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UNIVERSITY Directorate of Distance Education M.B.A. (HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT) FIRST YEAR Academic Year 2011 - 2012 ASSIGNMENT TOPICS This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.

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ANNAMALAI

UNIVERSITY

DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION M.B.A. (HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT) FIRST YEAR Academic Year 2011 - 2012 ASSIGNMENT TOPICS This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions. Last date for submission : 28-02-2012 Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/NOTE: 1. Assignments sent after 15-03-2012 will not be evaluated. 2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and not type-written or printed or photocopied. 3. Assignments should be written on foolscap paper on one side only. 4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription MBA Assignments and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar 608 002 by Registered post. 5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers. 6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments will not be considered. ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each topic the answer should not exceed 15pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks. (2 topics) Dr. S. B. NAGESWARA RAO DIRECTOR : 15-03-2012

1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT


1. Draw up a statement of policy and devise a brief procedure that might be useful in implementing it. Are you sure your policy is not a rule? 2. a)

Planning is looking looking back Comment.

ahead,

and

control

is

b)

What are the different modern techniques used in large scale organizations?

controlling

3. A delegation of Authority often found to be the most important cause of managerial failure Review this statement. 4. Choose the organization where matrix type of departmentation is appropriate? Compare the pros and cons of this type over the others.

1.2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT


1. The role of educational institutions is to ensure employability of students than increasing employment. Discuss the strategies for enhancing employability of Human Resources. 2. Explain the principles of disciplining employees. What are consequences of enforcing discipline without prior information?

the

3. For older workers money is not the criteria of motivation. What would be the needs of them? Write your observation in the context of job enlargement and job enrichment. 4. Performance appraisal is a tough job of a HR Manager. Explain why most of the techniques fail to provide realistic appraisal of work performance. Give your observation.

1.3 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT


1. How does an MRP system helps management, monitor the performance of the inventory system? Give a specific example of what the system does to direct managements attention to problem areas? 2. Is lead time in inventory really important? How can mismanaging lead time cost companys money? 3. Work study is seen by the work force as a means whereby management can either get more work done for the same pay or the same work done for less pay. Discuss the above statement in the context of what you regard as the correct objectives for work study in production / operation management. 4. What is the objective of work centre scheduling? Why does batching cause so much trouble in job shops? Why is managing bottle-neck is so important in job shop scheduling?

1.4 MARKETING MANAGEMENT


1. How do marketers disaggregate a market into a number of submarkets/District sub-units of buyers What are the constraints a marketer will face to homogeneous a market Explain. 2. What are the various attributes a buyer will expect on consumer goods and why do companies offer different products for different customers? Explain with the theories involved in it with suitable examples? 3. People have a peculiar behaviour over a product and why is it so. How a product is altered to attract customers? What are the techniques companies follow to retain and add new customers? Explain. 4. a) Compare the branding strategies adopted by Honda Motors, Tata Motors and Nissan Motors.

b) Packaging is considered as silent salesmen Is it acceptable? Elaborate your answer.

1.5 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT


1. Compare and contrast the pros and cons of over captilisation and under capitalization. 2. Assume that you are a financial manager of medium sized company. Explore the possibilities of generating the different sources of capital at fair rate. 3. a) Since the rights issue allows the ordinary shareholders to purchase the shares at a price much lower than the current market price, why does not shareholders wealth increase? Illustrate your answer. b) What is a stable dividend policy? Why should it be followed? What can be the consequences of changing a stable dividend policy? 4. Convertible debentures generally carry lower rates of interest than the non-convertible debentures. If this is true, does it mean that the cost of capital on convertible debenture is lower than on non-convertibles? Why or why not.

1.6 BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS


1. The average number of articles produced by two machines per day is 200 and 250 with standard deviation 20 and 25 respectively on the basis of records of 25 days production. Can you regard both the machines equally efficient at 1% level of significance? 2. To test the significance of the variation of the retail prices of the commodity in three principle cities; Mumbai, Kolkatta, and Delhi, the four shops were chosen at random in each city and prices observed in rupees were as follows:

Mumbai Kolkatt a Delhi

1 6 1 4 4

8 1 0 1 0

1 14 2 1 0 8 6 8

3. The probability that a person A who is now 25 years old, lives for another 30 years is 2/5; and the probability that the person B who is now 45 years old lives for another 30 year is 7/16. Find the probability that at least one of these persons will be alive 30 years. 4. There is a general belief that high income families send their children to government school. For this, 1000 families were selected in a city and the following results were obtained.

Incom e Low High Total

Public school 100 500 600

Government school 200 200 400

Total 300 700 100

0 Use chi-square test to determine whether income level and the type of schooling are associated. 1.7 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Human behaviour is more complex than what people believe. Do you agree with this? What are the factors that add complexity in human behaviour? 2. a) Non-financial incentives are as strong motivators as financial ones. Critically examine this statement.

b) Informal organization is detrimental to the interests of formal organization and therefore, it is an evil to be nipped in the bud itself. Comment on this statement and explain how management should handle informal groups.
3. a) A leader is developed and not born. Do you agree with this statement? Explain.

b) The basic factor which determines the human behaviour in an organization is related to the quality of human relations Discuss the statement.
4. Measuring effectiveness is a critical but problematic issue in the study of organizations. Discuss.

1.8 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION


1. a) Explain the barriers of effective communication.

b) Discuss briefly the preparatory steps involved in a team presentation.


2. a) Elucidate the technological impact in managerial communication.

b) Communications trends have changed very rapidly in managerial practices. Suggest methods to improve performance.
3. a) Develop a model report on an academic research conducted to identify the reasons for the employee retrenchment by the employer.

b) Body language is one of the ways to communicate to the employees down the line Do you consider that it is effective?
4. a) Explain the prospects and challenges of visual communication.

b) Prepare a power point presentation about your sales performance. Attach the print out of the slides. ***

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