IGNOU MBA Assignment

1. What is cost of capital ? Explain how is the cost of long term debt, preference capital, equity capital and retained earnings are calculated? Discuss the relationship between EBIT and EPS. 2. a) Discuss the concept of project life cycle. Explain the different steps involved in the process of designing and using of Work Breakdown Structure. Explain in what ways may the Work Breakdown Structure be used as a key document to monitor and control a project ? b) What is the need for economic appraisal of a project ? Explain process of the economic appraisal of a project. 3. What is meant … [Read more...]

1. a) Explain the concepts of Working Capital. Discuss the various factors that affect the requirement of Working Capital of a business entity. b) Explain the distinguishing features of matching, conservative and aggressive strategies for financing working capital with the help of illustrations. Under which circumstances each of these are suitable? 2. Why do firms hold cash and marketable securities? Discuss the critical variables of Cash flow forecasting and the different forecasting approaches of cash flow 3. Explain the features of different forms of bank credit prevailing in … [Read more...]

Explain the concept and scope of Industrial relations. Describe the approaches to industrial relations which are being followed in any organization you are familiar with. In your opinion which approach to industrial relations is effective and why? Briefly describe the organization you are referring to. Explain the evolution of managerial unions in India. Describe the activities of managerial unions in your organization or any organization you are familiar with. Distinguish between the workers trade unions and managerial trade unions. Briefly describe the organization you are referring … [Read more...]

1. Explain the meaning and definition of Human Resource Planning. Describe the planning process that has been followed in any organization you are familiar with. Discuss the barriers to Human Resource Planning. Briefly describe the organization you are referring to. 2. What is job analysis? Describe the process and steps in the job analysis process being followed in an organization you are aware of. Discuss the design of job description of any organization you are familiar with. Briefly describe the organization you are referring to. 3. Explain recruitment purpose, recruitment policy, … [Read more...]

1. Explain the concept of Human Resource Development. Describe HRD System and Sub-systems being followed in your organization or any organization you are familiar with. Briefly describe the organization you are referring to. 2. Explain the concept and objectives of coaching and mentoring. Describe the process of coaching and mentoring that have been followed in any organization you are familiar with. Discuss significance of coaching and mentoring in employee development. Briefly describe the organization you are referring to. 3. Explain the objectives of compensation-cum-reward system. … [Read more...]

1. Briefly discuss the challenges faced by organizations because of globalization and the strategies to deal with it. Give examples. 2. Describe the importance of understanding human behavior in organizations. Describe and discuss the characteristics of type A and B personalities and their impact on organizations performance with relevant examples. 3. What are the salient features of counseling? Briefly discuss the process of counseling in organizations and its importance. 4. Describe the growing role of Teams in organizations and how leader plays an important role in Teams. Discuss … [Read more...]

Q1. Select a company of your choice. Recollect the current events and identify the important macro environmental factors which had an impact on the company. List out the opportunities and the threats posed to the company due to the macro environmental factors. Q2. What role do organization’s mission, goals and objectives play in strategic control? Explain with the help of an example. Q3. Take a case of a recent merger and explain the reasons which led to the merger. Q4. What is ‘survival strategy? Explain different variants of survival strategy giving recent examples. … [Read more...]

1. Describe the evolutionary process of organization design and different perspectives of organization design and their relevance. 2. Explain the meaning and purpose of Job design and briefly discuss the impact technology has on Job design. 3. Discuss the purpose of organizational analysis and briefly describe the tools which could be used for organizational analysis and their effectiveness. 4. Identify different kinds of change which take place in organization and strategies which are used for change and their effectiveness. Discuss how resistance to change can be handled before … [Read more...]

1. What is opportunity cost? Explain with the help of an example, why assumption of constant opportunity cost is very unrealistic? 2. (a) Explain law of demand with the help of a demand schedule and demand curve. (b) Calculate point elasticity of demand for demand function Q=10-2p for decrease in price from Rs 3 to Rs 2 3. “Cost function expresses the relationship between the cost and its determinants.” Discuss this statement giving examples from any firm of your choice. 4. “A characteristic of oligopolistic market is that, once the general price level is established it tends to … [Read more...]

1. The distribution of Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.) scores measured for 100 students in a test is as follows: I.Q.*                              40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80   80-90 90-100 Number of Students          10   20    20   15     15   20 * The data is recorded with origin as 40, i.e. students with I.Q. between 80 and 90 are included in the first interval. The intervals included the upper class value but not the lower. Find: Arithmetic Mean, Median, First and Third Quartiles, 90th percentile and 6th Decile. 2. A candidate is selected for interview … [Read more...]