Subject: Management of International Business Subject Code: MS - 203 Instructor: Ms.

Deepika Varshney
Assignment Questions:

Course: MBA III (Batch 2011-2013) Email- id: deepika.varshney@rdias.ac.in

1. In an on going debate recently in newspapers and Magazines on FDI in Retail sector what is your stand should we increase the limit of FDI in Indian retail sector or not. What are pros and cons of FDI in retail Justify your answers with suitable logic/reasons.

2. Case Study: Monsantos Repatriation Program Monsanto is a global provider of agricultural products with revenues in excess of $4 billion and 10,000 employees. At any one time, the company will have 100 mid and higher-level managers on extended postings abroad. Two thirds of these are Americans who are being posted

overseas, while the remainder are foreign nationals being employed in the United States. At Monsanto, managing expatriates and their repatriation begins with a rigorous selection process and intensive cross-cultural training, both for the managers and for their families. As at many other global companies, the idea is to build an internationally minded cadre of highly capable managers who will lead the organization in the future. One of the strongest features of this program is that employees and their sending and receiving managers, or sponsors, develop an agreement about how this assignment will fit into the firms business objectives. The focus is on why employees are going abroad to do the job, and what their contribution to Monsanto will be when they return. Sponsoring managers are expected to be explicit about the kind of job opportunities the expatriates will have once they return home.

Once they arrive back in their home country, expatriate managers meet with cross-cultural trainers during debriefing sessions. They are also given the opportunity to showcase their experiences to their peers, subordinates, and superiors in special information exchanges.

However Monsantos repatriation program focuses on more than just business; it also attends to the familys reentry. Monsanto has found that difficulties with repatriation often have more to do with personal and family-related issues than with work-related issues. But the personal matters obviously affect an employees on-the-job performance, so it is important for the company to pay attention to such issues.

This is why Monsanto offers returning employees an opportunity to work through personal difficulties. About three months after they return home, expatriates meet for three hours at

work with several colleagues of their choice. The debriefing session is a conversation aided by a trained facilitator who has an outline to help the expatriate cover all the important aspects of the repatriation. The debriefing allows the employee to share important experiences and to

enlighten managers, colleagues and friends about his or her expertise so others within the organization can use some of the global knowledge. According to one participant, It sounds silly, but its such a hectic time in the familys life , you dont have time to sit down and take stock of whats happening. Youre going through the move, transitioning to a new job, a new house, the children may be going to a new school. This is a kind of oasis; a time to talk and put your feelings on the table. Apparently, it works; since the program was introduced in the early 1990s, the attrition rate among returning expatriates has dropped sharply. Questions: a. Why does Monsanto need to recruit expatriates for their US Operations? b. Why & How does the repatriation programme of Monsanto is helping reduce attrition rates?

3. Visit the following link of Tata group there is a list of the various companies that have been merged with or have been acquired by Tata companies study and analyze any one merger or acquisition in detail. http://www.tata.com/htm/Group_MnA_CompanyWise.htm?sectid=3jWOciOOIis=

Subject: International Financial Management Semester: MBA III Instructor: Ms. Upasana Diwan Last Date of Submission: 20th September, 2012

Subject Code: MS 217 Batch: 2010 2013 Maximum Marks: 10

Question 1 When trying to figure out which valuation method to use to value a stock for the first time, most investors will quickly discover the overwhelming number of valuation techniques available to them today. Each stock is different, and each industry sector has unique properties that may require varying valuation approaches. You are required to study the different types of valuation approaches and use your best suggested approach to valuate Facebooks stock which has endured a substantial drop in share price as a result of its IPO. Will Facebook's business model follow a downward trajectory and is it time for Google to make hay while the sun shines? Comment.

Question 2 What is an exchange rate? Are terms like managed float, dirty float, fixed exchange rates, floating exchange rate, pegged exchange rate, crawling peg the same? Which type of exchange rate regime does India follow? What is a currency crisis? In recent times the rupee is becoming weaker against the dollar every day, what are the reasons for the same and what steps is the RBI taking to control the same. So, is the rupee depreciating or devaluing against the dollar? Support your conclusion by giving a dollar rupee graphical trend for the last three months. Question 3 These are the days of international trade. The company is exposed to different type of risks and the finance manager is responsible for safeguarding the cash flows (in home currency terms) of the company which it might loose due to no fault of its own. Describe the various kinds of exposures (with examples and calculations) that an MNC has to face and also the techniques of hedging that can help mitigate the same.

Subject: Financial market and institutions Semester: MBA III Instructor: Ms. Nidhi Sharma Last Date of Submission: 20th Sep, 2012

Subject Code: MS 219 Batch: 2011 2013 Maximum Marks: 10

Question 1
Does dividend declaration by TCS in the last four years has impact on the market price of the shares of the company? Support your analysis with the help of accounting ratios and technical analysis.

Question 2
Compare the data of Non Performing Assets of ICICI bank and PNB for the past five years and accordingly suggest the measures to reduce the percentage on NPA

Question 3
You need to accumulate assets for your retirement and you also need assets as a precautionary reserve. Would you want the same type of assets for these two purposes? For Example how important would the return be in each case?

Subject: Security Analysis and Investment Management Subject Code: MS 221 Semester: MBA III Batch: 2011 2013 Instructor: Ms. Surbhi Gupta Maximum Marks: 10 Last Date of Submission: 20.09.2012

Question 1
What economic factors would you be most interested in forecasting if you were an analyst investing major consumer durable goods sales for next year?

Question 2
If you were told that housing industry was going to have a good year, what other industries do you think would be positively affected either concurrent with this event or shortly thereafter? Explain your answer

Question 3
Give and example of an industry you feel have positive competitive conditions for your selection as an industry to invest in. Why have you selected this industry?

Subject: Consumer Behaviour Semester: MBA III Instructor: Ms. Nupur Kapoor Last Date of Submission: 20th September, 2012

Subject Code: MS 209 Batch: 2011 2013 Maximum Marks: 15

Question 2
Which of the stages of the family life cycle would contribute the most lucrative segment in the following product? Justify your answer (Minimum 300 words) 1. Dominos Pizza 2. Mobile phones 3. Mutual Funds

Course: M.B.A III (2011 2013) Subject- Services Marketing Instructor: Gazal Gandhi Email-id- Gazal.gandhi@rdias.ac.in

Subject Code: MS 215

Q1. Visit two local retail service providers that you believe are positioned very differently. From your own observation, compare their strategies on the elements of the service marketing mix.- 10 marks OR Q2. Try a service you have never tried before on internet. Analyze the benefits of this service. Was enough information provided to make the service easy to use? How would you compare this service to other methods of obtaining the same benefits? .-10 marks OR Q3. Think of a particular service organization for which you believe physical evidence is particularly important in communicating with and satisfying customer. Prepare the text of a presentation you would give to the manager of that organization to convince him or her of the importance of the physical evidence in the organizations marketing strategy. .-10 marks

Course: ISM Semester: MBA III Instructor: Ms. Khushbu Arora Last Date of Submission: 28th September 2012

Subject Code: MS 205 Batch: 2011 2013 Maximum Marks: 10

Question 1 Research Paper Inscription (In-built requirement of University Syllabus for ISM) Each student will write a research paper on a specific Information System related issue of their choice. This paper may include the following: 1. Title Page 2. Abstract 3. Scope/ Applicability 4. Table of Contents 5. Introduction 6. Historic Development 7. Examination of Current Issues 8. Exploration of the Actual or Expected Impact on Employees, Industry or Government, Presentation of available Alternatives (if applicable) 9. Findings 10. Recommendations & Conclusion 11. Bibliography/ References

(Ex: Students may select topics from vivid system related issues like security concerns in ERP or other Strategic Information Systems, Cloud Computing, Implementation or cost issues in CRM, SCM, constrictions of expert systems and DSS, impact of Value chain analysis on organizational Success/performance, challenges & issues in integrating IS with Business strategy, Various types of Risks in IS, Challenges in outsourcing IS, etc.)

Question 2 What is an Information System? How are IS useful to organizations? Use an organizational example to illustrate the rationale for the same and how it has helped the organization in tangible and intangible manner?

Question 3 What are the different market forces in which modern day organizations operates as per the theory of Michael Porter. Further, how IT can be used by contemporary managers to implement suitable strategies under these market forces? Give suitable examples.

Course: M.B.A III (2011 2013) Subject- Entrepreneurship & Small Business Mgmt Instructor: Dr.G B Sitaram Email-id- gautam.budha@rdias.ac.in

Subject Code: MS 207

1. Interview two women entrepreneurs & find out whether they believe the tasks of being an entrepreneur any different for them than for their male counterparts. What are the disadvantage & advantage of female entrepreneur? Are these different substantial or minor? OR 2. Choose a transition economy (India, if possible). Research that country and its recent economic progress. Do you believe its economy will flourish or stagnate? Why? What can that countrys Govt. do to the economy flourish?