M. Com. 2 nd Year Master of Commerce (M.Com) Also for: M.Com (F &T) M.Com (BP &CG) M.Com (MA &FS) Second Year ASSIGNMENTS 2016-17 For July 2016 and January 2017 admission cycle School of Management Studies Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi, New Delhi -110068
Master of Commerce (M.Com) Second Year ASSIGNMENTS 2016-17 Dear Students, As explained in the Programme Guide, you have to do one Tutor Marked Assignment for each course. We are sending the assignments of all the six courses together in this booklet. Assignment is given 30% weightage in the final assessment. To be eligible to appear in the Term-End Examination, it is compulsory for you to submit the assignments as per the schedule. Before attempting the assignments, you should carefully read the instructions given in the Programme Guide. These assignments are valid for two admission cycles (July 2016 and January 2017). The validity is given below: 1. Those who are enrolled in July 2016, it is valid upto June 2017. 2. Those who are enrolled in January 2017, it is valid upto December 2017. In case you are planning to appear in June Term-End Examination, you must submit the assignments to the Coordinator of your Study Centre latest by 15 th March, 2017 and if you are planning to appear in December Term-End Examination, you must submit them latest by 15 th September, 2017..
Course Code : MCO 01 Course Title : Organization Theory and Behaviour Assignment Code : MCO - 01 /TMA/2016-17 Attempt all the questions 1. What are various responsibilities of various level of management in an organisation? Explain various functions and role of managers. 2. Discuss the Modern Theory of Organisation. How are they relevant in the modern organisation? 3. What is an individual behavior? Explain the operant conditioning theory of learning. How is it different from the classical conditioning theory of leaning? 4. Differentiate between the following: (a) Maslow s and Herzberg s Theory (b) Psychoanalystic Theory and Self Theory (c) Autocratic or Free-rein style of leadership (d) Intra Personal Conflict and Inter Personal Conflict 5. Briefly comment on the following statements: (a) Cross Cultural Management (b) Objectives of Organisational Development (c) Overcoming Resistance to change (d) Culture Person Compatibility (4 5) (4 5)
Course Code : MCO 03 Course Title : Research Methodology and Statistical analysis Assignment Code : MCO - 03 /TMA/2016-17 Attempt al questions. 1. (a) Explain various methods of collecting praimary data along with the merits and limitations of each of them. (b) Describe sampling and non sampling errors that may crop up in conducting a research. With the help of hypothetical figures, elaborate how would you determine the sample size for your research study. 2. (a) The shape of graph offers easy and appropriate answers to several questions. Comment upon the statement. (b) Explain the use and importance of measure of skewness in a research study. How would you measure the coefficient of skewness? 3. (a) Explain Spearman s Rank correlation method with the help of hypothetical figures. (b) Discuss the uses of index numbers in analysing the data related to business and economic activity. 4. (a) The employees of AB Co. Ltd. have to elect one out of 5 persons to place them in a committee. Find the probability of selecting a representative that would be either male or over the age of 35. Details of the members are as follows: Gender Age Male 40 Female 20 M 32 F 45 M 30 (b) A random sample of 500 flower stems has an average length of 11cm. Can this be regarded as a sample from a large population with mean as 10.8cm and standard deviation as 2.38cm? (c) The duty hours per week of 10 workers, selected randomly were found to be: 6.6, 7.2, 6.8, 9.2, 6.9, 6.2, 6.7, 7.2, 9.7, 10.4 Compute 95% and 99% Confidence intervals for the average hours of work per week per worker. (6+6+8) 5. Write an explantory note on conclusion and genralisation.
Course Code : MCO 04 Course Title : Business Environment Assignment Code : MCO - 04 /TMA/2016-17 Attempt all the questions 1. Distinguish between micro and macro environments of business. How does technological environment affect the external business? Explain giving suitable examples. (5+15) 2. Highlight the need of Sick Industrial Company (Special Provision) Act, 1985. Explain its objectives and applicability. 3. Explain the concept of financial market. Discuss two types of financial markets and distinguish between them. (5+5+10) 4. What is meant by economic planning? Discuss its long term goals in the Indian context. (5+15) 5. Comment briefly on the following: (a) The government introduced several measures to improve the balance of payments. (b) Globalisation as a policy can not have similar implications for all countries. (c) FDI helps in accelerating the rate of economic growth of the host country. (d) Technological change is a dynamic component of business environment. (4 5)
Course Code : MCO 05 Course Title : Accounting of Managerial Decisions Assignment Code : MCO 05/TMA/2016-17 Attempt all the questions. 1. Balance Sheet is a statement of assets and liabilities or sources and uses of capital or both. Explain this statement. 2. How does Cash Flow Statement differ from Fund Flow Statement? Explain the techniques of preparing a cash flow statement. (8+12) 3. What do you mean by budgeting? Mention different types of budgets that a big industrial concern would normally prepare. 4. The detail about the composition and the weekly wage rate of labour force engaged on a job scheduled to be completed in 30 weeks are as follow: (4+16) Category of workers No. of Labourers Standard weekly wage rate Actual no. of Labourers Actual weekly wage rate Skilled 75 60 70 70 Semi-skilled 45 40 30 50 Unskilled 60 30 80 20 The works get completed in 32 weeks. Calculate the labour variances. 5. Comment upon the following statements: (a) Fixed cost per unit does not remain constant. (b) P/V ratio can not be improved by reducing the selling price. (c) Fixed costs are taken into account for differential cost analysis. (d) Accounting is not concerned only with the recording of transactions. (4 5)
Course Code : MCO - 06 Course Title : Marketing Management Assignment Code : MCO-06/TMA/2016-17 Attempt all the questions. 1. What steps are involved in conducting a marketing research? Discuss them with the help of a hypothetical marketing research project. 2. Explain the relationship between market segmentation, targeting and positioning? Discuss various market targeting strategies adopted by companies. 3. A series of step by step process is involved in developing a product. Describe. 4. Why geographical distribution of consumers is important in pricing decision? Explain various methods of geographical pricing. 5. Comment upon the following statements: a) No matter how well channels are designed and managed, there will be some conflict. b) There is a difference between advertising and publicity.
Course Code : MCO - 07 Course Title : Financial Management Assignment Code : MCO 07/TMA/2016-17 Attempt all the questions. 1. (a) Financial Management is more than procurement of funds. Explain. (b) How is wealth maximization a better criterion than profit maximization? 2. (a) What is capital budgeting decision? Why is it significant for a firm? (b) Explain the features of an appropriate capital structure. 3. (a) Define cost of capital. Explain its relevance in financial decision making of a firm. (b) Explain different approaches to the computation of cost of equity capital. 4. From the following information of Company A & Company B, compute (1) Operating leverage (2) financial leverage and (3) combined leverage. Particulars Company A (Rs.) Company B (Rs.) Equity Capital 6,00,000 3,50,000 12% Debentures 4,00,000 6,50,000 Output per annum (in units) 60,000 15,000 Selling price/unit 30 250 Fixed cost per annum 7,00,000 1,40,0000 Variable cost per unit 10 75 5. (a) Discuss the factors affecting the dividend policy of a company. (b) Explain the methods of monitoring receivables.