KARNATAKA STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY

MANASAGANGOTHRI MYSORE-570006
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT
Date: 12.02.2009

MBA I-SEMESTER SEMINAR CIRCULAR: 2008-09

Dear Student,
The Department will conduct compulsory personal contact programme (PCP) at
Bangalore, Mysore, Udupi and Dharwad centers. During the Programme, lectures will be
delivered and Internal Assessment activities like Assignments, Seminar and Test will be
conducted.

Seminar will be conducted by the Department. The candidates of MBA First

semester are required to prepare seminar paper on any one of the topics per course.
The topics of seminar are appended herewith for your reference. Candidates are required to
present paper before the group of participants, faculties and the resource persons. At the
end, proper conclusion will be drawn based on discussion. The candidates are required to
prepare the seminar paper in tune with the following guidelines.
Guidelines:
1. Seminar paper should be at least 3 pages in hand written only.
Typed/Xerox copies etc will not be entertained.
2. Proper conclusion should be given at the end.
3. It should be prepared referring books, journals, and reports of both national and
international standards.
4. It should not be the replica of the guidelines or the study material sent by the
University or the materials of any website.
5. It should cover the critical evaluation on the area.
6. Students are requested to focus on cases (Examples).
7. The register number and name of the candidates should be written legibly.
8. After presenting the paper, it should be handed over to the resource person.
9. Every candidate of M.B.A.- I semester, should compulsorily present 2 papers per day.
10. The details regarding timing of the seminar and test will be notified on the first day of the PCP.
11. The candidates are required to take part in the PCP compulsorily. Those who fail to
attend the programme will lose internal assessment marks.
12. Further no chance would be given to such candidates under any circumstances.
13. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
14. The students should submit papers and present it compulsorily, failing which they
will not get marks.
15. An objective type test will be conducted on the last day of the PCP on all the six subjects.
The department will be eagerly looking forward for your active participation in PCP.
With best wishes,
Dr. Jagadeesha
Dean (Academic), & Chairman
DOS and Research in Management

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 MBA I-SEMESTER SEMINAR TOPICS: 2008-09
PREPARE SEMINAR PAPER ON ANY ONE OF THE TOPICS PER COURSE

COURSE-1 MANAGEMENT – ‘THEORY AND PRACTICE’

1. Management - Panacea for the Economic Recession.

2. Cost of Emotional Decision Making.
3. Challenges of planning in the wake of Economic Turbulence.

COURSE-2 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

1. Consumption pattern of middle class Indian consumers.

2. Competition in the Indian Banking and Insurance Sector.
3. Economic prospects of India.

COURSE-3 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS

1. Role of Audit committee in corporate governance.

2. Professional ethics of corporate managers.
3. Share holders wealth and accounting practices.

COURSE-4 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

1. Employee Morale building under Economic Recession.

2. Productivity and the Quality of Work Life.
3. Emotional Intelligence.

COURSE-5 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES

1. Qualitative Techniques V/s Quantitative Techniques.

2. Role of Hypothesis in Research.
3. Use of Statistical Techniques in Capital Market.

COURSE-6 BUSINESS ETHICS AND VALUES

1. Business ethics and value based management.

2. Unethical practices – a threat to survival.
3. Ethical issues in Human Resource Management.

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 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, KSOU, MYSORE
MBA I-SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS : 2008-09
Date: 12.02.2009

Instructions:

NOTE: You are required to read the following instructions carefully before you
answer.

1. Write the Roll Number, Name and Title of the course at the beginning of your
answer of each subject assignment.
2. You should answer two questions only under each paper.
3. You should write the assignment separately with regard to each paper.
4. You should not reproduce the answer either from the study material or from any
website.
5. Assignments without Roll No. and Name will be rejected.
6. After writing the assignment, you should tag the assignment together, put them in a
cover and sent it to the address given below.
7. Assignment cover should be superscribed by “Assignment for MBA-I Semester:2008-09”
and write your Name and Roll number Legibly.
8. Your assignment should reach to:
Chairman,
DOS in Management,
Karnataka State Open University,
Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006

9. Assignments should reach us on or before 30th of April 2009. The assignments

received after the last date will be summarily rejected. No further extension is
allowed.
10. Assignment sent to any other address of the University will not be valued.
11. The students are recommended to keep a copy of the Assignments with them and
submit it in case the University demands the same.

ASSIGNMENTS
PAPER-I
MANAGEMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE

1. Appraise the systems approach to Management. What are its features?

2. Comment on the planning process and explain various steps in the planning process.
3. Differentiate the features of tall organizations from those of flat organizations.
4. What is management audit? Explain the importance and objectives of management audit.

PAPER-II
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

1. Explain the impact of recession on demand of any particular product.

2. Explain how managerial economics is related to Economics, Finance and Accounting.
3. Discuss the criteria on the basis of which “Markets” are classified
4. State and explain the factors, which you would normally consider while ‘pricing a new
product’.
PAPER-III
ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS

1. From the following balance sheet prepare a funds flow statement of ‘ADITHYA’ Limited.
Contd…..

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 ADHITYA LIMITED
Balance Sheet
Liabilities 2007 2008 Assets 2007 2008
Capital Equity Share 10,00,000 8,00,000 Freehold premises 9,30,000 2,10,000
Pref Share Capital 5,00,000 2,00,000 Plant and Machinery 4,00,000 3,00,000
8% Debentures 3,00,000 4,00,000 Buildings 2,00,000 6,00,000
Bank Loan Stock 40,000 60,000
Sundry Creditors 1,00,000 80,000 Bills Receivable 70,000 80,000
Bills Payable 60,000 40,000 Bank Deposit 80,000 50,000
O/S Expenditure 30,000 20,000 Cash 60,000 40,000
Reserves 50,000 60,000 Good Will 1,60,000 1,00,000
P&L Account 1,00,000 1,40,000 Patents 80,000 50,000
Copy Rights 80,000 40,000
Furniture - 80,000
Sundry Debtors 40,000 90,000
Trade Marks - 40,000
Total 21,40,000 17,40,000 Total 21,40,000 17,40,000
Additional Information:
1. Depreciation charged on furniture was 10% and on plant and machinery at 12.5%
2. A building costing Rs.1,00,000 was sold for Rs. 2,50,000
3. Goodwill of another company was purchased by issuing shares of Rs.2,00,000
4. Patents acquired during the year was Rs.80,000
5. A part of plant was sold for Rs.2,50,000 during the year.
2. From the following information prepare a Balance Sheet.
Current Ratio = 2.5
Liquid Ratio = 1.5
Working Capital = Rs.60,000
Ratio of Fixed Assets to Share holder fund = 0.75
Bank Over Draft = Rs.10,000
Reserves & Surplus = Rs.40,000
3. Enumerate various advantages of ratio analysis and examine various methods of analyzing
the financial statements.
4. Critically evaluate the Indian Accounting Standards and compare them with International
Accounting Standards.
PAPER-IV
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

1. What is perceptual selectivity? Explain the influence of external environmental factors on

perceptual selectivity.
2. Compare and contrast different behavioral theories of leadership.
3. Explain interpersonal conflicts with the help of ‘Johari Window’ model.
4. ‘Mild Stress is desirable and essential for individual and organizational performance’ Discuss.
PAPER-V
QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES
1. What is Primary data? Explain the methods of collecting it.
2. What are the various methods of sampling? Describe two of them mentioning the situation
where each one is to be used.
3. From a bag containing 4 white and 6 red balls, three balls are drawn at random.
i) Find the expected number of white balls drawn.
ii) If each white ball drawn carries a reward of Rs.4 and each red ball Rs.6, find the
expected reward of the draw.
4. Find out co-efficient of correlation between the values of X and Y for following data:
X: 42 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
Y: 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71

PAPER-VI
BUSINESS ETHICS AND VALUES
1. Why should Business follow ethical principles during the days of deregulations,
globalization & capitalistic trends?
2. Explain the ethical climate of a country. Discuss how the ethical climate of a country
affects the Business.
3. Discuss the relevance of “Kant’s Utilitarian Theory” in the present Business Scenario.
4. ‘Virtues & Values’ should never be weighed against profits. Profitability shall not be
justified by lying, harassment, cheating, fraud & such other vices – Elucidate.
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