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NMIMS Global Access
School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Business Law

1. In today s corporate scenario undergoing long drawn litigation is expensive and time consuming. The senior management of your company has given you a project to find the feasibility of Alternate Dispute Resolutions (ADR). Please prepare a short brief on what is ADR, its types, advantages and practical examples where ADR is feasible than conventional litigation. (10 Marks)
Solution: Alternate Dispute Resolutions (ADR)
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is the procedure for settling disputes without litigation, such as arbitration, mediation, or negotiation. ADR procedures are usually less costly and more expeditious. They are increasingly being utilized in disputes that would otherwise result in litigation, including high-profile labor disputes, divorce

2. Junaid is an investigative journalist assigned to identify and bring to light negligence of the Municipal Authority at Mumbai. Junaid is currently investigating whether the initiative of segregation of garbage has been fully implemented but he has not received any response from the authorities. Please help Junaid under what law he can legally obtain information along with the procedure, timelines and cost involved (10 Marks)
Solution: Junaid can ask the desired information under Right to Information Act (RTI Act), 2005
An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public

3. Rakesh had planned to go for short holiday in Goa along with his wife. He started looking out for hotels in Goa and based on various websites and reviews he had booked a Le Grand Hotel in North Goa. He paid the money in advance and the booking was confirmed. On reaching this hotel, he found that the hotel was not as per the hotel s website and reviews. Further, on reaching the hotel he realized that the pictures displayed on the website were in such angle so as to conceal the real look and image of the hotel property. Rakesh demanded a refund, but the Hotel refused stating that Rakesh was supposed to check before booking and quoted the principle of Caveat Emptor .
Please help Rakesh in the following:

a. Is Rakesh s claim defeated under the principle of Caveat Emptor? Please give reasons for your answers. (5 Marks)
Solution: Caveat emptor is a neo-Latin phrase meaning "let the buyer beware." It is a principle of contract law in many jurisdictions that places the onus on the buyer to perform due diligence before making a purchase. The term is commonly used in real

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School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Business Statistics

1. The sample data from a research survey conducted in various cities on the amount of time 13-15 year-old children spent with mobiles are as follows:
City Time with mobiles
(hours per week)
Hyderabad 46
Mumbai 50
Pune 46
Bangalore 54
Bhubneshwar 42
Indore 30
Bhopal 42
New Delhi 50
Chandigarh 46

For the above sample, determine the following measures:
i. The mean
ii. The standard deviation
iii. The mode
iv. The 75th percentile

Based on your calculations comment on the time spent on mobile. (10 Marks)
Solution:
a. The mean
Mean can be calculated by sum of all number / total numbers.

2. Mumbai Ice Cream an ice cream store gives relationship between ice cream sold and temperature. The store has taken a sample of a week s data. Below you are given the results of the sample.
Day Cones Sold Temperature
1 350 110
2 200 100
3 210 90
4 100 80
5 80 70
6 70 60
7 50 50

i. Which variable is the dependent variable?
Solution: Here the dependent variable is Ice Cream cone Sold as its depend on the temperature. When temperature Increase number of Ice cream cones sold increases

3. According to one of the recent study conducted by an academic researcher on international placement of students from leading institutes in India there is a high variation in the salary offered by institutes. The following details have been gathered from the placement institute of the colleges. The researcher wants to understand the trends with regard to international placement based on the data he has gathered.
Amount (in USD in lakhs per annum ) Age Marital Status Type of institute Gender
2 35 Single University Male
5 24 Married PGDM Male
3.5 29 Married University Female
5 26 Single University Male
4 26 Married PGDM Female
8 25 Single PGDM Female
15 34 Married PGDM Male
3 26 Single PGDM Male
7 23 Single PGDM Male

a. Using descriptive statistics explore salary, and identify factors that appear to influence the amount of the salary received. (5 Marks)
Solution: Descriptive statistics are ways of summarizing large sets of quantitative (numerical) information. If we have a large number of measurements, the best thing we can do is to make a graph with all the possible scores along the bottom (x axis), and

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School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Essentials of HRM

1. Define Job Specification. Create a job specification for the position of a tele caller for an E tailer. (10 Marks)
Solution: Job Specification
A job specification defines the knowledge, skills and abilities that are required to perform a job in an organization. Job specification covers aspects like education, work-experience,

2. Differentiate between recruitment and selection. List and explain some of the recruitment methods in the digital age. (10 Marks)
Solution: Difference between recruitment and selection
Recruitment is a process of searching out the potential applicants and inspiring them to apply for the actual or anticipated vacancy. On the other hand, Selection is a process of hiring employees among the shortlisted candidates and providing them a job in

3. Speedcall is a five year old telecommunications company. As a part of the strategic management to achieve its vision, it decides to conduct training for its first line staff selling over the counter products. The company does a thorough research and decides to conduct trainings on the topic of customer centricity , realizing that giving importance to customers will be the only way to sustainable business. The company hires outside trainers to conducts training based on the outline created by the L&D department of the company. Almost 500 first line staff members are trained and after a year the company sees no effect on sales/ revenue.

a. What do you think is the reason behind failure of the above initiative? . (5 Marks)
Solution: Reason behind failure was that they have focused on first line staff members and all the stress was given to Customer centricity training. When an organization decides that the customer should always be the first consideration when making any decision within the company, it s critical that every employee understands

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Financial Accounting & Analysis

Q1. From the following information of A star Ltd. prepare the Cash Flow statement for the year ended 2017 and 2018 as per AS 3. (10 Marks)

Liabilities 31-3-2017 31-3-2018 Assets 31-3-2017 31-3-2018
Equity share capital 2,20,000 2,50,000 machinery 2,00,000 2,30,000
9% Preference Share Capital 1,00,000 1,10,000 Building 1,50,000 1,76,000
Securities Premium 20,000 26,000 Land 18,000 18,000
Profit & Loss A/c 1,04,000 1,34,000 Stock 84,000 98,000
5% Debentures 70,000 64,000 Debtors 38,000 38,000
Creditors 38,000 46,000 Bills Receivable 42,000 62,000
Bills Payable 5,000 4,000 Cash 42,000 32,000
Provision for Tax 10,000 12,000
Dividends payable 7,000 8,000
5,74,000 6,54,000 5,74,000 6,54,000

Calculation of Cash Flow as per AS 3 can be done as follows:

Cash Flow Statement of A Star Ltd.

Q2. Balance Sheet for JK Ltd. for the year ended 31st March 2016 & 2017 (10 Marks)
Liabilities 2016 2017 Assets 2016 2017
Equity Share Capital 2,00,000 2,00,000 Land 50,000 50,000
9% Preference Share Capital 1,50,000 1,50,000 Building 1,50,000 1,35,000
Reserves 1,00,000 1,22,500 Plant & Machinery 1,50,000 1,35,000
17% Debentures 50,000 75,000 Furniture 50,000 70,000
Creditors 75,000 1,00,000 Stock 1,00,000 1,50,000
Bills Payable 25,000 37,500 Debtors 1,00,000 1,50,000
Tax payable 50,000 75,000 Cash 50,000 70,000
650000 760000 650000 760000

Profit & Loss Account for JK Ltd. for the year ended 31st March 2016 and 2017
Particulars 2016 2017 Particulars 2016 2017
To Cost of goods sold 3,00,000 3,75,000 By Sales 4,00,000 5,00,000
To Operating Expenses
Administrative 6,500 7,250
Selling 10,000 10,000
To Interest on Debentures 8,500 12,750
To Net Profit 75,000 95,000
4,00,000 5,00,000 4,00,000 5,00,000

Using the tool of common size financial statement analysis, comment about the improvement or decline of financial performance of the company.

In an uncertain business environment with fluctuations in trends, there may be variations in the earnings, profitability or solvency of the company. Every year the profits of


Q3. The following extracts are available from the financial statements of companies V ltd. and J Ltd. for the year ended 31st March 2017: (Rs. In Lakhs)

Particulars V Ltd. J Ltd.
Revenue from operations 1,500 6,000
Manufacturing cost 900 4,050
Interest paid 105 375
Depreciation 135 675
Selling expenses 135 225
Income Tax 90 225
Non-operating income 45 285
Dividend paid 120 600
Fixed Assets 1,500 7,350
Current Assets 525 2,250
Current Liabilities 375 2100
Debentures 600 3,300
Reserves 450 1,200
Share Capital 600 3,000

From the above information answer the following questions with the help of suitable ratios:
Q3a)
Which company has better solvency using current ratio and share value using earning per share?
Which company would you recommend for investment? Justify. (5 Marks)

Calculation of Current Assets:
Particulars V Ltd. J Ltd.
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School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Marketing Management

1. Briefly discuss the various stages of a Product s life cycle, giving examples of products which are currently in each of these stages and the marketing strategies adopted by them. (10 Marks)
Solution: The product life cycle is an important concept in marketing. It describes the stages a product goes through from when it was first thought of until it finally is removed from the

2. Mitsui Fonda, the world s leading automobile manufacturer, is considering launching a hybrid concept car which runs on three fuels: water, electricity and petrol. Priced at Rs. 30 Lakhs, the company is considering making a foray into the Indian markets. To assist the company in taking key decisions, prepare an exhaustive list of all the external environmental variables elucidating all the possible business, market and consumer related information that would be required by Mitsui Fonda, to understand the Indian market and consumer. (10 Marks)
Solution: Mitsui Fonda, needs to consider the following External Environment variables to understand Indian market and consumer.
External factors are beyond the control of a firm, its success depends to a large extent on its adaptability

3. Zeal is a cosmetic brand that has products ranging from suncare to facial moisturisers, deodorant and shower products for men as well as women. While the women s range comprises beauty and skincare products such as sunblocks, moisturizers, day creams, night creams, shower gels and deodorants, the men s range comprises grooming and skincare products such as shaving cream / gel, aftershave balm, day cream, moisturizer and deodorant. For its range of products, the company targets the youth ranging from an age bracket of 15 30 years. Having gained significant popularity with consumers and being a trusted brand for the past decade, the company is now planning to diversify its product range to the next level and venture into health care products such as honey, energy drinks, immunity-building beverages etc.

a. Which of the following strategies will you choose:
Extend the existing Zeal brand to the energy drink segment or
Launch a new brand with a completely new brand identity
Justify with a suitable argument discussing the pros and cons of the strategy. (5 Marks)
Solution: Instead of launching new brand I will prefer to extend the existing brand to the energy drink segment as I have already brand image in market so I don t have to focus too much to create awareness of brand instead I will create awareness about new products added to existing

b. Accordingly suggest the most suitable target audience and an appropriate positioning for the brand; given the competition in the health care products (5 Marks)
Solution: Target Audience for the brand
Since we already have brand existence in cosmetic brand hence, we will target our existing customer first especially youth and teenager

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Course: Strategic Management

Q.1) Carrefour is a French Retail Giant wanting to enter into India s multi-brand retail industry. Perform a PESTLE analysis for Carrefour s entry strategy into India.
Solution: PESTEL Analysis for Carrefour s entry strategy in India
1) Political: Political factors like government policies and regulation of the retail industry affect its revenue and profitability. The political environment affects so many things including economic environment of a nation and international supply chains of

Q.2) Hindustan Motors has ceased to produce Ambassador car since 2014. Assuming you to be the new CEO of this company, suggest ways & means of resurrecting the brand Ambassador by building a Competitive Advantage. (10 Marks)
Solution: The Ambassador was the first car to be made in India based on Britain s Morris Oxford series of cars by

Q.3) Geely, a Chinese automotive major wishes to enter into India to offer its automotive brands in the Indian market.
A) Perform Porter s 5 forces analysis. (5 Marks)
Solution: Porter's Five Forces, also known as P5F, is a way of examining the attractiveness of an industry. It does so by looking at five forces which act on that industry. These forces are

B) Based on Porter s 5 forces analysis, suggest whether the company should enter into India or not. Suggest the reasons behind entry or non-entry into the Indian market. (5 Marks)
Solution: Yes, the company should suggest enter into the Indian market as automobile company future is bright. The Indian automobile market is tipped to become the third largest in the

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