NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education
(NGA-SCE)
Course:
Business Ethics, Governance & Risk
Internal Assignment Applicable for April 2020
Examination
1. Choose ONE environmental policy/ practice/episode/accident from
any ONE listed company (their website, their annual report or sustainability
report or from newspaper, business magazine or credible websites) and discuss
in detail the ethical issue/issues involved
and your opinion on whether the company is being ethical or not. (For example:
L&T reducing & recycling water is ethically a positive environmental
practice. MMRDA & Mumbai Metro cutting down 1200 trees in Aarey Colony is
environmentally unethical practice) (10 Marks)
2. Read / research the Kingfisher Airlines case and identify and
list any FIVE ethical and corporate governance issues involved, which led to
its failure, along with your comments (10 Marks)
3.a. “Excessive modern day consumerism is unethical for the planet
and for society”, explain this statement in your own words, with three logical
arguments in favour of the statement. (5 Marks)
3.b. Explain in your own words why ethical business leadership is
crucial in today’s business scenario. What do YOU expect from an ethical
business leader / manager?
NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education
(NGA-SCE)
Course: Financial Institutions and Markets
Internal Assignment Applicable for April 2020
Examination
1. Mr. Rajeev Mehta was the Chairman of Topaz Bank. The bank was
earning fairly well and shareholders were receiving regular dividends. The
market price of their shares was performing well. The bank was about to
announce taking over the ‘AME Bank.’ Mr. Rajeev Mehta expected that the market
share of their bank would rise once the takeover is announced in the public.
Being a part of the bank, Rajeev was not allowed to buy shares of Topaz bank.
He called one of his wealthy friend Rashid and asked him to invest Rs.5 crores
in shares of his bank promising him the capital gains. As expected, the share
prices went up by 40% and the market price of Rashid’s shares was now ? 7
crores. He earned a profit of Rs. 2 crores. He gave Rs. 1 crore to Mr. Sanjay
Nehra and kept Rs. 1 crore with himself. On regular inspection and by
conducting enquiries of the brokers involved, the Securities and Exchange Board
of India (SEBI) was able to detect this irregularity. The SEBI imposed a heavy
penalty on Rajeev Mehta. In context to the above situation identify and
elaborate the functions that were performed by SEBI. (10 Marks)
2. “Money market is essentially a market for short-term funds’.
In the light of this statement elaborate on the money market and its features. (10
Marks)
3. Mr. Kumar wants to invest his saving in mutual funds.
However, he is completely unfamiliar how to go about it. He approaches you, a
wealth advisor in the bank where he holds his savings account.
a. Explain him the basics of
mutual fund and describe any five kinds of mutual funds which are available in
the market. (5 Marks)
b. Enumerate the advantage and disadvantages associated with
investing in the mutual fund.
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Global Access School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course:
Project
Management
1. Create a RACI chart for “Our Software Project” as per the WBS
shown below, for the project management roles of project sponsor, project
manager, customer, business analyst and software
developer. 
2. You are a project manager with Striker Projects Pvt. Ltd. As
the project manager, you need to evaluate two projects “Salient” and “Stylish”,
and make a recommendation to management for the selection of a suitable
project. Both the projects “Salient” and “Stylish” entail an initial investment
of ₹5, 00,000. Projected cash inflows for the Project “Salient” are ₹1,50,000
in year 1; ₹1,60,000 in year 2; ₹1,70,000 in year 3, and ₹1,65,000 in year 4.
Projected cash inflows for the Project “Stylish” are ₹1,40,000 in year 1;
₹1,40,000 in year 2; ₹1,40,000 in year 3, ₹1,25,000 in year 4; and ₹1,22,000 in
year 5. The required rate of return is 10%. The present value of ₹1 at 10% is
₹0.909 for year 1, ₹0.826 for year 2, ₹0.751 for year 3, ₹0.683 for year 4, and
₹0.621 for year 5. Calculate Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return
(IRR) and Profitability Index (PI) for both the projects “Salient” and
“Stylish”. Compare and contrast NPV, IRR and PI values of projects “Salient”
and “Stylish”, and recommend a suitable project for investment to the
management. (10 Marks)
3. A project “Suprio” comprises of 9 activities of varying
durations and dependence on previous activities. These activities, along with
their precedent relationships, and their 3-point estimates of optimistic, most
likely and pessimistic duration are given in the table below.
|
Project Activity
|
Precedent Activity
|
Activity Duration (Days)
|
|
Optimistic
|
Most Likely
|
Pessimistic
|
|
A
|
--
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
|
B
|
--
|
5
|
7
|
9
|
|
C
|
A
|
4
|
7
|
10
|
|
D
|
B
|
6
|
8
|
10
|
|
E
|
C,D
|
3
|
6
|
9
|
|
F
|
C,D
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
|
G
|
E
|
3
|
6
|
9
|
|
H
|
F
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
|
I
|
G,H
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a. Draw the network diagram of project “Suprio” and also determine
the critical path for the completion of project “Suprio”. (5 Marks)
b. Calculate the
expected time of completion of project “Suprio” based upon the 3-point
estimates. What is the probability that project “Suprio” would be completed
within 37 days? (5 Marks)
NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education
(NGA-SCE)
Course:
Marketing Research
Internal Assignment Applicable for April 2020
Examination
1. As a researcher, you need to
study how many Kirana stores in Mumbai sell Knorr soup of the Hindustan
Unilever brand. Which non-probabilistic sampling method would you use to
complete your research? Also state the reasons behind choosing that method.
Also explain as to how you will proceed ahead with choosing the
areas / localities in Mumbai to conduct your research along with timelines. (10
Marks)
2. You are the Head of a Market Research Organisation. Your FMCG
client has recently introduced “Lean Noodles,” a new type of noodle that
contains ingredients that are meant to be good for Obese people. The FMCG
company wants to understand how customers are reacting to their recently
launched noodle brand. Draft a Questionnaire containing not more than 20
questions that would succinctly address the query posed by the FMCG client. (10
Marks)
3. As a New Product Development (NPD) Head for an Automobile brand
Kia Motors, you have been asked to develop 2 new innovative products as part of
their soon to be launched Electric Vehicle version & a Petrol Vehicle
version.
a. Explain the process in detail to arrive at the creation of your
2 new products (5 Marks)
b. Is there a need to conduct Test Marketing? If Yes or No, please
state your reasons to support your answer. (5 Marks)
NMIMS
Global Access School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course:
Services Marketing
Internal
Assignment Applicable for April 2020 Examination
1. You have recently joined in as the Head of a Public Sector
Bank? Design strategies to help reduce the Customer Complaint barriers. What
Service recovery tactics will you leverage on to tackle customer complaints.
2. You are planning to open India’s first ever Apple owned store
in Mumbai by end of the year 2020? Suggest & describe all the design
elements that you shall consider for building the Retail store environment? (10
Marks)
3. You are setting up an IKEA store in Mumbai by the end of the
year 2020.
a. What Service Quality parameters & dimensions would you
consider while driving this initiative? Provide examples from an IKEA
perspective. (5 Marks)
b. Design a Creative & Innovative Loyalty Program for IKEA
highlighting all the tiers/levels & the rewards that the customer will
stand to gain (5 Marks)
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