IGNOU MBA Assignment

1. Describe the different kinds of international financial flows and explain the structure of balance of payments. Discuss the basic principles governing recording of these flows. 2. Explain the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and Interest Rate Parity (IRP). Discuss the reasons for deviation of these relationships and describe the applications of these relationships. 3. Explain the different types of Exchange Rate Exposures and describe the techniques used for management of transaction exposure. 4. Why does cost of capital for MNC’s differ from that of domestic firms? Explain the … [Read more...]

1. What is investment risk? Discuss in detail the various components of investment risk. 2. Describe the valuation process and describe the valuation framework for the following instruments. (i) Fixed income securities (ii) Preference Shares (iii) Equity Shares 3. What is ‘Market Efficiency’? Describe the various forms of market efficiency. 4. What is an ‘Efficient Set’? Explain the various techniques used for finding the efficient set. 5. Describe the Sharpe, Treynor and the Jensen measures of portfolio return. … [Read more...]

Q1. Why does an organization need to be culturally sensitive when dealing with international human resource management? How behavioral variation among cultures can be managed in IHRM? Q2. Who are expatriates and what recruiters can do to effective selection and management of expatriates in an organization? Discuss with the help of examples, Q3. What are the recent trends in training and development for the global workforce? To what extent e-CCT augment fast and effective training and development process? Cite relevant examples. Q4. Why global ethical environment is a big issue in … [Read more...]

1. Explain the role of Indian Constitution in protecting and promoting the welfare of labour. 2. Explain the scope and coverage of the Mines Act, 1952. Describe the provision for working hours, holidays and leave with examples. 3. Explain the concept and nature of standing orders. Describe the process of certification, its operation and binding effect. 4. Explain the procedure laid down under the payment of Wages Act, 1936 for imposing fines. Does it discourage employers from using it as a punishment for indiscipline? 5. Discuss, which are the establishments covered by the … [Read more...]

1. Explain the role of compensation and rewards in an organization. Describe the compensation structure of the organization you are working in or familiar with. 2. Discuss various approaches in designing compensation citing suitable examples. Explain the merits and demerits of competency based and performance based compensation system. 3. Define performance-linked reward system. Explain the various steps involved in designing a performance-linked reward system with suitable example. 4. Explain the factors which have contributed for the emergence of new pay structure. Define and … [Read more...]

1. What is group cohesion and alienation? Why do groups reach to alienation situation in an organizational set up? Briefly explain with organizational examples citing your own experience or the ones you are aware of. Substantiate your reply with the organizational situation and setup, you are referring to. 2. Explain and differentiate between stress and burn out. Explain different coping strategies in respect of different role stresses and burn out. Cite examples from your own experience of having faced such situation or the ones you are aware of. Briefly describe the dynamics of … [Read more...]

1. Discuss the various strategic alternatives available to an organization. 2. Select a company of your choice and perform internal analysis on the same. 3. Choose a company which has recently taken over another company. Discuss the growth strategy followed by the company which has taken over the other company. 4. How does a company plan for a successful alliance? Explain. 5. Discuss the role of leadership in improving the productivity of an organization. Give examples. … [Read more...]

Q1. What are the essential approaches to an organization that defines the organization? What are the various factors of organizational design that affects its effectiveness? Q2. How Hybrid, project and matrix organization structures meet the challenges of the new environment? How the new second generations of a model of organization design transforming the first generation model of organization design? Discuss citing examples. Q3. Explain the relevance of the questionnaire and interview diagnostic tool in organizational analysis with the help of examples. Q4. Discuss the relevance of … [Read more...]

1. How is decision taken under risk? Draw a Decision Tree and explain. 2. Why does demand curve slope downwards and supply curve slope upwards? Explain. Also differentiate between the movement along a demand curve and shift in the demand curve with the help of examples. 3. Differentiate between economies of scale and economies of scope. Also explain internal and external economies and diseconomies of scale. 4. Assume that a travel agent has an agency in three different localities of a city. Explain whether it is possible for the travel agent to practice price discrimination. What are … [Read more...]

1. Why should every organization have a disaster recovery plan to protect it self? What are the main components of disaster recovery plan? 2. “Information handling in an organization should be systematic process”. Explain the concept of information systems in management in the light of the statement. 3. “With so many ready made and customized software available – the need for a manager is to learn to use them effectively rather than learn program them”. Do you agree? 4. What are the factors that differentiate traditional logic and fuzzy logic? Explain the concept of membership … [Read more...]