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SEM 4 MBA ASSIGNMENTSSESSION- SPRING 2014

MB0052 – Strategic Management and Business Policy

1 Define the term ‘strategy’. Explain the concept of ‘strategic window’.Definition of strategyExplanation of the concept of strategic window

2 The essence of business continuity is that businesses need to be planned not only for today, but also for tomorrow, that is, for the future.Write the meaning and importance of business continuity planning. Explain any two strategies for business continuity planning.Meaning of business continuity planningImportance of business continuity planning.Explanation of any 2 business continuity planning strategies

3 Write a brief note on ‘Strategic Audit’.Meaning of strategic auditExplanation of strategic audit

4 Price or market competitiveness of a product or business depends on its cost competitiveness. Cost competitiveness implies two things: cost efficiency and cost effectiveness. Explain the concept of cost efficiency of an organization. Analyze the major factors of cost efficiency.Introduction of cost efficiencyExplanation of four major factors of cost efficiency

5 Write short notes on the following:(a) Divestment strategy(b) Liquidation strategyExplanation of Divestment strategyExplanation of Liquidation strategy

6 Describe the different approaches to business ethics.List the four different approaches to business ethicsDescription of these four approaches to business ethics

MB0053 –International Business Management

1 “Environment scanning is an important part of international business.” Explain your views on this statement and discuss what factors need to be scanned.Discuss the statement


factors

2 What is green field investment? Why is it considered as the best option for a developing country like India?Green field investmentbenefits

3 Regional integration is helping the countries in growing their trade. Discuss this statement. Describe in brief the various types of regional integrations.Regional integrationtypes

4 Write short note on:a) Foreign subsidiary structureb) international matrix structurea) meaning of Foreign subsidiary structureb) meaning of international matrix structure

5 Explain the Top-down and Bottom-up approach of planning.Top- downBottom-up

6 Discuss the importance of ethics in international business.Importance of ethics



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SEM 4 BANKING

MA0041 MERCHANT BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

1 Assume you are the investor of Just Dial Limited. Directors presented 19th Annual Report along with the audited accounts of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2013 and has not declared dividend. Analyse the IPO issue of Just Dial ltd.Explain IPO issue of Just Dial ltd

2 Assume you are a finance manager of Reliance Industries pvt ltd. How do you raise foreign capital from international market?Explain ADRs andGDRs

3 In India, the bank finance dominates the leasing sector. Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate your reasons.Explain LeasingExplain how leasing differs from bank financingGrowth and significance


ChallengesOpportunities

4 Global Finance magazine has named the “ SBI as the Best Trade Finance Bank-2013. SBI has a caption of “Expertise delivered around the Globe! " Do you agree with this statement?Substantiate your reasons.Explain Trade financeSBI position in Trade Finance

5 Global regulatory body IOSCO has prepared the Credit Rating Agencies (CRA) Code for credit rating agencies. How do you think it will help the credit rating agencies in the Indian economy.Names of credit rating agencies operating in IndiaAnd their Functions

6 Assume you are an jewel exporter in India. Discuss the various instruments that are available to draw money in the Indian money market.Explain Instruments in money market that are available to Jewel exporters

MA0042/MA0047 TREASURY MANAGEMENT

1 Cash management forms part of the treasury’s core functions either in banks or in corporate institutions. Do you agree? Substantiate your arguments by differentiating bank treasury and corporate treasury.Similaritiesdifferences2 Analyse how the repo reforms brought changes in the Indian bank’s treasury landscape.Explain Indian Repo market reforms

3 Discuss the role of interbank Mobile Payment services (IMPS) in India.Explain Interbank Mobile Payment services (IMPS) in India

4 Assume you are the treasurer of ABC bank. Discuss how bank should ensure liquidity measures and manage the liquidity.Explain Liquidity management

5 An integrated treasury acts as a centre of arbitrage and hedging activity. Substantiate your reasons.Explain integrated treasury

6 Discuss the role played by SAP – Treasury in treasury Management.Role of SAP-Treasury

MA0043 CORPORATE BANKING

1 Write short notes on cash credit and corporate advisory services.Explain cash credit andcorporate advisory services

2 List and explain the Project finance activities carried by ICICI bank.explain the Project finance activities carried by ICICI bank

3 Analyse accounting and tax provisions in hire-purchase agreements.Explain Accounting andTax provisions


4 Prepare a chart listing some of the important Indian banks that have introduced channel banking and Green Banking programs. Differentiate Green Channel Counters and normal single-window counters in banks.channel banking andGreen Banking programsDifferences between Green Channel Counters and normal single-window counters in banks

5 Reliance industries want to raise capital by selling stocks, through the mechanism of book building, by offering Initial Public Offers (IPOs). Discuss the book building process.Explain book building process.Methods and guidelines

6 Discuss whether CRM is a challenge or a cost for banks in retaining the corporate banking customers.Explain Challenges and costs of CRMIssues in corporate banking

MA0044 INSTITUTIONAL BANKING

1 Explain the challenges of Institutional banking in India.Explain the challenges of Institutional banking in India

2 Analyse the role of SIDBI in SME financing.Explain SIDBI originobjectivesfunctions

3 NABARD is promoting the setting up of agricultural export zones in various states with the help of local state government bodies. Discuss in detail the scheme of NABARD for agri-exports.Explain NABARD’s scheme for agri-exports-supporting activitiesFunds for projects

4 Discuss the major challenges faced by DFI in financing the housing sector in India.Explain DFI –products for Housing sector

5 Analyse the role of IREDA’s in funding the solar projects in India.Explain the role of IREDA’

6 Do you think that the conversion of ICICI and IDBI entities into a bank has changed the landscape of Institutional banking in India. Substantiate your arguments.Explain the conversion of these banks and how they influenced the institutional banking landscape



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MF0015 & INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1 Write short notes on:a) Measuring exchange rate movementsb) Factors that influence exchange ratesA a) Explanation of Measuring exchange rate movementsb) Explanation of factors that influence exchange rates

2 The key component of the financial system is the money market that acts as a fulcrum of monetary operations.Write down the important points under each category mentioned below.a) Functions performed by money marketb) International interest ratesc) Standardized Global Market regulations.A Explanation of important points of functions performed by money marketExplanation of international interest ratesExplanation of standardized global market regulations

3 Thousands of years back the concept of bartering between parties was prevalent, when the concept of money had not evolved.Explain on counter trade with examplesA Introduction of counter tradeExplanation of Different forms of counter tradeExamples

4 There are different techniques of exposure management. One is the Managing Transaction Exposure and the other one is the managing operating exposureSo you have to explain on both Managing Transaction Exposure and Managing Operating Exposure.A Explanation of Managing transaction exposureExplanation of Managing operating exposure

5 Every firm is going on concern, whether domestic or MNC.Explain the techniques of capital budgeting and the steps to determine cash flows.A Explanation of techniques of capital budgeting-NPV, IRR , PI , Payback periodDetermination of cash flow

6 Write short note on:American Depository Receipts(ADR)Global Depository Receipts(GDR)A Explanation of ADR Explanation of GDR

MF0016 TREASURY MANAGEMENT

1 Consider you are the chief financial officer of a hospital. How would you oversee the company’s Treasury function?Functions

2 The interest rate offered on Certificate of Deposits varies from bank to bank. Refer some of the public sector and private sector banks and analyse the factors affecting the interest rates.Certificate of DepositsFactors (3 banks)


3 Assume you are the Treasurer of a Company. How would you implement and maintain effective liquidity practices in your company?Explain effective liquidity practices in your company

4 Analyse the techniques for measuring Interest Rate Risk. Explain the concept of asset-liability rate sensitivity and strategies for controlling Interest Rate RiskAnalyse the techniques for measuring Interest Rate RiskExplain the concept of asset-liability rate sensitivity and strategies

5 Assume you are a treasurer of a company and you are faced with two situations.Explain how would you solve these problems.The cases could be a) large loan repayment coinciding with delay in receipt of a large trade receivable; b) and locking up customer advances in payment towards fixed assets.Use of money market instrumentsInteractions with the customers

6 Briefly explain at least three actions relating to treasury that have changed substantially with globalization. Visit a bank and analyse the various treasury products offered by the bank to its customers. Identify which of these are suitable for a large company with cash to invest, and why.Latest developments in TreasuryTreasury products of two banks

MF0017 & MERCHANT BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

1 Explain the concept of book building and methods or guidelines of book building with 75 and 100 % of book building.A Explanation of concept of book buildingMethods and guidelines of book building75% book building100% book building

2 Issue management is one of the important functions of merchant bankers and lead bankers. Explain the two types of activities pre issue obligation and post issue obligation. Also write on the concept of Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA)A Explanation of pre issue obligationExplanation of post issue obligationIntroduction of ASBA

3 Write short notes on:a)Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and its roleb) Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds(FCCB)A Introduction of FDI and its roleForeign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB)

4 Depository helps in the transfer of securities from one investor to another in an electronic form. Write the differences between Bank and Depository. Explain the functions performed by Depository.A Differences between Bank Vs DepositoryExplanation of functions performed by Depository

5 Every investor has his own risk perceptions and objectives of investment. Write about Mutual funds also write down about the benefits and disadvantages of Mutual funds which is very essential for all the investors to know.


A Introduction of mutual fundsBenefits of mutual fundsDisadvantages of mutual funds

6 Rating methodology is used by the major Indian credit rating agencies. Explain on the main factors that are analyzed in credit rating agencies and also on the limitations on the limitations of credit rating.A Explanation on factors analyzed in credit rating agenciesLimitations of credit rating

MF0018 & INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT

1 Risk is used to describe any situation involving an uncertainty about the outcome. What is the meaning of risk management? Explain the Risk Management process and methods with a flow chart.A Introduction of risk managementExplanation of risk management processExplanation of risk management methodsFlow Chart

2 Insurance industry is highly regulated in all the countries.Explain on solvency margin and methods of determining solvency margins. Write down the claim procedures in respect of a general insurance policy.A Introduction of solvency marginMethods of determining solvency marginsExplanation of claim procedures in respect of a general insurance policy

3 What do you understand by the concept of insurable interest? Write down about the essentials, creation and application of insurable interest.How does a life insurance plan work and write about the two key elements.Also write about riders.A Explanation on concept of insurable interestEssentials, creation and application of insurable interestExplanation on life insurance plan with two elementsExplanation on riders

4 Liability insurance is classified into two categories. Explain on the types of liability policies and explain on aviation insurance with all the three section of the policy.A Explanation on types of liability policiesExplanation on aviation insurance with three section of the policy

5 When a policy has been issued, the risk for the danger insured against gets covered.Explain on the evidence and claim notice. Also write about the Extent of liabilityA Explanation on the evidence and claim noticeExplanation on extent of liability

6 Insurance Ombudsman was created for quick disposal of the grievances of the insured customers. Write the complete information on Insurance Ombudsman.A Explanation on Insurance Ombudsman


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SEM 4 HCS

MH0056 – Public Relations & Marketing for Healthcare Organizations

1 Discuss the factors affecting healthcare marketing.A Mentioning the factorsExplanation of all the factors

2 Explain market segmentation.A DefinitionExplanation of market segmentation

3 Describe the types of public relations research.A Explanation of primary researchExplanation of secondary research

4 Discuss the current scenario of medical tourism in India.A Explanation of medical tourismExplanation of present situation of medical tourismAdvantages of medical tourism

5 Discuss the future of healthcare marketing.A Brief outline of healthcare marketingExplanation of future of healthcare marketing

6 Discuss the standard metrics to evaluate public relations in healthcare.A Key factors of PR measurement and evaluationExplanation of various PR evaluation components

MH0057 – Management of Healthcare Human Resources

1 Explain the factors that contributed to Human Resource Management’s strategic role in healthcare.A Explaining the 10 factors that contributed to Human Resource Management’s strategic role in healthcare

2 Describe recruitment in healthcare services.A Meaning and definitionFactors affecting recruitment processImportance of recruitmentSources of recruitmentRecruitment process

3 Explain the steps in manpower planning.A Mentioning the stepsExplanation of all the steps in manpower planning

4 Define performance appraisal. Explain the components of performance appraisal.A Definition of performance appraisal


Listing the components of performance appraisalExplanation of the components of performance appraisal

5 Describe HR audit process.A Mentioning the phases of HR audit processExplanation of various phasesMentioning the components of HR audit processExplanation of the components

6 Discuss the importance of team work in healthcare services.A Essentials of team workStrategies for effective team building and trustMc Grehor’s approach to team building

MH0058 – Legal Aspects in Healthcare Administration

1 Discuss the various levels of consumer courts.A Mentioning the 3 levels of consumer courtsExplanation various levels of consumer courts

2 Explain the following acts: a. The Drugs and Magic Remedies Act of 1995b. Registration of Birth and Death Act of 1969A a. Explanation of salient features of Drugs and Magic Remedies Act.b. Explanation of salient features of Registration of Birth and Death Act

3 Discuss the rights and responsibilities of the patient.A Rights of the patientResponsibilities of the patient

4 Define abortion. Explain medical termination of pregnancy act in detail.A Definition of abortionExplanation of MTP act

5 Explain the regulatory requirements in setting up and running a blood bank.A Explanation of the important regulatory requirements in setting up and running a blood bank.

6 Discuss the important documents and ethical codes in medical ethics.A Mentioning the important documents in medical ethicsExplanation of Hippocratic OathExplanation of Declaration of GenevaExplanation of International Code of Medical Ethics

MH0059 – Quality Management in Healthcare Services

1 Explain the objectives of quality in healthcare. Add a note on Maxwell’s concept of quality.A Explanation of objectives of quality in healthcareExplanation of Maxwell’s concept of quality

2 Differentiate between Six sigma and Total quality management.A Mentioning 10 important differences between six sigma and TQM

3 Explain the various quality tools.A Mention the various quality tools


Explanation of the quality tools

4 Explain the steps followed in implementation of QMS in healthcare organization.A Explanation of steps followed in implementation of QMS in healthcare organization

5 Define total quality management. Discuss the importance of TQM in healthcare.A Definition of total quality managementExplanation of importance of TQM in healthcare

6 Explain team processes in healthcare.A Definition of team processes in healthcareExplanation of various factors of team processExplanation of team process techniques



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SEM 4 HUMAN RESOURCES (HR)

MU0015 –Compensation and Benefits

1. Discuss the contents and process of Job evaluationExplain the contents of Job EvaluationExplain the process of Job Evaluation

2 Suppose you are a HR Manager and you are asked to develop an effective Incentive Scheme for your organization. What are the pre-requisites you will consider while developing an Effective Incentive Scheme? Discuss the merits and demerits of IncentivesExplain the pre-requisites for an Effective Incentive SchemeExplain the merits and demerits of Incentives

3 Discuss the types of managerial remuneration. Explain the elements of a managerial remunerationExplaining the types of managerial remunerationExplaining the elements of a managerial remuneration

4 What do you mean by reward management? Explain the factors affecting Reward Management policies in service sector.Meaning of Reward ManagementExplain any eight factors affecting Reward Management policies

5 Explain the criteria’s considered for rewarding the employees for their good serviceExplanation of the criteria’s responsible for rewarding the employees

6 Write a short note on the following:a)Compensation policiesb)Economic determinants of pay


Concept and Aims of Compensation policiesConcept of Economic Determinants of Pay

MU0016 – Performance Management and Appraisal

1 Discuss the various stages involved in the evolution of Performance ManagementExplaining the evolution of Performance Management

2 What are the key contents of a Performance Agreement? ExplainExplaining the key contents of a Performance Agreement

3 Assume that you have joined as an HR in an organization. The first task assigned to you is to conduct the Performance Appraisal Process. What according to you is its purpose? Describe the entire Performance Appraisal process.Explain any three purpose of Performance AppraisalExplain the Performance Appraisal Process

4 Explain the concept of 360-Degree feedback system. Discuss the purpose and components of a 360-degree appraisal method.Concept of 360-degree feedback systemExplaining the purpose of a 360-degree appraisal methodExplaining the components of a 360-degree appraisal method

5 Define the term ‘Ethics’. Discuss the key factors involved in ensuring Ethics in Performance Management(PM)Definition of EthicsExplaining the key factors to ensure Ethics in PM

6 Write short notes on the following:a)MBOb)Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales Method (BARS)a) Explaining the meaning and steps in MBOb) Explaining the concept and process of BARS

MU0017 – Talent Management

1 Explain the key elements of Talent Management System.Explaining the key elements of a Talent Management system.

2 Define Talent Management. Discuss the Talent management Approaches.Definition of Talent ManagementExplaining the Talent management Approaches

3 What are the responsibilities undertaken by an HR to ensure compliance to regulations? Explain the steps involved in ensuring safe work environmentsExplaining the HR duties to ensure compliance to regulationsExplaining the steps involved in ensuring safe work environments

4 What do you mean by Total Rewards? Discuss the elements of Total Rewards.Meaning of Total Rewards.Explaining the elements of Total Rewards.

5 Explain the organizational issues pertaining to Talent Management.Explain the organizational issues pertaining to Talent Management


6 Write short notes on:a)Workforce Analysisb)Talent ReviewA brief note on Workforce AnalysisConcept and importance of Talent review

MU0018 – Change Management

1 Discuss the various perspectives of organizational change.Explaining the perspectives of organizational change

2 Explain the various steps at which control takes place in a Change Management ProcessExplaining the steps at which control takes place with regard to Change Management

3 Discuss the various factors affecting the choice of a change StrategyExplaining the factors affecting the choice of a Change Strategy

4 What do you mean by Organizational Effectiveness? Explain the approaches involved in achieving Organizational EffectivenessDefinition of Organizational EffectivenessExplain the approaches to achieve Organizational effectiveness

5 Define organizational Culture. Describe briefly about the types of organizational CultureDefinition of Culture.Explaining the various types of organizational culture

6 Write a brief note on the following:a)Kurt Lewin’s Model of changeb)Burke-Litwin Model of organizational performance and changeExplaining the concept of Kurt Lewin’s modelExplaining the concept of Burke-Litwin model



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SEM 4 MARKETING

MK0015-Services Marketing and Customer Relationship Management

1 “Positioning a service in the marketplace is much like positioning a product”. Explain Service positioning and its purpose with the help of an example.Explanation of service positioningExplanation of purposesExample

2 Elaborate GAP analysis in detail.Explanation of GAP Model.


3 “Interaction plays a lead role in building customer relationships”. Explain CIM in this context.Explanation of CIMExplanation of Methods

4 What are the various types of conflicts in marketing services?Explanation of types

5 Elaborate the important steps that service providers should bear in mind while implementing one to one marketing.Explanation

6 Write short notes on:a) E-CRMb) Customer Retentiona) Meaning, opportunities and benefitsb) Meaning and Strategies

MK0016-Advertising Management and Sales Promotion

1 Do you agree that humour content in advertisement leads to better results? Support your view with examples.Explanation of statementExamples

2 Experts have found that consumers often respond to messages in a hierarchical order of behaviour. Throw light on communication response hierarchy in this context.ExplanationDiagram of Model

3 Explain the role of a media planner and media buyer.Role of media plannerRole of media buyer

4 Explain the strengths and limitations of direct marketing. List few products which are suitable for direct marketing.Explanation of strengthsExplanation of WeaknessesListing of products suitable

5 “Kids are the new age customers”. Do you agree with this statement? Explain Brat Power in this connection.Explanation

6 Write short notes on:a) Stereotyping in advertisementb) Regulation governing Broadcast Media Advertisinga) Meaning and explanationb) Explanation

MK0017- E-MARKETING

1 Definition of E-marketing. Explain the techniques of e-marketing.Definition of E-marketing


Techniques of e-marketing

2 An electronic marketplace (e-marketplace) refers to a website created for common interest. It integrates the online and physical component of a company. Discuss the five kinds of partners in an e-marketplace.Explanation of e-marketplaceFive kinds of partners in an e-marketplace

3 Discuss the major legal and ethical issues in e-marketing.A. Legal issuesB. Ethical issues

4 Discuss the online buying process.Online Buying process

5 Functions of E-marketing are represented by 2P+2C+3S formula (Personalisation, privacy, customer service, community, site, security, and sales promotion). These functions form the framework of an e-marketing strategy. Discuss this formula with a diagrammatic representation.Explanation of 2P+2C+3S formula in detailDiagram

6 Discuss the selling methods and sales promotion of E-marketingExplanation of Selling methodsExplanation of sales promotion of e-marketing

MK0018– International Marketing

1 Discuss the different management orientations of a company. How does it affect international marketing?Management orientationsEffect on international marketing

2 Discuss how culture plays an important role in international marketing. Give some examples of advertisements which failed due to lack of cultural understanding.Importance of culture in international marketingExamples

3 What do you mean by international marketing research? Why do marketers go for such research?MeaningImportance

4 Nestle is marketing bottled water to Pakistan. Which segmentation it adopts there and what are the other international market segmentations?Nestle’s segmentationBases of segmentation

5 Write short notes on:a) e Marketingb) Spot and forward ratesa) meaning and benefits of e Marketingb) meaning and role of spot and forward rates


6 Select a product of your choice for export and explain how you will do the pricing and costing of that product.Choosing the productExport pricing and costing



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SEM 4 MIS

MI0033- SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

1 Process patterns are the results of applying abstraction to recurring processes and process components. Process patterns are collections of general techniques, actions, and/or tasks (activities) for developing object-oriented software. Justify the above statement. Explain with an example for each, the different types of process patterns in the ascending order of abstraction level.A a. Justifying the above statementb. Explaining the three types of process patternsc. Examples

2 Software estimation is the first phase of project planning and it is the process of judging a software product and solving the problem associated with the software project. We follow some important steps to achieve reliable cost and effort estimates. Explain the different estimation models and estimation techniques.A a. Explaining different estimation modelsb. Explaining estimation techniques

3 Empirical software solutions is a small manufacture based company who have a single product in the public access and security domain. The information system which they possess gives details pertaining to the presence of individuals at specific locations and also checks and issues security badges.The software of the system is connected to specially designed hardware peripherals along with a well-defined LAN network connection. The system handles several aspects ranging from computing from database manipulation, peripheral hardware ti image handling. This company uses both software as well as hardware, and incorporates latest technologies, like networking and device drivers.Due to the pressure from customers and the competition, they were in need of a structured software process. There was no standardized development process. Most of their work was based on customer requests. Every time a new request from customer came in, more additions were made to the product. A new version of the software was installed at the customer’s site when requested by the customer. All the queries related to technical support, modifications made to the system were handled by the development team. There was no specific design methodology followed and each developer used his own method of working. Apart from the user manual, there was no other documentation found held.Challenges:Introduction of reuse framework and method into the company


Gain support from the top management for the reuse program, as introduction of reuse program can affect all parts of the software production process.Suggestions were made to set up the reuse program along with the associated cost and risk involved in setting up the reuse program.a. Explain the challenges faced by the empirical software solutionsb. Give some suggestions to overcome the challenges.c. Explain the classifications and advantages of software reuse.A a. Listing the challengesb. Suggesting some 4 point about, planning, design, resource management, documentationc. Classifications with diagramListing the advantages

4 Suppose you are assigned the task to analyse the various factors involved in your project, explain how will you gather information and analyse the taskA Explaining system analysis

5 Write short note ona. Unit testingb. System testingc. Debuggingd. Verification and validationA a. Unit testingb. System testingc. Debuggingd. Verification and validation

6 Briefly describe the concept of polymorphism by using the automobile class as an example.A a. Explaining the example of automobile classb. Describing the concept of polymorphismc. Explaining polymorphism using the above example

MI0034- DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

1 How is DBMS classified based on several criteria? Explain each one of them with few examples where ever requiredA Listing the criterionExplaining the types based on each criterionExample

2 Differentiate between B+ tree and B- tree. Explain them with diagramsA DiagramsExplanation based on comparison

3 EMPLOYEEEMP_ID NAME PROJECT SALARY DEPT_NUMMUL1 Ramya PR1 40000 1MUL2 Nupur PR1 45000 2SMU1 Rajesh PR3 20000 2SMU2 Vinay PR2 50000 3SMU3 Anil PR2 80000 2DEPARTMENTDEPT_ID DNAME PLACE1 MIS Bangalore2 HRM Bangalore


3 Finance Chennai4 Research BangaloreUsing these tables answer the following questiona. If we want to see all the employees with salary between 40000 and 50000, which query can be used?b. Select employee name from EMPLOYEE table, whose name starts with R c. Explain aggregate functions and grouping in detailAa. Query based in BETWEEN operatorSELECT * from employee WHERE salary between 40000 to 50000b. Query based in LIKE conditionSELECT * from employee WHERE Name LIKE ‘r%’;c. Explaining aggregate functions on select statement, with an example, showing the output of the query, explaining having clause, with example

4 What are the problems and failures that may encounter with respect to the transactions in a database management system? Give examples.A Explaining the three problems with codeListing the types of failures (atleast 4)

5 Consider any database of your choice (may be simple banking database/forecasting database/project management database). Show the deduction of the tables in your database to the different types of normal formsA Choosing a proper databaseExplaining the 5 normal forms with respect to the database chosen

6 Read the following case study thoroughly and answer the following questions:Laxmi bank is one of the largest private sector banks of India. It has an extensive network of more than 200 branches. It offers banking services to retail as well as corporate clients. The bank faced a challenge in integrating multi-pronged database management system into a centralized system. The IT department of the bank also realized that the computing capabilities of its PCs and servers were not proportionately distributed among all its branches. Each branch had its database management system stored in a traditional way on the disk. The total cost of operating and maintaining the current IT infrastructure was very high and the fundamental shortcomings added to the costs. Moreover, there were also recurrent problems due to the malfunctioning of the currently operational database management system. Therefore, the bank’s top management decided to fix the problem and operationalise a robust database management system. The bank hired an external database technology consulting firm called AKPY Info systems Limited.AKPY divided the entire IT infrastructure of the bank around two verticals. The retail banking vertical and the corporate banking vertical. All the individual database servers from the individual branches were removed. The entire database system was made virtual such that the managers and the staff can access only the required information (related to retail banking or corporate banking) from the respective centralised data centers. There were only two such centralised data centers (one for retail banking and another for corporate banking) that were managed centrally. Staff and managers could access the information through their PCs and laptops. Centralised database management system complemented the security system by bringing in authentication through a unified ID management server. Managers and officers of the bank were able to process half a million transactions per month in real time after the new implementation. There were significant savings in the cost and also in the consumption of power. Now there were no problems with regard to imbalances in the load across various network servers. Due to centralised data management, top management could keep an eye on the functioning of various branches. Hence the cases of fraud and cheating reduced considerably. The bank managers could also process the loan applications in reduced time since the customer’s previous records could be accessed at the click of the


button and approval from the higher authorities could be obtained in real time. Moreover the new system also brought in many applications that helped local managers in the decision making process.a. List the uses of centralized data managementb. What steps Laxmi bank need to take if it were to change its centralised database system to a distributed database system in future?A a. Listing the uses from the from the case studyb. Explaining about data fragmentation, replication and allocation techniquesc. Is it possible to replicate the centralised database management model of the bank in a manufacturing concern? Give reasons.

MI0035- COMPUTER NETWORKS

1 Write short notes ona. LANb. Analog and digital data transmissionc. High level data link controlA a. LANb. Analog and digital data transmissionc. High level data link control

2 Virtually all networks in use today are based in some fashion on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) standard. The core of this standard is the OSI Reference Model, a set of seven layers that define the different stages that data must go through to travel from one device to another over a network. Explain the seven layer architecture of OSI model with diagramA Explaining the OSI reference modelDiagram of OSI reference model3 Consider yourself as the operation head in a telecommunication company. What are the different types of multiplexing techniques will you implement to get efficient data transmission process?A Explaining various multiplexing techniques

4 Integrated Services for Digital Network (ISDN) is a set of communication standards for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services over the traditional circuits of the public switched telephone network. It was first defined in 1988 in the CCITT red book. Explain the different types of ISDN with their features and advantages for each one of them.A Explaining Two different typesFeatures of both of themAdvantages of both of them

5 ABC company is an internet service provider. The main goal of ABC is to provide 24 X7X365 storage capacity, storage management and internet service to the customers. It now needs a solution that will eliminate downtime. Downtime is nothing but the time during which a computer or computer system is down, or inoperative due to hardware or software failure. We also need the flexibility in quick response to both the development in customer base and additional capacity and service demands of the customers.ABC company took the help of network storage infrastructure software provider to achieve their goals by providing support for end to end redundancy and bondless scalability.By creating a scalable storage network with the ability to confidentially deliver the 24X7X365 reliability, and speed that outsourcing customers demand, it has enabled the ISP/SSP to attract and retain customers and substantially build its business. As the same time, the solution has effectively lowered ABC company’s total cost of ownership for its entire storage solution: the IP Stor/CNP union has enabled a painless, flexible cost effective, scalable


solution. The complementary IP Stor/CNT solution has allowed to its customers easily and cost- effectively.a. What were the problem which ABC Company was facing before consulting network storage infrastructure software provider?b. What were the benefits of implementing a scalable storage network?c. List the different classes of ISPs and their applicationsA a. Mentioning the problems faced by ABC company after reading the SLMb. Listing the benefitsc. Listing the different classes of ISP and their applications

6 Cryptography is the science of hiding information. The traditional security system employed a different of encryption process known as symmetric cryptography, which involves the use of te same method for both encryption and decryption. Explain the different networking algorithms that are used for cryptography along with its subtypes.A Explaining the two types of cryptography and the networking algorithms used for them

MI0036- BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & TOOLS

1 Similarity measures determine the similarity between the two objects. The similarity between the two objects ti and tj, sim(ti, tj) in the database D is a mapping from D*D to the range [0, 1]. a. List the characteristics of a good similarity measure.b. what are the four methods to determine the similarity characteristic between the two objects?A a. Listing the characteristicsb. Listing the four methodsa. Four methods to determine the similarity characteristic and their formula

2 Transactions refers to business or commercial transactions. Online transaction processing refers to the category of systems that assists and manage transaction- oriented applications, typically for data entry and retrieval transaction processing.List the differences between OLAP and OLTPA Listing at least 10 points

3 Data extraction is the act or the process of extracting data out of data sources for added data processing or data storage or data migration. This data can be extracted from the web. Explain the different techniques for data extractionA Listing the various techniquesExplaining the four methods

4 Business Intelligence strategy summarizes the finest combination of procedures and technologies to meet the business intelligence strategies of an organizationa. List the main aspects of BI strategy.b. What are the steps to be followed to implement BI framework?A a. Listing at least 6 main aspects of BI strategyb. Steps for Implementing BI framework

5 Write short note ona. Content Management Systemb. End User Segmentationc. Basic Reporting and queryingd. OLAPA a. Content Management Systemb. End User Segmentationc. Basic Reporting and queryingd. OLAP


6 RSG is a footwear company which has its chain all over the world. This company has to keep track of all the products sold in the company and huge data is involved in it.a. How should it plan to implement the Business intelligence solutions?b. How to make the best use of BI?A a. Explaining the planning to implement a BI solutionsb. Explaining best usage of BI



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SEM 4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT (PM)

PM 0015 – QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

1 Write short notes on: Q sort method of project selection Basic components of a network Project cost Resource smoothingA Q sort method of project selection Basic components of a network Project cost Resource smoothing

2 What are the three methods for determining the forecasted cost at completion? Explain.A Listing of the three methods for determining the forecasted cost at completionExplanation of three methods

3 Describe the different stages in Project management.A Explanation of the different stages in Project management

4 Write short notes on: Linking of tasks in MS Project Setting resource calendar in MS Project Network diagram chart Updating the project in MS ProjectA Linking of tasks in MS Project Setting resource calendar in MS Project Network diagram chart Updating the project in MS Project

5 Discuss consolidating several projects in MS project.A Explain why the need of consolidating projectsSteps to consolidating projectsExplanation of consolidating projects created in earlier versions of MS project

6 Describe how you can choose an appropriate forecasting model.A List the guidelines for selecting an appropriate forecasting model.Discussion on each step

PM 0016 –PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT

1. Write short notes on: Project risk management team Sources of project risk Probability and impact matrix technique of qualitative risk analysis Behavioural aspects of risk managementA Project risk management team Sources of project risk Probability and impact matrix technique of qualitative risk analysis Behavioural aspects of risk management


2 Analyse project constraints .A Listing of project constraintsDescription of the constraintsIllustration of how project constraints can be minimised

3 Write short notes on: Risk avoidance Cost budgeting Categories of project risk Importance of a risk registerA Risk avoidanceCost budgeting Categories of project risk Importance of a risk register

4. Analyse the organisation risk issue.A Discuss how mature organisations treat risk managementListing of elements to risk culture in an organisationExamination of the reasons for risk culture failure in an organisation

5 Explain the types of change.A Listing of the types of changeExplanation of the types of change

6 What are the tips to remove the top three project estimating risks? Explain.A Listing of the tipsExplanation of the tips

PM 0017 –PROJECT QUALITY MANAGEMENT

1 Write short notes on: Quality control vs. quality assurance Project requirement documents Pareto charts Malcolm Baldrige national quality awardA Quality control vs. quality assurance Project requirement documents Pareto charts Malcolm Baldrige national quality award

2 Explain the steps of an organizational change model.A Description of each step of the organizational change model

3 Write short notes on: Role of inspection in quality management Communities of practice vs. business units Cycle time optimization Supplier quality ratingA Role of inspection in quality management Communities of practice vs. business units Cycle time optimization Supplier quality rating

4 Explain the five elements of six sigmaA Description of each element of six sigma

5. Explain errors of measurement and describe the types of sampling risks.A Explanation on errors of measurementExplanation of how to reduce and control errors of measurementDescription of sampling risks

6 Explain the project management value initiative.A Description of project management value initiativeSteps of project management value initiative

PM 0018 –CONTRACTS MANAGEMENT IN PROJECTS

1 Write short notes on: Basic element of the contract Unit rate contracts Cost fee plus incentive fee contract Tools and techniques of plan procurement


A Basic element of the contract Unit rate contracts Cost fee plus incentive fee contract Tools and techniques of plan procurement

2 Explain the basic steps in project procurement process.A Listing of stepsExplanation of the basic steps of project procurement process

3 Write short notes on: Force account Purchase order Percentage rate contracts Invitation of bidsA Force account Purchase order Percentage rate contracts Invitation of bids

4 Explain the various processes in selection of consultants.A Listing of the various processes in selection of consultantsDescription of the various processes in selection of consultants

5 Explain the actions that can be used to minimise disputes and claims in contracts.A Listing of the phases in which actions can be takenListing of action to take under each phase

6 What is the need for codes and manuals? Briefly list few codes and manuals for works and goods.A Explanation of the need for codes and manualsListing of few codes and manuals for works and goods



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SEM 4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (OM)

1 Write short notes on: Quality versus maintenance Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) Fault tree analysis Systematic equipment replacement programA Quality versus maintenance Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) Fault tree analysis Systematic equipment replacement program

2 Evaluate the relationships between degree of maintenance and various costs from the graph given below:


A Analysis of various relationshipsSummarization of cost implications of maintenance practices

3 Explain Condition Based Maintenance(CBM) .A Explain when is this type of maintenance doneExplain condition monitoring and its methodsExplain advantages and disadvantages of CBM

4 Write short notes on: Costs associated with inventory control of spare parts Problems in maintenance scheduling Universal maintenance standards Asset life cycle managementA Costs associated with inventory control of spare partsProblems in maintenance schedulingUniversal maintenance standardsAsset life cycle management

5 Explain the steps to autonomous maintenance.A Listing the steps to autonomous maintenanceExplanation of steps

6 Explain pillar 1 (autonomous maintenance -JH) of TPM implementation.A Explanation of the term autonomous maintenanceListing of the objectives of autonomous maintenanceSteps of autonomous maintenance

OM 0016 – QUALITY MANAGEMENT

1 Write short notes on: ISO 9000 series Six Sigma as a quality framework Types of Quality management systems Executive leadership in implementing quality strategiesA ISO 9000 series Six Sigma as a quality framework Types of Quality management systems Executive leadership in implementing quality strategies

2 Write short notes on: Quality standards Pre-requisites for cost of quality Principles of Quality audit program Concurrent engineeringA Quality standards Pre-requisites for cost of quality Principles of Quality audit program Concurrent engineering

3 What are the important components of retest reliability?A Listing of the componentsExplanation of the components

4 Explain the five key drivers that are essential for developing quality culture.A Explanation of five key drivers that are essential for developing quality culture driver)5 Explain the various types of benchmarking implemented in the organisation.A Listing of types of benchmarkingExplanation of types of benchmarking

6 Describe the eight elements of TQM.A Categorisation of the eight elements according to their function including the explanation of the groupsExplanation of the eight elements

OM 0017 – ADVANCED PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL

1 Write short notes on: PPC for batch production Production control systems Importance of forecasting Inventory costs


A PPC for batch production Production control systems Importance of forecasting Inventory costs

2 Explain in brief about priority rules for scheduling.A Definition of priority rules Listing of the major criteria of selecting priority rules Classification and explanation of priority criteria rules

3 Describe computer aided manufacturing.A Definition of computer aided manufacturingListing of procedures in computer aided manufacturingBrief explanation of these procedures

4 Write short notes on:Backward scheduling Application of FMS in industries for exclusive parts Need of synchronous manufacturing Long term capacity planningA Backward scheduling Application of FMS in industries for exclusive parts Need of synchronous manufacturing Long term capacity planning

.5 Explain aggregation techniquesA Definition of aggregation techniquesListing of commonly used aggregation techniquesExplanation of these aggregation techniques

6 Explain make or buy decisions and when it is appropriate to consider each,A Explanation of make decisionExplanation of buy decisionReasons to consider make decisionReasons to consider buy decisions

OM0018- TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

1 Consider that you are a manager in a company and you want to manage a technology that is newly incorporated.a. Describe the effects of technologies on business.b. Prepare a list of the factors that are considered in managing technology.A a. Explaining the effects of technologies I businessb. Collect from the key issues in managing technological innovation

2 The purpose of forecast is to improve the quality of the decisions related to selection of an alternative from available alternatives and not to force to accept a particular decision.Explain various techniques for forecasting with a neat diagramA DiagramDescribing the techniques

3 Write short notes ona. Technology adoptionb. Technology diffusionc. Technology absorption

4 When you choose a new technology, you may have to face some of the question like what are its functional erquirements, non-functional requirements and does the technology fit the organization culture?a. How do you answer for these questions?b. What is memristor?A a. Explaining eight tips related to the selection of a new technology


b. Explaining memristor

5 Write short notes ona. Bridging agenciesb. Problem solver modelc. Bar-Zakay modeld. Schlie, Radnor and Wad model

6 Explain the basic scheme for knowledge based applicationsA Diagram of basic scheme for knowledge based applicationsExplaining the knowledge based technology process



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