Question.6. Write short notes on:

1. a) Break –even pricing

Answer:Break even pricing is the practice of setting a price point at which a business will earn zero profits on a sale. The intention is to use low prices as a tool to gain market share and drive competitors from the marketplace. By doing so, a company may be able to increase its production volumes to such an extent that it can reduce costs

1. b) Mark-up pricing

Answer:Several varieties of markup pricing – also known as cost-plus pricing – exist, but the common thread is that one first calculates the cost of the product, then adds a proportion of it as markup. The amount to be marked up is decided at the discretion of the company. Basically, this approach sets prices that cover the cost of production and provide enough profit margin to the firm to earn its target rate of return.

Cost-plus pricing is used primarily

Question.3. Explain the factors that affect the consumer buying behavior.

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Question.2. Briefly discuss importance of environmental scanning with the help of example.

Answer:Environmental scanning is one of the essential components of the global environmental analysis. Environmental monitoring, environmental forecasting and environmental assessment complete the global environmental analysis. The global environment refers to the macro environment which comprises industries, markets, companies, clients and competitors. Consequently, there exist corresponding analyses on

Question.1. Explain the 7P’s of marketing mix with the help of suitable examples.

Answer:Marketing is a continually evolving discipline and as such can be one that companies find themselves left very much behind the competition if they stand still for too long. One example of this evolution has been the fundamental changes to the basic Marketing mix. Where once there were 4 P’s to explain the mix, nowadays it is more commonly accepted that a more developed 7 P’s adds a much needed additional layer of depth to the Marketing Mix with some theorists going even going further. Read the rest of this entry →

Q5 Explain the capital Budgeting process and its appraisals

Solve the below given problem:

Given below are the details on the cash flows of two projects A and B. Compute payback period for A and B.

Cash flows of A and B

Year   Project A cash flows (Rs.)         Project B cash flows (Rs.)

0        (4,00,000)  (5,00,000)

1        2,00,000     1,00,000

2        1,75,000     2,00,000

3        25,000        3,00,000

4        2,00,000     4,00,000

5        1,50,000     2,00,000

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Q4 Explain the factors affecting Capital Structure. Solve the below given problem:

Given below are two firms, A and B, which are identical in all aspects except the degree of leverage, employed by them. What is the average cost of capital of both firms?

Details of Firms A and B

Explanation of factors affecting capital structure

Solution for the problem

Interpretation

Answer: Factors Affecting Capital Structure

Leverage: The use of sources of funds that have a fixed cost attached to them, such as preference shares, loans from banks and financial institutions, and debentures in the capital structure, is known as “trading on equity” or “financial leverage”. If the assets financed by debt yield a return greater than the cost of the debt, the EPS will increase without an increase in the owner’s investment. Similarly, the EPS will also increase if preference share capital is used to acquire assets. But the leverage impact is felt more in case of debt because of the following reasons: Read the rest of this entry →

Q3 Write short notes on:

1. a) Irredeemable bonds

Answer: Irredeemable bonds or perpetual bonds

Bonds which will never mature are known as irredeemable or perpetual bonds. Indian Companies Act restricts the issue of such bonds and therefore, these are very rarely issued by corporates these days. In case of these bonds, the terminal value or maturity value does not exist because they are not redeemable. The face Read the rest of this entry →

Q2 Explain about the doubling period and future value. Solve the below given problem:

Under the ABC Bank’s Cash Multiplier Scheme, deposits can be made for periods ranging from 3 months to 5 years and for every quarter, interest is added to the principal. The applicable rate of interest is 9% for deposits less than 23 months and 10% for periods more than 24 months. What will be the amount of Rs. 1000 after 2 years? Read the rest of this entry →

Q1 Explain the differences between wealth maximization and profit maximization.

Explain relation between finance and accounting

Differences between wealth maximization and profit maximization

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Answer:Facility layout and design is an important component of a business’s overall operations, both in terms of maximizing the effectiveness of the production process and meeting the needs of employees. The basic objective of layout is to ensure a smooth flow of work, material, and information through a system. The basic meaning of facility is the space in which a business’s activities take place. The layout and design of that space impact greatly how the work is done—the flow of work, materials, and information through the system Read the rest of this entry →

Answer:Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks (defined in ISO 31000 as the effect of uncertainty on objectives) followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities. Risk management’s objective is to assure uncertainty does not deflect the endeavor Read the rest of this entry →

Answer:Location planning decisions are very important for all types of business units. This is because it affects the cost, selling price, and demand of the product. It is a non-recurring heavy expenditure. Large companies take the help of different professionals like lawyers, accountants, environmentalist, etc. for selecting the proper location of plant.

Answer:Quality of design is the quality which the producer or supplier is intending to offer to the customer. When the producer is making the quality of design of the product, he should take into consideration the customer’s requirements in order to satisfy them with fitness for use of the product.If the quality of design does not reflect the Read the rest of this entry →

Answer: Companies and organizations making products and delivering, be it for profit or not for profit, rely on a handful of processes to get their products manufactured properly and delivered on time. Each of the process acts as an operation for the company. To the company this is essential. That is why managers find operations management more appealing. We begin this section by looking at what operations actually are. Operations strategy is to provide an overall direction that serves the framework for carrying out all the Read the rest of this entry →

Answer: Material control is the main component of the process of material management.

Material control refers to the management function concerned with acquisition, storage, handling and use of materials so as to minimise wastage and losses, derive maximum economy and establish responsibility for various operations through physical checks, record keeping, accounting and other devices. ” Read the rest of this entry →

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Chennai – 020

SECOND SEMESTER EMBA/MBA

Subject : Strategic Management
Attend any 4 questions. Each question carries 25 marks
(Each answer should be of minimum 2 pages / of 300 words)

1. Strategic management has become widely established in all sectors of modern economies, although mainly in larger organizations.Explain.
2. Explain the benefits of Strategic Innovation.
3. Why Strategies fail. Explain the factors.
4. Describe the key issues which a management address to achieve successful, substantial and lasting changes in an organization.
5. Define the scope of operating System with the help of an Operating Plan. Discuss.
6. What are the important issues that are to be addressed to ensure a correct alignment of operating plans with business strategy?Explain.

25 x 4=100 marks

National Institute of Business Management
Chennai – 020
SECOND SEMESTER EMBA/MBA
Subject : Business English
Attend any 4 questions. Each question carries 25 marks
(Each answer should be of minimum 2 pages / of 300 words)

1. Explain the process of Communication.
2. Discuss Personnel communication.
3. Explain the practical guidelines for using gender inclusive language in business communication.
4. Explain the pressure of writing a performance review.
5. Explain the guidelines to overcome barriers to communication.
6. Describe in detail the classification of Communication.

25 x 4=100 marks

National Institute of Business Management

Chennai – 020

SECOND SEMESTER EMBA/MBA

Subject : International Law

Attend any 4 questions.  Each question carries 25 marks

(Each answer should be of minimum 2 pages / of 300 words)

1. Write an essay on the origin of International Legal order and its nature.
2. Explain Constitutional and administrative law.
3. Explain common law and equity systems of law.
4. The philosophy of law is known as jurisprudence.Explain.
5. What are Environmental rights ?Explain.
6. Explain  International Human Rights Law and organisations.

25 x 4=100 marks

National Institute of Business Management
Chennai – 020
SECOND SEMESTER EMBA/MBA
Subject : Management information System
Attend any 4 questions. Each question carries 25 marks
(Each answer should be of minimum 2 pages / of 300 words)
1. Why MIS is an excellent tool to provide management information at all stages of decision-making, thus, greatly helping an organisation to achieve its set of goals and objectives? Explain.
2. Discuss the models used for MIS development.
3. Explain the role of MIS in an organisation for planning and decision making.
4. Describe the methods used in implementing MIS.
5. Explain the essential characteristics of decision Support System(DSS).
6. Explain the constituents of information needs in the context of marketing.

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Answer: The Earned Value Method (EVM) is a useful tool that allows the calculations of cost and schedule performance measures including cost variance, schedule variance, cost and time over-runs for a Read the rest of this entry →

Answer:  Role of Risk Management in Overall Project Management

Risk analysis and management is a process which enables the analysis and management of the risks associated with a project. Properly undertaken, it will increase the likelihood of Read the rest of this entry →

Answer: The final Project Report (PR) should be written by the project manager himself. The PR should present project evolution, its success, its management, any outstanding and team

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Answer: Competitive bid (bid and award)

The steps involved in competitive bid are discussed below:

Answer: The Project Life Cycle

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Answer: PERT model

A PERT chart is a project management tool used to schedule, organize, and coordinate tasks within a project. PERT stands for Program Evaluation Review Technique, a methodology developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s to manage the Polaris submarine missile program. A similar Read the rest of this entry →

Answer 5(a).

Maximax (Optimist)

The maximax looks

1. Pessimism (maximin or minimax) criterion

Answer5(b).

Maximin (Pessimist)

The maximin person looks at the worst that could happen under each action and then choose the

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Answer3(b).

Question4. The processing time of four jobs and five machines (in hours, when passing is not allowed) is given in following table

1. Find an optimal sequence for the above sequencing problem.
2. Calculate minimum elapsed time & idle time for machines A, B, C, D & E.

Answer4.

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1. An organisation produces X1 and X2 units of products R and S, respectively. In this case, the objective function and constraints are expressed as follows:

Maximise                        Z = 60X1 + 120X2

 Subject to,                     3X1 + 6X2   ≤   240         Raw material constraint                    

                                          2X1 + 4X2   ≤   800        Labour hours constraint             

                                          X1, X2         ≥   0            Non-negativity condition

Use graphical method to determine how many units of products R and S the organisation should produce to maximise its profits.

Answer 2(b) – Here,

We have to

Answer1. Process models are processes of the same nature that are classified together into a model. Thus, a process model is a description of a process at the type level. Since the process model is at the type level, a process is an instantiation of it. The same process model is used repeatedly for the development of many applications and thus, has many instantiations. One possible use of a Read the rest of this entry →

Ans: a)   Explain   the   reasons   why    privacy   is   important   in   the organizations: Information systems are used widely across organisations, and they enable data and information to be Read the rest of this entry →

Ans: Aspects of the need for database systems: Different aspects of the need for database systems are discussed in the following sections.

1 Data independence: Databases allow data pertaining to an activity or a domain to be maintained independently. This independence means that the data is stored in separate files in a structured manner, and the creation and updating of the data is done independent of its uses. For instance Read the rest of this entry →

Ans: Customer Relationship Management Systems: The idea of CRM systems is to integrate all functions related to sales and marketing on a common platform. These functions include those that require support to sales and marketing staff and also those that directly enable customers to interact with the client organisation. Although CRM systems evolved independently, they are

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Ans: How to use information system to support competitive strategy: Table summarises some of the specific strategies.

Ans: Strategic decisions: Another set of decisions made by top managers of an organisation are termed as strategic decisions. These are long term in scope and have a long time horizon of years. By nature, these decisions impact the very manner in which the organisation does its work. Strategic decisions are

Ans: Distinguish between information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) :Let us distinguish between information technology (IT) and information systems (IS). IT is understood as the artefacts such as computing devices, software and network devices that constitute the material aspects of IS. However, information systems are constituted by the artefacts of technology as well as the people and organisations that use them. This distinction between IT and IS is

Answer: a) This is the method of cost-oriented pricing and is also called target profit pricing. It uses the concept of break-even chart, which exhibits the total cost and total revenue expected at different levels of sales volume. The firm achieves break-even when the total

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• Advantages of Branding
• value

Answer: The following are the advantages of branding.

(a) A brand promises and delivers a high level of assurance to consumers.

(b) A brand serves as an assurance to the customer about the product performance. A brand helps customers to identify the product on the shelf and helps in making an informed choice.

(c) A brand as a symbol of status and social significance gives you psychological satisfaction.

(d) The brand

Answer: Characteristics affecting Consumer Behaviour

Influence of cultural factors

There is a subtle influence of cultural factors on consumer’s decision process. Immediate subculture also influences consumer’s decision process with which consumer identifies himself/herself