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BUSINESS LAW

 Q.1 Explain Bailment by quoting an appropriate example and discuss the Essentials/Features of Bailment vis-à-vis the quoted example?

Q.2. ‘X’ had visited a leading E-Commerce Website to purchase a Mobile Smartphone for Rs.35, 000/-.

The steps of the transaction were as follows:

i. X visits the E-Commerce Website (“Website”) and searches for a Mobile Smartphone listed on the Website;

ii. X selects the desired Mobile Smartphone and checks the price, which displays at Rs.35, 000/-. The price is an all-inclusive price and includes taxes and other charges.

iii. X then adds the selected product to the E-shopping Cart and fills in the relevant details for

registration and purchase. Thereafter, ‘X’ proceeds to do the payment for the selected Mobile Smartphone;

iv. On completing the payment formalities, the Website displayed the message “Product Unavailable at the selected Price”. The Price for the Mobile Smartphone had increased. The Amount for the Mobile Smartphone was not deducted from the account of ‘X’.

a) Is the Contract between ‘X’ and the Website initiated? Can ‘X’ sue the E-Commerce Website for not making available the Mobile Smartphone at the price selected by ‘X’.

If yes, give reasons? If no, give reasons?

b) Assuming if the amount of Rs.35, 000/- was deducted from the account of ‘X’ and the amount was received by the Website, is the Contract between ‘X’ and the Website initiated? Can ‘X’ sue the Website for not making available the Mobile Smartphone at the price selected by ‘X’ even after deducting the amount?

Q.3: Describe in detail at least 6 changes (amendments) brought about with the Introduction of the Companies Act, 2013. Please discuss the impact (pros and cons) of each change on today’s Indian businesses?

Business Statistics

 Q1. A departmental store gives in-service training to its salesman which is followed by a test. The management is considering whether it should terminate the services of the salesman who did not do well in the test. The following table gives the test scores, and the sales made by the salesman.

Test scores: 14 19 24 21 26 22 15 20 19

Sale (in Rs 1000): 31 36 48 37 50 45 33 41 39

Calculate the correlation between the test scores and sales. Does it indicate that the termination of services for low test scores is justified? If the firm wants a minimum sales volume of Rs 30,000 from each sales man, what are the minimum test scores indicating termination of the service?

Q2. The marks obtained in a certain examination follow normal distribution with mean 45 and standard deviation 10. If 1000 students appeared at the examination, calculate the number of students scoring

(a) Less than 40 marks and

(b) More than 60 marks.

Essentials of HRM

1. Explain the different types of training programs imparted to employees? Support your answer with industry practices. (15 marks)

2. You have been asked to analyze the job of HR manager in a bank. 15 marks)

a) Which method/methods would you employ for collecting the job analysis data?

b) Write a job description for the position of HR Manager in a bank.

Financial Accounting and Analysis

The following adjustments are to be made:

1. Closing Stock Rs. 10,400

2. Rent due but not paid upto 31st March 2014 Rs. 400

3. Three months factory lightings & heatings are due but not paid Rs.60

4. Insurance paid in advance Rs. 20

5. Depreciate plant & machinery by 10%, furniture by 5% and motor vans by 25%.

6. Write off further bad debts Rs.140 and increase the provision for doubtful debts by Rs. 600.Discounts @ 2 1/2% on debtors & creditors are to be anticipated.

Question 2 (Marks 15)

a) What are the main aspects of Accounting Standard 1 (AS 1)

b) Calculate the net cash flow from financing activities based on the below data:

1. Cash from issue of new equity shares – Rs.50,00,000

2. Cash from issue of 12% debentures – Rs.30,00,000

3. Interim dividend paid – Rs.10,00,000

4. Buy-back of existing shares – Rs.15,00,000

5. Repayment of long term loan – Rs.10,00,000

c) Discuss in brief the treatment of following items in Cash Flow Statement as per AS-3.

1. Taxes on Income

2. Foreign Currency cash flow

Marketing Management

1. You plan to launch an online company “www.bookreaders.com” which will deal into selling of books and stationary products. The company currently has presence only in Mumbai and Delhi. Prepare in detail the marketing strategy that you will adopt to promote the online company. (10 Marks)

2. Explain the pricing and distribution strategy that you will adopt for www.bookreaders.com. (10 Marks)

3. Explain in detail the segmentation, targeting and positioning for book readers. The segmentation should specifically cover geographic, demographic, Psychographic and Behavioral segmentation.

Strategic Management

1. You are starting a new online company www.khushiyokidelivery.com that deals with selling only consumer durable products. The company has all India presence. The company has a policy to deliver the products within two days. The company provides free installation of products, if required. Cash on Delivery facility is also available. You are required to write its Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives, Plans and Policies. (10 Marks)

2. Study the external business environment for the above online business in India. (10 Marks)

3. Explain www.khushiyokidelivery.com with reference to Michael porter five forces. (10 Marks)

Business Communication

 Answer the following questions. (10 Marks)

a. Explain the causes of miscommunication at organizational levels.

b. Discuss the concept of AIDA.

Q.2 Write detailed answers for the following questions. (10 Marks)

a. What are the elements of persuasive messages? Please write the three-step writing process for persuasive messages.

b. Define an Oral Report. What are the characteristics of effective Oral Reports?

Q.3 Read the case study carefully and answer the questions. (10 Marks)

Facts: - A company in retail segment. The company is currently holding 12 shops in the state with a staff of 350 on all the levels. The current turnover of the company is 700 crores. The company is planning to add 6 more shops by the end of financial year out of which 3 are opened recently. The company has shifted some of the current staff at the new locations, yet few of the shop managerial staff has been acquired anew from the competitor companies and have been appointed at the older as well as newer locations.

Problems:

1. There is a general feeling of dissatisfaction and stress in the staff.

2. The Branch Managers are escalating day to day issues to the senior management instead of handling them at their own level.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Q1) If you would be the CEO of Godrej Industries, which other additional CSR activities you would have undertaken that would have aligned well with the current CSR activities and company’s line of business? (10 Marks)

Q2) Select any listed Indian or International Public Limited Company and classify its CSR activities on triple bottom line approach basis ie People Planet and Profit. (10 Marks)

Q3) “It is governments job to do CSR activities and corporate should focus their attention on Profit” and “CSR is a lip service and doesn’t help many”

– Explain your viewpoint on both the statements.

Information Systems for Managers

 Q 1) What are the business benefits of analyzing customer purchase data and constructing behavioral profiles? How do information systems help to achieve this? Explain with three examples how customer relationship management has helped organizations gain competitive advantage.

Q 2) How can Business Intelligence help companies refine their business strategy? Give two examples to illustrate your answer. Elaborate on the importance of understanding how a business process works when trying to develop a new information system. Give two examples to support your answer.

Business Economics

1. There is a fruit seller who has 30 Kgs of apples to be sold and he wants to fix a price so that all the apples are sold. There are three customers in the market and their individual demand functions are given below:

D1=25-.05P

D2=20-.025P

D3=15-.075P

Where D is the demand and P is the price

Determine :

 Market demand equation for the fruit seller (2.5 marks)

 Price at which he can sell all the apples (2.5 marks)

 Individual demands of each of the three customers (5 marks)

2. a) Determine the market equilibrium price if the demand and supply function is given as:

D = 12p + 8

S = 14p – 4 (5 marks)

Where D= demand

S=supply

p= price

b) Determine the equilibrium quantity if price is the same as above

D = 4p – 4q

S = 8q – 4p (5 marks)

Where D= demand

S=supply

p= price

q= quantity

3. a) Suppose the monthly income of an individual increases from Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000 which increases his demand for clothes from 40 units to 60 units. Calculate the income elasticity of demand. (5 marks)

b) Quantity demanded for tea has increased from 300 to 400 units with an increase in the price of the coffee powder from Rs 25 to Rs 35. Calculate the cross elasticity of demand between tea and coffee. (5 marks)

Management Theory & Practice

1. Explain the various types of organizational structures mentioned below with an industry example of each. (15 marks)

a) Matrix

b) Functional

c) Divisional

2. Recall an important decision (for example, selecting a specific discipline as a career) that you took and describe the same in terms of the steps you followed and the factors that affected it. (15 marks)

Organization Behavior

1. Which content theory of Motivation you consider the most suitable in present business scenario and why?

2. As a Manager how you will use organization behavior in practice in your organization for:

a. Developing Employee Skills

b. Job Satisfaction

c. Managing Diverse Workforce

BUSINESS LAW

 Q.1 Explain Bailment by quoting an appropriate example and discuss the Essentials/Features of Bailment vis-à-vis the quoted example?

Q.2. ‘X’ had visited a leading E-Commerce Website to purchase a Mobile Smartphone for Rs.35, 000/-.

The steps of the transaction were as follows:

i. X visits the E-Commerce Website (“Website”) and searches for a Mobile Smartphone listed on the Website;

ii. X selects the desired Mobile Smartphone and checks the price, which displays at Rs.35, 000/-. The price is an all inclusive price and includes taxes and other charges.

iii. X then adds the selected product to the E-shopping Cart and fills in the relevant details for registration and purchase. Thereafter, ‘X’ proceeds to do the payment for the selected Mobile Smartphone;

iv. On completing the payment formalities, the Website displayed the message “Product Unavailable at the selected Price”. The Price for the Mobile Smartphone had increased. The Amount for the Mobile Smartphone was not deducted from the account of ‘X’.

a) Is the Contract between ‘X’ and the Website initiated? Can ‘X’ sue the E-Commerce Website for not making available the Mobile Smartphone at the price selected by ‘X’.

If yes, give reasons? If no, give reasons?

b) Assuming if the amount of Rs.35, 000/- was deducted from the account of ‘X’ and the amount was received by the Website. Is the Contract between ‘X’ and the Website initiated? Can ‘X’ sue the Website for not making available the Mobile Smartphone at the price selected by ‘X’ even after deducting the amount?

Q.3: Describe in detail at least 6 changes (amendments) brought about with the Introduction of the Companies Act, 2013. Please discuss the impact (pros and cons) of each change on today’s Indian businesses?

BUSINESS STASTICS

 Q1. A departmental store gives in service training to its salesman which is followed by a test. The management is considering whether it should terminate the services of the salesman who did not do well in the test. The following table gives the test scores, and the sales made by the salesman.

Test scores: 14 19 24 21 26 22 15 20 19

Sale (in Rs 1000): 31 36 48 37 50 45 33 41 39

Calculate the correlation between the test scores and sales. Does it indicate that the termination of services for low test scores is justified? If the firm wants a minimum sales volume of Rs 30,000 from each sales man, what are the minimum test scores indicating termination of the service?

Q2. The marks obtained in a certain examination follow normal distribution with mean 45 and standard deviation 10. If 1000 students appeared at the examination, calculate the number of students scoring

(a) Less than 40 marks and

(b) More than 60 marks.

ESSENTIAL FOR HRM

1. Explain the different types of training programs imparted to employees? Support your answer with industry practices. (15 marks)

2. You have been asked to analyze the job of HR manager in a bank. 15 marks)

a) Which method/methods would you employ for collecting the job analysis data?

b) Write a job description for the position of HR Manager in a bank.

Financial Accounting and Analysis

Question 1                                                                                                  (Marks 15)

The following is the Trial Balance of Mrs. Rashi as at 31^st March, 2014. You are required to prepare the Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet as at that date.

Particulars	Debit(Rs)	Credit(Rs)
Capital Account		8,000
Plant & Machinery	10,000
Office Furniture & Fittings	520
Opening Stock	9,600
Motor Vans	2,400
Sundry Debtors	9,600
Cash in hand	80
Cash at Bank	1,300
Wages : Factory	30,000
Wages : Office	2,800
Purchases	42,700
Sales		96,000
Bills Receivable	1,440
Bills Payable		1,120
Sundry Creditors		10,400
Returns Inwards	1,860
Provision for Doubtful Debts		500
Drawings	1,400
Return Outwards		1,100
Rent	1,200
Factory Lighting & Heating	160
Telephone	70
Insurance	60
Advertising	1,130
General Expenses	200
Bad Debts	500
Discount Allowed	840
Discount Received		740
TOTAL(Rs)	117,860	117,860

The following adjustments are to be made:

1. Closing Stock Rs. 10,400
2. Rent due but not paid upto 31^st March 2014 Rs. 400

3. Three months factory lightings & heatings are due but not paid Rs.60
4. Insurance paid in advance Rs. 20
5. Depreciate plant & machinery by 10%, furniture by 5% and motor vans by 25%.

6. Write off further bad debts Rs.140 and increase the provision for doubtful debts by Rs. 600.Discounts @ 2 1/2% on debtors & creditors are to be anticipated.

Question 2                                                                                                              (Marks 15)

a)     What are the main aspects of Accounting Standard 1 (AS 1)

b)     Calculate the net cash flow from financing activities based on the below data:

1.       Cash from issue of new equity shares – Rs.50,00,000

2.      Cash from issue of 12% debentures – Rs.30,00,000

3.      Interim dividend paid – Rs.10,00,000

4.      Buy-back of existing shares – Rs.15,00,000

5.      Repayment of long term loan – Rs.10,00,000

c)      Discuss in brief the treatment of following items in Cash Flow Statement as per AS-3.

1.       Taxes on Income

2.      Foreign Currency cash flow

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

1. You plan to launch an online company “www.bookreaders.com” which will deal into selling of books and stationary products. The company currently has presence only in Mumbai and Delhi. Prepare in detail the marketing strategy that you will adopt to promote the online company. (10 Marks)

2. Explain the pricing and distribution strategy that you will adopt for www.bookreaders.com. (10 Marks)

3. Explain in detail the segmentation, targeting and positioning for book readers. The segmentation should specifically cover geographic, demographic, Psychographic and Behavioral segmentation.

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

1. You are starting a new online company www.khushiyokidelivery.com that deals with selling only consumer durable products. The company has all India presence. The company has a policy to deliver the products within two days. The company provides free installation of products, if required. Cash on Delivery facility is also available. You are required to write its Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives, Plans and Policies. (10 Marks)

2. Study the external business environment for the above online business in India.

(10 Marks)

3. Explain www.khushiyokidelivery.com with reference to Michael porter five forces.

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