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April 2020 NMIMS (narsee monjee) 4th sem PGDBM Solved Assignments ready



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?
(5 Marks)


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.

(5 Marks)

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NMIMS 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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