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TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY

Chennai - 15

School of Management Studies

Assignment

Programme Code No : 261

Programme Name : M.B.A

Course Code & Name: MSP–10 & MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS & BEHAVIOUR

Batch : AY 2020-21

No. of Assignments : 2

Maximum CIA Marks : 15 (Average of Total No. of Assignments)

Assignment - 1

Marks - 15

Answer any one of the question given below in 1000 words each.

1. List down the Management functions and explain in detail.

2. Enumerate the importance of employee selection and explain the various methods of

selection.

3. Discuss the Hertzberg’s two factor theory of motivation and its applicability in

Contemporary scenario

Assignment - 2

Marks - 15


1. Discuss the important traits of a leader for different styles of leadership.

2. What is ‘Organisational Change’? What are the various attributed reasons for

resisting the change?

3. Critically examine the salient features of organizational development.


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Course Code & Name: MSP–11 &MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

Batch : AY 2020-21



Assignment - 1

Marks - 15


1. Define Managerial Economics and state the scope of Managerial Economics.

2. Explain the importance of elasticity of demand.

3. Discuss the various objectives of pricing policy.

Assignment - 2

Marks - 15


1. Discuss the characteristic features of price leadership.

2. Evaluate the features of good investment and the process of investment.

3. What are the causes of inflation? How can it be controlled?


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Programme Code No :261

Programme Name :M.B.A

Course Code & Name: MSP–12 &FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Batch : AY 2020-21



Assignment - 1

Marks - 15


1. Mr.Shanmugam has the following transactions in the month of June 2013. Record them

into the journal and show postings in the ledger and balance the accounts.

June 1st Shanmugam started business with a capital of 75,000

1st Purchased goods from Mani on credit 25,000

2nd Sold goods to Sonu 20,000

3rd Purchased goods from Meenu 15,000

4th Sold goods to Tanu for cash 16,000

5th Goods retuned to Mani 2,000

6th Bought furniture for 15,000

7th Bought goods from Zenu 12,000

8th Cash paid to Mani 10,000

9th Sold goods to Jane 13,500

10th Goods returned from Sonu 3,000

11th Cash received from Jane 5,500

12th Goods taken by Vasantha for domestic use 3,000

13th Returned Goods to Zenu 1,000

14th Cash received from Sonu 12,000

15th Bought machinery for 18,000

16th Sold part of the furniture for 1,000

17th Cash paid for the purchase of bicycle for Vasantha's son 1,500

19th Cash sales 15,000

20th Cash purchases 13,500

2. Explain Ratio analysis and its application in decision making.

3. X and Y purchased a second hand machine for Rs.9,000 on April 1, 2015 and spent

Rs.4,500 on overhauling and installation. Depreciation is written-off 10% p.a. on original

cost. On June 30, 2018, the machine was found to be unsuitable and sold for Rs.7,500.

What is the loss to be written-off?

Assignment - 2

Marks - 15


1. What do you mean by cash flow and fund flow analysis? Explain the difference between

them.

2. The sales and profit during two years were as follows.

Year Sales (Rs.) Profit (Rs.)

2001 1,50,000 20,000

2002 1,70,000 25,000

You are required calculate

(a) P.V. ratio

(b) Fixed cost

(c) Break even sales

(d) The sales required to earn a profit of Rs. 100,000

(e) The profit made when sales are Rs. 3, 50,000

3. What is standard costing and how will you fix standard cost for materials?


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Course Code & Name : MSP- 13 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES

Batch : AY 2020-21

No.of Assignments : 2


Assignment - 1

Marks - 15


1. a. Write down the importance of Mean and Median in data analysis.

b. Calculate the Median and mode for the following data:

X 10 20 30 40

F 9 8 7 5

2. Find out the correlation for the data given below :

X : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Y : 9 8 6 7 4 5 9 8

3. Write down the properties of chi-square method and its applications.

Assignment - 2

Marks - 15


1. How do you construct consumer price index (CPI) for workers?

2. Discuss the important features of normal distribution.

3. The following table provides data about the percentage of students who have free university

meals and their CGPA scores. Calculate the Spearman’s Rank Correlation between the two

and interpret the result.

State University % of students having free

meals % of students scoring above

8.5 CGPA

Pune 14.4 54

Chennai 7.2 64

Delhi 27.5 44

Kanpur 33.8 32

Ahmedabad 38.0 37

Indore 15.9 68

Guwahati 4.9 62

https://www.toppr.com/guides/quantitative-aptitude/percentages/inverse-case-value-from-percentage/


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Course Code & Name : MSP- 14&MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

Batch : AY 2020 – 21.



Assignment - 1

Marks - 15


1. What is meant by Management Information System and list its applications in different

functions of management.

2. Explain DBMS and its process.

3. How will you apply Information System in decision support and expert system?

Assignment - 2

Marks - 15


1. Explain the ways to develop and Information system.

2. Discuss the alternative application development approaches.

3. Describe the Security and ethical issues of information systems.


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Course Code & Name : MSP- 15 &MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Batch : AY 2020 - 21



Assignment - 1

Marks - 15


1. Discuss the importance of market segmentation.

2. Explain the 4 p’s in marketing and bring out the importance of each.

3. What do you mean by product positioning and targeting.

Assignment - 2

Marks - 15


1. Discuss the factors to be considered while pricing.

2. How do you choose media for advertising product under FMCG category?

3. Explain the recent trends in relationship marketing.


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Course Code & Name : MSP-16 &FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Batch : AY 2020 – 21.



Assignment - 1

Marks - 15


1. Enlist the sources of long term finance.

2. A project costs Rs. 15, 60,000 and yields annually a profit of Rs. 2,70,400 after

depreciation of 12% p.a. but before tax at 25%. Calculate the payback period.

3. What is Operating leverage? Write down the importance of operating leverage.

Assignment - 2

Marks - 15


1. Discuss features of various types of dividend policies.

2. State the Capital Structure and analyse various theories of capital structure.

3. What do you meant by inventory management and explain its various techniques.


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Course Code & Name : MSP- 17 & HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Batch : AY 2020 – 21.



Assignment - 1

Marks - 15


1. Explain the various general and operative functions of Human Resources Management.

2. Discuss the various methods of employee selection.

3. Examine the different types of on-the job and off the job training methods.

Assignment - 2

Marks - 15


1. Critically analyse the modern methods of performance appraisal.

2. Bonus is right of the employee-elucidate.

3. Explain the term quality of work life.


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Course Code & Name : MSP -18 OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Batch : AY 2020 - 21.



Assignment - 1

Marks - 15


1. Discuss the applicability of linear programming in management .

2. Solve the following assignment problem.

3. Solve the following game by applying the principle of dominance.

B

1 2 3 4 5

1

A 2

3

6 6 4 -2 -4

10 8 10 -2 2

12 4 6 12 14

Assignment - 2

Marks - 15


1. The following table tests the job of a network with three time estimates.

Job Duration

I, j Optimistic Most Likely Pessimistic

1-2 3 6 15

1-6 2 5 14

2-3 6 12 30

2-4 2 5 8

3-5 5 11 17

4-5 3 6 15

6-7 3 9 27

5-8 1 4 7

7-8 4 10 28

a) Draw the project network.

What is the approximate probability that the jobs on the critical path will be completed by the

date of 42 days.

2. Explain the steps in the PERT and CPM.

3. Discuss the applicability of game theory in business decision.


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Course Code & Name : MSP-19 RESEARCH METHODS

Batch : AY 2020 - 21



Assignment - 1

Marks - 15


1. What is meant by business research? List out the salient features of business research.

2. Define sampling. Discuss the various methods of random sampling.

3. Explain the methods of collecting primary data.

Assignment - 2

Marks - 15


1. Explain the points to be noted during construction of good questionnaire?

2. Elucidate the Parametric tests in detail, and under what circumstances will you use parametic tests?

3. Explain the content of good research report.

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