MBA PGDHRM | PDGITM 3RD SEMESTER SOLVED ASSIGNMENTS DEC 2017

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Compensation & Benefits

1. Should an employee s pay package be entirely linked to performance? If yes, why? If No, Why?

2. You are the Compensation Lead of ABC Ltd., a BPO centre for an airline, having 500 employees. The majority of these employees are Gen Y or millennial. The management wants to use indirect compensation as a strategy to retain their employees. What would be your recommendation?

3. Foodomania Ltd. Started operations in 2014. In 3 years they have established their brand and are a profitable organization. They have a sales force of 80 sales employees and 25 Management employees. They want to increase the sales force to 300 employees and Management team to 50 employees. You have been appointed to device a new compensation structure to meet the growing employee strength. What are the points you will consider when

a. Devising a compensation strategy for Top Management

b. Devising compensation strategy for Sales Force

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Industrial Relations and Labour Laws

1. Ramesh Bhatia was working in an industry employing around 500 employees. He joined the industry in the year 2012. The worker were made to work for more than 9 hours in a day. The canteen facility was not good. It offered only tea and snacks. Complaints were made to the management requesting them to change the menu and also to provide better and nutritious meal. The management changed the canteen in-charge.The canteen started offering meals and also a variety of other items. However, the prices were increased and the workers could not afford them.Ramesh and his co-workers complained to the management. The management kept on delaying the issue. Ramesh came up with an idea to form a trade union. Collective bargaining could be an effective tool in dealing with the issues faced by theworkers. Accordingly, a trade union was formed in the year 2013 and Ramesh was made the President. The trade union was functioning smoothly and most of the problems faced by the employees were dealt effectively. In the year 2014, a new director Mr. Mahesh Kumar was appointed at the management level. When the trade union brought a complaint before him, he refused to entertain them stating that the trade union was unregistered and he would infact file a complaint of criminal conspiracy against them.
Ramesh and the other members want to register their trade union. What is the current status of the trade union and what are the steps to be followed in the present scenario for the registration of the trade union?

2. Sheekha is working in a manufacturing unit. The unit has employed 50 people on the manufacturing process and is registered as a factory. Sheekha was given wages of Rs. 7,500/- on a monthly basis. The wages were paid on the 5th of each month. Besides the wages she was given bonus of Rs. 2,000/- every year during Diwali festival.In the month of October 2017, she received only Rs. 3,000/- as wages. Also her Diwali bonus was not paid to her.Upon inquiring, the HR manager told her that her wages were deducted. The explanation that was given that in the previous month she had come late for 5 days. Also she had been negligent with the machinery she used and the repairing cost to be borne by the company was Rs. 500/-, and therefore Rs. 2,000/- was further deducted from her wages. Sheekha claimed for the bonus, but the manager stated that the bonus was not included as wages and so she could not demand them.
Analyze the case and what are the different authorised reasons for which Sheekha s wages could be deducted.

3. Arjun is a member of a trade union in an industry. The objectives of the trade union is to protect the members and provide them with the necessary facilities. The trade union had been demanding protective glasses for the workers doing welding work as a safety measure. The management did not provide them and asked the workers instead to be careful while doing the wielding work. One day, while Arjun was doing a welding work a spark went in his eye. He was given first aid and then rushed to the hospital. Unfortunately, he lost his eye. Some of the members approached the management and asked them to pay the medical expenses, compensation to Arjun and the required safety measures to the workers. The management refused to take responsibility and instead put the blame on Arjun saying that he was careless while doing his work. The workers were agitated and decided to protest against the behavior of the management by going on a strike.

a. Advise the workers on the different ways they can protest through strike.

b. Advise the management on how they can prevent industrial disputes.

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Manpower Planning, Recruitment and Selection

Q.1. Mr. Shreejeet Pradhan, the HR of Jumbo Times, recently attended a conference on Crucial quantifiable methods of supply forecasting in Manpower Planning . You as an intern working with Shreejeet, has been delegated a project to research on, The various quantifiable methods of supply forecasting to help Shreejeet gather more information and take an informed decision.

Q.2. ABC Manpower a reputed Multinational Company adopts Geocentric approach . However, the organization is not satisfied with this approach. As an External Management Consultant for ABC Manpower suggest the various approaches to staffing with its merits and demerits.

Q.3 Answer the following questions based on the Case study mentioned below:
Case study: Sarika and Sheetal were MBA s from the prestigious MBA College .They both joined ABC Pvt. Ltd in the same year. Sarika being MBA in HR joined the HR department while Sheetal joined the Finance department. Over the years both Sheetal and Sarika remained friends and worked well as colleagues. Sarika was well known employee among the staff. While Sheetal remained to be a reserved employee but took up key positions in Finance department. Sarika was friendly to help employees while Sarika was outgoing. Sheetal would also wonder how Sarika can be so famous and well known and loved by all whereas not many knew Sheetal apart from the people from her own department. Sheetal now took an extreme step of putting down her papers. Their manager Mr. Shah was worried when he heard the news. He first contacted Sarika as they were best friends and batchmates. Sarika didn t even know what drove Sheetal to such harsh steps. Mr. Shah took the matter in his hands and confronted Sheetal in an informal talk in the canteen. Sheetal opened up and discussed how she felt left out and humiliated as Sarika was the popular one even though they both had equal qualification, experience and also had pursued course from the same institute. Even the canteen waiters acknowledged Sarika s presence offering a quick service when she was with Sheetal. But when Sheetal came alone to canteen no one paid attention to her nor was she given any respect or importance. This hurt Sheetal and led her to resign.

a)What do you this is the real reason for such a misunderstanding.

b) What steps can you as an HR to convince Sheetal to stay?

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Organisation Culture

Q.1) ABC Ltd has hired you as a consultant to advice on certain issues. You have observed following problems in the company.
Unequal distribution of power
Centralized structure is followed
High importance to individual achievement
Division of roles between genders
Higher degree of intolerance towards uncertainty
Short term orientation
You used a specific model of organization to make above observations. Which model of organization culture is likely to give above findings? Explain the model in detail.

Q.2) XYZ Ltd has hired you as a consultant for the purpose of assisting the company in creating the culture of an organization. Suggest a process for the same.

Q.3 a) After studying the problem of FC Company, you came to know that there is a need to create ethical organizational culture. Which practices would you suggest to create the same?

Q.3 b) Due to rapid change in the environment, Opaque Company, IT firm, is finding it difficult to survive. Cultural issues are rampant in the organization. You are asked to advice on making a change in organizational culture. Which steps will you recommend?

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Performance Management System

1. Is 360 degree Feedback method of performance appraisal an impartial way of seeking performance feedback? If yes, why or if No, why?

2. State any 4 performance appraisal bias and as HR what steps will you take to ensure that these bias are neutralized.

3. MED Pharma is a newly established pharmaceutical company with a sales force of 500 employees. You are newly appointed as the business HR and your first task is to develop a performance management system for the organisation.

a. How will a performance management system impact various stakeholders in the organisation?

b. What are the factors that you will consider while developing the performance management system for the sales force.

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Custom Shipping and Insurance

1. You have joined a company as an Imports Executive (Operations) in Mumbai. You have been sent to the sea port to do the customs clearance of an imported consignment. The consignment is on CIF basis. What would be your sequence of operations to clear this.

2. Your company proposes to import one Live Horse. You have been asked to check the foreign trade policy for its importability and the customs duty. You need to give the following details to the management:
a. Which chapter this Live Horse is classified in the customs?
b. Is it freely importable? If not what is the category of this import and how to import?
c. What is the rate of customs duty only.

3. One consignment in a 20 feet container was imported to Mumbai in July in FOB terms. The freight and insurance is to be borne by your company. After customs clearance, your customs broker transferred the consignment from the container to a truck to transfer to your factory. The entire consignment got wet in transit due to heavy rain.

a. How will you claim the insurance for this damage and what type of insurance policy will cover this type of damages?

b. What precautions should have been taken to avoid such damages?

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Export Import Procedures and Documentation

1. You are working as an export clearance officer in an organization. You are advised to do export clearance of one consignment of 20 container to Germany. Your company has a contract with one CFS for export. This is Ex works and there is no need for inspection certificate, certificate of origin, etc. It is a simple export. How will you handle this independently? Give step by step process of your operation.

2. Your company imported one consignment on FOB origin basis. Your customs broker is asking for freight certificate and insurance certificate to calculate the CIF value. You do not have both and want to clear this urgently. How will you arrive at the CIF value? Will there be any loss of duty in this method?

3. You observe that your customs broker is not giving good services due to which your company is facing losses. You have been asked to select a good and reliable customs broker urgently.

a. How will you process selection of customs broker?

b. What are the criteria to select a customs broker?

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India s Foreign Trade

Q1) What does foreign trade refer to and why is it important for any country to participate in foreign trade. State which guiding factor and reform measures can the Government of India leverage to further boost the international trade prospects of India s agriculture sector.

Q2) Essence of international trade lies in comparative difference rather than absolute difference in cost. State the rationale, assumptions, limitations and advantages of this doctrine in International Business. How does this lead towards international specialization?

Q3) Explain the three rules for any organization to decide on its choice of entry strategy in International markets.

a. An International food company wishes to enter India to start their operations.

b. Suggest the choice of entry strategy and which of the three rules they should follow.

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International Marketing

1. Enlist key reasons why you feel that some domestically well established Indian companies have gone International. Explain the complexity of International Management with reference to strategic disposition of any firm of your choice.

2. Describe the Concept Orientation options for international markets. Can international firms be segmented on this basis. Which option would you choose for MNC firm and Global firm and why.

3. It is said that the importance of International marketing today is shaped by the dynamic interplay of several driving and restraining forces.
a. Identify and justify driving forces.
b. Identify and justify the restraining forces, stating your comments and making your suggesting for each.

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