NMIMS
Global Access
School
for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course:
Consumer Behavior
Internal
Assignment Applicable for June 2020 Examination
1. GSK Horlicks is an iconic
health drink for kids. Over the years, the brand has introduced several
variants of Horlicks. What is segmentation and targeting? Identify the type of
segmentation done for each of the following: (10 Marks)
Horlicks Chocolate for fussy
children who like fun flavors
Mother’s Horlicks for pregnant women and lactating mothers
Junior Horlicks for newborns and infants
Horlicks Lite for
calorie-conscious adults
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2. What are the steps in the consumer decision-making journey?
Describe your decision-making journey for the following products: (10 Marks)
a. Sugar
b. Men’s aftershave lotion
c. Smartphone
3. a. Explain the
different adopter categories in the Innovation adoption process, taking the
example of any
innovative product of your choice. (5 Marks)
3. b. What are
membership groups and symbolic groups? Discuss 1 membership group and
1
symbolic group from your life. (5 Marks)
NMIMS
Global Access
School
for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course:
Corporate Finance
Internal
Assignment Applicable for June 2020 Examination
1. Alpha Ltd is expecting an
annual earnings before interest and tax of ₹ 1.5
Lakhs. The company has 10% debentures of ₹ 4
lakhs and cost of Equity capital is 12%. Calculate the total value of the firm
and the overall cost of capital of the firm according to Net
Income Approach. Also comment what
will happen to the value of the firm and the overall cost of capital if debt is
increased in the capital structure. (10 Marks)
2. The Capital structure of
ABC Ltd, is as under:
|
Equity share capital
|
₹ 100 Lacs
|
|
10% Debentures
|
₹ 50 Lacs
|
The sales for the year 2019 are 1.5 Lac units@ ₹ 40per unit
Also, the variable cost per unit is 20 % of sales revenue
₹ 12 Lacs is the fixed operating cost.
Assume Income tax
rate as 40 %
Calculate Operating,
Financial and Combined Leverage of the firm and interpret the result. (10
Marks)
3. Neha would
retire 30 years from today and she would need ₹ 6,00,000
per year after her retirement, with the first retirement funds withdrawn one
year from the day she retires. Assume a return of 7% per annum on her
retirement funds and if her planning is for 25 years after retirement,
Calculate:
a. How much lumpsum
she should deposit in her account today so that she has enough funds for
retirement? (5 Marks)
b. How much she
should deposit each year so that she has enough funds for retirement?
(5
Marks)
NMIMS
Global Access
School
for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course:
International Business
Internal
Assignment Applicable for June 2020 Examination
1. In the US-China Trade war, what
are the trade control measures taken by both the countries. How are the US
& Chinese companies getting affected?
2. Discuss the effects of regional
integration in terms of trade creation and trade diversion. Prepare a list of
Regional Trade Agreements of India (10 Marks)
3. Read the passage and answer the
questions mentioned below the passage.
Coronavirus has put a spotlight on
the economic decoupling of China and some developed countries. With factories
shuttered and consumption stalled, multinational companies have been forced to
shift production elsewhere. Apple has warned investors that its revenues will
take a hit as a result of the outbreak. A gradual decoupling of global
economies has been under way for a few years. The South Korean electronics
group Samsung, for example, has been closing Chinese plants and opening others
in Vietnam. Mexico has benefited from some US corporations moving their supply
chains closer to home. But decoupling will undoubtedly speed up as Beijing’s
opacity in handling the coronavirus epidemic highlights the risks of doing
business in China.
There are marked similarities
between the virus and decoupling itself. There is what you see on the surface
(masks and panic or supply chain shifts and profit warnings) and then there is
what you can’t know: how many victims the outbreak will claim or what the world
will look like economically and politically in five to 10 years, as
globalization dissolves and divides deepen.
Still, it is the job of a
columnist to go out on a limb, so let me make a few predictions about what may
lurk around the corner if the decoupling continues. An increased risk of
violence in Taiwan, the inability of Europe to defend its own liberal
democratic values, and a world in which smart devices can no longer speak to
each other across borders are distinct possibilities. And all of these things
could fundamentally reshape the global economy and geopolitics. The most
pressing issue in the short term is Taiwan, whose firms make most of the
world’s semiconductors. The majority are produced by Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company, a contract chipmaker that supplies US companies,
including Apple, and a number of Chinese firms. Semiconductors are a key area
in which the Chinese are not yet technologically self-sufficient. In hardware
(from routers to switches to handsets), areas of software and high-tech
services, the Chinese have already largely decoupled from the US. Consider the
success of homegrown firms such as the smartphone maker Xiaomi. Or the telecoms
group Huawei’s efforts to build bespoke Chinese operating systems. Or the fact
that many of the most innovative new mobile apps are developed in China.
But semiconductors require huge
amounts of capital investment and research effort. It could be a decade before
China can fully develop its own industry. In the meantime, it will be dependent
on Taiwan, which not only supplies US companies, but where support for
democracy is growing. This begs the question of whether, or perhaps when,
Taiwan’s semiconductor industry might become a political hot potato, as both
China and the US try to build their own independent high-tech sectors.
It is hard to imagine that Taiwan
will be able to operate in both orbits indefinitely. As one telecoms analyst
put it to me recently, “What’s happened in Hong Kong is fascinating and
disturbing in part because it raises the question, what happens if the same
thing occurs in Taiwan?” Imagine a world in which cross-border banking, online
shopping and data sharing becomes bifurcated between two systems. That is a
reality we may be heading towards. Apple and other tech companies would
certainly take a valuation hit in such a future. But so would many others in
industries beyond technology. As with coronavirus, the effects of decoupling
will be both unpredictable and exponential.
(accessed from https://www.ft.com/ on
27th February,2020)
a. Do
you think that globalization is under threat? Are transnational firms going to
become extinct? Give your comments with reference to the passage. (5 Marks)
b. With your knowledge of
International Business, explain how different political systems across nations
may create risks for the conduct of business. (5 Marks)
NMIMS
Global Access
School
for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course:
Operations Management
Internal
Assignment Applicable for June 2020 Examination
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1. List down briefly the various inventory management
techniques prevalent in the industry. Discuss how some of these techniques
would be applicable to a Medical Store in effective management of their
inventories, i.e medical supplies.
2. In the competitive business environment, there is a lot of
strategic pressure on established companies to compete with the cheaper
substitutes as well as maintain quality at the same time. Also there is a
recent trend amongst consumers for "first copy/ duplicates" of
branded products. Why do you think that these so called "Chinese
manufacturers" are able to make products cheaper than most other products
available? Also how do you think can competing and maintaining quality be
achievable for companies for original branded products like Cadbury, Rayban,
etc to tackle the other duplicate products? (10 Marks)
3. ABC Ltd is a leading corporate in India in FMCG. After an
extensive research by their Marketing department they found out they should
diversify into Foods & Beverages. The top management decided to get in the
manufacturing of a coconut flavoured soft drink and a coconut flavoured milk
based drink. Pumping capital in the venture into the business is not a major
concern for the company as they have many regular investors on hand. The
company would like to have a major presence with a pan India distribution
network
a. Do you think the idea of getting into the business of a
coconut flavoured drinks a feasible business/ product on for a FMCG company?
Give your views with reasons. (5 Marks)
b. Assuming that the business idea would have a very
encouraging response, suggest a suitable plant location to set up the beverage
manufacturing. Give reasons for the same.
(5 Marks)
NMIMS
Global Access
School
for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course:
Organisational Theory, Structure and Design
Internal
Assignment Applicable for June 2020 Examination
1. Surya Enterprises is in the
business of setting up Solar Power plants, which converts energy from the sun
into electricity using Solar Panels. This is a young company that has been in
existence for 4 years and has a seen rapid growth from being a 25 people
start-up to a 1000 people strong
company. The company’s founders have laid a special emphasis on sustainable and
ethical business practices, (including abiding by labour laws) and due to this,
as well as being in green energy space, the company is well regarded by
everyone in the industry. However, this sector is highly cost sensitive and the
company faces stiff competition from other local vendors who operate on lesser
margins by adopting less ethical practices. Another factor affecting margins,
is that 70% of the cost of the project is the cost of the Solar Panel itself.
These panels are imported from China and thus the profitability is closely
linked to the cost at which the panels are procured. With the Indian government
coming down heavily against dumping by Chinese companies, as well as a surge in
demand for panels in China, the cost of solar panels has increased. The
government is encouraging the spread of solar energy based plants through
special schemes to encourage the generation of clean energy. However, new
plants that are coming up, the system of allocation is through open bidding and
goes to the lowest tariff offered, and the tariff has been going down steeply.
This has further impacted the profitability of these ventures. On the positive side,
technology is changing rapidly and discovery of cheaper and better materials is
making the panels smaller and cheaper.
Given the above scenario, the
company is now planning to evaluate whether the business is sustainable or not.
Surya enterprises has hired you to do an organisational analysis using the
PESTLE method
Q. Define the elements of PESTLE
and using the information given in the case above, wherever possible list out
the various aspects of the PESTLE relevant to the case.
(10 Marks
2. Pradeep Foods was started by
Pradeep Panigrahi, to provide wholesome and reasonably priced food options to
young professionals working in business parks. The primary goal of Pradeep
Foods was to deliver piping hot food, prepared with minimal quantities of oil and
spices, using only fresh seasonal produce. The company started its operations
in Mumbai and very quickly moved to all the major cities in India. Initially,
when each branch was being set up, Pradeep would stay there for 2-3 months to
start the office and train the teams. He would personally supervise the menu,
and based on customer feedback tweak the menu to satisfy his customers. The
food services were well appreciated and their customer base grew at an
exponential rate. Pradeep bumped into you in a conference and shared his
concern that his organisation is becoming too big to manage. He is has heard of
a functional structure and a divisional style structure and asks you to
recommend which structure is better in his case.
Q. Detail out what a divisional
structure and functional structure are, listing out benefits and disadvantages
of each as per the case given above. (10 Marks)
3. Kapoor & Co is a family run
business, which has been in existence for many years. The MD, Mr. Kapoor, knew
each and every employee in his company and ran the company like his extended
family. He was personally involved in every performance and increment
discussion and would take the final decision for each employee. The employees
were quite happy in this set-up. After a few decades, Mr. Kapoor decided to
retire from the company and put in place a professional management team to run
the company. The new management team has been hired from other companies and
has been given a free hand to run the company. The first step they took was to
put in place a structured performance appraisal process, to assess and evaluate
the employees. The employees became very agitated at the introduction of the
new process and the feedback reached Mr. Kapoor.
You are the CEO of this company
and Mr. Kapoor wants to meet you to understand what is happening. You see that
this is a classic case of the company following Greiner’s Life Cycle model.
a. Describe the 5 stages of
Greiner’s Life Cycle model giving the context from the case
(5 Marks)
b. Describe the need for change
management as well as the approach you intend to follow using Lewins 3 step
model (5 Marks)
NMIMS
Global Access
School
for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course:
Taxation- Direct and Indirect
Internal
Assignment Applicable for June 2020 Examination
1. Ms. Ankita completed her MBA
from DAVV, Indore. She joined an enterprise as an Accounts Manager at a CTC of
Rs 650000. She invested Rs 150000 in PPF and paid mediclaim for herself Rs
15000 using cash as a mode of payment. Discuss and compute her tax liability
assuming she is residential individual for the Assessment year 2019-20
2. Ms. Urrjja is running
successfully the business of supplying &selling woolens on the digital
platform. She is keen to understand how business expenses are allowed under the
Indian Income Tax Act 1961. However, these days she is more concerned about
whether there is any provision under the Act which allows claiming deductions
in relation to residuary expenses.
As a knowledgeable person in
taxation, how will you address the worry of Ms. Urrjja. Is there any provision
under the IT Act which allows to claim deductions of residual expenses? If yes,
how can she avail the benefit of the said provision for her business?
(10 Marks)
3. Mr. Mohan, aged 65 years,
derives Rs 7.5 lacs as salary from Amiir PanWala & Company for the year
ended 31.03.2019. He supplies the following information to the accounts
department of the employer. (Applicable Assessment year 2019-20)
|
Particulars
|
Amount
|
|
Loss from one of the Self -
occupied property
|
Rs 200000
|
|
Loss from let out house property
|
Rs 360000
|
|
Interest from Flexi Fixed
Deposits
|
Rs 150000
|
a.
Explain and examine the applicability of TDS provision (5 Marks)
b. Compute total tax liability and
monthly deduction for TDS
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