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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)
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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)
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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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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 will you 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)

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Course: Project Management

Internal Assignment Applicable for April 2020 Examination

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

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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)

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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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