competency Mapping
b)Flexi Time