2nd Year

M.Com

Master of Commerce
(M.Com.)

2nd Year
ASSIGNMENTS
2009-2010

School of Management Studies

Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068

Master of Commerce
M.Com. 2nd year
ASSIGNMENTS 2009-2010
Dear Students,
As explained in the Programme Guide, you have to do one Tutor Marked Assignment for each
Course. We are sending the assignments of all the six courses of 2nd year together in this booklet.
Assignment is given 30% weightage in the final assessment. To be eligible to appear in the
Term-end examination, it is compulsory for you to submit the assignment as per the schedule.
Before attempting the assignments, you should carefully read the instructions given in the
Programme Guide.
This assignment is valid for for two admission cycles (July 2009 and January, 2010). The validity
is given below:
1. Those who are enrolled in July 2009, it is valid upto June 2010.
2. Those who are enrolled in January 2010, it is valid upto December 2010.

In case you are planning to appear in June term-end examination, you must submit the assignment to the
Coordinator of your Study Centre latest by 30th April and if you are to appear in December Term-end
examination, you must submit it latest by 31st October.

Note : In case you receive the study material and assignment late, you can submit the
assignment responses within one month after receiving the study material.

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

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Course Title
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MCO-01
Organisation Theory and Behaviour
MCO-01/TMA/2009-10
All Blocks
Maximum Marks: 100

Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1.

What are various responsibilities of various level of management in an organisation?

Explain various functions and roles of managers.
(10+10)

2.

Discuss the operant conditioning theory of learning. How does it differ with
the classical conditioning theory of learning?

(10+10)

3.

Examine various job redesign strategies. Do you think that they help in improving the
organisational efficiency. Discuss.
(10+10)

4.

Explain various levels of conflict. How do these levels influence the organisational
efficiency? Discuss with examples.
(10+10)

5.

Write short notes on :a)

Departmentalisation

b)

Role of Reinforcement

c)

Concept of Organisational Culture

d)

Resistance to change

( 4 x 5)

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MCO-03
Research Methodology and Statistical Analysis
MCO-03/TMA/2009-10
All Blocks
Maximum Marks: 100

Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1.

2.

3.

4.

a)

What do you mean by a hypothesis. Discuss the different types of hypothesis.

b)

What is business Research Process. Describe the various stages involved in the
business research process.
(8+12)

(a)

Explain the significance of visual presentation of statistical data in research

work and also explain the suitability of graphic and diagramatic presentation

(b)

Mean examination marks in mathematics in three sections are 68, 75 and 72,
the number of student being 32, 43 and 45 respectively in these sections.
Find the mean examination marks in mathematics for all the three sections
taken togethers.

(a)

What do you mean by index number? Explain the procedure for contruction
and uses of index number in research work.

(b)

Explain briefly the components of time series.

(a)

If the probabilty of a defective bolt is 0.1 find

(15+5)

(12+8)

(i) the mean (ii) the standard deviation of defective bolts in a total of 900 bolts.
(b)

A survey of 320 families with 5 children each revealed the following distribution.
No. of boys

No. of girls

No. of familties

14

56

110

88

40

12

Is the result consistent with the hypothesis that male and female birth are
equally probable.
5.

(a)

What is meant by statistical fallacy? What damage and fallacies are associated
with the use of statistics?

(b)

Distinguish between
(i)

(10+10)

Bibliography and Footnote.

(ii) Oral Reporting and Written Reporting

(10+10)

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MCO-04
Business Environment
MCO-04/TMA/2009-10
All Blocks
Maximum Marks: 100

Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

(a)

Enumerate the important changes taking place in Indian business environment,

and state the impact of emerging rural markets on business in India.

(b)

Enumerate the characteristics of consumerism and outline the development

of consumer movement in India.

(a)

Why were legislative enactments necessary for environmental protection?

Discuss the important provisions of the environment protection Act, 1986.

(b)

Describe the powers of the central government to control production,

supply and distribution of essential commodities under the Essential
Commodities Act, 1955.

(10+10)

(10+10)

Outline the features of a developed money market. What measures have been
introduced during recent years to strengthen the Indian money market?

(20)

Distinguish between:
(i)

Economic Growth and Economic Development

(ii)

Financial Saving and Physical Saving

(a)

Do you think that Indias FDI Policy has been encouraging for foreign investors?
Give your arguments and discuss the policy.

(b)

Discuss the problems faced by developing countries in respect of transfer of

foreign technology.

(10+10)

(10+10)

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MCO-05
Accounting for Managerial Decision
MCO-05/TMA/2009-10
All Blocks
Maximum Marks: 100

Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1.
2.

3.

Why do accounting practices be standardized? What Progress has been made in India
regarding standardization of accounting.

(20)

The statement of sources and application of fund givs a clear answer to the question of
what has become of net profit earned and what has become of the funds obtained from all
other soruces. Explain and illustrate that how does a fund-flow statement depict the
financial position of a company.

(20)

Prepare a monthly cash budget for the quarter ending June 30, 2008 from the following
informations:
Actual

Budgeted

Particulars

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

Sales

8000

7000

6000

8500

9000

8000

Purchases

4000

3000

2500

3000

2500

2000

Wages

2000

2000

1000

1500

1000

1000

500

600

500

800

600

400

Expenses
Additional Informations:

4.

1)

60% Sales and Purchases are for cash.

2)

Suppliers are paid after one month and credit sales are collected after two months.

3)

Wages are paid weekly or time-lag 1/4 month and the expanses after one month.

4)

Rent Rs. 200 p.m. not included in the expenses.

5)

Income Tax payable in may is estimated to be Rs. 250.

6)

Cash balance on IstApril, 2008 was Rs. 1500.

(20)

Budgeted and Actual Sales of Anamika Ltd. are as follows:

Product

Budgeted Sales

Actual sales

2500 units @ Rs. 5 per unit

2500 units @ Rs. 4 per unit

2500 units @ Rs. 3.5 per unit

5000units @ Rs. 3 per unit

5000

7500

Calculate Sales Variances

(20)
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5.

(a)

b)

Calculate from the following informations:

(i)

Profit volume Ratio

(ii)

Break Even Point

(iii)

Margin of Safety
2007
(Rs.)

2008
(Rs.)

Sales

5,00,000

7,50,000

Fixed Cost

1,00,000

1,25,000

Variable Costs

2,75,000

4,50,000

Gangotri manufacturing company is considering whether to buy a product with an annual

sales potential of Rs. 2,50,000 and thereafter discontinue the manufacture of that product.
Manufacturing costs are Rs. 1,75,000 while purchase cost would be Rs. 1,87,500. Selling
costs are Rs. 25,000. Administrative costs are Rs. 10,000 and would be Rs. 2500 less if the
product would bought. Capital requirement are Rs. 4,00,000 for making and Rs, 2,40,000
for buying. The manufacturing plant has a life of four years of which three years have
lapsed before it renewal, a decision on making or buying has to be made. You are require to
advice the management whether to buy or to make the product.
(10+10)

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MCO-06
Marketing Management
MCO-06/TMA/2009-10
All Blocks
Maximum Marks: 100

Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1.

Why the geographical distribution of consumers is important in pricing decisions?

Explain various methods of geographical pricing.

(20)

2.

You are a marketing executive of a company which is planning to launch washing

machines in the market. You are asked to conduct marketing research to get all the
preliminary information regarding the market for washing machines. Explain the process
how you conduct the marketing research in this regard.
(20)

3.

Channels of distribution are different for different products. Why?

4.

Distinguish between the following:

5.

a)

Marketing and selling

b)

Product and service.

c)

Departmental stores and super market.

d)

Penetration price strategy and market skimming price strategy.

(20)

(45)

Write short notes on the following:

a)

Marketing environment in India.

b)

Product life cycle

c)

Supply chain management.

d)

Marketing communication mix.

(45)

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MCO-07
Financial Management
MCO-07/TMA/2009-10
All Blocks
Maximum Marks: 100

Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1.

2.

(a)

Explain & illustrate the methods used for valuation of equity shares.

(b)

Discuss the arbitrage pricing theory. How is it different from CAPM?

a)

A firm is considering to buy a machine. The Machine A & Machine B are available
each costing Rs. 50,000. The cash inflows after Tax are expected to be as follows:

Year

(10+10)

Cash inflows after tax

Machine A

Machine B

18,000

20,000

16,000

18,000

15,000

16,000

10,000

8,000

8,000

6,000

The rate of discount is 8%. Calculate the NPV and find out which machine is a profitable proposal.

3.
4.

5.

(b)

What is capital budgeting. Why the discounted cash flow technique is useful in capital
budgeting.
(10+10)

(a)

Discuss the different forms of lease financing.

(b)

Differentiate between Financial lease and Opearting lease.

(a)

What is the need of inventory Management in a business firm. Discuss the

objectives of inventory managment.

(b)

Discuss the role of underwriters in managing new issues.

(a)

Winlay Ltd. is producing 25,000 units per year. The sales price is Rs. 10 per
Unit and fixed cost is Rs. 50,000 per year and variable cost is Rs. 5 per unit.

(10+10)

(10+10)

Ascertain DOL if the firm sells (a) 10,000 units and (b) 20,000 units.
(b)

Explain the factors determining dividend payout of a company.

(10+10)